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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

For those of you who like an image version, here you go! Text is linked via the blog post above. #LoveMakeShare

An image of the #LoveMakeShare prompts for May, 2026. Please refer to the blog post linked in the previous post in this thread for a full text version!

Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Live now for more TRONtober goodness! Prototypes, printing, working with EL tape, and much more! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #Twitch #streamer #3Dprinting #3Ddesign #maker #cosplay #Halloween #TRON #TRONtober

A very glossy render of a very small TRON Legacy-styled identity disc.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

GREETINGS, PROGRAMS! Live now to keep working on the tiny child's #TRON costume. We'll start with some VERY analogue creativity, then talk rapid prototyping, and then dive into lighting the identity disc. #TRONtober continues! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #3Dprinting #maker #ScribesAndMakers #Twitch

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

While all of the to-dos are important, I think the next thing I need to really *see* in my game is the Hunter as a more imposing force. I have a state machine, behaviours and attack types planned that I think will make it truly fearsome. #bHopper #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #retrogaming

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Quick #bHopper status check over lunch, tweaked and marked stuff off my Trello board. Keeping my pillars in mind and seeing where I am in the "Project Relaunch" to-do list. 🧵 #devlog #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #retrogaming

bHopper: Hunted Trello board. Lists include Design Pillars (Speed, Fear of the Hunters, Sense of Place, and Managed Chaos), 2025 Re-Kickoff - To Dos (including some completed items, some in progress, and some not started), and Known Issues.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The large location notification doesn't stay on the screen, it appears and disappears contextually so it doesn't obscure the screen when it's not needed. Work in progress - especially the mobile UI graphics - but it is finally in progress! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #cyberpunk #retrogaming #bHopper

A similar screenshot as previous, but with mobile controls overlaid on the screen.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

There isn't going to be much text in the game outside the information you get during deliveries, so it needs a place to shine. I want to make sure that we're communicating *enough* and *appropriate* and *timely* information to the player. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #cyberpunk #retrogaming #bHopper

A screenshot of a retro-styled top-down game featuring a flying car in the middle of the screen. The UI is now much more designed - it's teal and segmented and looks like it's being displayed on an old CRT, with a combination of pixel fonts and cyberpunk-styled fonts. Numbers are labelled - ammo for the Ion Gun, the wallet, fines, a starting fee for the next delivery. A large notification pane shows the pickup location for the current job: MUSESMART.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

My focus for the next set of updates to #bHopper is fleshing out the main delivery loop a little, and giving myself the tools to build out the world. Additionally, I'm building out the UI. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #cyberpunk #retrogaming

A screenshot of a retro-styled top-down game featuring a flying car in the middle of the screen. The UI is mostly limited to floating, unstyled numbers in the corners of the screen.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

In fact, it could. It COULD be something. This opens up SO MANY gameplay and aesthetic options. I am excited. Anyway - this was a lean version of the devlog, read more here: lovemakeshare.itch.io/bhopper-hunt... #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Well. If that was that easy, maybe I could put it in the game scene too. #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

The game scene with both sprite and 3D versions of the flying car.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Okay, I have this thing now that I did to learn, but I'm not going to use it. Well maybe I'll use it for promo art and in the menu. #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I go into my chaotic thought process more in the devlog, but basically: wait, I could make the hopper in 3D. Right? But I'm not using 3D models for the vehicles... right? Right? #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

The flying car sprite, and a 3D version in the Blender viewport.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Pretty quickly, I learned that this was easier than I've built it up to be over the past decade or so. Blender will happily export to GLB, and GDevelop will happily import that GLB. #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

A glowing cylindrical objective marker with a location pin hovering above.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

But Blender is different now. I'm different now. So I did what all aspiring gamedev nerds do when they need to learn Blender: I made some donuts. #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Last time I attempted to learn Blender was in like 2001, when I first took a "serious" crack at gamedev, with this book. It... didn't get me very far. I didn't even take a programming class until like 2003, and I wasn't very good. #gamedev #devlog #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

Cover of 3D Game Programming with DirectX 8.0 by Clayton E. Cooks

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Trouble is, when you're working with flat sprites and boxes, things have a tendency to look... flat and boxy. Which can be an *~*aesthetic*~*, but it's limiting. Especially for the buildings, but also for things like this objective marker. #gamedev #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

