It’s not a bug, it’s a feature 👀 I can’t believe I had this microscope clip from over 2 years ago, and it’s the same creature too 🤣 #indiegames #gamedev #microscopy #microbiology #unitygames
Kate Solbakk
@protozoaprincess.bsky.social
Microbe artist specializing in soil life. Creator of Cellscape 🦠🎮 Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3650410/Cellscape/
Cellscape now has an official release date!! January 12, 2027 🎉 I’ve decided to release directly to 1.0 instead of Early Access. More details in the Steam announcement: store.steampowered.com/news/app/365... #indiegames #gamedev #unity2D #microbes #sciencegames
In the course of development I naturally spend a lot of time (like, a lot) watching the Cellscape ecosystem run. I realized it would make a nice 24h Twitch stream! Here are a few clips from the first week 🦠💕 #twitch #microbes #gamedev #microscopy #indiegame
Cellscape now has an aquarium mode! Still in development, but working well so far. It’s now live on Twitch 👀 I added Twitch integration so anyone can use commands to feed the microbes and spawn items into the scene. Come check it out! www.twitch.tv/protozoaprin... #indiegames #unity2D #biology
Started adding character customization in Cellscape. As someone who tends to prefer things more on the realistic side I surprised myself by how much I enjoy decorating my little protozoa with bright colours 🎨 💅 #indiegames #unity2D #gamedev #microbiology #sciencegames
Bacteria nodes, fungal aggregates, and more new creatures 🦠 #gamedev #indiegames #microbes #biology
Adding some late game chaos 🌪️ #indiegames #gamedev #unitygames
Just released my biggest Cellscape playtest update so far! Some major new mechanics change the game quite a bit. Fungi are now part of the ecosystem, bacteria spawn via decaying nodes, new creatures, and a lot more. Also, now you can customize the controls! #gamedev #indiegames #soillife #microbes
That was a close call for this bumblebee 🫣 Could that spider have even managed to grab a bee that size? It was definitely ready to try but the bee noticed it just in time and flew away. #bumblebees #crabspider #nature #wildflowers
We need way more emphasis on protecting existing trees and established forests.
Richard K Broughton@richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 2mo agoCurrent state of the garden grass. Wondering how many tree-planting projects from the past few years are going to be wiped out this summer. Hundreds of thousands of trees? Millions? And all that time, money, plastic, water, carbon wasted. If this is the climate shift, tree planting needs rethinking.
Perfect pose for a pristine Peacock, Echinops ritro, in the garden
Last night I woke up around 3 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Too warm and too bright. After about an hour I gave up and went out for a walk. I remembered learning that greater butterfly orchids are specialized for pollination by hawk moths so I went to check on one of the patches near our house.
Norway has way more cool plants than you might think. The other day I found wild orchids in my yard and today I spotted these carnivorous plants along the edge of a nearby lake. It’s called Great Sundew. Looks like something from the tropics! #norwegiannature
Wow these foxgloves are pretty! Just growing randomly on the side of the road
WhatsApp asks for FaceID to pair a VR headset. Maybe it’s for the best that they are giving up on the metaverse 😂
I know we all hate Microsoft too but at least they figured out how to pair a VR headset with a PC without having to take the headset off.
Felt like working in VR again today and was disappointed to find Workrooms gone. Meta put so much money into VR and then handled everything in the worst way possible. I’m still grieving the old Oculus home, it was such a cool place and an amazing way to get started in VR.
A popsicle to help the chickens cool down during the heat wave. We’re just at the very top edge of it here in southern Norway so we don’t have it nearly as bad as the rest of Europe, but this is plenty miserable. Really feel for those suffering in 40+ degrees. Can’t imagine what that must be like.
This is an endangered species of hoverfly, Callicera aenea. Spotted feeding on grass pollen next to my garden. Threatened by habitat loss due to the lack of big old trees with rotting wood, as usual. Exciting find during #PollinatorWeek! Registered the sighting at #artsobservasjoner 💚
Summer sleep deprivation is making game dev a challenge right now (I live in Norway but didn’t grow up here). The garden is my happy place in the meantime 💕
Five minute morning walk in summer in Norway: harassed by at least four horse flies and a deer fly. A tick crawling up my leg. Hordes of biting midges. Oh and the air is sweaty 🥵 Sorry Phoebe dog, you’ll need to pee in the yard until things calm down out there #Norwegiannature
Bumblebees are the gentle giants of the pollination world and are considered among the most important creatures on Earth. Every flower they touch helps nature thrive and your garden bloom.
The horseflies are psychotic with the heat right now. Their bites are brutal! Huge welt on my leg still visible after nearly three weeks. I fed four of them to the chickens today though, so I’m winning 😌
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For my next contribution to #PollinatorWeek, here is a bumblebee with a thing for feet 🦶🐝
I just found wild orchids! It’s the Greater Butterfly-orchid, which is pollinated mainly by moths at night, especially hawk moths. I cut this area near our driveway with a scythe once or twice in the last five years, otherwise it’s unmanaged. Happy to see the wildflowers thriving 🦋 #PollinatorWeek
