iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Added imps. Rather nasty guys—they steal mana and spit fire.

Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Death wave spell. I quite like this style of FX animations that use only few sprite frames + transformations + simple particle systems. No transparency as well.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I wonder what was the process on portraits. Are the based on photos or made from scratch?

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Just released a new patch for Master of Luna that adds a bunch of new types of lairs to the world map and 5 undead creatures with all-new attacks and abilities. Also the game will be 25% off during Steam Winter Sale! 👉 steampowered.com/app/2393510

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Save 25% on Master of Luna on Steam

Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet ...

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Feel free to reach out to me for help. It's nearly impossible to pick the correct form with an online translator.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

КРОВОТЕЧЕНИЕ goes very hard. All other statuses use wrong word forms though. Should be: 1. Кровотечение (this one is correct) 2. (unrecognizable) 3. Проклятие 4. Supposed to be oil? I would suggest «смола» (tar) 5. Hard to pick a good one. Maybe «обледенение» 6. Отравление?

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

A bunch of hungry (and therefore) evil liches.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Also, the process of making the prison sprite

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A bunch of map objects for Master of Luna

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Turned out to be very easy. Sometimes I like Electron platform a lot.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Some portraits for Master of Luna

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Same story, took my demo off just before the release because it misrepresented the game.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Working on adding some individuality to the heroes with bios and specializations.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

It had a demo, but it was like two years old, so it’s not representing the game that well. You can find few playthroughs of this demo on YT. Or you can buy the game and refund if you don’t like it.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Master of Luna is coming out tomorrow. Here is the new Steam trailer: youtu.be/AoRGhywssN0

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Master of Luna — Gameplay Trailer

YouTube video by Aleksandr Tiupin

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My custom map generation algorithm for Master of Luna step-by-step: 1...5: player and neutral towns; 6...13: land and water; 14...16: monster lairs; 17...20: forests, mountains and swamps.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Basic map generation. Looks like not much, but the actual algorithm turned out to be quite sophisticated.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

OK, if the game is in window and user has weird UI scaling set in OS, this can mess things up, but come on.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

How so? If sprites are rendered on the smaller texture without AA and then scaled using the int ratio, you will get the perfectly crisp picture that matches the pixels on the screen exactly. I can’t see how this is not pixel perfect?

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Not really… Last time I worked with Unity (like 7 years ago?) it was rather easy. You just render to the smaller texture, then scale it. A ton of games do that, just not many has integer scaling option because nobody cares. Still, some devs include it for purists (e.g. UFO 50).

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The statement that pixel perfect game is impossible on the modern game engine is just wrong. Floats has nothing to do with this, sprites can still snap to the pixel grid. There are at least two ways to match them with screen pixels: use integer scaling or extend the canvas (ok for strategies).

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I really like my tooltips. Dark background, vibrant pixelated icons, crisp text. There's something pleasant about all this.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Посмотри в поиске стартерпаки. От тех, кто не нравится отпишешься потом.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Ideally, you want to find a sub that matches your game theme or genre. People are usually way more there than on general subs. I’ve meant making a video devlog. That takes a ton of time though. If you have a demo, contacting relevant youtubers is a good idea as well.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Reddit and YouTube are the better ways.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Ooh, so much effort wasted… I hope you’ll find a way to repurpose it somehow.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Я тут существую. Правда по-русски не пишу ничего.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

When a hero in Master of Luna level up, they are not learning something new, but recalling experience from their past lives instead.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

And so, in just a month, I have more followers here than on Twitter. Can't see a one reason to go back.

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thanks, that means a lot to me!

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The rate is insane. Probably due to starter packs?

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hi there! I'm making Master of Luna, a turn-based 4x strategy game with powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere. It's mostly a solo project. Play the demo and wishlist the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2393510

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Aleksandr Tiupin @atiupin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

After like an hour of experiments with profiles and converters, I still couldn't match the colors on the post image and colors in the original PNG. *Sigh*

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