A still from a top-down retro-styled video game. A flying car hovers above a street between buildings, and a boxy glowing indicator sits near the player.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The art style I've been aiming at is something like GTA 1 or GTA 2, namely, top-down with sprite-based vehicles etc. and minimal 3D, mostly GDevelop's 3D boxes for buildings and other large features. #gamedev #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #gdevelop

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

🧵 for those who don't want to click through: TL;DR #bHopper as a game was always envisioned as a retro demake of an already retro game, namely, 1999's BHunter. Hence the name. #devlog #gamedev #solodev #blender #bHopper #retrogaming #GDevelop

A flying car hovers above water in a futuristic city.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Finally bit the bullet and started learning #Blender. I need to do some rudimentary #3Dart for my #GDevelop game #bHopper, so I pulled up the donut tutorial and had a blast with it. Looking forward to learning more for both #gamedev and #3Dprinting purposes.

A glossy render of a plate of frosted donuts on a marble countertop, lit by sunlight from behind.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This handsome Irathient is up to something again. Come join me for some #Defiance shenanigans, as well as a #maker show-and-tell! #Twitch #3Dprinting twitch.tv/lovemakeshare

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Live now for a #maker show and tell, and also some #art! Developing the space station design from this very naked drawing into something that's a little bit more alive and polished. Come hang out! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #twitch #streamer #3Ddesign #3DPrinting

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Tomorrow! Defiance shut down in 2021, and it's coming back! I'm so excited to play it again. The world of Defiance is special, and the game was always super satisfying, so I'm going to spend some quality time with it on launch day. twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #Defiance #gaming #pcgaming #Twitch

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

TONIGHT! Curious about the #FrameworkLaptop ? It's been my daily driver for 2 years, and I'm installing a new mainboard live on stream! Come hang out and talk #Framework, repairable hardware, and support. 8 PM Eastern. twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #pcbuilding #righttorepair

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I am planning on streaming the mainboard replacement for my #FrameworkLaptop, but to do so I'll need a computer at the table where I'm going to do the work - can't do it at the desktop. So - welcome back, cursed computer! The #Ubuntu #Surface Pro 3 returns, in all its glory.

An old Microsoft Surface tablet, flanked by a closed Framework Laptop 13 and a cup full of pens and markers. Three windows are visible on the Surface's screen: the OBS website with installation instructions, an Ubuntu terminal window showing an OBS install, and OBS, running on top of them both.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

A variation appeared! I wanted to lean in to the light and shadow thing, and explore some shapes that are regular but not symmetrical. I like it. #Canada #3Dprinting #concrete #Brutalism #art #modernism

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Lighting it from different angles does exactly what I want it to. Very happy with this. Can't wait to make a mold and cast it in concrete. If it looks like this in cheap white PLA, I'm very excited for what it will look like in concrete. #Canada #3Dprinting #concrete #Brutalism #art #modernism

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Test print complete! It's about 20 cm across and I love it. #Canada #3Dprinting #concrete #Brutalism #art #modernism

A 3D-printed Centennial maple leaf stands on a wooden table.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The goal is to have the design shift and change as lighting conditions change, but always retain the shape of the leaf. This will be 3D printed, then I'll make a silicone mold, and finally I'll cast in in concrete. #Canada #3Dprinting #concrete #Brutalism #art #modernism

The leaf as displayed in the slicing software, showing later lines.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Based on Stuart Ash's design for the Centennial Commission's logo from 1965, I've retained the 11 equilateral triangles but removed the stem, and have added some depth to the design. #OhCanada #Canada #3Dprinting #concrete #Brutalism #art #modernism

The original design of the leaf as used in the Centennial celebrations of 1967. 11 equilateral triangles arranged to evoke a maple leaf, in many colours.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I've been wanting to try concrete sculpture for a while - there are artists doing miniature brutalist objects that I'm enamoured with, but it wasn't until this recent surge of pride in the Canadian identity that I decided what to make. #Canada #3Dprinting #concrete #Brutalism #art #modernism

A render of the Centennial leaf with a concrete texture applied. 11 equilateral triangles, 6 arranged in a hexagon with 5 serving as points, evoke a maple leaf in a modernist style. The light & shadow playing on insets in the triangles make the identical sections each unique.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Come on everyone! We're going exploring in the apocalypse! And we might just find ourselves at... affiliate! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #twitch #streaming #survivalhorror #zombies

