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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've finally implemented a form and newsletter I'm happy with for both Mushboom and the human's personal website. Tomorrow shall be the day this project gets finally shared in LinkedIn in search for a 2D artist! Oh yeah, I should advertise that here too... I will tomorrow when I'm less tired 😁

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm doing self-hosting as much as possible and there's so much learning! Very slow progress but I'm glad I have the time and energy to make sure I have a solid foundation during these expensive times of subscriptions and shady companies. Setting up a newsletter system has taken me like 2 days haha

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

How I feel whenever I share my lil Mushboom game

Spongebob meme saying "it ain't much, but it's honest work"

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm pleased to announce that around 200 pages' worth of tutorial resources are coming to the Game UI Database for FREE via a brand new blog. No ads. No paywalls. No email signups. Here's a preview of the first piece dropping next week, all about crafting cross-platform control schemes and layouts!

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

thank you! Players will be able to use emotes 😊

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New video with updated vfx! Still not finished but not so placeholdery anymore :) Unfortunately something broke a month or so ago and now online multiplayer doesn't work, I've been looking into it. #indiegame #webgame #bomberman #solodev

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I have implemented public lobbies and a more polished handling of the player profiles! Next will be a friends list, randomly generated levels, and an art pass for vfx and world environments/backgrounds

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Anyone saying such things are just looking for engagement, video games existed with floppy disks, what a brainless take.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

You're not forced to use them though, you can just use C++

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Updated the main menu and added some sound stuff to Mushboom #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #mushrooms

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I've worked under "art direction" by someone (with several big games under their belt) that had no idea how to communicate with words nor simple drawings. So AI allowed them to believe they were being helpful (they weren't). I couldn't stay there for too long.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

There's now a 1st person camera on Mushboom! I really need to work on those puffballs and their vfx... #indiegame #bomberman #webgame #multiplayer

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Mushboom got a bit of a visual revamp plus some customization options for extra local players and npcs. Lots to do still but it's feeling much better! This is currently playable at: mushboom.groundedraven.com Both local and online multiplayer #indiegame #solodev #webgame #mushrooms #onlinegame

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Doesn't matter how many times I try or if I upload instead of pasting the image it seems to get bugged... is this happening to anyone else? #bsky

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

uh... it looked fine when I was writing the post but now the pic is pink. It's almost 2am so I'm leaving it to see if it fixes itself for now.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The level is looking so much better now, it was way too dark. And added colored rings so players that look alike can identify each other easier now. CPUs get random outfits, now to implement it for extra local players and keep them between scene changes.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

From that article I'd personally only trust and choose Immich, it's open source and fully self-hosted. Even if the owners wanted to do capitalistic things with it you wouldn't be forced to update, there'd be forks you could switch to that keep the power on the user.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Because even if they did they still don't have access to your data if it lives in Your computer or Your servers. I'm not defending "AI" companies, most don't even understand what that means. Search-engine systems are a helpful and positive thing when the user has the full control and ownership

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I can't speak for these apps but the difference for having local self-hosted AI for searching and tagging functionality is not what's bad, the problem is Google having access to all your information and using it for their own unethical purposes.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Lately I've been keeping busy enjoying life and: Imparting an Introduction to Blender bootcamp through VFS on Saturdays. In talks to also become an occasional VFX instructor in a couple of places. Creating 3D models and renders for upcoming public city art. Maybe returning to VFX as a freelancer.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Been quiet here lately... I've been pondering how to manage this account. I've decided it'll be for more than just Mushboom, but also other ventures. Especially as I've kept this project on the shelf for the last few weeks.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Would love to be included as well, thanks for making this! I'm working on a mushroom themed bomberman for web and android, with customization options

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

You can now load the custom levels you make to play in them! And I finally fixed the texture so it's proper mushroom-like under the cap. Plus a third cap shape and 2 bodies. #mushboom #solodev #gamedev #webgame #mobilegame #bomberman #mushroom #leveleditor

