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Develop01c
@develop01c.bsky.social
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Used to teach GameDev in C#/XNA/Unity. Now building tools to help other devs ship. Enthusiastic about code, optimization, RTS games, history and maps.

Sometimes writing, at times coherent @ https://www.thungsten.com/blog/
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develop01c.bsky.social
Just a little something I'm cooking to speed up #unity UI Toolkit development #GameDev #IndieDev
October 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Been a while since I posted anything, this one is short but hopefully useful for someone out there! #GameDev
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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thungsten.com
⭐ Thungsten Grid was just updated (2025.09.27a) with a minor feature requested a user:

Features
- Added property _Offset to offset the grid by a set amount, in both Local and World spacing modes.

#gamedev #unity3d

assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx...
THUNGSTEN GRID | VFX Shaders | Unity Asset Store
Add depth to your next project with THUNGSTEN GRID from THUNGSTEN TOOLS. Find this & more VFX Shaders on the Unity Asset Store.
assetstore.unity.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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thungsten.com
A small update, 2025.08.11.a is coming up for Thungsten Grid. It is currently pending Unity approval:

Fixes:
- Correctly excluded editor-only scripts from builds.

Improvements:
- Improved UI with helpful links.

assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx...
THUNGSTEN GRID | VFX Shaders | Unity Asset Store
Add depth to your next project with THUNGSTEN GRID from THUNGSTEN TOOLS. Find this & more VFX Shaders on the Unity Asset Store.
assetstore.unity.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
develop01c.bsky.social
Crazy how I loved Decisive Battles on the History Channel, but never heard of Time Commanders. They both used Rome: Total War for visuals.

Amazing concept!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNeJ...
Time Commanders - Battle of Teutoberg Forest
YouTube video by Zakerias Rowland-Jones
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Been silent for a while on here, working on assets, new as well as updates. Hope you all are having a great summer! 💚🌞 #indiedev
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Unpopular #GameDev opinion that you actually believe? 🤔
I'll go first:
Most games don't need procedural generation, in fact it can make the game seem "cheap" if it's too big a part of the whole effort.

Your turn #IndieDev
June 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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landeaudio.com
Made a bunch of sound effects for this project last year. Demo released today. Quite fun Vampire Survivors-like.
store.steampowered.com/app/3694300/...
Relic Abyss Demo on Steam
This world is ending... Deformed creatures are oozing out of the Abyss crater! Choose a class out of 20 adventurers and unearth powerful relics. Min-max your character's stats, upgrade your talents, a...
store.steampowered.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Receiving feedback and interacting with people using what you've created is such a great reward 😀🎉
Review of Thungsten Clouds on the Unity Asset Store
May 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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paulmmcooper.com
☀️We're giving away 5 special edition mugs, plus a free copy of the Sunday Times bestseller Fall of Civilizations! ☀️

To enter, just repost this and follow the publisher @duckworthbooks.bsky.social!

Giveaway closes at midnight on Friday 23rd May. Good luck!
May 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Feeling bad about the #GameDev project you never finished?
Don't! ❌
What I wrote about #running applies here too.
More likely that not, you learned a lot working on it 💡
Look at what you gained and focus on what it taught you, not what it didn't become.
May 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Feels great to be back #running! First two 10Ks in more than 6 months last week. A great thing I realized these past years is to feel OK about breaks. You'll have one, sooner or later.

I'm still a much better runner now, than if I had never ran to being with. Realize the positive things ☀️🏃‍♂️
May 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Second easiest #GameDev optimization? Save values that you need again later. More often than not, there is an abundance in memory, not CPU time.
Cache those calculations! #IndieDev
May 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Easiest #GameDev optimization?
Simply dont abuse Update().
Do question when code actually need to run and reduce frequency. #IndieDev
May 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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thungsten.com
All posts, present and future - are now also available via RSS!
www.thungsten.com/rss.xml

Thanks to @landeaudio.com for suggesting it! 💡
May 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Finished my article on game optimization for beginners! I'm taking far too long with these, and there's a lot of room to improve - I can only hope someone out there will find it useful! 🤓

#gamedev #indiedev

www.thungsten.com/article/3/ga...
Game Code Optimization for Beginners | THUNGSTEN
Tips, pointers, and examples for simple yet very effective techniques that you can apply to almost any kind of game. They're dumb-simple, and they work.
www.thungsten.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
It's real now 🥹

store.steampowered.com/app/3450310/...
Europa Universalis V on Steam
Use war, trade or diplomacy to satisfy your grandest ambitions and dominate five centuries of history in the newest version of Europa Universalis, Paradox Interactive's flagship historical grand strat...
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May 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
develop01c.bsky.social
The joy of realizing I had missed two episodes (about mongols!) from @fallofcivspod.bsky.social

Absolutely brightened a full day of gardening🍃 Such an amazing and unique podcast. Thanks @paulmmcooper.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
develop01c.bsky.social
Writing an article about general game code optimization, anything specific that'd be particularly useful to you in or something that'd be a shame to miss? 🤔 #IndieDev #GameDev
May 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Haven't used one of these in almost a decade, time to experiment with the "new" #Unity3D input system. Wow am I rusty 😅 #IndieDev #GameDev
White Xbox controller
May 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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rspb.bsky.social
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
develop01c.bsky.social
Finally released my cloud-shader-system! 🎉
Are you an active dev interested in a release voucher? 👇
#GameDev #IndieDev
May 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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thungsten.com
Have a peek at THUNGSTEN CLOUDS soon coming to #unity3d #unity #gamedev

discussions.unity.com/t/wip-thungs...
[WIP] THUNGSTEN CLOUDS - Performant cloud and shadows system
Hey devs👋 The second THUNGSTEN asset is set to release soon. THUNGSTEN CLOUDS is a handcrafted, lightweight, HLSL based system for dynamic clouds and projected shadows for URP and HDRP (BRP support ...
discussions.unity.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
It's crazy how I spent 10+ years thinking I liked making games. Turns out I just really, really like overengineering minor systems. 50h+ in on this #unity3d #gamedev
Thungsten Clouds asset for Unity engine, game development
April 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
develop01c.bsky.social
Roast my cloud shader before I think its good enough 😅 #gamedev #indiedev
April 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM