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Wes!
@tempestariigame.bsky.social
Makin a game ovah here. 20 years games experience, industry firefighter with good vibes.

Streams on https://www.twitch.tv/GardenGnomeTV

#gamedev #cozygame #artist #characterart
Whew that was close. An hour to spare!
September 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Okay I’m done with this side of the painting. I kinda want to transfer it to a canvas and actually paint a real life thing, something that as a 3D artist I’ve never really spent time doing.

#painting #digitalart #art #drawing #heron
September 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Still WIP. Been figuring out the wings, and I still wish I could find a place for the tail. I call this one “Big Bird With At Least Two Hot Dogs.”

#Art #drawing #digitalart #heron #hotdogs #painting #procreate
August 31, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Did a lot of surgery this morning on how the wings look, and ruined half the stuff I did yesterday. Oh well, thems the breaks. WIP.

#art #painting #noai #digitalart #procreate
August 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Made more progress on this painting tonight, still have a bit more to go!

#painting #noai #art #digitalart
August 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
More painting progress. Still a WIP, just having fun with it.

#painting #wip #drawing #art #digital
August 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Had a vacation last week, which was awesome and much needed. Came home refreshed, and today I started drawing for a painting I want to make.

#art #digitalart #noai #painting
August 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
VFX are fun. I made VFX years ago, and it’s good to get back to it.

Anyways, I made stink vfx today because I wanted to make something FUN. Also made wind. But stink.. stink lasts forever.

#gamedev #solodev
July 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Really made some progress this week!
 
Players can interact with foliage and trees. Grass bends and trees react to the player. More to do there!

Rain and fog! What other weather should I make?

Day/night turns lights off and on now.

#screenshotsaturday #cozygame #solodev #ue5
July 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A rare sunset picture! The lighting changes all the time, and it's nice to see that it actually.. ya know, works?

Bonus goat sideview. It's still pooping EEeeeverywhere. I gotta give this thing a home.

#gamedev #solodev
July 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Witness! The beginning of something cool. Trees and foliage now react to the player. If you hit a tree with an axe (oh god that animation isn’t right) the tree will wobble. If you walk through grass, the grass sways. Just beginnings, much more needed to sell it!

#gamedev #ue5 #unreal #cozygame
July 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tweaks I need to make to daytime vs. nighttime!

1) The character shader needs to be darker at night, juuuust a touch.
2) Lights need to be off during the day!
3) I should probably activate windows at some point.

#gamedev #unreal5 #ue5
July 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
#screenshotsaturday that damn goat keeps pooping on my stoop! I have company in town this week so I don’t have too much progress. Terrain materials are working though!

#gamedev #cozygame
July 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I can also increase or decrease the amount of procedurally created 'dirt', so the next step is to art it up a little and see what looks good!

#gamedev
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Finally getting terrain materials worked out. The player will be able to place terrain materials (think - putting cobblestone down, or using it to make trails on the property).

#gamedev #ue5
June 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There's a lot to fix, but I took a moment to play my game at night. It felt.. nice.

#indiedev #solodev #cozygame
June 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Did that goat poop in front of the door? Yes. yes it did. Also the beginnings of actual TERRAIN MATERIALS.

#solodev #indiedev #gamedev #cozygame #farmingsim
June 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
To prevent eventual grid purist anarchy, I scooted my player housing over to align with the building grid. Note the red grid in these two pictures, and how the door aligns with the grid now. No chaos only grid!

#ue5, #cozygames, #cozy, #indiedev, #solodev
June 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Got my player house all exported and in Unreal! My todo list: adjust the window texture for day/night, finish the lantern, and do some polish work! Overall though, pretty happy with how this is turning out.

#UE5, #indiedev, #cozygame
June 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#screenshotsaturday WIP texture of my player housing. I spent today streaming the texturing of this. There's more to do, namely the windows and finishing details.

#indiedev #solodev #cozygames
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
working on a witch's hut, and fixing bugs. Come join me!

www.twitch.tv/GardenGnomeTV
June 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Got the color side of my character customization menu working as expected! Now I need to make a lot of different heads/body shapes/mesh stuff to fill out the options.

#gamedev #solodev #cozygames
June 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This week I made some 2D art and streamed the creation of possibly the most terrifying modeling I’ve ever done.

#screenshotsaturday #art #blender
April 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Look at this Adonis, this tribute to humanity’s vanity; it looks into the soul of Mankind, seeing nothing but its own reflection. It turns away and curses its maker. Fun!

#gamedev #cursed #perfect #indiedev
April 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I streamed some professional level Blendering today. Truly blendered the best. #blendered
April 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM