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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio
@ratz4brainz.bsky.social
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Sev, he/they, 22, Creative Media and Game Technologies (year 4!) Student Strong believer in equal opportunities. Trying to make the world a more accepting place one game at a time 💓 Portfolio: sevfolio.tumblr.com
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Dec 30
Hey Gamers! My name is Sev and I'm a (student) indie game dev! Currently I am working on my first solo project "You Died!" - a choice based game that puts you in a unique position of grieving your own suicide and the life that led up to it.
#indiedev #indiegame #storygame
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · 20d
check this cute little guy!!
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riyotsa.bsky.social @riyotsa.bsky.social · 20d
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#gamedev #indiegames #IndieGameDev #cozygame #インディーズゲーム #ゲーム制作 #wishlistwednesday
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · 26d
Here is a link if you want to do the training yourself! It takes around an hour to complete and I would recommend it to anyone, but especially people whose loved ones are Autistic, since some signs of suicidality present differently in people with autism.
Autism and Suicide Awareness Training
FREE online autism and suicide awareness training to equip and empower conversations about suicide with an autistic person at risk.
www.zerosuicidealliance.com
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · 26d
To better equip myself for the design and development of my #indiegame, I have completed the ZSA autism suicide training. It helped me get a better understanding of the ways suicidality presents itself in Autistic people and acquire some prevention and support strategies.
#suicidepreventionweek
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · 26d
I would like to thank everyone who participated! I highly appreciate your involvement and support.
The ways you re-gained hope for the future have inspired me, and I am positive your stories will help me create an #indiegame that can guide other people towards self-acceptance. #suicidepreventionweek
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 11
Hi friends!
I'm looking for autistic adults who have experienced suicidality and are willing to share their experience to support game design.
I will be eternally grateful for your help <3
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/24bT82YbXZ
#autismacceptance #suicideprevention #indiegame
Poster-invitation to participate in a survey. Poster title: Lost time, found hope: share your story shape a game for change! Sub-title: Help us develop a game with the mission of raising awareness and aiding suicide prevention in people with autism. Body: The focus of this project is to explore how difficulty adjusting to the neurotypical society and unmet needs of autistic children and teens over time may result in intense pain, fatigue, and thoughts of suicide and how we could support them when they need us. Info text: We are looking for people willing to share their experiences with autism, suicidality, and mental illness in a 30-40 min survey. Bottom text: Your story has the power to help others. The poster is in shades of white and purple. Text blocks are placed in cloud shapes, with one of them including a QR code with a link to said survey. In the bottom left corner there is a logo of Ratz 4 Brainz.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Sep 4
If you want to know more before participating I encourage you to message me - I am more than happy to answer any questions or concerns! My main focus is to bring awareness to the topic and share tools and strategies in an enganging and accessible way.
#autisticburnout #suicideprevention #indiegame
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Sep 4
If you are an Autistic adult who experienced suicidality please consider participating!
I am working on a narrative game about coming out of autistic burnout. The project is worked on in collaboration with researchers and psychology experts.
#autisticburnout #suicideprevention #indiegame
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 11
Hi friends!
I'm looking for autistic adults who have experienced suicidality and are willing to share their experience to support game design.
I will be eternally grateful for your help <3
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/24bT82YbXZ
#autismacceptance #suicideprevention #indiegame
Poster-invitation to participate in a survey. Poster title: Lost time, found hope: share your story shape a game for change! Sub-title: Help us develop a game with the mission of raising awareness and aiding suicide prevention in people with autism. Body: The focus of this project is to explore how difficulty adjusting to the neurotypical society and unmet needs of autistic children and teens over time may result in intense pain, fatigue, and thoughts of suicide and how we could support them when they need us. Info text: We are looking for people willing to share their experiences with autism, suicidality, and mental illness in a 30-40 min survey. Bottom text: Your story has the power to help others. The poster is in shades of white and purple. Text blocks are placed in cloud shapes, with one of them including a QR code with a link to said survey. In the bottom left corner there is a logo of Ratz 4 Brainz.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Sep 4
For the upcoming semester I will continue to work on the project part-time as I need to focus on University but I will continue updating you on the progress every month. Lots of love!
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Sep 4
Hi all! Back after my (short) holiday and happy to announce that I passed the internship I was doing in my own company and am going on to the final year of my studies! Thank you, everyone, for the engagement and interest in my project - I couldn't have done it without you <3
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 23
okay taking screenshots is way harder than i thought.... I do have to get back to finishing my internship portoflio but next week I will record a video to show it better! In the meantime wish me luck!
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 23
Repost (the last screnshot was really bad)
After some time, many iteraitons and a bit of custom nodes using hsls for the first time(!!) I have a result I am satisfied with!
