XpMonster
xpmonster.bsky.social
XpMonster
@xpmonster.bsky.social
streams https://www.twitch.tv/xpmonsterx
gamedev https://empyreans.itch.io/
writer of The Empyrean Narrative (TEN) universe
Join me: https://discord.com/invite/v9mwvt72Qj
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Fellow Bluesky people 🔊
If anyone wants no copyright sounds made by me,
It's available on pixabay: pixabay.com/users/xpmons...

I will add more over time.
I can also be commissioned for pretty much anything you want.
Reach out via my discord server if interested.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Made a simple sword today and starting with the rigging.

I'm learning Blender to make a simple stylized game in #UE5 and this is pretty much the level of detail I want the game to have.

It will look cool and I'd make the best of my skill or lack thereof in Blender.

#indiedev #gamedev
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Some glass 🍸

This helped realize that materials are botched when moved from Blender to Unreal regardless of export method used, but that's alright as I can just make these directly in Unreal (and it's more convenient for reuse anyway)

#indiedev #gamedev
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Practicing modelling spikes.

#indiedev #gamedev
December 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Quite a view

#indiedev #gamedev
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today I made the first 3D Model in my life 🍎

May have discovered my new passion.

A lot to learn though as t's an incredibly nuanced field, but who knew it would be so fun?!

#indiedev #gamedev
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Up for some climbing?

#indiedev #gamedev
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
December 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Day 6
+ Added an admin account system. This is mostly a test as in the future I'm planning to add authorization for all users. For now I'll just use this to post articles and test experimental features.

#indiedev #web
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Day 5
+ Added Recaptcha v2 for Emails
+ Moved website to routing (SPA sorta), before that it was loading everything from scratch on every page and it just wasn't looking very good.
+ Optimized the code

#indiedev #web
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Day 4.
Added Newsletter Subscription in the footer of the website.
if you enter a valid email it will be added to the database.

#indiedev #web #development
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Day 3 working on Empyreans website.
Created hero slider, description and news.

Hero Slider supports freeze on hold / swiping and individual selecting of slides.

I have only just set up News and only on the main page / sql. I am still to implement the actual page.

#indiedev #web #development
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Also I will create #bluesky for Empyreans as well unless I have in the past and lost it idk 'cause I have the feeling that I did.

Anyways it would probably replace X account or Facebook. They're both kinda useless, but at least Facebook has Gameroom which I could publish on in the future.
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Coding Empyreans site

Lighthouse thinks we're cool 😎
Though it's pretty barren for now, but I did add the basic stuff like nav panel and footer.

#ChatGPT has been of great help. I never really got into web programming until now so I learn as I go with it, but spare lots of time.

#indiedev #web
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Started working on updating Empyreans.net website.

It will be a business card site mostly, explaining what Empyreans are, show catalogue of games, host game pages and various articles.

*hmm...Do I need a separate Bluesky acc for Empyreans? 🤔

#indiedev
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by XpMonster
Stream schedule for the week! Going to start to try to make these weekly.

This week's Friday stream features Field of Heroes by @gamieon.com and Sea Beckons by @xpmonster.bsky.social

Field of Heroes is a 5v5 soccer game so I will have a lobby open for anyone to join in and play as well
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If you like cats, deckbuilding and cool tunes then you will love this game 😸

Check out Replicat 🐈
It's an indie game made by Brainoid 😻

Available on Steam! 🐱

store.steampowered.com/app/3509430/...

#indiedev #games #cats
Save 10% on Replicat on Steam
A roguelike memory deckbuilder where you bend the rules of card matching with wild combos, strategy-defining items and cards featuring some personality-packed cats.
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Loading bit has been complete 📂
Now moving on to general functions like Triggers & Variable Checks. They can be used nearly from anywhere and help in keeping the code clean.

I also must engineer transition manager for menus / layouts. This will come in handy soon.

#gamedev #indiedev
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
more groundwork today
- Migrated PinUI into the project (and improved it a notch), my code piece for scalable viewport sizes
- Migrated my translation support from "OS", supports multiple files now
- Engineered a brand new system to manage data files. Much more flexible.

#gamedev #indiedev
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I have quite a queue of projects for small-scope releases now and it keeps on growing.

Having a pool of ideas to select from is important as I get to sleep on them.

The first project would be "Oats" though 🐽
It's not ideal for this, but I just want to move on from it 🐖

#gamedev #indiedev
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Most of this work on the template while is directed at small-scale projects right now, the bigger projects will also get to reap massive benefits from this.

#gamedev #indiedev
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM