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hi, I'm aleksandra! | indie game dev | 🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) | developer of Metal Garden: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/Metal_Garden/

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · Mar 21

Metal Garden is now out on Steam!

Embark on a short, atmospheric adventure through an overgrown megastructure.

store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 5d

big gothic castle in quake from last year. didn't make it for any other reason than I was using it to make new textures and enjoying myself.

screenshot of a long stone bridge overshadowing a medieval town. the bridge has a gatehouse in the middle, which leads to the entrance of a castle

the entrance to the castle. tall towers and turrets are scattered everywhere, it's an insane and dysfunctional layout mostly for showing off

the implausibly large keep in the center of the castle. octogonal tower with turret towers in the corners that go up the whole length.

a higher up view of the towers at the gate, with the massive keep visible in the back

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 5d

I did see them! Thank you very much for your kind words!

aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 5d

Game 2 is gonna be set in a different setting because I wanna try a different genre, but Game 3 will very likely be set in Metal Garden's universe again :)

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 5d

Yep! More localizations (including Spanish) are still coming in future updates :)

aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 5d

ah thank you so much! <3

aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 5d

I've spent last couple of months since release just working on updates for the game, but I think I'm finally reaching the point where almost everything I wanted has been implemented.

So I should probably be able to start working on my next project pretty soon :)

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 5d

Metal Garden now has over a thousand Steam reviews!?

Thank you guys so so much, I never for a second thought it would get even a fraction of that!

Steam info page for Metal Garden. It has 1012 reviews in total, with the rating of 'Overwhelmingly Positive'.

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 6d

oh hey congrats!!!

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Kim's in need of a job @iibo.games · Aug 22

still looking for level design work; i'm available starting October!

i can work in unreal, unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. i've worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community modding projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.

portfolio ➡️ iibo.games

Kimberly Riswick - Level Designer

Hey I'm Kim! I'm a 20-something level designer with a background in Source engine modding.

iibo.games

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 7d

wish you could do yuri in real life tho, that'd be crazy

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 7d

Oh hey that's really cool! Thanks for sharing that!!!

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 7d

(girl who's only read yuri vns for the past few weeks voice): mmmh maybe reading one more yuri visual novel would fix me...

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 7d

Those also seem pretty cool! I didn't know there were texture packs on archive.org!

aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 7d

ohh I've been playing it a bunch just over this last week and really enjoying it! it's just so cute...

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Blood Machine @bloodmachine.bsky.social · 20d

Art for gameeee

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aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 9d

ohh!!! curvy caves... :)

aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 9d

I'm still experimenting with trim sheets and hotspot textures, but I hope to use those much more in the future.

aleksandra @aleksandraht.bsky.social · 9d

For environments I mostly just use photo-sourced textures, edited to tile continuously. Some are from sites like textures. com and others are ones I've taken.

I also color grade them to be very low contrast, so I can get a softer look to the scene.