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J-Lin 🕹️[Game Dev] 🎮
@jaelin-playnao.bsky.social
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Indie Game Dev currently working on Street Hornets, a racing game inspired by 90s - early 2000s Sega and Namco arcade racers.

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J-Lin 🕹️[Game Dev] 🎮 @jaelin-playnao.bsky.social · Sep 16
#StreetHornets devlog - 15 Sept 2025

Here's a screenshot of our latest development progress from our arcade racing game inspired by 90s Arcade Racers

#ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #SEGA #DaytonaUSA #Outrun2 #Arcade #GamersUnite #Gaming #Videogames #Retrogames
Screenshot of In-development arcade racing game Street Hornets from PlayNAO. Screen shows a tropical island sunny blue skies with palm trees and red desert rocks with a shiny red car, yellow car and blue car lined up and 5 colorful hot-air balloons in the sky.
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#StreetHornets devlog - 15 Sept 2025

Here's a screenshot of our latest development progress from our arcade racing game inspired by 90s Arcade Racers

#ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #SEGA #DaytonaUSA #Outrun2 #Arcade #GamersUnite #Gaming #Videogames #Retrogames
Screenshot of In-development arcade racing game Street Hornets from PlayNAO. Screen shows a tropical island sunny blue skies with palm trees and red desert rocks with a shiny red car, yellow car and blue car lined up and 5 colorful hot-air balloons in the sky.
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Hey #SEGA fans. You want this? Like, repost and follow for updates!

#StreetHornets #FollowFriday #ScudRace #ArcadeRacer #Gaming #Videogames #GamersUnite #RetroGames #GameDev #IndieDev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Cars #Motorsport
A McLaren F1 and Ferrari F40 racing through a banked curve with blue skies and palm trees in the background.
May 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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#StreetHornets screen for #screenshotsaturday, an arcade racer with modern visuals but with #SEGA blue skies and classic 90s #ArcadeRacer gameplay 😃👍

#GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #Arcade #Racing #gaming #videogames #DaytonaUSA #Outrun2 #ScudRace #SegaRally #RidgeRacer #Burnout
May 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Welcome to the club

#GameDev #IndieDev #LightningHornets #ArcadeRacer #Outrun #RidgeRacer #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Blender
May 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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#StreetHornets devlog - 26 May 2025

Latest addition to the vehicle lineup, and car 3 of 4 from the Scud Race family. Side-by-side comparrison of original Scud Race car and the Street Hornets model.

#GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #ArcadeRacer #gaming #videogames
May 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Development pic of #StreetHornets, our upcoming #ArcadeRacer for #ScreenshotSaturday 😍. Inspired by #90s classic #SEGA and #Namco Racing games, we're aiming for responsive tight controls, an easy-to-hold drift, upbeat tunes, and vibrant colorful courses and of course Blue Skies!

#GameDev #IndieDev
A McLaren F1 chasing down a custom Jaguar XKSS hotrod through a banked curve lined with palm trees under the gleaming summer sunshine. Screen capture taken from the in-development arcade racing game Street Hornets, built in Unreal Engine (UE5).
May 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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We've had a name change for our #Racing game. We felt #LightningHornets was one too many syllables, so we're changing it to #StreetHornets! We're currently hard at work to get a demo build released. Follow for updates if you like an old school #Arcade #Racer!
#GameDev #IndieDev #UnrealEngine #UE5
Screenshot of the arcade racing game Street Hornets, showing a shiny red car drifting through a banked sweeping curve through palm trees heading into the sun surrounded by blue skies, showcasing Unreal Engine 5's lighting and real-time rendering.
May 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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New camera! Camera no longer adapts vehicle's tilt on the banking to create a more dynamic look.

#LightningHornets #GameDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #IndieDev #Arcade #Racing #Game #Videogames #Blender #Daytona #SEGA #BlueSkies #Tropical #Beach
April 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Redesigned vehicle for #LightningHornets, our upcoming #ArcadeRacer. Removed thrusters for a less vulgar, more classy look... was never quite happy with them.

#GameDev #IndieDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Blender #3Dmodeling #Gaming #Videogames #SEGA #BlueSkies #Outrun #RidgeRacer #Daytona #Burnout
Lightning Hornets - DevLog 11.04.2025
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April 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Outrun 3? 👀
April 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Feel-Good Vibes ❤️

#GameDev #IndieDev #Blender #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Sunset #Outrun #Synthwave #RetroGame
April 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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More drifting tests in our pre-alpha #Arcade #RacingGame #LightningHornets, with a slightly altered camera... while some #Eurobeat kicks in 📻😄🎵

#GameDev #IndieDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Gaming #Videogames #Games #DejaVu #InitialD #SegaRally #Outrun #RidgeRacer #Burnout #ClassicCars
January 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Blue blue skies, Blue blue skies I see...
We've been having too much fun fine-tuning the game-feel, particularly the drift mechanics... and oh boy is it sweet. Fans of #Outrun2, #SegaRally and early #Burnout games will want to keep an eye out on this one 😉

#GameDev #IndieDev #UE5 #Gaming #Games
January 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Pre-alpha teaser of our upcoming #ArcadeRacer #LightningHornets. Here's early screenshots, and a little video of us testing the jump and drift mechanics below (in replies). #Arcade #Racing isn't dead! And yes, we have #BlueBlueSkies 😁

#GameDev #IndieDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #Gaming #Videogames #Games
January 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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We are working on an exciting unannounced Unreal Engine 5 Arcade Racer for a year now. This project is gonna hit kickstarter eventually. Please follow us for more. Happy gaming everybody! #unealengine #racing #daytona #gamedev #retrogaming #gamersunite #arcadegaming #segarally #ue5 #indie
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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Early vehicle model for our work-in-progress #Arcade #Racer. Inspired by #1960s #British #sportscars and equipped with jet turbines for boost 😱

#Videogames #IndieGame #RacingGame #Drift #RaceCar #3Dmodel #Blender
December 7, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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#StreetHornets devlog - 15 Sept 2025

Here's a screenshot of our latest development progress from our arcade racing game inspired by 90s Arcade Racers

#ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamedev #UE5 #SEGA #DaytonaUSA #Outrun2 #Arcade #GamersUnite #Gaming #Videogames #Retrogames
Screenshot of In-development arcade racing game Street Hornets from PlayNAO. Screen shows a tropical island sunny blue skies with palm trees and red desert rocks with a shiny red car, yellow car and blue car lined up and 5 colorful hot-air balloons in the sky.
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I don't understand why some people say Sega Rally Championship is A) too short, and B) too hard.
The guy literally says it's VERY LONG, EASY, right?
a martini racing car is driving down a dirt track
Alt: SEGA Rally Championship, 1995 Model 2 Arcade game, also ported to SEGA Saturn, PC-CDROM, and Sony's PlayStation 2 (PS2)
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September 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Happy 26th Birthday #SEGA #Dreamcast!
Keep Thinking... like it's 1999❤
September 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I urge #Shenmue fans to request @iningames.bsky.social's upcoming #Shenmue3 to give us some more arcade games! Maybe Scud Race and Sega Rally Championship and Outrun 2 with the sponsorship/licenses removed... (in the vein of Sega Racing Classic (Daytona USA) from #Yakuza / #LikeADragonGaiden.
You Arcade, video game center from Yu Suzuki's Dreamcast title Shenmue.
August 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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A visit to the #retro #arcade #TheHeartOfGaming in #London UK... for a bit of umm... #GameDev 'research' *ahem*

Cabinets shown:
#DaytonaUSA (8 Player!)
#SegaRally Championship
#MarioKart GP
#DaytonaUSA2
#RidgeRacer

#Gaming #Videogames #Racing #RacingGames #ArcadeRacer #Sega #Namco #Nintendo
December 11, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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Oh and I did forget to mention #Outrun2SP which is to the left of those #Daytona2 cabinets… here’s a closeup…
December 11, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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With Namco's arcade racer #RidgeRacer receiving a home-console port for the very first time (PS1 version doesn't count) via #ArcadeArchives tomorrow, thought I'd let everyone know about the #ArcadeRacersUnite feed where we have a growing arcade racing community. Pin to your homepage on link below:
June 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Honey I’m Hoooooome…
Where is everybody 🤔

#Namco #RidgeRacer #ArcadeRacer #videogames #gaming #retrogaming #gamersunite #retrogames #arcade
Namco’s 1993 Ridge Racer arcade cabinet at The Heart of Gaming retro arcade in London, UK
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Playing... I mean doing #GameDev 'research' *ahem* #SegaRally Championship 😄 I could play this all day everyday! The most perfect game 😊

#RetroGames #gaming #videogames #playthrough #SEGA #Arcade #Saturn #PS2 #PCSX2 #Playstation #Racing #Rally #Retro
SEGA Rally Championship 2006 (PCSX2) Playthrough
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May 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM