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Pixel - GameDev
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• 20 / Gender-Evil {They/Them}
• Uni (🎉) game dev {Godot}
• Wannabe composer / Songsmith
• Professional Idiot Tier VIII
• Funny sometimes
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Started university about 11 weeks ago and as part of my course I've had to learn Unity. It's going pretty well so far. Decided to make a procedurally generated infinite racer. Here's the skybox shader!

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Cloudy sunset over the mountains Moonset over the mountains with a star-speckled sky
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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New Twenty Øne Pilots album is FIRE!!! One Way/Days Lie Dormant is an instant favourite. I'm so giddy it's such a good album muehehehe
Screenshot of my last.fm profile showing that I listened to the entire Breach album (bottom to top, City Walls to Intentions)
September 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Me and a few others have been working on this ✨yuriful✨ masterpierece over in Canada
A wplace screenshot of an incomplete image of the Lumity kiss scene in S2E20 of The Owl House "Clouds on the Horizon"
September 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Nightmare of a thing to implement but got dragging and rotating inventory items working. As well as shape vertex generation and highlighting items and grid slots.

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September 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Been working on an inventory system teehee

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A screenshot of a barebones inventory UI with some grid boxes. There is a 3x3 grid, a 4x2 grid, and a 5x2 grid, stacked on top of each other vertically.
August 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Wasted so much time today trying to figure out a way to test this stuff on the same computer blehhhh.
Eh whatever, time doing is time learning. Made a couple of bug fixes in my endeavour anyway.

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A Git commit message, it reads: PxlHeartDev committed now More multiplayer set up Made it so packets aren't read if not in a lobby Fixed lobby member not being appended to list Fixed a size check on lobby_members list Added some error checks to read_p2p_packet() Made packet types an enum/int instead of string Removed unnecessary "steam_id" key from packets, they are already sent in the packet header Did some additional code cleanup in steam.gd Connected player join signal to the spawner Fixed player camera active check Fixed player packet receiving (added matching id check) Fixed player mesh instance uniqueness Added a function to clear the player list when the player leaves the game in game_menu.gd 8 files changed. +73, -37 lines changed
July 20, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The woes of spending many hours building a uid system only to realise you've programmed yourself into a corner and it would've been so much easier from the beginning to just use Steam IDs on their own.

I'm not crying, you are.

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Some GDScript, it reads: # It's at this point I realise how stupidly convoluted I made this func quit_game() -> void: for i in range(1, len(ids)): destroy_id(ids.keys()[i])
July 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Bubble from TADC going "blehhhh"
July 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Yeah I'm going to bed it's nearly 4:30am blehhhhhh

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A Git commit, it reads: PxlHeartDev committed 2 minutes ago Various changes and additions Updated settings Button focus theme Added a kick button icon Added a muted mic button icon Added a Steam button icon Added Global "online.tscn" and added class "ID" for managing online IDs in a generalised fashion Added empty child node "Steam" to online.tscn for later user Updated a number of functions to use the new generalised ID instead of just an int Removed some references to "Steam" Added global "voice_manager.tscn" for managing player voice communcation, currently not complete Made advanded_audio_3d.tscn reach target faster Added some exported node references across various scripts Went through many scene files and scripts and fixed and added appropriate focus neighbours Added default focussed nodes to menus when they open Added localisation strings for: GENERIC.volume 31 fles changed. +480, -43 lines changed
July 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Like this is a really specific case for the player management panels but the code just feels so bulky. Probably just me though. Balatro is thousands of if statements tbf
Some Godot function declarations, they read: func set_top_neighbour(node: Node) -> void: slider.focus_neighbor_top = node.get_path() func set_bottom_neighbour(node: Node) -> void: mute_button.focus_neighbor_bottom = node.get_path() kick_button.focus_neighbor_bottom = node.get_path() steam_button.focus_neighbor_bottom = node.get_path() steam_button.focus_neighbor_right = node.get_path() steam_button.focus_next = node.get_path()
July 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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I decided to generalise online IDs to save myself headache later. Also just a good practice in data management. It's been a while since I've written important data-driven systems.
It's not likely I'll get the chance to go multiplatform, but it's nice to have the option.

