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Beware the walking gun

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #GameMaker
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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guys boss breaker is on the front page of gx.games again :>
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Functional prototype of an inverse kinematics-based animation system for walking-type enemies that allows them to climb over obstacles

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November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Full playthrough of the entire warehouse/hub area in Runner Overdrive

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #GameMaker #indiegames
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Obligatory code snippet for what's shown in the gif
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Implemented a new system that allows me to easily create menus and character interactions without having to deal with copy/pasting or parenting objects.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Finally landed on a game name and added the main menu.

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November 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Working on the hub world

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November 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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First pass on a shop system that features dedicated upgrade types, upsides & drawbacks, and allows me to easily extend it with other functionality in the future

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October 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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UI updates and implemented being able to pick up the main objective to be delivered at a later point in the stage

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October 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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ripped out boss breaker's dialogue system and completely overhauled it so that I can have text effects using a tag system instead of having to define the start and end indices manually

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October 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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got really annoyed with unity, so im back to cool 2d stuff in gamemaker lol

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October 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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full look around aiming with grabbed objects + a UI compass for finding the package and other players in your lobby

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
August 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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very cool and professional tutorial for dropzone

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Finally switched to first person and added the ability to peek under grabbed objects

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
August 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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replaced the UI notifications & countdown with an in-world alternative

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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minor inconvenience

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Working on props + environmental art for the first area of the game, which I've decided to be an abandoned research facility of some sort

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Finally started on actual game mechanics, and you can now throw whatever item you're holding!

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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First pass at in-world UI & menus, though I need actually to start on gameplay lol

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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I've been working on animations and had a visceral reaction seeing the player turn into a gremlin creature

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Been mainly working on cleaning up the backend to handle errors and more weird edge cases properly, but I finally added a lobby-wide ready indicator system so everyone can see who is/isn't ready

#gamedev #indiedev #Unity #blender
July 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Full multiplayer lobby test with new art and VFX

#gamedev #indiedev #blender #netcode #Unity #procgen
July 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Been figuring out how to properly use Blender the past couple of days and I now have an actual model for the player’s lobby pod

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July 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Got the two major halves of the prototype connected to where players can join a lobby through Steam, have everyone ready up, then have everyone transported into the procedurally generated (assembled) level, which they can explore together

#Unity #gamedev #indiedev #procgen #netcode
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM