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Building Soup in public. Competitive multiplayer RTS with autonomous swarm units. Posting wins and broken builds alike.

Wishlist on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/436480
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E.T. @chainhacker.bsky.social · Dec 22
Dual contouring on GPU for the wriggly innards. Testing how much the fake refraction sells the glass on its own.
#bevy #indiedev #devlog
chainhacker.bsky.social
#bluesky and snow #photo
February 11, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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jeffontherock.bsky.social
Stemonitis sp Slime Mold. NWT, Canada.
#myxomycetes #fungifriends
The larger slime mold is about 2cm high.
Photo of two slime molds that are comprised of black and brown vertically oriented tubes grouped together.
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Frozen lake #photo
February 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Tutorial mockups evolving. Same scripted scene, now with a proper placeholder skin. Still rough, but easier on the eyes.

#soup #gamedev #indiedev #leveldesign #bevy
February 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Placeholder skin that doesn't hurt. Light blue on deep blue. Good enough to stare at while debugging.

#soup #gamedev #indiedev #devlog #bevy
February 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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blenderartists.org
'Space Scooter' by Matiss

https://blenderartists.org/t/space-scooter/1627699?mtm_kwd=bsky

#b3d #blender #blender3d #blenderrender #blendercommunity #3d
brief alt text description of the first image
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Visual docs continue. How purple enemies work—spawn at edges, drift inward, swarm if ignored.

#soup #gamedev #indiedev #devlog
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Fog of war. Hardly needs explaining, but documenting it anyway. Filling out the game mechanics visual docs.

#soup #gamedev #indiedev #devlog
February 1, 2026 at 10:31 AM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Level design mode. Fast HTML sketches for each tutorial scene.

Works for coding. But does it work as a brief for designers? Genuinely asking.

#soup #indiedev #leveldesign #screenshotsaturday
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 AM
chainhacker.bsky.social
First actual discussion about the game in weeks. I'll take it.
steamcommunity.com/app/436480/e...

#soup #gamedev
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Looks much like the stone around it. Ok, the stone might not be as green without the green light.
A stone-like succulent in a stone bed, all bright-green.
January 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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alice-i-cecile.bsky.social
Shameless ad for merch.bevy.org You too can look super cute (and rep #bevy) :3

Disclaimer: this is a super inefficient way to give us money, the profit margin is set quite low!
A smiling Bevy maintainer in a nice Bevy t-shirt in front of a window. The t-shirt is femme-cut and fits her well. She looks objectively cute. You would look cute too.
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Ok here goes nothing. Switching dev branch to default depot.

#soup #gamedev
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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workshopgeek.bsky.social
Ok I slept on it, and I am still in love with it. That's it, reworking the game to make the #gameboy palette first class citizen.
Palettes in general will be a thing.

#gamedev #indiegame
January 25, 2026 at 8:33 AM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Hunter mode cycling. Default mode: sane. Other modes: chaos.

Work in progress.

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #soup
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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letttier.bsky.social
#b3d
September 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Borrowed from Pax Britannica. Hold to select unit, cooldown shown on the same circle. All the info in one spot.

#soup #gamedev #indiedev #bevy
January 15, 2026 at 12:19 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Trying the obvious: spawn cooldowns. Like almost every other RTS.

Open question—what happens when you're holding "emit" but the cooldown isn't ready yet? Queue it? Ignore it? Visual feedback?

#gamedev #indiedev #bevy
January 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Weekly Steam update:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/436...

#soup #indiedev
Soup: the Game - Week [4]: Dev Branch Goes Live - Steam News
New build goes live on main depot. Retro skin system for fast iteration. Hunter prowl and dash working. Skins now react to game events.
store.steampowered.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Dash visuals. Elastic stretch + afterimage trail.

One of the procedural skins. Aiming for that PixelJunk sidescroller vibe—retro-futuristic, clean lines.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
January 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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lize.bsky.social
Bustling city of creatures with bright red staring eyes

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
January 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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bycob.bsky.social
I'm adding mushroom culture, it still needs some tuning.

#ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev
January 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Broke something. Now it just stares.

#soup #bevy #gamedev #indiedev
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
chainhacker.bsky.social
Scout mode draft. Harvesters pushing outward, exploring.

Still figuring out the right levers. Hunters can be clever—harvesters are jelly blobs. Keep them dumb.

#soup #gamedev #indiedev #gameai
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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blood-orange-games.bsky.social
👁️Loop of Command is a cute automation puzzle.
Program obedient robots to survive your next performance review.

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4180270?...

#indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegames #indiegame #WishlistWednesday
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM