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Wow, the main menu scene runs super smoothly. Sure, it looks a little jagged here and there, but wow, i'm positively surprised!

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Andy @anba.dev · 3h

Moment of truth...

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Andy @anba.dev · 3h

Building my first standalone Steam Frame test build right now. I'm really curious to see how badly everything will run (my game's optimization still has a lot of room for improvement, haha) 🤣

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Andy @anba.dev · 25/09/2026

Steam Frame 👀

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Andy @anba.dev · 07/08/2026

Just commissioned a small soundtrack for my own video game for the first time. Feels good!

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/07/2026

Raven WIP. No, you’re not allowed to know my secret workflow. #gamedev

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Andy @anba.dev · 11/07/2026

But if I can be reflective for a second: I'm just doing whatever I feel like working on right now, and I genuinely look forward to launching Unity every single day. And none of these projects are canceled, which I also think is a good thing :) Will drop a few infos on the projects soon!

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Andy @anba.dev · 11/07/2026

A quick moment of honesty: I've been working with Unity since 2017, and until last year I stuck to a strict one-project-only policy. Right now I'm at 3 projects, and it feels bad to even write that down. But ...

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Andy @anba.dev · 22/06/2026

Canceling an Adobe subscription: - The sub page loads way slower than the rest - Canceling the sub is the only option visible only by scrolling - To verify it’s a real request, I have to enter my password (again) - I get offered other services first before I can actually cancel

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Andy @anba.dev · 21/06/2026

I know it’s totally unrealistic, but it would be so sick if Nintendo dropped a third installment of the Zelda 64 series on the Virtual Console. Same treatment as Majora’s Mask: reuse a lot of the existing logic and assets and go for a new adventure.

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Andy @anba.dev · 04/05/2026

Spam clicking the buggy "Continue" button to purchase the Steam Controller felt wrong. I was scared they would lock me out of my account. But it worked :D

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Andy @anba.dev · 04/04/2026

Is it weird to listen to the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack in April?

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/01/2026

You can say what you want about Nintendo, but I love it so much that their games have so many accessibility options. No gatekeeping, and even players who are not familiar with video games at all can join in without getting frustrated right away.

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Andy @anba.dev · 08/01/2026

You can tell you’ve mastered platformers lol First map in under half an hour? Not bad not bad 😅

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Careware @careware.gg · 08/01/2026

I checked out Cloud Escape by @anba.dev in the most recent episode of Careware and honestly had a blast! FULL VIDEO - www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0k... #IndieGameDev #VideoGames #IndieDev

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rita hatesville @ritatreats.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

Confetti on course completion 🎉

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

There are situations where the golf ball is close to a wall or obstacle. You always hit the ball in the direction you're facing. So objects between the camera and the ball are not blocking the camera and are made transparent using a dither shader.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

For the golf minigame, the main character has a special golf outfit. But since you don't actually see the character in the minigame, just in a short cutscene, it was basically wasted work time 🤣

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

I'm from Germany and typical old German names are kinda a meme here. But somehow, some of these names have their own unique vibe. All shopkeepers in the game are part of an old merchant family and have first names like Albrecht or Gottfried.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

The HUD is minimalist. Shot direction follows the camera's view, and the power meter only pops up when you hold the strike button.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

Since there are occasionally some darker spots on the golf courses, the golf ball also has a weak light source. The goal was to improve visibility for the player.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

In addition to the realtime lights, I'm using the third-party asset Fake Point Lights by LazyEti. This lets me project stylized, beautiful Wind Waker-like light cones with sharp edges onto the environment.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

For the golf courses, I primarily use baked lighting cause it looks awesome and fits well. But I also add realtime lights for the torches to create dynamic shadows for the golf ball and obstacles.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

Since it's a simple minigame, there are only simple obstacles. There are static barricades that players can use to their advantage or navigate around. There are also dynamic simple shape rigidbody based obstacles with spectral visuals. Moving obstacles also leave a slight trail.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

I created the classic grass pattern using a repeating grass texture and texture layering. The second layer, a simple gray-and-white checkerboard texture, is multiplied onto the base texture with a transparency value.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

When designing levels, I focused on easy readability for players, variety, and variable verticality. The shapes of the levels were all created in Blender using simple cubes and textured with triplanar texturing.

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Andy @anba.dev · 23/12/2025

With all the golf video games out there, I wouldn't consider making a full game just about golf. But a dungeon golf minigame in my action-adventure game? No objections, right? A quick technical and game design recap 🧵

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

A small stress test with 30 active enemy instances. The performance was good, but the pathfinding with many simultaneous enemies was a real pain. Problem still exists and I need to put more work into this!

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

The targeting system was a hge challenge! Here in the screenshot, we see targetable indicators (the small arrows) and the targeted indicator (the large arrow). During targeting, the character always rotates to the active target.

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

The dodge roll does not grant invincibility frames, but it temporarily shrinks the character collider size and allows the player to move very quickly in a specific direction. Dodge rolls cost stamina!

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

Just a cool shot from the combat devlog :)

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

Most attack animations are purchased animations, which in most cases have been refined using the software Cascadeur and adapted to my character.

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

Simple, physical enemy attacks can be parried. As the game progresses, you not only stun the enemy for a brief moment, but you can also perform a powerful counterattack.

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

Some more interesting gamedev insights about creating the combat system in Velkyn ⚔️

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

Thank you, glad you liked it and also thanks for sharing 😊

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Andy @anba.dev · 16/12/2025

Thank you! 😊

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

Visualization of the first enemy pathfinding implementation. I'm using A* for the pathfinding in Velkyn.

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

The bow is probably not the right choice for this distance :'D

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

If you approach enemies from behind and stay quiet (crouching), they won't notice you and you can launch a surprise attack.

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

I have tried to implement the field of view as realistically as possible. If the character is partially covered by the environment, the detection sensor reports a partial detection. Only when a certain threshold of visual exposure to the sensor is exceeded, the visual contact logic gets triggered.

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

Enemy detection is triggered (depending on the enemy type) by visual contact, noises, or caused damage. For visual contact, there is an appropriate indicator when you approach the enemy.

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

My goal was to create a very dynamic combat system. Good and fair hitscans and in addition to classic dodge and parry actions, I also want to incorporate the parkour elements of Velkyn.

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Andy @anba.dev · 15/12/2025

2025 Dev Recap on the progress of the combat system for my indie game Velkyn. Creating an action combat system is like solving a puzzle. Except each piece needs to be precisely cut first 😅

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Andy @anba.dev · 13/12/2025

2025 is coming to an end and I feel like I haven't made much progress this year. So, I wrote up a little dev recap and honestly? Yeah, it could definitely be better, but I still learned a lot and got stuff done.

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Andy @anba.dev · 13/12/2025

Hey Kyle, I'm doing good. Hope you are too? Saw "The Free Shepard" at the Game Awards and immediately thought of Farewell North. I think I'll play that again between Christmas and New Year ❤️

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Andy @anba.dev · 13/12/2025

Velkyn is still in active development. Been working on a dungeon and refined the combat system a little bit since the last devlog, but can't show anything new atm 😅

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Andy @anba.dev · 13/12/2025

I'm alive and took a break from gamedev. Got into multiplayer/networking in Unity out of curiosity and my little detour turned into something bigger 😂 I think I can share more soon.

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