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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 19h

Crazy to think we got all of this in 1980

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · 7d

Presenting Source Level Editor - my personal fork of Hammer.

I've been working on this for a few years, tuning it to my mapping style, with bugfixes, some automation, expanded functions, even a couple new tools.

Now it's available for everyone interested on my GitHub.

github.com/Cvoxalury/so...

github.com

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · 1d

An idea for Gwen's look before the park executive feedback loop
#knightsofguinevere

Full-height portrait of smiling princess Guinevere with waist-long loose blue hair, wearing a pointy golden tiara, a slim two-tone pale pink dress with a golden belt, and yellow shoes

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 4d

It's only a little thing but you can shoot out illuminated shop signs in TLG now. #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #modding

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 5d

If you're looking for something to play, here's a list of 40 abysmal shovelware FPS games from the Doom Clone era.

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Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 8d

I must pay for a new mattress and doctor's appointments and bills... I can make you a great model for a game or a VTuber or anything else you might need! (and I can animate it too!)
#lowpoly #3dart #commissions

Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 13d

now opening up a low poly commission slot! if you need a vrchat/vtuber model, or a model for your game, send me a message!

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 10d

Something gloomy for October. #source #halflife #modding #indiedev #gamedev

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 11d

prequels on opposite day:

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Gmad @gmad.bsky.social · 13d

first go at a flying npc in unreal, it's not so bad... though it is functionally a manhack

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · 20d

a very quick #knightsofguinevere screenshot redraw

Digitally-colored pencil portrait of Frankie from Knights of Guinevere, lying on her back all messed up and slightly bloodied, bathed in orange light of fire. A miniature original screenshot is in the top left corner.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 21d

TLG Update: The first round of playtesting is complete and it's gone very well. After the dev team has fixed a few things it'll be on to round two, and after that we're ready to release!

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 26d

20 years ago, before making a name for myself in the Half-Life community as "Where's The Core!?" I bought into an ideas-guy's pitch and joined a Source modding team as a texture artist

The ModDB page is still up but none of my work was shown before the team dissolved

www.moddb.com/mods/h-l-f-l...

H λ L F - L I F E: Event Horizon mod for Half-Life 2

The Seven Hour War, the world's most devastating and destructive war. The one that resulted in the slavery of mankind, and the downfall of our civilization. We honor all those who fought in that epic ...

www.moddb.com

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · 28d

Textured tent for Dark Interval (mesh by Cvoxalury). Closely modelled after soviet tents occasionally used in student expeditions, though we'd usually add extra tarps on top for waterproofing.
1451 polys , 1k texture, handpainted normalmap.
#gameasset #indiedev #sourceengine

two renders of a dirty-beige tent with a contrasting blue botton

A terribly overexposed phone photo of a group of tents at the edge of a forest. Someone's single leg is sticking out of a beige tent covered with a green tarp

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Sep 10

Full version...IN COLOUR.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Snippet from a short Dalek animation project to get more familiar with Blender's animations. Aiming for an authentic 1960s experience, especially with certain camera movements.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Sep 6

The .BSP with No Name

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Aug 29

HL2 Lost Coast Trivia.

A rock near the ship wreck was intended to have seagull poop splattered over it. Except, it was moved during development. The decals ended up being too far from it, & they use the wrong class (work only on brushes).

Not to worry: just shy of 20 years later, I fixed it all.

Bird poop decals intended by the developers of Lost Coast, viewed in editor. The entities are too far from the rock to apply to it.

The fixed bird poop viewed in the game. The entities were moved to the right spot and given proper class and inputs to work.

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Aug 30

HL2 Lost Coast Trivia

Those who pay extreme attention may notice that each time you start Lost Coast, a board falls from the sky and splashes near the Fisherman.

This is because on spawn, one of the boards on Helicopter arena clips into scaffolding collisions and gets forced out by the physics.

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a-shift.bsky.social @a-shift.bsky.social · Aug 23

Kim sketch for @maestrafenix.bsky.social

digital portrait of detective Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium with a cigarette in his mouth

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AliCatVA @alicatva.bsky.social · Aug 20

Out now: Life of Crime a Skyrim Creations Mod.
I voice the character of Erika.
Enjoy!

creations.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/de...

#skyrim #skyrimcreations #skyrimmod #mod #videogame #voiceacting #voiceover #voiceactress

creations.bethesda.net

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 19

Having fun with the movement system whilst filming the Act I trailer for TLG.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.moddb.com/mods/the-las... New article is up for TLG! It covers things that have been going on since March and some good news for the near-future.

Cruel Summer news - The Last Goodbye mod for Half-Life

A quick check-in to sum up how far things have come since March.

www.moddb.com

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 4

A new look for Alyx, based on her beta design if the beta was an '80s glam rock cyberpunk extravaganza

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · Aug 4

Looks like that random rebel settled a blood debt with the Strider

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Scornkeeper @scornkeeper.bsky.social · Aug 2

HL2 EP2 nonsense:

Sifting through the code, came across command "striderbuster_allow_all_damage 0". It prevents anyone but player from detonating Magnusson Devices.

"Sweet", I thought, "I'll just switch it on and let rebels blow up Striders w/ bombs."

Well it works. But it also blows up the game.

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