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Sai Narayan
@sainarayan.bsky.social
Technical Artist and Tools Sorcerer 🧙

Founder @meshcollective.bsky.social

Creating 'Project Gilgamesh' | A psychedelic rhythm-runner 🏃‍♂️🎵

Prev: Unity, Turn10, Kite & Lightning

Demo: https://sainarayan.itch.io/project-gilgamesh
Pinned
Dithered skeletal mesh particles via Niagara

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Does anyone have any resources or advice on how to be a manager/lead to a teammate who is dealing with depression and anxiety?

Especially in a gamedev/game art context
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Hey folks! I’m a concept artist with over 10 years of experience looking for my next opportunity! Whether it be full time or freelance, teams big or small, I’d love to help on your project

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You can also support me with tips to help pay bills

ko-fi.com/belgianboolean

Cheers!
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Glimpse into the Infinite

#gamedev #indiegame
November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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After 7.5 years, my time making music & sound at @heartmachine.bsky.social is ending w/ the recent layoffs.

I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild.

RTs appreciated 🙏
Troupe Gammage Music Reel
YouTube video by troupe gammage
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The layoffs have come for me and time at Heart Machine will be wrapping up at the end of the month.

If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡

(portfolio updates incoming)
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October 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Gilgamesh
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Interesting to see it just alongside other stuff in the level
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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raymarching Apollonian gaskets

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I've got a bunch of vintage early 90s rack mounted gear for sale.

All in great condition, kept in a pro studio.

I'll price them a little lower than what I see them selling for, OBO.

*quadraverb is sold
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Just Hank in the glow of the binary sunset 🌅 @sainarayan.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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That's all folks! Was a fun trip down memory lane doing this breakdown and the response has been encouraging, so will do more in the future!

@ProfessorOfSass.bsky.social is the incredible artist behind all this and everyone should go follow her! 👏 😤

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Here's the final model in Unreal, alongside the wireframe

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October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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May 2025: @ProfessorOfSass.bsky.social finishes modelling and rigging our main character!

Behold! The Wanderer in all his final glory!

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October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Here's a more recent concept Rose did for Birdy circa April 2025, and the team loved it, cause of course we did??

LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE TOGETHER 😭

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
October 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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As we continued work on the Wanderer, we started calling our companion character "Birdy" internally and that stuck around!

We pinned down our visual inspiration to L0-LA59 from Star Wars, and Rose started some explorations in that direction

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
October 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Every hero needs a sidekick, and the Wanderer is no exception!

In the background, @ProfessorOfSass.bsky.social explored ideas for companions, here’s a first take we didn't go with

I may have just read "Save The Cat" for the 1st time and gotten too excited

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
October 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Here's that same shot with a stylization shader that Substance Painter provides out of the box

An early test for our stylized texturing workflow

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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April 2025: @ProfessorOfSass.bsky.social finishes up retopologizing in Maya and gets to work on texturing and modelling the Wanderer's clothes and accessories

The addition of a "crotch-harness" was a hotly debated topic at this point

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I wish all beings a very good day ❤️‍🔥
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Taylor is chill as heck and incredibly autonomous, fun, creative and talented.

Definitely who you want on your team!! 😤
Would you like me to work on your project? I've got a bit less paid work than expected lined up for October & the rest of 2025. Drop me a line if you're interested!

- Music composition / production / mixing
- Sound Effects / Foley for games or video
- UE5 Metasounds
- Cover Art
September 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Color explorations

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM