Puppetsquid
puppetsquid.bsky.social
Puppetsquid
@puppetsquid.bsky.social
www.puppetsquid.com
AKA J.
CG Generalist, Rigger, Animator 10+ years xp. I also love coding and writing; learning Godot.
(for this year I am going to try writing a daily delight poem each day under #Delight)

Click 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 ▼ for my work
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More #PunkRate animation!

It may be a tad clearer why I call it that in this animation than the previous one..

I have multiple views to check all angles while working; try not to get hypnotised!!

#IndieDev #GameDev #Animatior #Maya #Unity #3Dfor2D #WIPWednesday
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The #TTRPG gameshow returns with Monster Daddy, Michael Sands as benevolent judge. Watch Keepers Rev, Apollo and Calamity create Monster of the Week content with needlessly arbitrary restrictions and a short time limit!

Streaming Saturday: 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT (Sunday 12noon NZT) on twitch.tv/seroRPG
March 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I know there's been a lack of #ThrowbackThursday from me lately; I've been busy re-working my showreel and updating my website's landing page

check them out here:
www.puppetsquid.com
www.puppetsquid.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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#gamedev #3Dart Foundry is ending Modo, and are giving away licenses for free. all you need is a (free) foundry account

license:
campaigns.foundry.com/modo-eol-lic...

downloads:
www.foundry.com/products/mod...
March 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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My general advice for game developers (of all scales) right now:

1) Build smaller things
2) Lean into emergent gameplay to make those small things big
3) Build them quickly with a smaller team
4) Community is critical

If you want *specific* advice for what you’re building? Let me know

#gameDev
March 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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March 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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I heard a tapping at my window, and it was Artoo singing for peanuts! I wanted to record for longer, but also I'm a big softie and felt bad about making him wait when he's so polite. 😄 #birds
February 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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shadow and maria deserve the world 🌌 #sonic
December 29, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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You are magic ✨
February 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Here are 543 images (1.5GB) of items at the Philadelphia Museum of Art arms and armor exhibit

You're free to use them for anything, even commercially. I tried to focus on details not usually represented in available reference material

drive.google.com/file/d/1NRzg...

Here's a small sampling:
September 16, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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We now have a website. udm14.com
May 22, 2024 at 6:22 PM
More Dumping Ground for #ThrowbackThursday!

I joined in with Kilogramme a fair few times to update rigs and do short animations; I love this one in particular because there's so much going on but it still feels well paced.

#3dFor2D #Maya #Animation #Overwhelmed #ManyHands #Ill
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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For so many reasons.

(Reposting with alt text.)
February 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
trying this.
I have had the light of creation revealed to me

By replacing the default font with one that's literally scribbles, I can't get caught up in spelling, punctuation, formatting, or anything except the words coming out of my head

This is an entire page I typed blind tonight and it was AMAZING
February 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#ThrowbackThursday; Something a bit more recent, I made some 3D assets for James May's 'Our Man In Italy' title sequence.

I *love* doing 3D for 2D and I really think I nailed this one.

#3dFor2d #Vespa #Maya #Rig #Animation
February 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For #PreviewTuesday this week i'm reposting my #GlobalGameJam game.

It's about 5-10 minutes depending how good you are at #platformer games; supports Keyboard and Controller (no touchscreen support yet, sorry!)

https://buff.ly/4gnTy03
#GameDev #SoloDev #Godot
Sodden The Hedgehog by puppetsquid
Play in your browser
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#ThrowbackThursday! Here's one of my favourite rigs I ever made; a cool squishy tentacle for a series of Kaspersky short films.

Whenever I animate a clip like this secretly hope it gets giffed. Obviously something I need to take care of myself!

#Animation #Rigging #Maya #Rig #3D #Tentacles #Vault
January 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I recently got into a debate about whether or not BlueSky is viable for marketing an Indie game.

So here, lets see how many wishlists we get from this post.
(Yes there is a non-VR mode for steam)

More info below 🧵
January 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I made a silly little platformer as part of GGJ:
puppetsquid.itch.io/sodden-the-h...

#solodev #globalgamejam #godot #gamedev
Sodden The Hedgehog by puppetsquid
Play in your browser
puppetsquid.itch.io
January 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Bluejay

When nature color coordinates...
January 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For #ThrowbackThursday, here's the title sequence from Dumping Ground Series 3-

I broke down the original character drawings, rigged and animated them in 3D, rendered and comped them back to 2D planes, and then brought them back into 3D for the pop-up book effect.

I'm still proud of the juggling!
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week

and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Gotta feel bad for trump; the one time he steps into a church and he gets dunked on by the pastor
January 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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If you hire me as an animator I promise I will tell you all about how rats are lovely and misunderstood creatures. And show you cute pics of them on my phone
January 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM