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Dog Mom 🐾 PC Enthusiast 🖥️ Data Scientists by day, game developer by night ADHD/Bipolar Odium download link: Game Dev updates:

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d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 24

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

Unreal Engine Screenshot of a Arm. A wound is visible, looking like a tattoo

Unreal Engine Screenshot of a Arm. A wound is visible, now with the illusion of depth it looks more like something on the skin

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 22

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

Red and black picture of a meta human. It is a woman looking empty in the void. She has a cute dog stencil on her shirt

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 16

I always enjoyed the distinct between my day job and being a developer. It’s the small things. But yeah you are right

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 12

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

Screenshot of the Metahuman Creator. Shows the side of her body. The focus is on her hair. The back of her head shows short hair and the focused side hair reaching her shoulder. The colour ranges from red to purple ombré

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 5

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

Similar screenshot to the blender one but in Unreal Engine MetaHuman creator. front

Similar screenshot to the blender one but in Unreal Engine MetaHuman creator. Left side with the long hair

Similar screenshot to the blender one but in Unreal Engine MetaHuman creator. Left behind, with the transition from long to medium hair

Similar screenshot to the blender one but in Unreal Engine MetaHuman creator. Short side cut

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 2

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

Screenshot from
https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2026/rate/4588327
Displaying the Results of my GameJam submission
Play game connect the dots's itch.io page
Results Criteria Rank Score* Raw Score
Story. #7 4.250 4.250
Music #62 3.700 3.700
Theme #118 4.100 4.100
Overall #194 3.450 3.450
Fun #283 3.050 3.050
Mechanics #355 2.900 2.900
Sound #388 2.550 2.550
Aesthetics #390 3.000 3.000
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· May 30

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

Blender Screenshot of a Woman Face, without any materials applied, which results in white Hair and black skin. The Hair is groomed to a Pixie Cut with a side cut. Front perspective

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· May 23

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-...

Screenshot of connect the dots.
Top right is a character portrait underneath it reads: MATEO
Yeah, let me bring you a fine lemonade. You will never taste anything better. I got some great stories to share

On
The right side is only one answer possible:
It really tastes incredible!

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· May 22

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

Two geese parents and three younglings walking on a pavement

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· May 17

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

VSCode screenshot of an Godot function:
func _ready():
set_start_name(character_name)
var ui_instance = UI.instantiate()
add_child(ui_instance)
background.texture = ui_instance.set_background()
ui_instance.handle_logic(start_name, start_status[start_name])

the last two lines are framed with a red frame

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· May 15

So but now I lock into the connection theme!

Picture of the Gamedev.TV mascot, the robot Devin. Above its head is the word “Connections” written, with sparks flowing around

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· May 15

I made a whole games for all of them. My favourite one for all game dev is Pingu, here with his big brother Norbert

Picture of the Plushies Pingu and Norbi sitting beside a keyboard. Norbi has a Cup of Coffee in his Paw

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Apr 11

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

Screenshot of a MetaHuman Face. It is a Woman with short dark read and violett Hair

Screenshot of a MetaHuman Face. It is a Woman with short dark read and violett Hair. Half her face is covered in Shadows.

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Mar 21

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

Screenshot of my gog review, giving 5/5 Stars, reading:
This game is just superb.
First of all the art style is so good. The graphic conveys so much, and does a lot of heavy lifting for the mood. Combined with an unnatural good sound design the atmosphere really caught me and kept me engulfed until the end.
The playtime for a play through is not the longest, but every second is well spend, with just the perfect pacing
And the story is very dark but incredible well written and believable.
10 out of 10 and 3 bonus points because the Protagonists wears a Penguin Shirt

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Mar 8

I always preferred this one over the Drake version:

Geordi LaForge Meme where he doesn’t like
USING THE DRAKE VERSION
OF THIS MEME
And very much likes
USING
THIS VERSION OFTHIS MEME

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Mar 7

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

c++ code Snipped in VSCode reading
void AQuatschController::EndLevelUi(int endContext)
{
// due to being too stupid to make those enums work, we are now using ints
// 0 = win
// 1 = lose
// 2 = pause

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Feb 28

Another Update for #QuattschQuartett. This time something very cute: [1.2.6] No more disappearing Plushies - Quatsch Quartett - Pingu to the Rescue d3f4c3r.itch.io/quatsch-quar... and a small preview for the Featurefor #ScreenshotSaturday #IndiDev #SoloDev #UnrealEngine #GameDev

Unreal Engine Screenshot. A MetaHuman Woman infront of some Rocks. 5 Plushies cling to the Player. The QuatschQuartett and Pingu

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Feb 17

Need a break from the grim dark setting of #Odium, always wanted to refine #QuatschQuartett my first GameJam game. Already got some ideas: #GameDev #IndiDev d3f4c3r.itch.io/quatsch-quar... This game really displays some duality in my interests

List of tasks for Quatsch Quartett

-Children clings to player when found

-Random position of children

-Enemy despawns when getting caught

-Skill changes when finding the children

-Music based on enemy pursuit

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Feb 13

Time to upgrade my Rig. Did some Benchmarking with my old PC. m34nMachine as I call her. I'm by far not an Overclocker but damn am I happy with the results. hell yeah

Screenshot from OCCT; displays the Outcome of the CPU Benchmark with SSE Multiple Threads. The chart displays the Users CPU with 1109,69 Intel Core i9-12900K right below the highest Intel Core i9-12900K 1226,42 Score and above the Average Intel Core i9-12900K with 944,46 Score. other CPUs are worse displayed here are worse (Ryzen 9 5900X with 942,64 is on the next rank)

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Feb 7

Running a stable build so far. Small Adjustments on the Damage System. Also small changes for some Textures and balancing. All comes together. Only issue is, with another level the Size of the Game is already by over 7.5 GB 😭 #GameDev #Odium #IndiDev

Screenshot of Odium. In the Centers in Red Letters: hopeless
beneath more text
The pain and hopelessness were always companions for you. One of your earliest memories are related to them. There were multiple attempts to fight them. And after so many years without feeling them you were sure you won. Being wrong never felt so bad.

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Feb 7

Something is coming! Very close to release of the second level. Already one working shipping Build. Found some issue during QA. So time for the final Sprint. #GameDev #Odium #IndiDev

A foggy Screenshot of Odium. The Main Color is red, with a blue lightning circle. A Stone Pillar in the front. A floating Golem in the Back. The Level Exit behind it

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jan 15

Haven’t checked my d3f4c3r.itch.io page in a while (wasn’t really helpful for my Mental health). Did it yesterday and was shocked of the spike of download of both Quatsch Quartett and #Odium Don’t know why. The white line marks both releases. #GameDev #SoloDev #IndiDev

Chart of Downloads from itch.io
Two spikes beginning 2025 and mid of 2025 are marked with white lines. The are at max 5 downloads a day, couple of days in a row
Another spike end of 2025 goes up over 20 a day for at least 2 days

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jan 1

I finally did it. Rewrote the complete logic which handles the lore logic. Now I only have a single point of truth. Again many thanks for the hint.

Screenshot from VSCode, Commit Message: completely refactored How the Text System is handled, and the propagation of Levels; implemented GameInstanceSubsystem to handle the heavy lifting

13 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Dec 29

Not only did I release the first level of #Odium I nearly finished the second one. Also I partook in my first GameJam. And was overwhelmed with the positive feedback. With the best one attached. I mean this year #Anno117 and #Avowed were released. Small wonder I found any time to develop

got the quatsch quartett back together, those little rascals!
the game felt really trippy somehow: the combination of over-the-top AAA graphics and a somewhat jenky/unpolished gameplay and the goofy narrative created a weird feeling of disconnect that was somehow... strangely engaging? using graphical assets of a quality that outshines your coding abilities usually spells catastrophy, but you kind of make it work. it was probably thanks to kacki that little turd.

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Aug 23

Simple depiction of a person, with “you” written on their chest.
A rock flying over their head. “The point” written on it.

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jul 27

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Would really be interested in fiction where a devil uses GenAI to create a cult. When became reality so fictional? Neuromancer will be a happy bedtime story in the future. And Cyberpunk2077 a cozy game.

Picture of pirates of the Caribbean Barbossa in Cyberpunk attire.
Caption reads:

YOU BEST START BELIEVING IN CYBERPUNK DYSTOPIAS
YOU'RE IN ONE

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jul 12

If you are to lazy to read the #Devlog here are some Screenshots for #ScreenshotSaturday

Screenshot of the Game Odium: a small water stream runs trough some rocks, beside a forest ground. In a little distance is a pole decorated with a skeleton, also a Human Skeleton with some fire in it lies on the ground beside it

Screenshot of the Game Odium: You see the Dreamer Metahuman, She looks at a heavy fog cloud.

Screenshot of the Game Odium: The Dreamer Metahuman looks at some rocks. She stands between some tombstones and Trees

Screenshot of the Game Odium: A Dungeon with some red fog in the distance.

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jul 1

Created my first animation in #UnrealEngine5 Nothing special, but I’m proud of it. It also showed me, some errors in my #Metahuman Somehow, the Mesh it is retargeted to is approx 10cm taller. Now it has a z-scale of 0.9 while the body 1.1 due to being a child. #Gamedev #IndiDev

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 21

Finally got some drive back to work on #Odium. Last couple of weeks wasn't really as planned, but the Forest starts to become the hellish environment it is meant to be. #ADHD be like work on everything a little bit. At least one ending riddle is finished. #UnrealEngine #GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday

Screenshot of Odium in Unreal Engine Editor. Unusual for the Game you see the dreamer from behind. She stands in front of some vines, which blocks her way. behind the vines you can see a building and some torches on Stone Pillars. The Building is below the Dreamer

d3f4c3r@d3f4c3r· Jun 13

Epic saw the Numbers #QuatschQuartett was doing and decided to add Side Scroller Template/Variant back to #UnrealEngine 5.6. #GameDev