ClutchAbuse
@clutchabuse.bsky.social
Hi! I'm Evan!
A dad who's been modding and making games since the 90s. I've made apps and games for some huge companies but I won't be talking about that here. This place is purely for my poorly thought out personal projects. Also motorcycles!
A dad who's been modding and making games since the 90s. I've made apps and games for some huge companies but I won't be talking about that here. This place is purely for my poorly thought out personal projects. Also motorcycles!
Sierra Gold was envisioned for mobile. I've since been part of a team who launched a successful mobile game. I've learned that if you aren't making a "free to play" title you will fail. Sierra Gold is transitioning to desktop and a lot of the decisions I made are biting me in the ass.
#indiedev
#indiedev
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sierra Gold was envisioned for mobile. I've since been part of a team who launched a successful mobile game. I've learned that if you aren't making a "free to play" title you will fail. Sierra Gold is transitioning to desktop and a lot of the decisions I made are biting me in the ass.
#indiedev
#indiedev
It's coming along slowly but steadily. Top is editor view so you can see whats happening. Bottom is game view. I'm still working on the cameras and such to make this cohesive, but you get the idea. Needs easing on everything. Left the [Dev] menu on in the bg.
#Unity3d
#solodev
#Indiedev
#gamedev
#Unity3d
#solodev
#Indiedev
#gamedev
September 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
That merchant is a real stickler when it comes to union rules. Best to try and stay on his good side!
Character portraits are placeholder.
#Gamedev
#Indiedev
#Gamedevelopment
#Solodev
#Unity3d
Character portraits are placeholder.
#Gamedev
#Indiedev
#Gamedevelopment
#Solodev
#Unity3d
July 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
That merchant is a real stickler when it comes to union rules. Best to try and stay on his good side!
Character portraits are placeholder.
#Gamedev
#Indiedev
#Gamedevelopment
#Solodev
#Unity3d
Character portraits are placeholder.
#Gamedev
#Indiedev
#Gamedevelopment
#Solodev
#Unity3d
I wish people were more punctual.
June 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I wish people were more punctual.
Rear's back on and now the forks are off for service. The intake valves are pretty tight. No wonder it was hard to start the last few rides. Gonna tackle that this weekend.
And if you follow me for game dev stuff, I'll be back to that soon! Lot's to share.
#motorcycle
#moto
#blueskymoto
And if you follow me for game dev stuff, I'll be back to that soon! Lot's to share.
#motorcycle
#moto
#blueskymoto
June 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Rear's back on and now the forks are off for service. The intake valves are pretty tight. No wonder it was hard to start the last few rides. Gonna tackle that this weekend.
And if you follow me for game dev stuff, I'll be back to that soon! Lot's to share.
#motorcycle
#moto
#blueskymoto
And if you follow me for game dev stuff, I'll be back to that soon! Lot's to share.
#motorcycle
#moto
#blueskymoto
Swingarm has new bearings. All the other linkage components were ok and have been cleaned and repacked. I need to get the rear brake and wheel back on to finish the rear. Next up, the forks are getting new seals and the intake valves are getting adjusted.
#blueskymoto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
#moto
#blueskymoto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
#moto
June 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Swingarm has new bearings. All the other linkage components were ok and have been cleaned and repacked. I need to get the rear brake and wheel back on to finish the rear. Next up, the forks are getting new seals and the intake valves are getting adjusted.
#blueskymoto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
#moto
#blueskymoto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
#moto
American Father's Day is cool. But German Father's day involves walking through the woods pulling a wagon of beer behind you. When you get back there's bratwurst waiting.
Guess which one I like better.
Guess which one I like better.
June 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
American Father's Day is cool. But German Father's day involves walking through the woods pulling a wagon of beer behind you. When you get back there's bratwurst waiting.
Guess which one I like better.
Guess which one I like better.
You know you're in for a treat when your swing arm bearings come out as mostly dust. I'm pretty sure these are original. Removing the siezed race was surprisingly easy though. Good soak with WD40, and 2 sockets, with some threaded rod did the job.
#motorcycle
#blueskymoto
#dirtbike
#moto
#motorcycle
#blueskymoto
#dirtbike
#moto
June 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You know you're in for a treat when your swing arm bearings come out as mostly dust. I'm pretty sure these are original. Removing the siezed race was surprisingly easy though. Good soak with WD40, and 2 sockets, with some threaded rod did the job.
#motorcycle
#blueskymoto
#dirtbike
#moto
#motorcycle
#blueskymoto
#dirtbike
#moto
Back from my Germany trip! I ended up doing some dev on a few rainy days and on the plane ride home. Sierra Gold has a new intro now! The entire context of the game changed invalidating the old one. No biggie, I never liked it anyway.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedevelopment
#solodev
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedevelopment
#solodev
June 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Back from my Germany trip! I ended up doing some dev on a few rainy days and on the plane ride home. Sierra Gold has a new intro now! The entire context of the game changed invalidating the old one. No biggie, I never liked it anyway.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedevelopment
#solodev
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedevelopment
#solodev
Germans know their beer. I really really enjoy it when I'm here. But for my birthday my brother gave me a pack of American beer (Labeled as such) brewed by their local brewery.
It's awful
Leave the IPAs and stouts to Americans and keep doing what you do best German brewers.
It's awful
Leave the IPAs and stouts to Americans and keep doing what you do best German brewers.
