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Lighstromo
@lighstromo.com
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An independent game dev studio, located in Auckland, New Zealand. Love humor, zombies, and everything in between. The account is run by Lena. She/her 🥰
Upcoming games:
steam.pm/app/2835210
steam.pm/app/3334560
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As some might know, Binding is always in a bit of messy dev hell. However, went to check the stats today, and was surprised, the last time I checked I had 200? For a tiny dev from a middle of nowhere, it means a lot💖
#gamedev #indiedev #gamer #gaming #screenshotsaturday
🔗: | steam.pm/app/3334560 |
November 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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The Fight'N'Jokes: Storylines demo drops next week!
Excited, terrified, and everything in between 😅
It’s weird, it’s heartfelt, it’s a bit 'wtf?' - we hope you enjoy it! 💖
🔗 [ steam.pm/app/3709610 ]
#indiedev #indiegame #demo #storylines #gamingcommunity #gamer
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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🎃TRICK OR TREAT?🎃
The ghosts in Storylines have been restless… DEMO DROPS NOVEMBER 12TH 👻 Wishlist now or we’ll haunt your backlog forever. store.steampowered.com/app/3709610 | #Storylines #IndieDev #Halloween #IndieGame #Gamer #UnrealEngine #Gaming
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Been slowly chipping away at this, trying to add some variety to our village population. This system is using Unreal's FSkeletalMeshMerge functionality, with some small additions to be able to use morph targets. #gamedev #indiedev

You can wishlist the game here if you like it: steam.pm/app/2835210
September 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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The real chef is in the background of the first picture! Looks like all the new heads work with my skeletal merger script, it basically lets me mix and match different body parts, and bake them down to a single skeletal mesh. Similar to what Mutable does, just simpler.

#Unreal #gamedev #indiedev
August 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Never mind the eyebrows, there are different morph-based variants, too. I've been setting up these new heads our modeler @frankinolupo.bsky.social has provided us with. I check if everything works fine using our base character's animations.

#gamedev #indiedev #animations #morptargets
August 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Fight'N'Jokes: Storylines is live as part of ⚔️ 2025 Eastern Martial Artists Week ⚔️ on Steam!
Demo is coming soon! Wishlist now: steam.pm/app/2835210
Big thanks to @SpiralUpGames for hosting!
#Steam #gamedev #indiedev #indiegaming #gamingcommunity #gamer
June 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Ah, I completely forgot to post about this! Got Binding into Zombies vs Vampires fest on Steam. They originally didn't pick it up because I put it on Steam a bit too late, but managed to convince them :)

#SteamFest #Zombies #Vampires #TWD #Zombie #indiegame #indiegaming #indiedev #gamingcommunity
May 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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What are they plotting? 🙃

Finally, got around to setting up some 'background extras' to make the world feel a bit more lively.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamingcommunity
May 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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#screenshotsaturday Implemented the dialogue skipping feature. I really didn't want to add it to our largely story-driven game, however, I did a bit of research on Reddit and YT, and it just seems to be a quality of life feature for many players.

#indiegaming #indiegame #gamedev #UE5
May 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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An update on my chicken escapade! 🐥

The quest sequence has been improved: now you receive the special catcher directly from Mrs. Haleena to help you collect the chicklets.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #gamingcommunity #gamer #indiegamedev #games #gaming #UnrealEngine #3Dart #Art #funny
April 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Happy Easter, everyone!
A lil preview of the interaction with Mrs. Haleena for this #screenshotsaturday She’s a loving homage to my mum, Galina, which means “hen” in Italian if you double the “l”.
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #gamer #UnrealEngine5 #storytelling #easter #3Dart
April 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I had no idea Steam updated the dimensions of Store Assets!!! Spent most of today updating them. I always knew I'd have to update these eventually as I just made them quickly. It's basically a paint over of our 3D model lol

#fightnjokes #storylines #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #SteamArt #Steam
April 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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I actually set her up last week, but completely forgot to make a video. Happy #screenshotsaturday 😅

#adventuregame #indiegaming #gamingcommunity #gamer #gaming #indiegame #storytelling #games #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #UE5 #adventuregaming
April 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Throwback to my time working on Phantasmal with Eyemobi. I loved working on the comic for it. I also worked on some Steam art.

#gamedev #indiedev #throwback #Phantasmal #horrorgames #indiegame #gamer #gamingcommunity
April 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Oh you have a cow kitty, too?! I'm very partial to those <3
March 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Set up this lil radio. I will need to add a turn on/off sound, and make turn on and turn off two separate things, so you definitely know what you're doing. The particle effect took almost as long to set up as the logic itself 😅

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamingcommunity #gaming #indiegame
March 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Chicken Chasin' Fun for this #screenshotsaturday 😇I absolutely love working on AI in Unreal, and also had a blast animating those silly little chicks.

Wishlist the game here: steam.pm/app/2835210

#gamingcommunity #indiegame #indiegaming #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #ue5 #3Dart
March 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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CHimkens! I don't have anything else to say about this video =^.^=

#adventuregame #indiegaming #gamingcommunity #gamer #gaming #indiegame #storytelling #games #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev
March 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Updated the interaction w/Hugo. They might be cheesy animations, but hey, at least they're there. Will probably do another pass in the future :)

If you don't know, Piper is our game director, so she oversees all processes.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegaming #gamer #gaming #cats
March 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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The video gets cut off as usual 🙄 But have a cut off video of Hugo's updated facial animations! 😊 I've written a mocap transfer system in PyMel that allows me transfer recorded anims back onto the facial rig, so I can modify anything I want easily in Maya. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamer
March 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Henlo. I have a TikTok complaint xD I'm always...mesmerized at which videos get a low of views, and which don't, but never have I ever had something with 1 view. What happened? xD The vid with 500 is just an image that moves left and right 😂 fkin social media aye.
#gamedev #indiedev #marketing
March 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Noice, just saw the banner appeared, too <3 Women's Day Sale is on!

Wishlist the game here: steam.pm/app/2835210

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indiegaming #UE5 #adventuregame #storylines #storytelling
March 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Happy #WomensDaySale to all the female-led games out there! Thankful to be a part of this beautiful event! 💖🌷

Support us by wishlisting our game here: steam.pm/app/2835210

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #gaming #gamer #gamergirl #gamingcommunity #games #SteamSale
March 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Starting to record some facial animations. They will need to be cleaned up in Maya, so working on a script that will apply fbx anims back to my face rig.

Better with sound!

#indiegame #indiegaming #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #UE5 #adventuregaming #adventuregame #gaming

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February 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM