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Taconitemare

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Game Dev and Math Nerd. Making a couple projects: - Physics-based archery retro-FPS - Meditative canoeing game about learning First Nations toponyms for the Great Lakes region https://taconitegames.itch.io/

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Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · Aug 31

After 6 months of awesome work,
𝑁𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑖𝑛𝑔 is launching this Sept.!

Check it out along with 4 other indie games from Michigan devs as part of the @locallysourced.bsky.social anthology 2!

Check out our steam page at:
store.steampowered.com/app/3938610/...

#gamedev #indiegame #steam #majorupdate

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 14m

Now that the javelin is a bit better configured,
it adds a hefty punch to the combat.

Don't mind that guy wandering away with an axe in his head, they sometimes get confused when exiting the stun state :/

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday

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Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 4h

"Oh yeah, it's easy to make a new weapon,
just copy one of the existing ones!"

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 4h

"Oh yeah, it's easy to make a new weapon,
just copy one of the existing ones!"

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev #screenshotsaturday

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Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 6h

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 7h

Does that mean that all posts need to be in both English and French?

Cela signifie-t-il que tous les messages doivent être en anglais et en français ?

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Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 1d

Added automatic reactions to enemies, allowing for more expressive stun and flinch states.

All new features are opportunities for comedy though!

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 1d

I love the dither pattern on the windows!

It's a little hard to tell from the video, is it on screen space or like UV'd onto the windows?

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 1d

I never knew he was struggling like that...

Screenshot of Wikipedia page for arithmomania:

"European folklore concerning vampires often depicts them with arithmomania, such as a compulsion to count seeds or grains of millet.[3] Count von Count, a vampire character on Sesame Street, is known for counting everything and anything."

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 1d

Added automatic reactions to enemies, allowing for more expressive stun and flinch states.

All new features are opportunities for comedy though!

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! Definitely trying to channel Dark Messiah and that whole era

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Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 4d

frying up some broccoli and pak choi in cannola oil and eating it with mustard is a fun and healthy way to experience the culmination of a Dune style 8,000 year genetic experiment

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Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

The projectiles are already feeling leagues better now that they're using the new inventory and pooling systems!

This also means that weapons can fire multiple types of projectiles; just specify what types it supports and the rest is automatic!

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

The projectiles are already feeling leagues better now that they're using the new inventory and pooling systems!

This also means that weapons can fire multiple types of projectiles; just specify what types it supports and the rest is automatic!

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

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Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

"Why does the last thrown weapon in the stack always spawn at the origin?"

B/c you're recycling the weapon instance (ran out of ammo) before launching the projectile...

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

How lazy do you have to be to generate a picture of dice?

AI generate image of a pair of dice with bisexual lighting. One of the die shows 4 on all 3 visible sides.

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

That's my understanding; bake, crush, dissolve in white vinegar, dilute into their water.

It's apparently not the most important (nitrogen's usually best), but it's nice to be a part of the process sometimes.

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

To be clear, I'm both of them here

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

Is there any prep before grinding

I've made plant food from eggshells before and you had to bake them to burn out the proteins (very stinky).

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

"Why does the last thrown weapon in the stack always spawn at the origin?"

B/c you're recycling the weapon instance (ran out of ammo) before launching the projectile...

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, yeah?

That's more of an offline algorithm though; generates a bunch of random points, then reject all but the farthest from any existing point.

I'm hoping for more of a "get me the closest unobstructed place to put this object (one or more colliders)"

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 6d

Is there some obvious technique for making sure an instantiated object isn't inside/overlapping other geo?

I know there are overlap checks, but I'm hoping for a "find closest unoccupied space" kinda function...

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #solodev

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 6d

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

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Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 7d

Spent a couple days turning this FPS into an FPS+RPG.

Items now stack up to a max count, with some items (like ammo) automatically being picked up if there is stack space available. Picking up more starts a new stack.

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #screenshotsaturday

Taconitemare @taconite.bsky.social · 7d

Spent a couple days turning this FPS into an FPS+RPG.

Items now stack up to a max count, with some items (like ammo) automatically being picked up if there is stack space available. Picking up more starts a new stack.

#gamedev #indiegame #fps #indiefps #unity3d #screenshotsaturday

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Addy !! @addark.bsky.social · 8d

i got a new job as an inspector at this perfectly normal factory that makes cabins!! how exciting!!! tonight's my first shift, nothing is gonna go wrong during the month of halloween :)))

(i don't play a lot of scary games so this is gonna be interesting lol)

see u @ 5ish // twitch.tv/addark

a sketchy drawing of my fursona making the "soyjak" pog face and pointing at the control deck from the Cabin Factory. the drawing is inverted, so it's white lines on a black background
the text reads
TONIGHT
THE CABIN FACTORY
5(ish) CENTRAL