Where our character creator started vs. where our character creator is today! ✨ Young Suns has had a HUGE glow up in the past year, and we can’t wait to show y’all what we’ve been cooking up! store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...
Frédéric Hein
@frederic-hein.bsky.social
3D Artist & Game Designer. Lead 3D Artist & Project Lead @ Blindflug Studios. Working on Ground of Aces & behind the scenes Worked on Airheart, First Strike, Stellar Commanders, (re)format Z: and more.
No need to use your imagination anymore, cloud shadows are now accurate ✨ It's such a silly approach and I can't believe it worked, I giggled so much when I got it working
Harry 💬@halisavakis.com · last wk.Cool thing with the compute shader approach is that I can also hijack the cloud raymarching loop to chuck in some volumetric fog in a different buffer with barely any additional computational cost ✨ Now try to imagine how cooler this would look if those cloud shadows were actually accurate 👀
I once recorded the music for a little game with my then bandmates and it was instrumentals of Led Zeppelin songs; Rock and Roll, Communication Breakdown, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker and Bring It on Home. Once every couple years I listen to them and smile because you can hear the fun we had. 😀
Some of the new Ground of Aces assets I've worked on; control towers that allow for reducing landing accidents on your airstrips. @blindflugstudios.bsky.social #swissgames #unity #indiegame #ww2 #raf #basebuilder #3dart
Absolutely love these photos of early game developers just chilling in their homes/offices.
F_T_B@ftb1979.bsky.social · 4w agoNew scan as part of first video citation correction / massive redo and expansion - the elusive Weekly Asahi July 5 1984 Special issue with pics of ASCII dev house / Koichi Nakamura / Imabayashi and lots lots more. Some samples in thread archive.org/details/asah...
Today marks one year since Ground of Aces launched into Early Access on Steam. 🧡 It’s been an incredible first year, and we wanted to take a moment to look back at everything we’ve achieved together. 🫡 🧵
"One Billion Players a Day" isn't a business declaration, it's a bullet loaded into a gun aimed at everyone you *didn't* lay off today. It is setting an unattainable standard to justify further missed expectations.
Colin Spacetwinks@spacetwinks.bsky.social · last mo.asha sharma going "we want 1 billion players a day" a nice reminder that these execs are fundamentally incapable of understanding that their customers do not have infinite money or even just that time is finite. they just think you haven't been fed the right marketing yet to get you on board
We're currently adding fire to Ground of Aces, and while it hurts to see my airplane like this, I think our 2D artist David Hunziker did an amazing job with the VFX. ❤️🔥 @blindflugstudios.bsky.social #ww2 #indiegame #airplane #unity
Render from an animation pitch for the story Das kalte Herz. Unreal Engine 5.5, using Metahumans and the medieval village project. Currently doing some updates with 5.8, will share some more soon.
"Something just brushed past my leg!" — Luke Skywalker, #StarWars Image credit: tempestkc on Threads #LincolnMemorialReflectingPool #USA
Could also be applied to Game Design. 🤔 open.substack.com/pub/profmcin...
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What we have learned from absurd evolution
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While I understand the skeptical reaction towards UE6, I think the new features for 5.8 are actually pretty interesting - especially the Metahuman and PCG features. Full Body Anmiation with markerless mocap sounds pretty cool!
Obsidian is one of those things that are great and just keep getting better. Can recommend it - only (biiig) issue I have with it (or lets say iOS) is that it can't run self hosted. Would be a perfect fit.
kepano@stephango.com · 2mo agoThe new iOS share sheet in Obsidian lets you save YouTube transcripts, and content from within other apps. Everything is converted to durable Markdown files. Try it in Obsidian 1.13 (beta)
It’s been almost 30 years since the Fifth Element came out and you still can’t just buy a tank top like this any store. What are we doing.
A new indie game from Switzerland was just announced, and I get some strong FF VII vibes from some of the visuals here (below Gold Saucer?). Check it out if you love twin-stick action adventures.
Scrap Mole Games@scrapmolegames.bsky.social · 2mo agoHey, check out Rustbuckets! A twin-stick action-adventure where you control a throwable shield like a second character while exploring a desolate world of forgotten machines. Link in Bio. #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #gaming #videogames #gamedevelopment #indie #gamedesign #gameart
Just took a look, and it definitely has strong Severance vibes. But also P.T. and potentially Control? TBH too creepy for me, but I like the concept. Congrats to Kane Parsons (director).
Forbes@forbes.com · 2mo agoA24 said its 20-year-old director is the youngest ever to top the box office.
Pretty crazy that they'll release an expansion for an 11 year old game. Wanted to replay Witcher 3 soon but now I guess I'll wait until next year. Or, since I nowadays don't get to play more than 2h a week, maybe I should already start? 😅 www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/new...
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past Announced - CD PROJEKT
CD PROJEKT RED today announced that a third expansion to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling role-playing games of all time, is coming next year. Songs of t...
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I guess the Blender vs. (whatever other 3D modeling tool) has come to game engines. Also, didn't Blender once feature a game engine? 😅
Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 2mo agoListen, I agree with the general statement of this post but this is fundamentally not how game engines work or should be compared. It's like comparing a car and a 16th century sword for the purposes of knitting of sweater. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
🎵✨ Music Commissions are now open!! ✨🎵 Do YOU 🫵 still need music for your upcoming game? I'm a Swiss-Mauritian girl that specializes in rock and electronic music with dark and intense moods. 😈 Prices start at 35$. Find all information here: vgen.co/umriss #gamedev #indiedev #musiccommissions
Metaroot (game publisher) is looking for projects, so why not send them your pitch? Check the replies to the post below to see what they're interested in (Sim, Strategy, Automation etc).
Metaroot @metaroot.bsky.social · 5mo agoHey devs, We are a small, family-run publisher based in Switzerland. We are currently looking for PC games to publish this autumn, as well as for 2027 and beyond. We'd love to see your projects! We look forward to receiving your pitches at: chat@metaroot.ch
We just dropped our 4th major update for Ground of Aces, please take a look. 🫣 #indiegame #raf #ww2
Blindflug Studios 🛩️ GROUND OF ACES@blindflugstudios.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur biggest update yet just dropped! ✈️ Customize your airbase in GROUND OF ACES like never before with the "Maps & Liveries" Major Update! 🎨Paint your aircraft with different liveries 🗺️ Build new maps from scratch 🇬🇧 New map: RAF Debden 💥 Oerlikon AA gun 🔭 Lookout post 🌿 New environmental assets
If you're into 4x grand strategy, Feudums here is surely something you should try - they've just released an update and you can play the demo for free:
Kalamona Studios ♜ Feudums@kalamonastudios.bsky.social · 6mo agoFeudums just got a fresh update, shaking up how territory is grabbed... and from whom. PvP, alliances, and long-term map tension just took a big step forward. Free. Open alpha. Still rough. Way more interesting. 👉 store.steampowered.com/news/app/473... #ScreenshotSaturday #indiedev #gamenews 🎮
Fellow swiss gamedevs just went into EA with Goblin Sushi - please try it out if it looks like your type of (fish)cake! 🍣
Old Cake Factory@oldcakefactory.bsky.social · 6mo ago🍣 Goblin Sushi is out now in Early Access! 🔥 The goblin kitchen is officially open with a 10% launch discount to celebrate. From demo to EA, shaped by your feedback. Now available on Steam, Google Play & the App Store. Thank you for the amazing support ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3734290/...
Can’t trust what the federal US agencies say. For others who don‘t want to look at the video, here‘s a timeline: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
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Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
I might be biased but always looking forward to see all the awesome games coming from Switzerland; the Swiss Game Awards will be on the 18th of December!
Swiss Game Developers Association@sgdach.bsky.social · 9mo ago🏆 The Swiss Game Awards are upon us! 🏆 A total of 40 games were submitted this year among these 4 categories: 🚀 Best Entertainment 📖 Best Student 👔 Best Serious 📅 Most Anticipated Join the online ceremony on December 18th at 19:00 CET on our Youtube Channel!
'Conan the Barbarian NPR / grease pencil turntable' by marcolomeo https://blenderartists.org/t/conan-the-barbarian-npr-grease-pencil-turntable/1616224?mtm_kwd=bsky #b3d #blender #blender3d #blenderrender #blendercommunity #3d