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A Godot class declaration, it reads: class ID: enum Platform { STEAM, XBOX, PS, } var platform: Platform var id: Variant var username: String func _init( _plat: Platform = Platform.STEAM, _id: Variant = 0, ) -> void: platform = _plat id = _id match platform: Platform.STEAM: # TODO Query Steam for name pass Platform.XBOX: # TODO Query Xbox for name pass Platform.PS: # TODO Query PSN for name pass username = "Test Name"
July 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Buttons...

#indiegamedev #gamedev #godotengine #ui
Player control panel with player name "Test Name 0", a volume slider, mute button, kick button, and a steam button.
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Song (menu) that might play (will show) when you fight Sans (press escape).

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A simple game menu GUI. A left band has a title "Game Menu", and three buttons "Resume", "Settings", and "Quit". The "Settings" button is highlighted in blue along with a long blue horizontal bar to indicate it is hovered. The right side of the menu has a label that says "The game is NOT paused" in the top corner. Below that is a title reading "Players" and a number of control panels that read "Test Name 0", "Test Name 1", etc. with horizontal sliders beneath each of them.
July 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Control rebinding menu!

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A settings menu Contents: Title label reading "Control Bindings". Button labelled "Reset to defaults". Note reading "If you use a different keyboard layout other than QWERTY (UK), these keys may be inaccurate". Section label reading "Movement Keys". A number of pairs of labels and buttons (respectively) reading; "Forward", "W". "Backward", "S". "Left", "A". "Right", "D". "Jump", "Space". "Crouch", "Shift". "Sprint", "Ctrl". Section label "Action Keys". Label/Button pair "Interact", "E". Section label "Miscellaneous Controls". Label/Button pair "Pause/Back", "Escape". This one is tinted red, as it can not be rebound.
July 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Decided to make a small demo of the template (soon to be Dead Air) so far. It shows off:
Main menu
Settings menu (language, audio, video)
Custom hover tooltips
Stamina/sprinting
Audio occlusion muffling
Health & Vignette effects
Injured state

#indiegamedev #godotengine #ui #3d
June 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Working on audio pooling atm and the mesh debug system is pretty cool

#indiegamedev #godotengine #3d #audio
A simple 3D scene showing a boombox. 6 debug spheres are visible spaced around it, indicating a sound has played there. GDScript snippet, it reads: func play_sound(sound: String, pos: Vector3, custom_dist = -1.0) -> void: # Sound exists, play from pool if sound in sounds.keys(): var sound_obj := sounds[sound] var player := sound_obj.get_player() player.position = pos if custom_dist != -1.0: player.max_distance = custom_dist player.play() if debug: draw(pos, player.max_distance) # Sound not found else: push_warning("Sound %s cannot be played, never pooled" % sound)
June 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Both Audio and Video tabs are now complete (for what I want for now), things are coming together!

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A GitHub commit message, it reads: PxlHeartDev committed now Input/Output device & LPF & Oher minor changes Updated custom tooltip panel alpha and increased its horizontal size for better readability Updated config.gd to use 2 different functions for initial setting and then updating Added output and input device selectors to Audio Settings Added Reduce High (low pass filter) to Audio Settings Added localisation strings for: GENERIC.on GENERIC.off SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.off.desc SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.weak SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.weak.desc SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.medium SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.medium.desc SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.strong SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.strong.desc SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.vstrong SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.vstrong.desc SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.tooltip Updated localisation strings for: SETTINGS.audio.reduce_high.desc SETTINGS.video.display (was pasted incorrectly) 12 files changed, +320 -101 lines changed Audio settings tab, it has: "Audio Settings" title Button readingh "Reset to defaults" 6 volume sliders Output & Input device dropdowns "Reduce high frequencies" dropdown Video settings tab, it has: "Video Settings" title "Reset to defaults" button "Screen Size" dropdown "Display" dropdown "Max FPS" slider "VSync" dropdown "Gamma" slider
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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More chicanery

#indiegamedev #godotengine #ui #3d
A GitHub commit message, it reads: PxlHeartDev committed now More settings menu chicanery Added "bip.wav" sound to the volume sliders Added custom tooltip scene for settings tooltips Added gamma to config Added working gamma slider to Video Settings Fixed a bug with settings menu scroll buttons not storing the right position when the list was previously scrolled Made volume sliders fade towards target rather than stepping Updated localisation strings for: SETTINGS.video.vsync.tooltip SETTINGS.video.gamma.desc 16 files changed, +181 -21 lines changed Basic world scene, in the ui is a healthbar and a stamina bar. The scene shows a mostly flat plane with a few elevations. The gamma is set to 0.5, so the scene is mostly darkened. Same scene as before, but with the gamma set to 1.5. The whole world is a lot brighter, maybe because it has you in it :D
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Language switcher babyyyy