May 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Germans know their beer. I really really enjoy it when I'm here. But for my birthday my brother gave me a pack of American beer (Labeled as such) brewed by their local brewery.
It's awful
Leave the IPAs and stouts to Americans and keep doing what you do best German brewers.
It's awful
Leave the IPAs and stouts to Americans and keep doing what you do best German brewers.
No dev updates because I'm visiting family in Germany. One thing I like to do here is hike to old ruins. My German family members don't understand why I would want to trek through the underbrush to find what is essentially a pile of rubble covered with moss. That's fine because I get me time!
May 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
No dev updates because I'm visiting family in Germany. One thing I like to do here is hike to old ruins. My German family members don't understand why I would want to trek through the underbrush to find what is essentially a pile of rubble covered with moss. That's fine because I get me time!
Ziplines!
Still needs a ton of work but not too shabby for an hour and a half!
#indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
Still needs a ton of work but not too shabby for an hour and a half!
#indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
May 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Ziplines!
Still needs a ton of work but not too shabby for an hour and a half!
#indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
Still needs a ton of work but not too shabby for an hour and a half!
#indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
I love my MacBook Pro M3 Max but baking lightmaps is pure misery.
Apple makes nice hardware but their graphics chips are simply not up to high stress workloads. My old PC laptop with a 3080 could bake the same scene in less than an hour. The M3 needs all night.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedeveloper
Apple makes nice hardware but their graphics chips are simply not up to high stress workloads. My old PC laptop with a 3080 could bake the same scene in less than an hour. The M3 needs all night.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedeveloper
May 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I love my MacBook Pro M3 Max but baking lightmaps is pure misery.
Apple makes nice hardware but their graphics chips are simply not up to high stress workloads. My old PC laptop with a 3080 could bake the same scene in less than an hour. The M3 needs all night.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedeveloper
Apple makes nice hardware but their graphics chips are simply not up to high stress workloads. My old PC laptop with a 3080 could bake the same scene in less than an hour. The M3 needs all night.
#gamedev
#indiedev
#gamedeveloper
There's an item needing a puzzle in Sierra Gold. It's bothed me for months. I finally figured out what I want to do, but I'm going to Europe for 3 weeks for a family visit and will have no time for game dev. This is going to be burning a hole in my brain.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#indiedev
May 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There's an item needing a puzzle in Sierra Gold. It's bothed me for months. I finally figured out what I want to do, but I'm going to Europe for 3 weeks for a family visit and will have no time for game dev. This is going to be burning a hole in my brain.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
#indiedev
I love it when I'm given a new internal tool with no explanation or documentation about how to use it.
"It should be obvious"
No, it isn't. You've been making this for a month so of course it's obvious to you.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
"It should be obvious"
No, it isn't. You've been making this for a month so of course it's obvious to you.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
May 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I love it when I'm given a new internal tool with no explanation or documentation about how to use it.
"It should be obvious"
No, it isn't. You've been making this for a month so of course it's obvious to you.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
"It should be obvious"
No, it isn't. You've been making this for a month so of course it's obvious to you.
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
Introduced a hat mechanic.
Made several hats including a mining helmet with a light. Got the idea to use that light to navigate at night. Nighttime uses a different mechanic for navigating.
Am now redoing that mechanic.
This is how games don't get finished...
#Indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
Made several hats including a mining helmet with a light. Got the idea to use that light to navigate at night. Nighttime uses a different mechanic for navigating.
Am now redoing that mechanic.
This is how games don't get finished...
#Indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
May 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Introduced a hat mechanic.
Made several hats including a mining helmet with a light. Got the idea to use that light to navigate at night. Nighttime uses a different mechanic for navigating.
Am now redoing that mechanic.
This is how games don't get finished...
#Indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
Made several hats including a mining helmet with a light. Got the idea to use that light to navigate at night. Nighttime uses a different mechanic for navigating.
Am now redoing that mechanic.
This is how games don't get finished...
#Indiedev
#gamedev
#gamedevelopment
May 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
And that's a riding season (for me anyway)! This bike has exceeded my expectations. Coming from 2 strokes I never expected to enjoy a 450 on trails so much but here we are. Now it's time to strip her down for a suspension rebuild and go through the motor.
#moto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
#moto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
May 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
And that's a riding season (for me anyway)! This bike has exceeded my expectations. Coming from 2 strokes I never expected to enjoy a 450 on trails so much but here we are. Now it's time to strip her down for a suspension rebuild and go through the motor.
#moto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
#moto
#motorcycle
#dirtbike
I was an artist and designer before I learned how to code. That means whenever I get an idea I usually make the art before writing any code to support it. Smart people say to use primitives until you get it working but I just can't.
That means I'm making hats tonight.
#gamedev
#indiedev
That means I'm making hats tonight.
#gamedev
#indiedev
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My old Kawasaki ZZR600. I took this picture way back in 2007! No smartphones yet. Who else had a magnetic tank bag with a clear sleeve on top for a paper map? I was on my way to Yosemite and all my clothes were in a backpack I was wearing when I took this. God I loved that bike.
#Motorcycle
#Moto
#Motorcycle
#Moto
May 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My old Kawasaki ZZR600. I took this picture way back in 2007! No smartphones yet. Who else had a magnetic tank bag with a clear sleeve on top for a paper map? I was on my way to Yosemite and all my clothes were in a backpack I was wearing when I took this. God I loved that bike.
#Motorcycle
#Moto
#Motorcycle
#Moto