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Testing out a new UI theme from @nooble.bsky.social and showcasing player customization + map creation, both saved locally and online to an account hosted on Talo. #indiegamedev #indiegame #solodev #funguy #godot #fungifriends

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Lately I've been mostly working with UI and the character customization set-up. Decided against static textures and allow further customization with gradients applied to patterns instead :D (UI very much still in progress) #indiegamedev #indiegame #mushboom #mushroom #funguy #godot

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Got a new logo version for Grounded Raven Studio, I'm definitely no graphic designer so it still needs work, but what do yall think? Left is new, right is old. Give me your opinioooons pleasee #graphicdesign #logo #feedback #icon #photopea

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

uh probably should've added some tags on that last post... deleting and reposting so it can actually be seen by people

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

You sound like you actually care for them but isn't it wild to sexually abuse them (forced pregnancy) to steal their baby's milk and repeat the process until their bodies can't take it anymore and then sell them for meat; all while saying you love them? What do you do with the male babies?

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I sent them an email with my website and linkedin explaining why there's 3 profiles for the same person. I'm hoping that's enough, will keep you posted!

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Nice, you have motivated me to do the same. I have 3 different profiles because of my Mexican name haha I hope I can merge them.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Today I made the UI and got Talo implemented to manage player authentication and saving/loading data per profile 😌 Talo is making dealing with the backend so much easier and it's open source with a super useful free tier!

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

oof I'm not great at posting in social media but I've gotten some progress on the NPC logic and got started with the UI for character customization! It'll soon be time to work on the database and I'm not looking forward to that! Also I'm teaching a Blender bootcamp in March! 😁 more info next week

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Yeap, and even worse being an environmental activist and eating animals... 😮‍💨 Factory farming is a leading cause for a lot of environmental damage (water use, deforestation, carbon... and that's without counting the actual death count).

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I'm back! Took December to recharge and some light progress but now it's time to be a productive member of society. The CPU players now manage to place 2 bombs before taking themselves out! Big progress. Networking was hard, this is much harder! And also did some color experiments :) #indiegame #dev

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I started a Fallout 4 save recently and it felt like such an uncomfortable start but I couldn't quite put my finger on it and this is it lmao

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Makes me wonder how many people will like this video and then go have abused pig for dinner.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Pigs and cows are more similar to dogs than people realize... it's so sad they're treated like objects to abuse and use for human pleasure rather than living beings with as much right to have a life as any other just because "that's how we have always done it" and other pointless excuses.

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Been having to rework some of the innards of the systems built so they can be scalable and optimized, as well as experimenting a bit more with the art direction, here's a WIP peek 😁 Bit stuck with some materials behaving differently in editor than runtime but working on it! #indiedev #solodev #godot

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

lol now that I see it massive and on the web I see the black has different shades on the floor... not intended, was working on this to use as the icon for the website so it isn't noticeable there anyway. Will fix for second pass... Made this with Photopea btw, such an amazing website!

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

And I've gotten a first pass of what could be the logo... lemme know your thoughts! I suck at graphic design ✨ I chose the aurora as a background because that's my mom's name and without her support this wouldn't exist. My brother chose his company's name in her honour, I'm doing my logo instead 😁

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Soylent is definitely much much more than protein and fats though... have you seen their nutritional labels? They're huge! Better than any meal that isn't thoughtfully crafted and power packed with nutrients haha

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The website lives! And you can actually play the current state of the game there! GroundedRaven.com Lighting is a bit broken at this precise moment but I shall fix it soon. Got the hosting setup and working thanks to Alchemy Interactive, owned by an amazing guy that's an old friend of mine.

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Grounded Raven Studio – Making Mushboom

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Grounded Raven @groundedraven.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I'll take your advice... I actually quite liked that episode, it seems really logical to do and it would give me as much problem (if not less tbh) than I already get with the normalized options most people (and past me) pay money for

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