TheBiteyCat | Solo Indie Dev
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Solo Indie Game Dev from Singapore. Making video games inspired by those from the 90s :)
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Solo Indie Game Dev from Singapore. Making video games inspired by those from the 90s :)
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Ooops looks like unreal 5.7 was released a few days ago? Been working on other projects, will be back on gamedev in a month or so.
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ooops looks like unreal 5.7 was released a few days ago? Been working on other projects, will be back on gamedev in a month or so.
Quick prototype to have an idea of how a windmill could be built up. Right now it's a pretty bog-standard turbine style, but I wanna have various building blocks for more interesting designs :3
Higher res footage here: https://youtu.be/aLT4CzQDypw
#windmills #indiedev #cozygames
Higher res footage here: https://youtu.be/aLT4CzQDypw
#windmills #indiedev #cozygames
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Quick prototype to have an idea of how a windmill could be built up. Right now it's a pretty bog-standard turbine style, but I wanna have various building blocks for more interesting designs :3
Higher res footage here: https://youtu.be/aLT4CzQDypw
#windmills #indiedev #cozygames
Higher res footage here: https://youtu.be/aLT4CzQDypw
#windmills #indiedev #cozygames
My previous game would have been developed alot faster, and much cleaner if I'd learnt about blueprint interfaces earlier :/
Now I just point at an object and say, do this. If it has stuff implemented it does it. GAH.
#unrealengine
Now I just point at an object and say, do this. If it has stuff implemented it does it. GAH.
#unrealengine
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My previous game would have been developed alot faster, and much cleaner if I'd learnt about blueprint interfaces earlier :/
Now I just point at an object and say, do this. If it has stuff implemented it does it. GAH.
#unrealengine
Now I just point at an object and say, do this. If it has stuff implemented it does it. GAH.
#unrealengine
Started on my 2nd game, going to be a cozy-ish game where you build windmills XD
Going so much faster now compared to 7821 Akuji as I'm familiar with the basics of unreal now.
Going so much faster now compared to 7821 Akuji as I'm familiar with the basics of unreal now.
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Started on my 2nd game, going to be a cozy-ish game where you build windmills XD
Going so much faster now compared to 7821 Akuji as I'm familiar with the basics of unreal now.
Going so much faster now compared to 7821 Akuji as I'm familiar with the basics of unreal now.
Wrote a fair bit of my gdd for next game and its likely far too big for a solo dev. Gonna rethink and make it smaller.
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wrote a fair bit of my gdd for next game and its likely far too big for a solo dev. Gonna rethink and make it smaller.
Think i finally got my next game idea, seems to work in my brain. Think "airport ceo" but in space. Gonna write my Gdd once I settle down tonight.
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Think i finally got my next game idea, seems to work in my brain. Think "airport ceo" but in space. Gonna write my Gdd once I settle down tonight.
Woot, that's it. I've added all the extra features I wanted to learn about into 7821 Akuji and v1.07 is the final release, barring any bugfixes. I'm still not sure if I want to follow my original plan of making games in order to learn very specific unreal engine features, or jump into one of the […]
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October 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Woot, that's it. I've added all the extra features I wanted to learn about into 7821 Akuji and v1.07 is the final release, barring any bugfixes. I'm still not sure if I want to follow my original plan of making games in order to learn very specific unreal engine features, or jump into one of the […]
Does #unrealengine support fonts with variable weights? I can't seem to find much in the forums or in-engine.
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Does #unrealengine support fonts with variable weights? I can't seem to find much in the forums or in-engine.
Had a bit of a scare last night, imported the mandarin localization and only parts of it worked. Ended up I'd used the wrong font, traditional instead of Simplified. Whew.
Still some bits to fix up, mainly making sure ui scales properly with different text lengths.
Still some bits to fix up, mainly making sure ui scales properly with different text lengths.
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Had a bit of a scare last night, imported the mandarin localization and only parts of it worked. Ended up I'd used the wrong font, traditional instead of Simplified. Whew.
Still some bits to fix up, mainly making sure ui scales properly with different text lengths.
Still some bits to fix up, mainly making sure ui scales properly with different text lengths.
Finished all the translations last night, gonna get 'em in 7821 Akuji today and do some tests before I upload to steam/itch. The very last thing to do after this is to setup steam achievements then I will move on to my next game!
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Finished all the translations last night, gonna get 'em in 7821 Akuji today and do some tests before I upload to steam/itch. The very last thing to do after this is to setup steam achievements then I will move on to my next game!
Today's lunch is tuna tomato pasta what somehow gives me a feeling of trypophobia XD
Which also reminds me, ive wanted to put something like this into 7821 Akuji but keep forgetting. Oh well.
Which also reminds me, ive wanted to put something like this into 7821 Akuji but keep forgetting. Oh well.
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Today's lunch is tuna tomato pasta what somehow gives me a feeling of trypophobia XD
Which also reminds me, ive wanted to put something like this into 7821 Akuji but keep forgetting. Oh well.
Which also reminds me, ive wanted to put something like this into 7821 Akuji but keep forgetting. Oh well.
