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This is the current "oldie" I'm working on. An unfinished spooky? puzzle game from a global game jam 😂 I thought all source was lost, found it in an abandoned gitlab acc. Roughly 70% done now, missing a bit of art, some SFX, and a couple of minor gameplay systems. #gamedev #indiedev #Unity #solodev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 30/09/2026

This will be the 2d NZGDC I'll be missing. Being a broke indie dev is not fun 😅 However, this has been a very weird and heavy year so far, so not entirely sure I even want to be anywhere near crowds of people. If you're going, hope you have fun 😊

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 30/09/2026

I thought maybe I'll post some of my recent work. This year, I gave myself a promise to finish as many of my old projects as possible, Numbers With Jack was one of those that was sitting there at like 90% done for about 8 years? Why? I don't know 😂 #gamedev #indiedev #Unity #kidsgames #mathgames

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 29/09/2026

Oh! I've kinda abandoned Bskye fir a bit, and was pleasantly surprised to see a tiny influx of followers out of nowhere! I think I've followed everyone back, nice to meet you all 😊❤️

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 21/01/2026

Hey frenz! My multi-agent privacy extension has been approved on Chrome webstore (free). Check it out if you want to keep your AI conversations private and locked. Supports Gem, DeepSeek, Claude & Chatty G. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eebpm... #AI #Privacy #DeepSeek #Gemini #ChatGPT #Claude

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year 2026 from Aotearoa! Let the new year bring you prosperity and happiness 😊 💖🌟 #happynewyear #happy2026 #newzealand #Auckland #Aotearoa

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 08/11/2025

As some might know, Binding is always in a bit of messy dev hell. However, went to check the stats today, and was surprised, the last time I checked I had 200? For a tiny dev from a middle of nowhere, it means a lot💖 #gamedev #indiedev #gamer #gaming #screenshotsaturday 🔗: | steam.pm/app/3334560 |

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 07/11/2025

The Fight'N'Jokes: Storylines demo drops next week! Excited, terrified, and everything in between 😅 It’s weird, it’s heartfelt, it’s a bit 'wtf?' - we hope you enjoy it! 💖 🔗 [ steam.pm/app/3709610 ] #indiedev #indiegame #demo #storylines #gamingcommunity #gamer

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 31/10/2025

🎃TRICK OR TREAT?🎃 The ghosts in Storylines have been restless… DEMO DROPS NOVEMBER 12TH 👻 Wishlist now or we’ll haunt your backlog forever. store.steampowered.com/app/3709610 | #Storylines #IndieDev #Halloween #IndieGame #Gamer #UnrealEngine #Gaming

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 04/09/2025

Been slowly chipping away at this, trying to add some variety to our village population. This system is using Unreal's FSkeletalMeshMerge functionality, with some small additions to be able to use morph targets. #gamedev #indiedev You can wishlist the game here if you like it: steam.pm/app/2835210

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 26/08/2025

The real chef is in the background of the first picture! Looks like all the new heads work with my skeletal merger script, it basically lets me mix and match different body parts, and bake them down to a single skeletal mesh. Similar to what Mutable does, just simpler. #Unreal #gamedev #indiedev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 25/08/2025

Never mind the eyebrows, there are different morph-based variants, too. I've been setting up these new heads our modeler @frankinolupo.bsky.social has provided us with. I check if everything works fine using our base character's animations. #gamedev #indiedev #animations #morptargets

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 20/06/2025

Fight'N'Jokes: Storylines is live as part of ⚔️ 2025 Eastern Martial Artists Week ⚔️ on Steam! Demo is coming soon! Wishlist now: steam.pm/app/2835210 Big thanks to @SpiralUpGames for hosting! #Steam #gamedev #indiedev #indiegaming #gamingcommunity #gamer

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 31/05/2025

Ah, I completely forgot to post about this! Got Binding into Zombies vs Vampires fest on Steam. They originally didn't pick it up because I put it on Steam a bit too late, but managed to convince them :) #SteamFest #Zombies #Vampires #TWD #Zombie #indiegame #indiegaming #indiedev #gamingcommunity

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 28/05/2025

Finished off a workshop with the talented @michalnapora.bsky.social dedicated to #IndieGameDev #Marketing. It was awesome, and very informative. Thanks to @codenz.bsky.social (hope this is the right account) for organizing it. If you get a chance to participate in a class taught by Michal, do it!

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Happy Break Bones || Whislist precious nightmarr @happybreakbones.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

OUR DEMO IS OUT AND LIVE NOW YOU CAN PLAY IT ON STEAM NOW!!!

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 07/05/2025

What are they plotting? 🙃 Finally, got around to setting up some 'background extras' to make the world feel a bit more lively. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamingcommunity

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 03/05/2025

#screenshotsaturday Implemented the dialogue skipping feature. I really didn't want to add it to our largely story-driven game, however, I did a bit of research on Reddit and YT, and it just seems to be a quality of life feature for many players. #indiegaming #indiegame #gamedev #UE5

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 27/04/2025

Man, super weird when a fellow developer, positioning himself as an Art Director (from what I can see has ONLY ever worked for other people, and never released anything by himself) is trying to bring you down on LinkedIn in the indie devs group (where I post under my actual name). #gamedev #indiedev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 27/04/2025

This is so pretty looking! 💖

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 26/04/2025

An update on my chicken escapade! 🐥 The quest sequence has been improved: now you receive the special catcher directly from Mrs. Haleena to help you collect the chicklets. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #gamingcommunity #gamer #indiegamedev #games #gaming #UnrealEngine #3Dart #Art #funny

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Antonio Lattanzio @alattanzio.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

New update to my real-time destruction system in UE5: • Faster collision logic • Improved multithreading • Multiplayer prototype (WIP) Looking for use case ideas: where would this tech be most useful? More Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/antoni... #gamedev #UE5 #indiedev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 20/04/2025

Happy Easter, everyone! A lil preview of the interaction with Mrs. Haleena for this #screenshotsaturday She’s a loving homage to my mum, Galina, which means “hen” in Italian if you double the “l”. #gamedev #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegaming #gamer #UnrealEngine5 #storytelling #easter #3Dart

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 15/04/2025

I had no idea Steam updated the dimensions of Store Assets!!! Spent most of today updating them. I always knew I'd have to update these eventually as I just made them quickly. It's basically a paint over of our 3D model lol #fightnjokes #storylines #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev #SteamArt #Steam

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 04/04/2025

Throwback to my time working on Phantasmal with Eyemobi. I loved working on the comic for it. I also worked on some Steam art. #gamedev #indiedev #throwback #Phantasmal #horrorgames #indiegame #gamer #gamingcommunity

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 26/03/2025

Set up this lil radio. I will need to add a turn on/off sound, and make turn on and turn off two separate things, so you definitely know what you're doing. The particle effect took almost as long to set up as the logic itself 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamingcommunity #gaming #indiegame

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 17/03/2025

Let's see if gifs work... Been battling Unreal to import additional blendshapes for an old character. Turns out it was a weird Maya node ruining everything. Fixed now, and I have 2 extra heads, meaning 2 extra characters I can use hehe #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #gamingcommunity

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 15/03/2025

Chicken Chasin' Fun for this #screenshotsaturday 😇I absolutely love working on AI in Unreal, and also had a blast animating those silly little chicks. Wishlist the game here: steam.pm/app/2835210 #gamingcommunity #indiegame #indiegaming #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev #UnrealEngine5 #ue5 #3Dart

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 10/03/2025

Updated the interaction w/Hugo. They might be cheesy animations, but hey, at least they're there. Will probably do another pass in the future :) If you don't know, Piper is our game director, so she oversees all processes. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegaming #gamer #gaming #cats

