Little update from me as I've been very busy and some things have been occurring in the background. Here are some dev tools...
Demetri Sofides
@thelordofhands.bsky.social
3D artist, game designer, NYC native, one-time archaeologist. Wishlist STRANGE FINDS: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4278870/Strange_Finds/
New evidence keeps bearing this out again and again
Independent Republic of JS Thrill@jsthrill.modphi.com · 3d ago
This soundtrack is so good! Truck-kun Mambo has been stuck in my head the past few days 🚛
David Mason@davidmasoncomposer.bsky.social · 5d agoThe soundtrack I wrote for Truck-kun is out!! 30 minutes of eclectic rock, ska, mambo and even a eurobeat boss track. 🎸🎵 With absolutely incredible original album artwork by the game's 2D artist Shaun. Link to the full soundtrack below 🧵
Our heartfelt anime-themed driving game, Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World, is OUT NOW on PC/Xbox--and we did a singalong to prove it!! 🚶Hit pedestrians with your magic truck ⚔️Pay the soul debt you owe to the buff elf girl living in your head 🚚GO store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...
In this ancient Egyptian satirical papyrus, a mouse queen is attended by her feline servants. One of them takes care of her son, while another holds a large fan.
An unknown horned fertility god sacred to a local tribe in the North East of Britannia, according to the Durham Archaeology Museum. To be honest I’m getting serious Donnie Darko do NOT mess with this bunny vibes #FindsFriday
you gotta check out ozymandias’ badass new statue man. it’s two big feet and nothing else. he made it that way
Preparing for another round of playtesting Strange Finds... may the Lord have mercy on my soul...
I am particularly excited about this amphora... that's a nice amphora man
Almost ready to playtest Strange Finds again... I am very excited to get people's feedback on all these puzzles
Do you know about Medjed? This little bean, known as "The Smiter", is a minor deity who appears in some copies of The Book of the Dead.
Classical reception studies lives in the abyss and Christopher Nolan is about to send us all a meaty whale carcass to consume for months
My favorite video game from The Islamic Republic of Japan is Super Mahmoud Bros.
It's out. The demo for Throughput is live. A city sim where the traffic, the pathfinding, and the soundtrack are the same system--build the city, watch it breathe. Free to try, link's below. Go build something unexpected #gamedev #dnb
Throughput on Steam
A hyper-abstract city sim where every entity pathfinds to the beat and the soundtrack pulses with your city. Zone, build, watch it breathe.
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Strange Finds has crossed 1,000 wishlists! Here's a look behind the scenes at what's been going on, ft. Mitso the donkey once again:
We all want what Wall-E had, we all want to meet an elegant baddie that is low-key a little scary with it that you can show all your Items to
Very important in game dev to have a go-to Little Guy for all your placeholder art
A 1,500 year old Roman mosaic from Istanbul/Constantinople depicting a scene from rural life, (featuring a rather suspicious donkey). The Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul. #History #HistoryMatters
Tired: How far along are you? (pregnancy) Wired: How far along are you? (Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye DLC)
we're seeing if grogu's entire body can fit inside the gom jabbar box
I started doing this kind of thing a long time ago to give the fully remote teams I was on something to talk about together! Five years later and the WIP Shitpost Agenda still lives on...
Strange Scaffold@strangescaffold.bsky.social · last mo.3D artist @thelordofhands.bsky.social always tells a little story when they're blocking out a new spade and that hasn't changed during the making of El Paso, Elsewhere 2.
"And he does, indeed, go on." When I start a rant, there's really no stopping me, and apparently I ranted enough during my chat about AI with @woodwould.bsky.social that he was able to write an entire other article about it. 😅
Austin Wood@woodwould.bsky.social · last mo.I'm back at work! The latest in this series of gen AI-focused articles is Dragon Age and Summerfall's @davidgaider.bsky.social mincing no words www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/ge...
At least I finally have some more pottery though
Manually overriding my deepest rooted conditioning with a screwdriver in order to get this game done in a way that doesn't split me into pieces in the process ☺️☺️🙏
What does an archaeologist do all day? Well… I’m glad you asked
