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Wishlist Lakehopper now!
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Lakehopper on Steam
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landsca...
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Wishlist Lakehopper now!
store.steampowered.com/app/4209010/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4209010/...
Playtest → bugfix → playtest → bugfix → playtest →... It's a never ending cycle. www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Playtesting and bugfixing! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Playtest → bugfix → playtest → bugfix → playtest →... It's a never ending cycle. www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Lakehopper's trailer is done! (Go check it out on the Steam page!) Now I get to go back to working on bugfixes and playtesting! Yay! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Trailer is done! Back to bugfixing, playtesting, polishing! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 10, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Lakehopper's trailer is done! (Go check it out on the Steam page!) Now I get to go back to working on bugfixes and playtesting! Yay! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Lakehopper's Trailer is finally done and live! store.steampowered.com/app/4209010/...
Lakehopper on Steam
Take flight in a seaplane flight simulator through a rugged world where you are responsible for the care and maintenance of your plane. Deliver cargo between far-flung communities in a flooded landsca...
store.steampowered.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Lakehopper's Trailer is finally done and live! store.steampowered.com/app/4209010/...
Gonna try and finish this trailer and do some bugfixes! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Trailer Editing, maybe bugfixes | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Gonna try and finish this trailer and do some bugfixes! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Working on the trailer! We'll see how well this works, editing and streaming at the same time, but come watch my edit process! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Trailer Editing! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Working on the trailer! We'll see how well this works, editing and streaming at the same time, but come watch my edit process! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Doing some Steam admin work, then working on the game trailer! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Steam admin work, trailer work! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Doing some Steam admin work, then working on the game trailer! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Credits/acknowledgments screen, doing some playtesting, and a tweak or two here or there. www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Credits screen, playtesting, tweaking | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Credits/acknowledgments screen, doing some playtesting, and a tweak or two here or there. www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Continuing to fight with Unity physics! Loose parts are now mostly staying in the plane, but colliders are misbehaving! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Physics is still hard | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Continuing to fight with Unity physics! Loose parts are now mostly staying in the plane, but colliders are misbehaving! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Continuing work on the physics system to keep loose parts inside a fast moving plane! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Physics is hard | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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February 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Continuing work on the physics system to keep loose parts inside a fast moving plane! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Gotta cancel stream today! Dealing with some back pain and can't be at my desk for extended periods today. (It's due to a condition called "being in your 30s".) Hope to be back at it on Sunday!
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Gotta cancel stream today! Dealing with some back pain and can't be at my desk for extended periods today. (It's due to a condition called "being in your 30s".) Hope to be back at it on Sunday!
Adding some exception handling to the load game process, and maybe trying to make sure loose parts stay inside the plane when it moves! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Exception handling and plane-item physics | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Adding some exception handling to the load game process, and maybe trying to make sure loose parts stay inside the plane when it moves! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Found some more bugs to exterminate! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Bugs go away! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Found some more bugs to exterminate! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Work continues on silly plane game! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Working. | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Work continues on silly plane game! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
No stream today. Taking a mental health day. Take care of yourselves, everyone. We'll be back to work on Lakehopper tomorrow.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
No stream today. Taking a mental health day. Take care of yourselves, everyone. We'll be back to work on Lakehopper tomorrow.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
New terrain textures, who dis? Fixing an issue with terrain graphics settings and more from the to-do list! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Solving slippery scenery settings and supplementary slip-ups | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
New terrain textures, who dis? Fixing an issue with terrain graphics settings and more from the to-do list! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
You ever seen 1,000 terrain tiles loaded at the same time? Would you like to?
Reran terrain texture assignment to fix seams in tiles and update the procedural gen calculation. 270 million vertexes later, the world of Lakehopper has a new coat of paint.
Reran terrain texture assignment to fix seams in tiles and update the procedural gen calculation. 270 million vertexes later, the world of Lakehopper has a new coat of paint.
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
You ever seen 1,000 terrain tiles loaded at the same time? Would you like to?
Reran terrain texture assignment to fix seams in tiles and update the procedural gen calculation. 270 million vertexes later, the world of Lakehopper has a new coat of paint.
Reran terrain texture assignment to fix seams in tiles and update the procedural gen calculation. 270 million vertexes later, the world of Lakehopper has a new coat of paint.
Working on fixing my terrain textures. The math that was working before is no longer working, so let's see what's broken! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Tackling trying terrain texture tribulations. | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Working on fixing my terrain textures. The math that was working before is no longer working, so let's see what's broken! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
The list of critical fixes is getting shorter and shorter... www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Maybe not the home stretch but we're in the neighborhood. | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The list of critical fixes is getting shorter and shorter... www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Workin' workin'. www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Struggle day | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Workin' workin'. www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Major improvements getting rid of a bunch of terrain related lag!
And the to-do list is getting shorter! Let's kick off a productive week! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
And the to-do list is getting shorter! Let's kick off a productive week! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Bug Bash this SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!!! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 18, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Major improvements getting rid of a bunch of terrain related lag!
And the to-do list is getting shorter! Let's kick off a productive week! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
And the to-do list is getting shorter! Let's kick off a productive week! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Happy Friday! A smorgasbord of small tasks to tackle! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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Friday fixes and pre-weekend puzzles | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Happy Friday! A smorgasbord of small tasks to tackle! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
More sfx tweaks, installing pool ladders so the player doesn't drown like a Sim in the water, and whatever else we can take care of from the list! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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SFX, player movement, and whatever else I can fix! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
More sfx tweaks, installing pool ladders so the player doesn't drown like a Sim in the water, and whatever else we can take care of from the list! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Continuing to speed through the list of little tasks to make the game better, little by little. I knocked out 13 fixes yesterday, what can we do today? (Less, it will be less.) www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Continuing to speed through the list of little tasks to make the game better, little by little. I knocked out 13 fixes yesterday, what can we do today? (Less, it will be less.) www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
Did some great playtesting on Friday and gave myself a big long list of little tweaks. Let's dive in! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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How many small things can I fix in one day? | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Did some great playtesting on Friday and gave myself a big long list of little tweaks. Let's dive in! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
The to-do list is getting shorter and shorter! I'm gonna knock a few things off it, then actually sit down and do some of my own playtesting! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton
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More polishing tasks, and some playtesting! | Wishlist Lakehopper, a seaplane flight sim, life sim, delivery + repair game!
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January 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The to-do list is getting shorter and shorter! I'm gonna knock a few things off it, then actually sit down and do some of my own playtesting! www.twitch.tv/epicphoton