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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The "magic" part here is that to do this kinematics must perform their collision checks in FixedUpdateAsync - after physics has resolved for the dynamic objects. RB velo/move all happens all in FixedUpdate.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Neat experiment: Made #unity3d kinematic body work seamlessly in deterministic simulation alongside dynamic. Custom sim: Baumgarte pen, restitution, impact & interpolation White = kinematic state-driven sim Green = dynamic default physics. (No Jitter even @ 10hz sim - GIF may jitter) #gamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Created today: a quick #Unity3D #gamedev time saver: 📒Right-click and copy or paste object collections directly from list/array in inspector. 📚Collect references of all components from hierarchy of the selected object, and filter by type. Then paste into another array/list type field!

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Bsky is the only social that has respected my interests and stayed on topic. I like/interact/comment posts by artists, tinkerers, gamedevs on other platforms and its just a barrage of random viral posts I never asked for. All the great work people are doing I actually see here. What a concept!

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

It's been a good while since I've posted, too long. Just before the holidays in December I had a back injury. It left me with persistent pain in my shoulder and numb hands for over a month. Gladly, that's all over so regular weekly game updates will be flowing again!

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

I'm thinking of the meaning deeply, anyway.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Im an indie solo dev, implementing hot plug wasn't very hard at all. If I can do it in a few hours, I feel there is no excuse really. Full rebinding too. Supporting older sticks is much harder than any of that IMO.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Ice now shatters when hit by collision, chaining, causing more sweet destruction. Player safe! Small game release today also has bug-fixes: - Boss missile fix - Option Mode reset fix - L2B Weapon focus fix Special thanks to @muraduki.misskey.io.ap.brid.gy for reporting! #shmup #indiegame #STG

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Right - I was thinking replace continue button with dropping into practice mode just as convenience. Still separate difficulties. Difficulty only at most very slight ease-in (first wave or screen at most -- sure) anything slower feels pedantic.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Continues seem only problematic if we don't reset scores and prevent hiscore. Lack of continues turns a ton of people off. Could drop them into practice mode instead, but curious your thoughts on this. Escalation will feel best as a noisy curve. Flat, linear or pandering/ez all feel boring.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

To me, all dogs are pups, no matter their age. 🥰 My long doggo Hazel is a Wippet Hound mix, 10. She has an immune condition called UDS that makes her look older. She's a sweetie pups through and through and a total ham! #doggo #cutedog

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Bowling in an #STG / #shmup ?! I spent today bowling! I figure a good physics test is you can bowl the enemies and strike with a direct hit. 🎳 1st version - objects switch to dynamic when hit. 2nd - they stay dynamic the whole time, ball follows through more. #indiegame #gamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Great game and a great cover, well done!

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Cosmic Destroyer game update released - v0.8.4 Week 4 EA brings Ship Color Customization, two new throwables, and more throwing physics improvements. #shmup #IndieGameDev #indiegame store.steampowered.com/news/app/371...

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Cosmic Destroyer - Week 4 Update - Steam News

Customize your ship color, two new throwable objects, and general update release plan for December 2025.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Because more color is more fun - Pick a color! 🎨 More color replacement shaders at work - and a new ship color system which will allow for "skin" unlocks and customizations. Color customization goes live in EA update tomorrow! 🙂 #shump #indiegame #indiegamedev #wishlistwednesday

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Improving chain-reaction throw mechanics in my Shmup, full screen pixel art animations for intro cinematics. +moar things that go boom.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

One good throw is all it takes! 🥏💥💥 I love improving these chain reactions, so fun to dev. Next, big chain score multipliers. Cha-ching! 🎰💰 #gamedev #shmup #solodev #indiegame #indiegamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Yes so this is using TextMeshPro, and so I made a shader based on the Bitmap Custom Atlas shader it uses, and created bitmap font atlas with the color separated gradients.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Custom Pixel Font & Gradient Effect shader. Working on the intro animation. The font has color-channel separated gradients to allow shader to blend gradients - so you can select or animate any blend of colors you want - pretty sweet I think! #gamedev #solodevelopment #indiegame

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

⛳️Hotfix Release - Update for Week 3 - Part 2 - Fixes for Stage 3 Lock-out, Hi-Score Screen staying up, Boss Explosion SFX volume correction.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Definitely coming together, character has a nice visual clarity so far. Keeping that while adding frames is a worthy challenge. Keep up the good work and have fun animating!

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Messing around with Deflmask for making Genesis style music. Seems pretty decent and very close to hardware. Should I try Milky Tracker? Any exp with either or recommendations? Used Fast Tracker 2 and Jeskola Buzz a lot years ago. Modern DAW and VSTs just dont come close.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

⛳️Hotfix Updated for Week 3 - Fixes issue with Enemy Homing Missiles not being destroyed by the player's lasers (L2-B Ship's primary weapon).

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

More fun knocking enemies around 🦹‍♂️💥☄️ The new Chain Reaction mechanics, Plasma Bomb and Piercing Focus Shot just went live today in Week 3 Update. Ka-boom! Update notes + GIFs on Steam News: store.steampowered.com/news/app/371... #indiegame #gamedev #shmup

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Strongest attack is throwing enemies with new crazy chain-reaction collisions like this. Thrown enemies bounce like pool balls, dealing multiplied combo damage + blocking bullets. Chaos is YOUR weapon. Don't sit back and dodge - cut right through! (update live 11/21) #indiegame #shmup #gamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Made this new Plasma special effect today. What should I call it? "Plasma Bomb"? This special has a shorter bullet cancel time than Mega-Bomb, but does more damage near the focus point. All Custom - Shaders, Oscillating Rings, Bolt Spawners, Screen-Space sprite Trails #shump #indiegame #gamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Bionic Commando is one of my favorites! My recent 4: Blue Revolver Salamander 3 Dune Awakening Graveyard Keeper (around Halloween)

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Thanks! Working on making it more epic, 😅 Killer Queen dev! IIRC Minnesota based or used to be? Did you make Deathball too?

