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Aaron
@kalamabeach.bsky.social
Dad, Fly Fishing, Game Development
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“What was first just a dream has become a frightening reality for those who may oppose us.” -Grand Admiral Thrawn #micromachines #starwars
I love being stared at while reading. It’s not distracting at all.
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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More optimizations ~

Big CPU bottleneck happens if hundreds of NPCs have to determine their targets on the same game tick.

I solved this by creating a groupthink system. When an NPC (red) identifies a target, it broadcasts (yellow) to nearby NPCs

#ue5 #ai #gamedev #indiedev
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy Holidays!
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know her description is different in the book, but I pictured Nineteen Adze as Vanessa Kirby while reading A Memory Called Empire.
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Harrison Ford
November 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Figured out the layout and camera placement for the conversation UI.

With this setup, regardless of distance, the player and NPC are always in frame.

#ue5 #indiedev #gamedev
October 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Penny’s favorite chew toy is socks fresh off my feet. I think she sucks the flavor off them.
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I spent the last decade thinking this was dead, but for some reason kept it in a box. The batteries were put in wrong. 😩 it totally works and I’m stoked!!! Let’s go 43 year old circuit boards!
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When the game is free with in app purchases.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window and saying nope . don 't like that .
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Sorry for eating that entire fucking shoe, wanna cuddle?

Of course, yes.
October 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Monday morning vibes. 😍
September 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Oh my
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I forgot you save Tifa from a sex dungeon in FFVII. What’s that on the table there? 😂
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’m allergic to you and I don’t care.
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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For today's #shiptember #sst25 I present, the mainstay of the Liberty Police, the Patriot fighter!

This was a mixed media blender render, and photoshop painting and FX

#freelancer #spaceship #shipcalendar
September 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I remember telling the guys I was gonna “do an Assassins Creed”. #queenstown
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Happy Sunday Anemomananee, Amemonamee, Anenomamenee…
September 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Boom got the tank firing loop working

Added a slight pushback to the tank on fire. And I used Niagara effects that came with the asset, paired alongside previous effects I created.

#ue5 #ai #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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For Simple NPC pathing, I had to figure out a way for them to follow flying objects, since Mechs can be off the ground at any time.

The solution I came up with is to map the Mech's location to the ground, and have the AI path to that location

#ue5 #mech #indiegame #ai #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
September 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My golden retriever puppy was 9 pounds when I got her in July. She is now a 27 pound velociraptor. I have hair in my mouth.
September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Excited to have a booth at the Chicago Indie Games Showcase tomorrow!

Hosted at the Hairpin Arts Center in Logan Square by @indiecitygames.org

@actualnerds.bsky.social will be there to let people try out the System Purge Hollow Point demo (wishlist pls) and more

Feel free to stop by and say hi :)
September 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Excited to announce that I'll be at the Chicago Indie Game Showcase, hosted by @indiecitygames.org on Sept 6th!

@actualnerds.bsky.social will have a booth, where you can chat and try the demo for System Purge: Hollow Point

Also love to see it represented on the shirt by Modest Merch

#indiegame
August 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
She is gonna eat the whole house.
August 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Pretty fish. Let’s go. #flyfishing
July 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM