Carmen Ito
@beemon.symbolicon.net
🏳️🌈 She/her. Full-stack developer by day, indie game artist and developer by night. Small budget, big dreams.
Not a very productive day yesterday even with my lil buddy's motivation. I thought I would take a short nap first and I took some new medication to help me sleep. It knocked me out until morning. 😩
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Not a very productive day yesterday even with my lil buddy's motivation. I thought I would take a short nap first and I took some new medication to help me sleep. It knocked me out until morning. 😩
I've been using #KenneyShape for #Derelict but another simple modeling tool was just released caught my interest.
fertile-soil-productions.itch.io/draw-on-a-bl...
fertile-soil-productions.itch.io/draw-on-a-bl...
Draw on a Block by Keith at Fertile Soil Productions
Precision 3D painting: part professional texturing tool, part creative toy.
fertile-soil-productions.itch.io
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I've been using #KenneyShape for #Derelict but another simple modeling tool was just released caught my interest.
fertile-soil-productions.itch.io/draw-on-a-bl...
fertile-soil-productions.itch.io/draw-on-a-bl...
Good morning lil buddy. It's wonderful how a small mascot can motivate me to work. Let's see how productive my day will be at the end of today.
January 21, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Good morning lil buddy. It's wonderful how a small mascot can motivate me to work. Let's see how productive my day will be at the end of today.
Guess who arrived today at my place all the way from China. 🤗 The #Godot bag it came in was pretty cool too. This lil guy will be my coding companion, watching and judging my work. 😁
January 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Guess who arrived today at my place all the way from China. 🤗 The #Godot bag it came in was pretty cool too. This lil guy will be my coding companion, watching and judging my work. 😁
It's a common issue for me that I delve too much into the technical stuff and lose sight of what I'm trying to accomplish. I'm building a game, and anything that doesn't progress in that should be pushed aside. For the next few days, I'll be concentrating on building the #Derelict UI in #Playdate.
January 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Time to start placing items in the room for the player to interact with in #Derelict for #Playdate. May add an outline shader in #Godot later to make items more visible against the background. Currently, we use Atkinson, but we can also test with others later to see which is better for the scene.
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Love this. I'm already a waiting customer.
Take my money. 😁
Take my money. 😁
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Love this. I'm already a waiting customer.
Take my money. 😁
Take my money. 😁
Remember that we mentioned working on and porting free FOSS games for #Playdate as well? I guess it's time we show a peek into one of our other current projects.
January 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Remember that we mentioned working on and porting free FOSS games for #Playdate as well? I guess it's time we show a peek into one of our other current projects.
Reposted by Carmen Ito
We have blast off!
🌌 The Cosmic Collection is available now: itch.io/b/3398/-the-...
Pick up 4 space-themed #Playdate games for just $15 until January 25th!
🌌 The Cosmic Collection is available now: itch.io/b/3398/-the-...
Pick up 4 space-themed #Playdate games for just $15 until January 25th!
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
We have blast off!
🌌 The Cosmic Collection is available now: itch.io/b/3398/-the-...
Pick up 4 space-themed #Playdate games for just $15 until January 25th!
🌌 The Cosmic Collection is available now: itch.io/b/3398/-the-...
Pick up 4 space-themed #Playdate games for just $15 until January 25th!
A powerful addon, but it was a bit confusing to me because I didn't understand how it is used. So this thread is what I gathered by studying the examples. Let's say we create a StandardMaterial3D. Attach the addon inherited_resource.gd script to that material. 🧵
Wish Godot resources could be INHERITED like scenes can? I hacked together an addon that lets you do exactly that. Just add inherited_resource.gd to any resource, point it at a base resource of same type, and you're set! Grab it here: codeberg.org/MajorMcDoom/...
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 AM
A powerful addon, but it was a bit confusing to me because I didn't understand how it is used. So this thread is what I gathered by studying the examples. Let's say we create a StandardMaterial3D. Attach the addon inherited_resource.gd script to that material. 🧵
But I have been using inherited resources for our dithering system? Dither class extends Resource, just use class_name to name it Dither. Then Atkinson, Burke's and the rest of the classes extend Dither. It works though?
class_name Dither
extends Resource
class_name Atkinson
extends Dither
class_name Dither
extends Resource
class_name Atkinson
extends Dither
Wish Godot resources could be INHERITED like scenes can? I hacked together an addon that lets you do exactly that. Just add inherited_resource.gd to any resource, point it at a base resource of same type, and you're set! Grab it here: codeberg.org/MajorMcDoom/...
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
But I have been using inherited resources for our dithering system? Dither class extends Resource, just use class_name to name it Dither. Then Atkinson, Burke's and the rest of the classes extend Dither. It works though?
class_name Dither
extends Resource
class_name Atkinson
extends Dither
class_name Dither
extends Resource
class_name Atkinson
extends Dither
Better #Derelict launcher card for #Playdate, a full and slower rotation, completely assembled, generated, and dithered in #Godot. The title was a 2D sprite in a CanvasLayer overlaying the 3D scene. It was already B&W, and the ditherer correctly left it alone. Just happy everything worked! 😁
January 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I just added a developer log of how we built the first room in #Derelict. Create the models in #KenneyShape, then the mesh instances for those models in #Godot. Create variations of upper, lower, and wall layers, then combine them into rooms. 👍
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
Derelict by Beemon Games
Space horror survival game for the Playdate console.
beemon-games.itch.io
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I just added a developer log of how we built the first room in #Derelict. Create the models in #KenneyShape, then the mesh instances for those models in #Godot. Create variations of upper, lower, and wall layers, then combine them into rooms. 👍
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
I still need to work out the transparency setup in #Godot for the #GDScript dithering system that I've implemented for #Derelict to detect. Once this is done, I will release it as FOSS. The system is based on the following site, so the results should be similar.
potch.me/demos/playdi...
potch.me/demos/playdi...
PlayDither- 1-bit image processor
Convert images into b&w for use on the Playdate
potch.me
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I still need to work out the transparency setup in #Godot for the #GDScript dithering system that I've implemented for #Derelict to detect. Once this is done, I will release it as FOSS. The system is based on the following site, so the results should be similar.
potch.me/demos/playdi...
potch.me/demos/playdi...
Made mistakes making room parts in #Derelict for the #Playdate; walls are too low to add a rightly-sized doorway. I added trim and raised the ceiling. But I also misaligned the size of the wall with the door gutter on the floor. This will require more time to redo and fix. DOH! 😩
January 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
A few images from our #Derelict process. Create models using #KenneyShape, to build rooms in #Godot, and then render them to #Playdate dithered images. 👌
January 7, 2026 at 5:18 AM
A few images from our #Derelict process. Create models using #KenneyShape, to build rooms in #Godot, and then render them to #Playdate dithered images. 👌
Created our itch.io official game page and dev log for #Derelict below. Our task for today is to build the 3D parts to start constructing rooms and corridors in the Waste Disposal deck of the Archon space station. So no photos or demos until this is done.
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
Derelict by Beemon Games
Space horror survival game for the Playdate console.
beemon-games.itch.io
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Created our itch.io official game page and dev log for #Derelict below. Our task for today is to build the 3D parts to start constructing rooms and corridors in the Waste Disposal deck of the Archon space station. So no photos or demos until this is done.
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
I am quite happy with Atkinson and Burkes dithering. They look great, and little to no flickering on the #Playdate console. It just looks terrible here. You can check out the 1.2 demo below to see what it really looks like on the device.
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
Derelict by Beemon Games
A space horror survival game for the Playdate console
beemon-games.itch.io
January 4, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I am quite happy with Atkinson and Burkes dithering. They look great, and little to no flickering on the #Playdate console. It just looks terrible here. You can check out the 1.2 demo below to see what it really looks like on the device.
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict
beemon-games.itch.io/derelict