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Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 1d

Tagging in on where Adam left off Paddy has started adding art to our real time mesh generator. Some snaggs here and there but a core set of pieces allow for some good feels

Build, build...DESTROY, DESTROY....!

#gamedev #procgen #gameart

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 6d

We've had loads of fun making these toys, hope you like them too. More info to come!

#gamedev #indiedev #videogames

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 6d

We're excited to share an upcoming collection of *tiny* projects - Upstream Arcade GEMS. Each 'Gem' will feature a completely different idea that we've always wanted to try. It's fun to figure new things out, and even more fun to share them with you. Stay tuned!

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 8d

There's something vaguely satisfying about getting the code to figure out the unique combinations for our mesh system.

#gamedev #coding

A collection of 2 by 2 by 2 wireframes filled with different combinations of 1 by 1 by 1 white, filled cubes - all in different combinations. On top of each cube is a number which specifies the specific pattern of cubes contained.

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 14d

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Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 14d

What's this little fella?? #gamedev #indiedev #prototype

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 15d

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What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 14d

This was a fun morning with shaders and animating to get up and running! #gamedev #indiegames

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 14d

First things first - that little 'blobby' feeling when adding and removing pieces. #gamedev #procgen #gamecode #indiedev

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 15d

It's pretty fun putting this together! #gamecode #gamedev #indiedev

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 15d

While Paddy is putting some visual love into Sky-Skater, Ad is starting on our second microgame. Let's get some simple real time mesh generation working... #gamedev #procgen #indiedev

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 15d

I'm really enjoying seeing all the Character that Paddy has brought to this little scene! #gamedev #indiedev

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 15d

Paddy has been living his best life, and fulfilling his dream of making low-poly flying cars for our Sky-Skater minigame. #cyberpunk #gamedev #gameart

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 20d

It's always fun getting those visual touches in that provide better feedback and feel. #gamedev #indiedev #gamecode

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 20d

Some good progress in the last day - transparent floor, visual effects and extra props are bringing it together! #gamedev #retrogame #indiegame

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 21d

I've been having quite a lot of fun noodling around with this toy! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 21d

Our hoverboard-ey toy is coming on nicely! We've an updated player character, colour palette and some (massively faked) animation. #gamedev #indiedev

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 23d

It's always a highlight getting handed some art to put into a prototype and then it suddenly becoming a game. #gamedev #indiedev #gameplay

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 23d

It's amazing what a difference some first pass art can make to a prototype. #gamedev #indiedev #gameart

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 27d

I've had a fun time creating our little skate prototype - perfectly timed presses and releases of the 'boost' button lets you accelerate when taking off and landing - just don't smash into stuff!
#gamedev
#indiedev

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 28d

I'm really looking forward to putting some of our little projects on here.
#indiegames
#itch

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 28d

More exciting news!

We are sharing a link to our new itch.io page where we will be posting some fun things to play in the future

Upstream Arcade

We make action games brimming with innovation, style and soul.

upstreamarcade.itch.io

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 28d

Huge if true!

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 28d

Hello!

In a major announcement that we expect to be the lead story on tonight's news and children to talk about in the school yard... our Upstream Arcade store page has gone live on Steam!

Please head there to check out our games!

store.steampowered.com/curator/4577...

Steam Curator: Upstream Arcade

store.steampowered.com

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Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 28d

Hello!

In a major announcement that we expect to be the lead story on tonight's news and children to talk about in the school yard... our Upstream Arcade store page has gone live on Steam!

Please head there to check out our games!

store.steampowered.com/curator/4577...

Steam Curator: Upstream Arcade

store.steampowered.com

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · 29d

This was a fun one to get working - I'm looking forward to seeing @pmartin123.bsky.social 's lovely ideas going into this tech. #gamedev #coding #procgen

Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 29d

Here's the core functionality of the Grid Mesh Generation code. You can add and remove cubes and the mesh dynamically generates based on their relationship to one another. We're using a very simple set of meshes to test, but stay tuned for some more fun!
#gamedev
#procgen
#programming

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Sep 5

Aha - now we're working in 3D - I've got some over the top colours going on but you can get a rough idea of the correct meshes being chosen based on the underlying grid!

Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Sep 5

A bit more progress, the objects that are placed can now be rotated, this is handy because it means we can get more out of fewer objects!

Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Sep 4

Some early progress on the cube based editing, I'm using an offset grid so each square that is placed is actually represented by four other pieces combining. Bright garish colours show how this works.

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm a lucky coder. Today I get to do some level editing code based on cubes - picture Townscaper, and then make it way less clever, no - less clever than that. That's it, that's what I'm making.

Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Sep 2

Absolutely loving the concept and execution of Echo - Defy Death: youtu.be/IYdm1IlrNgM?...

Echo: Defy Death | MIX Fall Game Showcase 2025

YouTube video by Media Indie Exchange

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Aug 28

The final steps of achieving the Low res graphical style is to capture the look of an arcade CRT display! This shader, inspired by Timothy Lottes' FixingPixelArt shader, involves horizontal blurring, scanlines, warping and a repeated colour mask. Hopefully the compression holds.

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Aug 28

A little more progress - now with dithered transparency and a placeholder skybox!

#indiedev
#graphicscode

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here's step one in our lo-fi renderer experiment. Includes down-sampled rendering, dithered shadows and flattened lighting. It's a bit hacky, but gives us a rough sense of where it could go.

#indiedev
#graphicscode

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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here's the very modest beginning - a basic scene, single light using #unity3d's standard rendering. I'll be hacking derezzifying this shortly.

#graphicscoding