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freakdave

@freakdave.bsky.social

🎮 Software Engineer 🎮, Retro Console Enthusiast, worked on Hunt: Showdown 1896, Saga of Sins, Biplanes, SNOW The Ultimate Edition, Spellforce 3 youtube.com/@freakdave mastodon.gamedev.place/@freakdave

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've just released FDV Texture Studio, a tool to create your own procedural + node based textures that can be baked into a final texture. It also allows you to create animated textures which can then be exported into a sprite sheet. github.com/freakdave/FD... #gamedev #dreamcast #tech-art #indiedev

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In other news, our team at Wasted Studios is working on Merge Mutants and we now have a first demo available on Steam, go grab it (it won't be available forever)! Feedback is always welcome! store.steampowered.com/app/4764660/... #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Here is one of the later levels from "You Are Tomato", a #dreamcast #homebrew game that I am developing right now for the #dreamdisc25 game jam. I can't wait to share all 10 levels with you soon! 🍅 #gamedev

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I've decided to add a new desert theme to my WIP #dreamdisc25 project for the #dreamcast The actual levels (10) are more or less complete and I can finally focus on polishing and audio. #gamedev #homebrew

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

There's still so much to do for #dreamdisc25, but at least the game loop is almost complete. The visuals also got some love. And yes, you are a Tomato. Here are some screenshots (debug cam and gameplay), captured from my #dreamcast

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I'm finally at a stage where I'm no longer experiencing weird crashes. Thanks to my rudimentary VMU logger I was able to identify a bug that only popped up when played from /cd/. dc-tool-ip (dc-load) and emulators did NOT! trigger it. Anyway, the focus is on completing the game loop now! #dreamcast

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Phew, Defuseball is coming along. Slowly but steadily. 5 levels are already complete and there are 5 more in the pipeline! Hopefully I can make it in time for the #dreamdisc24 game jam... #dreamcast #gamedev #simulant #homebrew #screenshotsaturday

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I've found some more time to do level design on Defuseball, my entry for the #dreamdisc24 game jam. The tiles and bomb spots are set up in #Unity and the level is exported to a custom format. Here's level 3, which teaches the player to jump over tile gaps. #gamedev #dreamcast #homebrew #simulant

The picture is showing a layout of an upcoming level for Defuseball.
It's in a top-down view. You can see green and brown tiles as well as red dots, which indicate the locations of the bombs the player will have to defuse. The tiles float atop of a light blue water plane. The whole level is surrounded by cylindrical sky box with blue and white colors.

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freakdave @freakdave.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I forgot to post this last week here, so there you go: Just some #gamedev for the upcoming #dreamdisc24 game jam. Here's a WIP screenshot from my latest 'Defuseball' #dreamcast #homebrew build made with @kazade.bsky.social's Simulant game engine!

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