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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 12/02/2026

First pass of the landscape material is complete. It need more work, but for now it's back to landscape scultpting!! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 11/02/2026

Landscape painting in Unreal Engine 5. This plus some good folk music = best late nights ever. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 11/02/2026

Starting off this landscape with just 4 biomes (out of 8). Needs more work, but I'm liking this as a starting point!!~ #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 10/02/2026

Landscape painting my beloved. I love when Unreal Engine's technical systems are finally ready for art!!! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 29/12/2025

Anyone else love level planning in MS Paint? Now lets see what it'll look like in Unreal next! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 20/12/2025

WIP of the level blockout. This part of game development is one of my favourites! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 23/10/2025

Needs some visual improvement but it's enough to prototype some gameplay. TETRIS INVENTORY. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 15/10/2025

Congrats @tianipixel.bsky.social for an amazing demo at sxsw sydney!! Wishlist the game or else! store.steampowered.com/app/2872300/...

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 11/10/2025

Programmer art is never pretty, but when the tech works, its so darn beautiful. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 02/06/2025

Guys, Steven doesn't seem too happy. I think cart physics has become more difficult than he thought. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5 #pridemonth

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 10/03/2025

Not too bad honestly, especially for a first attempt. What do you think can be improved? #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 08/03/2025

How do you guys handle "rubble" 3d assets? Do you use scatter algorithms? Or simulations? #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 21/02/2025

Brick by brick, the low poly graybox is underway! I'm finding this step really helpful in solving the design problems that a blockout wouldn't have highlighted. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 13/02/2025

Number 1 most annoying thing in Unreal. Scaling multiple objects together. How is this still not a thing? #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 08/02/2025

Quick fly-through of the level blockout. Any final tips? I think it feels good. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 06/02/2025

This is prototype B for the spiral tower. This time the camera follows the player. This has to be my least favourite solution, it's very disorienting and doesn't achieve any of my design goals. Gonna try out some of your ideas next! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 05/02/2025

This is prototype A for the spiral staircase. A tight, locked view with a "hole punch" view. I don't really like it, any ideas for a different approach? #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 31/01/2025

Prototype ladders? Check. Prototype doors? Check. I think next I need to model the Spiral Tower combat arena, gonna be a fun challenge! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 29/01/2025

The layout feels pretty good, I think this'll be enough for a vertical slice. Next is a playable whitebox #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 27/01/2025

Finally! The combat flow is feeling smooth and robust! Took me a whole week of work, so glad to finally move on. So, more art next? Maybe a whole environment?! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 20/01/2025

Enemies now have a root motion boost to help close the gap. Exaggerated example: #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 19/01/2025

Got the camera lock-on working, some VFX and SFX as well. Collision is now a sweep. What next? Grapple system? #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 15/01/2025

UNHINGED graphs are my favourite in Unreal, I literally cannot go to sleep until I get it out of my mind palace >> #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 10/01/2025

Oh damn the AI's got hands! I gotta admit, coding the AI behaviour tree has been incredibly fun! #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 08/01/2025

Why is it so fun getting chased by AI? Maybe its the knife? 😊 #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 03/01/2025

Took quite some thought but finally, a clean and stable charged ability system! Animations are just prototype. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 02/01/2025

Do you ever just? If it's sacrilegious then why does it work? #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 31/12/2024

The feeling of distraught that comes after importing your animations... and they suck. Sigh, time to rethink them. #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #UE5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 21/12/2024

And there we have it, V1 of the Deflect/Parry system! Pretty happy with it! #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #ue5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 21/12/2024

I love prototyping logic graphs. Time to dive into the blueprints and C++ for this gameplay system! #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #ue5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 16/12/2024

Here's the second scimitar attack. Does anyone know a good fix for wobbliness in the spine? My control rig might need some adjustment. #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #ue5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 15/12/2024

I've gotten started on animations for the scimitar. Not sure if I want my animations to be snappier or more realistic. This feels like a good middle ground, right? #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #ue5

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 08/12/2024

I've been stuck in a limbo trying to write my game design document. I've been through so many ideas and iterations and feeling lost all over again. Is this a fear of failure? How do I know which ideas are worth pursuing? I'd love to hear your thoughts #gamedev

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 04/12/2024

Coyote Time! Even though the player has fallen off the edge, they are still allowed to jump for a short duration to improve controller responsiveness and game feel. #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #gamefeel

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 04/12/2024

One of my favourite things to do when working on game systems is to visualise player timings with a stopwatch. #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 04/12/2024

In Kirby they use a "fuzzy landing" by forcing a land even if you input jump while in the air. It makes controls feel more responsive. Lots of interesting QOL and accessibility tid bits in this article! www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2... #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame

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John - Cloverboy☘️🐞 @cloverboygames.com · 02/12/2024

It'll be hard to say without controlling yourself, but I need some help! Option 1 for input buffering a jump while in the air. It waits until you land, and then immediately jumps. #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame

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