Agnar Thor | dreymari
@dreymari.bsky.social
he/him | technical game designer | average game feel enthusiast
currently working on http://chainshotgun.com/ and probably some other stuff
I mostly post about my personal projects here and about game feel/game design
currently working on http://chainshotgun.com/ and probably some other stuff
I mostly post about my personal projects here and about game feel/game design
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we just released our demo for CHAIN SHOTGUN for Steam Next Fest
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things
check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things
check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev
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everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
been playing around with different explosion types and made a "fall from the sky" type explosion
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
been playing around with different explosion types and made a "fall from the sky" type explosion
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
working on an inventory thing, you can store all your barrels and turn your multi-barreled shotgun into a single-barreled shotgun (wow!)
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
working on an inventory thing, you can store all your barrels and turn your multi-barreled shotgun into a single-barreled shotgun (wow!)
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
added signs to the shops that ominously rotate towards the player, for clarity, of course
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
added signs to the shops that ominously rotate towards the player, for clarity, of course
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
made a little sequence to get the player to look downwards when entering the room
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign #retrofps #gaming
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign #retrofps #gaming
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
made a little sequence to get the player to look downwards when entering the room
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign #retrofps #gaming
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign #retrofps #gaming
some payloads fire in a sustained mode
and we had the obvious idea of adding a "beer barrel" to our shotgun(haha) - as a payload
also doubles as a jetpack!
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
and we had the obvious idea of adding a "beer barrel" to our shotgun(haha) - as a payload
also doubles as a jetpack!
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
some payloads fire in a sustained mode
and we had the obvious idea of adding a "beer barrel" to our shotgun(haha) - as a payload
also doubles as a jetpack!
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
and we had the obvious idea of adding a "beer barrel" to our shotgun(haha) - as a payload
also doubles as a jetpack!
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps
October 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
October 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
before/after
did some lighting adjustments to our levels for our steam release
turns out just cranking up your ambient lighting isn't a good way to light your levels
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign
did some lighting adjustments to our levels for our steam release
turns out just cranking up your ambient lighting isn't a good way to light your levels
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign
October 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
before/after
did some lighting adjustments to our levels for our steam release
turns out just cranking up your ambient lighting isn't a good way to light your levels
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign
did some lighting adjustments to our levels for our steam release
turns out just cranking up your ambient lighting isn't a good way to light your levels
#gamedev #indiegame #leveldesign
we just released our demo for CHAIN SHOTGUN for Steam Next Fest
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things
check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things
check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev
October 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
we just released our demo for CHAIN SHOTGUN for Steam Next Fest
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things
check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev
a game about adding an absurd amount of barrels to your shotgun, among other things
check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3970990/...
#retrofps #indiegame #gamedev #FPS #indiedev
beam weapon
revamped my shooting code to allow for beam-like payloads so now I can do things like this, still not sure what it should do outside of combat though 🤔
(also did some sound design 🔊)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamefeel #retrofps #indiegame #boomershooter
revamped my shooting code to allow for beam-like payloads so now I can do things like this, still not sure what it should do outside of combat though 🤔
(also did some sound design 🔊)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamefeel #retrofps #indiegame #boomershooter
August 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
beam weapon
revamped my shooting code to allow for beam-like payloads so now I can do things like this, still not sure what it should do outside of combat though 🤔
(also did some sound design 🔊)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamefeel #retrofps #indiegame #boomershooter
revamped my shooting code to allow for beam-like payloads so now I can do things like this, still not sure what it should do outside of combat though 🤔
(also did some sound design 🔊)
#gamedev #indiedev #gamefeel #retrofps #indiegame #boomershooter
I will never forget the immense disappointment I felt when I noticed I couldn't jump on the harpoons from HL2
anyway, this is the harpoon payload, it sticks to walls and you can jump on it! I generally try to make payloads do more than just "kill enemy better"
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
anyway, this is the harpoon payload, it sticks to walls and you can jump on it! I generally try to make payloads do more than just "kill enemy better"
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
July 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I will never forget the immense disappointment I felt when I noticed I couldn't jump on the harpoons from HL2
anyway, this is the harpoon payload, it sticks to walls and you can jump on it! I generally try to make payloads do more than just "kill enemy better"
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
anyway, this is the harpoon payload, it sticks to walls and you can jump on it! I generally try to make payloads do more than just "kill enemy better"
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
the interact payload can do fascinating things! such as pressing a button or booping enemies
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
the interact payload can do fascinating things! such as pressing a button or booping enemies
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming
decided to have each barrel type come with their own attachments and now the weapon looks absolutely ridiculous, in a good way!
this is just at 11 barrels, current max is around 20 barrels, so far
#indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev #gamedev
this is just at 11 barrels, current max is around 20 barrels, so far
#indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev #gamedev
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
decided to have each barrel type come with their own attachments and now the weapon looks absolutely ridiculous, in a good way!
this is just at 11 barrels, current max is around 20 barrels, so far
#indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev #gamedev
this is just at 11 barrels, current max is around 20 barrels, so far
#indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev #gamedev
i am of the opinion that all games should have jump pads
#retrofps #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
#retrofps #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
May 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
i am of the opinion that all games should have jump pads
#retrofps #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
#retrofps #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
finally got around to doing some sound design for the basic enemies in the game, now it feels even more like bullying:(
#indiegame #gaming #sounddesign #retrofps
#indiegame #gaming #sounddesign #retrofps
May 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
finally got around to doing some sound design for the basic enemies in the game, now it feels even more like bullying:(
#indiegame #gaming #sounddesign #retrofps
#indiegame #gaming #sounddesign #retrofps
big spinny thing, also doubles as an "elevator" that literally shoots you out of it
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev
May 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
big spinny thing, also doubles as an "elevator" that literally shoots you out of it
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev
#gamedev #indiegame #retrofps #gaming #indiedev
made a wall tool to speed up level design, of course I had to add some gamefeely elements to it as well
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #leveldesign
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #leveldesign
May 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
made a wall tool to speed up level design, of course I had to add some gamefeely elements to it as well
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #leveldesign
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #leveldesign
tried to make my leaves to rustle a bit when moving through them, yeah wow looks very "natural" imo
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
May 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
tried to make my leaves to rustle a bit when moving through them, yeah wow looks very "natural" imo
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #games
feature from a while back - you dash into boxes to launch them at whatever you're aiming at, still very happy with the feel of it
#gamedev #gaming #retrofps #indiegame
#gamedev #gaming #retrofps #indiegame
May 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
feature from a while back - you dash into boxes to launch them at whatever you're aiming at, still very happy with the feel of it
#gamedev #gaming #retrofps #indiegame
#gamedev #gaming #retrofps #indiegame
i felt that instead of using a key to open the door it's better if you load it into your gun and shoot it at the door, of course
#gamedev #retrofps #indiegame #gaming
#gamedev #retrofps #indiegame #gaming
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
i felt that instead of using a key to open the door it's better if you load it into your gun and shoot it at the door, of course
#gamedev #retrofps #indiegame #gaming
#gamedev #retrofps #indiegame #gaming