While creating some ideas for a short story/initial script for a new game I realised it is nearly impossible for me make my main character #trans. I have no issues #writing about #depression and other #mentalHealth topics. Not sure what this says about me, but damn is it messed up. #LGBTQIA+

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I wanna create a Game about the struggle being trans, but I have zero idea how I could achieve this and this bums me more out then having 10 other ideas I can never create. I really hate this state… #Trans #LGBTQ+ #GameDev #indigame

So ich versuche mal die Macht der sozialen Medien zu nutzen. Kennt sich vielleicht jemand hier mit Stimmtraining für Transfrauen aus und kann mir ein paar Tipps geben? Gerne teilen, das würde mir sehr viel bedeuten <3

Coming back to this banger post: while working on up to 8k #Metahuman textures, I really use mainly paint.net tried out gimp, but didn’t saw the advantages. Maybe if I would learn it it is quicker and better but atm it is not worth the effort. #Solodev #Gamedev #Indidev

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d3f4c3r.bsky.social@d3f4c3r.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Paint.net or bust. This post may contain humour. But the tool itself doesn’t alone counts. And i understand every one quitting high priced software

#Odium reaches some maturity. I'm not really the person to stick with a hobby, but #GameDev is a huge exception. Maybe because I need to learn so much different stuff, maybe I love Video Games. Still getting work done! #indidev Working on some "Health Bar" - Odium d3f4c3r.itch.io/odium/devlog...

Working on some "Health Bar"

Heya, while Odium doesn’t have a HUD, I needed to find a way to display the Health or in this case sanity. I created a short video a couple of Weeks ago, where I already highlighted the feature itse.....

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This week I learned the importance of Normal Texture for #UnrealEngine Materials. While the first iteration of the wounds looking like tattoos now it really seems like something destroying the skin. Everything comes together nicely. #BodyHorror #GameDev #indiDev #SoloDev

While working on some Keyart, logo and cover, I experimented with some image layers. Even though I won’t go with this (for now) I really like the vibe of it. Would be kinda funny working hours on the groom and going for a picture where it isn’t visible. #Gamedev #virtualphotography #Indidev #Solodev

After recent #Gamdev success with #Odium und the last GameJam I started to think again about a steam/gog release. Not sure when I should do it. The universe should send me a sign.

The Hair is finally finished. It is still not available in #Odium. And there are some issues with the Hair Cards, but finally some results #Blender #UnrealEngine #Indidev #GameDev #SoloDev youtu.be/OTS70qMEcpY

Self made #Metahuman Groom for #Odium - Character Design in Blender and Unreal Engine 5.7

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On the last leg here. Just wanna create a nice video to show the evolution and result. Than I can finally say I created something completely from scratch. During the process it strained me. So eager to show the final result #Gamedev #Solodev #MadewithUnreal #Metahuman #Indidev

d3f4c3r.bsky.social@d3f4c3r.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After a lot of experiments in getting there. Still some issues with colour and ombre. Also hair card extension is not working. But for my first real experience in #blender I’m very proud of. Now on to the finishing touches. #Gamedev #Unrealengine #Solodev #MetaHuman #IndiDev

After a lot of experiments in getting there. Still some issues with colour and ombre. Also hair card extension is not working. But for my first real experience in #blender I’m very proud of. Now on to the finishing touches. #Gamedev #Unrealengine #Solodev #MetaHuman #IndiDev

d3f4c3r.bsky.social@d3f4c3r.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Really got hooked on some blender experiments the last couple of days. It is an up and down. But as it seems I finally created a groom which is usable for #UnrealEngine #MetaHuman still a lot of tweaking to do. But making Progress. #ScreenshotSaturday #Indidev #Gamedev #Solodev

Something incredible happened. Ranked 7th in Story in the @gamedevtv.bsky.social GameJam. For only having less than half the time I’m so happy with the results. During development I wasn’t satisfied with the outcome. So many ideas were scrapped. The result proved me wrong. #Gamedev #SoloDev #IndiDev

Really got hooked on some blender experiments the last couple of days. It is an up and down. But as it seems I finally created a groom which is usable for #UnrealEngine #MetaHuman still a lot of tweaking to do. But making Progress. #ScreenshotSaturday #Indidev #Gamedev #Solodev

The first task was a success. Adding visual cues to the #Metahuman youtube.com/shorts/p8lm5... Now I want to finalise the metahuman, and damn I struggle with the groom in #blender It seems no one ever had my issues. At least I couldn’t find anything… #solodev #gamedev #indidev #UnrealEngine

sanity changes your appearance #gamedev #unrealengine #animation #metahumancreator #mentalhealth

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d3f4c3r.bsky.social@d3f4c3r.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The moment you procrastinate for weeks cause you are frightened to fail on a new feature. The impostor syndrome was never as hard as the moment. Need to modify my #Metahuman. But after some initial tests I gave up trying FOR WEEKS. #Solodev #GameDev #MentalHealth

For this #ScreenshotSaturday posting my @gamedevtv.bsky.social #GameJam submission. Due to a hospital visit I only had 4 days to develop the game. It shows, but nerveless, I managed. #Gamedev #Solodev #Indidev d3f4c3r.itch.io/connect-the-...

Definitely the high point during a Hospital visit. Bird watching while getting healthy again

GameJam Submission d3f4c3r.itch.io/connect-the-... With only half the time available I had to release my Game. It was very interesting working with #Godot. Prior, I did some tutorial projects but nothing real. So great opportunity. Probably will stay with #UnrealEngine #IndiDev #GameDev #SoloDev

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After last years Jam, I knew I had to do another one, so it was fitting to take part in this years GameDev.Tv annual GameJam. From the start I knew I had only half the time available, due to a schedul...

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Me: Let's make a function which initialize everything, and handle the most part of the functions. Also me, tries to access values which are initialized in the other function and debugs for like half an hour and doesn't find the error... #GameDev #Solodev #coding #GodotEngine

The current GameJam status: I don’t do it because it is easy, I do it because I THOUGHT it would be easy. When I created my project plan I thought I’ll be done way too soon. Underscoping by a mile… Yeah well…

Just before it head into the @gamedevtv.bsky.social GameJam I finished a short glimpse into the mental state feature for #Odium. Motivated by @alienmax.bsky.social and his material magic I worked on some runtime changes of the skin. youtu.be/p8lm5IFr6Mk?... #gamedev #solodev #indidev

sanity changes your appearance #gamedev #unrealengine #animation #metahumancreator #mentalhealth

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The moment you procrastinate for weeks cause you are frightened to fail on a new feature. The impostor syndrome was never as hard as the moment. Need to modify my #Metahuman. But after some initial tests I gave up trying FOR WEEKS. #Solodev #GameDev #MentalHealth

Being on Sick leave due to #MentalHealth is wild. Of course I’m sick, of course it won’t help me to get to work, but my body is healthy. So realising I’m sick and accepting it takes up a huge amount of energy…

Struggling a lot with my #MentalHealth lately. My core anchor, was the #Anno117 DLC release which kept me going. The delay hit me way too hard. Now I have time to prepare myself for the @gamedevtv.bsky.social GameJam but still... Not really able to lock in atm. www.anno-union.com/union-update...

Union Update: Release Delay, Player Milestone and Free Weekend

The DLC and patch are instead releasing on April 30th

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I’m not comfortable using my real voice on the internet, therefore I use text to speech for some of my videos. Mainly try to avoid voice altogether but sometimes I wanna emphasise something. I’m forced to listen to some TTS for my day job… no more TTS for my prop. #Solodev

Not making much progress at the moment with #Odium. Before digging into the next level I need a feature which displays the state of the depression. For this I need to refine the Player Character. Not my strongest skill. But practice makes perfect. #UnrealEngine #IndiDev #GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday

finally @jessemakkonen.com 's Without A Dawn is available on @gog.com . not only did I promised him to leave a review, I wanted to share it here. If you like a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel this is a must buy. I enjoyed every minute playing it

Das deutsche Gesundheitssystem ist definitiv nicht dafür gemacht krank zu sein… Aber hey sonst würde es ja nicht Gesundheitssystem heißen

Wanted to increase the size of the Tiny World in #QuatschQuartett but I’m so unsatisfied with the movement, that I have to fix this first. And with changes in the movement the environment has to take it into account. The clean and up should have only lasted for couple of weeks. #ScopeCreep is real

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[1.3.3] Random Plushie Placement

Hey, another week another update. Being predictable is not really the strong suit of the Quatsch Quartett. So I implemented the Random Plushie Placement For now only the 4 different spots are availabl...

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Throwback to this unhinged comment I wrote during the Game Jam where I developed #QuatschQuartett No idea why I used "we". Still not able to use Enums without help in #UnrealEngine, but I got better. Just for the sake of it, I probably wont refactor this. #GameDev #SoloDev #c++ #ScreenshotSaturday

Last time I was so hyped for a game release, was #Anno117 Next week #Timberborn will be released. I play this in early access for years. Can’t wait for the full release youtube.com/shorts/tiVh1...

Timberborn 1.0 goes live in exactly a week. Wishlist now and spread the word! #shorts #citybuilder

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