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Kieran Lampert

@kieranlampert.com

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🌞 Artist at Polyarc 🌚 Indie dev and toy/collectibles sculptor 🎮 Making Farmageddon 🚫 No AI/NFTs 🖼️ PFP: @pita-m.bsky.social Want to see your character in 3D? Commissions open! Contact me via my portfolio site: www.kieranlampert.com

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Apr 8

Hey #portfolioday! My name's Kieran and I'm a senior artist making games at Polyarc. In my (very limited) spare time I also sculpt toys and collectibles, and I'm working on a solo tactics game project in #godot called Farmageddon. I love stylized aesthetics and learning new things.

#gamedev #art

A fan art design/sculpture of the character Frida from the PlayStation game Bust-A-Groove.

A 3D sculpture of a stylized rendition of Batman. Based off an illustration by Mike Bear.

A stylized fan art sculpt of Skeletor (from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) as a skateboarder. Based off a redesign by Vanja Todoric.

A mockup of a turn-based tactics game called Tavern Brawl Dungeon Crawl done for a game jam.

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 1d

That griffon has seen things it can't unsee.

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LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes when you read the list of who liked your post

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 5d

Thanks!!

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 6d

So happy to be diving back into this project again. I've been fleshing out the terrain tiles to make for smoother transitions, filling in missing details, and fixing little issues I didn't have time to get to before.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #advancewars #pixelart #lowpoly

A screenshot of a variety of terrain tiles for a low-poly, 3D version of Advance Wars.

A screenshot showing the previous terrain tiles being used together to create a little diorama.

The same low-poly diorama shown from a different angle, this time much closer to the horizon.

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 6d

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 7d

Hey ya'll. A friend of mine is going through some especially tough times (while simultaneously progressing through a demanding college program and working part time).

A family friend of hers put together this fundraiser. I know she'd be truly grateful for any help you can give:
gofund.me/19409b94c

Donate to Help Lulu After Her Mother, Rana Nofal-Soluri’s, Murder, organized by Brandi Romero

As Lulu’s previous high school teacher and now a friend and m… Brandi Romero needs your support for Help Lulu After Her Mother, Rana Nofal-Soluri’s, Murder

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 9d

Thanks!

Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 10d

QRP with your skull art 💀

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 11d

🔥🔥🔥

Oh, also, Bit Brigade does some amazing metal covers of Mega Man 2 music (as well as putting on a hell of a live show!): youtu.be/MUHlVdqRlPA?...

Bit Brigade performing Mega Man 2 at MAGFest X

YouTube video by ColdBrew697

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 11d

I haven't heard these yet and now I need to 👀👀👀

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 11d

WHAT.

This is WILD to me. Mega Man 2 is definitely my favorite Mega Man soundtrack, hands down, and probably in my top 10 favorites of any games.

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Robin Sevakis @jadedsketch.bsky.social · 13d

Always gotta post one of my Dumb Bear™ toons to celebrate Fat Bear Week.

Illustration of bears fishing for salmon in a river. Dumb bear its trying to eat a pufferfish that's inflated in his mouth, while a mother bear pushes her cub away from him

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 15d

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celestialmaze @cmzw.bsky.social · 24d

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 23d

Glassbreakers (the game I've been working on at Polyarc for the past 3+ years) is streaming gameplay on Steam right now! Go check it out!

steamcommunity.com/broadcast/wa...

#gamedev #indiegame #vr

Steam Community :: Polyarc_Kristen :: Broadcast

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 29d

It's the dawm of a new era

Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · 29d

Spent a couple nights investigating a bug which turned out to be a few places where I wrote "dawm" instead of "dawn"

#gamedev

stitch from the movie lilo and stitch is crying while covering his eyes with his hands .

ALT: stitch from the movie lilo and stitch is crying while covering his eyes with his hands .

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 10

Thanks! We essentially do a 60-minute game jam live, on stage. The resulting games are extremely crude and simple, but (usually) they work, and even if they don't it's still entertaining! We usually have 4-5 jammers, and 1-2 MCs that hype up the crowd and (somewhat) explain what's happening.

Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 10

A bit delayed, but our panel "Let's Make a Video Game: Live On Stage" at PAX West was another huge success. This is the 5th time I've done this panel across 4 years and it's still so much fun every time. We're hoping to bring the panel to other shows in the near future, too.

#gamedev #gamejam #live

A photo of 5 panelists on stage. An MC is on the far left while 4 other panelists are actively making a game live, on stage, in front of an audience.

A photo of the room in which the panel took place. The panelists are shown on stage on the right side of the frame, and to the left you can the audience filling up all seats in the room.

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 10

The icon, the artist, the art.

A picture of me and my son at a restaurant

A 3D sculpture of a mole miner character. He is wearing blue overalls over a purple shirt, a brown backpack with a red bedroll, and a yellow hard hat.

A stylized 3D sculpture of the character Beric Dondarrion from the Game of Thrones television show. He is holding his flaming sword.

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · Sep 9

making HL2 inspired Z-billboarded volumetric light shader in godot. love this trick for how stupidly effective it is for distant lights

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 8

I haven't watched this show in so long. I'm scared to rewatch it and find out it's terrible.

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 5

Trying to get back into doing consistent dev work on Farmageddon, but I was struggling with making some changes to this UI element. Decided it might benefit from a state machine and after mapping out all the states and transitions... well, I see why I was struggling 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

#gamedev #indiegame

A chart mapping the various states of a UI element called "Unit Info." The various states are shown in blue rectangles with rounded corners, and the transition conditions are shown in yellow rectangles.

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Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 4

Certainly worth a try! Thank you!!

Kieran Lampert @kieranlampert.com · Sep 4

Awesome, thanks!!