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Asher Zhu

@vuthric.bsky.social

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Director @ Duck Shake Games ex Tech Art R&D @ Epic Games LEGO, Fortnite, Matrix Awakens, Unreal Engine 4 & 5 - Tech art and chill with us http://discord.gg/gRwaywC 🏠 London 🕸 https://Asher.GG

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Dec 9

update on my Slime game💚

The dungeon's popularity is plummeting! Only the Slime can make it fun again. Lots of magic sodas are needed to get the job done.

#indiegame #gamedev #techart #slime #game

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Sep 18

data wing and super hexagon are basically on my altar. now it's so sad that I just read books on my samsung fold..
what's your favorite mobile games in 2025?

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Sep 18

yeah what you mentioned are common but I've never seen waiting on user input smoothing before

Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Sep 17

Data Wing proved mobile gaming isn't a mistake!

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Sep 17

This happens during combat / lock on as well. Details like this greatly reduce the chance of motion sickness, because "my viewpoint moves when I didn't expect it to" is the biggest cause of your brain thinking "something is wrong we must be poisoned".

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Sep 17

Been studying 3rd person camera and discovered a neat trick from Zelda
Walls blocking camera is commonly solved by moving the viewpoint closer. However when the wall is moved away, Link's camera doesn't immediately jump to its original position, instead only slowly recovers when there is user input.

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Sep 6

came to learn about the beautiful golden spiral stackoverflow.com/questions/96... since I needed a way to sample a sphere's surface uniformly

Did a bit code search and found Chaos had this built-in 😙👌

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 25

that's a great perspective. I'll get to it when I have days of doing nothing to look forward to :)

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 25

that sounds more intriguing than I want it to be.. I've been stuck half way through DS1 for years since it never felt like a good choice to spend my daily gaming quotas.
Should I bite the bullet and finish DS1 before starting 2, or just go for it pretending 1 never existed?

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Aug 25

I'm seriously overbooked very often for my consulting for underrepresented devs, but I can 100% vouch for @richiedewit.bsky.social's knowledge.

No harm in trying both of us, either, by the way. Take any perspective or information you can!

Richie de Wit @richiedewit.com · Aug 25

Bear Knuckle is changing gears.

I started it to help self-publishing studios with their business, working w/ teams like Appelmoes Games, Merge Conflict, and Bunnyhug.

Now:
❌ Self-pub business consulting.
✅ Free 30-min consulting for devs from underrepresented backgrounds at bearknuckle.org

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 24

Just pass the butter!

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 3

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

every AI "artist" right now

YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing

www.youtube.com

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 3

I doubt there will ever be a way to 'reverse lookup' the artists. De-branding the real creative people isn't a side effect, but its core function, effectively turning copyrighted art into fragmented strokes that current legal system hasn't caught up to protect.

Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 3

'ai' art doesn't have real value but is getting better at theft and attracting eyeballs. It's disrespectful. Many reputable game companies I know are rolling out no-ai policy, our studio among them. I don't care that stealing can be profitable. I didn't get to where I am today to be a piece of shit.

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Aug 3

The thing I hate most about generative 'ai' art is when I see something actually good. I know a real artist did that style very well, and someone else drew her hair in this specific way I love and want to see more. But there is no way to know more about the artists who the 'ai' stole from

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thanks for all your DMs! I woke up to way too many animation showreels than I expected, a lot of which are sooo good and humbling, others inspiring with passion. I'll sort through everything in a day or two and also try to give as much constructive feedback as I can ❤️

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Jun 4

I'm looking for a freelance 3D character animator to bring our humanoids to life💓

hmu with your portfolio if hitting the slime with a huge bell hammer sounds like your thing
(more permanent positions available after we are fully funded :)
#animation #indiedev #gamedev

Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Dec 9

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · May 15

how can something be both so beautiful and so sick

Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks for your encouragement! I'm very much hard at work and everything of the project is going as well as I could imagine :))

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Mar 24

Your resilience is a huge inspiration! "What would doc do?" is right up there with "what would Frieren do?" for me

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Feb 9

Happy birthday let's fuck some shit up!!

Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Jan 20

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Jan 20

By the time I saw this viral video on tiktok, the account was already mysteriously deleted.
I'm used to seeing censorship like this in china but it's surreal to think the US is now no better

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'm unironically converting all my music, movies to watch and shows into local library and starting to read more books because how noisy and uninteresting the general online atmosphere is nowadays :\

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Asher Zhu @vuthric.bsky.social · Dec 25

Bro invented a new form of gambling and got addicted to it 😂

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