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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I like my first scritchy scratch draft a lot better. It has more personality!

Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

can't wait! my predictions: - must be a platformer - I hope no roguelike elements (IMO it's very overdone at this point) - deckbuilder? - physics sim?

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

then you've definitely succeeded! :)

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm trying to guess your next game from this... voxel + fog = ???

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yeah, I was thinking of this game as well. I was seeing an interview from the dev and they mentioned that their previous game which took 1.5 years to make was nowhere close to this 4 month project. Definitely an interesting watch in their philosophy. youtu.be/iHuUNbudQVc

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think Hops definitely did that. It really inspired me as a gamer and game dev. Although, as someone who plays and makes mostly platformers, I’ve been wondering if the way to go is make interesting experiences rather than platformers. For example PVKK or Outer Wilds

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

But it’s so hard to get people to even spend 10 seconds to view the gameplay. I’ve been thinking that extremely weird / different games are what appeal to people. Specially with so many games now. Weird premises with janky craftsmanship is faster to make and less risky if it fails.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Do you like it better since you can make games faster with less craftsmanship ? What does move copies of games?

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pretty cool! I’m going to try it out today! Do use the Unity SSAO or some asset? I know a lot of games bake in AO with Bakery.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Made a cool placeholder RC car with just #unity3d primitive shapes! I usually prefer having prototypes which include juice / visuals because it's really hard to guage the fun / appeal otherwise. It's better than using a capsule or a cube. Can skip blender in the protoype phase. #gamedev

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Accidentally added a trail renderer to my player character and it ended up looking like a cape! Decided to keep it! I'd be interested to know if trail renderers have been used for non-trail uses!? #gamedev

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I did end up redoing the model here: bsky.app/profile/anee...

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Cursed running animation to go with it #blender

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

finished: link to the game if you're interested: aneesh-joshi.itch.io/count-pogo

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some janky modelling, texturing and rigging I did for the #gmtkgamejam in #blender #gamedev

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

How do you do brush mapping in Unity? Is there an asset that does this well?

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You could have some forking and make it look like lightning!

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you so much for sharing this sneak peek!

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wow! That’s pretty cool. Love the topology! This is one of my favorite character designs. They’re so expressive and over the top. I love it when they have a state off with Beebz.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Would love to see the animation rig / controller for this!

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It’s hard enough to make a game you can like yourself!

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I absolutely hate the slow iteration speed in Unity. I’d trade fast iteration for performance any day. I think they are planning to fix that in Unity 7 though. Let’s see.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Unity might catch up on speed with the changes with Unity 7 like Fast Enter Play mode. Honestly the biggest seller for Unity is the Asset Store.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Would love to see the process video! Do you draw on paper and then paint over in procreate?

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Maybe 2 tiny paws? Or a bulls eye target / a bulls eye with paws on it

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Pitch: Secret mode where that also sets the TimeScale of the game!

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

How are board game designers able to design more games? I’d imagine it’s a lot harder and time consuming to physically make the prototypes, find people to playtest with, iterate on, etc.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I would love to hear your tips on making physics based games. I feel like there are so many things which seem obvious but when you do them, it just doesn’t work. For example, setting realistic masses for your rigidbodies, tuning your joints, etc.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It’s such a great talk! I feel compelled to make such a system and explore the possibilities of it both as a designer and a player. When I saw the spelunky slide, I totally wasn’t expecting it. But by the end of the talk, it made so much sense! I wish more GDC talks were made freely available!

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Would be fun to sea a real worm in there 🪱

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

IMO the level design aspect is the most important part of the game and truly defines the game. It’s also hard to do and get right. I’ve started re-designing the same level over so many times. But each time it’s a little better. Do you have any tips for new level designers?

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This’ll be such a time saver! Is there a cleaner way to have separate player animations other than using a “Fake User” I tried using the NLA strip but it’s such a pain.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

That’s very kind of you, Sean. I might just take you up on that offer some day :)

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Just bought in the sale yesterday! Also got the Bakery preview tool which lets you preview the light mapping.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Ok, time to buy Bakery then! Thanks for the info :)

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Are you referring to the Unity asset called Bakery GPU light mapper. For the AO, are you using the Unity default SSAO. I have been trying an asset for Horizon Based AO. Any other useful assets you use? Sorry for so many questions. I’ve been banging my head trying to make my scene look decent.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Man, this looks so good! Lately, I’ve been trying to get my game to look better and I’m not sure how. It looks very “unity” Are you using a set color palette? Are you using ambient occlusion? Tone mapping? Any other post processing effects?

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#bubsy4d is a completely different game once you try to speed run it. I’m seeing completely new dimensions of the level design and moveset.

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

How did you squeeze out these optimizations?

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Dropkick Games | Wishlist Torovo @dropkick-games.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

if sonic and tony hawk's had a baby

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Aneesh Joshi @aneeshjoshi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Ah ok. Got it. Makes sense :)

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