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Lucas Varney

@lucasvarney.bsky.social

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Game developer. Worked on Dusk Switch + patches, Gloomwood, Fallen Aces, ULTRAKILL, & ROTT: LE. Developing New Blood's upcoming top down shooter alongside @elisarek.bsky.social

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Mr. Meatbox @mr-meatbox.bsky.social · 5d

Tutorial area for #TheAbyssalLine is coming together.
#MadewithUnity #MadeInUnity #ScreenshotSaturday #survivalhorror

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FallenAcesDev @fallenacesdev.bsky.social · 7d

It's my favorite time of year.

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Hakita @hakita.bsky.social · 8d

Really enjoyed Caput Mortum. Short, punchy Amnesia/Penumbra style horror puzzler. Neat alchemy-based plot and novel mechanics that don't overstay their welcome. The "pre-standardization" style control scheme took a bit of getting used to, meaning it works as intended.

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 8d

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ULTRAKILL @ultrakill-game.bsky.social · 12d

Deathcatchers are a rare enemy that causes all nearby dead foes to get resurrected until it is destroyed.

The resurrected versions are slightly slower and weaker, but as the dead stack up, their numbers can easily become overwhelming.

#screenshotsaturday
youtu.be/eRaAQBw9dlA

ULTRAKILL 94 - Deathcatcher

YouTube video by Hakita

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ZeHatsu @zehatsu.com · 21d

Drawing of a man walking away from a car that's crashed into a tree.

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ZeHatsu @zehatsu.com · 18d

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Mr. Meatbox @mr-meatbox.bsky.social · 18d

Ammo counter for #TheAbyssalLine is in and functional, thanks to @lucasvarney.bsky.social

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New Blood Interactive @newblood.games · 18d

The Doctor's handlantern has received a model and vfx update, allowing new lighting effects like animated flickering, light masking and shadow casting.

But will its meagre light help you in the depths of the city?

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New Blood Interactive @newblood.games · 23d

Team green, you have waited long enough.

NEW BLOOD IS COMING TO XBOX
@xbox.com

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ULTRAKILL @ultrakill-game.bsky.social · 26d

This office job drives me up the wall.
#screenshotsaturday

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Mr. Meatbox @mr-meatbox.bsky.social · 26d

With two hands, you can only do so much until you need to put the light down.

Pick and choose your actions carefully when traversing through #TheAbyssalLine

#ScreenshotSaturday #MadewithUnity #IndieDev #SurvivalHorror

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FrogmanDev @frogmandev.bsky.social · 29d

Got vertex colors from the ground projecting onto the player to simulate light 🎨

Vertex colors were baked/painted by hand in Blender so there are no Unity lights in this scene aside from a single directional light to cast some subtle shadow on the players arms

#indiedev #unity

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weapo @weapo.bsky.social · Sep 7

Really beautiful world. Puzzles were just right for my little brain. Just enough to feel satisfied when I solved them, but they never slowed the exploration too much. Perfect length to run through in one sitting.

Caput Mortum on Steam

Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?

store.steampowered.com

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Dave NewBlood @dave.newblood.games · Sep 5

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Dakota Lee @lee714.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fun little practice piece I did this morning. Very busy currently but can’t wait till I can show you all what’s cooking 💪

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Mr. Meatbox @mr-meatbox.bsky.social · Aug 23

Its been a while since I did a #ScreenShotSaturday. I'm going to show off some of the weapons for "The Abyssal Line"
First up, the OLD Cricket Bat.
This was the first weapon done, with an arm rig by @oopsallsolace.bsky.social I did it to see if I could do weapon animation. Then "AL" started after.

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Lucas Varney @lucasvarney.bsky.social · Aug 24

There's lots of development stuff going on behind the scenes, but notably we recently hired the talented @mr-meatbox.bsky.social to help make 3D models for the game!

#screenshotsaturday

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Lucas Varney @lucasvarney.bsky.social · Aug 19

a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

ALT: a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' .

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Lucas Varney @lucasvarney.bsky.social · Aug 17

Everything you add to this game is glorious

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FrogmanDev @frogmandev.bsky.social · Aug 16

Free-aim Pistol WIP 🔫

(cursors and red box are debug visuals and won't be visible in-game)

#indiegame #unity #gamedev

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New Blood Interactive @newblood.games · Aug 15

RETRO SURVIVAL HORROR.

LIVE ACTION CUTSCENES.

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Andrew Hulshult @andrewhulshult.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Lucas Varney @lucasvarney.bsky.social · Aug 9

It is a truly awful feeling to have some kind of mysterious hardware issue, and you just have to go down a list of 20000 possible causes to fix it. Hope you can get it resolved soon (and cheaply)

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Lucas Varney @lucasvarney.bsky.social · Aug 8

That's what I'm TALKIN 'bout right there

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New Blood Interactive @newblood.games · Aug 7

NEW BLOOD #QUAKECON MEETUP!

SATURDAY AT 2PM

TEXAN STATION

BE THERE 🩸

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