Corey Johnson
@coreyjohnson.bsky.social
(He/Him) Full time dad making games and art
Technical Lead @pacificember.com
Support my work and get free assets/code on my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/owlet_dev
Technical Lead @pacificember.com
Support my work and get free assets/code on my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/owlet_dev
I love me some high quality hobby supplies. Whether it's a fancy set of brushes, a drawing tablet with a screen, or maybe a really nice pair of hiking boots.
BUT
It's SOO fun seeing how much you can stretch bottom of the barrel, cheap supplies! Sure the quality is worse, but IT'S FUN
BUT
It's SOO fun seeing how much you can stretch bottom of the barrel, cheap supplies! Sure the quality is worse, but IT'S FUN
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I love me some high quality hobby supplies. Whether it's a fancy set of brushes, a drawing tablet with a screen, or maybe a really nice pair of hiking boots.
BUT
It's SOO fun seeing how much you can stretch bottom of the barrel, cheap supplies! Sure the quality is worse, but IT'S FUN
BUT
It's SOO fun seeing how much you can stretch bottom of the barrel, cheap supplies! Sure the quality is worse, but IT'S FUN
Reposted by Corey Johnson
AAAAA PHEW just finished binding a bunch of new zines that compile my PNW fantasy sketch pages :”) just in time for when I get to table at the Portland Zine Symposium tomorrow if anyone’s in the area come say hi!!!
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
AAAAA PHEW just finished binding a bunch of new zines that compile my PNW fantasy sketch pages :”) just in time for when I get to table at the Portland Zine Symposium tomorrow if anyone’s in the area come say hi!!!
My new game about #rockhounding is slowly coming together!
Been focusing on the environment working, because there has to be lots and lots of rock variety!
#gamedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday
Been focusing on the environment working, because there has to be lots and lots of rock variety!
#gamedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday
November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My new game about #rockhounding is slowly coming together!
Been focusing on the environment working, because there has to be lots and lots of rock variety!
#gamedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday
Been focusing on the environment working, because there has to be lots and lots of rock variety!
#gamedev #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday
#b3d trick
Sometimes doing UVs and texturing can be tricky because of little nooks and crannies in the model, but you can duplicate part of the mesh or make shape keys to explode it and simplify the process a little bit :)
Sometimes doing UVs and texturing can be tricky because of little nooks and crannies in the model, but you can duplicate part of the mesh or make shape keys to explode it and simplify the process a little bit :)
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#b3d trick
Sometimes doing UVs and texturing can be tricky because of little nooks and crannies in the model, but you can duplicate part of the mesh or make shape keys to explode it and simplify the process a little bit :)
Sometimes doing UVs and texturing can be tricky because of little nooks and crannies in the model, but you can duplicate part of the mesh or make shape keys to explode it and simplify the process a little bit :)
Workshop is coming along 🙌
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Workshop is coming along 🙌
Lmao the new game I'm working on is conceptually simpler than some of the other projects I've worked on but it's LITTERED with unique UI elements and different cameras, throwing me for a loop a bit 😅
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Lmao the new game I'm working on is conceptually simpler than some of the other projects I've worked on but it's LITTERED with unique UI elements and different cameras, throwing me for a loop a bit 😅
I'm curious what Affinity's announcement is gonna be in regards to the "creative freedom" today. Hoping it's something super useful and not a rug pull for the existing customer base :)
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm curious what Affinity's announcement is gonna be in regards to the "creative freedom" today. Hoping it's something super useful and not a rug pull for the existing customer base :)
Reposted by Corey Johnson
BOO! (the scary ghost kind)
Anyway How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself is 50% off as part of the Itch Halloween Sale 2025:
valadria.itch.io/how-to-make-...
Anyway How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself is 50% off as part of the Itch Halloween Sale 2025:
valadria.itch.io/how-to-make-...
How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself by Valadria
10 steps, just you and a computer
valadria.itch.io
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
BOO! (the scary ghost kind)
Anyway How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself is 50% off as part of the Itch Halloween Sale 2025:
valadria.itch.io/how-to-make-...
Anyway How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself is 50% off as part of the Itch Halloween Sale 2025:
valadria.itch.io/how-to-make-...
I need an in game calendar for my current project(s), and I am resisting the urge to make an overkill solution by rebuilding an actual calendar 🫠
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I need an in game calendar for my current project(s), and I am resisting the urge to make an overkill solution by rebuilding an actual calendar 🫠
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Hiking and finding cool rocks is a blast, but I GOT TO SEE AN OWL 😍😍
I was carrying our toddler and my wife looked up from tying her boot to see a shadow swooping down at us from behind!!
It was trying to be all imposing in the rain but I know behind those talons is a 2lb raging cotton ball 🤗
I was carrying our toddler and my wife looked up from tying her boot to see a shadow swooping down at us from behind!!
It was trying to be all imposing in the rain but I know behind those talons is a 2lb raging cotton ball 🤗
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hiking and finding cool rocks is a blast, but I GOT TO SEE AN OWL 😍😍
I was carrying our toddler and my wife looked up from tying her boot to see a shadow swooping down at us from behind!!
It was trying to be all imposing in the rain but I know behind those talons is a 2lb raging cotton ball 🤗
I was carrying our toddler and my wife looked up from tying her boot to see a shadow swooping down at us from behind!!
It was trying to be all imposing in the rain but I know behind those talons is a 2lb raging cotton ball 🤗
Reposted by Corey Johnson
The truism of "if you can't make ot fun woth just cubes, you can't make it fun with amazing graphics" just highlights this point.
Point A has a powerup. Point B has health. Point C a secret door. Point D is the exit. That's your level at its most stripped back.
Point A has a powerup. Point B has health. Point C a secret door. Point D is the exit. That's your level at its most stripped back.
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The truism of "if you can't make ot fun woth just cubes, you can't make it fun with amazing graphics" just highlights this point.
Point A has a powerup. Point B has health. Point C a secret door. Point D is the exit. That's your level at its most stripped back.
Point A has a powerup. Point B has health. Point C a secret door. Point D is the exit. That's your level at its most stripped back.
Trying to chisel away at some mineral stone we got rockhounding recently, a fragment split off and it has quartz, grossular garnet, and epidote all clustered together
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trying to chisel away at some mineral stone we got rockhounding recently, a fragment split off and it has quartz, grossular garnet, and epidote all clustered together
You'd think a day of adventure would wipe a toddler out but instead it's me, barely awake face down on the floor while she begins to dump out the magnet tiles 🤣
September 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
You'd think a day of adventure would wipe a toddler out but instead it's me, barely awake face down on the floor while she begins to dump out the magnet tiles 🤣
#gamedev has been going strong despite radio silence. Full time dad life + good weather has me very busy 😊
Been doing lots of concept art work to get to a better spot for Emberhold! And trying to come up with a creative way to link Pinehearth with it!
Pinehearth is also getting an update but TBA
Been doing lots of concept art work to get to a better spot for Emberhold! And trying to come up with a creative way to link Pinehearth with it!
Pinehearth is also getting an update but TBA
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#gamedev has been going strong despite radio silence. Full time dad life + good weather has me very busy 😊
Been doing lots of concept art work to get to a better spot for Emberhold! And trying to come up with a creative way to link Pinehearth with it!
Pinehearth is also getting an update but TBA
Been doing lots of concept art work to get to a better spot for Emberhold! And trying to come up with a creative way to link Pinehearth with it!
Pinehearth is also getting an update but TBA
Tumbling some rocks, will it be shiny or sand
I could read instructions but where's the fun in that
I skimmed some though
I could read instructions but where's the fun in that
I skimmed some though
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Tumbling some rocks, will it be shiny or sand
I could read instructions but where's the fun in that
I skimmed some though
I could read instructions but where's the fun in that
I skimmed some though
Something that might seem a bit silly from the outside but has made working on Emberhold a pure joy again is that I'm trying to make sure whatever I'm working on, I can have my toddler playtest
#gamedev can feel challenging for me while juggling parenting, but this has made it a little less so!
#gamedev can feel challenging for me while juggling parenting, but this has made it a little less so!
September 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Something that might seem a bit silly from the outside but has made working on Emberhold a pure joy again is that I'm trying to make sure whatever I'm working on, I can have my toddler playtest
#gamedev can feel challenging for me while juggling parenting, but this has made it a little less so!
#gamedev can feel challenging for me while juggling parenting, but this has made it a little less so!
Reposted by Corey Johnson
Swapped the demo for "Tides of Tethys" to have its own steam page, where people can now leave reviews for the demo and give feedback.
Check it out if you haven't :D
store.steampowered.com/app/3477630/...
Check it out if you haven't :D
store.steampowered.com/app/3477630/...
Tides Of Tethys Demo on Steam
Explore the uncharted depths of Tethys, and scavenge resources and lost technologies, to survive the dangers of the abyss. In this demo, lead expeditions of Knights through the unknown region of the S...
store.steampowered.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Swapped the demo for "Tides of Tethys" to have its own steam page, where people can now leave reviews for the demo and give feedback.
Check it out if you haven't :D
store.steampowered.com/app/3477630/...
Check it out if you haven't :D
store.steampowered.com/app/3477630/...
A burl found we found on a hike yesterday, not 500 feet from a bible someone abandoned a while ago next to a giant moss covered tree. On the cover of the bible was a faded note saying
"Mommy loves you. Daddy loves you. We're so proud of you"
The energy was so eerie there. We left quite quickly.
"Mommy loves you. Daddy loves you. We're so proud of you"
The energy was so eerie there. We left quite quickly.
August 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A burl found we found on a hike yesterday, not 500 feet from a bible someone abandoned a while ago next to a giant moss covered tree. On the cover of the bible was a faded note saying
"Mommy loves you. Daddy loves you. We're so proud of you"
The energy was so eerie there. We left quite quickly.
"Mommy loves you. Daddy loves you. We're so proud of you"
The energy was so eerie there. We left quite quickly.
August 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Drawing is just so fun once you loosen up and hit that flowing stage
Doesn't matter if its detail work or concepting 😌
Doesn't matter if its detail work or concepting 😌
August 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Drawing is just so fun once you loosen up and hit that flowing stage
Doesn't matter if its detail work or concepting 😌
Doesn't matter if its detail work or concepting 😌
So excited for @seattleindies.bsky.social SLICE 2025 tomorrow
a close up of a cartoon character with a rainbow colored background .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with a rainbow colored background .
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August 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
So excited for @seattleindies.bsky.social SLICE 2025 tomorrow
The old adage "measure twice, cut once" can be applied to #gamedev too
@chrisdeleon.bsky.social has mentioned the importance of effective prototyping methods in the past, like building the facade of the mechanic before implementing it
Or you can be like me, gutting my mechanic for the 3rd time 😌
@chrisdeleon.bsky.social has mentioned the importance of effective prototyping methods in the past, like building the facade of the mechanic before implementing it
Or you can be like me, gutting my mechanic for the 3rd time 😌
August 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The old adage "measure twice, cut once" can be applied to #gamedev too
@chrisdeleon.bsky.social has mentioned the importance of effective prototyping methods in the past, like building the facade of the mechanic before implementing it
Or you can be like me, gutting my mechanic for the 3rd time 😌
@chrisdeleon.bsky.social has mentioned the importance of effective prototyping methods in the past, like building the facade of the mechanic before implementing it
Or you can be like me, gutting my mechanic for the 3rd time 😌
Doing some morning drawing and I'm like "haha why does my cheek tickle??" and I brush my face to discover a spider crawling on it.
Whyyyyy
Whyyyyy
August 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Doing some morning drawing and I'm like "haha why does my cheek tickle??" and I brush my face to discover a spider crawling on it.
Whyyyyy
Whyyyyy