David Wehle
@davidwehle.bsky.social
Game developer, made The First Tree and is currently working on a farming horror game called We Harvest Shadows.
This pic cracks me up. One mistake in my demo was that the wolves were too cute, so they got a glow up. It's pretty scary when you can only see some teeth and eyes growling at you in total darkness. #gamedev
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This pic cracks me up. One mistake in my demo was that the wolves were too cute, so they got a glow up. It's pretty scary when you can only see some teeth and eyes growling at you in total darkness. #gamedev
Reposted by David Wehle
So @mikerose.bsky.social & I decided to do a silly podcast comparing notes about indie games & their history & also about suddenly being middle-aged & tired
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So @mikerose.bsky.social & I decided to do a silly podcast comparing notes about indie games & their history & also about suddenly being middle-aged & tired
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
The demo for We Harvest Shadows only had real-time lighting which hurt performance and looked only OK. We've put tons of work into using the new Adaptive Probe Volumes in Unity, and it's looking great. It makes the mornings look inviting and the nights TERRIFYING. #madewithunity
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The demo for We Harvest Shadows only had real-time lighting which hurt performance and looked only OK. We've put tons of work into using the new Adaptive Probe Volumes in Unity, and it's looking great. It makes the mornings look inviting and the nights TERRIFYING. #madewithunity
Not sure if I can pull off "wool cards" for the sheep, it's just so much overdraw (about 30+ in spots). I want the player to be able to tell that it's sheerin' time from a distance, but I'm not sure if this will work performance wise. About 10 sheep cut my FPS in half. :( #gamedev
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Not sure if I can pull off "wool cards" for the sheep, it's just so much overdraw (about 30+ in spots). I want the player to be able to tell that it's sheerin' time from a distance, but I'm not sure if this will work performance wise. About 10 sheep cut my FPS in half. :( #gamedev
Minimal UI is really important to me, but we kinda need an inventory or resources screen... so we're doing a second page in the ever-important notepad. Using Laplacian Deform for the first time in Blender, should work when baking it down to BlendShapes for Unity. #gamedev #blender
September 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
More work from the talented Bradley P, I love the thud as the shotgun hits the shoulder. I love good animators!
September 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
More work from the talented Bradley P, I love the thud as the shotgun hits the shoulder. I love good animators!
Claire is also getting a glow up, looking pretty good in URP so far
July 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Claire is also getting a glow up, looking pretty good in URP so far
I promised my kids I wouldn’t tear down their couch cushion fort, so this is how I’m playing Nightreign tonight
June 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I promised my kids I wouldn’t tear down their couch cushion fort, so this is how I’m playing Nightreign tonight
More flashback environment work.
I really love DP Emmanuel Lubezski and his use of natural light. For The Tree of Life, he asked the set designers to build the main house multiple times in different rotations, just so he could position the sun exactly how he wanted. #gamedev
I really love DP Emmanuel Lubezski and his use of natural light. For The Tree of Life, he asked the set designers to build the main house multiple times in different rotations, just so he could position the sun exactly how he wanted. #gamedev
June 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
More flashback environment work.
I really love DP Emmanuel Lubezski and his use of natural light. For The Tree of Life, he asked the set designers to build the main house multiple times in different rotations, just so he could position the sun exactly how he wanted. #gamedev
I really love DP Emmanuel Lubezski and his use of natural light. For The Tree of Life, he asked the set designers to build the main house multiple times in different rotations, just so he could position the sun exactly how he wanted. #gamedev
Trying out some baked/dynamic light combos. Having time-of-day and weather makes it hard, but that sweet, sweet global illumination is too good to pass up. We're also gonna use the new adaptive probe volumes.
Image courtesy of Will S, a new environment contractor helping us out! #gamedev #unity
Image courtesy of Will S, a new environment contractor helping us out! #gamedev #unity
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
At PAX East, Unity stopped by and they took a liking to my game! It was great visiting with them and sharing my concerns and hopes for the future (it really is my favorite engine). Here's the reel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKX...
PAX East 2025 - Made with Unity indies
YouTube video by Unity
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May 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
At PAX East, Unity stopped by and they took a liking to my game! It was great visiting with them and sharing my concerns and hopes for the future (it really is my favorite engine). Here's the reel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKX...
I'm trying stuff for fun on the weekends. Not that I don't like making games, but it's hard to keep going sometimes.
So I bought a broken Gameboy and repaired the power and screen. It feels good to finish a project in a day instead of half a decade.
So I bought a broken Gameboy and repaired the power and screen. It feels good to finish a project in a day instead of half a decade.
May 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I'm trying stuff for fun on the weekends. Not that I don't like making games, but it's hard to keep going sometimes.
So I bought a broken Gameboy and repaired the power and screen. It feels good to finish a project in a day instead of half a decade.
So I bought a broken Gameboy and repaired the power and screen. It feels good to finish a project in a day instead of half a decade.
It's been difficult but we're converting We Harvest Shadows to Unity 6.1 and the Universal Render Pipeline.
