RedMattis
@redmattis.bsky.social
Game developer, modder, and general jack-of-all-trades.
Added some selection behaviour. I think it working pretty acceptably. :)
Also fixed the "stutter" when they change direction suddenly, made the player ignore "traffic" and other stuff to make it run nicer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #selection #gameai #fantasy
Also fixed the "stutter" when they change direction suddenly, made the player ignore "traffic" and other stuff to make it run nicer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #selection #gameai #fantasy
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Added some selection behaviour. I think it working pretty acceptably. :)
Also fixed the "stutter" when they change direction suddenly, made the player ignore "traffic" and other stuff to make it run nicer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #selection #gameai #fantasy
Also fixed the "stutter" when they change direction suddenly, made the player ignore "traffic" and other stuff to make it run nicer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #selection #gameai #fantasy
Working placeholder animations, smarter AI, etc. Feels like it is moving forward quite well now.
Just hours ago I came up with a "traffic" system to avoid them clustering too much.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy
Just hours ago I came up with a "traffic" system to avoid them clustering too much.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy
January 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Working placeholder animations, smarter AI, etc. Feels like it is moving forward quite well now.
Just hours ago I came up with a "traffic" system to avoid them clustering too much.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy
Just hours ago I came up with a "traffic" system to avoid them clustering too much.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy
Humble beginnings of the combat system...
I accidentally created some kind of terrible bar brawl.
You could almost be fooled into thinking I did this intentionally. :'D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy #FatTooManyDebugSymbols #OwMyEyes
I accidentally created some kind of terrible bar brawl.
You could almost be fooled into thinking I did this intentionally. :'D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy #FatTooManyDebugSymbols #OwMyEyes
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Humble beginnings of the combat system...
I accidentally created some kind of terrible bar brawl.
You could almost be fooled into thinking I did this intentionally. :'D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy #FatTooManyDebugSymbols #OwMyEyes
I accidentally created some kind of terrible bar brawl.
You could almost be fooled into thinking I did this intentionally. :'D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #combat #pathfinding #gameai #fantasy #FatTooManyDebugSymbols #OwMyEyes
Working on pathfinding today. Got a Flu, and apparently thought that was the best thing to be doing while having a fever. :'D
It is starting to get pretty decent, I think. I'll tackle combat when I'm a bit better.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #fantasy #pathfinding #openworld #sandbox
It is starting to get pretty decent, I think. I'll tackle combat when I'm a bit better.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #fantasy #pathfinding #openworld #sandbox
January 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Working on pathfinding today. Got a Flu, and apparently thought that was the best thing to be doing while having a fever. :'D
It is starting to get pretty decent, I think. I'll tackle combat when I'm a bit better.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #fantasy #pathfinding #openworld #sandbox
It is starting to get pretty decent, I think. I'll tackle combat when I'm a bit better.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #fantasy #pathfinding #openworld #sandbox
Took a break from the pathfinding and drew up a new dress.
That somehow took me the entire day because I was never quite happy with the various revisions.
It is... okay now, imo.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #dress #characterart #art #medieval etc. etc.
That somehow took me the entire day because I was never quite happy with the various revisions.
It is... okay now, imo.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #dress #characterart #art #medieval etc. etc.
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Took a break from the pathfinding and drew up a new dress.
That somehow took me the entire day because I was never quite happy with the various revisions.
It is... okay now, imo.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #dress #characterart #art #medieval etc. etc.
That somehow took me the entire day because I was never quite happy with the various revisions.
It is... okay now, imo.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #dress #characterart #art #medieval etc. etc.
Smoother movement!
And by that I mean they don't just teleport around anymore. :D
Technically they still just occupy one tile/subtile at a time, but visually speaking it is displayed in a nicer way now.
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev #gameai #pathfinding #movement #celestialrift #sim #adventure #rpg
And by that I mean they don't just teleport around anymore. :D
Technically they still just occupy one tile/subtile at a time, but visually speaking it is displayed in a nicer way now.
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev #gameai #pathfinding #movement #celestialrift #sim #adventure #rpg
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Smoother movement!
And by that I mean they don't just teleport around anymore. :D
Technically they still just occupy one tile/subtile at a time, but visually speaking it is displayed in a nicer way now.
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev #gameai #pathfinding #movement #celestialrift #sim #adventure #rpg
And by that I mean they don't just teleport around anymore. :D
Technically they still just occupy one tile/subtile at a time, but visually speaking it is displayed in a nicer way now.
#solodev #indiedev #gamedev #gameai #pathfinding #movement #celestialrift #sim #adventure #rpg
After much battling to better my code I've managed to get squad members to run around chasing their squad position (shown as an oversized character atm.)
Combat is slowly getting closer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #worldmap #simulation #pathfinding #gameai #CelestialRift #Fantasy #worldmap #hex
Combat is slowly getting closer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #worldmap #simulation #pathfinding #gameai #CelestialRift #Fantasy #worldmap #hex
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
After much battling to better my code I've managed to get squad members to run around chasing their squad position (shown as an oversized character atm.)
Combat is slowly getting closer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #worldmap #simulation #pathfinding #gameai #CelestialRift #Fantasy #worldmap #hex
Combat is slowly getting closer.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #worldmap #simulation #pathfinding #gameai #CelestialRift #Fantasy #worldmap #hex
Heck yeah! managed to get the hexagons to align and behave.
I should be able to do pathfinding and everything on whichever layer, so different sized fighters, boats, floating cities, whatever. It should all be possible
#hexagon #tiles #indiedev #solodev #CelestialRift #Worldmap #grid #terrain #map
I should be able to do pathfinding and everything on whichever layer, so different sized fighters, boats, floating cities, whatever. It should all be possible
#hexagon #tiles #indiedev #solodev #CelestialRift #Worldmap #grid #terrain #map
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here is an early WIP showing some visual parts of the world-level stuff from yesterday.
I'll hopefully have something more impressive to show soon. :)
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
I'll hopefully have something more impressive to show soon. :)
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here is an early WIP showing some visual parts of the world-level stuff from yesterday.
I'll hopefully have something more impressive to show soon. :)
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
I'll hopefully have something more impressive to show soon. :)
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
Reworked the fog of war!
And a bunch of other tile system stuff which I can hopefully show off here later.
For example, I've now got several "layers" to the world.
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
And a bunch of other tile system stuff which I can hopefully show off here later.
For example, I've now got several "layers" to the world.
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Reworked the fog of war!
And a bunch of other tile system stuff which I can hopefully show off here later.
For example, I've now got several "layers" to the world.
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
And a bunch of other tile system stuff which I can hopefully show off here later.
For example, I've now got several "layers" to the world.
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift#GameAI #Fantasy #mapgeneration #fogofwar #hexagon #tilemap #map #overworld #worldmap
Factions spawning into the world properly!
The wood print below is old. Players/squads use that stuff, but faction themselves track economy instead. E.g. burn down their lumberyard and things may fall into disrepair.
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #Factions #GameAI #Fantasy
The wood print below is old. Players/squads use that stuff, but faction themselves track economy instead. E.g. burn down their lumberyard and things may fall into disrepair.
#Indiedev #solodev #gamedev #CelestialRift #Factions #GameAI #Fantasy
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
More faction work!
Two human factions added. "Valori" from some fantasy world and "Terran" from the future.
Decided to make the terrans civilians eccentric with their hair, apparel, ...
Might give them body-mods too.
#Indiedev #character #generation #CelestialRift
Two human factions added. "Valori" from some fantasy world and "Terran" from the future.
Decided to make the terrans civilians eccentric with their hair, apparel, ...
Might give them body-mods too.
#Indiedev #character #generation #CelestialRift
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
More faction work!
Two human factions added. "Valori" from some fantasy world and "Terran" from the future.
Decided to make the terrans civilians eccentric with their hair, apparel, ...
Might give them body-mods too.
#Indiedev #character #generation #CelestialRift
Two human factions added. "Valori" from some fantasy world and "Terran" from the future.
Decided to make the terrans civilians eccentric with their hair, apparel, ...
Might give them body-mods too.
#Indiedev #character #generation #CelestialRift
I maybe have an an excess of mice.
Or maybe not enough? Unleash the vermintide™!
Currently setting up faction and culture generation. The mouse units are very...
Affordable.
Hm... Perhaps I should commit to this?
#IndieDev #SoloDev #Godot #CelestialRift #Mousepeople #jotun #naga
Or maybe not enough? Unleash the vermintide™!
Currently setting up faction and culture generation. The mouse units are very...
Affordable.
Hm... Perhaps I should commit to this?
#IndieDev #SoloDev #Godot #CelestialRift #Mousepeople #jotun #naga
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I maybe have an an excess of mice.
Or maybe not enough? Unleash the vermintide™!
Currently setting up faction and culture generation. The mouse units are very...
Affordable.
Hm... Perhaps I should commit to this?
#IndieDev #SoloDev #Godot #CelestialRift #Mousepeople #jotun #naga
Or maybe not enough? Unleash the vermintide™!
Currently setting up faction and culture generation. The mouse units are very...
Affordable.
Hm... Perhaps I should commit to this?
#IndieDev #SoloDev #Godot #CelestialRift #Mousepeople #jotun #naga
Added some spooky undead.
Also finished wrapping up a rewrite of the character (or anything really) generation code and updated it to make this video.
It was something I needed to do for the kindom-culture generation which is up next...
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #random #character #generation
Also finished wrapping up a rewrite of the character (or anything really) generation code and updated it to make this video.
It was something I needed to do for the kindom-culture generation which is up next...
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #random #character #generation
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Added some spooky undead.
Also finished wrapping up a rewrite of the character (or anything really) generation code and updated it to make this video.
It was something I needed to do for the kindom-culture generation which is up next...
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #random #character #generation
Also finished wrapping up a rewrite of the character (or anything really) generation code and updated it to make this video.
It was something I needed to do for the kindom-culture generation which is up next...
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #random #character #generation
Been testing new eyes for the mice.
It was really just a crazy midnight thing, but I realized I kinda liked it.
A previous co-worker's idea to add the highlight. 100% better.
Two other attempts in the comments to this post.
#mice #rat #ratpeople #mousepeople #solodev #indiedev #gamedev
It was really just a crazy midnight thing, but I realized I kinda liked it.
A previous co-worker's idea to add the highlight. 100% better.
Two other attempts in the comments to this post.
#mice #rat #ratpeople #mousepeople #solodev #indiedev #gamedev
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Been testing new eyes for the mice.
It was really just a crazy midnight thing, but I realized I kinda liked it.
A previous co-worker's idea to add the highlight. 100% better.
Two other attempts in the comments to this post.
#mice #rat #ratpeople #mousepeople #solodev #indiedev #gamedev
It was really just a crazy midnight thing, but I realized I kinda liked it.
A previous co-worker's idea to add the highlight. 100% better.
Two other attempts in the comments to this post.
#mice #rat #ratpeople #mousepeople #solodev #indiedev #gamedev
Mostly been working on data structures, but I also set up some new graphics, outfit combos, etc.
The game went from 1 head graphic to 11 (after endless tweaking and tuning).
I'm pretty happy with the results tho! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #sandbox #simulator #roleplaying #rpg
The game went from 1 head graphic to 11 (after endless tweaking and tuning).
I'm pretty happy with the results tho! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #sandbox #simulator #roleplaying #rpg
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mostly been working on data structures, but I also set up some new graphics, outfit combos, etc.
The game went from 1 head graphic to 11 (after endless tweaking and tuning).
I'm pretty happy with the results tho! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #sandbox #simulator #roleplaying #rpg
The game went from 1 head graphic to 11 (after endless tweaking and tuning).
I'm pretty happy with the results tho! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #sandbox #simulator #roleplaying #rpg
Mostly worked on the rendering system, which can be seen on the apparel which can now have various rules for colors, etc. :)
In the future it will be possible to get more fancy with it. :)
I also had to redo every single setup for every hair, skin, etc. Oof.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev
In the future it will be possible to get more fancy with it. :)
I also had to redo every single setup for every hair, skin, etc. Oof.
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Did some work on an apparel/layer system. Here is #barbarian armor I ported from my #rimworld #mod
Otherwise I’ve been working mostly on framework stuff recently. It is going great, but doesn’t make for great pictures :p
#gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indie #jotun #digitalart #2d
Otherwise I’ve been working mostly on framework stuff recently. It is going great, but doesn’t make for great pictures :p
#gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indie #jotun #digitalart #2d
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Did some work on an apparel/layer system. Here is #barbarian armor I ported from my #rimworld #mod
Otherwise I’ve been working mostly on framework stuff recently. It is going great, but doesn’t make for great pictures :p
#gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indie #jotun #digitalart #2d
Otherwise I’ve been working mostly on framework stuff recently. It is going great, but doesn’t make for great pictures :p
#gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indie #jotun #digitalart #2d
Played a little bit with rimworld and wrote a glowy energy shader last evening.
I originally aimed to just make basic glow, but I feature creeped it a bit…
Might resuse it in my own hobby game too.
#rimworld #shader #modding #mods #gamedev #jotun #angel #giant #glow #divine #sfx #transformation
I originally aimed to just make basic glow, but I feature creeped it a bit…
Might resuse it in my own hobby game too.
#rimworld #shader #modding #mods #gamedev #jotun #angel #giant #glow #divine #sfx #transformation
September 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Got the mod feature deployed properly. :)
Better shaders, 3-colour stuff, ability to change the colour of stuff like specific genes (where supported), etc.
Was an interesting challenge to work on. ^_^
#modding #mod #gamedev #rimworld #digitalart #shaders #android #lamia #naga #robot
Better shaders, 3-colour stuff, ability to change the colour of stuff like specific genes (where supported), etc.
Was an interesting challenge to work on. ^_^
#modding #mod #gamedev #rimworld #digitalart #shaders #android #lamia #naga #robot
August 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Managed to figure out how to build rimworld shaders, and created a new shader with much better blending and support for full RGBA instead of just Red+Green.
The Ideology icon is unrelated to this change. Looks a bit meh up-close but I thought it was eat :)
#modding #gamedev #rimworld #digitalart
The Ideology icon is unrelated to this change. Looks a bit meh up-close but I thought it was eat :)
#modding #gamedev #rimworld #digitalart
August 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Managed to figure out how to build rimworld shaders, and created a new shader with much better blending and support for full RGBA instead of just Red+Green.
The Ideology icon is unrelated to this change. Looks a bit meh up-close but I thought it was eat :)
#modding #gamedev #rimworld #digitalart
The Ideology icon is unrelated to this change. Looks a bit meh up-close but I thought it was eat :)
#modding #gamedev #rimworld #digitalart
Made a new RimWorld mod which lets you toggle a more reactive mode for drafted colonists, letting them use abilities and pursue foes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyM...
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
#rimworld #modding #gamedev #gameAI #Big&Small #mod #autocombat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyM...
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
#rimworld #modding #gamedev #gameAI #Big&Small #mod #autocombat
Drafted Auto-Combat - Showcase
YouTube video by RedMattis
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Made a new RimWorld mod which lets you toggle a more reactive mode for drafted colonists, letting them use abilities and pursue foes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyM...
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
#rimworld #modding #gamedev #gameAI #Big&Small #mod #autocombat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyM...
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
#rimworld #modding #gamedev #gameAI #Big&Small #mod #autocombat
Bleh. Didn't get things working today. Past midnight. Should be asleep hours ago...
I think I'm 90% of the way to the AI searching the map for resources, extracting them, and going back with them.
Here have some random unreadable JSON! :'D
Hopefully I have something better to show next time. :)
I think I'm 90% of the way to the AI searching the map for resources, extracting them, and going back with them.
Here have some random unreadable JSON! :'D
Hopefully I have something better to show next time. :)
June 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Bleh. Didn't get things working today. Past midnight. Should be asleep hours ago...
I think I'm 90% of the way to the AI searching the map for resources, extracting them, and going back with them.
Here have some random unreadable JSON! :'D
Hopefully I have something better to show next time. :)
I think I'm 90% of the way to the AI searching the map for resources, extracting them, and going back with them.
Here have some random unreadable JSON! :'D
Hopefully I have something better to show next time. :)