Have to share the #pumpkins that @formerfakegeek.bsky.social and I carved for #Halloween last night.

What kinds of media inspire the art and projects that folks create?

My current main focus (Odd Jobs) is hugely impacted by Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. It’s YA horror-lite, but the way it does atmosphere is phenomenal. It really shaped how I approach lighting and mood.

#inspo #cozy #horror

Working in #Unity after >50 hrs in #Godot isn’t that much time, but still feels like I’m on a different planet.

That being said, cross another task off the list. This item shop has discounts in these trying times.

I only had a static image up of the #shader I made in #godot, so here’s this.

Get it? Static? I’ll see myself out. Here’s my TV in Odd Jobs 🙃

It even scrolls when it overflows! No fancy inertia or anything yet. The buttons button, but the data isn’t actually used yet. #UI / #UX is hard.

Also, isn’t that a doughp as hell phone background for a game about how rough gig-economy jobs are?

I just want to make a friend who likes doing UI code 🥹

#godot #indiedev #solodev

The second place that I wanted to rebuild was the nature commune. I wanted the game to mostly feel urban, but I needed a natural counterpart.

While I was putting together a mood board I saw the phrase, “a place that remembers, but isn’t happy to see you.” That guided this.

#godot #indiedev #wip

This is where the rebuild started. From a small MS Paint scene, to a small “brought to you by #blender” scene.

This is “home base” if you will, so I wanted it to feel grounded, lived in, but just a little bit cramped and uncomfortable.

This is the result of day one in the #godot #3dgame rebuild.

This is so cute! I look forward to getting out of my own placeholder art and into the fun stuff like you.

Let me present to you, my world’s okayest campfire I shambled together from free stuff while I’m still prototyping 🙃

I was planning to immediately follow up with some old pictures, but…not a social media person so I got distracted.

I started “Odd Jobs” a few years ago as a 2D project. It was meant to be a quiet #cozygame that was just a little unsettling. Think Welcome to Nightvale meets Stardew Valley.

An #indiegame I’ve been working on went into a semi-hibernation period for multiple months. We started really pushing again a month-ish ago and it’s so nice seeing stuff that was sorta forgotten start coming to fruition again 🥹

Birb

Had a real good day today. #gamejam #indiedev #brackeys

It's crazy the kind of difference a couple of weeks can make. Up top is very early in development (~4 hours on day 3?) and bottom is current (~80 hours on day 22).

I'm feeling pretty good about my progress in my first #IndieDev #GameJam.