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He/Him
PNW Flannel guy
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He/Him
PNW Flannel guy
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unrealengine #ue5 #blender3d #animation #modelling #rigging
Roughing out more of the initial zone vibes, it's a bit more "Bloodborne" when I was aiming for "Shadow of the Colossus" 😅
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#unrealengine5 #UE5 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #techart #environment #art
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Roughing out more of the initial zone vibes, it's a bit more "Bloodborne" when I was aiming for "Shadow of the Colossus" 😅
#unrealengine5 #UE5 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #techart #environment #art
#unrealengine5 #UE5 #gamedev #solodev #indiedev #techart #environment #art
Couldn't get into dev brain much the past couple days, so I decided to revisit the base topology to feel productive. The boy has not-box fingers and some sharp edges to hint at muscles.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Couldn't get into dev brain much the past couple days, so I decided to revisit the base topology to feel productive. The boy has not-box fingers and some sharp edges to hint at muscles.
#Blender3D #CharacterArt #Rigging #3DModelling #Solodev #indiedev #gamedev #techart
#Blender3D #CharacterArt #Rigging #3DModelling #Solodev #indiedev #gamedev #techart
Nothing like motion sickness to start the day!
Testing the mantle on moving things and checking to make sure IK doesn't break on tilting platforms. Going to revisit the slope slide and rework it today because it's not the vibe I'm aiming for.
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Testing the mantle on moving things and checking to make sure IK doesn't break on tilting platforms. Going to revisit the slope slide and rework it today because it's not the vibe I'm aiming for.
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #techart #UE5
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Animate me like one of your french girls."
- This guy, probably
Working on new movement stuff finally!
#Blender3D #Rigging #Animation3D #Techart
#Indiedev #Solodev #Gamedev
- This guy, probably
Working on new movement stuff finally!
#Blender3D #Rigging #Animation3D #Techart
#Indiedev #Solodev #Gamedev
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Animate me like one of your french girls."
- This guy, probably
Working on new movement stuff finally!
#Blender3D #Rigging #Animation3D #Techart
#Indiedev #Solodev #Gamedev
- This guy, probably
Working on new movement stuff finally!
#Blender3D #Rigging #Animation3D #Techart
#Indiedev #Solodev #Gamedev
Need to peel myself off of iterating on the outfit for now, I think it's in a passable state. Next stop is gameplay stuff! (I swear!) ((Probably simple traversal methods, stay tuned!))
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#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #UE5 #unrealengine5 #3Dmodelling #animation #techart #art
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Need to peel myself off of iterating on the outfit for now, I think it's in a passable state. Next stop is gameplay stuff! (I swear!) ((Probably simple traversal methods, stay tuned!))
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#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #UE5 #unrealengine5 #3Dmodelling #animation #techart #art
Unfortunately spent most of my day dealing with crazy bad chest congestion and being in a brain fog if I wasn’t sleeping.
Been sick the past week but it was the worst today. Hopefully on the mend now. Fumbled with skeletal things when I had time, but I’ll share more when I figure it out!
Been sick the past week but it was the worst today. Hopefully on the mend now. Fumbled with skeletal things when I had time, but I’ll share more when I figure it out!
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Unfortunately spent most of my day dealing with crazy bad chest congestion and being in a brain fog if I wasn’t sleeping.
Been sick the past week but it was the worst today. Hopefully on the mend now. Fumbled with skeletal things when I had time, but I’ll share more when I figure it out!
Been sick the past week but it was the worst today. Hopefully on the mend now. Fumbled with skeletal things when I had time, but I’ll share more when I figure it out!
Didn’t do much today in terms of progress, but here’s some of the Hair Tools presets with my shader slapped on. They’re pretty close to what I’m hoping for just with that one change. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #Blender3D #Techart
December 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Didn’t do much today in terms of progress, but here’s some of the Hair Tools presets with my shader slapped on. They’re pretty close to what I’m hoping for just with that one change. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #Blender3D #Techart
Hair!
I think I got the basic workflow for replicating this hair aesthetic now, until I hit another road block 😅
But hey, it's enough that I feel like I can move on to more stuff, and maybe even get back to gameplay logic! :D
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I think I got the basic workflow for replicating this hair aesthetic now, until I hit another road block 😅
But hey, it's enough that I feel like I can move on to more stuff, and maybe even get back to gameplay logic! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Blender3D #techart #art
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hair!
I think I got the basic workflow for replicating this hair aesthetic now, until I hit another road block 😅
But hey, it's enough that I feel like I can move on to more stuff, and maybe even get back to gameplay logic! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Blender3D #techart #art
I think I got the basic workflow for replicating this hair aesthetic now, until I hit another road block 😅
But hey, it's enough that I feel like I can move on to more stuff, and maybe even get back to gameplay logic! :D
#indiedev #solodev #gamedev #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Blender3D #techart #art
Calling it for the night, but I got the placeholder hair in engine and iterate a bit more on the outfit. I feel like the character aesthetic is definitely coming together. :)
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December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Calling it for the night, but I got the placeholder hair in engine and iterate a bit more on the outfit. I feel like the character aesthetic is definitely coming together. :)
#Solodev #indiedev #gamedev #unrealengine5 #UE5 #3DModelling #Rigging
#Solodev #indiedev #gamedev #unrealengine5 #UE5 #3DModelling #Rigging
Okay so I figured out a method that boils down to box modelling strips and then using hair tools Grid Surface generator to make strands + modify them. I think it's time I actually /figure out what hair styles I want/
#gamedev #solodev #blender3d #modelling #indiedev #techart
#gamedev #solodev #blender3d #modelling #indiedev #techart
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Okay so I figured out a method that boils down to box modelling strips and then using hair tools Grid Surface generator to make strands + modify them. I think it's time I actually /figure out what hair styles I want/
#gamedev #solodev #blender3d #modelling #indiedev #techart
#gamedev #solodev #blender3d #modelling #indiedev #techart
Tried a bunch of different approaches today, not sure which I'm going to stick with, but I have some idea of where it's going now. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #Blender3D #3DModelling #Techart
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Tried a bunch of different approaches today, not sure which I'm going to stick with, but I have some idea of where it's going now. #indiedev #gamedev #solodev #Blender3D #3DModelling #Techart
Morning all! I'm still workshopping hair today, I may end up making a simple geometry node set up to build ribbons that get solidified so I'm not box modelling each strand 😭
Here's the current working mesh, just extracted the scalp faces and started extruding (with a solidify modifier)
Here's the current working mesh, just extracted the scalp faces and started extruding (with a solidify modifier)
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Morning all! I'm still workshopping hair today, I may end up making a simple geometry node set up to build ribbons that get solidified so I'm not box modelling each strand 😭
Here's the current working mesh, just extracted the scalp faces and started extruding (with a solidify modifier)
Here's the current working mesh, just extracted the scalp faces and started extruding (with a solidify modifier)
tl;dr forgot I had Hair Tools, took a preset and messed with it a bunch. Not in love with the chopped aesthetic, and iterating it may be a pain, but hey I have my first hairstyle so I'll take the W!
#blender3d #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #howamigoingtorigthis #concept
#blender3d #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #howamigoingtorigthis #concept
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
tl;dr forgot I had Hair Tools, took a preset and messed with it a bunch. Not in love with the chopped aesthetic, and iterating it may be a pain, but hey I have my first hairstyle so I'll take the W!
#blender3d #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #howamigoingtorigthis #concept
#blender3d #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #howamigoingtorigthis #concept
No promises on the result, but I'm attempting hair today!
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December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
No promises on the result, but I'm attempting hair today!
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#blender3d #indiedev #solodev #3dmodelling #gamedev
Did an ungodly amount of iteration on the kawaii physics stuff today. Learned a lot about collision and rigging, biggest take away is: Be careful how you weight stuff and double check hierarchy so you don't break skeletons.
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Unrealengine5 #Rigging #Animating
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Unrealengine5 #Rigging #Animating
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Did an ungodly amount of iteration on the kawaii physics stuff today. Learned a lot about collision and rigging, biggest take away is: Be careful how you weight stuff and double check hierarchy so you don't break skeletons.
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Unrealengine5 #Rigging #Animating
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Unrealengine5 #Rigging #Animating
Still a bit of clipping to remedy, but it's mostly working now!
By the end of this I may have a biblically accurate skeleton though, with how many bones I'll be adding for accessories like this. 😅
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animation
By the end of this I may have a biblically accurate skeleton though, with how many bones I'll be adding for accessories like this. 😅
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animation
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Still a bit of clipping to remedy, but it's mostly working now!
By the end of this I may have a biblically accurate skeleton though, with how many bones I'll be adding for accessories like this. 😅
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animation
By the end of this I may have a biblically accurate skeleton though, with how many bones I'll be adding for accessories like this. 😅
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animation
Calling it for the night, but I *almost* have kawaii physics looking good with the extra bones. The "kilt" limb option in auto rig pro is super useful for this o:
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#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #animation #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animating
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Calling it for the night, but I *almost* have kawaii physics looking good with the extra bones. The "kilt" limb option in auto rig pro is super useful for this o:
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #animation #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animating
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #techart #animation #unrealengine5 #UE5 #Rigging #Animating
New idle pose with a bit more p r e s e n c e
And also a backpack placeholder! I'm still trying to figure out the best approach for skeletal stuff, but I think having all the bones in one "master" skeleton will at least be easier to comprehend as I go on.
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And also a backpack placeholder! I'm still trying to figure out the best approach for skeletal stuff, but I think having all the bones in one "master" skeleton will at least be easier to comprehend as I go on.
#Indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unrealengine5
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
New idle pose with a bit more p r e s e n c e
And also a backpack placeholder! I'm still trying to figure out the best approach for skeletal stuff, but I think having all the bones in one "master" skeleton will at least be easier to comprehend as I go on.
#Indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unrealengine5
And also a backpack placeholder! I'm still trying to figure out the best approach for skeletal stuff, but I think having all the bones in one "master" skeleton will at least be easier to comprehend as I go on.
#Indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unrealengine5
Getting closer to what I'm aiming for with the first outfit. If you haven't caught it yet, I'm very much inspired by Ashen and Absolver :)
Didn't have much dev time the past few days because of holiday stuff, so I'm hoping to get back into it tomorrow!
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #art
Didn't have much dev time the past few days because of holiday stuff, so I'm hoping to get back into it tomorrow!
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #art
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Getting closer to what I'm aiming for with the first outfit. If you haven't caught it yet, I'm very much inspired by Ashen and Absolver :)
Didn't have much dev time the past few days because of holiday stuff, so I'm hoping to get back into it tomorrow!
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #art
Didn't have much dev time the past few days because of holiday stuff, so I'm hoping to get back into it tomorrow!
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #art
Happy Turkey Day! 🦃
Hope you have a great one, and get to see the people that matter most to you.
Added in foot rotation to match the surface normal so your toesy don't clip. Also using anim curves for separate foot IK alphas :)
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Hope you have a great one, and get to see the people that matter most to you.
Added in foot rotation to match the surface normal so your toesy don't clip. Also using anim curves for separate foot IK alphas :)
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Techart
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Polished the logic a bit more, figured out motion warping so the height/inward distance always matches correctly (at least for the tests so far) Now to build out the rest of the checks! (landing spot normal, real height, head room, etc.)
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#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #animation #techart
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Polished the logic a bit more, figured out motion warping so the height/inward distance always matches correctly (at least for the tests so far) Now to build out the rest of the checks! (landing spot normal, real height, head room, etc.)
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #animation #techart
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #unrealengine5 #animation #techart
So I made the one animation, and then I set up some logic to set the start time based on the height found in front of the player. So if it's 2m it does the whole thing, if it's 1 it only plays half. Only issue is moving the player *in* at the end.
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#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Animation
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
So I made the one animation, and then I set up some logic to set the start time based on the height found in front of the player. So if it's 2m it does the whole thing, if it's 1 it only plays half. Only issue is moving the player *in* at the end.
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Animation
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev #UE5 #Animation
Well I could definitely nitpick this into the dust, but for a starting point to build game logic, I'm happy with how this is turning out!
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender3d #3danimation #techart
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender3d #3danimation #techart
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Well I could definitely nitpick this into the dust, but for a starting point to build game logic, I'm happy with how this is turning out!
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender3d #3danimation #techart
#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #blender3d #3danimation #techart