Barry Herbers
@barryherbers.bsky.social
Animation implementation/dev assistance on Royalty Free For All for AAAA games.
Remember a couple years ago when we were all doing top 25s on topsters.org?
Silksong done, I decided to redo and RIP BotW
Top 10:
1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Journey
3. Kentucky Route Zero
4. Spelunky 2
5. Disco Elysium
6. Dark Souls
7. Inside
8. Night in the Woods
9. Little Inferno
10. Ico
Silksong done, I decided to redo and RIP BotW
Top 10:
1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Journey
3. Kentucky Route Zero
4. Spelunky 2
5. Disco Elysium
6. Dark Souls
7. Inside
8. Night in the Woods
9. Little Inferno
10. Ico
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Remember a couple years ago when we were all doing top 25s on topsters.org?
Silksong done, I decided to redo and RIP BotW
Top 10:
1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Journey
3. Kentucky Route Zero
4. Spelunky 2
5. Disco Elysium
6. Dark Souls
7. Inside
8. Night in the Woods
9. Little Inferno
10. Ico
Silksong done, I decided to redo and RIP BotW
Top 10:
1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Journey
3. Kentucky Route Zero
4. Spelunky 2
5. Disco Elysium
6. Dark Souls
7. Inside
8. Night in the Woods
9. Little Inferno
10. Ico
Things Silksong succeeds at that people don't talk about:
1. Keys are rare and exciting
2. Gibberish voices with more personality/nuance than any other game
3. money is a resource that actually matters
4. Multiple diagetic fast travel systems
5. Hornet has a full Smash Bros. moveset ready to go
1. Keys are rare and exciting
2. Gibberish voices with more personality/nuance than any other game
3. money is a resource that actually matters
4. Multiple diagetic fast travel systems
5. Hornet has a full Smash Bros. moveset ready to go
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Things Silksong succeeds at that people don't talk about:
1. Keys are rare and exciting
2. Gibberish voices with more personality/nuance than any other game
3. money is a resource that actually matters
4. Multiple diagetic fast travel systems
5. Hornet has a full Smash Bros. moveset ready to go
1. Keys are rare and exciting
2. Gibberish voices with more personality/nuance than any other game
3. money is a resource that actually matters
4. Multiple diagetic fast travel systems
5. Hornet has a full Smash Bros. moveset ready to go
Reminder from the Dark Souls subreddit that bullying people into not posting AI garbage still works:
September 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reminder from the Dark Souls subreddit that bullying people into not posting AI garbage still works:
Thank you all so much for giving this post a second lease on life :) it means the world to suddenly have so many RTs on Royalty Free-For-All's Kickstarter.
And thank you, @robinpoedev.bsky.social for kicking that off yesterday <3
And thank you, @robinpoedev.bsky.social for kicking that off yesterday <3
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thank you all so much for giving this post a second lease on life :) it means the world to suddenly have so many RTs on Royalty Free-For-All's Kickstarter.
And thank you, @robinpoedev.bsky.social for kicking that off yesterday <3
And thank you, @robinpoedev.bsky.social for kicking that off yesterday <3
You know it, friend! Look at this regal boi Oliver Twist
September 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
You know it, friend! Look at this regal boi Oliver Twist
Haven't felt like this since The Last Guardian came out...
September 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Haven't felt like this since The Last Guardian came out...
Finally replaced one of the last gameplay placeholders in Royalty Free For All.
Coded Oliver Twist's radial recovery like 6 months ago, plopped in a 'draw_circle()', then we all kinda forgot about it lol.
Now draws a thicker, palette-swapping circle to match the vine, even added leaves <3
#gamedev
Coded Oliver Twist's radial recovery like 6 months ago, plopped in a 'draw_circle()', then we all kinda forgot about it lol.
Now draws a thicker, palette-swapping circle to match the vine, even added leaves <3
#gamedev
September 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Finally replaced one of the last gameplay placeholders in Royalty Free For All.
Coded Oliver Twist's radial recovery like 6 months ago, plopped in a 'draw_circle()', then we all kinda forgot about it lol.
Now draws a thicker, palette-swapping circle to match the vine, even added leaves <3
#gamedev
Coded Oliver Twist's radial recovery like 6 months ago, plopped in a 'draw_circle()', then we all kinda forgot about it lol.
Now draws a thicker, palette-swapping circle to match the vine, even added leaves <3
#gamedev
Just got home from PAX West. Forgot how much fun it is to watch folks try Royalty Free For All for the first time, and even more fun to see returning faces from last year.
Really happy with how far the gameplay's come :)
#gamedev
Really happy with how far the gameplay's come :)
#gamedev
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Just got home from PAX West. Forgot how much fun it is to watch folks try Royalty Free For All for the first time, and even more fun to see returning faces from last year.
Really happy with how far the gameplay's come :)
#gamedev
Really happy with how far the gameplay's come :)
#gamedev
Pet hair is another one for sure lmao
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pet hair is another one for sure lmao
Awwwwwhhhh
My pup and I just moved to a new place, and since I don't have roommates anymore I think she's a bit lonely 😭
My pup and I just moved to a new place, and since I don't have roommates anymore I think she's a bit lonely 😭
July 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Awwwwwhhhh
My pup and I just moved to a new place, and since I don't have roommates anymore I think she's a bit lonely 😭
My pup and I just moved to a new place, and since I don't have roommates anymore I think she's a bit lonely 😭
Pentiment funny game
July 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Pentiment funny game
I'm thinking this is about as deep as I need the faux 3D first person to go. Next is to do some dithering at the farthest layer so squares popping in as you move feel a little less jarring #gamedev
July 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I'm thinking this is about as deep as I need the faux 3D first person to go. Next is to do some dithering at the farthest layer so squares popping in as you move feel a little less jarring #gamedev
I think I've finally got the faux-3D first perspective I'm going for, so it's finally time to start adding the deeper layers (you'll be able to see 2 or 3 more tiles 'deep').
Once I added walking, I think the illusion really started to work.
#gamedev
Once I added walking, I think the illusion really started to work.
#gamedev
July 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I think I've finally got the faux-3D first perspective I'm going for, so it's finally time to start adding the deeper layers (you'll be able to see 2 or 3 more tiles 'deep').
Once I added walking, I think the illusion really started to work.
#gamedev
Once I added walking, I think the illusion really started to work.
#gamedev
In my long quest to crate the blobber of my dreams, I finally figured out enough about basic perspective to make a tileset that extends more than 3 blocks!
I come back to this kind of project every couple of months as I continue to learn, and it's starting to feel possible! #gamedev
I come back to this kind of project every couple of months as I continue to learn, and it's starting to feel possible! #gamedev
June 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In my long quest to crate the blobber of my dreams, I finally figured out enough about basic perspective to make a tileset that extends more than 3 blocks!
I come back to this kind of project every couple of months as I continue to learn, and it's starting to feel possible! #gamedev
I come back to this kind of project every couple of months as I continue to learn, and it's starting to feel possible! #gamedev
That is what I thought it would be, but it's not! When I just follow two vanishing points, this distortion ends up happening, where the cubes get wider and wider the further back I go (1st image).
I had to use a third vanishing point in the center to place the lines correctly (2nd image).
I had to use a third vanishing point in the center to place the lines correctly (2nd image).
June 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
That is what I thought it would be, but it's not! When I just follow two vanishing points, this distortion ends up happening, where the cubes get wider and wider the further back I go (1st image).
I had to use a third vanishing point in the center to place the lines correctly (2nd image).
I had to use a third vanishing point in the center to place the lines correctly (2nd image).
And here it is with the hidden center point perspective guides and the vanishing points!
June 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
And here it is with the hidden center point perspective guides and the vanishing points!
#gamedev, you do not comprehend how long it took to wrap my head around 3 point perspective well enough to give this 2nd image proper proportions...
I have finally done pixeled a (mostly) dungeon crawler grid with a perspective correct rotation frame!
(don't you dare remind me 3D games exist)
I have finally done pixeled a (mostly) dungeon crawler grid with a perspective correct rotation frame!
(don't you dare remind me 3D games exist)
June 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#gamedev, you do not comprehend how long it took to wrap my head around 3 point perspective well enough to give this 2nd image proper proportions...
I have finally done pixeled a (mostly) dungeon crawler grid with a perspective correct rotation frame!
(don't you dare remind me 3D games exist)
I have finally done pixeled a (mostly) dungeon crawler grid with a perspective correct rotation frame!
(don't you dare remind me 3D games exist)
on the meaning and moralization of looting during riots:
June 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
on the meaning and moralization of looting during riots:
Little doggie and messie hair
June 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Little doggie and messie hair
Remember owning video games? Modern tech's primary innovations just involve making things not last
June 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Remember owning video games? Modern tech's primary innovations just involve making things not last
Funniest bumper sticker
June 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Funniest bumper sticker