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Mike Tipul
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Game Director, Designer, Coder, Artist

Past:
House of the Dying Sun | dyingsungame.com
SUPERVIVE | playsupervive.com
Halo, Destiny, Marathon | bungie.com
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Mike Tipul @tipul.bsky.social · 14d
My space revenge simulator, House of the Dying Sun (narrowly) made the RPS top 100 PC Games list this year! 🙏

It's conveniently ON SALE at a 70% discount. Profits are directly funding whatever dark, weird, indie thing I'm working on next.

store.steampowered.com/app/283160/H...
Rock Paper Shotgun blurb about House of the Dying Sun: Not one to let bygones be bygones, the final order of your murdered emperor in House Of The Dying Sun is a punchy one: hunt the traitor lords and bring ruin to their people. So starts your short rampage through the solar system, blasting away fighters, frigates, and capital ships with vengeful abandon. House Of The Dying Sun is a space combat game built in the mold of Wing Commander, Descent, and Star Wars: X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter. Each battle in its short campaign sees you warp into a map littered with asteroids and other stellar clutter, and a target you must terminate before their backup arrives and outguns you. Played on a gamepad, your little fighter feels both nippy and powerful, able to pull off maneuvers that would be impossible in gravity. By holding down the left shoulder button, you can shut off your rear thruster and spin round to fire on enemies chasing you, all while retaining your forward velocity. It's the closest I've come to feeling like Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica outside of the demo for the (sadly cancelled) Beyond the Red Line Freespace mod. While there are larger and more complex space fighter games, they overstay their welcome and run out of ideas. House Of The Dying Sun is an adrenal shot of moody cool space shootery. And, if you've a VR headset, it's one of the best games to play with a screen strapped to your head. – Julian
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nicodelort.bsky.social
Penelope waiting for Odysseus

ink on scratchboard
2013
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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billhuntbits.bsky.social
Whether you're a STAR WARS fan or just a model builder, this new X-wing deep dive is outstanding.
@ilmvfx.bsky.social
www.ilm.com/how-to-build...
How to Build an X-wing: 50 Years After ILM Completed Its First ‘Star Wars’ Model
Take an extensive deep dive into ILM’s creation of the original X-wing fighter miniatures for Star Wars: A New Hope.
www.ilm.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
tipul.bsky.social
House of the Dying Sun continues to be 70% off for the Steam Winter Sale!

store.steampowered.com/app/283160/H...
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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hughsj.bsky.social
long way to go but hooooo boy is it a real game now
#BrigadorKillers #Brigador #gamedev
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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rhysknightstudio.bsky.social
Finished drawing I exhibited earlier this year ✍️

#art #drawing #charcoal #darkart
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
tipul.bsky.social
TIL Unreal doesn't like any UPROPERTY named "Instigator" even if it's inside a struct and not shadowing something like the AActor property. The garbage collector freaks out.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
tipul.bsky.social
The year of the Year In Review.
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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blendogames.bsky.social
Skin Deep ✨ BEST IMMERSIVE SIM OF THE YEAR ✨
Thanks PC Gamer!

👉Get it! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

👉Skin Deep was made by insanely talented crew of folks; this game only exists because of them: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre...
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Congrats to @blendogames.bsky.social ! Skin Deep won Best Immersive Sim of the year from @pcgamer.com

www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
tipul.bsky.social
My space revenge simulator, House of the Dying Sun (narrowly) made the RPS top 100 PC Games list this year! 🙏

It's conveniently ON SALE at a 70% discount. Profits are directly funding whatever dark, weird, indie thing I'm working on next.

