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@niall.codes
30-something, he/him; VR gamedev; writer and brave lil cis boy; making OVRLRD (a VR mech sim)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2163160/OVRLRD/
Things I have made: OVRLRD; The Second Death of Daedalus Mole; Rapid Unplanned Disassembly; mistakes
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2163160/OVRLRD/
Things I have made: OVRLRD; The Second Death of Daedalus Mole; Rapid Unplanned Disassembly; mistakes
I made it possible for players to give their mech a name, so now they can't eject without taking emotional damage. wishlist OVRLRD today store.steampowered.com/app/2163160/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I made it possible for players to give their mech a name, so now they can't eject without taking emotional damage. wishlist OVRLRD today store.steampowered.com/app/2163160/...
Ice... the food that's a drink
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ice... the food that's a drink
As a treat to myself I've been working on some weather FX for OVRLRD in the evenings. Lightning!
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As a treat to myself I've been working on some weather FX for OVRLRD in the evenings. Lightning!
key gamedev skill: controlled breathing
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
key gamedev skill: controlled breathing
i love game dev. i love game dev. i dont want to be a line cook. i love game dev
October 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
i love game dev. i love game dev. i dont want to be a line cook. i love game dev
I got one recently off coupang (korean amazon equivalent) and as far as I can tell, if it has these clippy things on top then it'll do a pretty good job of staying sealed even when submerged (YMMV)
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I got one recently off coupang (korean amazon equivalent) and as far as I can tell, if it has these clippy things on top then it'll do a pretty good job of staying sealed even when submerged (YMMV)
Can't stop thinking about this after the recent @backpagepod.bsky.social Playdate episode
August 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Can't stop thinking about this after the recent @backpagepod.bsky.social Playdate episode
Not pictured: two gift copies of Painkiller followed by a single copy of Left 4 Dead. Can only assume I got mixed up somewhere
August 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Not pictured: two gift copies of Painkiller followed by a single copy of Left 4 Dead. Can only assume I got mixed up somewhere
I'm pretty sure this, as well as the drone itself, taps into the core thing that makes OVRLRD fun, which is the abstraction I was talking about earlier. Putting these layers in between the player's input and the effect on the game world gives a weird kind of Rube Goldberg-like satisfaction.
August 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I'm pretty sure this, as well as the drone itself, taps into the core thing that makes OVRLRD fun, which is the abstraction I was talking about earlier. Putting these layers in between the player's input and the effect on the game world gives a weird kind of Rube Goldberg-like satisfaction.
Trying to make a good thermal/night vision camera effect took years of tinkering. This version stuck around for a while, despite not making much sense.
August 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Trying to make a good thermal/night vision camera effect took years of tinkering. This version stuck around for a while, despite not making much sense.
This is the point at which I'm really starting to have fun building the game. I think by this time it had eclipsed most of my primary hobbies and every free moment was spent making it or thinking about it. One build got rejected by steam for accidentally including a certain MP4 you can see here:
August 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is the point at which I'm really starting to have fun building the game. I think by this time it had eclipsed most of my primary hobbies and every free moment was spent making it or thinking about it. One build got rejected by steam for accidentally including a certain MP4 you can see here:
Also this fun little customizable boot screen for the monitors. This is just a PNG filmstrip the shader cycles through - I don't think players know this is still in the game and you can put whatever you want in there.
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Also this fun little customizable boot screen for the monitors. This is just a PNG filmstrip the shader cycles through - I don't think players know this is still in the game and you can put whatever you want in there.
Found this screenshot where you can see exactly the effect the CRT shader has. This was the first shader I wrote myself!
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Found this screenshot where you can see exactly the effect the CRT shader has. This was the first shader I wrote myself!
It's giving Glowing blue ball of planet earth. Futuristic cyber background of user interface with HUD, GUI elements. High-tech model of the globe displayed in the holographic HUD. Vector background Shutterstock
July 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's giving Glowing blue ball of planet earth. Futuristic cyber background of user interface with HUD, GUI elements. High-tech model of the globe displayed in the holographic HUD. Vector background Shutterstock
SENSOR STATUS: NOMINAL is a bit much even for me. The slowly rotating triangle is good though, very Tri-Optimum
July 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
SENSOR STATUS: NOMINAL is a bit much even for me. The slowly rotating triangle is good though, very Tri-Optimum
In my experience, military best practice is to show snippets of javascript overlaid on the main UI, to befuddle enemy spies
July 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In my experience, military best practice is to show snippets of javascript overlaid on the main UI, to befuddle enemy spies
Okay, what game UI artist got ripped off for this US military puff piece? Speak up now, you are owed license fees www.bbc.com/news/article...
July 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Okay, what game UI artist got ripped off for this US military puff piece? Speak up now, you are owed license fees www.bbc.com/news/article...
god help me i'm pushing for the first time in a year because I got scared of LFS
July 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
god help me i'm pushing for the first time in a year because I got scared of LFS
then again I can't talk really
July 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
then again I can't talk really
Look you need to get used to certain things
July 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Look you need to get used to certain things
Spend long enough in Korea and you start to develop more refined, adult tastes
July 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Spend long enough in Korea and you start to develop more refined, adult tastes