Some days im not a fan of the food, so I have some packets of noodles standing by :3
October 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Some days im not a fan of the food, so I have some packets of noodles standing by :3
Exactly how does one translate Raytraced Shadows to mandarin lol. Like raytraced does not show up in my 2 dictionaries. Or stuff like telefrag, respawning XD
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Exactly how does one translate Raytraced Shadows to mandarin lol. Like raytraced does not show up in my 2 dictionaries. Or stuff like telefrag, respawning XD
Not enjoying doing the translations, part of me wishes to just use a machine translation but no, will soldier through. (Even though my translation will likely be worse XD)
October 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Not enjoying doing the translations, part of me wishes to just use a machine translation but no, will soldier through. (Even though my translation will likely be worse XD)
Ack, found a bug during playtesting today, hopefully no one experienced it >.> Very simple fix but will softlock the game until the level is restarted.
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ack, found a bug during playtesting today, hopefully no one experienced it >.> Very simple fix but will softlock the game until the level is restarted.
Gonna take it slow today, mainly gonna do playtesting to make sure the achivements trigger properly - I've done this weeks ago and don't think the addition of the new menu options would change anything but just in case.
Else gonna be mostly playing games and figuring out future projects.
Else gonna be mostly playing games and figuring out future projects.
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Gonna take it slow today, mainly gonna do playtesting to make sure the achivements trigger properly - I've done this weeks ago and don't think the addition of the new menu options would change anything but just in case.
Else gonna be mostly playing games and figuring out future projects.
Else gonna be mostly playing games and figuring out future projects.
Ok all the achievements icons are done! Gonna playtest tomorrow again, then can finally, finally get the translations in XD
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ok all the achievements icons are done! Gonna playtest tomorrow again, then can finally, finally get the translations in XD
Supposed to be just simply finishing up the 5 achievement icons today, but I had an idea during my time away of... what if I could let the player show or hide the achievements they got? (they're displayed on the main menu)
Annd. what if I gave the player an option to show hints for the […]
Annd. what if I gave the player an option to show hints for the […]
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October 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Supposed to be just simply finishing up the 5 achievement icons today, but I had an idea during my time away of... what if I could let the player show or hide the achievements they got? (they're displayed on the main menu)
Annd. what if I gave the player an option to show hints for the […]
Annd. what if I gave the player an option to show hints for the […]
Back at #spelkollektivet! Tonight's dinner is butter chicken, and i added 2 hardboiled eggs. Then we had some princesstårta and a mud pie for dessert :)
October 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Back at #spelkollektivet! Tonight's dinner is butter chicken, and i added 2 hardboiled eggs. Then we had some princesstårta and a mud pie for dessert :)
Worked on the achievement icons, but they need alot more work. Will be back on this in a week or so as I'm visiting Poland and Germany!
#indiedev
#indiedev
September 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Worked on the achievement icons, but they need alot more work. Will be back on this in a week or so as I'm visiting Poland and Germany!
#indiedev
#indiedev
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I was working on figuring out steam achivements for my game then realized that that is a feature people on other platforms would be missing out - so why not just make achievements (in general) so everyone it, and if you're on steam you get that pop up. Yee!
#indiedev
#indiedev
September 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I was working on figuring out steam achivements for my game then realized that that is a feature people on other platforms would be missing out - so why not just make achievements (in general) so everyone it, and if you're on steam you get that pop up. Yee!
#indiedev
#indiedev
Looks like I'm ready to actually get the text in 7821 Akuji translated! All the systems are in-place. I think.
Gonna take next week off for travels, so gonna look into steam achivements for the time being. Once that's done I can start on my next game.
Gonna take next week off for travels, so gonna look into steam achivements for the time being. Once that's done I can start on my next game.
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looks like I'm ready to actually get the text in 7821 Akuji translated! All the systems are in-place. I think.
Gonna take next week off for travels, so gonna look into steam achivements for the time being. Once that's done I can start on my next game.
Gonna take next week off for travels, so gonna look into steam achivements for the time being. Once that's done I can start on my next game.
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For the music video I made this silly raccoon #pixelart #animation
I spent less work on it than usual so I got to have a little fun instead of putting in tedious work on polish. I should do this more often!
#timelapse
I spent less work on it than usual so I got to have a little fun instead of putting in tedious work on polish. I should do this more often!
#timelapse
September 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For the music video I made this silly raccoon #pixelart #animation
I spent less work on it than usual so I got to have a little fun instead of putting in tedious work on polish. I should do this more often!
#timelapse
I spent less work on it than usual so I got to have a little fun instead of putting in tedious work on polish. I should do this more often!
#timelapse
Looks like when setting the language in #unrealengine (so-called Culture in-editor) the language setting needs to be reapplied for every new UI widget that is instantiated? I'd though Culture was like a global setting that would be set-once work-everywhere.
#indiedev
#indiedev
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Looks like when setting the language in #unrealengine (so-called Culture in-editor) the language setting needs to be reapplied for every new UI widget that is instantiated? I'd though Culture was like a global setting that would be set-once work-everywhere.
#indiedev
#indiedev