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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Added code to support animations for weird style mouths like this one and it's sooo fun

Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The event yesterday was so much fun! Everyone was so nice and shared so much excitement and positive feedback!! Sometimes that validation makes such a big difference <3 Here are some awesome creations that some kids (and non kids) made :)

I think Fisher made this. It's saved as "sNUFFLER"

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Might figure out a better way to do fish animations some day, but for a first pass this works pretty well 🐟

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

If you're in Vermont, I'll have a table for Critterrarium at this event on Saturday! Come by and play the latest version of the game! www.hulalakeside.com/events-calen...

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VRmont Game Dev Micro Con! -- VRmont Studios

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Ryan @spiralhug.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Do you love Mega Man Battle Network and indie JRPGs? I'm looking for a gameplay designer to help take ownership of combat in my newest project! ⚔️ enemies, combat, deckbuilding, balancing 🎮 MMBN enthusiast / indie JRPG-fan 💰 paid, part-time 🌎 remote, USA-based Apply 👇🏾 forms.gle/U6xE3rARWdo5...

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sorry that i have to waste my breath and your time saying this. But this project is made without AI ✌️

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 24/03/2026

Dogs have taken over the world and they MUST be photographed! Pick up Pupperazzi: The Dog Photography Game on Steam for 55% off: store.steampowered.com/app/1028350/...

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Liza Knipscher @lize.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Reminder, the weird aliens I post are from my upcoming game Biolune, and it’s wishlist-able here! store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...

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Biolune on Steam

An artificial life simulation about a robot cultivating ecosystems on the moons of a ruined planet. Grow fantastical plants and animals, facilitate their evolution, and gather resources while discover...

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Follow up, got most of these working!! These 5-legged critters all reference a single animation file! (muted bc I haven't fixed footstep sounds for these lol)

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hmm, "5 legs" could mean almost anything, each of these would have different animations... wouldn't be terribly hard, but the scope scales with the max # of legs allowed. I'll have to come up with a system that can make this all work automatically. 🤔 I think I know where to start though!

abomination that inspires countless more variants

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I might change these later, especially for lizard or bug-like bodies- but for now, adapting "horsey" animations for 6 legs took like 40 minutes and looks great 😲

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

New patreon post from yesterday shows some progress i haven’t gotten to post here yet, take a look if you want! :) www.patreon.com/posts/animat...

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Animation Update - almost here! | Critterrarium

Get more from Critterrarium on Patreon

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In October we held a 🎃 HALLOWEEN CRITTER CONTEST 👻 🥉 Third Place went to Wampire by Fisher! @stupidmassive.bsky.social This silly goober won our hearts with his big chihuahua head, and a swooshy cape cleverly built from Tentacles 🧛‍♀️ (🥈2nd and 🏆 1st place winners in thread)

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Ok hear me out A crab claw is just a set of jaws with no esophagus 🤔 And vice versa!!

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Liza Knipscher @lize.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Biolune is officially coming soon on Steam! 🌳🐌🌲🌘🐁🌲☀️ Play as a little robot fascinated by organic life. Terraform moons, cultivate ecosystems, and build a strange, beautiful home in an uncaring void. Wishlist now! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3070190/...

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Biolune on Steam

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Whether you are AAA or indie or solo, the US is just a terrible place to make games :) what a wonderful industry, destroyed

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Example in motion These "dino legs" previously only bent at the knee, now all joints bend properly!

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

finished the custom IK logic for limbs with more than 2 bones!!

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

We are holding a vote soon for what critter parts we should add next! Patrons of snail role and above get to vote but anyone can submit ideas :) Hop in the discord or leave some here if you want!

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Stride length is now based on critter's limb length. This means that long legged critters are faster!

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

How do you feel about... realistic quadruped animation in your critter creator 👁️ How about TRIPEDS??

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Emilius Duckberry @emiliusdraws.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#3079 Two-legged snake

A digital drawing of a cute snake, standing on 2 legs.

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Someone asked about centered/ odd numbered legs, and i remembered i can technically support that with the new animation update… it will just take a little more work… i guess if i was someone who took the easy way out I wouldn’t be making this project 😂😭

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

coming soon: the ANIMATION UPDATE!!! I've finally built a whole system to apply real animations to critters of all kinds. It's soooo fun to play with

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Is it bad or silly to simply post “I’m working on SOMETHING and it’s coming out so great you’re gonna be amazed”

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

My cat has discovered that the power strip my computer is plugged into has a fun little button he can click 😂😭

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Wow thanks for all the encouragement!! 😳 a dozen RTs turning into 100+ followers always blows my mind, so huge thanks to new followers & everyone who RTs! Just the boost I needed to keep working on an ambitious new feature I've got cooking... 👀

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Oh right, here's a bunch more torso types you can try out in the new Patreon build we released :)

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Abhorrent Apis @abhorrent-apis.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Sk8r G8r ! (from Skator Gator 3D by @weatheredsweater.bsky.social ) I will now post things in the replies cos theres only so much to put in the main caption

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Chris Kotiesen @chriskotiesen.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

creature doodles from 2018

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Liza Knipscher @lize.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Animals, trees, grass, rivers, wet ground, clouds, rain, and a simple atmosphere all in! Lots more to go #screenshotsaturday

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Another new feature, torso shape variants! The "Spine Chunks" can now be swapped out with other shapes, so you can make bugs, dragons, slugs, you name it! Here are some quick examples, but I'll be adding a bunch more shape variants soon :)

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

First feature I added to warm back up after my injury: huge QOL changes to how parts stick to the spine when you move the nodes around. and you can drag the whole torso around at once now!

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Been a long recovery period but my physical therapist is always excited to ask me about my career as a game dev which is nice ❤️ big shout out to Joe for breaking my legs every week

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

- Announced Critterrarium with first trailer - got 3 months of awesome progress done, got ready to make a new video about it - got injured for 3+ months and couldn’t work 🫠 Finally getting back into it!! But now the brain worms say I have to get more done/ “catch up” before making another video…

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My body is just one chunk after another. A large number of chunks

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Sorry for the silence, as you may have seen on the patreon I’m recovering from a medical issue and can’t even sit at a desk 😵‍💫 Thanks for your patience!! I want nothing more than to finish the features we’ve been working on smh 🎻

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

It’s the holidays AND I just moved this weekend 😵 I wouldn’t recommend that combo to anyone else! BUT!! There will be a new demo build on the patreon before the end of the month! 👀 (*YEAR?? lol)

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

okay @guavagarnet.bsky.social requested some of their favorite bugs! 🦗 I tried my hand at a quick Katydid but the fire alarms in my coworking space went off before I could add Bug Antennae to the game 😂

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'm gonna be crazy busy this week so... please start yelling out what critters I should try making in game, and I'll post my best attempts! That's the social media this week lol

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

by the way! I've been a full time indie game artist for 7 years now, here's a few titles I've worked on :)

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Campbell 🐛 Making Critterrarium! 🐌 @critterrarium-game.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

THIS GUY is great. this is what you can make!! he is silly and floppy!! <3

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