Mitch M
@iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
Shader Warlock, Technical VFX Artist #techart, and #2dfx animator in the #Atlanta area
Working on several games in my free time:
- a #metroidvania side […]
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Working on several games in my free time:
- a #metroidvania side […]
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So here's Planet Jellyham, the movement focused metroidvania game I've been doing VFX and shaders for with a team of friends.
We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free!
#gamedev #metroidvania
We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free!
#gamedev #metroidvania
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One of my biggest #retrogaming issues is re-releases seldom include the manual. The actual, printed, full-color manual with art, maps, diagrams.
Players were expected to read the manual before playing from at least the NES era to PS2 era, and a lot of description/story is simply not in the game […]
Players were expected to read the manual before playing from at least the NES era to PS2 era, and a lot of description/story is simply not in the game […]
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December 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
One of my biggest #retrogaming issues is re-releases seldom include the manual. The actual, printed, full-color manual with art, maps, diagrams.
Players were expected to read the manual before playing from at least the NES era to PS2 era, and a lot of description/story is simply not in the game […]
Players were expected to read the manual before playing from at least the NES era to PS2 era, and a lot of description/story is simply not in the game […]
Almost forgot, happy winter solstice!
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Almost forgot, happy winter solstice!
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An illustration teacher told us one day “an artist is only as good as his reference folder” and I still think about that. Delegating the ref-gathering & moodboarding to genAI, aside from all the ethical concerns, seems to me the single most cruel and devastating thing you can do to your design.
December 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
An illustration teacher told us one day “an artist is only as good as his reference folder” and I still think about that. Delegating the ref-gathering & moodboarding to genAI, aside from all the ethical concerns, seems to me the single most cruel and devastating thing you can do to your design.
My PBR infected brain seeing this:
Mary, you have Metal set on your apple material! The Albedo shouldn't be affecting the specular highlights on this only semi glossy fruit! Mary!
https://tech.intersects.art/@pomological/115738875467032551
Mary, you have Metal set on your apple material! The Albedo shouldn't be affecting the specular highlights on this only semi glossy fruit! Mary!
https://tech.intersects.art/@pomological/115738875467032551
fruit toots (@pomological@tech.intersects.art)
Attached: 1 image black ben apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912
tech.intersects.art
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My PBR infected brain seeing this:
Mary, you have Metal set on your apple material! The Albedo shouldn't be affecting the specular highlights on this only semi glossy fruit! Mary!
https://tech.intersects.art/@pomological/115738875467032551
Mary, you have Metal set on your apple material! The Albedo shouldn't be affecting the specular highlights on this only semi glossy fruit! Mary!
https://tech.intersects.art/@pomological/115738875467032551
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I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.
So here's Planet Jellyham, the movement focused metroidvania game I've been doing VFX and shaders for with a team of friends.
We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free!
#gamedev #metroidvania
We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free!
#gamedev #metroidvania
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So here's Planet Jellyham, the movement focused metroidvania game I've been doing VFX and shaders for with a team of friends.
We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free!
#gamedev #metroidvania
We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free!
#gamedev #metroidvania
Reposted by Mitch M
Hey! Yeah so this Metroidvania grew out of a game jam we did a long while back. I was involved in just about every animated character you see in this game! EXTRA for enemies, I animated 100% of every enemy in the game, including the bosses!
Super hype to announce this!!✨
#Metroidvania #gamedev
Super hype to announce this!!✨
#Metroidvania #gamedev
Presenting Planet Jellham, the movement focused Metroidvania I've been working on quietly in the background with my pals!
Explore a gooey alien planet and recruit the local jelly hamsters to unlock new powers. Coming early 2026, for the low, low price of free!
Explore a gooey alien planet and recruit the local jelly hamsters to unlock new powers. Coming early 2026, for the low, low price of free!
December 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hey! Yeah so this Metroidvania grew out of a game jam we did a long while back. I was involved in just about every animated character you see in this game! EXTRA for enemies, I animated 100% of every enemy in the game, including the bosses!
Super hype to announce this!!✨
#Metroidvania #gamedev
Super hype to announce this!!✨
#Metroidvania #gamedev
Yeah, like, I *know* trying to normalize a vector of all zeroes is undefined because of the division the operation, BUT whyyy does your library function silently give me NaNs??
And undocumented to boot
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.numerics.vector3.normalize
And undocumented to boot
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.numerics.vector3.normalize
Vector3.Normalize(Vector3) Method (System.Numerics)
Returns a vector with the same direction as the specified vector, but with a length of one.
learn.microsoft.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, like, I *know* trying to normalize a vector of all zeroes is undefined because of the division the operation, BUT whyyy does your library function silently give me NaNs??
And undocumented to boot
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.numerics.vector3.normalize
And undocumented to boot
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.numerics.vector3.normalize
I'm about to crest a hill with my 3d project because I took a detour to relearn collision physics, and things are clicking together again.
I want to start an progress thread once I had visual things to show, but we'll see
I want to start an progress thread once I had visual things to show, but we'll see
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm about to crest a hill with my 3d project because I took a detour to relearn collision physics, and things are clicking together again.
I want to start an progress thread once I had visual things to show, but we'll see
I want to start an progress thread once I had visual things to show, but we'll see
I wonder if you could get people to auto balance metro train cars adding places to tap their metro cards on each car and giving out trip discounts for getting on emptier cars, eg. ones further from the platform entrance.
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I wonder if you could get people to auto balance metro train cars adding places to tap their metro cards on each car and giving out trip discounts for getting on emptier cars, eg. ones further from the platform entrance.
Travel tip: Use your 3DS as a pedometer instead of a spyware smartwatch! Also, use the camera for lo-fi digital pictures!
#3ds #nintendo3ds #ニンテンドー3ds
#3ds #nintendo3ds #ニンテンドー3ds
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Travel tip: Use your 3DS as a pedometer instead of a spyware smartwatch! Also, use the camera for lo-fi digital pictures!
#3ds #nintendo3ds #ニンテンドー3ds
#3ds #nintendo3ds #ニンテンドー3ds
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November 1, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Reposted by Mitch M
A few weeks ago I hit a really fun personal milestone: my text editor is now sufficiently complete that I can start using it as my daily driver.
Now that I'm using it full-time, I'm finding so many opportunities to make tiny productivity improvements here and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Now that I'm using it full-time, I'm finding so many opportunities to make tiny productivity improvements here and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A few weeks ago I hit a really fun personal milestone: my text editor is now sufficiently complete that I can start using it as my daily driver.
Now that I'm using it full-time, I'm finding so many opportunities to make tiny productivity improvements here and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Now that I'm using it full-time, I'm finding so many opportunities to make tiny productivity improvements here and […]
[Original post on social.coop]
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Deeply disappointed by Fedora's new AI policies that allows AI contributions.
It is impossible to argue *who* owns any snippet of AI generated code. Is code that is generated by OpenAI is owned by OpenAI? The person who sniped it from their chatlog? This is ignoring that the AI industry itself […]
It is impossible to argue *who* owns any snippet of AI generated code. Is code that is generated by OpenAI is owned by OpenAI? The person who sniped it from their chatlog? This is ignoring that the AI industry itself […]
Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon.gamedev.place
October 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Deeply disappointed by Fedora's new AI policies that allows AI contributions.
It is impossible to argue *who* owns any snippet of AI generated code. Is code that is generated by OpenAI is owned by OpenAI? The person who sniped it from their chatlog? This is ignoring that the AI industry itself […]
It is impossible to argue *who* owns any snippet of AI generated code. Is code that is generated by OpenAI is owned by OpenAI? The person who sniped it from their chatlog? This is ignoring that the AI industry itself […]
A project I have no time or expertise for:
A FOSS sample/sound effect manager that can organize my libraries with tags, play back sounds, and importantly make subclips from sound files with multiple sounds
A FOSS sample/sound effect manager that can organize my libraries with tags, play back sounds, and importantly make subclips from sound files with multiple sounds
October 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A project I have no time or expertise for:
A FOSS sample/sound effect manager that can organize my libraries with tags, play back sounds, and importantly make subclips from sound files with multiple sounds
A FOSS sample/sound effect manager that can organize my libraries with tags, play back sounds, and importantly make subclips from sound files with multiple sounds
Anyone ever done a meta-analysis research study (?) on 3D character movement in games?
I've been finding academic styled papers on Quake and Team Fortress 2 movement which got me wondering
I've been finding academic styled papers on Quake and Team Fortress 2 movement which got me wondering
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Anyone ever done a meta-analysis research study (?) on 3D character movement in games?
