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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · 1d

from first hand experience I can confirm - Thomas rules at making tools

thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @noio.games · 2d

have to show this off real quick cause i'm quite proud of it!

I built on top of Unity Splines for easier+faster editing

🪄 Shift click inserts points on closest segment
🗻 Moving snaps to ground
💁🏻‍♂️ but height of each point can be adjusted by holding CMD

with SplineMesher's "conforming" it's a dream!

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thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @noio.games · 9d

drake meme:

✋😒 fix bugs and create content
😎👉 f* around with water shader

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · 22d

loving the color palette in this new project!

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jul 25

100% same, I downed the neuromancer trilogy, and then read Virtual Light cuz I never read that 2nd trilogy.

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jul 25

love to see you’re still keeping up with Shelved by Genre

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 29

I just ordered my copy from the 2nd print run!! I can't wait to read it later this summer, the print looks gorgeous, and congrats on publishing you book 😊✨

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 13

yoooo, this looks great Lena!! very spooky scale

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 12

A really nice little preview of GARBAGE COUNTRY from PC Gamer. It's fun to see people's reactions when they realize the pretty car game is also a Tower Defense in disguise.

www.pcgamer.com/games/strate...

Garbage Country seems like it's just about lo-fi beats to off-road to, but it's sneakily a tower defense game against post-apocalyptic trash bots

I did not see that twist coming.

www.pcgamer.com

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Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co · Jun 10

Bernband 👽

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 10

this is the kind of stuff Thomas is king shit at.

sometimes I’ll load up the new build and think, why does everything feel so good suddenly?

and it’ll be something like he adjusted the dust particles behind the car half a fraction, aligning them with the wheels, so they fade perfectly

thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @noio.games · Jun 10

so many little things go into making a game feel good..

these inventory items snap into slots, but they are still partly bound to the cursor positions so you don't lose 'connection' with them while dragging them around

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 10

thanks Tom!! 💫✨

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 9

I think my favorite place in the GARBAGE COUNTRY unity project might be driving around the Asset Test Scene, looking at all the vegetation out of context 🌱

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Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co · Jun 8

hello 👽

announcing my new game: Bernband, a remake of the old Bernband from 2014

wander through an alien city, hang out with locals, find secrets, get lost…

check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2789170

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

go wishlist this thing. bernband is an all timer. store.steampowered.com/app/2789170/...

Bernband on Steam

A sci-fi exploration sim for people who like to wander. Get lost in an alien city, hang out with locals, see some sights. There’s no goal but to stroll. Where will your feet take you?

store.steampowered.com

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨

new BERNBAND in the year of our lord 2025

truly this is a blessed Summer Games Fest 🙏

A screenshot from the upcoming video game Bernband. Standing in the bright lobby of an alien building. There's a plant, pools, pipes, and a couple aliens lounging around.

A first person view of an alien train car, telling you to wishlist the upcoming video game Bernband.

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

it's been a joy making this with Thomas this past year. can't wait for everyone to play it!!

thomas "noio" 🏔️ vandenberg @noio.games · Jun 8

Officially announcing my new game:

GARBAGE COUNTRY.

A lonely road trip through the ruins of a forgotten world.

feat. vast wastelands, tower-defense battles, upgrades, mysteries, & lots of driving.

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

huuuuuuuge news 🚧✨

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

thanks!! even though it's very different gameplay, there's a lot to love here if you liked the vibes of Cloud Gardens 🌱

Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

thanks!! @noio.games's 3d pixel art is sooo good, and we're working with another really talented artist Rita (not on 🦋 yet)

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

thanks!!

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

thanks!! and congrats on releasing Seasonala Cemetery today

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 8

GARBAGE COUNTRY 🌵

Just properly announced our game at PC Gaming showcase!
Go check out our fancy new Steam page and drop us wishlist.

store.steampowered.com/app/2530870/...

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 6

honestly really excited about RE:9. I kind of love when the scope of the games zoom out in weird ways (even if the games/executions aren't always great, looking at u 6)

also love the fucked up shape of this ceiling monster guy

Screenshot from the Resident Evil 9 trailer, shows a city with a massive crater in the middle.

Screenshot from the Resident Evil 9 showing a spooky large creature crawling down from the ceiling.

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 5

huuuuuuge, can’t wait to see!!

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Eli🍊 @cauleyflowers.bsky.social · Jun 5

yoooooo, that’s so sick!! do you know what year it’s from, I can’t make it out on the shirt.

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