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✨🛠️🎨 vfx and tech art orb, gamedev

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hale @halefall.net · Nov 2
its horribly outdated but until I muster the energy to put together a new showcase of what I do this'll be a great pinned post #rtvfx #techart #vfx
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minahamu.bsky.social
雪の絵
December 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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rj-palmer.com
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.

This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
Swen Vincke @LarAtLarian Holy fuck guys we’re not "pushing hard" for or replacing concept artists with AI. We have a team of 72 artists of which 23 are concept artists and we are hiring more. The art they create is original and I’m very proud of what they do. I was asked explicitly about concept art and our use of Gen AI. I answered that we use it to explore things. I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that. And they are indeed world class artists. We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use google and art books. At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison. I talked about how we use ML here if you would like to know more: https://gamespot.com/articles/baldurs-gate-3-dev-embraces-machine-learning-for-tasks-that-nobody-wants-to-do/1100-6531123/ We've hired creatives for their talent, not for their ability to do what a machine suggests, but they can experiment with these tools to make their lives easier.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
halefall.net
saw a really cool puddle the other day
Top down view of a rain puddle, with silt and other debris floating in the water creating intricate and abstract shapes resembling meandering rivers in some parts, and sharp erosion induced runoff in others Side view of the same shallow-ish puddle, revealing the asphalt it sits on. The intricate shapes and patterns are still visible.
December 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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lumi-sco.bsky.social
L'interdiction des évènements du Lyon Antifafest (moment majeure dans la région) par la préfecture du Rhône est une nouvelle preuve de la fascisation en marche. Soutenez les militant.e.s, bénévoles et intervenant.e.s, ce n'est pas possible de se soumettre.
dodonatien.bsky.social Donatien Huet @dodonatien.bsky.social · 23d
Le Lyon Antifa Fest annonce saisir la justice administrative après que l’événement a été interdit par la préfecture du Rhône. En cause : les paroles du groupe de punk Poesie Zero ainsi que des rappeurs Costa, L’Allemand et Da Uzi.
Communiqué du Lyon Antifa Fest OFFENSIVES CONTRE LE FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE CONTRE LEURS ATTAQUES Nous avons eu la surprise aujourd'hui, ce mercredi 10 décembre de recevoir de la part de la préfecture et de la ville de Lyon une série d'arrêtés interdisant la tenue des événements du Lyon Antifafest. Il est devenu coutumier pour la préfecture du Rhône de poser des interdits le jour des événements, nous empêchant ainsi de pouvoir faire un recours devant le tribunal. Alors que nos concerts ont été annoncés depuis le 4 août 2025. Cette stratégie illégale et vile des pouvoirs publics, n'a que pour but de nous censurer en ne nous laissant pas pouvoir bénéficier de nos droits civiques comme il se doit. En se basant sur du vide et des fantasmes issue de la de droite et de l'extrême droite. Nous n'en resterons pas là et nous allons contester ces arrêtés auprès du tribunal administratif. Nous appelons à la solidarité des militants et militantes de gauche, de tous les citoyens et citoyennes antifascistes, ainsi qu'à tous les acteurs du secteur de la culture, qui sont tout comme nous menacés par l'obscurantisme imposé par la préfecture et la municipalité de Lyon Restez branchés nous vous communiquerons la suite. A jamais antifascistes!
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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troglodette.bsky.social
Here's a cleaned up version with a little breakdown at the end. All made and animated with Substance Designer ✨
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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gameworkers.co.uk
"Together, workers can transform their jobs, their careers, and their lives for the better."

Our statement of solidarity with 5 other game workers unions in Europe including @stjv.fr, @csvi-cgt.bsky.social & @gwuireland.bsky.social

www.gameworkers.co.uk/one-industry...
One Industry, One Fight - IWGB Game Workers
Video Game Unions Present a United Front Across Western Europe - We vow to increase cooperation between our unions in both the short and long term, and to stay united in front of all that’s going on i...
www.gameworkers.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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stjv.fr
📢 Avec 5 autres syndicats du jeu vidéo en Europe de l'ouest, nous affirmons aujourd'hui notre volonté d'augmenter notre coopération.

Communiqué commun avec @csvi-cgt.bsky.social, FIOM-CGIL Milan, GDRT @social.verdi.de, @gwuireland.bsky.social et @gameworkers.co.uk ⤵️
Une industrie, une lutte – Un front uni de syndicats du jeu vidéo en Europe de l’Ouest – STJV
Les travailleureuses du jeu vidéo du monde entier ont de nombreux problèmes communs. Nos emplois sont menacés, nous ne sommes pas écouté‧es au travail, et on no
www.stjv.fr
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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p1xelcoder.bsky.social
If you are curious how the morphs were made in Keeper, then you can watch me create this "monkey-bunny" from scratch utilizing the tech I developed for the game. Enjoy and let me know what you think. :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9V_...
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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yorozu1217.bsky.social
☀️
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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cmzw.bsky.social
very quick doodle
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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p1xelcoder.bsky.social
Bonus post to end the week: If you are a graphics programmer do yourself a favor and get a MIDI board. It makes the work way more tactile and fun. Full props to Matt and @aaronmjacobs.com for getting me on the MIDI train. :)
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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p1xelcoder.bsky.social
Keeper's morphs are authored as scene-graph or more specifically as a scene-tree, which is evaluated bottom-up. I wrote a “compiler” which turns the tree into a command list which can be executed on the GPU. The compiler does a fair amount of optimization (e.g. dead branch pruning) to minimize cost.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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tirrel.bsky.social
Cats are liquid

Especially on Halloween 🎃🐈‍⬛🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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kmlo.art
Are you an investor, journalist, showcase curator, interested in small-scopes and unique indie game titles? Let's get in touch!

Been working for 1.5 years as a solo game dev on Dungeon Tourists. I am so happy with how far I've got. There are still many things I want to do, but I am having a blast!
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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tharlevfx.bsky.social
youtu.be/dVkGXoW4MLE

This week I've been working on an improved Starter Content pack for UE5 - better content and all organised the way I recommend! Available to buy on Gumroad:
tharlevfx.gumroad.com/l/starterpro...

#ue5 #vfxfriday #tutorials #gamedev #unreal #screenshotsaturday
Unreal 5 Improved Starter Content
YouTube video by tharlevfx
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October 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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stalepancakes.bsky.social
match stick cats
October 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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cmzw.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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polygoncherub.bsky.social
Hell yeah. Whole system now 100% functional.

The capture rate UI needs final art, and later I'd like to make MODs have a rarity value, but yeah, you can knock an enemy down and take their limbs!

I'm gonna go finally play some Silk Song.

#CherubDev #UE5 #GameDev
September 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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dylanbrowne.bsky.social
Finally got around to updating my #UnrealEngine reel! So here it is my 2025 Unreal Engine Showreel, The full length in 4k is avaliable here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5o...

#UE5 #GameDev #Cinematic #TechArt #FX #VFX #EnvironmentArt #Lighting #LookDev
August 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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voljum.bsky.social
statement about my decision to remove my music from streaming platforms.
August 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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kmlo.art
Dungeon Tourists now has a Steam page!

I'm working super hard on that game. Please please please please go wishlist it here : s.team/a/3930480

#dungeontourists #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedev
August 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
halefall.net
didn't realize i was already playing around with the razer hydra that far back, but yea the timelines align

beautiful piece of hardware
a shame i sold it long ago
Screenshot of the five earliest entries in my licenses and product key activations page on Steam. The list reads, from top to bottom: 18 Jul, 2013 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 18 Jul, 2013 The Orange Box 12 May, 2013 Portal 2 - Sixense Motion Retail 10 May, 2012 Portal 2 28 Apr, 2011 Nvidia Portal: The First Slice
August 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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halisavakis.com
On that note, let's also *dive* in another favorite subject of mine:

💧 Water shaders 💧

Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 on the tech-art behind our water visuals in HERDLING:
Screenshot from HERDLING showing a herd of fluffy beasts and their shepherd walking across a river
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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polygoncherub.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
halefall.net
I've been doing a giant refresh of my home server and Nextcloud install over the weekend

replacing a basic Ubuntu desktop with a proper Proxmox environment was a daunting task but it all feels sooooo much cleaner already
August 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM