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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 1h

This is beautiful. I’ve been working on a project and have been exploring “liminal” media and I just spent a good 40 minutes scrolling your feed, this is all so cool!

nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 1h

Not to get too into the weeds (pun intended), but super proud of the water shader too. @stayathomedev.bsky.social has excellent tutorials that are exceptional jumping off points.

nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 1h

The second place that I wanted to rebuild was the nature commune. I wanted the game to mostly feel urban, but I needed a natural counterpart.

While I was putting together a mood board I saw the phrase, “a place that remembers, but isn’t happy to see you.” That guided this.

#godot #indiedev #wip

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 2h

I haven’t worked on a podcast in years, but I still have it on my desktop jic.

nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 2d

Also, super proud of the static shader and the flicker script. I haven’t done a lot of shader building, so that was an endeavor.

nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 2d

I wanted to set the mood with the majority of the light when you enter the game just be glow from the tv. Alternatively, there are multiple lights in the room that can be switched off and on. They also definitely aren’t CC0 models of lamps that I flipped upside down in the ceiling 🙃

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 2d

This is where the rebuild started. From a small MS Paint scene, to a small “brought to you by #blender” scene.

This is “home base” if you will, so I wanted it to feel grounded, lived in, but just a little bit cramped and uncomfortable.

This is the result of day one in the #godot #3dgame rebuild.

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 3d

This is so cute! I look forward to getting out of my own placeholder art and into the fun stuff like you.

Let me present to you, my world’s okayest campfire I shambled together from free stuff while I’m still prototyping 🙃

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 3d

The bottom one is what made me click in so it has my vote.

A day/night cycle if you spend enough time on the menu would be super neat too!

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 3d

I was planning to immediately follow up with some old pictures, but…not a social media person so I got distracted.

I started “Odd Jobs” a few years ago as a 2D project. It was meant to be a quiet #cozygame that was just a little unsettling. Think Welcome to Nightvale meets Stardew Valley.

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · 4d

By no stretch of the imagination am I a social media person, as I think is evident, but I want to share stuff I make as an #indiedev!

I have Narra’s Gambit, the team project that I posted about months ago, but I have solo projects too! I’m gonna try to be better about sharing stuff.

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Jul 2

An #indiegame I’ve been working on went into a semi-hibernation period for multiple months. We started really pushing again a month-ish ago and it’s so nice seeing stuff that was sorta forgotten start coming to fruition again 🥹

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Apr 24

I’ll resist the urge to share a diaper picture.

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Apr 12

I just spent 5 hrs slamming my face into the last boss of the Heroic tier on #WoW. Tell me I’m special. No, I didn’t get the kill 🥹

nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Mar 15

Birb

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Mar 10

Had a real good day today. #gamejam #indiedev #brackeys

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Mar 8

Definitely no deep dive, but I definitely wish that I’d know that it existed earlier than I did🤷‍♂️

My background is engineering though so feel free to take with a grain of salt 😬

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Mar 8

@tool

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · Mar 3

Most of what we call "tech" is about getting the right information into a database and trying to prevent the wrong person from reading or updating it.

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Feb 28

Just want to share this. The end really stuck with me.

“Find ethical alternatives…It’s about preserving a relationship with technology that’s made for us”

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#indiedev #gamedev #artist

How I Broke up with Adobe

YouTube video by James Lee (Animation)

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Feb 26

Feeling this so much this week

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The Original Square Hole Girl Video + The Redemption

YouTube video by Alison Burke

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Feb 23

We decided that #programming a tutorial would be too much time as we near the end of #gamejam. Instead, please enjoy this informational training video for our game, Manual Override.

You can find it at nerdwellrounded.itch.io/manual-overr...

Manual Override - SOS Training

YouTube video by Peter (mercyforme)

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Feb 21

Programming is easy. Art is less easy, but I can manage. Music is haaaaaaaaard 🥹

#indiedev #gamejam

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Feb 20

Not as much done today as I’d hoped, what with being a substitute 5th grade #teacher and all. I got my #gamejam time in though. I think it’s starting to look pretty neat. Three more days! Nothing can go wrong…

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Rage, rage against the dying of the light

YouTube video by Peter (mercyforme)

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nerdwellrounded @nerdwellrounded.bsky.social · Feb 19

Went to sleep right after programming. Continued to do programming in my dreams. Made some good progress.

Would have rather slept soundly though.

#indiedev #gamedev #gamejam

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