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A GitHub commit message, it reads: PxlHeartDeb committed now Language selector & VSync Made settings tab animate towards target scroll position of clicked tab, rather than instant switching Fixed scroll positions sometimes not setting on first opening of settings Made scroll wheel no longer work on volume sliders and fps slider Added Language tab Added language switcher dropdown Added VSync to Video Settings tab - Enabling VSync uncaps FPS - VSync preference saves to config - Added tooltip Added fps and current locale to Debug Removed localisation string for: SETTINGS.video.vsync.desc Added localisation strings for: GENERIC.disabled GENERIC.enabled SETTINGS.video.fps.vsync SETTINGS.video.vsync.disabled.desc SETTINGS.video.vsync.enabled.desc SETTINGS.video.vsync.adaptive SETTINGS.video.vsync.adaptive.desc SETTINGS.video.vsync.tooltip 15 files changed, +238 -26 lines changed Settings tab. Title: Language Contains a dropdown reading "English", with a small down arrow on the far right. Opened language dropdown reading: ENGLISH FRENCH | FRANÇAIS SPANISH | ESPAÑOL GERMAN | DEUTSCH ITALIAN | ITALIANO PORTUGUESE | PORTUGUÊS (BR) PORTUGUESE | PORTUGUÊS (PT) RUSSIAN | РУССКИЙ GREEK | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ TURKISH | TÜRKÇE DANISH | DANSK NORWEGIAN (NB) | NORSK BOKMÅL SWEDISH | SVENSKA DUTCH | NEDERLANDS POLISH | POLSKI FINNISH | SUOMI JAPANESE | 日本語 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE | 简体中文 ... It gets cut off at the bottom
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Started chipping away at the Video Settings panel :p

And of course, fully savable to config and localisable :D

#indiegamdev #godotengine #ui
A section of the settings menu. Some title text that says "Video Settings". A button that reads "Reset to defaults". A dropdown box labelled "Screen Size", with option "Fullscreen Borderless" selected. A dropdown box labelled "Display", with option "Display" selected. A HSlider labelled "Max FPS", set to "Unlimited". Same settings section as before, but; "Screen Size" is now set to "1920x1080". "Display" now reads "Not in fullscreen mode", and is tinted red. The "Screen Size" dropdown was clicked, showing a PopupMenu containing, "960x540", "1920x1080", "2880x1620", "Fullscreen", and "Fullscreen Borderless" as options. Localisation document showing translation strings for: SETTINGS.video.title SETTINGS.video.button SETTINGS.video.screen_size SETTINGS.video.screen_size.desc SETTINGS.video.screen_size.fullscreen SETTINGS.video.screen_size.fullscreen_borderless SETTINGS.video.display SETTINGS.video.display.desc SETTINGS.video.display.not_fullscreen SETTINGS.video.fps SETTINGS.video.fps.desc SETTINGS.video.fps.unlimited SETTINGS.video.vsync SETTINGS.video.vsync.desc SETTINGS.video.gamma SETTINGS.video.gamma.desc Fully localised in English, also incompletely localised in 27 other languages
June 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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This just in: Local idiot codes until 5am. Lives to regret it.

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A GitHub commit message, it reads: PxlHeartDev committed now Settings menu & Localisation setup Added Config singleton, allows for easily setting and getting values in the user config file Added version (indev_0.0.1) to project.godot Added Control theme for settings Fixed some mouse filters in the main menu Added the settings menu settings.tscn and settings.gd Added inheritable settings_tab.tscn and settings_tab.gd Added audio settings tab audio.tscn Added base instantiable volume_slider.tscn and volume_slider.gd Added volume sliders for the audio busses to audio.tscn Added settings.tscn to ui_manager.tscn Made ui_manager.tscn inherit from Control instead of Node Added show/hide settings menu functions to ui_manager.gd Renamed some audio busses for ease Added "Menu_SFX" audio bus Added "s_escape_pressed" signal to Player.tscn and added appropriate emittance Made game_ui.tscn hide or show as appropriate on escape pressed Added functionality to _on_settings() in main_menu.gd Added Localisation.xlsm to External Added Localisation.csv to Project Added translation strings for: - Menu buttons - Generic strings (Are you sure?, Default*, Yes, No, Confirm) - Settings reset & confirmation* - Language title and button - Audio title and button - Audio volume sliders* - Audio volume slider descriptions* - Audio in/output device* - Audio apply blanket LPF* - Video title and button - Controls title and button - Accessibility title and button^ *String is not fully localised in all 28 languages ^Translation is not 101% accurate Change bus of test_boombox.tscn's AudioStreamPlayer3D 31 files changed. +719, -12 lines changed An editor preview of the settings menu. On the left a title reads "MENU.settings", with 6 buttons below it reading "SETTINGS.language.button", "SETTINGS.audio.button", "SETTINGS.video.button", "SETTINGS.controls.button", "SETTINGS.accessibility.button", and "MENU.back" respectively. On the right is another panel with a title "SETTINGS.audio.title", a button that reads "SETTINGS.reset_defaults", and six HSliders that all read "Master" The in-game view of the settings menu. On the left a title reads "Settings", with 6 buttons below it reading "Language", "Audio", "Video", "Controls", "Accessiblity", and "Back" respectively. On the right is another panel with a title "Audio Settings", a button that reads "Reset to defaults", and six HSliders that are labelled "Master Volume", "Player Voice Volume", "World Music Volume", "Other Music Volume", "Game SFX Volume", and "Menu SFX Volume" respectively. A simple game scene can be scene faintly behind the translucent back panel of the settings menu. A boombox can be seen playing funky tunes.
June 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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He only knows how to play one song

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A low poly boombox on a blueprint-esque floor
June 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Oh my goodness it's been yonks since I've posted anything game dev (sorry!)
Recently I've been working on putting together a template for myself for first person games, latest on the chopping block was the game UI: Health bar and vignettes!

#indiegamedev #godotengine #3d #ui
A test game scene, a ramp and door are visible but most of the frame is a plane into the horizon, the ground has a sample "blueprinty" dimensions measurement texture. Note the light green health bar in the bottom left and the yellow stamina bar on the bottom right. A crosshair is also visible in the centre of the screen. No vignette is visible. Same scene as before. The health bar is now a orangey red, and is around 40% full. A very subtle red vignette creeps in the corners of the screen. Same scene as before. Health bar is now a deep red, at around 10%. A noticeable dark red vignette seeps in the corners and sides of the screen. A GitHub commit message, it reads: PxlHeartDev commited 7 minutes ago Health bar Added a health bar to the game UI to indicate current player health Added "s_max_changed" signal to Comp_Health Attached signals between player health component and UI health bar Added gradient to health bar; green at 100% health, yellow at 75%, orange at 50%, red at 25%, to dark red when close at 0%. Linearly interpolated Coloured the stamina bar yellow Added setters to health and max_health in Comp_Health Comp_Health now emits changed signals in _ready() Changed how "s_changed" is emitted in Comp_Health, it's now emitted in the setter rather than called in damage(), die(), and full_heal() Made "injured" and "seriously injured" thresholds into bools in Comp_Health set in the setter, rather than checking each frame Adjusted threshold for "seriously injured" multiplier Injured and seriously injured multiplier now also affects jump height Renamed some variables for clarity relating to the game UI stamina bar Current player health now dictates the base damage vignette level. Vignette level is interpolated from weak (-1.5) at 50% health to strong (0.5) at 0% health, -1.5 at any health above 50% Reworked damage flash to now offset from the base vignette level, again derived from health percent
May 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Oh so that's what I've been doing when blacked out.

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Steam profile overview showing "Godot Engine" at 667 hours played
May 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Some pretty neat things going on for my academy game.
Procedurally generated ice texture and world (w/ caves)

Took a few iterations but I like how spaghetti the caves are.

#indiegamedev #gamedev #godotengine #2d #procgen
An image of an early test of procedural world generation. The sky is a plain solid grey colour. The ground is made of a procedurally generated ice texture. Where there _is_ ice, a light blue is used. Where the isn't ice in the ground, i.e. where there are caves, the blue colour is dimmed and darkened. Spaghetti-like caves sprawl through the ice, connecting to each other and breaking through the surface too.
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM