Panthavma
@panthavma.bsky.social
Final year PhD student in stylized line rendering for videogames! I make rendering and gamedev tools in my free time... And mecha fighting games!
https://panthavma.com
https://panthavma.com
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Panthavma
@panthavma.bsky.social
· Jul 25
NEW KRONIAN TITANS TRAILER
check out my game guys its inspired by blazblue and super robot wars and i have fun when i play it
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/2355660/...
Discord: discord.gg/CWjWfC9K9T
check out my game guys its inspired by blazblue and super robot wars and i have fun when i play it
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/2355660/...
Discord: discord.gg/CWjWfC9K9T
Today is the release of the first commercial game made with Castagne: Parable Academy by @snuffysam.bsky.social !
It's a 3v3 tag fighter with simple controls where you play as pop culture icons such as Alice or Gatzby!
(I'm not involved with the project)
store.steampowered.com/app/3626300/...
It's a 3v3 tag fighter with simple controls where you play as pop culture icons such as Alice or Gatzby!
(I'm not involved with the project)
store.steampowered.com/app/3626300/...
Save 10% on Parable Academy on Steam
A one-button fighter that’ll have you hitting the books! Legends from classic fiction clash in 3 vs 3 tag battles. Unlock fighters in single-player skill challenges, then put your combos to the test i...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today is the release of the first commercial game made with Castagne: Parable Academy by @snuffysam.bsky.social !
It's a 3v3 tag fighter with simple controls where you play as pop culture icons such as Alice or Gatzby!
(I'm not involved with the project)
store.steampowered.com/app/3626300/...
It's a 3v3 tag fighter with simple controls where you play as pop culture icons such as Alice or Gatzby!
(I'm not involved with the project)
store.steampowered.com/app/3626300/...
Heyo! Quick peek at what I've been working on recently: an automatic video editor!
This will allow me to show how my projects evolve, castagne tutorials and changelogs, and rendering videos! The editing time has always been an issue before, but this should fix that.
This will allow me to show how my projects evolve, castagne tutorials and changelogs, and rendering videos! The editing time has always been an issue before, but this should fix that.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Heyo! Quick peek at what I've been working on recently: an automatic video editor!
This will allow me to show how my projects evolve, castagne tutorials and changelogs, and rendering videos! The editing time has always been an issue before, but this should fix that.
This will allow me to show how my projects evolve, castagne tutorials and changelogs, and rendering videos! The editing time has always been an issue before, but this should fix that.
why is he wearing that
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
why is he wearing that
Reposted by Panthavma
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Realized it's been so long since I posted anything on Molten because dev goes too fast now, I got like 5 playable characters
I also upgraded the prototype sprites with COLOR so they can stay up for a while! It will allow iterating on the gameplay a lot more
#fgc #moltenwinds #gamedev
I also upgraded the prototype sprites with COLOR so they can stay up for a while! It will allow iterating on the gameplay a lot more
#fgc #moltenwinds #gamedev
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Realized it's been so long since I posted anything on Molten because dev goes too fast now, I got like 5 playable characters
I also upgraded the prototype sprites with COLOR so they can stay up for a while! It will allow iterating on the gameplay a lot more
#fgc #moltenwinds #gamedev
I also upgraded the prototype sprites with COLOR so they can stay up for a while! It will allow iterating on the gameplay a lot more
#fgc #moltenwinds #gamedev
Learning Godot 4 now
October 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Learning Godot 4 now
I sorted my draft and found not one, but TWO watercolor rendering articles that are fairly complete
ONE OF THEM IS A TECH REPORT IN LATEX
not publishing anytime soon tho lol
ONE OF THEM IS A TECH REPORT IN LATEX
not publishing anytime soon tho lol
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I sorted my draft and found not one, but TWO watercolor rendering articles that are fairly complete
ONE OF THEM IS A TECH REPORT IN LATEX
not publishing anytime soon tho lol
ONE OF THEM IS A TECH REPORT IN LATEX
not publishing anytime soon tho lol
New blog site (with RSS!), and
UPDATE ON MESH CONTOURS! I've rewrote that whole part of my star blog article on how to render lines for games, by adding my own PhD work that makes it now possible in realtime!
Read it AGAIN!
panthavma.com/articles/lin...
UPDATE ON MESH CONTOURS! I've rewrote that whole part of my star blog article on how to render lines for games, by adding my own PhD work that makes it now possible in realtime!
Read it AGAIN!
panthavma.com/articles/lin...
October 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New blog site (with RSS!), and
UPDATE ON MESH CONTOURS! I've rewrote that whole part of my star blog article on how to render lines for games, by adding my own PhD work that makes it now possible in realtime!
Read it AGAIN!
panthavma.com/articles/lin...
UPDATE ON MESH CONTOURS! I've rewrote that whole part of my star blog article on how to render lines for games, by adding my own PhD work that makes it now possible in realtime!
Read it AGAIN!
panthavma.com/articles/lin...
peak computer graphics incoming
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
peak computer graphics incoming
I know I should wait for my tech to be more stable, to get more experience, finish some other things before I go back to Kronian but like... I gotta do it sometimes
That prototyping pipeline was so good I had to implement it there too, with seamless switching to sprites
That prototyping pipeline was so good I had to implement it there too, with seamless switching to sprites
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I know I should wait for my tech to be more stable, to get more experience, finish some other things before I go back to Kronian but like... I gotta do it sometimes
That prototyping pipeline was so good I had to implement it there too, with seamless switching to sprites
That prototyping pipeline was so good I had to implement it there too, with seamless switching to sprites
Reposted by Panthavma
Didn't want to show anything off until it was real enough. Fraud Fight begins.
Made using the Castagne Engine by @panthavma.bsky.social (Seriously, check out Castagne if you're at all interested in fighting game dev.)
#gamedev #fgc
Made using the Castagne Engine by @panthavma.bsky.social (Seriously, check out Castagne if you're at all interested in fighting game dev.)
#gamedev #fgc
October 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Didn't want to show anything off until it was real enough. Fraud Fight begins.
Made using the Castagne Engine by @panthavma.bsky.social (Seriously, check out Castagne if you're at all interested in fighting game dev.)
#gamedev #fgc
Made using the Castagne Engine by @panthavma.bsky.social (Seriously, check out Castagne if you're at all interested in fighting game dev.)
#gamedev #fgc
How to make a Castagne move... FAST?
WORLD RECORD SPEEDRUN: CASTAGNE ATTACK MOVE IN 5:34.01 (ANY%)
With a long breakdown of every moving part! youtu.be/2U_Ai072u8g
WORLD RECORD SPEEDRUN: CASTAGNE ATTACK MOVE IN 5:34.01 (ANY%)
With a long breakdown of every moving part! youtu.be/2U_Ai072u8g
Castagne Attack Move Speedrun Any% in 5:34.01 (WR) + Breakdown
YouTube video by Panthavma (Gamedev / Stylized Rendering)
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
How to make a Castagne move... FAST?
WORLD RECORD SPEEDRUN: CASTAGNE ATTACK MOVE IN 5:34.01 (ANY%)
With a long breakdown of every moving part! youtu.be/2U_Ai072u8g
WORLD RECORD SPEEDRUN: CASTAGNE ATTACK MOVE IN 5:34.01 (ANY%)
With a long breakdown of every moving part! youtu.be/2U_Ai072u8g
Castagne v0.56.02 released on main + unstable (cl next post), mainly bugfixes
ALSO THE CASTAGNE SURVEY 2025 IS NOW OPEN ! PLEASE ANSWER AND SHARE ! (~10 minutes)
forms.gle/aM6RGZYpoFJd...
ALSO THE CASTAGNE SURVEY 2025 IS NOW OPEN ! PLEASE ANSWER AND SHARE ! (~10 minutes)
forms.gle/aM6RGZYpoFJd...
October 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Castagne v0.56.02 released on main + unstable (cl next post), mainly bugfixes
ALSO THE CASTAGNE SURVEY 2025 IS NOW OPEN ! PLEASE ANSWER AND SHARE ! (~10 minutes)
forms.gle/aM6RGZYpoFJd...
ALSO THE CASTAGNE SURVEY 2025 IS NOW OPEN ! PLEASE ANSWER AND SHARE ! (~10 minutes)
forms.gle/aM6RGZYpoFJd...
AI can't handle my glitched move
#moltenwinds
#moltenwinds
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
AI can't handle my glitched move
#moltenwinds
#moltenwinds
I'm gonna start playing with the system mechanics, so it's good to get to know the debug UI so you know what's going on!
The main mechanic of MW is its leveling system, so the maximum HP and MP change during the match! You can see the difference between lvl 1 and 10 here.
The main mechanic of MW is its leveling system, so the maximum HP and MP change during the match! You can see the difference between lvl 1 and 10 here.
September 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I'm gonna start playing with the system mechanics, so it's good to get to know the debug UI so you know what's going on!
The main mechanic of MW is its leveling system, so the maximum HP and MP change during the match! You can see the difference between lvl 1 and 10 here.
The main mechanic of MW is its leveling system, so the maximum HP and MP change during the match! You can see the difference between lvl 1 and 10 here.
What I like about Molten Winds is the restraint of the design - I only have two buttons so attack slots are limited, making for a more focused, pure and simple game.
Anyway here's a 7 attack rekka that takes only one slot and needs a resource to activate.
#moltenwinds #gamedev #fgc
Anyway here's a 7 attack rekka that takes only one slot and needs a resource to activate.
#moltenwinds #gamedev #fgc
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What I like about Molten Winds is the restraint of the design - I only have two buttons so attack slots are limited, making for a more focused, pure and simple game.
Anyway here's a 7 attack rekka that takes only one slot and needs a resource to activate.
#moltenwinds #gamedev #fgc
Anyway here's a 7 attack rekka that takes only one slot and needs a resource to activate.
#moltenwinds #gamedev #fgc
Late night addition... characters now drop their weapon on death. No real reason, I just thought it would be funny / cool. Everybody has a unique weapon of sorts, so it's universal.
September 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Late night addition... characters now drop their weapon on death. No real reason, I just thought it would be funny / cool. Everybody has a unique weapon of sorts, so it's universal.
The fun part of making some moves easier is that you can find stupid combos
Anyway another character added to the prototype, the speed of iteration allowed me to find the fun in a few days even though I was stuck in how he would play! Highly speed focused as you can tell.
#moltenwinds #fgc #gamedev
Anyway another character added to the prototype, the speed of iteration allowed me to find the fun in a few days even though I was stuck in how he would play! Highly speed focused as you can tell.
#moltenwinds #fgc #gamedev
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The fun part of making some moves easier is that you can find stupid combos
Anyway another character added to the prototype, the speed of iteration allowed me to find the fun in a few days even though I was stuck in how he would play! Highly speed focused as you can tell.
#moltenwinds #fgc #gamedev
Anyway another character added to the prototype, the speed of iteration allowed me to find the fun in a few days even though I was stuck in how he would play! Highly speed focused as you can tell.
#moltenwinds #fgc #gamedev
It's incredible to have the complete regular moveset in two days dang, and this guy has like twice the moves of others!
Yesterday's combo with actual mechanics, you can only use it at level 8 as an anchor but it's a strong fullscreen confirm! I'll show individual moves later.
#moltenwinds #gamedev
Yesterday's combo with actual mechanics, you can only use it at level 8 as an anchor but it's a strong fullscreen confirm! I'll show individual moves later.
#moltenwinds #gamedev
September 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's incredible to have the complete regular moveset in two days dang, and this guy has like twice the moves of others!
Yesterday's combo with actual mechanics, you can only use it at level 8 as an anchor but it's a strong fullscreen confirm! I'll show individual moves later.
#moltenwinds #gamedev
Yesterday's combo with actual mechanics, you can only use it at level 8 as an anchor but it's a strong fullscreen confirm! I'll show individual moves later.
#moltenwinds #gamedev
So uh new workflow is pretty efficient... 19 attacks in one day lmao, that's half his moveset! Including his custom mechanics! All playable!
Returning characters end up a lot saucier than I expected, Aster's gonna be a menace at high levels
#moltenwinds
Returning characters end up a lot saucier than I expected, Aster's gonna be a menace at high levels
#moltenwinds
September 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So uh new workflow is pretty efficient... 19 attacks in one day lmao, that's half his moveset! Including his custom mechanics! All playable!
Returning characters end up a lot saucier than I expected, Aster's gonna be a menace at high levels
#moltenwinds
Returning characters end up a lot saucier than I expected, Aster's gonna be a menace at high levels
#moltenwinds
Added a fast workflow to takes simple krita layers, fills up the transparency, and automatically makes them into Castagne spritesheets and imports them into the engine!
Should help quickly prototype character ideas
Should help quickly prototype character ideas
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Added a fast workflow to takes simple krita layers, fills up the transparency, and automatically makes them into Castagne spritesheets and imports them into the engine!
Should help quickly prototype character ideas
Should help quickly prototype character ideas
That's one character almost done, it's time to prepare for the next one... still iterating a bit on that design
#moltenwinds #fgc
#moltenwinds #fgc
September 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
That's one character almost done, it's time to prepare for the next one... still iterating a bit on that design
#moltenwinds #fgc
#moltenwinds #fgc
Castagne v0.56! Now you can make your fighting game, with less bugs! And more ease of use.
castagneengine.com/changelogs/v...
castagneengine.com/changelogs/v...
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Castagne v0.56! Now you can make your fighting game, with less bugs! And more ease of use.
castagneengine.com/changelogs/v...
castagneengine.com/changelogs/v...