The HellBox
@thehellbox.bsky.social
Developing a racing game in Rust. Follow this account to not miss the upcoming demo
More split-screen screenshots
I've repurposed multiplayer lobby UI for it. Compared to multiplayer though, it doesn't use cars from your garage, you're free to choose any car you want, but there's no damage or tuning sadly
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I've repurposed multiplayer lobby UI for it. Compared to multiplayer though, it doesn't use cars from your garage, you're free to choose any car you want, but there's no damage or tuning sadly
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
More split-screen screenshots
I've repurposed multiplayer lobby UI for it. Compared to multiplayer though, it doesn't use cars from your garage, you're free to choose any car you want, but there's no damage or tuning sadly
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
I've repurposed multiplayer lobby UI for it. Compared to multiplayer though, it doesn't use cars from your garage, you're free to choose any car you want, but there's no damage or tuning sadly
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
More cars now have different color variations
I haven't posted for a while since I'm preparing the game for the demo release, and that involves a lot of bug fixes, stuff I can't showcase.
Speaking of which - I'm in search of testers. Write me a DM if you're interested to try out the game
#indiedev
I haven't posted for a while since I'm preparing the game for the demo release, and that involves a lot of bug fixes, stuff I can't showcase.
Speaking of which - I'm in search of testers. Write me a DM if you're interested to try out the game
#indiedev
November 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
More cars now have different color variations
I haven't posted for a while since I'm preparing the game for the demo release, and that involves a lot of bug fixes, stuff I can't showcase.
Speaking of which - I'm in search of testers. Write me a DM if you're interested to try out the game
#indiedev
I haven't posted for a while since I'm preparing the game for the demo release, and that involves a lot of bug fixes, stuff I can't showcase.
Speaking of which - I'm in search of testers. Write me a DM if you're interested to try out the game
#indiedev
October 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A small rant but I've been trying to switch to GIMP 3 from 2.1 for the past couple of months and it's just such a horrible experience all around. Non-destructive editing is just broken and gives me all kinds of weird bugs, and somehow it seems like I'm the only person having issues with it
September 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A small rant but I've been trying to switch to GIMP 3 from 2.1 for the past couple of months and it's just such a horrible experience all around. Non-destructive editing is just broken and gives me all kinds of weird bugs, and somehow it seems like I'm the only person having issues with it
Working on an autumn set of maps
September 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Working on an autumn set of maps
One thing I've just learned while making multiplayer is that latency jitter is the real cause for bad MP experience. 1000ms latency with 10ms of jitter will be butter smooth, while 200ms latency with 100ms of jitter will wreck havoc on anything having extrapolation
September 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
One thing I've just learned while making multiplayer is that latency jitter is the real cause for bad MP experience. 1000ms latency with 10ms of jitter will be butter smooth, while 200ms latency with 100ms of jitter will wreck havoc on anything having extrapolation
Ok releasing the demo last week was a lie. I did manage to clean up the game real well, but last moment I thought: "Perhaps multiplayer would help the demo gain traction"
So yeah, I'm doing multiplayer now
So yeah, I'm doing multiplayer now
September 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Ok releasing the demo last week was a lie. I did manage to clean up the game real well, but last moment I thought: "Perhaps multiplayer would help the demo gain traction"
So yeah, I'm doing multiplayer now
So yeah, I'm doing multiplayer now
August 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Working on making it possible to repaint cars. It's a bit bizarre seeing a different color on a car you've been staring at nonstop for 8 months xD
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#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
August 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Working on making it possible to repaint cars. It's a bit bizarre seeing a different color on a car you've been staring at nonstop for 8 months xD
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
August 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
August 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
August 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
CPU opponents now learn from their mistakes. If they can't reach the checkpoint, they'll lower their speed and braking distance until they reach the next one
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July 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
CPU opponents now learn from their mistakes. If they can't reach the checkpoint, they'll lower their speed and braking distance until they reach the next one
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
One of the worst things I've been dealing with while making the game are CPU opponents. It's been 5 months since I've started working on them and every month I come back and try to improve their speed and getting very minor gains. Managed to shaved off 8 seconds out of a 80 second lap today though
July 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One of the worst things I've been dealing with while making the game are CPU opponents. It's been 5 months since I've started working on them and every month I come back and try to improve their speed and getting very minor gains. Managed to shaved off 8 seconds out of a 80 second lap today though
Snowflakes! In the future I plan to introduce more complex weather effects such as rain, but for now all winter maps feature snow falling from the sky
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July 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Snowflakes! In the future I plan to introduce more complex weather effects such as rain, but for now all winter maps feature snow falling from the sky
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
#gamedev #indiedev #racinggame
July 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM