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Lavamonster || JICE game
@scarylavamonster.bsky.social
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game developer doing all sorts of things.

currently working on JICE - 3D platformer:
https://gamejolt.com/games/jice/758689
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scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Sometimes it does feel like this 😆

#indiedev #gamedev
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Something of an atrium in the middle of an office area.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Did some progress on the next part of the Depot. This area is going to be a bit less spacious than the previous one.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Just a cover I made for my side game project.

#gamedev #indiedev
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Just jumping around Spaceport, collecting energy.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
September 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Changed lighting in this part - added LED lamps where the light is supposed to be coming from and fiddled with global illumination a bit more.

#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Polished the side project a bit more. Added sounds, fixed some ui things, added a movement sprite for the sword, made the enemies fade out on death.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
September 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Moved to version 5.6 of UE, had to adapt to some changes like the enhanced input system getting rid of some things. Still, there were also some changes to global illumination, which fixed a few details for me.

#indiedev #gamedev
September 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Will add a bit more lighting, but for now finished with this section of the Depot level.

#indiedev #gamedev
August 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
also - and I know it's not gamedev-related, but - the new deftones album is sooo good, and on par with their latest work 🐍
August 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Did some more level design this week. Found out that the tutorial tvs broke at some point, while I was improving the interactions system. But if I don't tell anyone that these screens are supposed to show text, nobody is gonna know.. Oh.

#indiedev #gamedev
August 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
A bit more design of the second part of the Depot level, now with lighting. Needs additional jellies..

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
August 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Ditched baked lighting, trying lumen now. Surprisingly, it doesn't seem like it takes up that much more performance compared to the previous setup - with a few tricks for optimization, at least.

#indiedev #gamedev #ue
August 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Not much to show, because I've been fighting with baked lighting again.. Thinking of turning to the dark side (using global illumination).

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
August 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
A little side project - a game I've started during a game jam and decided to work on it a bit more. It is kind of a survivors-like, but every upgrade you pick up is a choice between two. And whatever you don't choose upgrades your enemies instead 👽

#gamedev #indiedev
July 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Spent some time to fix metal containers' UVs. Here are before and afters. Gives the scenes a bit more cleaner look!

#indiedev #gamedev
July 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Some more level design of the Depot level. Spreading the rubble, moving the boxes around, putting some lights up.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
July 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Setting up the storage environment, with a cake as a centerpiece for one of the rooms.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
July 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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“You’re making a game? That’s so fun!”

The fun:

#indiedev #solodev #gamedev
June 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
More splines usage - this time to create a big room with walls and columns around it. Split it into ceiling/floor and walls for convenience.

#indiedev #gamedev
June 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Jumping around the hallway!

#indiedev #gamedev
June 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Adding some rubble, cookies and cakes to the corridor. All of the most important items of any space factory.

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
June 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Doing more work on the corridor. Merging splines into meshes, fixing wall placements, setting up lighting.

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev
June 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Taking a brief break from working on JICE to walk outside, touch some grass, all that stuff. Here are some cool old pics though!

#indiedev #screenshotsaturday
May 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
scarylavamonster.bsky.social
Depot entrance corridor coming up nicely!

#indiedev #gamedev #ue
May 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM