Clomper by Rob Lang
@clomper.bsky.social
You live inside a mechanical ladybird called a Clomper, which you control by creating pipes to power machines with steam. Wishlist on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2349380/Clomper/
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Clomper by Rob Lang
@clomper.bsky.social
· Dec 27
5 years of game dev, 12 top tips, how to stay motivated! | Indie dev log | Clomper #71
YouTube video by Rob Lang
youtu.be
🐞 5 years of game dev! 🥳
➡️ 12 top game dev tips
🤔 How to keep motivated
🎓 Learn from my mistakes
It's Clomper dev log 71. Let's GO!
🎥 youtu.be/LemC0Fe9Qk0
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #steampunk
➡️ 12 top game dev tips
🤔 How to keep motivated
🎓 Learn from my mistakes
It's Clomper dev log 71. Let's GO!
🎥 youtu.be/LemC0Fe9Qk0
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #steampunk
Lighting in a #3d #videogame makes all the difference! It took me over 3 weeks of my spare time to get global illumination working in Unity but it was worth it.
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Lighting in a #3d #videogame makes all the difference! It took me over 3 weeks of my spare time to get global illumination working in Unity but it was worth it.
😱 I spent 3 weeks fighting Unity's lighting - and almost lost!
☀️ Beautiful lighting, global Illumination, adaptive probe volumes and a new machine to plug in.
🐞 Clomper Devlog #78
🎥 youtu.be/LvPlo0i6vCo
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #steampunk
☀️ Beautiful lighting, global Illumination, adaptive probe volumes and a new machine to plug in.
🐞 Clomper Devlog #78
🎥 youtu.be/LvPlo0i6vCo
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #steampunk
I spent 3 weeks fighting Unity's lighting (and almost lost)
YouTube video by Rob Lang
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
😱 I spent 3 weeks fighting Unity's lighting - and almost lost!
☀️ Beautiful lighting, global Illumination, adaptive probe volumes and a new machine to plug in.
🐞 Clomper Devlog #78
🎥 youtu.be/LvPlo0i6vCo
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #steampunk
☀️ Beautiful lighting, global Illumination, adaptive probe volumes and a new machine to plug in.
🐞 Clomper Devlog #78
🎥 youtu.be/LvPlo0i6vCo
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #steampunk
At this point in a #gamdedev devlog edit, I'm a bit bored of my own face.
A perfect opportunity to freeze frame and mock the me from last week! He who couldn't speak properly, made loads of mistakes and missed some important points. What a tool!
#editing #youtube #video #gaming
A perfect opportunity to freeze frame and mock the me from last week! He who couldn't speak properly, made loads of mistakes and missed some important points. What a tool!
#editing #youtube #video #gaming
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
⚠️ This is what happens if you leave your Clomper🐞 running and don't pay attention! 💥
I've been making devlogs for years, you'd think I'd get used to stopping the Clomper🐞 and turning down the boilers. I accidentally drove this one off a cliff into a crevasse!
#steampunk #steam #gamedev
I've been making devlogs for years, you'd think I'd get used to stopping the Clomper🐞 and turning down the boilers. I accidentally drove this one off a cliff into a crevasse!
#steampunk #steam #gamedev
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
⚠️ This is what happens if you leave your Clomper🐞 running and don't pay attention! 💥
I've been making devlogs for years, you'd think I'd get used to stopping the Clomper🐞 and turning down the boilers. I accidentally drove this one off a cliff into a crevasse!
#steampunk #steam #gamedev
I've been making devlogs for years, you'd think I'd get used to stopping the Clomper🐞 and turning down the boilers. I accidentally drove this one off a cliff into a crevasse!
#steampunk #steam #gamedev
Oh my. I don't know what to say. Ben was a huge part of the YouTube game dev community and a superb musician too. I knew he had been fighting cancer (he did a brave video) but he ploughed on regardless.
My heart goes out to his family. Fuck cancer.
My heart goes out to his family. Fuck cancer.
Hello, I hope you don’t mind my reaching out, this is Ben’s mum, Karen.
Ben allowed me access to his contacts and it’s lovely that you were in touch with him.
Sadly, after heroically standing up to the impact of cancer and 11 years of brutal treatments, our darling Ben passed away on 8th January
Ben allowed me access to his contacts and it’s lovely that you were in touch with him.
Sadly, after heroically standing up to the impact of cancer and 11 years of brutal treatments, our darling Ben passed away on 8th January
February 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Oh my. I don't know what to say. Ben was a huge part of the YouTube game dev community and a superb musician too. I knew he had been fighting cancer (he did a brave video) but he ploughed on regardless.
My heart goes out to his family. Fuck cancer.
My heart goes out to his family. Fuck cancer.
🍻 Weird #gamedev thing to celebrate, I've just hit my 900th issue in GitHub. And it's a bug too, which is nice.
That's 0.38 issues a day!
That's 0.38 issues a day!
January 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
🍻 Weird #gamedev thing to celebrate, I've just hit my 900th issue in GitHub. And it's a bug too, which is nice.
That's 0.38 issues a day!
That's 0.38 issues a day!
💡Before and after lighting update!
While the inside of the Clomper is supposed to be a dim and warm like a mechanical Victorial library, it was a little too dark in places, which made the diegetic UI hard to read and there were nasty overexposed light spots.
What did I do? 🧵 1/5
While the inside of the Clomper is supposed to be a dim and warm like a mechanical Victorial library, it was a little too dark in places, which made the diegetic UI hard to read and there were nasty overexposed light spots.
What did I do? 🧵 1/5
January 18, 2026 at 12:46 PM
💡Before and after lighting update!
While the inside of the Clomper is supposed to be a dim and warm like a mechanical Victorial library, it was a little too dark in places, which made the diegetic UI hard to read and there were nasty overexposed light spots.
What did I do? 🧵 1/5
While the inside of the Clomper is supposed to be a dim and warm like a mechanical Victorial library, it was a little too dark in places, which made the diegetic UI hard to read and there were nasty overexposed light spots.
What did I do? 🧵 1/5
💡Global Illumination problem update!
I can either have surface contributing
OR
Emissive light.
BUT
Not both without dark patches.
Anyone know why?
Detail + download here: discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
#unity3d #gamedev
I can either have surface contributing
OR
Emissive light.
BUT
Not both without dark patches.
Anyone know why?
Detail + download here: discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
#unity3d #gamedev
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
💡Global Illumination problem update!
I can either have surface contributing
OR
Emissive light.
BUT
Not both without dark patches.
Anyone know why?
Detail + download here: discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
#unity3d #gamedev
I can either have surface contributing
OR
Emissive light.
BUT
Not both without dark patches.
Anyone know why?
Detail + download here: discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
#unity3d #gamedev
Still struggling with @unity.com adaptive probe volumes. No matter how much effort and detail I put into the post, it's just being ignored on the forums. I'm really doing my best to understand it all but it doesn't make sense.
discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
How to remove dark patches in URP APV GI?
I do not understand why some of the valid probes are so dark and are giving dark patches in the ceiling of my mesh. The mesh is “inside out” in that the collider polygons are facing inwards. I have t...
discussions.unity.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Still struggling with @unity.com adaptive probe volumes. No matter how much effort and detail I put into the post, it's just being ignored on the forums. I'm really doing my best to understand it all but it doesn't make sense.
discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-rem...
It's been a weekend of struggling with Adaptive Probe Volumes and global illumination in Unity. The Unity docs are written from the POV of someone who already understands everything.
Do you know of any good resources to get rid of these patches or explain why the probes are dark?
Do you know of any good resources to get rid of these patches or explain why the probes are dark?
January 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It's been a weekend of struggling with Adaptive Probe Volumes and global illumination in Unity. The Unity docs are written from the POV of someone who already understands everything.
Do you know of any good resources to get rid of these patches or explain why the probes are dark?
Do you know of any good resources to get rid of these patches or explain why the probes are dark?
Lol obviously not Clomper (open beta definitely) but you might have a game that can be included here!
#indiegame (we hope) will get released 2026 and that you should keep an eye on - Starter Pack ready for you.
Hit us up if you want to be included.
go.bsky.app/3ptJNeA
#gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #solodev
Hit us up if you want to be included.
go.bsky.app/3ptJNeA
#gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #solodev
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Lol obviously not Clomper (open beta definitely) but you might have a game that can be included here!
I never, ever use #YouTube AI comment replies. Ever. I hate that they exist. Comments should be a connection between two humans, not some button click platitude.
As if to fight back against this meaningless drivel, my comment reply are going to become even more flowery and bizarre.
As if to fight back against this meaningless drivel, my comment reply are going to become even more flowery and bizarre.
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I never, ever use #YouTube AI comment replies. Ever. I hate that they exist. Comments should be a connection between two humans, not some button click platitude.
As if to fight back against this meaningless drivel, my comment reply are going to become even more flowery and bizarre.
As if to fight back against this meaningless drivel, my comment reply are going to become even more flowery and bizarre.
Me: What would you improve about the game?
Player testers: A lot!
Me: 😱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWz...
Player testers: A lot!
Me: 😱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWz...
You told me my game felt bad… So I fixed it | Indie dev log | Clomper #77
YouTube video by Rob Lang
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Me: What would you improve about the game?
Player testers: A lot!
Me: 😱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWz...
Player testers: A lot!
Me: 😱
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWz...
You told me my game felt bad. 😢
You were right. ✅
So I fixed it. 🛠️
🎥 New! devlog 77 youtu.be/BiWzW2vDinM
You were right. ✅
So I fixed it. 🛠️
🎥 New! devlog 77 youtu.be/BiWzW2vDinM
You told me my game felt bad… So I fixed it | Indie dev log | Clomper #77
YouTube video by Rob Lang
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You told me my game felt bad. 😢
You were right. ✅
So I fixed it. 🛠️
🎥 New! devlog 77 youtu.be/BiWzW2vDinM
You were right. ✅
So I fixed it. 🛠️
🎥 New! devlog 77 youtu.be/BiWzW2vDinM
If your Clomper looks this broken then you've got some work to do! 🛠️
I ❤️ having a photo mode camera in Clomper, it makes panning shots like this really easy.
Devlog 77 coming soon.
#indiegames #steamgames #indiegaming #indiegame
I ❤️ having a photo mode camera in Clomper, it makes panning shots like this really easy.
Devlog 77 coming soon.
#indiegames #steamgames #indiegaming #indiegame
January 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
If your Clomper looks this broken then you've got some work to do! 🛠️
I ❤️ having a photo mode camera in Clomper, it makes panning shots like this really easy.
Devlog 77 coming soon.
#indiegames #steamgames #indiegaming #indiegame
I ❤️ having a photo mode camera in Clomper, it makes panning shots like this really easy.
Devlog 77 coming soon.
#indiegames #steamgames #indiegaming #indiegame
This face! It's the face of a man who's recorded a devlog. 🥳
It's also the face of someone who needs strong medication. 💊
And the face of someone on day release from a facility with 20m high walls. 🤪
It's also the face of someone who needs strong medication. 💊
And the face of someone on day release from a facility with 20m high walls. 🤪
January 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This face! It's the face of a man who's recorded a devlog. 🥳
It's also the face of someone who needs strong medication. 💊
And the face of someone on day release from a facility with 20m high walls. 🤪
It's also the face of someone who needs strong medication. 💊
And the face of someone on day release from a facility with 20m high walls. 🤪
🧪🔥 A failed #gamedev experiement!
Originally, you click once to make one pipe.
What if pipes were made fast holding down the mouse button?
It's then hard to make pipes accurately as one slightly long button press makes three!
But there's a bigger reason not to fast create pipes... 1/2
Originally, you click once to make one pipe.
What if pipes were made fast holding down the mouse button?
It's then hard to make pipes accurately as one slightly long button press makes three!
But there's a bigger reason not to fast create pipes... 1/2
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🧪🔥 A failed #gamedev experiement!
Originally, you click once to make one pipe.
What if pipes were made fast holding down the mouse button?
It's then hard to make pipes accurately as one slightly long button press makes three!
But there's a bigger reason not to fast create pipes... 1/2
Originally, you click once to make one pipe.
What if pipes were made fast holding down the mouse button?
It's then hard to make pipes accurately as one slightly long button press makes three!
But there's a bigger reason not to fast create pipes... 1/2
⚠️ Multiplayer adds lots of testing time to your game! 🎮
All the pipes are damaged below because I got the synchronisation order wrong (again). It's ok the host. It's ok if a client was connected when you took damage but if you join *after* that. You have to test everything 3 times!|
Pretty tho. 😍😉
All the pipes are damaged below because I got the synchronisation order wrong (again). It's ok the host. It's ok if a client was connected when you took damage but if you join *after* that. You have to test everything 3 times!|
Pretty tho. 😍😉
December 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
⚠️ Multiplayer adds lots of testing time to your game! 🎮
All the pipes are damaged below because I got the synchronisation order wrong (again). It's ok the host. It's ok if a client was connected when you took damage but if you join *after* that. You have to test everything 3 times!|
Pretty tho. 😍😉
All the pipes are damaged below because I got the synchronisation order wrong (again). It's ok the host. It's ok if a client was connected when you took damage but if you join *after* that. You have to test everything 3 times!|
Pretty tho. 😍😉
Thing about "holiday season" is that I have all my usual work and the work needed to make Christmas successful!
That's not really a holiday at all. If it were a holiday, is be making a brew dev log and working on Clomper 🐞
That's not really a holiday at all. If it were a holiday, is be making a brew dev log and working on Clomper 🐞
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thing about "holiday season" is that I have all my usual work and the work needed to make Christmas successful!
That's not really a holiday at all. If it were a holiday, is be making a brew dev log and working on Clomper 🐞
That's not really a holiday at all. If it were a holiday, is be making a brew dev log and working on Clomper 🐞
Testing player feedback by running up two Clomper clients and trolling myself by trying to simultaneously putting different pipes in the same place!
This is the kind of testing that makes multiplayer game development take so long.
This is the kind of testing that makes multiplayer game development take so long.
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Testing player feedback by running up two Clomper clients and trolling myself by trying to simultaneously putting different pipes in the same place!
This is the kind of testing that makes multiplayer game development take so long.
This is the kind of testing that makes multiplayer game development take so long.
😈 CURSED! 😈
Teaching myself vertex shaders with some random displacement. This is still playable right? I manage to crash the Clomper in this clip but it's difficult to tell!
#gamedev #indiegame #steam
Teaching myself vertex shaders with some random displacement. This is still playable right? I manage to crash the Clomper in this clip but it's difficult to tell!
#gamedev #indiegame #steam
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
😈 CURSED! 😈
Teaching myself vertex shaders with some random displacement. This is still playable right? I manage to crash the Clomper in this clip but it's difficult to tell!
#gamedev #indiegame #steam
Teaching myself vertex shaders with some random displacement. This is still playable right? I manage to crash the Clomper in this clip but it's difficult to tell!
#gamedev #indiegame #steam
Freya posts another hypnotic gif. That's 3 hours lost. 🤩
ooo it's so interesting seeing how dual quaternion splines solve extreme rotational differences!
I made it prefer the shortest path within the quaternion double cover, so when control points pass the 180 degree switch with its neighbors, the path also changes its shape!
I made it prefer the shortest path within the quaternion double cover, so when control points pass the 180 degree switch with its neighbors, the path also changes its shape!
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Freya posts another hypnotic gif. That's 3 hours lost. 🤩
It's not procrastination to make your tools look beautiful is it? 🤔
⌨️ Windows Terminal
🎨 Dimidium
🔤 Cascadia Code Nerd Font Semi-Light 13pt www.nerdfonts.com
⚡ Powerline github.com/powerline/po...
Posting on bsky about it definitely is. 😉
⌨️ Windows Terminal
🎨 Dimidium
🔤 Cascadia Code Nerd Font Semi-Light 13pt www.nerdfonts.com
⚡ Powerline github.com/powerline/po...
Posting on bsky about it definitely is. 😉
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It's not procrastination to make your tools look beautiful is it? 🤔
⌨️ Windows Terminal
🎨 Dimidium
🔤 Cascadia Code Nerd Font Semi-Light 13pt www.nerdfonts.com
⚡ Powerline github.com/powerline/po...
Posting on bsky about it definitely is. 😉
⌨️ Windows Terminal
🎨 Dimidium
🔤 Cascadia Code Nerd Font Semi-Light 13pt www.nerdfonts.com
⚡ Powerline github.com/powerline/po...
Posting on bsky about it definitely is. 😉
When you realise you're more Alfred than Batman.
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
When you realise you're more Alfred than Batman.