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Blocking out levels takes so long as a solo dev. Or maybe I'm just slow. 😅

#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #UE5
A partially complete level in Unreal Engine. The view is inside what appears to be an office building with rows of identical cubicles, desks, and chairs. The walls are white and completely bare. A single light above the cubicles is dimly illuminating the room. A default #UE5 character is in an open doorway.
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Upgraded my level blockout! This was my first time screwing with the landscape mode too. My main takeaway is that I have no idea what I'm doing. 😬

#IndieDev #SoloDev #GameDev #UE5
Before: A bird's-eye view of a very plain-looking level blockout made up of a handful of flat, blocky, gray static meshes and a few splines. It's floating in a black void. After: The same view but with a landscape actor, a background vista mesh, and some updated scaling and spline work (including landscape splines). The level looks much more organic and natural.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Aaaaaaand literally the same day, Epic drops this in 5.7. WHAT?! I know it's still good I learned how to do it manually, but this is crazy.

#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #UE5
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I know this is super basic, but I made a road spline for level blockout. My lazy ass is usually fine tediously brute forcing the basic way (which, of course, is actually harder), but I could not stand shuffling these stupid meshes around anymore.

#indiedev #solodev #gamedev
A viewport in Unreal Engine 5 showing two roads in a level blockout. One road is composed of a series of simple static meshes that are horribly rotated and misaligned while the other is a single spline actor that curves and lines up with the landscape beautifully.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Sayonara Wild Hearts. Just gotta throw this one out again. Such a banger, and it feels like not many people know about it.
Promo image for the game Sayonara Wild Hearts.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Finally broke through my procrastination streak and started a very rough blockout of my next game! Feels good!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
A screenshot of a very basic level blockout of a small town viewed from above.
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Steam Scream IV is on, and you can grab Snooze: A Choice for 33% off! Happy Halloween! 👻🎃🍬

store.steampowered.com/app/3729830/...

#horrorgame #steamscreamfest #indiegame #gamedev
A promo for Steam's Scream Fest IV showcasing a sale for the game Snooze: A Choice discounted from $2.99 to $2.00.
October 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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@trollymog.bsky.social on taking a blood shower. Thanks for playing!

#horrorgame #gamedev #indiedev #twitch
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Thorlar has concerns about the clothing situation. Oh, and the TP was intentional. 😉🧻

Thank you for playing, @thorlar.bsky.social! Check them out on Twitch, and find Snooze on Steam. Happy Hour Update out now!

www.twitch.tv/thorlar
store.steampowered.com/app/3729830/...

#horrorgame #twitchclips
October 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Here's something for #screenshotsaturday from the Happy Hour update to my game, Snooze: A Choice! Check it out on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/3729830/...

#indiedev #gamedev #horrorgame
A screenshot of a game. The setting is a dark room with a single light in the distance. The room appears to be a sparsely-decorated bar with mannequins drinking at tables and a bar and bartender farther away. A sign on the far wall reads "HAPPY HOUR" in digital clock font. Another mannequin with glowing red eyes is standing just in front of you partially obscuring the sign. The atmosphere is eerie, creepy, spooky.
October 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Honeytootz‬ shares the preferred method for defeating a demon.

Check out ‪Honeytootz‬ on Twitch and Snooze: A Choice on Steam! #indiedev #solodev #horrorgame

www.twitch.tv/honeytootz
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September 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Happy Friday! I'm working on a small Halloween update for Snooze. Here's a preview!

#horror #indiedev #solodev #gamedev
September 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Unreal tip: Use blocking volumes for invisible walls. Seems obvious, but I found a lot of YouTube tutorials suggesting static mesh with disabled visibility or transparent material. Those are still going to have a performance cost. BVs don't need to render.

#unreal #indiedev #solodev #gamedev
A screenshot of a mostly empty Unreal level with a point light, a post process volume, and four thin blocking volumes that form the walls of a square room.
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I love when my ceramic bowls are transparent.

#indiedev #solodev #gamedev
A screenshot of a bowl static mesh in a game engine. The bowl is opaque and casting a shadow onto the speckled countertop its resting on, but the shadow fades away in the center and makes part of the bowl seem transparent to the above light.
July 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Quick teaser for my first game, coming soon!

Check it out on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/3729830/...

#solodev #indiedev #gamedev
July 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Always check and clean up assets you get elsewhere! This is not even the most complicated material I've seen. Sometimes they come with lots of parameters which can be nice, but those calculations are going to hurt when the shaders load. Only keep what you need!

#solodev #indiedev #gamedev
Before: An Unreal material graph with lots of parameters and calculations and spaghetti everywhere. Some of them are not even connected to anything. After: The same graph after deleting all the unnecessary parameters.
July 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Struggled all day with blown out interior lighting. I hadn't changed any settings. I finally zoomed out and saw that another building in my level was now, for some reason, brighter than the actual sun. It's literally just a static mesh actor with no material emission. 😖😎

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev
A view of a game world from far above. There is one building in each of the bottom corners. In the middle on the horizon is the outline of a highlighted third building, but it is completely hidden from view by an obscenely bright glow that is blasting the rest of the scene in light.
July 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Show me your…

🎮 Current Game
⏭️ Next Game
🔥 Best Game you’ve played this year
🤔 Most anticipated game

Mine:
Metroid Prime Remastered
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Alan Wake 2
Silent Hill f
Metroid Prime Remastered art. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt art. Alan Wake 2 art. Silent Hill f art.
July 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I've been working on a game for the last couple years called Snooze: A Choice. It's just a short, spooky narrative thing that I wanted to use for learning Unreal and general game dev and business stuff. But now that I'm actually about to launch, I'm super excited! 🎮 #solodev #indiedev
July 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I'm terrible at 3D modeling, but I spliced together bits from two different refrigerator assets, and I'm kinda proud of the result. 🎮 #solodev
A 3D model of an open refrigerator. It is an older style of fridge, white, with a small freezer on top and the larger fridge area on the bottom.
June 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM