p0lycounter
@p0lycounter.bsky.social
a game dev; technical artist; Unity dev at work/Unreal dev at home/looking for an excuse to tryout Godot; all opinions are my own; 한국어/english; he/him;
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p0lycounter
@p0lycounter.bsky.social
· Dec 31
- am an unity game dev, trying unreal engine for about a year and half
- making an untitled mech game inspired by ps2 era armored core series mixed with quality-of-life improvement from later installments (planned)
- extremely early stage of development with no art assets at all
#gamedev
- making an untitled mech game inspired by ps2 era armored core series mixed with quality-of-life improvement from later installments (planned)
- extremely early stage of development with no art assets at all
#gamedev
I really enjoyed AC6 but the earlier PS2 era ac felt more like I am actually operating some heavy machinery which imo is a bit lacking in AC6... But I really do like the fact that you can fire all weapon at once in AC6. Changing weapon each time to use was quite annoying to me.
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I really enjoyed AC6 but the earlier PS2 era ac felt more like I am actually operating some heavy machinery which imo is a bit lacking in AC6... But I really do like the fact that you can fire all weapon at once in AC6. Changing weapon each time to use was quite annoying to me.
What if Armored Core was a twin-stick shooter? Would it still work? What makes Armored Core fun?
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What if Armored Core was a twin-stick shooter? Would it still work? What makes Armored Core fun?
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AMD publishes open-source driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
AMD Publishes Open-Source GIM Driver For GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In The Roadmap"
AMD has published as open-source their 'GPU-IOV Module' used for virtualization with Instinct accelerators
www.phoronix.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
AMD publishes open-source driver for GPU Virtualization, Radeon "In the Roadmap"
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiedev
Its been over a month and I still have no access to my home pc.. which is the only machine capable of running ue5 :(... I moved out from my apartment to my new home with my partner and our new home is still a mess. Am using a laptop with wifi but no desktop.
April 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Its been over a month and I still have no access to my home pc.. which is the only machine capable of running ue5 :(... I moved out from my apartment to my new home with my partner and our new home is still a mess. Am using a laptop with wifi but no desktop.
it's been a month started watching Godot tutorial to get a sense how things work. Brackeys's tutorials are amazing. helped me when studying Unity, and now helping me again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOhf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOhf...
How to make a Video Game - Godot Beginner Tutorial
YouTube video by Brackeys
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
it's been a month started watching Godot tutorial to get a sense how things work. Brackeys's tutorials are amazing. helped me when studying Unity, and now helping me again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOhf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOhf...
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LocalThunk has issued a recall, highlighting the significant pressure and mental health challenges associated with working on the project Balatro
##gamedev##gamedevelopment##indiedev
##gamedev##gamedevelopment##indiedev
LocalThunk Recalls High Pressure Faced In Balatro Development
80.lv
March 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
LocalThunk has issued a recall, highlighting the significant pressure and mental health challenges associated with working on the project Balatro
##gamedev##gamedevelopment##indiedev
##gamedev##gamedevelopment##indiedev
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Four classic Command & Conquer titles are now open source
Four classic Command & Conquer titles are now open source
To command the future, you must conquer the past
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Four classic Command & Conquer titles are now open source
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⚽ despelote is coming May 1st to Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and PC - launching alongside the start of #LudoNarraCon! 🙂
Get ready to be immersed in the streets and parks of Quito.
Get ready to be immersed in the streets and parks of Quito.
February 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
⚽ despelote is coming May 1st to Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and PC - launching alongside the start of #LudoNarraCon! 🙂
Get ready to be immersed in the streets and parks of Quito.
Get ready to be immersed in the streets and parks of Quito.
adjusted height of the mech btw. looks better i think..
February 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
adjusted height of the mech btw. looks better i think..
Getting some wacky mech design ideas. Gotta do modelling for that after finishing the current one..
February 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Getting some wacky mech design ideas. Gotta do modelling for that after finishing the current one..
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What if Wikipedia was a place you could visit? That’s the idea behind The Museum of All Things, a free and open-source procedurally-generated museum built on Wikipedia’s vast knowledge base 🖼️
godotengine.org/article/muse...
godotengine.org/article/muse...
Godot Showcase - Museum of All Things
What if Wikipedia was a place you could visit? That’s the idea behind The Museum of All Things, a free and open-source procedurally-generated museum built on Wikipedia’s vast knowledge base.
godotengine.org
February 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What if Wikipedia was a place you could visit? That’s the idea behind The Museum of All Things, a free and open-source procedurally-generated museum built on Wikipedia’s vast knowledge base 🖼️
godotengine.org/article/muse...
godotengine.org/article/muse...
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the first rule of player feedback is that players are not game designers. you are the fucking game designer. players don't know the first thing about game design nor do they know what they actually want until you do the work and give it to them. if we listened to players everything would be fortnite
I once worked on a visual novel game where all the surveys and focus groups said that nobody wanted romance, they only wanted mystery and sci-fi.
Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't it
Young people want stories about friendship more than romance, say researchers and industry execs.
www.pcgamer.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
the first rule of player feedback is that players are not game designers. you are the fucking game designer. players don't know the first thing about game design nor do they know what they actually want until you do the work and give it to them. if we listened to players everything would be fortnite
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It’s extremely sad to lose one of the rare names and faces whose impact is marked within game dev art. Most of the time people use the shorthand of the game title but can rarely able to point to the individuals who influence you and the industry.
Half-Life 2 and Dishonored art lead Viktor Antonov dies aged just 52
www.eurogamer.net/half-life-2-...
www.eurogamer.net/half-life-2-...
February 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s extremely sad to lose one of the rare names and faces whose impact is marked within game dev art. Most of the time people use the shorthand of the game title but can rarely able to point to the individuals who influence you and the industry.
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Today we check out NESFab a new programming language for a very old platform, the NES or Nintendo Entertainment System. Giving C like abstraction with closer to Assembly level performance.
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
NESFab Programming Language – GameFromScratch.com
NESFab is a new programming language for a very old platform, the NES or Nintendo Entertainment System, a C like language with assembly speed
gamefromscratch.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today we check out NESFab a new programming language for a very old platform, the NES or Nintendo Entertainment System. Giving C like abstraction with closer to Assembly level performance.
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
gamefromscratch.com/nesfab-progr...
#gamedev #indiedev
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Godot's shader reference is ok but it's kind of intermixed with tutorials, code & notes. I was constantly scrolling up/down and found it a bit uncomfy. So I made an interactive reference with some combiners and filters to only show what you need...
#gamedev #godot #indiegamedev #indiedev #shaders
#gamedev #godot #indiegamedev #indiedev #shaders
February 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Godot's shader reference is ok but it's kind of intermixed with tutorials, code & notes. I was constantly scrolling up/down and found it a bit uncomfy. So I made an interactive reference with some combiners and filters to only show what you need...
#gamedev #godot #indiegamedev #indiedev #shaders
#gamedev #godot #indiegamedev #indiedev #shaders
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What’s this, an Earthbound Remake ?! 🌎✨
January 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What’s this, an Earthbound Remake ?! 🌎✨
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Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece.
Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up
Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up
February 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece.
Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up
Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up
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don't underestimate your subconscious need for a wide range of experiences
if you spend weeks doing the same thing in the same environment in the same way, you're at risk of forgetting the broader world of life, art, and people. it can get really isolating, and exacerbates burnout
if you spend weeks doing the same thing in the same environment in the same way, you're at risk of forgetting the broader world of life, art, and people. it can get really isolating, and exacerbates burnout
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
don't underestimate your subconscious need for a wide range of experiences
if you spend weeks doing the same thing in the same environment in the same way, you're at risk of forgetting the broader world of life, art, and people. it can get really isolating, and exacerbates burnout
if you spend weeks doing the same thing in the same environment in the same way, you're at risk of forgetting the broader world of life, art, and people. it can get really isolating, and exacerbates burnout
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DEAD LETTER DEPT. is ＯＵＴ ＮＯＷ ✉ ! ░█▐
A technological ghost story, using your KEYBOARD to voyeur through & type up the mail that never managed to find home.
store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/...
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A technological ghost story, using your KEYBOARD to voyeur through & type up the mail that never managed to find home.
store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
DEAD LETTER DEPT. is ＯＵＴ ＮＯＷ ✉ ! ░█▐
A technological ghost story, using your KEYBOARD to voyeur through & type up the mail that never managed to find home.
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A technological ghost story, using your KEYBOARD to voyeur through & type up the mail that never managed to find home.
store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/...
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if you get the game, please leave a review
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Main Player sprites for Warbles. The protagonist of MartianTide! More to come soon...
#gamedev #indiedev #2danimation #pixelart
#gamedev #indiedev #2danimation #pixelart
February 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Main Player sprites for Warbles. The protagonist of MartianTide! More to come soon...
#gamedev #indiedev #2danimation #pixelart
#gamedev #indiedev #2danimation #pixelart
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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Hey, friends.
I know the world is ablaze, and my problems are minor, but I need to take a chance.
I love making music for games. 2023-2024 saw 5 projects I was working on get cancelled, and their studios shut down, and I haven't written a note since June.*
Got any games that need music?
#gameaudio
I know the world is ablaze, and my problems are minor, but I need to take a chance.
I love making music for games. 2023-2024 saw 5 projects I was working on get cancelled, and their studios shut down, and I haven't written a note since June.*
Got any games that need music?
#gameaudio
January 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hey, friends.
I know the world is ablaze, and my problems are minor, but I need to take a chance.
I love making music for games. 2023-2024 saw 5 projects I was working on get cancelled, and their studios shut down, and I haven't written a note since June.*
Got any games that need music?
#gameaudio
I know the world is ablaze, and my problems are minor, but I need to take a chance.
I love making music for games. 2023-2024 saw 5 projects I was working on get cancelled, and their studios shut down, and I haven't written a note since June.*
Got any games that need music?
#gameaudio