Matthew
@theorangehatter.itch.io
Game Developer,
Lawyer,
Bird Room-mate.
Working on the narrative dungeon crawler Remember Your Oath. (and like, 6 other things)
https://theorangehatter.itch.io/
Lawyer,
Bird Room-mate.
Working on the narrative dungeon crawler Remember Your Oath. (and like, 6 other things)
https://theorangehatter.itch.io/
So I have had a lot of stuff going on, but that time has given me a lot of thought-time when it comes to game dev.
Life is calmed down now, so I am going to start dedicating one day a week (and of course, any other time I have the motivation) to working on prototypes. #Gamedev
Life is calmed down now, so I am going to start dedicating one day a week (and of course, any other time I have the motivation) to working on prototypes. #Gamedev
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So I have had a lot of stuff going on, but that time has given me a lot of thought-time when it comes to game dev.
Life is calmed down now, so I am going to start dedicating one day a week (and of course, any other time I have the motivation) to working on prototypes. #Gamedev
Life is calmed down now, so I am going to start dedicating one day a week (and of course, any other time I have the motivation) to working on prototypes. #Gamedev
Dear Games Workshop;
Big fan of your Horus Heresy 3.0 game, but you have given my legion (The Iron Warriors) a detachment that is super on brand, that contains slots specifically reserved for an Arquitor Bombard.
Can I please have a plastic kit for this tank so I don't spend $230 on a Resin brick?
Big fan of your Horus Heresy 3.0 game, but you have given my legion (The Iron Warriors) a detachment that is super on brand, that contains slots specifically reserved for an Arquitor Bombard.
Can I please have a plastic kit for this tank so I don't spend $230 on a Resin brick?
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dear Games Workshop;
Big fan of your Horus Heresy 3.0 game, but you have given my legion (The Iron Warriors) a detachment that is super on brand, that contains slots specifically reserved for an Arquitor Bombard.
Can I please have a plastic kit for this tank so I don't spend $230 on a Resin brick?
Big fan of your Horus Heresy 3.0 game, but you have given my legion (The Iron Warriors) a detachment that is super on brand, that contains slots specifically reserved for an Arquitor Bombard.
Can I please have a plastic kit for this tank so I don't spend $230 on a Resin brick?
I've got to say, #Borderlands4 has the best inventory management system out of any modern "Looter Shooter" games. Filters, multiple levels of organization, a robust tagging system.
Just, please, allow me to set a different default sort order than "Manufacturer".
Just, please, allow me to set a different default sort order than "Manufacturer".
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I've got to say, #Borderlands4 has the best inventory management system out of any modern "Looter Shooter" games. Filters, multiple levels of organization, a robust tagging system.
Just, please, allow me to set a different default sort order than "Manufacturer".
Just, please, allow me to set a different default sort order than "Manufacturer".
I remember when, early in #Hallowknight, people complained that all the bosses dealt two damage instead of one.
I've met the bosses that deal one damage per hit. I get it now. Anyone using that mod that cuts early boss damage to one is in for something I can only describe as a challenge cliff.
I've met the bosses that deal one damage per hit. I get it now. Anyone using that mod that cuts early boss damage to one is in for something I can only describe as a challenge cliff.
September 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I remember when, early in #Hallowknight, people complained that all the bosses dealt two damage instead of one.
I've met the bosses that deal one damage per hit. I get it now. Anyone using that mod that cuts early boss damage to one is in for something I can only describe as a challenge cliff.
I've met the bosses that deal one damage per hit. I get it now. Anyone using that mod that cuts early boss damage to one is in for something I can only describe as a challenge cliff.
Randy Pitchford, your team has released a great game. #Borderlands4 is fun, the best in a very long time, I'd argue my favorite since the original.
So please, as a fan, who wants the success of this game to speak for itself, I beg of you.
Shut the fuck up.
So please, as a fan, who wants the success of this game to speak for itself, I beg of you.
Shut the fuck up.
September 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Randy Pitchford, your team has released a great game. #Borderlands4 is fun, the best in a very long time, I'd argue my favorite since the original.
So please, as a fan, who wants the success of this game to speak for itself, I beg of you.
Shut the fuck up.
So please, as a fan, who wants the success of this game to speak for itself, I beg of you.
Shut the fuck up.
Listen, I am not going to spoil anything, but there is a particular moment in Hallow Knight: Silksong, and to the wonderful people at Team Cherry, and I mean this in the most reverent and respectful way possible.
Bravo on some incredible misdirection. Also fuck you.
If you know you know.
Bravo on some incredible misdirection. Also fuck you.
If you know you know.
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Listen, I am not going to spoil anything, but there is a particular moment in Hallow Knight: Silksong, and to the wonderful people at Team Cherry, and I mean this in the most reverent and respectful way possible.
Bravo on some incredible misdirection. Also fuck you.
If you know you know.
Bravo on some incredible misdirection. Also fuck you.
If you know you know.
Ludonarrative is realizing that the reason that Saturnine Dreadnoughts/Terminators in #Warhammer Horus Heresy don't make it to #Warhammer40k, is that almost every single weapon you can slap on them, including their entire default profiles, has the "Overload" keyword and can therefore blow itself up.
September 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Ludonarrative is realizing that the reason that Saturnine Dreadnoughts/Terminators in #Warhammer Horus Heresy don't make it to #Warhammer40k, is that almost every single weapon you can slap on them, including their entire default profiles, has the "Overload" keyword and can therefore blow itself up.
So let me get this straight, No Mans Sky appears to have just cribbed Starfield's ship-build system, which has, in effect, entirely invalidated the existence of Starfield.
10/10.
10/10.
August 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So let me get this straight, No Mans Sky appears to have just cribbed Starfield's ship-build system, which has, in effect, entirely invalidated the existence of Starfield.
10/10.
10/10.
After a long string of harrowing life events, it is officially time to get back on the horse.
Game updates coming!
Game updates coming!
July 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
After a long string of harrowing life events, it is officially time to get back on the horse.
Game updates coming!
Game updates coming!
Hot Take: #DuneAwakening is just the Division with thirst and a base building mechanic.
Please note this is not an insult to Dune Awakening.
Please note this is not an insult to Dune Awakening.
July 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hot Take: #DuneAwakening is just the Division with thirst and a base building mechanic.
Please note this is not an insult to Dune Awakening.
Please note this is not an insult to Dune Awakening.
The decision to use music from the 90s Dune games as music on the radio stations in #DuneAwakening was inspired. It lends a sense of musical coherency that almost rivals that of Fallout's modern radio stations. IMO
July 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The decision to use music from the 90s Dune games as music on the radio stations in #DuneAwakening was inspired. It lends a sense of musical coherency that almost rivals that of Fallout's modern radio stations. IMO
SEAF Soldiers have to be the best addition to #Helldivers2 to come out of this update.
They manage to make your average Helldivers 2 squad look like the super-soldiers they are sold as, by being somehow even more comically incompetent then the Helldivers.
#Gaming
They manage to make your average Helldivers 2 squad look like the super-soldiers they are sold as, by being somehow even more comically incompetent then the Helldivers.
#Gaming
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
SEAF Soldiers have to be the best addition to #Helldivers2 to come out of this update.
They manage to make your average Helldivers 2 squad look like the super-soldiers they are sold as, by being somehow even more comically incompetent then the Helldivers.
#Gaming
They manage to make your average Helldivers 2 squad look like the super-soldiers they are sold as, by being somehow even more comically incompetent then the Helldivers.
#Gaming
May 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
#RememberYourOath proving ground animation testing is going...
Well.
This game is now about Yoga.
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Solodev #Rigging #Animation #Help
Well.
This game is now about Yoga.
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Solodev #Rigging #Animation #Help
May 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#RememberYourOath proving ground animation testing is going...
Well.
This game is now about Yoga.
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Solodev #Rigging #Animation #Help
Well.
This game is now about Yoga.
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Solodev #Rigging #Animation #Help
Thoughts on how #RememberYourOath is going to handle first person melee combat.
-Animation Locks: Commit to an attack and your feet are planted (or tied to the attack, maybe a bit of a forward dash).
-Cancellable with a Dodge, you can escape the lock, but only by consuming stamina to dodge.
-Animation Locks: Commit to an attack and your feet are planted (or tied to the attack, maybe a bit of a forward dash).
-Cancellable with a Dodge, you can escape the lock, but only by consuming stamina to dodge.
May 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thoughts on how #RememberYourOath is going to handle first person melee combat.
-Animation Locks: Commit to an attack and your feet are planted (or tied to the attack, maybe a bit of a forward dash).
-Cancellable with a Dodge, you can escape the lock, but only by consuming stamina to dodge.
-Animation Locks: Commit to an attack and your feet are planted (or tied to the attack, maybe a bit of a forward dash).
-Cancellable with a Dodge, you can escape the lock, but only by consuming stamina to dodge.
Updates on #Gamedev stuff.
Been quiet for a week or two, been a difficult May so far.
10/60(90?120? Who knows, lets call it 10/Whenever). games have stalled as I have had a huge amount of motivation regarding #RememberYourOath.
Nothing to show yet but soon, a lot of good stuff happening.
Been quiet for a week or two, been a difficult May so far.
10/60(90?120? Who knows, lets call it 10/Whenever). games have stalled as I have had a huge amount of motivation regarding #RememberYourOath.
Nothing to show yet but soon, a lot of good stuff happening.
May 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Updates on #Gamedev stuff.
Been quiet for a week or two, been a difficult May so far.
10/60(90?120? Who knows, lets call it 10/Whenever). games have stalled as I have had a huge amount of motivation regarding #RememberYourOath.
Nothing to show yet but soon, a lot of good stuff happening.
Been quiet for a week or two, been a difficult May so far.
10/60(90?120? Who knows, lets call it 10/Whenever). games have stalled as I have had a huge amount of motivation regarding #RememberYourOath.
Nothing to show yet but soon, a lot of good stuff happening.
I swear to god the attacks in #ClairObscurExpedition33 have what I can only describe as "Coyote Frames". IE: When you attempt to parry (or I guess dodge) an attack, there will be a certain number of frames after the attack hits visually, but before it kills you, that lets you register a late parry.
May 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I swear to god the attacks in #ClairObscurExpedition33 have what I can only describe as "Coyote Frames". IE: When you attempt to parry (or I guess dodge) an attack, there will be a certain number of frames after the attack hits visually, but before it kills you, that lets you register a late parry.
After watching the recent Connor Conquer's video on #Rimworld, I have returned to the game after a long time.
It is going well.
#Gaming #Games #ColonySim #Nearlykickedtodeathbyahorse
It is going well.
#Gaming #Games #ColonySim #Nearlykickedtodeathbyahorse
May 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
After watching the recent Connor Conquer's video on #Rimworld, I have returned to the game after a long time.
It is going well.
#Gaming #Games #ColonySim #Nearlykickedtodeathbyahorse
It is going well.
#Gaming #Games #ColonySim #Nearlykickedtodeathbyahorse
Unity Programmers of Bluesky, I have a question on composition.
Is it a good or otherwise okay architecture practice to break up entity components through interfaces? See screenshot for examples of how I am doing this.
Any pitfalls I should be aware of?
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Programming #Unity
Is it a good or otherwise okay architecture practice to break up entity components through interfaces? See screenshot for examples of how I am doing this.
Any pitfalls I should be aware of?
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Programming #Unity
May 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Unity Programmers of Bluesky, I have a question on composition.
Is it a good or otherwise okay architecture practice to break up entity components through interfaces? See screenshot for examples of how I am doing this.
Any pitfalls I should be aware of?
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Programming #Unity
Is it a good or otherwise okay architecture practice to break up entity components through interfaces? See screenshot for examples of how I am doing this.
Any pitfalls I should be aware of?
#Gamedev #Indiedev #Programming #Unity
