Whiptailen
@whiptailen.bsky.social
Indie Game Developer, AAA Game Dev in another life - www.twitch.tv/whiptailen for nearly daily dev streams.
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Whiptailen
@whiptailen.bsky.social
· Jan 14
Welcome to my feed! I'm a solo indie dev currently working on a Tower Defense game in Unreal Engine 5.
I'll be updating frequently here and streaming development throughout the week.
If you want to check in on my progress, come hangout with us at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
I'll be updating frequently here and streaming development throughout the week.
If you want to check in on my progress, come hangout with us at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
March 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Live development happening now! www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
Working on "Castle" tower defense game. I'll be testing out some new features.
Working on "Castle" tower defense game. I'll be testing out some new features.
March 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Live development happening now! www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
Working on "Castle" tower defense game. I'll be testing out some new features.
Working on "Castle" tower defense game. I'll be testing out some new features.
Big day! Levels are now procedurally generated from a seed! From "paper" to realized!
#unrealengine #indiegame #gamedevelopment #proceduralgeneration
#unrealengine #indiegame #gamedevelopment #proceduralgeneration
February 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Big day! Levels are now procedurally generated from a seed! From "paper" to realized!
#unrealengine #indiegame #gamedevelopment #proceduralgeneration
#unrealengine #indiegame #gamedevelopment #proceduralgeneration
Two weeks! Geez where does time go?!
- Peons become scavengers.
- Buildings can be scavenged for resources.
- New player character that walks around and shoots enemies.
- New damage component system.
- Addition of status effects that allow for new concept such as DOTs.
#unrealengine #indiegame
- Peons become scavengers.
- Buildings can be scavenged for resources.
- New player character that walks around and shoots enemies.
- New damage component system.
- Addition of status effects that allow for new concept such as DOTs.
#unrealengine #indiegame
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Two weeks! Geez where does time go?!
- Peons become scavengers.
- Buildings can be scavenged for resources.
- New player character that walks around and shoots enemies.
- New damage component system.
- Addition of status effects that allow for new concept such as DOTs.
#unrealengine #indiegame
- Peons become scavengers.
- Buildings can be scavenged for resources.
- New player character that walks around and shoots enemies.
- New damage component system.
- Addition of status effects that allow for new concept such as DOTs.
#unrealengine #indiegame
Added a custom shader to show creeps behind buildings. Helps players see where threats are coming from.
#unrealengine #indiegame #shaders #gamedevelopment
#unrealengine #indiegame #shaders #gamedevelopment
January 31, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Added a custom shader to show creeps behind buildings. Helps players see where threats are coming from.
#unrealengine #indiegame #shaders #gamedevelopment
#unrealengine #indiegame #shaders #gamedevelopment
Starting to pull together some building and stylized Substance materials to get an overall art design feel going.
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
January 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Starting to pull together some building and stylized Substance materials to get an overall art design feel going.
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
Spent a few days in Substance Painter learning how it works and making this procedural material! Happy with the stylize look. Needs some refinement, but I can move on to more models. Don't forget to come join me on Twitch!
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Spent a few days in Substance Painter learning how it works and making this procedural material! Happy with the stylize look. Needs some refinement, but I can move on to more models. Don't forget to come join me on Twitch!
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
#unrealengine #indiegame #texturing #blender3d
Day night/cycle is hooked up to lights and the UI through the GameMode. Everything is synched through Event Dispatchers using some simple math to calculate sun and moon rotations.
January 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Day night/cycle is hooked up to lights and the UI through the GameMode. Everything is synched through Event Dispatchers using some simple math to calculate sun and moon rotations.
Small update. Switched out old tile set assets with new ones. Did some fun math to spawn things like street lights based on a tile number (for proc gen). Added in some arrayed meshes to allow data driven towers.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
January 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Small update. Switched out old tile set assets with new ones. Did some fun math to spawn things like street lights based on a tile number (for proc gen). Added in some arrayed meshes to allow data driven towers.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
More more more! Trees, boooooshes, towers, grass, decals.
Everything needs proper textures. For now, I'm just cranking away on models to get content in to test.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
Everything needs proper textures. For now, I'm just cranking away on models to get content in to test.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
January 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
More more more! Trees, boooooshes, towers, grass, decals.
