Latrice Tries Game Dev
theamateurgamedev.bsky.social
Latrice Tries Game Dev
@theamateurgamedev.bsky.social
Explorer of places & ideas , unapologetic side-quester, current quest : spend one year making an indie, cozy, travel video game . The main goal is to have fun & learn something new about digital and audio storytelling.#Travel #Photography #Books #GameDev.
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Hi bsky 👋- it seems I’ve shown up just in time for #promosky so here’s a little bit about me ! I’m an explorer , collector and consumer of stories , unaplogetic side-questor, and this year I’m attempting to build a cozy, indie, travel video game.
Happy #Halloween !!! Intro-ing Leo , the friendly spider angel ! #PupTober #DogSky #dogs
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Super Mario Bros. was released 40 years ago today in North America (1985)

#retro #art #gaming #Mario
October 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Companies make things so easy at sign up and then have you jumping through hoops when it’s time to cancel 🙃. I know it’s been like this forever , everywhere , but it’s still so annoying.
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I haven’t watched #ProjectRunway in 1000 years and just picked up this season . Ooooh it is spiiiiicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️. Between the addition of Law Roach as judge , Christian as mentor , and these contestants. I’m locked in.
October 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I’ve been using my L&D budget to get better at skills for my video game (nothing to do with my day job but the industry knowledge there isn’t something to use L&D on) , and it’s been going well , but I think my Blender tutor just ghosted me 🥹.
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why does #DC traffic start at 3:00 pm ? 🥹🥹🥹

Me leaving the house at 2:50 - I’m going to be a few mins early for my 3:30 appt.

Me at 3:24 still sitting in my uber - I should only be 5-10 mins late 🙃
October 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Me a few days ago : I’m going spend 30 mins fixing this camera clipping issue as a micro-win on a long day.

My progress after a few days of intermittent troubleshooting 🙃—

Making things worse may be a talent lol

#gamedev #indiegamedev #strugglebus #unity #cinemachine #hopeyoudontgetseasick
October 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Brunch in the morning, #gamedev in the afternoon, #CBCWeekend activities in the evening. A very balanced Saturday ! I fixed a lot of small things of the interior level in terms of proportions so excited to drop some before and after pictures tomorrow. #indiegamedev #unity #3DModeling
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Just thinking about that time I fell a little bit in love with Bosnia & Herzegovina over the summer. #travelsky #solotravel #photography
September 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Alright - today’s micro goal is to fix the camera clipping issue on my follow cam . It will be fairly quick (all I’m up to after todays work day ) but feel so satisfying - I know my other hobby #gamedev #indiegamedev folks also have those days where work only leaves you with 30 mins of effort left.
September 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Now that I’m no longer in my summer game dev sprint , diversifying between working on my game and testing out different content channels. First up - #TikTok . #gamedev #indiegamedev #hadtopickthehardhobby
September 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Spent 45 mins troubleshooting why my 3D model wasn’t showing up in my scene . Finally noticed it WAS but just so tiny that I couldn’t see it . Something was totally off with the proportions. 🤦🏾‍♀️ some days are more productive than others lol #GameDev #Unity #LetsSeeWhatTomorrowBrings
September 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
So Sept 1st was the official end of my Cozy Game Dev sprint. Goal : spend 3 months of time over a 4 month consecutive period (adding buffer for my crazy summer travel schedule) to
Build a cozy travel video game based on my trip to Antarctica . 1/2 #indiegamedev #gamedev #creativechallenges
September 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I really think Olandria should do a collab/brand deal with a lotion or body moisturizer because I would buy it in a min. She stays GLOWING . #LoveIsland #LoveIslandUSA
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
My first #USOpen - best friends , honey deuces, casual champagne, and watching Naomi Osaka and Venus Williams play. #travel #travelsky #tennis
September 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Yall #DC has me stressed. “Officers” are being allowed to be masked, refuse to identify themselves verbally , refuse to provide an ID , and taking people away in unmarked cars. WTF ?! You could have bought that outfit on eBay . How is this acceptable ?!
August 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And then today I got my first animations “idle” and “walk” set up. I’m only about a week into switching to Unity from Godot so it’s nothing crazy to look at but I’m enjoying the engine and excited about my progress! Using my free Mixamo character to prototype. #gamedev #indiegamedev #hobbyhamedev
August 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Even with my travels I’ve been maintaining my “a little bit of incremental progress on my game every day sprint” but have been excited to get back to my PC & full setup in the last 24 hours - I got cinemachine installed and a follow camera set up…& then troubleshot the camera #gamedev #indiegamedev
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Random National Guards roaming around DC …odd feeling. However still took advantage of my day off being the start of Restaurant Week. I’m not into an occupied #DC but Bar Angie was tasty. Would definitely recommend.
August 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Followed up #BarrelAndFlow (brews and art) with the #FamilyReunion at the Salamander Resort in Middleburg ( #Food & #Wine) because August is for black centered festivals on my favorite things - beer, wine, food. #BlackSky if you like any of those things, check them out. More photo drops coming.
August 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
At this point I think I’m pretty locked in on switching to #Unity for my main project but also planning to do a mini mini project with #Godot . I’m going to make my niece a very simple game that’s on her reading level (Kindergarden) and she can just walk around in. #gamedev #indiegedev
August 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Still playing around with #Unity : I’ve got my charcuterie controller set up. I’m using the default controller , no rigid body. I debugged the few weird things by fixing gravity and having the character face the direction they are moving. #gamedev #indiegamedev
August 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
One of my favorite finds & moments from the weekend was discovering beersteins from a 1980s #Oktoberfest for sale.The vendor‘s husband was stationed there in the 80s & she convinced him to part with some of his steins. As a beer lover who also lived… (1/2) #Blacksky #Beer #BarrelAndFlow #Travel
August 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Also for the beer drinkers amongst #Blacksky highly highly recommend Barrel & Flow beer festival in Pittsburg. The beer, vibes , music and can art are impeccable. It’s the culture + #Beer 🍻
August 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wandering downtown Pittsburg before last week’s Barrel & Flow beer festival. It’s such a cute city , I definitely need to go back for a longer weekend. #Photography #Travel #UStravel
August 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM