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Nicholas McDonnell

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Game Designer/Generalist Wishlist Crabmeat on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/Crabmeat Prev - Design / Co Founder @samuraipunk https://nicholasmc1.itch.io/

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · Jun 25

|| Serve the Fuedostate
|| Catch King Crabs
|| Survive

Crabmeat is a short fishing-first-person-point-and-click-survival-horror releasing later this year.

Wishlist now on steam to make sure you meet quota.
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 13h

Cool vibes at the Pabellón De España

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no....

A row of billboards at the Gibraltar/ Spain border.

A sign advertising AI implants at the Gibraltar/ Spain border

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Winston Tang @winstonoftang.bsky.social · 2d

I’m working on PROJECT NIRVANA, a prototype for a souls-like inspired by Buddhist mythology and meditation.
I’ve been learning Unreal, 2D / 3D art and combat game design from scratch, so THINGS WILL BE SCRAPPY! But I want to start sharing my dev journey, so let's go!
(1/3)

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 4d

You might need to taper the line on the tips of the notch as it approaches the camera to make the width feel consistent. But otherwise it looks dope.

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 4d

Farm to table restaurants have gone too far.

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Kuwa Go 🦉🔪COMMS OPEN! @kuwagotheowl.bsky.social · 8d

This VTuber became an owl!!!

Join me in Feather (Samurai Punk) on a journey of becoming an owl while I tell you stories of what I've been up to lately in today's edited VOD!

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 10d

Good haunted bob walking home last night

SpongeBob plush lying on a ratty couch on the side of the road in Melbourne

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 10d

Well....there is the script execution order dropdown

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Haunted House FearFest @hhfearfest.bsky.social · 15d

Dive into the eerie depths of Crabmeat with indie developer Nicholas McDonnell. From solo dev challenges to building atmosphere and tension, Nicholas shares how he transformed his vision into a unique indie horror experience.

#HauntedHouseFearFest #LooksCreepyCoolPodcast #GameDev #CrabmeatGame

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 16d

Punched up the Crabmeat key art a bit for better contrast and weight on steam, what do ya'll think?
#gamedev

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 16d

Hopefully see you on the wednesday!

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 17d

This is my first year not going so I might be doing this or some variant thereof

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 17d

Or you can hang at boat builders for free?!

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 17d

a Feather speedrun was not on my 2025 bingo card
www.twitch.tv/videos/25810...

Feather (All Birds) PB 8:16 - 666al on Twitch

666al went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Feather VOD now.

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Christopher Yabsley @christopherdev.bsky.social · 17d

Instant Dark Messiah vibes when duel wielding Kriss daggers.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 17d

Crabmeat dev is live, tooling around with some backlog features now the major milestone is done.

twitch.tv/searchinginteractive

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 19d

Text version here
store.steampowered.com/news/app/367...

Crabmeat - Development Update: 3 - Steam News

Store Update, Ship Controls and More

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 19d

I'm made another trash devlog going over some recent changes in Crabmeat. As you can tell video production is my passion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFvD...

Crabmeat Devlog 3 - Highlights

YouTube video by Searching Interactive

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 19d

Working on new assets and marketing copy for the steam page today in prep for some upcoming events.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 20d

Don't explain this.

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 21d

Sorry, missed that response.

Good luck with the changes!

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 21d

One thing I think contributing to KM feeling bigger is everything else in the scene (at least in this comparison)

The FX and props help give the scene a sense of greater scale your shot is missing.

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 22d

I enjoyed it, but I was also like 19 when I played it, so my taste was dubious.

Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 24d

Fixing bugs and working on VFX for Crabmeat today. Come hang out over at twitch.tv/searchinginteractive

If we get enough people in chat I'll show the jam project I worked on last week.

#gamedev #unity3d

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