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 04/03/2025

The video gets cut off as usual 🙄 But have a cut off video of Hugo's updated facial animations! 😊 I've written a mocap transfer system in PyMel that allows me transfer recorded anims back onto the facial rig, so I can modify anything I want easily in Maya. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gamer

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 04/03/2025

Henlo. I have a TikTok complaint xD I'm always...mesmerized at which videos get a low of views, and which don't, but never have I ever had something with 1 view. What happened? xD The vid with 500 is just an image that moves left and right 😂 fkin social media aye. #gamedev #indiedev #marketing

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Antonio Lattanzio @alattanzio.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Witness the power of real-time destruction in Unreal Engine 5! Watch as terrain crumbles, caves form, and the world reshapes dynamically with precision and performance in mind. Like, comment, and subscribe for more Unreal Engine tech demos! 🚀🔥 #UE5 #Destruction #GameDev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 03/03/2025

Noice, just saw the banner appeared, too <3 Women's Day Sale is on! Wishlist the game here: steam.pm/app/2835210 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indiegaming #UE5 #adventuregame #storylines #storytelling

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 01/03/2025

Happy #WomensDaySale to all the female-led games out there! Thankful to be a part of this beautiful event! 💖🌷 Support us by wishlisting our game here: steam.pm/app/2835210 #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #gaming #gamer #gamergirl #gamingcommunity #games #SteamSale

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 27/02/2025

Starting to record some facial animations. They will need to be cleaned up in Maya, so working on a script that will apply fbx anims back to my face rig. Better with sound! #indiegame #indiegaming #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #UE5 #adventuregaming #adventuregame #gaming steam.pm/app/2835210

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 26/02/2025

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! I have been working on adding blendshapes to Hugo, who got a sizeable update to his interactions and new voice acted lines. #indiegame #indiegaming #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine5 #adventuregaming #adventuregame #gamer #gamergirl #gaming

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 15/02/2025

Happy #screenshotsaturday to all the devs out there! This week we have been working on this new character. Her name is Cary S., and she is very pleased to meet you all! #indiegame #indiegaming #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine5 #adventuregaming #adventuregame #gamer #gamergirl #gaming

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 01/02/2025

Cleaned up my following. Lists are cool, but I've noticed almost no one who is on game dev lists I followed, followed me back, and I'm not into one-sided relationships this time of my life lol I don't follow back if my interests are wildly different than yours, or I think you're a bot. #gamedev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 01/02/2025

Been experimenting with UE5's Mutable plug-in, using City Sample characters since they offer a great variety to test with. Planning to use Mutable to handle main character customization and simplify NPC creation. #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Mutable #indiegame #gaming #screenshotsaturday

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 27/01/2025

I know I know, I've been away too long. But I present to you... The Hair Man! /this honestly made me dying of laughter for about 10 minutes, and I don't think I have anything else to say about it/ #gamedev #indiedev

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Antonio Lattanzio @alattanzio.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Implemented more digging mechanics to showcase procedural debris cutting, now with plans for recursion. #UnrealEngine #screenshotsaturday #videogames

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year 2025 from New Zealand! #indiegamedev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 24/12/2024

In Australia for a week. Since I don't have my PC with me, will just post some random dev stuff I sent to our dev chat with my friends. Last week, I was doing some fracturing in Unreal. The barrel model is not hollow, so it looks incorrect when broken, but the idea is there! #indiegame #indiegaming

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 19/12/2024

I've had a small influx (I know, an oxymoron) of followers in the last couple of days. Not sure why, but I'll take it! Welcome, all! 💖❤️‍🔥❤️ Hope you're having some lovely pre-holidays time wherever you are in the world! #gamedev #indiedev

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Lighstromo @lighstromo.com · 15/12/2024

Something weird happened with my Twitter account (I know we don't like it here, but I had a good following on it). Firstly, they locked me out and made me do some weird test to regain control over it. Then, they put a label on it saying I'm in violation of X rules, but they don't say which ones?

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