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Tony Cooper - hungryblackbird
@tonycooper.bsky.social
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Solo #gamedev working on narrative game prototypes. More tired than I look.

ITCH - https://tonycooper.itch.io/
DEVLOGS - https://youtube.com/@hungryblackbirdgames
BLOG - https://hungryblackbird.com/

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tonycooper.bsky.social
This is who runs this account
Photograph of a large crow from behind, head bent all the way backwards to see you, beak open, looking goofy
August 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Post a screenshot of your first 5 Steam purchases and let Bluesky judge you

Open the Steam client, click your name in the top right -> account details -> View purchase history

There from the start with the physical edition of The Orange Box! Audiosurf sneaks in, as does my love of sales
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
tonycooper.bsky.social
If you see this, quote this post with a title screen that’s iconic to you
Title screen to the videogame System Shock, showing a space station in orbit above a large, ringed planet.
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Wow, way to kink-shame me BBC!!! 😡
Photo of BBC news television report, showing an extinct wooly mammoth next to a small furry mouse, with the caption "unrealistic" above them both
March 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Got to be a double pack of these incredible games
January 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Into 2025 like 🦁
Edited clip from the original Lion King animation, showing Rafiki raising the cub Simba above the gathered animals, before yeeting him off the rock
January 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
without downloading new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?
December 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Well that's the rest of my holidays filled up :) #OuterWilds
Photo of the Outer Wilds Hearthian Lander model kit box - still shrink-wrapped!
December 25, 2024 at 5:18 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Time Scavengers - narrative-led space wreck exploration game set in an anomaly left behind from the end of a giant corpo war tonycooper.itch.io/time-scaveng...
Videogame screenshot showing a spacesuited character approaching a space wreck that is half-embedded in a huge energy field, torn pieces of the ship structure casting giant shadows across them Videogame screenshot showing a small yellow blocky spaceship approaching a long tube-like transport vessel in space Videogame screenshot showing a chunky yellow spaceship floating near a complex satellite dish array in orbit above a planet, as a tiny spacesuited character approaches it to grab some scrap Videogame screenshot showing a spacesuited character floating inside a giant vent shaft of some wreck, a beam of light picking them out in the void
December 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
I'd love to be added 🙂
Small transport spaceship approaches the wreck of a tubular transport as they both float dangerously close to a huge and mysterious energy barrier A wreck explorer in a spacesuit floats inside a giant ventilation shaft above some static rotating blades, as shafts of pale light illuminate the scene from above
November 30, 2024 at 9:59 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally
Picture of a crow, head somehow tilted all the way back so it's looking behind it, beak open, looking derpy
November 20, 2024 at 8:52 AM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Currently working on something NDA for now, and also my own personal project Time Scavengers #indiegamedev #indiegames #gamedev
Game screenshot showing a small yellow transport approaching an array of radar dishes powered by solar panels, all in orbit above an earth-like planet Game screenshot showing a small yellow transport approaching an abandoned transport ship floating ominously near a huge energy field in space
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Four games I've worked on:
Cover image for the VR shooter Drop Dead: The Cabin Cover image for the racing game Grip: Combat Racing Cover image for the racing game GRID 2 Cover image for the console FPS Operation Flashpoint: Red River
November 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Another little Time Scavengers beauty shot of the transporter - full length now with cockpit added - all ready to be broken apart and set up for the player to find a way inside #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
A small yellow transport spaceship passes under a long tube-shaped transport ship, as they both hang in front of a multicoloured starry backdrop.
November 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Cracking on with the transport wreck for Time Scavengers - I think I've almost got the main structure done apart from the cockpit up front and some detailing
Next big task is setting up the triggers and logic inside
#IndieGameDev #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
A mysterious space wreck floats in front of a bright, glowing anomaly as a smaller, yellow transporter approaches it cautiously
November 9, 2024 at 9:48 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Haven't been working on Time Scavengers for a little while, but getting back into the blocking out / wreck designing work the last few days - here's progress on a transport ship, making a connecting section between two units #IndieGameDev #indiedev #indiegame
START END (Almost)
Unity engine blockout of a transport spaceship - a tube section with connecting scaffolds half-built to make a connecting section Unity engine blockout of a transport spaceship - the same tube section as before, now with a completed joining section, moodily lit in turquoise as it hangs infront of a mluti-coloured space backdrop
November 6, 2024 at 10:07 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Hello, #gamedev here - working on two prototypes at the moment:

- TIME SCAVENGERS is a narrative-led metroidvania set across multiple space wrecks inside a temporal anomaly (see screens)

- PROTOTYPE 2 (not the title obvs) is a cross between Outer Wilds and Myst set on an island (no screens yet)
October 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
New quiz idea: "Ladies Jeans Cut or Skateboarding Stunt?" #marksandspencer #Skateboarding #boredshopping
September 24, 2024 at 2:49 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
TIME SCAVENGERS: I'd say I'm 90% there for the "un-destroyed" version of the array, before I wreck the whole thing :D
#IndieGameDev #indiedev #indiedeveloper #gamedev #gamedeveloper #gamedevelopment #blockout #leveldesign #unity3d
Game screenshot of a cargo ship floating in orbit near a large communications array - the player character seems tiny and insignificant
August 28, 2024 at 8:54 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
TIME SCAVENGERS: update on the comms array blockout - figuring out the central connecting section before I add more detail then tear the whole thing apart 💥
#IndieGameDev #indiegame #gamedev #gamedevelopment #spacegame
August 23, 2024 at 9:34 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Playing around with some dialogue panel ideas #IndieGameDev #gamedev #indiegame #gamedeveloper #gamedevelopment #narrativegame
Game screenshot showing woman in a spacesuit floating near a communications array in orbit above a planet. She is talking on the radio to her robot companion. She is asking "Are you sure it's working? The whole thing looks busted to me."
August 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Well, something is starting to come together... #TimeScavengers 🛰️
#IndieGameDev #indiegames #gamedev #gamedeveloper #gamedevelopment #unity3d #blockout #leveldesign #gamedesign #spacegame
Game screenshot showing a partially assembled communications array inorbit above a planet, with a smiling-faced drone in the foreground
August 14, 2024 at 9:04 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Started a new blockout for one of 'wrecks' the player finds in #TimeScavengers - laying out this one "un-destroyed" first, before I tear the thing apart :)

#IndieGameDev #gamedev #indiegames #spacegame #blockouts #gamedevelopment #gamedeveloper
Game screenshot showing a small delivery ship next to a blockout version of what will be a badly damaged satellite array in orbit above a planet.
July 30, 2024 at 9:06 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Messing around with Synty assets to build a crop 'garden' that's docked with the home base in Time Scavangers - not quite the shape I want, so some editing needed, but close :)

#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegame #indiegames #gamedevelopment #gamedeveloper #unity3d #spacegames
Editor shot of a glass-walled space station piece being assembled Game shot of part of a space station docked with a large transport ship in orbit.
June 10, 2024 at 7:58 PM
tonycooper.bsky.social
Yeah, getting somewhere with the lighting now...
#TimeScavengers

#indiegamedev #gamedev #indiegames #unity3d
June 3, 2024 at 3:35 PM