Taconite
@taconite.bsky.social
Game Dev and Math Nerd.
Making a couple projects:
- Physics-based archery retro-FPS
- Meditative canoeing game about learning First Nations toponyms for the Great Lakes region
https://taconitegames.itch.io/
Making a couple projects:
- Physics-based archery retro-FPS
- Meditative canoeing game about learning First Nations toponyms for the Great Lakes region
https://taconitegames.itch.io/
More work on the vision approximation system. I'm able to get the data out, but the interpolation needs some work (there shouldn't be any discontinuities).
If anyone has a method getting barycentric coords based on angles, I'm all ears!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev
If anyone has a method getting barycentric coords based on angles, I'm all ears!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hey #PitchYaGame, for the past 18 months I've been workding on 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦, a sword-and-sorcery retro-FPS!
⚔️ Fast and impactful combat
🏃 First person stealth and parkour
🎮 Gameplay inspired by Dying Light and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Follow here on Bsky for updates!
⚔️ Fast and impactful combat
🏃 First person stealth and parkour
🎮 Gameplay inspired by Dying Light and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Follow here on Bsky for updates!
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hey #PitchYaGame, for the past 18 months I've been workding on 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦, a sword-and-sorcery retro-FPS!
⚔️ Fast and impactful combat
🏃 First person stealth and parkour
🎮 Gameplay inspired by Dying Light and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Follow here on Bsky for updates!
⚔️ Fast and impactful combat
🏃 First person stealth and parkour
🎮 Gameplay inspired by Dying Light and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Follow here on Bsky for updates!
Adding in pre-calculated vision approximations: each voxel gets 26 casts and the distances are recorded, totaling just 30 bytes per voxel!
Still need a way to query this, but this will help enemies choose sensible locations in combat!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev
Still need a way to query this, but this will help enemies choose sensible locations in combat!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My current version allows agents to query hundreds of potential destinations because they're just looking at precomputed data. Basically just a voxel grid with info about each area baked from the editor.
I'm hoping to maintain this general system, as it's already proven pretty useful...
I'm hoping to maintain this general system, as it's already proven pretty useful...
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My current version allows agents to query hundreds of potential destinations because they're just looking at precomputed data. Basically just a voxel grid with info about each area baked from the editor.
I'm hoping to maintain this general system, as it's already proven pretty useful...
I'm hoping to maintain this general system, as it's already proven pretty useful...
Fixing an issue with steps (that the NavAgent doesn't recognize) and added jumping/dropping to round out the humanoid movement.
Still need to update the animations to match, but this should be all the control systems done!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #solodev #unity3d #screenshotsaturday
Still need to update the animations to match, but this should be all the control systems done!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #solodev #unity3d #screenshotsaturday
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fixing an issue with steps (that the NavAgent doesn't recognize) and added jumping/dropping to round out the humanoid movement.
Still need to update the animations to match, but this should be all the control systems done!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #solodev #unity3d #screenshotsaturday
Still need to update the animations to match, but this should be all the control systems done!
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #solodev #unity3d #screenshotsaturday
Initial version of the updated humanoid movement, showing the automatic changes based on NavMesh area; locomotion, orientation, speed, can attack, etc.
His animator hasn't been updated, but imagine a BoTW style system.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday
His animator hasn't been updated, but imagine a BoTW style system.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Initial version of the updated humanoid movement, showing the automatic changes based on NavMesh area; locomotion, orientation, speed, can attack, etc.
His animator hasn't been updated, but imagine a BoTW style system.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday
His animator hasn't been updated, but imagine a BoTW style system.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday
The new movement update means that agents can automatically choose a mode of locomotion based on the NavMesh area!
Would benefit from some secondary motion, but this is a reliable base dovetails nicely with the other systems.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d
Would benefit from some secondary motion, but this is a reliable base dovetails nicely with the other systems.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The new movement update means that agents can automatically choose a mode of locomotion based on the NavMesh area!
Would benefit from some secondary motion, but this is a reliable base dovetails nicely with the other systems.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d
Would benefit from some secondary motion, but this is a reliable base dovetails nicely with the other systems.
#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM