Pandan | GearGrit

Been playing Beyond Good & Evil again, another old game I never beat The game has such a nice ambiance The UI is so cozy too, definitely taking notes there

Been playing Beyond Good & Evil again, another old game I never beat The game has such a nice ambiance The UI is so cozy too, definitely taking notes there

*(note: there's nothing wrong with this badge btw) but i don't even want to acknowledge Ai. When someone says they "Got to the top of Mt. Everest" it usually means a lot of effort/teamwork was involved, and its impressive. 1/2

For those of you reading who have tried vibe code, or used claude code snippets even, etc; Its okay to just stop if you feel its wrong now, you dont have to double down. We aren't going to witch hunt. We just want a healthier industry continued to be made by Human beings.

For those of you reading who have tried vibe code, or used claude code snippets even, etc; Its okay to just stop if you feel its wrong now, you dont have to double down. We aren't going to witch hunt. We just want a healthier industry continued to be made by Human beings.

For those of you reading who have tried vibe code, or used claude code snippets even, etc; Its okay to just stop if you feel its wrong now, you dont have to double down. We aren't going to witch hunt. We just want a healthier industry continued to be made by Human beings.

Touchy subject: I am old enough to remember when studios using Outsourcing was frowned upon because it was taking jobs away from locals. (Games & Animation) Also how invisible those people are in the released game. It's way too normalized now. Both sides of the 'issue' having valid points and stuff

People that would have otherwise been on the credits because so much of that game's environment art/character art is outsourced. Every studio is doing this. Trust me on that one. I used to give speeches at my college to graduating classess about the industry. What do I tell them--

Touchy subject: I am old enough to remember when studios using Outsourcing was frowned upon because it was taking jobs away from locals. (Games & Animation) Also how invisible those people are in the released game. It's way too normalized now. Both sides of the 'issue' having valid points and stuff

Allows for smaller countries to participate in a market. (Outsourcing to Malaysia, Vietnam, etc) Now most AAA releases in gaming are like 50% or more outsourcing. It irks me the wrong way when outsourcing increases and layoffs increase. We replace more local bodies with remote bodies.

Touchy subject: I am old enough to remember when studios using Outsourcing was frowned upon because it was taking jobs away from locals. (Games & Animation) Also how invisible those people are in the released game. It's way too normalized now. Both sides of the 'issue' having valid points and stuff

Blending main character heads with sphere normals for less shadow pitting

@unreal dev people I did find some very cool perf "hacks" on unreal recently Only if you're using CSM shadows though (I'm optimizing for SteamDeck) So apparently there's a concept of "Far Shadow" which is a separate cascade reserved for vista objects, objects you have to mark as "Far Shadow"

@unreal dev people I did find some very cool perf "hacks" on unreal recently Only if you're using CSM shadows though (I'm optimizing for SteamDeck) So apparently there's a concept of "Far Shadow" which is a separate cascade reserved for vista objects, objects you have to mark as "Far Shadow"

I got around this by making a shadow mesh around the entire dungeon (With holes to let the actual windows work) And marked it as "Far Shadow"

@unreal dev people I did find some very cool perf "hacks" on unreal recently Only if you're using CSM shadows though (I'm optimizing for SteamDeck) So apparently there's a concept of "Far Shadow" which is a separate cascade reserved for vista objects, objects you have to mark as "Far Shadow"

Ai bros want a future where no one ever has a shared experience ever again. They want their perfect game. A game no one but them will play. A game they cant discuss with others. A game that never makes them uncomfortable, or kills off their favorite character.

Does Itch .io still do that thing where they dont pay you for a long time? I remember a few years ago they were doing that and It felt sketchy I want to release GearGrit DRM free on Itch when it comes out, and that would be my only reservation.

These next few months represents my final push to go independent. After nearly 4 years of development outside a day job, GearGrit is near completion. I consider myself extremely fortunate to be employed and be able to work on a game. But my ultimate goal is to build a sustainable "studio" 1/3

I want to help create a sustainable game development future for myself, but also my talented friends too. And I hope this game will be the catalyst for that. If it bombs, I'll just go back to what I've been doing. But if it works... It will have made all my time & money invested worth it. 2/3

i removed my @obsidian in my bio on other site because i kept getting a response kind of like this "Really, this is your opinion? Doesn't surprise me you working at that company!" Thinking it some dumb gotcha, like they got me So i just removed it. I still work there.

Got this little mini pc to help demo the game at PAX next year

Got this little mini pc to help demo the game at PAX next year