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Data Scientists by day, hobby game developer by night
ADHD/Bipolar

Odium download link: https://d3f4c3r.itch.io/odium

Game Dev updates:
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The second Dream, finally available - Odium
d3f4c3r.itch.io/odium/devlog...

#GameDev #SoloDev #UnrealEngine #IndiDev
The second Dream, finally available
Today is the day After nearly a year I can finally present the new level of Odium. Not only did I have to build a complete new level, I also had to refactor most of the existing logic. When I started....
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For the promotion I created two YouTube videos. And working on two more. It is some nice distraction. Something different, but by far not my favourite #SoloDev thing.

Second Dream Release Trailer #odium #indigames
youtu.be/08EKU1SK81Q
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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Yes there are two videos on YouTube
youtube.com/shorts/RSoFh...

youtu.be/08EKU1SK81Q

Also a playlist with the all updates

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Second Level #dream #unrealengine5 #gamedev #releasedate #freegame
YouTube video by d3f4c3r
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February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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The second Dream, finally available - Odium
d3f4c3r.itch.io/odium/devlog...

#GameDev #SoloDev #UnrealEngine #IndiDev
The second Dream, finally available
Today is the day After nearly a year I can finally present the new level of Odium. Not only did I have to build a complete new level, I also had to refactor most of the existing logic. When I started....
d3f4c3r.itch.io
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Running a stable build so far. Small Adjustments on the Damage System. Also small changes for some Textures and balancing. All comes together.
Only issue is, with another level the Size of the Game is already by over 7.5 GB 😭
#GameDev #Odium #IndiDev
Screenshot of Odium. In the Centers in Red Letters: hopeless beneath more text The pain and hopelessness were always companions for you. One of your earliest memories are related to them. There were multiple attempts to fight them. And after so many years without feeling them you were sure you won. Being wrong never felt so bad.
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Something is coming!
Very close to release of the second level. Already one working shipping Build. Found some issue during QA. So time for the final Sprint.
#GameDev #Odium #IndiDev
A foggy Screenshot of Odium. The Main Color is red, with a blue lightning circle. A Stone Pillar in the front. A floating Golem in the Back. The Level Exit behind it
February 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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„Ich habe da so einen leicht drückenden Schmerz im Kopf.“

„Das ist dein Verstand, das erledigt sich mit der Zeit von alleine…“
February 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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Wir leben in der schlimmsten Realität. Eben von einem alten Mann angesprochen, was Shelby für einen tollen Mantel hat und das es ja so kalt ist. 5 Sekunden Später: Die Grünen, die wollen ja alle Hunde verbieten... was konsumieren solche Leute das die denken das sei richtig?
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Voyager was my first Star Trek show, and it will always hold a special place for me. I love coming back to it
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Needing over a year to release a level of #Odium started to make me think of reducing my work hours of my day job and focusing more on #GameDev. Getting less money to work on a hobby where I made 5$ in over 400 hours…
January 21, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Some people going all in on game sales. Fortunately I can fight this urge. Total different story for offerings on humble bundle for GameDev stuff. Getting great music or assets and helping good causes? Sign me up.
#SoloDev #IndiDev

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Ultimate Survival Asset Kit
🧟Brains, this bundle needs brains—pay what you want for the ultimate zombie asset bundle and help support Girls Who Code with your purchase! 🧟
www.humblebundle.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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d3f4c3r.itch.io/quatsch-quar...

A cute 2D platformer, created in 1 week during a GameJam. Right now only the game jam version is available, but I have ideas for updates.
Quatsch Quartett - Pingu to the Rescue by d3f4c3r
Gone missing in the Tiny World you and Pingu have to find the Quatsch Quartett
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January 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Some advertisement:
You can get #Odium here d3f4c3r.itch.io/odium complete free.
A first person story driven game based on my experience with depression.
Still in development and very close to a another major update
Odium by d3f4c3r
Your life changes by its nightmares
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January 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Haven’t checked my d3f4c3r.itch.io page in a while (wasn’t really helpful for my Mental health). Did it yesterday and was shocked of the spike of download of both Quatsch Quartett and #Odium
Don’t know why.
The white line marks both releases.

#GameDev #SoloDev #IndiDev
Chart of Downloads from itch.io Two spikes beginning 2025 and mid of 2025 are marked with white lines. The are at max 5 downloads a day, couple of days in a row Another spike end of 2025 goes up over 20 a day for at least 2 days
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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I love #UnrealEngine. Again spend couple of hours try to package the new #Odium release.
I had “registered” some Metasounds for faster Load times during development… it prevented the build to work…
Still not done, but at least progress
#IndiDev #SoloDev
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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I finally did it. Rewrote the complete logic which handles the lore logic. Now I only have a single point of truth.
Again many thanks for the hint.
Screenshot from VSCode, Commit Message: completely refactored How the Text System is handled, and the propagation of Levels; implemented GameInstanceSubsystem to handle the heavy lifting 13 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
January 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Not only did I release the first level of #Odium I nearly finished the second one.
Also I partook in my first GameJam. And was overwhelmed with the positive feedback. With the best one attached.

I mean this year #Anno117 and #Avowed were released. Small wonder I found any time to develop
got the quatsch quartett back together, those little rascals! the game felt really trippy somehow: the combination of over-the-top AAA graphics and a somewhat jenky/unpolished gameplay and the goofy narrative created a weird feeling of disconnect that was somehow... strangely engaging? using graphical assets of a quality that outshines your coding abilities usually spells catastrophy, but you kind of make it work. it was probably thanks to kacki that little turd.
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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A little more then 2 years ago I downloaded #UnrealEngine5
It was out of curiosity. Never had anything to do with #GameDev except playing my whole life.
Even though I didn’t spend as much time this year developing, I look back and I find the progress astounding. #IndieGame #SoloDev
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Just focus on Anno series. It stands out on its own!
And with so many DLCs it is not traditional full-price so let’s GO!
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
d3f4c3r.bsky.social
No, but now I think I have something to look into it.
I presume you talking about these: dev.epicgames.com/documentatio...

Will definitely check it out. Many thanks for the suggestion.
Programming Subsystems in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.6 Documentation | Epic Developer Community
An overview of programming subsystems in Unreal Engine.
dev.epicgames.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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#UE5 learning of my life: use the game instance better earlier then later. And maybe plan ahead…
My level needs an info from the controller, an UI element derived a value from it and now the level needs this also
Storing in the instance it will be so much easier. Refactor time! #GameDev #IndieGame
November 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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No harm done. Totally get your point, and these slip channels are annoying af.
Thank you for understanding. I still have a lot of doubts, using AI.
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Lucky you. Happy to hear such success.
I gained over 10 kilos on E like estrogene.
Even with E like ecstasy analogue (as ADHD medication) I didn’t lose any.
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Not to justify anything, but I for myself using an AI voice because I have huge anxiety to use my real voice. Tried to only use text cards but it feels off in most cases.
Due to the fact most AI businesses sucks hard, I don’t really give them money.
October 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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I started playing this game this week and it is a blast. I love every moment of it. The art, story music everything is amazing.
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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For the first time in nearly 3 months I opened #UnrealEngine editor to work on #Odium, time for QA and finalising the second level. Took only a couple of minutes to find a broken animation… of course.
The experience paid off and it wasn’t as hard to fix as I initially thought.

#Gamedev #Indiegames
October 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM