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Dragon1Freak

@dragon1freak.bsky.social

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I make dumb things on the internet (he/him) https://dragon1freak.com Find my games here: https://dragon1freak.itch.io/ #godotengine #gamedev #solodev

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Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · Jan 1

Game dev plans for 2025:

- Finish my #7dfps entry (a bit past 7 days i know)
- Work on and finish smaller projects
- Cut back on project hopping
- Actually cut back on project hopping
- Please stop project hopping so much
- Work through my ideas list
- Actually charge for a finished product

Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · 12h

@glitchprod.com hate to tag y'all, but I've sent multiple support emails about broken merch over the course of a month or more and have gotten zero response. Is there any other way of contacting y'all? I'm not really sure what to do at this point

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 7d

Hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players are really keeping things going, especially in the non f2p gaming space.

According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 1d

Currently remaking each model in the Graveyard Kit so there's more detail and the models are coherent and fit the other (newer) kits. It'll be released soon, for free, for everyone. #gameassets

(but first I'm gonna go to bed, got a bit of the good ol' flu 🤒)

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d

microsoft product (begging, pleading): save this document to my documents?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (twitching, shaking) this jpeg. save to pictures?

me: save to desktop

microsoft (weeping, throwing up): this email attachment... downloads?

me: desktop

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Fields of Mistria ✨ Out Now in Early Access @fieldsofmistria.bsky.social · 1d

✨Fields of Mistria's latest roadmap is here!
Update 4: The Mines Update arrives in early 2026, featuring the conclusion of the Mines Storyline and a secret bachelorette! Plus a glimpse at what’s planned for 1.0. 💙
🔗 Read more: www.fieldsofmistria.com/post/fields-...

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newobject @newobject.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not PS1 style graphics if it doesn’t come from the affine texture mapping region of France

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 2d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · 2d

My job is pushing all of it so hard but for all the wrong reasons. LLMs can be a tool, we've been doing machine learning forever, but I don't need copilot poorly trying to finish my code, or summarizing a meeting I was literally speaking at and took notes on. GenAI is just a plague.

Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I tried dalle way back when it was new cause "haha funny image maker" and then all the stuff about how it was trained and environmental impacts of all these models came out and its like, yeah none of this is worth it.

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 3d

If you're looking for retro textures I can really recommend @strideh.bsky.social's work! They offer three free packs and a premium one. They look really sharp, have a true Quake-feeling, can be used in commercial projects and were made without use of AI!

strideh.itch.io

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Brad (Strideh) @strideh.bsky.social · 3d

Have a new Quake pack: High Seas! A cleaned up and hugely expanded version of the pirate themed textures I made for my old Remix Jam map I Shot The Albatross.

strideh.itch.io/stridehs-hig...

Strideh's High Seas Textures by Strideh

Pirate banners, old stone forts and sandy Caribbean shores.

strideh.itch.io

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Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · 3d

Was gonna suggest this, making it a function makes things so much more flexible

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🍳RachelDfs @similicuir.bsky.social · 3d

I took a step aside from Swordtember after this month, and wanted to try out more VFX stuff on Godot!

I followed a super tutorial by @Le_x_Lu (X) (link below) to get more confident with the Godot Visual Shader graph! 🌪️⚡
Now I only want to make more stuff!!

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Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · 3d

I've done 2D and 3D with #godot, but my UIs have always been pretty simple. Current project is going to be like 90% Control nodes and its wild how much I've missed on that side of the engine.

Should have something to share at the end of the week, but we'll see lol

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Kay Lousberg @kaylousberg.bsky.social · 3d

Oh btw, this month's Patreon character turned out to be a real monstrosity! :D

#gamedev

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torcado @torcado.com · 4d

I made a tool that lets you find the treasure in your computer.

It's called Windows Explorer 2

torcado.itch.io/windows-explorer-2

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brysonmcbee | 💾SOTS🐚🎧 @brysonmcbee.bsky.social · 4d

The gentle wind is beckoning!!!

#otgw #overthegardenwall #b3d #art #fall

a 3d render of greg from over the garden wall

a 3d render of the frog from over the garden wall sitting at a piano

a 3d render of enoch from over the garden wall in a golden frame topped with a skull. enoch stands over several pumkpin people holding flags and dancing.

a 3d render of the beast from over the garden wall standing over spooky trees. at the center of the render stands wirt and greg curiously wandering through the woods.

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Dragon1Freak @dragon1freak.bsky.social · 5d

What if you started a fourth project instead

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jitspoe @jitspoe.bsky.social · 6d

Meet my game in 30 seconds (yes, I'm working on 2).

Wishlist Fist of the Forgotten: store.steampowered.com/app/1105470/...

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 6d

I'm currently patching all my titles to fix the security issue found in Unity 2017.1 and later. It's a work in progress, all titles on all platforms on all marketplaces will be patched in the coming days. Thank you for your patience 🙇‍♂️

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 6d

#MakeRoom is getting a Halloween update on October 20th adding new items plus some often requested features: recolorable lights and custom paintings! Here's a sneak peek 👀

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 6d

Megabonk uses my #gameassets, specifically the Foliage Sprites! 🌿

You can find them here, they're completely free to use (no attribution required!): kenney.nl/assets/folia...

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Alan @wizardzone.net · 6d

It be foxtober! Here's Cam dealing with some rabbit!
#gamedev #indiedev #foxtober

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Tibo (Thibaud Goiffon) @heytibo.bsky.social · 7d

Trying to streamline my game's UI lately

I'm not a big fan of the health and stamina box always stuck on the top left side of the screen.

Made it so that the stamina bar only appears floating near the player when needed.

#wildcosmos #gamedev #indigame #godotengine

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