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AttaKat
@attakat.bsky.social
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An optimistic goober who divides her time between touching too much grass and being too online.

Currently working on a single-player adventure horror game in UE5.
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Not the biggest update, but excited to be cresting the last of my major systems additions and getting through the game from A to Z.

After I get that done, I can start introducing the actual #Horror to this #HorrorGame... the creatures!

#Indie #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieGameDev #ForgeMyBeloathed
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
attakat.bsky.social
An unfortunate tea time gone incredibly awry.

Finishing some final level movers and polish and pushing to get the game playable from start to finish (minus creatures/final polish). Itching to get this game out there.

#UnrealEngine5 #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieHorror #HorrorGame #Horror
A realistic-looking nighttime video game scene is depicted. A skeleton sits on a chair at a kitchen table, blood underneath it. Teacups, plates, spoons, and a towel are on the table. A tea stain lies on the far wall, underneath which sits a cup and shattered plate.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Adventures in searching through Freesound.

#IndieGameDev #Freesound #MyBeloved #TurnsDownHeadsetButClicksAnyway
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Seriously though. Cozy? Intimidating? Tense? I honestly love working with scenes to set tones. Every detail matters and makes it all pull together so well!
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Honestly, you're right. Much like being a DnD DM, you're the god of this world, make it make sense to match the vibe you're trying to portray.

I really like the moodiness and sharpness of shadows at this angle, so here they shall be. :)
October 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Man oh man is lighting hard sometimes a hard set of choices to make. Realism, drawing the player's eye in a particular direction, being able to properly see set pieces I spent lots of time on; there's multiple influences at play and there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong choice.

#Indie #GameDev
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I absolutely love #Rimworld and the ways your choices affect kid growth outcome. For the most part. Not sure where he got misogyny or cannibalism, but yeah. The rest tracks.

Life ain't easy on the Rim.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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🤫🤫🤫

Can you hear them?

#GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #HorrorGame #Horror #Spooky #GodILoveTheSoundOfWhispering #InHorrorGamesAnyway #GivesMeGoosebumps
October 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Woah! 1k followers!! 🥳🎉 As promised, I put together a small montage of before/afters I was able to make thanks to duplicating levels during the design process. I'm still working on lighting/polishing but plan on following up with an even better version soon.

Thank you so much!

#IndieGameDev #UE5
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Homogenization of blueprints continues. It really is so satisfying to have a single, customizable, preset-filled Light blueprint.

#UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Indie #IndieGameDev #SoCleanAndNeatHolyShit #HoweverNowIHaveToReplaceEveryDoorAndLight #Cry
October 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The lovely @frosthound.bsky.social got his Steam page up for the longest named Steam game you've see this year! Don't let the cute eyes fool you though; this fits right in with the other spooky games coming out this month. <3

#He'sProbablyHarmless #Probably #Indie #Spooky #Halloween #SpookyGame
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
attakat.bsky.social
Well this looks inviting.

#IndieGameDev #Indie #GameDev #IndieHorrorGame #HorrorGame #IndieHorror #Horror #Spooky #UnrealEngine #UE5
October 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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This game has needed an absolute ton of set dressing and polish, but the work has left me with so many beautiful views and angles. ♥️🌈

#UnrealEngine #IndieGame #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #ICouldStareAtThatStainedGlassDecalAllDay #Rainbows #<3
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Huh. Well SOMETHING happened since the last time I checked on this room.

#UnrealEngine #IndieGameDev #Indie #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieHorror #IndieHorrorGame #HorrorGame #Horror #PuttingTheDunDunDunnnIntoDungeon
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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As they say, "know thy enemy." And the nuns of St. Agnes' Convent had hundreds of years of collective knowledge on their demonic foe.

#UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Indie #HorrorGame #IndieHorrorGame #Can'tWaitToAddLorePlacardsForThese #IHadSoMuchFunMakingThisRoom
September 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Blender may not be as easy as getting assets at the... flip of a switch, but you can *make* your own flip switch almost as easily!

#Blender #IndieGameDev #GameDev #Animation #Indie #HeeHoo #FlippyDoo #IMayNotBeFastInBlender #ButOnceICanKeyFrameAnimations #I'mGoldenBaby
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Help, I can't stop adding beautiful little buildings, sheds, greenhouses, rooms, and nooks.

#UnrealEngine #UE5 #IndieGameDev #Indie #GameDev #IndieGame #FallVibes #AutumnVibes #VibeVibes #YouCanTellWhenTheSimsComesOutInMeSometimes #Can'tWaitToGetChasedByADemonThroughHere
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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As I make my final level passes, I keep trying to speed up, finish quickly, but I'm always pulled back into arranging each of my areas just so.

I love the little human details of a lived-in area. The cause and effect of time, or the elements. No one else may notice a little detail, but I will. ♥️
September 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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I can't get over just how darn pretty the scenes on this engine can be. ♥️ 🪷 🍁

#UnrealEngine #UE5 #Indie #IndieGameDev #GameDev #ToAllAssetAndMaterialAndShaderWizards #ThankYouSoMuch
September 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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The All-Mother holds two hearts, two flames in her chest:
Hope, to light a path forward out of darkness,
Hatred, to burn the enemies who would snuff the fire out.
So long as these twin flames are lit, no forces of evil can overcome you.

#UnrealEngine #IndieGameDev #IndieHorror #ManILoveOldStatues
September 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Of all the levels, the cemetery's glow-up has been my favorite. I used more ivy and taller grass here than anywhere else to both up the creep factor and sell how abandoned and isolated this place has been.

#UnrealEngine #HorrorGame #IndieHorror #GameDev #IndieGameDev #Indie #IndieHorrorGame
September 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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There's nothing like a polishing and foliage pass to help you feel like it's all really coming together. Ironing down levels one by one before diving back into systems and fleshing out the level movers.

Makes for plenty of nice before and after pics to throw up here.

#UnrealEngine #GameDev #Indie
September 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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There's nothing like a polishing pass to boost the ole ego. Finally sitting down and figuring out how to improve the open spaces in my game. Still a WIP but I can't wait to have a finished world to finally start putting all my systems into.

#UnrealEngine #IndieGameDev #Indie #GameDev
September 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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The true #GameDev Experience is finding a new, optimized way of doing things and cackling maniacally as your total static mesh count decreases and your computer breathes a sigh of relief.

The performance... the performance!

#UnrealEngine #GoodbyeSplines #InstancedStaticMeshesAreMyBestFriendNow
August 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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God, if there's one thing #DigitalCircus does well, it's stuffing tiny little hints throughout each episode. Hints to each character, hints to past histories, hints to other lore.

Who's Abel, and was there as equally biblical a betrayal in his backstory with Caine?

#Spoiler #Spoilers #TADC
August 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM