Spencer Melnick
@spoincer.bsky.social
28 year old computer engineer, game developer, and all-around nerd. Gameplay Programmer on Fortnite. Opinions are my own! (He/him)
Daisy was with me for almost 17 years, but she passed away earlier tonight. I'm really gonna miss you buddy 😢
October 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Daisy was with me for almost 17 years, but she passed away earlier tonight. I'm really gonna miss you buddy 😢
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Our #GMTK2025 submission "Circe" is a gallery shooter about banishing demons by drawing circles with your wand!
Jump, dodge, and banish demons for free: sleepysunset.itch.io/circe
#gamedev #GMTK2025 #GMTKJam #GMTKGameJam2025
Jump, dodge, and banish demons for free: sleepysunset.itch.io/circe
#gamedev #GMTK2025 #GMTKJam #GMTKGameJam2025
August 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Our #GMTK2025 submission "Circe" is a gallery shooter about banishing demons by drawing circles with your wand!
Jump, dodge, and banish demons for free: sleepysunset.itch.io/circe
#gamedev #GMTK2025 #GMTKJam #GMTKGameJam2025
Jump, dodge, and banish demons for free: sleepysunset.itch.io/circe
#gamedev #GMTK2025 #GMTKJam #GMTKGameJam2025
Reposted by Spencer Melnick
Anytime I’m in a new social situation
June 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Anytime I’m in a new social situation
It's my birthday today!
April 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's my birthday today!
Just saw Mickey 17! Loved Robert Pattinson as multiple weird little guys!
March 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just saw Mickey 17! Loved Robert Pattinson as multiple weird little guys!
Completely unrelated to anything going on, I find the claim that any group protesting Elon Musk is funded by a secret cabal laughable and wouldn't believe a word out of his mouth
Unrelated to anything of course
Unrelated to anything of course
March 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Completely unrelated to anything going on, I find the claim that any group protesting Elon Musk is funded by a secret cabal laughable and wouldn't believe a word out of his mouth
Unrelated to anything of course
Unrelated to anything of course
Reposted by Spencer Melnick
Happy Valentines Day Everybody!
February 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Happy Valentines Day Everybody!
Fly Eagles fly!!!
February 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Fly Eagles fly!!!
Crafting from village chests is now in LEGO Fortnite! www.reddit.com/r/LEGOfortni...
It took lots of great work from a lot of folks (design, QA, UI, UX) to bring this life and I'm glad to see that players like it!
(I really wanted this one as a player myself so I worked extra hard on it 😄)
It took lots of great work from a lot of folks (design, QA, UI, UX) to bring this life and I'm glad to see that players like it!
(I really wanted this one as a player myself so I worked extra hard on it 😄)
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January 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Crafting from village chests is now in LEGO Fortnite! www.reddit.com/r/LEGOfortni...
It took lots of great work from a lot of folks (design, QA, UI, UX) to bring this life and I'm glad to see that players like it!
(I really wanted this one as a player myself so I worked extra hard on it 😄)
It took lots of great work from a lot of folks (design, QA, UI, UX) to bring this life and I'm glad to see that players like it!
(I really wanted this one as a player myself so I worked extra hard on it 😄)
Just finished #1000xRESIST last night and it was excellent! Probably some of my favorite writing in games of last year (or even all time)!
January 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just finished #1000xRESIST last night and it was excellent! Probably some of my favorite writing in games of last year (or even all time)!
Off work for the next two weeks!
Which means I am about to make a ton of plans and follow through on none of them - wish me luck!
Which means I am about to make a ton of plans and follow through on none of them - wish me luck!
December 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Off work for the next two weeks!
Which means I am about to make a ton of plans and follow through on none of them - wish me luck!
Which means I am about to make a ton of plans and follow through on none of them - wish me luck!
Happy to report that I played some role in bringing this abomination to life!
(I worked on shoes)
(I worked on shoes)
December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Happy to report that I played some role in bringing this abomination to life!
(I worked on shoes)
(I worked on shoes)
Anyone have good recommendations for 3D libraries for games? I've seen Ogre3D and raylib, but I'm wondering if there's anything else
Or is the strategy to roll your own using OpenGL/Vulkan?
Or is the strategy to roll your own using OpenGL/Vulkan?
November 24, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Anyone have good recommendations for 3D libraries for games? I've seen Ogre3D and raylib, but I'm wondering if there's anything else
Or is the strategy to roll your own using OpenGL/Vulkan?
Or is the strategy to roll your own using OpenGL/Vulkan?
How is my day going? There's a Slack emoji at work for :hidethepainspencer:
November 22, 2024 at 7:54 PM
How is my day going? There's a Slack emoji at work for :hidethepainspencer:
FF7: Rebirth won the Golden Joystick for Best Soundtrack but they didn't include this song in the reel youtu.be/RKNqDbqIbRU
Smdh 😞
Smdh 😞
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth OST - Bow Wow Wow (Doggo Theme) 🐶
YouTube video by AntLion95
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November 21, 2024 at 4:56 PM
FF7: Rebirth won the Golden Joystick for Best Soundtrack but they didn't include this song in the reel youtu.be/RKNqDbqIbRU
Smdh 😞
Smdh 😞
Fighting the game programmer urge to run off into the woods and work on my own engine for 5 years (it will never be finished)
November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Fighting the game programmer urge to run off into the woods and work on my own engine for 5 years (it will never be finished)
Spent 2 hours trying to repro a bug while dealing with single digit framerates only to realize that I you accidentally left the -RunLikeGarbage* flag on 😅
*It was actually the memstomp detector
*It was actually the memstomp detector
November 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Spent 2 hours trying to repro a bug while dealing with single digit framerates only to realize that I you accidentally left the -RunLikeGarbage* flag on 😅
*It was actually the memstomp detector
*It was actually the memstomp detector
10pm on a friday trying to figure out why this thing won't render 😶
November 16, 2024 at 3:10 AM
10pm on a friday trying to figure out why this thing won't render 😶
I actually wrote a few minor UX improvements that made it into this release! If you are one of the five people who care about the anim notify window not displaying property categories, then I have a release for you 🙂
November 13, 2024 at 5:52 PM
I actually wrote a few minor UX improvements that made it into this release! If you are one of the five people who care about the anim notify window not displaying property categories, then I have a release for you 🙂
Need to post some more game dev stuff here! Maybe I'll share some Unreal C++ tips when I get a chance 🙂
October 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Need to post some more game dev stuff here! Maybe I'll share some Unreal C++ tips when I get a chance 🙂
"You'll join us someday."
October 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
"You'll join us someday."