Lucas Miller
@lucas
Founder @ RustLTD • 2D, Texture & Web work for Hot Dogs Horseshoes & Hand Grenades • Now working on @dunderbeckgame.com, turning magical creatures into sausages • He/Him
One last post before I get home - another from Cleveland - @dunderbeckgame.com has a whole storyline about a giant stone body bursting through the ground from underneath Cincinnati - so seeing partially submerged body parts felt very familiar ♥️ #GameDev #IndieGames #Worldbuilding
#Cleveland #Ohio has its meat murals down - this was (I think) a steakhouse near where I had dinner. Love me a good cleaver and a meat pun. #Research @dunderbeckgame.com @rustltd.com
Starting the trip back to #Rochester - one more hot dog before I hit the road! Giant tomato chunk aside, it was a decent Chicago dog - strolling the streets of St. Joseph, #Michigan #HotDog #Research #ProbablyNotABusinessExpense
So this is the second (and third) Sausage Tree I've seen - up in the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. I didn't have plans for them in @dunderbeckgame.com , but I think there must be, now. I'm picturing an angry butcher dad, "What, do you think sausages grow on trees?!" #gamedev #indie #research
The Douglas Root Beer Barrel - a root beer and hot dog restaurant that is shaped like a giant barrel. Working on #H3VR, @dunderbeckgame.com and @h3vr2.bsky.social - I've really grown attached to American roadside attractions - we need more restaurants that look like things! #research #worldbuilding
What I want to know is, is it like the @redbull.com car? Can I just pop open that wiener and get a pipin' hot glizzy? #PopOpenThatWiener #HotDog #Glizzy
Gouda, absolutely - bitterballen, unfortunately not. But they did have stroopwafel and salmiakki! And a giant wooden shoe, but I didn't get a picture of it. But I did get this one:
Hey, @arthurperpixel.bsky.social ! I don't want you to be too jealous, but I'm an official Honorary Dutch Dancer! 💃
At a Dutch Village in Michigan - this lady reminded me of @dunderbeckgame.com 's own egg seller lady, illustrated by @alexbpart.bsky.social - I think he nailed it. #GameDev #GameArt #IndieGames
Continuing my research journey for @dunderbeckgame.com - do you like mouths? #Dunderbeck! Do you have a mouth? #Dunderbeck! Have you ever eaten anything? #Dunderbeck! Nominated for best simulator, #Dunderbeck - that weird mouth game! store.steampowered.com/app/2477750/... #IndieGame #GameDev #Demo
Babe, babe, babe - wake up. New GoFundMe dropped - "Buy Lucas a Weird McDonald's Tree." I have the perfect spot for it right behind me while I do video calls. Really, though, #Dunderbeck 's done something to my brain. I see weird food related ephemera and I'm like, "but I need that! For #research!"
Doing some research down in Columbus #Ohio at @sciencemuseum.bsky.social (COSI) - it's real cool of them to put in a @dunderbeckgame.com exhibit 😜 #MythicalCreatures #Unicorn #GameDev #IndieGames
Wha-wha-wha?! There is a real Cincinnati, Ohio? And @dunderbeckgame.com is being shown there? Well, if you are nearby, swing by Super Cincy this weekend to check out the upcoming demo (featuring the kick-butt music of @garrettrose.bsky.social ) before anyone else can! #IndieGames #Cincinnati #Cincy
Though, the Dunderbeck art is at least somewhat representative of the game - that Megaman cover? Woof.
On the topic of new store assets, @alexbpart.bsky.social has been hard at work making character and monster art for @dunderbeckgame.com, and we now get to show off this amazing new banner art! Oh! And minor note - we're in NextFest - give us a wishlist and a comment! 💖🌭 #GameDev #IndieGames #Steam
Going through old @dunderbeckgame.com media, and I found this - quick proof of concept for hands/mouth graphics (using my own mouth/hands) #GameDesign #IndieGames #Dunderbeck
The family made "ugly" sweatshirts for the holidays - here's my submission:
Taking another stab at "cheesy" - and also, "flaming hot" - because sometimes you just want a flaming hot human torso. Or a flaming hot pile of puke. @dunderbeckgame.com is there for you in those moments. #IndieGames #FlamingHot #Cheetos #NotSponsored #LookingForASponsor #GameDev
A hot dog? In this economy?! I divided all money by 10 - because a hot dog should probably not cost $3. Not that I can afford another at $0.30, either... #GameDesign #IndieGames #Dunderbeck
Item variants previously used only different sprites. The new system uses particles and tone mapping for a consistent, expandable visual language, as shown here with the "cheesy" variant. #GodotEngine #Dunderbeck #GameDev #Cheese
I love my work. (With @alexbpart.bsky.social) Discussing Dunderbeck After Dark. The saucy, unreleased, unannounced (oops), purely fictional DLC for the equally unreleased game, @dunderbeckgame.com. #GameDev #MonsterDong #Worldbulding #Illustration #IndieGames
This mug is one of my favorite things that we sell on the #RUST store - the mythos of Jerry the Lemon is one of my most loved narratives in #H3VR - make sure to scream to the citric celestial after you drink your cup of lemon juice. That's what normal people enjoy in the morning, right? #IndieGames
I've been having a lot of fun playing with #legos lately - I made a magpie! She just found a new shiny thing - oops! Look out!
With my birthday coming up, I'm reflecting on what I've learned and let go. My coding and art skills continue to grow, but my patience for web dev (once my focus) is fading. It's odd, realizing past me (who knew this stuff) is a different person. Still, I'm super happy I chose to lean into game dev.
Back around the turn of the century, the @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social was a whole other kind of wild. In @dunderbeckgame.com, our zoo-inspired level probably won't have a "butcher's day" but it *will* have bonnacons. #GameDev #IndieGames #MagicalCreatures #Cincinnati
For all of the joking about @dunderbeckgame.com being nominated for "Best in Simulation" at #TMG2025, it turns out the game may have been more simulation than I had thought (Taken from Greg Hand's book, "Cincinnati Curiosities") #Cincinnati #GameDev #Worldbuilding #History #FactVsFiction