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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP
@ironicaccount.bsky.social
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indie game dev Assault Android Cactus🔋, Unpacking📦, Tempopo🌷
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · Sep 1
hello new followers! I'm Tim, I've been working in games for about 20 years and been an #indiedev for 11

I think of myself as an artist/animator but do a lot of programming and design and collaborate with wonderful people

I don't post too much at the moment due to burnout, but I'm still here!
in-game screenshot of twinstick shooter Assault Android Cactus in-game screenshot of the zen puzzle game Unpacking still from the announcement trailer of musical puzzle game Tempopo
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Ben Droste @bendroste.bsky.social · 2h
Where I will be frantically trying to redirect the attention of people headed towards the Nintendo booth this weekend.
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Alex Driml @busalonium.bsky.social · 4h
Booooooof
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Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 MIGW @abandonedsheep.com · 5h
Getting the @paxaus.bsky.social booth for Schrodinger's Cat Burglar set up ready for the weekend.

Are you attending PAX Aus? Drop by booth 49 and say hi!
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Emma Koch @emmakoch.bsky.social · 9h
some of my stylized 3D rendering attempts from past years

the artists whose reference i used will be listed below 👇
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 20h
proud of the @tempopogame.com team tonight for picking up two awards at the AGDAs tonight

both @jeffvandyck.com and @dashurie.bsky.social gave wonderful acceptance speeches and it was a good call not to trust me with the microphone
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Adam @adamgryu.bsky.social · 1d
Super jazzed we got to do this collaboration with the Yetee and @kduffles.bsky.social! $6 from each tee goes to the Canadian charity Water First!
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The Yetee 🌈 🕊️ @theyetee.com · 2d
Gather your friends, then gather some pumpkins; it's time for The Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, and we've got an exclusive tee created just for the event in collab with @adamgryu.bsky.social! This official tee is available now only for a limited time: theyetee.com/ghosttownpumpki...
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Hiné Mizushima/水島ひね @sheishine.bsky.social · 4d
猫のロボット掃除機妨害対策として屋外用ペットテントに入れとけばいいじゃん！と賢い私はさっそくアマゾンで買って入れてみた。

Being the clever human I am, I decided to put her in an outdoor pet tent to stop her from attacking the robot vacuum. So I bought one on Amazon and put her in it…
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · Apr 28
One time I spent five minutes at lunch drawing a reverse centaur and it became one of my most retweeted pieces of art. I resented that so I deleted it but now it can be free again because not enough people follow me on here for it to go big
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d
The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 8d
Starch's lines were definitely the most fun to write
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 8d
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 9d
if you found my thread about Assault Android Cactus trailers from the other day kind of interesting, the game itself is 75% off on Steam right now!

store.steampowered.com/app/250110/A...

(alternatively, check your Steam library to see if you accidentally bought it in a bundle years ago)
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Witch Beam Games @witchbeam.com.au · 9d
All Witch Beam games are part of the Steam Autumn Sale!
store.steampowered.com/developer/wi... #indiegame #indiegames
flyer showing three games Steam Autumn Sale Sep 29th - Oct 6th @ 10 AM PT game capsule of Assault Android Cactus -75% game capsule of Unpacking -50% game capsule of Tempopo -30%
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 12d
Animation test for "The Black Knight", an aborted animated feature film project by Genndy Tartakovsky (2019).
The story of a 20 feet high Knight Armor controlled by a knight inside using ropes, pulleys, and levers. The setting is around the 14th century.
instagram.com/p/DPEqSjkCXyd/
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Liam E 🚲 🦝TANUKI @liambme.bsky.social · 13d
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2025 - Day 2!

Play TANUKI: Pon's Summer at the Critical Reflex booth in Hall 2.

Get yourself a free Post Officer Hat! 🏣 🤠

Come say hello to Pon!
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Joel Finney | Sword of the Sea NOW!!! @izzylizard.bsky.social · 13d
Finally got the X-ray post process material working so you can see the gator when submerged!

Also roughed in a jump that I'm not sure if I want, but it could be a fun mechanic to play with in the design.

#Gator #GameDev
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Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com · 13d
After over 2 years cooking in Steam Early Access, Mars First Logistics 1.0 is finally here!

Engineer your little rover and deliver lots of silly stuff!
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 15d
we were glad to have you involved!

imo Peanut was the coolest android, and the only character with an unlockable pink unicorn hat
illustration of Peanut, a one eyed orange haired android with horns (one damaged) in rusted body armour and holding a giant rocket powered drill bit 3D render of an android with an eyepatch and one horn holding an oversized drill weapon screenshot of a cutscene showing an orange haired android confronting another android with the subtitle "You want to lobotomise a spaceship?" "Android Select" screen showing the character Peanut, a rusted one eyed one horned android wearing a pink unicorn hat
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 15d
I credit the effectiveness of Venom to the highly detailed diagrams I made and of course @sanatanamishra.bsky.social vocal performance
series of seven images showing phases of a boss fight against a giant spider using rough blue sketch lines
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 15d
I think it could have helped, yes

I know some people bounced off how the characters looked, and with full clarity of hindsight I think I could have done them better, and the illustrated designs are definitely heading in that direction
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 16d
trailer 8 - Assault Android Cactus+ Switch Announcement Trailer

this trailer had the extra challenge of capturing all the gameplay footage off a Switch while showing the new stuff

I'm proud of how I did the + slamming in (it briefly becomes a blue S+!)

the end!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4U...
Assault Android Cactus+ Switch Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Witch Beam
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 16d
trailer 7 - PS4 Release Trailer

I recall this one being @jeffvandyck.com brainchild as @sanatanamishra.bsky.social was a bit burnt out by trailers by this point

I feel it goes harder on the audio sync than others and I'm proud of the Liquorice shot at the end

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsjF...
Assault Android Cactus PS4 Release Trailer
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 16d
trailer 6 - Launch Trailer

the big one!

just like our announcement trailer, @sanatanamishra.bsky.social went hard on trailer analysis to get the right blend of cutscene, action shots and accolades with a relentless rising escalation to the final title plate

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bca...
Assault Android Cactus - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Witch Beam
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 16d
trailer 5 - Release Date Trailer

due to bad timing, we had to make this while in Seattle

we made it in a friends living-room with whatever we had on our laptops

the timing was so tight @jeffvandyck.com did the final encode on a plane so he could upload on arrival

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlud...
Assault Android Cactus - Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by Witch Beam
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Tim Dawson 🔙 GCAP @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 16d
trailer 4 - Mega Weapons

an attempt at fishing for news coverage!

with our early access already out there we had precious little exclusive material to share with press or promise players, so we bundled up some bonus modes and tried to hype them up a bit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFWW...
Assault Android Cactus - Mega Weapons
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