iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 25/12/2025

My basque cheesecake turned out perfect 👌 The giant crack doesn’t matter. Look at the color!!

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 16/12/2025

This is my semi-annual Bluesky check in. 👋

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 03/02/2025

Not a lot of progress made on the “Space Game” #UE5 project since last update. World is on fire.

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 25/01/2025

Small update on the #UE5 project. Haven’t had much time this week to put towards it, but I’m almost finished with this black hole material! #indiegamedev #gamedev #unrealengine #art #space

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 18/01/2025

Anyone that exports meshes & armatures from #Blender3D to #UnrealEngine, what are your export and import settings? A screenshot would be fine! Struggled w/ child bones importing w/ unwanted rotations last night (root bone was fine though). Armature & mesh transformations looked good in blender 🤷🏻‍♂️

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 13/01/2025

Quick asteroid placeholders made in blender and thrown into #UE5. They look pretty good with some random rotation and sizes but they'll look even better with more mesh variations. #gamedev #unrealengine #space

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 12/01/2025

Making small steps towards building out the background. We scrapped the original skysphere implementation for nebulas. They were far too big and an unnecessary waste because the camera only looks down the -Z axis. #gamedev #unrealengine #UE5 #space

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 10/01/2025

Are there block lists I can subscribe to for accounts with a following over like 200K/300K? I don’t care where they claim to fall on the political spectrum. I’m tired of seeing them and they almost always exist to profit off your outrage.

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Child of Zeta @contagion.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Greetings Bluelings! Solo dev here hoping to connect with likeminded. If you like the look of this little medieval 👽 fella and his melee moves give me a follow and I'll keep videos coming as my game progresses. We come in peace! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 07/01/2025

My dev partner (@dasmfta) is fighting illness at the moment so I haven’t had a solid opportunity to work in-engine with him just yet. So nothing here is guaranteed to make it into the game. (The grid warps under the ship’s mass like the fabric of spacetime btw 🙃) #UE5 #unrealengine #gamedev #space

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 05/01/2025

Here’s another nebula created in #Blender3D for our #UE5 project. Hoping to see how well they work in engine today. These could work really well as phone wallpapers too 🙂 #gamedev #unrealengine #space

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 05/01/2025

Spent all day building a shader in #Blender to create nebula textures for the #UE5 project. First render 😍 8K size #space #ADHDactivities

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 30/12/2024

Excuse the sloppy cropping & compression Got the new modular ship modeled, UV’s mapped, and imported into #UE5. Started on a legitimate master material for instancing. I’d like to be able to quickly adjust paint patterns, distressing, and colors. Maybe in-game for the player too? #gamedev #lowpoly

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 29/12/2024

A friend from high school reached out after seeing my little project in Unreal Engine. Long story short, my art + his programming background = OUR #UE5 project being taken a little more seriously? Anyway, I’m completely overhauling the ship modeling for modularity. 😅 #gamedev #blender #lowpoly

A low poly model of a fighter space ship in Blender, shown in 4 different perspectives and in a temporary but vibrant purple color

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 05/12/2024

🫥 Even at their cleanest, blueprint event graphs are... a lot. #gamedev #ue5 #unrealengine

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 04/12/2024

When I say, “I miss the Marine Corps” this is what I mean 😂 #usmc

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 04/12/2024

I wish every post-game NHL interview was like this 😂 Loving this version of the Minnesota Wild #toptitty #hockey #nhl #wild #minnesota

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 01/12/2024

Just completed Outer Wilds for the first time and now I’m sad I can never experience the game for the first time ever again. An incredibly rare 10/10 game for me.

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a frog sits around a campfire in a video game

ALT: a frog sits around a campfire in a video game

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 30/11/2024

Coffee orders will be a little delayed going out today. We got some snow and nobody remembers how to drive in it.

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 29/11/2024

We’re running our holiday sale on coffee now! Gift yourself and loved ones some specialty coffee. It’s a great stocking stuffer. Just saying :)

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 26/11/2024

A little more work on the HUD before moving on to something else. Unreal Engine’s UI designer is unintuitive & frustrating af to work in. I think enemies and enemy AI are the next thing to tackle. Need something to shoot at (and have shoot back!) #gamedev #indiegamedev #ue5 #space #gaming

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mors @mors.games · 24/11/2024

nobody actually warns you about the emotional rollercoaster of game development: "wow, this is kinda fun actually!" "nah, this is the worst thing ever" "wait, i might actually be goated" "nvm this is terrible, i should kill myself"

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 24/11/2024

Working on the HUD now. - Subtle movement parallax on HUD - Compass bar, but no degrees indicated on it yet. - Running game timer. Not sure about it mechanics-wise just yet. - Score text is a placeholder. No functionality yet. - Pew pew audio! #gamedev #indieganedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine #gaming

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 21/11/2024

Put some time towards my little UE5 project yesterday: - Made a new ship - Added projectile firing - Created a health system with health bar, damage application, healing, death, and respawn management. - Tweaked ship speed, acceleration, and handling #gamedev #UE5 #UnrealEngine

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 19/11/2024

Concerning that it’s almost December and I’m still harvesting peppers and herbs from the garden.

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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Just re-upped my @foundfamiliar.com supply after too long. One more order probably needed before the end of the year. Support @artificerind.bsky.social with code OREX Support me with code CYPHER Go get coffee, you're gonna need the fuel to get through the next four years.

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 11/11/2024

It turns out that #gamedev becomes exponentially harder the more progress you make 🫠

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 08/11/2024

If I hear “your body, my choice” irl, the “Aa” in my name is gonna stand for “aggravated assault”

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 08/11/2024

Been toying around in Unreal Engine 5 again! Started something, but not sure what it’ll be yet. I’ve got a few systems working: - Dynamic camera, speed driven zoom in/out and lag behind - Thrusters, speed & orientation driven - Ship roll on strafing - Health system (not shown) #gamedev

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 08/11/2024

Might end up crossposting here as well. I’m usually on Threads, but it’s looking a lot like 2016 Twitter did at the moment. Anyway, I ran a 10K recently and smashed my last PR. Also got some very flattering finish line photos #running #fitness #strava

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 07/11/2024

Hey, everybody 👋 It’s been… awhile. I’ve mostly been on Insta after leaving Twitter. Not sure how much I’ll use Bluesky tbh. Just checking in I guess? Still kicking.

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 22/08/2023

Finding new music always helps when I’m having a bad week… uh, month. What’s everyone listening to? Share your favorite tunes with me! I listen to almost everything except modern country and really like weirdness.

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Found Familiar Coffee @foundfamiliar.com · 15/08/2023

Forgetting about the coffee you made and then walking past it throughout the day.

A close-up screen shot of the skill check notifications from Baldur’s Gate 3. “Perception Failed” is displayed 3 consecutive times.

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 03/08/2023

I’ve read more books this year than my last 5 years combined. Go me!

A screenshot of Aaron’s past Goodreads reading challenges. In 2022 he read 8 out of 8 books. 2021, 8/10 books. 2019, 3/10 books. 2018, 2/10 books.

A screenshot of Aaron’s 2023 Goodreads reading challenge. He’s read 32 of 20 books and is 21 books ahead of schedule.

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 31/07/2023

The lawyer reading my will after my death: “And to my grandchildren, I leave my 107,880 unread emails to be divided evenly amongst them.”

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aaronarted @aaronarted.foundfamiliar.com · 28/07/2023

Opted to take one of my adderall this morning and I’ve done more in the last 2 hours than I did all day yesterday. Glad you feel good, brain 🧠

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