Here's the first look at the new weather system and shaders (new everything pretty much). We need more time but the wait will be worth it. ♥
Here's the first look at the new weather system and shaders (new everything pretty much). We need more time but the wait will be worth it. ♥
May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It's been difficult but we're converting We Harvest Shadows to Unity 6.1 and the Universal Render Pipeline.
Here's the first look at the new weather system and shaders (new everything pretty much). We need more time but the wait will be worth it. ♥
Here's the first look at the new weather system and shaders (new everything pretty much). We need more time but the wait will be worth it. ♥
Reposted by David Wehle
David Wehle is hiring a Senior Unity Engineer for his first-person horror farming game, We Harvest Shadows!
🛰️ Contract, Anywhere
🔧 8+ years XP
🎮 Made in Unity
Work with @davidwehle.bsky.social and apply:
🛰️ Contract, Anywhere
🔧 8+ years XP
🎮 Made in Unity
Work with @davidwehle.bsky.social and apply:
David Wehle is hiring a Senior Unity Engineer
I’m looking for a Senior Unity Engineer who is comfortable wrangling spaghetti code, various interconnected asset packs, and the problems that come with that duct-tape approach to game development.
workwithindies.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
David Wehle is hiring a Senior Unity Engineer for his first-person horror farming game, We Harvest Shadows!
🛰️ Contract, Anywhere
🔧 8+ years XP
🎮 Made in Unity
Work with @davidwehle.bsky.social and apply:
🛰️ Contract, Anywhere
🔧 8+ years XP
🎮 Made in Unity
Work with @davidwehle.bsky.social and apply:
Fascinating article, thank you Bryant for the mention! It's going viral on reddit too, congrats
New from me—I had a great time at PAX East last week and met truly incredible developers. I was also pulling my hair out at how many small teams outnumbered proper-sized studios.
It's good that indies can punch above their weight. It's bad that it's replacing stable work in games!
It's good that indies can punch above their weight. It's bad that it's replacing stable work in games!
The 'deprofessionalization of video games' was on full display at PAX East
May 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fascinating article, thank you Bryant for the mention! It's going viral on reddit too, congrats
Reposted by David Wehle
Loved seeing this anti cozy horror farming sim made in Unity 6.1 at the #PAXRising booth #madewithunity from @davidwehle.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/1559720/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1559720/...
Larry Hryb, Gamer Emeritus 📱⌨️🖱️🎮 on X: "Loved to see this anti cozy horror farming sim made in Unity 6.1 at the #PAXRising booth #madewithunity from @DavidWehle https://t.co/ZXiolMHVg4" / X
Loved to see this anti cozy horror farming sim made in Unity 6.1 at the #PAXRising booth #madewithunity from @DavidWehle https://t.co/ZXiolMHVg4
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May 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Loved seeing this anti cozy horror farming sim made in Unity 6.1 at the #PAXRising booth #madewithunity from @davidwehle.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/1559720/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1559720/...
Great first day, met a lot of super nice people (including Major Nelson) and old friends! Always love watching people scream from the end of the demo 😆
May 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Great first day, met a lot of super nice people (including Major Nelson) and old friends! Always love watching people scream from the end of the demo 😆
Made it to Boston! See you at PAX
May 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Made it to Boston! See you at PAX
If you’re doing an open world type game with a dynamic day/night system, can forward+ rendering get close to deferred performance? We’re going to URP in Unity now and trying to make some decisions.
April 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you’re doing an open world type game with a dynamic day/night system, can forward+ rendering get close to deferred performance? We’re going to URP in Unity now and trying to make some decisions.
I noticed a nice bump of wishlists for We Harvest Shadows, and found this cool video by @gameranx! Top new horror games, I'll take it!
Wishlist bump detailed for curious devs. The video is at about 220k views.
Wishlist bump detailed for curious devs. The video is at about 220k views.
April 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I noticed a nice bump of wishlists for We Harvest Shadows, and found this cool video by @gameranx! Top new horror games, I'll take it!
Wishlist bump detailed for curious devs. The video is at about 220k views.
Wishlist bump detailed for curious devs. The video is at about 220k views.
I'm sorry I'm late on this, but I'm THRILLED to be accepted into LudoNarraCon 2025 official selection!
Such incredible games here, thank you @fellowtraveller.games for this honor.
Such incredible games here, thank you @fellowtraveller.games for this honor.
April 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm sorry I'm late on this, but I'm THRILLED to be accepted into LudoNarraCon 2025 official selection!
Such incredible games here, thank you @fellowtraveller.games for this honor.
Such incredible games here, thank you @fellowtraveller.games for this honor.
I don't really put many hours into games like I used to, but Blue Prince was absolutely engrossing and fantastic. It's games like this that keep the magic alive for me with game dev, even through years of burn out. Thank you @dogubomb.bsky.social!
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I don't really put many hours into games like I used to, but Blue Prince was absolutely engrossing and fantastic. It's games like this that keep the magic alive for me with game dev, even through years of burn out. Thank you @dogubomb.bsky.social!