aaron-tamarin
@aaron-tamarin.bsky.social
Golden Tamarin is my "Studio Name" - https://www.golden-tamarin.com
Elevation Tower Defense - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/Elevation_Tower_Defense/
Elevation Tower Defense - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/Elevation_Tower_Defense/
Apparently, updating you app in Steam is pretty quick! 😀
The Dark Lands with its dynamic map is now live - the map provides much higher replayability for the game as its never the same map twice! 🤩
#towerdefense #godot #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
The Dark Lands with its dynamic map is now live - the map provides much higher replayability for the game as its never the same map twice! 🤩
#towerdefense #godot #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
Elevation Tower Defense on Steam
Take the high ground with Elevation Tower Defense - a fully 3D TD experience letting you experience the battle from all angles. Build and upgrade towers - fight off waves of enemies - watch out for en...
store.steampowered.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Apparently, updating you app in Steam is pretty quick! 😀
The Dark Lands with its dynamic map is now live - the map provides much higher replayability for the game as its never the same map twice! 🤩
#towerdefense #godot #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
The Dark Lands with its dynamic map is now live - the map provides much higher replayability for the game as its never the same map twice! 🤩
#towerdefense #godot #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When starting a new game project, do you start with:
1) A trailer?
2) Concept visual artwork?
3) Prototyping a specific mechanic?
4) Soundtrack to establish the mood?
5) Start with a cool main menu and see where it takes you?
#gamedev
1) A trailer?
2) Concept visual artwork?
3) Prototyping a specific mechanic?
4) Soundtrack to establish the mood?
5) Start with a cool main menu and see where it takes you?
#gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
When starting a new game project, do you start with:
1) A trailer?
2) Concept visual artwork?
3) Prototyping a specific mechanic?
4) Soundtrack to establish the mood?
5) Start with a cool main menu and see where it takes you?
#gamedev
1) A trailer?
2) Concept visual artwork?
3) Prototyping a specific mechanic?
4) Soundtrack to establish the mood?
5) Start with a cool main menu and see where it takes you?
#gamedev
Task was very good, but… I feel like I might have enjoyed it a bit more if I hadn’t already seen Dope Thief (which was also very good).
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October 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Task was very good, but… I feel like I might have enjoyed it a bit more if I hadn’t already seen Dope Thief (which was also very good).
Just about finished with adding a randomized level (Dark Lands) to Elevation - just need to finish some playtesting and update Steam! #godot #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #towerdefense
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just about finished with adding a randomized level (Dark Lands) to Elevation - just need to finish some playtesting and update Steam! #godot #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #towerdefense
whooa... trippy shaders... not mine, just thought it was cool and colorful and wanted to pass along the vibe 🫠 - www.shadertoy.com/view/ttlGDf #shaders
October 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
whooa... trippy shaders... not mine, just thought it was cool and colorful and wanted to pass along the vibe 🫠 - www.shadertoy.com/view/ttlGDf #shaders
New levels demand new enemies... Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Sludgie, the crawling fatberg of Elevation! Shall we keep him in the game? 🤔 #screehshotsaturday #godot #towerdefense #solodev #gamedev #fatberg
October 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New levels demand new enemies... Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Sludgie, the crawling fatberg of Elevation! Shall we keep him in the game? 🤔 #screehshotsaturday #godot #towerdefense #solodev #gamedev #fatberg
Working on completely generated levels using noise maps - you have to watch out for "islanding" which messes up pathing (in a TD game, broken pathing is a broken game). You have to play around with the noise parameters a lot to ensure map cohesion #screenshotsaturday #solodev #gamedev #godot #noise
October 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Working on completely generated levels using noise maps - you have to watch out for "islanding" which messes up pathing (in a TD game, broken pathing is a broken game). You have to play around with the noise parameters a lot to ensure map cohesion #screenshotsaturday #solodev #gamedev #godot #noise
Elevation Tower Defense is now available on Steam! 🤯🙏🎆 #towerdefense #godot #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
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Take the high ground with Elevation Tower Defense - a fully 3D TD experience letting you experience the battle from all angles. Build and upgrade towers - fight off waves of enemies - watch out for en...
store.steampowered.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Elevation Tower Defense is now available on Steam! 🤯🙏🎆 #towerdefense #godot #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
I see GEO is now a thing - that's Generative Engine Optimization for those not in the marketing realm. Its kind of like "do everything server-side, simplify the HTML, and minimize client-side JS cause AI can't parse it". The future of the web is IE 4.0 compatibility 😬🫠😭 #aiStinkyPooPoo
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I see GEO is now a thing - that's Generative Engine Optimization for those not in the marketing realm. Its kind of like "do everything server-side, simplify the HTML, and minimize client-side JS cause AI can't parse it". The future of the web is IE 4.0 compatibility 😬🫠😭 #aiStinkyPooPoo
Steam approved Elevation app and now I'm just waiting for the required time periods to pass - between Steam and Apple, Steam had more steps, but also more flexible - Apple was more like "here is the one path - don't stray" #gamedev #towerdefense #godot
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
Elevation Tower Defense on Steam
Take the high ground with Elevation Tower Defense - a fully 3D TD experience letting you experience the battle from all angles. Build and upgrade towers - fight off waves of enemies - watch out for en...
store.steampowered.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Steam approved Elevation app and now I'm just waiting for the required time periods to pass - between Steam and Apple, Steam had more steps, but also more flexible - Apple was more like "here is the one path - don't stray" #gamedev #towerdefense #godot
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/...
One more AIBlocker test - www.golden-tamarin.com/ai/testf1/ - this is a WebGL export of a single scene godot project that uses a single Rich Text Label to display some Alice in Wonderland as text - neither CoPilot nor GPT can summarize the URL. Godot as a website management tool seems to block ai.
September 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
One more AIBlocker test - www.golden-tamarin.com/ai/testf1/ - this is a WebGL export of a single scene godot project that uses a single Rich Text Label to display some Alice in Wonderland as text - neither CoPilot nor GPT can summarize the URL. Godot as a website management tool seems to block ai.
Finally got my Steam page up 🎆😍 - store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/... - Wishlist Now! Respect to everyone whose gone through getting listed on Steam! 💪 #towerDefense #soloDev #godot
Elevation Tower Defense on Steam
Take the high ground with Elevation Tower Defense - a fully 3D TD experience letting you experience the battle from all angles. Build and upgrade towers - fight off waves of enemies - watch out for en...
store.steampowered.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Finally got my Steam page up 🎆😍 - store.steampowered.com/app/4009360/... - Wishlist Now! Respect to everyone whose gone through getting listed on Steam! 💪 #towerDefense #soloDev #godot
The more times I watch Elysium, the more I like it. An entire sci-fi movie about citizenship, universal healthcare, billionaires, and over-automation - almost like Neill Blomkamp was trying to tell us something 🤔
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September 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The more times I watch Elysium, the more I like it. An entire sci-fi movie about citizenship, universal healthcare, billionaires, and over-automation - almost like Neill Blomkamp was trying to tell us something 🤔
Steam: Upload your logo here
Me: What logo?
Also Me: Oh yeah, right, "marketing stuff"
Me: What logo?
Also Me: Oh yeah, right, "marketing stuff"
September 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Steam: Upload your logo here
Me: What logo?
Also Me: Oh yeah, right, "marketing stuff"
Me: What logo?
Also Me: Oh yeah, right, "marketing stuff"
Setting up the Steam page - release time is coming up! Here's my first take on a trailer (cause, like, you need one for your Steam page along with a lot of other stuff🥴). #towerdefense #solodev #godot #gamedev
September 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Setting up the Steam page - release time is coming up! Here's my first take on a trailer (cause, like, you need one for your Steam page along with a lot of other stuff🥴). #towerdefense #solodev #godot #gamedev
One last #aiblocker demo with an instructional overlay and final decoding to html-ized content with an image. Going to pause on this to finish out my game app, but I can totally see how this and other techniques could be embedded into WordPress and other CMS systems.
August 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One last #aiblocker demo with an instructional overlay and final decoding to html-ized content with an image. Going to pause on this to finish out my game app, but I can totally see how this and other techniques could be embedded into WordPress and other CMS systems.
#aiObfuscation test 3 - replace the with just tapping or clicking the text until its decoded - only takes 1-5 taps - works waaay better than a UI controller on mobile - now I think it just needs an instructional overlay and a test embedding in a full-out normal webpage. #aiblocker
August 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#aiObfuscation test 3 - replace the with just tapping or clicking the text until its decoded - only takes 1-5 taps - works waaay better than a UI controller on mobile - now I think it just needs an instructional overlay and a test embedding in a full-out normal webpage. #aiblocker
Second experiment in masking content from AI - text content is sent from server encrypted with a really basic key (like "1" or "2") - user is given a slider that functions as the input to decrypt and can visually see when its correct #noAI #controlAI
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Second experiment in masking content from AI - text content is sent from server encrypted with a really basic key (like "1" or "2") - user is given a slider that functions as the input to decrypt and can visually see when its correct #noAI #controlAI
Trying something I've been thinking about - you can make a webpage that looks perfectly readable to humans, but AI cannot understand. By taking all the letters in text and assigning them coordinates and then randomizing the sequence, it throws AI on a tangent #noAI
August 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Trying something I've been thinking about - you can make a webpage that looks perfectly readable to humans, but AI cannot understand. By taking all the letters in text and assigning them coordinates and then randomizing the sequence, it throws AI on a tangent #noAI
Finally got around to watching some #alienEarth and I am not disappointed
August 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Finally got around to watching some #alienEarth and I am not disappointed
Discovered a memory leak in my app this week - going from level to level a certain amount of objects were not being cleared out. (a small thread) #solodev #screenshotsaturday #godot #memoryManagement #gamedev
August 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Discovered a memory leak in my app this week - going from level to level a certain amount of objects were not being cleared out. (a small thread) #solodev #screenshotsaturday #godot #memoryManagement #gamedev
I try to give each level its own biome with distinctive gameplay differences - in the sky level, you get a moving base to defend - this makes the enemies chase after you, but also means there's no classic choke points and you're surrounded😬 #screenshotsaturday #godot #solodev #gamedev
August 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I try to give each level its own biome with distinctive gameplay differences - in the sky level, you get a moving base to defend - this makes the enemies chase after you, but also means there's no classic choke points and you're surrounded😬 #screenshotsaturday #godot #solodev #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhR... The optimism of the early internet is a stark contrast to today. These Anna Paquin ads left a lot of us asking "WTF is she talking about?" and looking into that lead me to Delphi, IRC, UUNet, public FTP sites, and the web. I wish we could get back to "No more there"🤔
No More There (Anna Paquin Commercial from 1994)
YouTube video by Craig Cocca
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July 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhR... The optimism of the early internet is a stark contrast to today. These Anna Paquin ads left a lot of us asking "WTF is she talking about?" and looking into that lead me to Delphi, IRC, UUNet, public FTP sites, and the web. I wish we could get back to "No more there"🤔