I still have to udpate all the normal maps so stay tuned for a better shot ;3
#indiegame #unity3d #shadergraph #customshader
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 23
After some time, many iteraitons and a bit of custom nodes using hsls for the first time(!!) I have a result I am satisfied with!
I still have to udpate all the normal maps so stay tuned for a better shot but yeah! Very proud of myself :D
#indiegame #unity3d #shadergraph #customshader
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 21
You're welcome! I hope you are having fun <3
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 19
I could not make it to gamescom this year but one of my all time favourites @psychotic-bathtub.bsky.social is going! If you are going don't forget to show them some love and above all have so much fun!!
#gamescom
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Psychotic Bathtub @psychotic-bathtub.bsky.social · Aug 16
Hello Gamescom. We are back. Again. Be warned.
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Argue with your rubber duck, flood your bathroom and drown dad. Find your very own ending – or all of them.
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Psychotic Bathtub will be a part of the @indiearenabooth.de! Booth number 12.
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#indiegame #gamescom #indiearenabooth #storygame #ducks
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 12
I would also like to clarify that this was not a careless mistake - I simply struggle to understand the importance of capitalization, and in unofficial communication, I rarely use it at all. I do realize that it can be important for others, and I will pay closer attention to it in the future.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 12
It has been brought to my attention that I should have written "Autistic adutls" (capitalized).
I apologize for the mistake and thank you to @monriatitans.craves.coffee‬ for pointing it out!
I meant no disrespect and I will ensure to not repeat that mistake in the future.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 11
Hi friends!
I'm looking for autistic adults who have experienced suicidality and are willing to share their experience to support game design.
I will be eternally grateful for your help <3
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/24bT82YbXZ
#autismacceptance #suicideprevention #indiegame
Poster-invitation to participate in a survey. Poster title: Lost time, found hope: share your story shape a game for change! Sub-title: Help us develop a game with the mission of raising awareness and aiding suicide prevention in people with autism. Body: The focus of this project is to explore how difficulty adjusting to the neurotypical society and unmet needs of autistic children and teens over time may result in intense pain, fatigue, and thoughts of suicide and how we could support them when they need us. Info text: We are looking for people willing to share their experiences with autism, suicidality, and mental illness in a 30-40 min survey. Bottom text: Your story has the power to help others. The poster is in shades of white and purple. Text blocks are placed in cloud shapes, with one of them including a QR code with a link to said survey. In the bottom left corner there is a logo of Ratz 4 Brainz.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 6
Thank you! And you are welcome - I am a big fan of your game it's a great concept and execution looks amazing <3 I am excited to play it when it comes out! :D
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 5
by the way! the picture was intended to be a GIF ( I forgot to check whether Bluesky supports GIFs - my bad). Peep it here: media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...
- Find & Share on GIPHY
Discover & share this celebration 100 Animated GIF by ratz4brainz with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Aug 5
Thank you all so much for 100 followers! It is amazing sharing this journey with you and I"m eternally gratefull for your support.

A special shoutout to my 100th follower @ebitapes.bsky.social - game with great sounds (and looks) coming to steam this year! Go check them out :D

#indiegame #indiedev
A gif with a hand painted number 100. The brushtrokes are animated and there is a confetti effect on half of the frames.
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Jul 24
I was honestly scared of HLSL for a while since I am not a very experienced coder but I am looking into it because it does seem to be the way to go for what I want and it doesn't look that bad anymore 🙏 So it is time to give it a go!
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Jul 23
From @spacemicroscope.bsky.social video but I have to be honest... this is what it feels like trying to leanr how to make shader graphs do the things you want them to do (it's me and my very specyfic idea against unity it seems)
#indiegamedev #solodev
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Jul 21
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Jul 21
I'm trying out a new look for my Death character. They are a fusion of every person that has ever died. I want them to be all-knowing and intimidating while remaining delicate and understanding.
Curious to hear what you think about it! Would you change anything?
#indiegame #characterdesign
Female figure with dark cosmic-looking skin dotted with stars. She has deer antlers, glowing eyes and four arms with the second set coming out of her armpits. Female figure with dark cosmic-looking skin dotted with stars. She has deer antlers, glowing eyes and four arms with the second set coming out of her armpits. She is wearing a cape/poncho made out of fringy stings.
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ÆzrahGames - Restaurant Raccoon @aezrahgames.bsky.social · Jul 17
The game I wanna make is something cute! The player is a raccoon waiter whose goal is to sneak as many leftovers to take home at the end of each day. Why let other people's food go to waste?!
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Ratz 4 Brainz - 1 guy indie studio @ratz4brainz.bsky.social · Jul 21
Ohh that sounds really cute! I love it:D
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