iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Joe @joegamedev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm making a #blender add-on that lets you sculpt directly onto low poly models via the manipulation of object space surface normals under the hood

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 17/08/2026

My YouTube channel was created 20 years ago today... 🧓 I still remember the day I begrudgingly moved on from Windows Movie Maker (lol) to Sony Vegas (v6?) for the silly machinima videos I was creating back then (and which I've since gotten rid of)... I guess I've come a long way!

A close-up, dark-themed photo of a YouTube channel's "About" page with a radial motion blur effect, sharply focusing on the text "Joined Aug 17, 2006". Surrounding information is streaked with motion blur.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 15/04/2026

I did that games grid thing that's been going around... really hard to make choices in most categories, but it is what it is:

A grid titled "About Me: Video Games" featuring twenty categories with their respective game covers. FAVORITE GAME: Outer Wilds —— BEST STORY: Planescape: Torment —— FAVORITE ART STYLE: Rime —— BIGGEST PERSONAL IMPACT: Garry's Mod —— BEST COMBAT: Remember Me —— OVERHATED: From Dust —— UNDERRATED: Final Fantasy XII —— OVERRATED: Control —— NEEDS A REMAKE: Unreal —— CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED: Zeno Clash —— FAVORITE PROTAGONIST: Roadwarden —— FAVORITE ANTAGONIST: Signalis —— BEST SOUNDTRACK: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future —— BEST MULTIPLAYER: Divinity: Original Sin —— NOT USUALLY MY THING, BUT...: Before Your Eyes —— TURN MY BRAIN OFF: Ultrakill —— BEST WITH FRIENDS: Final Fantasy XIV Online —— BEST RETRO GAME: The Longest Journey —— NOSTALGIC CHILDHOOD GAME: Sword of Mana —— GAME EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY: Half-Life: Alyx.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 12/02/2026

I always tell people that if light mode hurts your eyes, it's a sign your monitor's brightness is too high. You can use software like Twinkle Tray & set up hotkeys rather than fiddle with the monitor's buttons... but I just bought a macro pad, so I had to set this up: Physical brightness knobs!

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 03/10/2025

Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles illustration by Ryoko Kui (Delicious in Dungeon) for Weekly Famitsu No. 1915:

Various FFT jobs are depicted including White Mages, Knight, Mimic, Summoner, Time Mage, Dragoon, Chemist, Monk, and more.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 01/07/2025

I added a "grab stance" with 4 actions (three swipes & one "button push") to all of our first-person weapons. Inspired by what "Left 4 Dead" did when you looked at item pickups. sbox.game/news/july-2025 #animation

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Matthew Wilde @skilful.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This is a great thread @hillsguy.bsky.social, I'll add a bit more context here for anyone interested. Yes there's no fancy sim - it just uses a water interaction buffer as a target for the particle system rendering, so we could use the power of particle system we already have.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 13/05/2025

I have a vague memory of a sort of alt-history article that talked about FPSes as if they never existed until now b/c "how could we expect players to be satisfied with such simple ballistics modeling on guns? It's so hard to get right, unlike simulating relationships" Does that ring anyone's bells?

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 11/04/2025

Really awesome animation work... inspirational

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 16/03/2025

It's a shame that USB-C cable manufacturers don't label their products, given the wide variety of specifications. Gotta do it yourself.

A photo of 3 USB-C cables that were labeled with their specifications. A label maker machine can be seen behind them.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 25/02/2025

I found out today that Firefox has a "compact" interface mode, and it's so much nicer! Especially if you've got folders with dozens of bookmarks... support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/com...

Comparison screenshot between the regular and compact interface modes of the Firefox browser. The regular mode is on the left, the compact mode is on the right. The latter showcases a substantial reduction in height taken up by menus, especially bookmark folders.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 20/02/2025

A mildly-amusing edge case I fixed today while adding support for speed-scaling parts of our weapon animation graphs; prevent an awkward pause if someone decides to set the shotgun to reload really, really, really fast... (the solution was to define the transition point by the cycle progress)

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Simon Hintermann @aurumek.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The Old River Watch

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沁 @loika.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

moon seller

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ionomycin @ionomycin.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

temple at the end of the road

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 06/05/2024

Today I learned about Étienne-Louis Boullée, an architect from the 1700s who designed buildings that would have been largely impossible with the technology of the time Look how fucking ridiculously cool these are

An illustration of Étienne-Louis Boullée's Cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton. It depicts an immense dome with high walls encircling it, and hundreds of cypress trees ringing the outside

A cutaway view of the Cenotaph showing the interior structure with light simulating stars coming in through the ceiling.

Proposal for a Museum: Interior view, showing a huge arched ceiling, burning braziers, and distant colonnades.

Plan for a national library, showing what looks like an altar below a huge domed ceiling, with people on stairs appearing to worship.

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 26/10/2024

A few recent bloopers from my time working on first-person shotgun animations... #gamedev #animation

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🦇 Hexavier 🎃 @xavierck.com · 09/10/2023

You're not a "content creator" You are an artist and craftsperson who creates things that someone can enjoy, benefit from, and have a better and fuller life through the process of enjoying your work

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 22/10/2024

I have three years worth of #gamedev / tech anim blooper clips like this one... I should compile them all into a single video one day, but for now, I reckon I'll start sharing some of them here 🤠

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Max Lebled @maximelebled.com · 22/10/2024

Hello Bluesky! Here are a few things I've worked on up to 2021; a lot of 3D animation, and some other disciplines...

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