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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

#lego VENDING MACHINE!! They do exist!

Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Know I haven’t updated in a bit, but making progress on the setup. TBH this is the part where I hesitate and spend hours staring at the screen wondering what to improve next. Amazing how many hours go by that way

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

hmmmmm, this might be working, I like the overall layout but the materials (or lack thereof) bug me lol What do you think? See some potential here?

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Environment modelling always seems to be my Achilles heel. Hasn't quite clicked for me yet, but hoping more reps will help! Doing an attempt at making a streaming setup/background. Won't spend a ton of cycles on it but hope to get something good! #blender

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

ok, think we're cooking here, now just needs a background and have a decent v1 (or v.0000000001)

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My hands hurt from clenching so much lol, but think I have the finger rotations dialed in enough now. It's passable, but still very fiddly. Tomorrow we re-add the vr motion trackers and the other rig elements! Make sure everything plays nice with the hand drivers!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

got finger splay tracking working! some of the fingers still curl a bit strange, but that is just a tuning issue on the unity side that I still need to dial in.

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Got both hands working for my avatar! also added a whole bunch of controls in unity to make it easier to tweak and adjust how the hands deform based on the data coming from the xr gloves.

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Here chat, have some 3 d printed flexi rexies :3

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Refining the hand movement for my avatar in unity, able to get most of the fingers working (at least a passable attempt) the thumb is still a bit funky tho. We'll get there.

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Good news! I'm able to get my xrglove data into unity, and can apply the rotation data to the fingers. bad news is that it's not playing nice with my rig, and it's very jittery. might have to re-rig my hand, or at the very least reorient the bones

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I might've had some caffeine today, why do you ask? #vtuber #vtubing

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Got some good progress today! Dialed in the head and hand trackers, added some small idle eye movements. could still use some dialing in here and there with positioning but overall think he's coming together! #vtuber #unity

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Got some rudimentary jaw movement going on! First time reading microphone input from unity, overall think it's a good first pass!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

somebody TELL ME that they're bringing back duel wielding for Halo. PLZ I NEED IT!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Tracker test, LOOKS GOOD TO ME!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

3d printed a leaper from arc raiders!! It’s kinda small tho….thinking I should print it 300x its size now lol

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Finally got my vive ultimate trackers working!! Wrote a python script to poll the trackers and then display their location and rotation data!!! Homemade avatar here we come!!!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I modeled a Dugtrio in Blender! What do you think? #pokemon #pokemongo #blender #blender3d

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I have been humbled by the Blender gods...in my hubris I thought I could "make a quick stylized forest, it'll be easy!".....I have been proven....mistaken....

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Working on the next Pokemon! At viewer request we're doing Beedrill! Still trying to figure out the head shape, but it's slowly coming along.

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Decided I want to practice more 3d modelling so going to be making some Pokemon! and today I 3d modeled a Weedle! #pokemon #blender

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

You may be cool, but you’re not shiny Absol with sunglasses cool!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

AAAAAAAAAA They put little hat on em! I love this so much!!!!!!!!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

the pain THE PAIN! Trying to get some webcam tracking working in my custom avatar, not going well lol

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Me on a first date: I make at least 6 figures a month! the figures in question:

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

aw man....looks like you can't create a story on twitch unless you're affiliate lol. I gots a ways to go before then. We'll get there eventually.

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

You know what makes any day better? A visit to the bookstore and some new books!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It's time....I'm going back in!!!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Some more of the cards I pulled lol

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Went to a magic the gathering prerelease last night for the new tmnt set and it was a lot of fun!! Got to play with the cards early and meet some new people! (Won 2 lost 2 in the tourny lol)

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

let me in.....LET ME INNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Been playing a bit with EmoteLab today, really liking how simple the tool is to use. Need to play with it more to remake something closer to my avatar (or mascot character perhaps?)

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

First time using StableBaselines3, over engineered the heck out of my first notebook with it but think I have a good testing pipeline setup to quickly do more experiments with it!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I have discovered VDM brushes….I should never have been given this much power lol #3dsculpting #zbrush

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Started Learning #zbrush and #3dSculpting and today I made this creeper looking thing. I think he’s cute :3

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Training a #AI to beat #Mario with #reinforcementlearning He beat level 1-1! only 31 more levels to go!

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

decided to hop back into Unity! Set a goal for myself this summer to design and publish a small game end to end. Will be posting progress here to help keep me accountable :) first step is refreshing skills by taking some classes from @gamedevtv.bsky.social the Turn based game course seems fun :)

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Hot Take: Reeses Giant Peanut Butter Eggs should be sold all year round. They are so goooood

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Looking at Steel Hunters made me remember another mech game. Anyone else remember Exoprimal? Came out in 2023 badass mech suits vs dinosaurs! Throw in some time travel and rogue ai elements for good measure. Played quite a bit of that game but feels like it’s another game that died off quickly.

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Steel Hunters looks absolutely amazing but I’m a bit nervous about the mixed review rating on steam. It seems like an awesome concept, extraction shooter with big ass robots, I’m just hoping it lives up to its potential. Gonna try it out this weekend and see for myself tho :)

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

or maybe this slightly different view works better?

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Making a thumbnail for a youtube video, and wanted a shot of doomguy doing something dumb (not saying he's dumb, plz don't kill me doomguy). Wanted some opinions, does this translate well as a pose or does the shotgun get lost in the details a bit? #blender #render #doom

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Coldstart @coldstart.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Been thinking of games that i would love to make if I had the chance, and thought I might share one of my more nostalgic ideas. A modern remake of Lego StormRunners! I used to love this flash game as a kid, and I think that an updated version would be a project I would love to see come to life!

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