iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Thanks. I'm in the process of learning about writing shaders. It's a very different style of thinking about problems than the programming problems I'm used to but that's part of the fun.

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Thanks. This is a combination of a couple of things. The base is sampling from a noise texture to create a mask for the dirt. Then I use a SDF to create a gradient around the edges to try and create a slight edge wear look

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I found this site to generate customisable SVGs of cards: www.me.uk/cards/ Then I wrote a Python script which would combine the individual SVGs into a single PNG which I use as a texture atlas

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SVG playing cards

Jason @json.codes · 11/04/2026

Created a shader to replace the basic labels for cards with actual textures and some grimey effects so they look more worn and fit in with the dirty table #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #godot

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Finally got round to giving the blackjack dealer some clothes and a (temporary) hairstyle #gamedev #godot #screenshotsaturday

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Jason @json.codes · 15/03/2026

Twinkle twinkle little star 🎶⭐ Adding a basic open/close hand animation for the card dealing #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Here is an earlier version which I enjoyed but I forgot to save the texture in Blender because I had no idea what I was doing.

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No that isn't the final dealer mesh. Or it might be one of a set, this one has kind of grown on me.

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I also use LookAtModifier3D and CopyTransformModifier3D to create the lean and twist effect by moving and rotating their target based on the positioning of the hands. The head can move using a LookAtModifier3D too.

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I use TwoBoneIK3D for each of the arms with CopyTransformModifier3D to control hand rotation. Originally I tried this with CCDIK3D but the elbow was sometimes bending backwards in a painful looking way, TwoBoneIK3D solved this by allowing me to to specify a "pole" for the elbow bend

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Jason @json.codes · 10/02/2026

After pausing effort on my previous game I started work on this new game which basically blackjack but with a bit of a twist. Recently I've been working on my dealer movement using the new IK functionality in #godot 4.6 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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It would be easy to look back on this as a bit of a waste of time as it didn’t result in publishing my first game like I wanted but I think I can be pretty positive about it because I learned a lot about #gamedev from the project

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My current project is definitely much smaller than this one, and I'm determined to have it published in some form in 2026.

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As it turned out it was the environment and world design work which was taking up all of the time. I had imagined these rich and varied levels but I told myself that it wouldn't be too much work because "the ship is just flying past quickly anyway so I don't need too much detail"

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It's a good lesson for me though. I chose this idea specifically because I thought a rails shooter would be "smaller" than my other game ideas. Smaller because it was mechanically simple, less 3D animation, less story writing, and naively I thought less environmental work.

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I actually think I realised this earlier in development but I was determined to see it through an publish a game. It was going to take me 6+ months to finish this one level and I had a target of building 12-15 levels for the game all with varied environments and little reusability.

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I spent every evening for a couple of months building out the first level alongside my day job as a software developer. Progress was slow and steady, but I eventually realised it was going to take several more months just to finish this one level.

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Jason @json.codes · 26/01/2026

It's been a while since I posted about this. I actually decided to put this game on hold because it was simply going to take too long to build the game I wanted to make. I have other stuff I'm working now which I'll be sharing soon

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This was driving me nuts

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Jason @json.codes · 11/09/2025

Those are some hardcore ads on your site. Is there any content to go with them?

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Jason @json.codes · 07/09/2025

£0 in N. Ireland lol

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Jason @json.codes · 05/08/2025

Manually placing buildings for my city level felt like a lot of work so I created a custom editor instead which can randomly place them for me. Now I smash "Randomize Seed" until I get a layout I'm happy with #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Jason @json.codes · 07/05/2025

Here's a really minor update to improve the aiming and lock-on targets. It's much less jarring than the earlier prototype version #gamedev #indiedev

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Jason @json.codes · 09/04/2025

Here is the missile system in my #indiegame with added missile trails and explosion effects #gamedev #indiedev

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Thanks, this is being built in Unity

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What I do now is generate some splines with three points (start, mid, end/target) and have the missile follow this. When doing this I have some parameters to control the "fan out" of the missile paths but also can add some random jitter if I want.

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I had originally tried to use some of my steering behaviour implementations to have missiles dynamically seek their locked targets but the missiles would sometimes miss unless I allowed them to turn at extreme angles. Since this is supposed to have an arcade feel, I didn't want them to ever miss

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Jason @json.codes · 17/01/2025

It's been a while since I posted about my #indiegame but here is a work in progress for target lock for missiles (complete with debug overlays so you can see what is happening) #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Moving this into the game has been slow progress with lots of tweaking of behaviour settings. Gradually coming together but it's hard to actually figure out how aggressively the enemies should move without having some semblance of an actual level so I might do that next #gamdev #indiedev

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Jason @json.codes · 11/01/2025

I was hoping to complete the gameplay loop of my game by the end of the month but instead I started a new farm on Stardew Valley #gamedev

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Jason @json.codes · 06/01/2025

so I keep telling myself lol

Aesma @aesma.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

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calling all developers, if u have a steam page, itchio page or what ever . please link your games, that way we can check out your work and increase your wishlists ^^ #indiedevelopers #indiedevs #indiegames retweets appreciated , help gain exposure to developers

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Jason @json.codes · 06/01/2025

If only my game had a) a name and b) an actual gameplay loop then I would have a page up 😂

Jason @json.codes · 31/12/2024

At least we had good intentions

Migophage👽📶 | Parasite GameDev VTuber @migophage.com · 31/12/2024

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To my #GameDev / #DigitalHoarders folk, if you have not claimed the free Megascans assets yet, you have a couple of hours left to do it. approx 18k assets for free. do it in both places, because they are used differently. www.fab.com/megascans-free and quixel.com/megascans/home go now. do it now.

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Jason @json.codes · 31/12/2024

Today is the deadline I set for myself for releasing a demo of my game. I'm happy to say...that I am absolutely no where near that milestone but I have learnt a lot along the way. I can't wait to come up with a new milestone and miss that one too #gamedev

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Jason @json.codes · 29/12/2024

At some point I might experiment with some of the classic Boids behaviours to get enemies behaving in small groups