Luke Aaron πŸŽ„

Luke Aaron πŸŽ„

@devanew.com

Software, sites and, occasionally, indie games πŸ’¬ http://discord.gg/dPYxs3gXWQ 🌐 http://devanew.com βš” #indiedev #gamedev #godot

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Been planning the launch of my steam page (for wishlist) which should - all going well - be live within 30 days. Any tips on maximizing initial exposure?

Good foley always amazes me

Nativica@nativica.bsky.social

Fun fact: To create a 2-sec spell sound effect, I read Hemingway in a creepy voice, then chopped the recording into tiny pieces and mixed them until it sounded like a magical spell #gamesound #foley #gameaudio #sfx #gamedev #sounddesign

Been a tad quiet lately - I've had my head down on my extraction fps! The extraction loop with missions, inventory system with attachments is working (1000s of weapon combos), new ray-based audio (atmospheric af). It's getting more fun to play now too πŸ˜† #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev #godot

Implemented a weather + day/night system, improved locations (lots of shiny new assets!) plus some other internal stuff/better UI/inventory. #godot #godotengine #gamedev

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Is anyone with experience interested in helping out the Foundation with the videos for the talks from the GodotCon Amsterdam? Reach out πŸ™

Been working on a few things for my open-world extraction shooter lately: - Environments are feeling a lot richer now - More natural looking locomotion - New decals and particles - Got core gameloop in and am putting together the first chapter of the story #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

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Palestinian game dev @rasheedabueideh.bsky.com is announcing the promised second crowdfunding campaign for his beautiful Dreams on a Pillow - but @safety.bsky.app has decided you can't know about it and marked his entire account as spam. Another obstacle in him just telling his story via games.

I am thrilled to announce that Dreams on a Pillow has wrapped up pre-production and we are about to start full production. We can’t do it without your support. We are starting our second round of crowdfunding, to support us you can find out more here www.launchgood.com/1948

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IGN is hiring! We're looking for a US-based news editor working West Coast hours. They will report into me (hello, I'm the director of news at IGN!), and get to do all sorts of cool stuff about video games and entertainment. Lots more at the link! www.ziffdavis.com/careers/jobs...

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Been working on a storm today - big part of my game! Hoping to tap into that primal megalophobia feeling. How's it looking? #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev

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The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascistβ€”which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Reddit needs a bot, like the one that flags AMP links, that detects when a post title uses "someone" or "somebody" and encourages the user to include the person's name instead. If it's worth sharing what they did, it's worth sharing who they are

Been refining locomotion and AI behaviour - took a few snaps from the session. Also testing a new build of OpenWorldDatabase that simplifies the editing workflow while keeping everything intact (multiple LoD thresholds, easy networking, minimal setup). #gamedev #indiedev #godotengine

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'A simple (perfect) life' - my spring landscape is finally finished! An apple orchard in bloom, old railway, sheep with their lambs and an allotment being prepared for growing :) Zoom in to see all the other tiny details too... I think this might be my favourite aerial embroidery I've ever done!

Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social

Very weird to announce funding ~a year after the deal. "In April 2025, Bluesky raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Anthos Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Knight Foundation and True Ventures." bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Darn it I did that thing where I say 'someone' when the person's name is right there. Need to get into the habit of pausing to check if a name is available instead of using that word, like we check if a file is attached to an email when typing 'please see attached... '

Rune sharing some great work as usual

Rune Skovbo Johansen@runevision.bsky.social

My erosion filter is out! Video, blog post, and shader source. It emulates erosion without simulation, so it's fast, GPU friendly, and trivial to generate in chunks. Explainer video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4V2... Companion blog post: blog.runevision.com/2026/03/fast... #ProcGen #vfx #GameDev

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The British state getting into bed with Palantir is just incredibly blackpilling, especially since it is being done by a Labour government who are composed of the exact sort of people that Palantir's owners and operators openly say they wish to drive from power forever! Inept self-loathing fools.

Daniella Lock@daniellalock.bsky.social

Prof Michael Levi...said...AI is a potentially valuable technology to tackle financial crimes. But he said it was β€œa relevant question as to whether Palantir’s owners might tipoff their friends about methodologies” shorturl.at/apefc

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ngl i genuinely kinda love that the voice actor seems like they totally flubbed their line here and started his read again, and instead of trimming the audio they were just like "fuck it, subtitle it and pretend it was intentional"

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So, how was your day? Did you encounter any nasty bugs? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indiegames #gamedevlife #codinghumor #programmerhumor #relatable #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #devlife #gamedevmemes

Just a little PSA - don't make the same mistake I did! Most of the people who contacted me turned out to be scammers and the couple who I did pay were clearly using AI. You live and you learn I guess. I'll only take referrals with fleshed out portfolios going forward.

I'm looking to commission a 3D asset pack for small foliage (grass, weeds, etc.) to release for free under an MIT license. 🌿 It’s always a struggle to find open-source nature assets, so I want to fund some! Please DM me with quotes/portfolio #gamedev #indiedev #3dart #b3d #assets #gameassets