store.steampowered.com/app/283160/H...
Rock Paper Shotgun blurb about House of the Dying Sun: Not one to let bygones be bygones, the final order of your murdered emperor in House Of The Dying Sun is a punchy one: hunt the traitor lords and bring ruin to their people. So starts your short rampage through the solar system, blasting away fighters, frigates, and capital ships with vengeful abandon. House Of The Dying Sun is a space combat game built in the mold of Wing Commander, Descent, and Star Wars: X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter. Each battle in its short campaign sees you warp into a map littered with asteroids and other stellar clutter, and a target you must terminate before their backup arrives and outguns you. Played on a gamepad, your little fighter feels both nippy and powerful, able to pull off maneuvers that would be impossible in gravity. By holding down the left shoulder button, you can shut off your rear thruster and spin round to fire on enemies chasing you, all while retaining your forward velocity. It's the closest I've come to feeling like Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica outside of the demo for the (sadly cancelled) Beyond the Red Line Freespace mod. While there are larger and more complex space fighter games, they overstay their welcome and run out of ideas. House Of The Dying Sun is an adrenal shot of moody cool space shootery. And, if you've a VR headset, it's one of the best games to play with a screen strapped to your head. – Julian
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
tipul.bsky.social
Playing Nightreign and Dark Souls 1 back-to-back is giving me whiplash. The overall inflation of speed and intensity of boss fights over the last decade is super apparent and INSANE.
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
tipul.bsky.social
ROUTINE! After all these years!

They nailed the Aliencore aesthetic with (I think?) a very tiny team still. I'd LOVE to see a breakdown of how they got Unreal to look like this.
Guide robot in an abandoned moon base. Creepy hallway in an abandoned moonbase.
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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omiosures.bsky.social
"Birth of the Homunculus"

A sorceress astounded by her creation.

This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!

(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
A sorceress astounded by her freshly sculpted homunculus. A single shaft of light illuminates her creation. Bounce lighting reflects upon the sorceress. The homunculus has a flaccid butt. The maker's hands are covered in fresh clay. They are the only body parts of the sorceress that are directly lit. Faint, residual purple smoke wisps from her fingertips: the homunculus stands in an awkward pose, that of a creature freshly adjusting to its body. The homunculus has thin limbs and a hefty torso, though it is faced against the viewer. The sorceress's workshop is littered in sculpting tools, brushes, an open tome of transmutation, ceramic bowls and a pitcher of dirty clay water in which lie a few of these tools. Clay shavings are scattered about the floor. A red, runic circle surrounds the humonculus. In the dark background it is possible to catch a few failed prototypes on a shelf.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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sssvvv.bsky.social
I used to be super into designing spacecraft but over the years have sort of maxed out my interest in that particular domain, however once in a while it still Calls to me
inb4 'homeworld vibes' lol
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
tipul.bsky.social
I really need to bite the bullet and disappear into Blender/Houdini/Substance land for a while and level up my game art.

Houdini is *particularly* interesting because I feel like it could let smaller teams/solos really punch above their weight as long as you don't overdo it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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'Thief Gold' - 1999
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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chaoclypse.bsky.social
WARLOCK
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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sssvvv.bsky.social
portfolio catch-up post 04
January 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Rifle Masters
Two figures in armour weilding rifles
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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themilklake.bsky.social
riding the rocks
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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skeet.best
BABIES ARE BORN WORSHIPPING UNKNOWN GODS — DWARF FORTRESS, BUG REPORT #13172
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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rythaze.bsky.social
Do cyborgs dream of electric sheep?
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
tipul.bsky.social
House of the Dying Sun is 70% off today in celebration of its 9th (OMG) anniversary. I've learned SO MUCH since this came out!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fC...

store.steampowered.com/app/283160/H...
House of the Dying Sun Steam Trailer
YouTube video by Marauder Interactive
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
tipul.bsky.social
This weekend I *will* finish Between Two Fires.

A medieval French apocalypse adventure wasn't on my list before, but came as a solid rec from a friend.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
Between Two Fires
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found…
www.goodreads.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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kortizart.bsky.social
As promised, a recent painting!

“Roja”
Oils 16x9

You can still view this one in person (always looks so much better in person!) at @spoke-art.com NY!

spoke-art.com/blogs/news/1...
Close up of the portrait in an oil painting. Close up of an oil painting, focused a wolf A woman dressed in a red robe, holds her chest. Behind her a wolf eats an indescribable piece of bloodied meat. The wolf’s muzzle is as bloodied as the woman’s hand. Framed oil painting of a woman in red, a massive wolf behind her
October 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM