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Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

Super excited to announce that I'm one of the Founding Partners of:

❗ PANIC STATIONS ❗

A brand new video game studio making fun, fresh, physics-based co-op games with a sense of humour, and looking to release a few every year!

We're also entirely run by pigeons... 👀

Panic Stations @panicstationshq.bsky.social · 14d

hi we are...

❗ PANIC STATIONS ❗

📢 a brand new video game studio... run entirely by pigeons?!? 🐦

October 31, 2025 at 6:33 AM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

no need to PAN!C 👀

October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

Updates on the game I'm making 👀

This week I added:
🔥 Enemies
🔥 Enemies shooting
🔥 Dash ability for the player
🔥 A little sprinkle of polish

And I changed the lighting system from baked to Realtime Voxel Global Illumination!!!

🎥 Vid on my YouTube channel - See bio! 🎥

May 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

is game dev like this for everyone? or just me?

longer vids on my YouTube channel if ye wanna follow along with the game 👀

April 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

this is what 1 week of Game Dev looks like for me lol

longer vids on my YouTube channel if ye wanna follow along with the game 👀

April 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

Worked on procedural leg animations...

ended up 'accidentally' adding a cursed spider robot 👍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRpr...

I accidentally added a CURSED spider robot to my DREAM GAME 😞✌️

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

I got a bit fed up with hopping between new projects every video, and so...

I'm making my DREAM GAME in Unity!

🟢 Episode 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Ye...

Subscribe to follow along! www.youtube.com/@oliverage24

Finally making my DREAM GAME in Unity!

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

April 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

I gave 'Vibe Coding' a try in Unity and had fun, I fear 😂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUrM...

I tried VIBE CODING in UNITY 👀 (PAC-MAN)

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

April 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

I got 5 AIs to make a game together in Unity without communicating... lol

Dev 1 is DeepSeek
Dev 2 is ChatGpt
Dev 3 is Grok
Dev 4 is Gemini
Dev 5 is Claude

Watch on my YouTube channel to find out what they made, and whether we're cooked! 🙃

March 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

I did an experiment to see if Grok can recreate Stardew Valley... using Unity 🤖

Full video over here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfNV...

March 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

new youtube vid!

this week I tried to recreate the whole of Minecraft, in one hour, in Unity 👀

watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU5M...

March 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

just hit 500 subscribers on youtube 🎉

thanks everyone for checking it out 🙌

www.youtube.com/@oliverage24...

March 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

uploaded a new youtube video

i failed to remake The Sims in Unity in just 1 hour 🙃

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVv...

Can THE SIMS be recreated in Unity in just 1 HOUR? (no 😂)

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

March 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

Everything you need to know about singletons in Unity:

- What they are
- When to use them
- Why they make some people cry
- How to code them
- Bonus free Ultimate Singleton script I wrote that you can just use to make Singletons all over the place, very easy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQwT...

Singletons in Unity: Simplify Your Code (But Watch Out!) 👀

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

February 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

I uploaded a tutorial on how to make tic tac toe in unity ⭕❌

Step-by-step covering how I do it and WHY i'm doing it that way, in case you learn better with extra context and reasoning!

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST95...

Build Your First Game in Unity: Tic Tac Toe Tutorial ⭕❌

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

February 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

New tutorial on how to code Health Bars in Unity that follow enemies around!

Step-by-step covering how I do it and WHY i'm doing it that way, in case you learn better with extra context and reasoning!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x64s...

create health bars that FOLLOW you everywhere in Unity! 👀

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

February 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

how to fade between scenes in unity 6!

it's a tutorial that explains how to do it along with WHY I'm doing everything I'm doing, which hopefully is more useful than just step-by-step without reasoning

check it out here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2r-...

how to fade between scenes in unity 6 (for ghosts only 👻)

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

January 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

i just uploaded a 1 hour 22 min video

it's a tutorial where I show how to make a main menu in Unity 6 (without crying)

i also explain WHY i'm doing everything which is why it's so long and took 3 weeks to edit lol

hopefully, some of you find it useful 🫠

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPaH...

how to make a main menu in unity 6 (without crying 😭)

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

January 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

new youtube video!

this time we take a look at some main menus from popular indie games and discover a secret formula 🤫

if you like it, please subscribe to the channel here 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DExN...

🤫 the secret formula for making great main menus!

YouTube video by Oliver Age 24

www.youtube.com

December 30, 2024 at 4:05 PM

Oliver Age 24

@oliverage24.bsky.social

i have recorded another youtube video 👀

if you've ever thought "i am not a coding person", this one's for you!

if you like it, please subscribe to the channel 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Gg2...