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Today on Digital Foundry, we're hands-on with the phenomenal Half-Life 2 RTX demo, playing through the Ravenholm level with an added bonus - a side-by-side playthrough on the 2004 original launch code. youtu.be/QHRS0TO89UI

Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Mar 15

New experimental game: Everyone is Going it be Waiting

Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Mar 11

Excuse my french...

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Mar 11

Cult-plywood-and-OSHA-violations-chic goes to the history books on design _✒️
And gorgous job!

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Mar 11

Use quality references folks!
#gamedev #indiedev #lolarennt

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Mar 10

Warcraft 2 blew me tf away

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Mar 10

how beautiful 🥺

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 27

Sure! There's many tricks for balancing these compositions. First ones to consider are that the human eye tends to go first to where there's faces, details and contrast (either of color or value)
You'll want your creatures to stand out so they should be the most contrasted and detailed elements here

Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 27

Try adding fog somehow, so the further the objects, the more they blend with the color of the background. It also will look nice and coherent since there's already mist on the ground :P

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 27

It's a nice environment. From this camera angle things work differently tho, you have a problem with contrast: the houses, trees and objects in the background have very visible edges against the sky n the mist on the ground. This will compete with your creatures and make them difficult to stand out

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 26

Part of the reason why I joined this platform was to share the progress of my current project, but I found myself mostly building systems, and realizing that's not very sexy material to share...
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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · Feb 3

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!

A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 26

I thought you were gonna share a 2nd game in progress when you said 2 wishlists 🤯

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 26

sick

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 25

In terms of design and writing (and also production) I think Tom Francis (@pentadact.com) got many things right, and his ongoing exploration and analysis of things that work in games are really worth the attention. Blog and YT channel are very rich in content, and of course, his games. Gems.

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 25

I was gonna suggest this. His thoughts are very interesting and insightful. Smart guy and I think he started very young so he has a looot of research and experience.

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Seb @stianest.bsky.social · Feb 25

I'm with you bruh. New in programming so I suck at it, cannot help tech-wise, but about crafting the feeling of the gaming experience, I have some xp & many inspirations.

I'll start with this one coz it's the most recent one I watched. It's more useful than it seems:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXE...

Storytelling Tools to Boost Your Indie Game's Narrative and Gameplay

YouTube video by GDC 2025

www.youtube.com

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