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It's not the perfect, but given that it's the first time I've used #OpenToonz, I'm pretty happy! Animated lurk emote for twitch.tv/MistressMuses. It was a little anxiety-inducing learning the software live on stream, but we got there! #art #inkscape #animation #foss #opensource #streaming

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Going live on #Twitch now to do some #art! Let's listen to some #lofi while I work on emotes for my wife's Twitch channel, including an animated one using software I've never used! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #Inkscape #GIMP #OpenToonz #animation #vectorart #emote #opensource #FOSS

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

With another hairy work week on the horizon, I'm still planning on #streaming on #Twitch. On Wednesday 8 PM Eastern, our hero Creep will continue to stumble through other peoples' wasteland love stories in #FALLOUT 2, and on Thursday we'll revisit the new #VEIN update! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My latest little game project, which I'm calling ERM LAB, has its first fan art... from my four year old. I'm not crying you're crying.

A screenshot of an in-development video game, with little blobby guys in different colours. Three different points in the life cycle are represented: a little nugget, a tadpole-looking thing, and an adult.

The Erms, according to the four-year-old. A nugget, a tadpole, and several adults are in the drawing. The drawing is marker on a post-it note.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Essentially, when the zoom gets too large or too small, it will back off to a more reasonable zoom with a short tween. This was one of the easiest features to implement thus far. Five minutes or so, start to finish. I love working in GDevelop.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

These blobby little guys should be wearing hats. I still don't really know what I'm doing while making games. Join me while I try and make hats happen! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #GDevelop #gamedev #indiedev #opensource

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Tinkering continues! The Erms now have a little walk cycle and will wander around when not held. They disappear in a little puff of smoke when they reach the end of their life cycle. Next, a refactoring of the life cycle and an incubator for the lil nuggets. #gdevelop #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Yesterday, cutting Christmas trees with the family, parents, & sister's family. Today there's a growing fluffy blanket of white snow at home, and the little and I were out in it starting to decorate for the holidays. Pretty ideal weekend.

Under a clear sky with a handful of wispy clouds hanging near the horizon, sunlit fields sit dry and empty. Evergreen trees add pops of dark and green to the horizon amidst bare maples and birch. In the foreground, an old cast-iron farm instrument - a hand-cranked cement mixer - sits overthrown and idle. In the background, a collapsed barn hunches heavily against the cold ground.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My prototype has a little more functionality and a little more art. The Erms have a lifecycle (which needs to be retooled) and a new Combinator. There's a bit of randomness now in the color combination. Look at those little nuggets coming out of the machine! #gdevelop #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Well I threw together the start of a silly thing tonight. Meet the Erms, globular little gel guys who can be combined into new Erms. Colour recombining is the first step; next, lifecycles, movement, and faces and hats. (And actual art, eventually.) #Gdevelop #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I regret/am delighted to inform you that I am prototyping some nonsense in @gdevelop.bsky.social tonight. #gamedev #indiedev

A bunch of colourful blobby little guys. They are a little like transparent tadpoles with feet.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Trying to do the upgrade on stream was ill-advised (burning the install media failed once and I had to decrypt the drive) but it worked out! Looking forward to playing with it more. How was pen support?

A Surface Pro 3 showing an Ubuntu desktop.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Impromptu Friday night #art stream! Working on a new family portrait in #inkscape. Come hang out! twitch.tv/lovemakeshare #drawing #cartooning

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Who needs a fancy expensive powered Quest headstrap when you have an old battery pack, calipers, and a 3D printer? (Me, I still need a good strap, but at least now I can stream VR without having to stop because I run out of battery inside 2h!) #vr #quest #quest3 #3dprinting

A Meta Quest 3 sits on a wooden table, facing the camera. A battery pack, a 3D-printed enclosure, and a USB cable sit next to the headset.

The battery pack has been inserted into the enclosure and clipped to the back of the Quest's head strap. The USB cable has been attached, and the power LED is illuminated.

From the back, we see the assembled battery pack and enclosure attached to the Quest's strap, with the battery pack's status LEDs illuminated.

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Trevor @lovemakeshare.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I've been having an absolute blast with the JK XR mod from Team Beef recently. Being able to step INSIDE Jedi Knight II, a game I first played 23 years ago, is... kind of indescribable. And it leads to lots of silliness. #StarWars #VR #Quest3

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