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@tomwor@tomwor.com

ScriptableObjects in Unity are really great for managing shared data without bloating your scene. I use them for config settings, global game data, or item definitions. 🚀 Goodbye, redundant prefabs. #Unity3D #gamedev

@tomwor@tomwor.com

During the holidays, I was offered so many video games for free that I could probably comfortably play all year . I wonder if this is a trend that will essentially render premium games pointless and games will just become the top of a sales funnel for ingame items. #gamedev

@tomwor@tomwor.com

Through a happy accident I enabled a two-layered Ambient Occlusion effect that really makes the game geometry pop. First is AmplifyOcclusion which deals with the small crevices (right) and the second pass is the standard Unity AO covering larger faces (left). I'll have to see…

@tomwor@tomwor.com

Some time into the development of my game I unwittingly started naming things of certain sizes "double-" and "triple-" something. I'm now at "quintuple" and fast approaching "sextuple" and maybe "nonuple". #gamedev #indiedev

@tomwor@tomwor.com

I think looking at bullet hell games as inspiration for my game was the wrong approach. It came naturally due to the apparent proximity of the genre, but I don't even like bullet hells. To hectic. I like jumping, exploration and feeling of progress. 🧵 #gamedev #indiedev

@tomwor@tomwor.com

I'm just reading "The Art of game design" by Jesse Schell. His "Lenses" approach makes perfect sense. He promotes to view a game from very distinct individual perspectives, separate from each other. Due to the lack of an overarching framework (or a science) for game design, this…

@tomwor@tomwor.com

I'll be at Talk & Play on September 18 showcasing "Super Space Aracde". Come say hi if you're around. @BerlinGamez 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/1442050/

@tomwor@tomwor.com

In this interview, Pieter Levels @levelsio makes a good point on all these AI startups being dependent on a middleman, the AI providers, making it hard to build a truly autonomous AI startup and always being vulnerable to rugpulls. youtube.com/watch?v=9Wjec3… #ai #startup…

@tomwor@tomwor.com

So I went to Gamescom

So Gamescom is over and after I took the rest of the school holidays to recharge, I thought to write just a quick post about the experience.Me and my firstborn were just regular visitors on friday and saturday. Friday was already very packed, made me remember I'm not comfortable... Read more

@tomwor@tomwor.com

So @gamescom is over and after I took the rest of the school holidays to recharge, I thought to write just a quick thread about the experience. #gamescom2024 #indiedev 🧵

@tomwor@tomwor.com

I'm trying to fix one single controller glyph on the Steam Deck for two days now. I know it's not that important, but that white whale has to die.