Everything needs proper textures. For now, I'm just cranking away on models to get content in to test.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
Everything needs proper textures. For now, I'm just cranking away on models to get content in to test.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
Today was a big learning day. Setting up UE5 lighting, post processing, and sorting out some material design. It's simple, but a good step in my hopeful direction.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today was a big learning day. Setting up UE5 lighting, post processing, and sorting out some material design. It's simple, but a good step in my hopeful direction.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
We have STATS! Learned how to create a ListView in UE5 today! Very simple, but scalable and functional. I also yoinked some previous code for floating damage numbers. VOD is up on Twitch www.twitch.tv/whiptailen.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
January 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
We have STATS! Learned how to create a ListView in UE5 today! Very simple, but scalable and functional. I also yoinked some previous code for floating damage numbers. VOD is up on Twitch www.twitch.tv/whiptailen.
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
#indiegame #towerdefense #unrealengine5 #gamedeveloper
Reposted by Whiptailen
I don't usually do #PortfolioDay as I'm bad at self promo, but here goes! I'm an artist in love with depicting intimate connections with robots & monsters. I'm spending 2025 focusing on bringing my own ideas and characters to life, and I hope you'll follow and support me on this journey!
January 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I don't usually do #PortfolioDay as I'm bad at self promo, but here goes! I'm an artist in love with depicting intimate connections with robots & monsters. I'm spending 2025 focusing on bringing my own ideas and characters to life, and I hope you'll follow and support me on this journey!
We made great progress on yesterday's stream! Today we continue working on the tower upgrades and UI elements.
#indiedev #unrealengine5 #gamedev
Come see what's happening at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
#indiedev #unrealengine5 #gamedev
Come see what's happening at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
January 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We made great progress on yesterday's stream! Today we continue working on the tower upgrades and UI elements.
#indiedev #unrealengine5 #gamedev
Come see what's happening at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
#indiedev #unrealengine5 #gamedev
Come see what's happening at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
Welcome to my feed! I'm a solo indie dev currently working on a Tower Defense game in Unreal Engine 5.
I'll be updating frequently here and streaming development throughout the week.
If you want to check in on my progress, come hangout with us at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
I'll be updating frequently here and streaming development throughout the week.
If you want to check in on my progress, come hangout with us at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Welcome to my feed! I'm a solo indie dev currently working on a Tower Defense game in Unreal Engine 5.
I'll be updating frequently here and streaming development throughout the week.
If you want to check in on my progress, come hangout with us at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
I'll be updating frequently here and streaming development throughout the week.
If you want to check in on my progress, come hangout with us at www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
I'm live on Twitch! Working on the Tower Defense game in UE5.
www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
#indiedev #live #twitch #unrealengine5
www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
#indiedev #live #twitch #unrealengine5
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January 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm live on Twitch! Working on the Tower Defense game in UE5.
www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
#indiedev #live #twitch #unrealengine5
www.twitch.tv/whiptailen
#indiedev #live #twitch #unrealengine5
Two weeks into dev and I'm happy with progress. A lot of the core systems/concepts are in. I'm starting to see where this tower defense/RTS style game is heading. Exciting! Going to focus adding HUD/UI elements to allow better building tools.
#indiegame #indiedev #unrealengine
#indiegame #indiedev #unrealengine
December 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Two weeks into dev and I'm happy with progress. A lot of the core systems/concepts are in. I'm starting to see where this tower defense/RTS style game is heading. Exciting! Going to focus adding HUD/UI elements to allow better building tools.
#indiegame #indiedev #unrealengine
#indiegame #indiedev #unrealengine
That moment when you have a completed game loop and it's ***king hard....😍
December 13, 2024 at 1:37 AM
That moment when you have a completed game loop and it's ***king hard....😍
Worked out an area select tool. Update Peons to only harvest a user targeted resource (until exhausted). Added Peon health and armor component.
December 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Worked out an area select tool. Update Peons to only harvest a user targeted resource (until exhausted). Added Peon health and armor component.
Another week of progress. Health and Armor component ✔️ Basic Peon AI (collect resources) ✔️Health and Armor UI ✔️Tile System and Tile Material ✔️
December 7, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Another week of progress. Health and Armor component ✔️ Basic Peon AI (collect resources) ✔️Health and Armor UI ✔️Tile System and Tile Material ✔️
That feeling when you have a crazy productive day and manage to find something emergent. A "bug" with collision has let me down a rabbit hole for a new mechanic.
November 26, 2024 at 3:44 AM
That feeling when you have a crazy productive day and manage to find something emergent. A "bug" with collision has let me down a rabbit hole for a new mechanic.
Almost done stream setup. Custom Twitch integration via websockets woot!
November 26, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Almost done stream setup. Custom Twitch integration via websockets woot!