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@balderdragonslayer.bsky.social

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Jocke "Balder" Häggström. If you preach hate, then expect hate. Nazi punks, fuck off! Senior Tech Art at She Was Such A Good Horse. Developer of PURIFIED and CRUST. previously 1/8 of ULTRA ULTRA, shipped ECHO. balderdragonslayer.carrd.co/ Malmö, Sweden

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · Oct 17

Purified is a Third Person Shooter I'm developing for the PS Vita.
Great writing by Niclas Karlsson and kickass Soundtrack by Brian Czernikowski!
#purified #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 9h

Haha, yeah, the coolest handheld needed more robots with guns! 🦾

B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10h

ABYSS also only has two active lights at a time, the environments are fully baked and the character "shadows" are planes snapped to the ground under specific joints.
Plenty more I do of course, haha, maybe I'll do a proper breakdown or postmortem or something! 🦾

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10h

Like my Vita "PBR" method, it doesn't use cubemaps, I bake reflections into a single LongLat texture. Faster to load one texture instead of six and the Vita can blur it proper as opposed to a six faced cubemap!

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10h

Haha, short answer is I do a lot of work to save performance where I can.
It mostly comes down to not fighting the hardware, if something isn't supported or really slow making it work is usually detrimental to performance.

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crisp @stillcrisp.bsky.social · 6d

Hallow Blade - Soundtrack Showcase @xekvera.bsky.social

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She Was Such A Good Horse 🐎 - Developers of Into The Unwell @shewassuchagoodhorse.com · 1d

We're almost at the magic number 👀✨

#intotheunwell #gamedev #indiegame

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 1d

Been using Qobuz for a while now, and not only do they pay artists proper, they also let me buy albums for me to own proper ❤️

Gary J Kings @garyjkings.bsky.social · 1d

Get out. It's so fucking easy, I promise you.

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 5d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

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tris - Gutter World @knifedemonsoftware.bsky.social · 2d

Brush Burial: Gutter World.
Demo NOW - Release NOV 19

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much! And absolutely agree, the Vita could do with a couple more shooters, haha.
I had planned a coloring feature early on, I just ran out of time! 😞
But some more in-depth character customization is definitely on the list of things if/when I do updates! 🦾

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Samurai Unicorn @samuni.bsky.social · 2d

This week we are going to be at SXSW Sydney! If you see us at the booth come say hi or reach out to meet up if we're mutuals.

There's also a people's choice vote this week, so if you want to help us win, I've got some details below for that!

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Nikki Kalpa @kalpasoft.bsky.social · 29d

anyway, give the new demo a play.
store.steampowered.com/app/2393290/...

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Soy Kaizer @soykaizer.bsky.social · 5d

@balderdragonslayer.bsky.social lo volvió a hacer, tremendo juego el que lanzo para #psvita tomando lo aprendido en #purified.

#playstation vita sigue recibiendo juegos originales en 2025.

#reihen #abyss #vitaisland

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 6d

I really appreciate it, and happy belated birthday! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much for all of the kind words, it really means a lot!

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you so much for the support, dude!
I'll make more for sure, need to do more Purified as well! 🦾

B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you so much, dude, I'm glad you like it!
And for sure, will definitely come back to Purifed! 🦾

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 8d

Wouldn't have to be outdoor areas, could be when you're walking though the hallways between offices you investigate or something! 👀
But excited to see how this develops regardless!

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10d

ABYSS is finally done, have some missiles!
#abyss #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland #reihen

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10d

nooath.bandcamp.com/album/abyss-...
The soundtrack is available on Bandcamp, produced by @nooath.bsky.social! 🔥🔥🔥
#abyss #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland #reihen

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 9d

Depending on if you have indoor/outdoor spaces or sections where you just move from one place to another you could to third person then!
Could tie the perspective shift to entering doors or buildings 🤔
Shame to loose out on the glorious stache, haha!

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 9d

Haha, very true!

B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 9d

My only regret is not having made thiccer pelvis pieces 😞

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 9d

Honestly I'm not sure, I like that it's just kinda done now, haha!
But Purified used to be Vita exclusive too, so maybe I'll wake up one day and release a port 👀
Until the competition is over it has to be exclusive though!

B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 9d

Haha, I could never leave the Vita community, my friend!

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10d

ABYSS is done and available for download, if you have a PS Vita!
balderdragonslayer.itch.io/abyss
About 2 months of work and it turned out pretty cool if I may say so myself! 🦾
#abyss #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland #reihen

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 10d

And the YouTube version! 🦾
#abyss #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland #reihen
youtu.be/x_3QxHDxiqg?...

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