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Nick Quackenbush

@quackles.bsky.social

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Associate Art Director @ System Era Softworks working on the next thing after Astroneer Father of 2 and Husband to 1 Aliens Fireteam Elite, Star Trek Online, Rise of the Triad; He/Him https://www.artstation.com/quack http://linkedin.com/in/nickquackenbush

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Nick Quackenbush @quackles.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hey new Bluesky followers!

I'm an Associate Art Director at System Era Softworks, doing cool things with cool people in the Astroneer universe.

I love all things video games, but proceduralism makes me super hot.

I mostly repost cool video game things from cool folks!

www.artstation.com/quack

A 3D mech standing too stoichly. It should be reposed to something more dynamic, but I am too lazy to do so.

A fully procedural lily pad texture created in Substance Designer. Adorable purple flowers float next to green lily pads.

A Ghibli inspired stucco wall and brick material created in Substance Designer. Flaky orange stucco on top is separated by a wooden beam with light blue flaky stucco on bottom.

A xenomorph hive screenshot from the video game Aliens Fireteam Elite.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 3d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions @starseekergame.systemera.net · 9d

STARSEEKER is an action 💥 game at it's core.

Learn more about all the new ways crew members can manuever around the world in our STARSEEKER Direct on October 7th.

🏃💨🚀🏊

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Damien Crawford @developerdamien.bsky.social · 10d

All of my games are 20-65% off for the 2025 Steam Autumn Sale! Please check them out especially if you like RPGs because that's what most of them are (and leave reviews if you can, most are at barely over 10 reviews)

store.steampowered.com/search/?deve...

A turn-based JRPG style battle with four enemies on the left side and the player's party of five on the right. There's a tooltip of the five current status effects on the party.

A low graphic golf game where the text asks "How will you swing?" with the selectable options of Cautious approach, Moderation, and Full send it.

A crystaline hallway with a closed toilet at the end.

A JRPG fight scene where the player has 99 characters. Their party has damage numbers flying off of them while the one enemy has a large column of small numbers rising from themself.

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Adam Bromell @adambromell.info · 9d

Early 2020 in a diner somewhere having breakfast with Brendan went something like: "I really want to make a game about being the Astroneer crew of a space station where you embark on missions with your friends."

October 7th, 2025👇🏻

STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions @starseekergame.systemera.net · 10d

The wait is over. Learn all about what it takes to be a member of the crew during next week's STARSEEKER Direct gameplay reveal livestream. 🚀📺

📅 October 7th - 10AM PT

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STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions @starseekergame.systemera.net · 9d

Watch it live on October 7th:

starseekergame.com
youtube.com/@SystemEra

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STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions @starseekergame.systemera.net · 10d

The wait is over. Learn all about what it takes to be a member of the crew during next week's STARSEEKER Direct gameplay reveal livestream. 🚀📺

📅 October 7th - 10AM PT

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Vipère @troglodette.bsky.social · 10d

Alright let's go through some of the tips I've shared with this project! 🧵👩‍🏫

Vipère @troglodette.bsky.social · 16d

Soooo apparently Project Lepidora is out? ⛲🦋✨

... With all the project files free to download?! And a handbook???

👇👇👇
www.artstation.com/artwork/XJX6x3

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Nick Quackenbush @quackles.bsky.social · 12d

Helluva a weekend for Pit-based games

a steam image of ball x pit and cloverpit

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Björn Ottosson - making Island Architect @bottosson.bsky.social · 13d

I reworked the camera to work better with all the verticality the game’s building tools creates.

Really fun flying through rock arches and up cliffs now!

#indiegames #gamedev

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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 13d

Possessor(s) dazzles PS5 and PC players on November 11!

Heart Machine's Metroidvania is soaked in stylish combat, weird demons, and sexy interdimensional beings.

Wishlist now and follow @heartmachine.bsky.social for more news and stay updated!

POSSESSOR(S) Gameplay Overview | PS5 and PC on November 11

YouTube video by DevolverDigital

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INDUSTRIA 2 @bleakmill.com · 13d

🚨Attention🚨

INDUSTRIA 2 Open Steam Playtest live NOW 👀

Instant access here: s.team/a/2154070

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Innersloth @innersloth.com · 13d

🦥 HIRING 🦥

We're looking for a Senior 2D Animator for something new!
🖌️ Temporary, full-time role (12-18 months)
🖌️ Remote
🖌️ 3+ years exp of 2D Flash-style animation
🖌️ Proficienct with Adobe Animate

Apps close Oct 10. Apply now! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/33

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 13d

I share other people's indie games more often than our own, so for once, here's our one!

Please wishlist Forbidden Solitaire if you fancy playing a cursed CD-ROM game from 1995.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Forbidden Solitaire on Steam

Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

store.steampowered.com

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Protopop @protopop.bsky.social · 13d

Wilderless: Dune Barrens | iPad
Testing Sand Worm mechanics and environments
NimianLegends.com

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Aurumek (Simon Hintermann) @aurumek.bsky.social · 13d

Our world is cruel - so I'm inventing a kinder one. 🌱

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Pete Dimitrov @petedimitrovart.com · 14d

I finally got around to posting some professional artwork into my portfolio, from SE:R. See all the environment shots, in 4k, in the link below.
#gamedev #gameart #art
www.artstation.com/artwork/Nq0OR5

A few levels of muddy banks, seen in Sniper Elite: Resistance. On the top level, there is a bunker hidden in camo paint. The scene is very lush in grass and vegetation. The sky is blue but cloudy. There is a V2 suspended in the distance.

A zoom from the previous muddy banks. A crop of the bunker on the top is seen. In this picture, the road is seen better too and there are some trucks on it. It's filled with puddles as well. SE:R, screenshot taken in Asura Engine (Rebellions proprietary one).

A more frontal look at the muddy banks and the way they are suspended by wooden logs. There is a digger machine in one side of the picture, cropped. The FOV here is lower, so everything looks more at isometric view (though not fully). There is lots of grass and green pieces.

A screenshot showing dug ground that has been covered in concrete. Those are enemy embankments and hidden tunnels and bunkers. There is green mountain on the left side of the picture.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 15d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Into The Grid || Early Access 🔜 Nov. 10! @flatlinestudios.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #turnbasedthursday and thanks for hosting! 🚀

If you feel like hacking megacorps, give Into The Grid's demo a try!

🌐 Cyberdungeon-crawling!
🤖 Puzzling card combats in first-person!
🧠 Bigbrain combos and power-turns!

store.steampowered.com/app/2576200

#gamedev #indiegames #cyberpunk

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Apogee Entertainment @apogeeent.com · 14d

Yes, Quest Master is a Zelda-like Dungeon Maker with over 5,000 community-crafted dungeons.

But with 1.0, it’s also launching with its very own original Single-Player Campaign!

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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · 14d

#pixelart #artpost

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Will Koehler @willk3d.com · 17d

yoink
#gamedev

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 17d

Triple A, here I come, baby! 🐧💵
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

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Lettuce🐇 @nyamukoneko.bsky.social · 15d

Implementing powerups...
#gamedev

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MKSchmidt @mkschmidt30.bsky.social · 17d

Just activated the Steam store page for Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands! #CRPG #Lovecraft #GameDev

store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/...

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Nick Quackenbush @quackles.bsky.social · 20d

A terrifying world for an Astroneer to be dropped into...poor little dude...

Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 21d

The 35th Annual Devolver Digital Publisher Sale is live on Steam! ✨

Cram your next favorite game at a shockingly low price into your backlog of unplayed gems aka PurGAMEatory! 🌀💸🌀

devolver.link/steampubsale25

Welcome to PurGAMEatory | Devolver Publisher Weekend 2025 | @mashed

YouTube video by DevolverDigital