I've been finding academic styled papers on Quake and Team Fortress 2 movement which got me wondering
I've been finding academic styled papers on Quake and Team Fortress 2 movement which got me wondering
A funny idea I want to try for rendering a game would be to render the world with real time tracing but at like a game boy resolution
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A funny idea I want to try for rendering a game would be to render the world with real time tracing but at like a game boy resolution
Some of the articles I've written for my blog have been things I've been passionate about, but the next one I do might be out of spite
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Some of the articles I've written for my blog have been things I've been passionate about, but the next one I do might be out of spite
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Thanks for hosting Davis!
I'm Spex, 3d generalist/tech artist and hobby gamedev who likes to branch out into whatever seems interesting.
I have a few games I'm working on, and I post about game jams a lot - but you'll mostly see me posting bright low/midpoly 3d art and the occasional 3d print!
I'm Spex, 3d generalist/tech artist and hobby gamedev who likes to branch out into whatever seems interesting.
I have a few games I'm working on, and I post about game jams a lot - but you'll mostly see me posting bright low/midpoly 3d art and the occasional 3d print!
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks for hosting Davis!
I'm Spex, 3d generalist/tech artist and hobby gamedev who likes to branch out into whatever seems interesting.
I have a few games I'm working on, and I post about game jams a lot - but you'll mostly see me posting bright low/midpoly 3d art and the occasional 3d print!
I'm Spex, 3d generalist/tech artist and hobby gamedev who likes to branch out into whatever seems interesting.
I have a few games I'm working on, and I post about game jams a lot - but you'll mostly see me posting bright low/midpoly 3d art and the occasional 3d print!
Wow I don't think I've had such a visceral reaction to a new UI design as I've had to the Android 16 brightness and volume bars.
Just straight up bad.
Just straight up bad.
September 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wow I don't think I've had such a visceral reaction to a new UI design as I've had to the Android 16 brightness and volume bars.
Just straight up bad.
Just straight up bad.
Reposting for Fedi 👀.
"Each October, the VFX Apprentice community joins the fun in a daily challenge called Flipbooktober.
There are no requirements to participate every single day, but it's a great way to challenge yourself to create a flipbook […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
"Each October, the VFX Apprentice community joins the fun in a daily challenge called Flipbooktober.
There are no requirements to participate every single day, but it's a great way to challenge yourself to create a flipbook […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
September 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reposting for Fedi 👀.
"Each October, the VFX Apprentice community joins the fun in a daily challenge called Flipbooktober.
There are no requirements to participate every single day, but it's a great way to challenge yourself to create a flipbook […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
"Each October, the VFX Apprentice community joins the fun in a daily challenge called Flipbooktober.
There are no requirements to participate every single day, but it's a great way to challenge yourself to create a flipbook […]
[Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]
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#Swordtember2025
Swordnik 24: Venom
I sure did think that animating a snake would be easier than animating legs for some reason 😅
I do love how this Snake man's arms are pretty much magic bundles of coil instead of anything real though, that part was fun.
#b3d #Swordtember
Swordnik 24: Venom
I sure did think that animating a snake would be easier than animating legs for some reason 😅
I do love how this Snake man's arms are pretty much magic bundles of coil instead of anything real though, that part was fun.
#b3d #Swordtember
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#Swordtember2025
Swordnik 24: Venom
I sure did think that animating a snake would be easier than animating legs for some reason 😅
I do love how this Snake man's arms are pretty much magic bundles of coil instead of anything real though, that part was fun.
#b3d #Swordtember
Swordnik 24: Venom
I sure did think that animating a snake would be easier than animating legs for some reason 😅
I do love how this Snake man's arms are pretty much magic bundles of coil instead of anything real though, that part was fun.
#b3d #Swordtember
I'm going to start carrying around sticky notes to non destructively graffiti generated image posters and canvases I find in public spaces and shops.
Like why are you ruining your nice cafe with this shit?
Like why are you ruining your nice cafe with this shit?
September 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm going to start carrying around sticky notes to non destructively graffiti generated image posters and canvases I find in public spaces and shops.
Like why are you ruining your nice cafe with this shit?
Like why are you ruining your nice cafe with this shit?