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Cosmic Destroyer - week 2 EA update is Live! This update overhauls Training mode, which allows player to play any section of any stage, retry, play prev/next sections, etc Oh, did I mention Snails?! More info on armor systems in notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/371... #indiegame #shmup

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Cosmic Destroyer - EA Update Week 2 - Training Overhaul & Enemy Armor Adjustments - Steam News

Multiple game updates to gameplay, UI, enemies and bug fixes. Includes the week 2 progress report and roadmap for the next 3 weeks.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Don't get Snailed! 🐌 Made this little snail pixel art a while back, I've been wanting to get Ms. Snail into the game for a while. I really love the destruction chunk effect! Reflecting shots back at enemies with the Grappling Hook is so satisfying. #pixelart #indiegame #gamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Did you know? Cosmic Destroyer has damage types + armor inspired by Joshua Sawyers' great Armor Systems deep dive. Tanks != bag of HP. Damage stacks to a threshold by time, mitigating small hits. Collisions + missiles hit HARD and break armor. Update live tomorrow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug_0...

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Armor Clash: Mistrials and Mishaps on the Road to Better Armor Systems

YouTube video by Joshua Sawyer

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

How its done: - Screen grab certain layers with Depth+Stencil using a camera larger than screen. - Layer sprite quads, calculating the size offset of each based on ratio of camera and overscan. Increment rendering layers - Interpolate layer color over range for more convincing depth visual.

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Some have asked so I'll share - there are NO 3D objects in Cosmic Destroyer! This effect is achieved with old-school layered sprites + using art with edges that accent the gaps and corners. #gamedev #indiegamedev #vfx

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Week 1 EA Update is Live! The newest enemy is the Gunboat - equipped with two dangerous turrets which target pesky asteroids and players alike. Round bullets have changed to pink+red, and a lot of stage layout & pacing improvements. #indiegame #shmup #gamedev store.steampowered.com/news/app/371...

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Techy dev update: improved dynamic Spline layout tools I've been working on. These help improve the pacing and routing of the stages, removing guesswork and tedium from the workflow. My favorites are enemy wave/lane tuning, auto-constraints + live visual update drag & drop. #indiegame #gamedev

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Well I did it. I hit the button. Cosmic Destroyer is now live on Steam for early access. That's a first! 😱 🥳 It's got a lot to improve on and add - but its there and I'm doing it. And I'm not stopping so I hope you like it! store.steampowered.com/app/3712340/... #indiegame #gamedev #shmup

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

New Railgun is super cool! Limited weapon goes through walls, cancels bullets, utterly destroys + Sounds cool too! I couldn't help myself but make that face when I died to a popcorn. Enjoy grumpy face lol! 😅 ☝️Reminder Early Access is Thursday! 🎉 #shmup #indiegame #indiegamedev #solodevelopment

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

My game Cosmic Destroyer is going into Early Access this week on Oct 30th! 🪐💥 I can't believe this week is already here. Every wishlist, every bit of feedback helps bring it all together. #indiegame #indiegamedev #shmup store.steampowered.com/app/3712340/...

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

What's he building in there? A Portal to the unknown! Created a bunch of Portal and Wormhole distortion VFX today, custom screen-space trails for parallax stars, noise-based nebula cloud shaders, and a lever to kick it all off! (WIP) #indiegame #gamedev #shmup

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

My game's demo was launched on Armor Games this morning! 🥳🎉 Pretty excited and there's a lot of feedback coming in. I used to play a lot of games on Armor Games years ago, so it feels pretty cool to have something hosted there! armorgames.com/cosmic-destr... #indiegame #indiegamedev #shmup

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Cosmic Destroyer (Demo) - Play on Armor Games

Cosmic Destroyer (Demo), a free online Shooting game brought to you by Armor Games. Cosmic Destroyer is a high-intensity horizontal SHMUP with a grappling hook that can grab and throw enemies and obje...

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thanks everyone who wishlisted + played during #SteamNextFest ! 💖😍 WOW 700! Update released this morning adds Health Pickups, Extra Live awards, balance and bugfixes. #steam Early Access soon - Oct 30th! 🫣eek! Patch Notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/371... #indiegame #indiegamedev #shmup

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Great thanks! Been wanting to make a section like this for a long time

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Where the demo ends, the true game begins... Flying into the depths of the alien. Now with 100% more creepy pulsing blobs, eggs that spawn hungry larvae, bones and more tentacles. Then we check out the lab, where bad stuff always happens! 🦠🔬🥼 #indiegame #gamedev Play a #shmup on #steamdeck !

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Coffee Maker Games @coffeemakergames.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Hooray its #ScreenshotSaturday 🎉🥳 I recorded some fresh clips of my #solodev #indiegame Cosmic Destroyer. If you like blowing things up and grappling hooks you might be into it! 💥🪐🚀🛸 It's on #SteamNextFest store.steampowered.com/app/3712340/...

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