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David Walters
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Working (solo) on "Thunder Helix" 🚁 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1906230
+ exploring and learning from multiple side projects! (he/him)
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David Walters @hiddenasbestos.bsky.social · 3d
This ain't Seaworld, it's as real as it gets.
A low poly boat with a helicopter on the back Rendered in CGA colour palette.
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cyningstan.bsky.social
Taking a break from MS-DOS, I've been working on a game for the #PsionSeries3 pocket computer. Dragonfell is a #HOMM inspired game where two sides raise armies of creatures and send them against one another across a decaying land, trying to seize the other's citadel. It goes into beta test today.
Dragonfell running on four Psion Series 3 machines, showing off various different aspects of the game. Having too many Psions does have its advantages after all. From left to right: the new game menu where a player chooses what level of computer opponent to play against, or alternatively to play against a human opponent; the strategic map where the player gives armies to move around the land; the production map where the player decides what units to produce and where; and the tactical map where battles are fought when opposing armies try to occupy the same region on the strategic map.
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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radiatoryang.bsky.social
quake brutalism jam update. starting playtests now (grab it in the discord if you want to help) and then gonna squeeze in a final polish / set dressing pass before the deadline
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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nickyflowers.com
"you can't avoid using generative AI forever" yes i can. i'm creative, i can use my brain, i'll figure it out
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Thunder Helix - last of the CGA helicopter conversions. The Lewis is a totally unique design, honest. #flightsim #gamedev #lowpoly #solodev #indiedev 🚁
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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anaelseghezzi.bsky.social
I just realised that scrolling can be used to do temporal reprojection of interlaced lines to reduce the artefacts. Only in 2d space but still 😮!
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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johanvinet.com
Also, here's a glimpse at my rotoscoping process... #LUNARK #pixelart
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
I'm still working on Deluxe Poly, my retro vector art package. I plan to create a Steam page for it early 2026 and make things more official, get some wishlists🤞. Until then, it'll return to the shadows and I'll focus on getting the Thunder Helix CGA mode update out of the door. #indiedev #pixelart
A picture of Deluxe Poly showing the user interface and a drawing of some pyramids with a gradient background.
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Thunder Helix - last of the CGA helicopter conversions. The Lewis is a totally unique design, honest. #flightsim #gamedev #lowpoly #solodev #indiedev 🚁
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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shallowthinking.bsky.social
I literally can't discount this texture pack for Cyber Monday because it's already free, but also I copy-pasted most of this post from my Black Friday one so that technically makes it free content too. Probly.

shallowthinking.itch.io/brutalbasepack

#indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #gameart #gameassets
Brutal Base Texture Pack by Shallow Thinking Games
Retro texture pack in the style of 90s/00s shooter games.
shallowthinking.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Thunder Helix - more CGA work today. Converting the 3rd helicopter. I've done the weapons, so next it's the main body, low-detail and wrecked versions. Should get that done today and that'll be all the player helos done 🥳 #gamedev #lowpoly
A close up of a mini-gun mounted to the side of a helicopter. It's been converted to support the CGA colour palette, while the helicopter body itself is currently incomplete.
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Surprise, it's Dec 1st! has given me Psychic Damage. Definitely need to set myself some kind of resolution for 2026 to actually release things... I'm annoying myself starting projects what seem like perfectly reasonable projects that I then fail to work on and launch for.. mystery reasons 😞
Deluxe Poly prototype Cessna model for a flight sim prototype PlayStation 1 renderer for some kind of game prototype Some nice clouds I made for a flight sim prototype
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Microsoft, if you want me to stop using VS 2019 and install VS 2026, send me a sign ...
Visual Studio 2019 notifications mentioning Visual Studio 2026 at least 3 times. Below a picture of Steve Martin from A man with two brains, saying, Just give me a sign, any kinda sign.
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
This ain't Seaworld, it's as real as it gets.
A low poly boat with a helicopter on the back Rendered in CGA colour palette.
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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jimplaysgames.bsky.social
In about an hour (4pm GMT) I'm going to stream #ClearedHot on Twitch.

It's a Desert Strike like by @notknowingcorp.bsky.social
💥🚁

Stream: www.twitch.tv/jimplaysgames

Game store page: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/...
Save 10% on Cleared Hot on Steam
CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and ...
store.steampowered.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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claradoth.bsky.social
One last bit of #NovaSquadron global UI work before I can start declassifying the features I've been working on for the past few months:

I've always wanted to make one of these silly little fade-to-black effects
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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artofbattletech.bsky.social
Mechwarrior 3 two-page spread magazine ad from 1999
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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gloriouscow.bsky.social
The IBM 5150 motherboard, illustrated.

#retrocomputing
An illustration of the IBM 5150 motherboard with the functions of each chip labelled
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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kenney.nl
The controller icons for Meta Quest look exactly like those tiny Princess Mononoke characters
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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gaminghistory.bsky.social
Midnight Resistance (Atari ST, 1990)
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
Thunder Helix - More CGA conversion work 🥳 Made significant progress now and it's a good task to work as I'm feeling v.sleepy today 💤 #lowpoly #gamedev #solodev 🚁
A suspension bridge in CGA colours. A radio tower in CGA colours. It's dawn and it's casting a long shadow. Tornadoes off the coast, at night, in CGA colours.
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
The PlayStation Can Produce Mind-Boggling Effects. #PSX #Gamedev
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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paulalucas.bsky.social
Very sped up timelapse of clouds in the Peruvian mountains in October. HOW COOL ARE CLOUDS?! Thought it might be neat VFX/ animation ref for human artists too! ✨
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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lowpolyhighres.bsky.social
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1) (1998)

1/2
A red Assoluto Rondine (they're all fictitious cars inspired by real life models afaik) driving through a night tunnel at a Dutch angle. It's got a bit of an odd design with the entire upper front part of the car being sliced at an angle into its own separate part but it's not easily visible from this angle. Weird cars are neat! A line of cars vying for supremacy, driving through a wide cobblestone road at night, with a silver Lizard Comrade leading the race. The car has a couple of blue stripes going through the middle and the words "RT SOLVALOU" on the hood, a reference to the starship from the Xevious series. A yellow and red Terrazi Ambitious adorned with the decals of the Pac Racing Club (PRC) inspired by Pac-Man with a big number 76 on the doors and the Pac-Man himself! A distant wide shot of a white Âge Solo Prophetie driving through a curvy winding cliffside road. R4 is a beautiful game but shots like these can really make it shine!
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
hiddenasbestos.bsky.social
We have Metal Gear waterfall at home. #PSX #lowpoly #UVscrolling
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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shallowthinking.bsky.social
Did some blockouts for the next asset pack I've got planned. Even though I've got no immediate plans to use this in a game myself, I can't skip a blockout and in-engine test to check the navigable space is big enough. Already rejigged this a bit after testing.

#indiedev #gamedev #blockout #gameart
A screenshot of the 3D viewport in a modelling app, showing a stairwell with a ground floor and two landings.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM