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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In #MazesForDazes, you earn unlock and earn new mazes the more you complete. Keep up a daily maze streak? New maze every streak of 5. Finish the included small mazes? Have another. #MobileGame #IndieGame #IndieDev #AllAges #Android #ios #ProcGen #mazes

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Celebration #animation is hooked up, and I updated the run cycle to be less floaty. Need to fix the feet/floor clipping and some of the anim transitions still. 🎬 #IndieDev #GameDev #MadeWithUnity #MazeRunner #MazeGame #MazesForDazes #Mazes #MobileGames

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Better landing. I find that creating these posts for sharing helps me step back and see my #animation as a whole after focusing on individual bits. 🎬 Maybe I'll add a particle effect or decal for the landing stomp, for extra umph. 🤔 #Blender #GameDev #Character #IndieDev #SoloDevelopment

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Life is keeping me busy, so I haven't been working much on #MazesForDazes and I'm feeling guilty about it. 😅 So I'm spending a little time working on a celebration #animation in #Blender. Very much #WIP -- posting to feed the #content monster 👹 #IndieDev #CharacterAnimation #ScreenshotSaturday

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Issue: Many options = Much clutter 🫤 Not looking to add more steps/screens between launch & gameplay. (I may have to, though😑) Thoughts? Before starting a #maze run, players can select various modifiers, from camera angle to adding enemies. #IndieDev #UI #UIDesign #MobileGames #MobileUI

Run configuration window in Mazes for Dazes, where players can select which modifiers to apply to their maze run.

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My Secret Garden maze theme needs some shorter placed objects. All these columns make traversal a pain.🏛 🐶 Puppy collect is a goal type that takes longer than just finding the exit. More game time per maze! #IndieDev #IndieGame #MobileGames #TapItTuesday #mazes

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

AnimatorController in #UnityDev is going to need some supplemental code to handle quick input and state changes. I have most of the pieces now, at least! 🧩 Fixed bone anims that weren't coming in from #Blender by switching from Humanoid to Generic import. 🦴 #IndieDev #GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Blender to #Unity workflow for #animation is working. Need to finish & polish animations, adjust for the floaty height, as well as wire everything up in Unity's AnimatorController. I'll note the shoulders are wonky because the rig isn't 1:1 Unity "Humanoid" 🫠 #GameDev #IndieDev #MazesForDazes

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Character anims are coming along! Have a few more to do a first pass on. This is most of the player locomotion bits and a quick idle. 🚶‍♀️🏃‍♀️ Hands + face poses will be applied as additional layers in #Unity3D 🤲 #IndieDev #GameDev #Blender #WalkCycle #RunCycle #Animation #IK #SoloDev #MobileGames

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah, now we're getting somewhere! 🎆 #Blender 🏃‍♀️ Still needs polish on the curves, but first I want to export back to #Unity3D and make sure the workflow, offsets, and such are all good. Hands + Face will be handled in Unity. #SoloDevelopment #IndieDev #IndieGames #MazesForDazes

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New walk cycle just dropped 💥 I am grate artiste. I mean animanimator. Aminator. Follow me for all the best workflow tips! 👍🌟 #IndieDev #Blender #Animation #Amination #WalkItOut #WalkItOff #TheseDootsWereMadeForWalking

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Going full IK solvers for #MazesForDazes char anims was an impulse call 🫤 Fun to play with, but ult not worth how long it would take to get the math and aesthetic nailed down. Pivot: I've updated #Blender and I'm dusting off my #animation chops. Wish me luck! 🍀 #IndieDev #WIPWednesday #GameDev

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Internally debating leveraging Animator transitions and blending over #ProcGen IK. Buuut, it's fun messing with the IK and watching it come to life! 😀 If I can't get it looking good enough, at some point I may pivot. #IndieDev #GameDev #SoloDev #MazesForDazes

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The wiggling arms up high during jumps has me cracking up. 🤣Reminds me of a bad marionette. Or "the signal" from Team America 🇺🇸 Also -- ragdoll death! #IndieDev #GameDev #mobilegames #ProcGen #MazesForDazes #ragdoll

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Working on a sandbox scene for tuning procedurally generated character IK movements. Auto-cycles through movement inputs while I mess with values. #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieDev #SoloDev #mobilegames #madewithunity #ProcGen #tools

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is how people run, right‽ Turns out this rigged asset didn't have animations. So I made the choice to explore procedural IK anims. I expect it to be a challenge, but the in-progress visuals are cracking me up 😆🤣 #IndieDev #GameDev #SoloDevelopment #ProcGen #Procedural #Unity

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Scaled up the player to better fit the existing scale of props. Which, naturally, caused problems 🙃 #Progress is progress! I'm having trouble extracting anims from this model in #unity, but it's a well-rigged mesh with a full set of facial blendShapes 🥰 #IndieDev #WIPWednesday #GameDevScreens

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Standard button handling wasn't working on multitouch devices when using a single thumb. Switched to polling, and it's working much better. Nav arrow points to the nearest #puppy to collect, or the exit. I'll clean up the spacing and UI overlap, don't worry. 🙃 #IndieDev #SoloDev #MobileGames

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I haven't been posting, but I haven't been idle, either. Working on new default mobile controls, a humanoid character, and the nav arrow as a gameplay option in #MazesForDazes #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev #GameDev #MobileGames #madewithunity

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I got my hands on a #SteamMachine and controller, but I've been so busy they've sat untouched 😭 Adulting is the worst. Haven't worked on #MazesForDazes in weeks. Dealing with a gap in antidepressants on top of the nonstop responsibilities. I need some downtime.

Steam machine and controller, unplugged.

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bonus shot if you made it this far. 😉 We were sad that we missed #Poppy at the Paramount. 😥

Seattle's Paramount theater. Sadly, we missed Poppy!

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

😍 Loved #Seattle! #FlockFiberFestival was a success 😀 Made lots of new friends and saw lots of cool stuff. I'm unlikely to get any #IndieDev #GameDev done this week. . . but I enjoy taking #pics of #buildings and #architecture -- so here are some of my faves from last week! 🏢📷

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hello #Seattle! I took this pic after 9pm. It's still so light out! I suppose I've never lived on the western edge of a time zone, so this is wild.

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🍦Bought a treat off the #IceCreamTruck today for the first time in decades. Did not disappoint! #NailedIt #PowerPuffGirls #GooglyEyes #MartyFeldman #ShopLocal They were out of #TMNT & #Spiderman sadly

A powerpuff girls novelty ice cream treat featuring Marty Feldman's eyes

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Current state of #MazesForDazes #UI outside of gameplay. #ScreenshotSaturday I'm ✈️ flying out to #Seattle this week to support my partner vending @ #Flock2026 -- Look for Dyeing Wishes Yarn Co. if you want to meet me or just say "Hi!" #FlockFiberFestival 🧶

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#WIPWednesday Still in the middle of updating the options select with better tap areas and visual feedback. Broke the checkboxes. 🙃 I'm still debating a full redesign of that screen. It's overwhelming for a new player as-is. Thinking of E/M/H/Custom presets. 🤔 #GameDev #IndieDev

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🛠🧰 Backend/Admin tools are super important once you're live. Been working to build these tools out so I can get back to the fun graphical stuff 🙃 #IndieDev #GameDev #tools #BehindTheScenes #MazesForDazes #mobilegames

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Not pictured: I had to rework my camera/canvas/layers to get the #puppy #particles to display on the #UI properly and allow for non-ortho 3D UI elements (coming). ✨️ Switched Canvas from SS-Overlay to SS-Camera with perspective UICam as Overlay. 📹 #Unity #GameDev #IndieDev #TapItTuesday

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'll make them easier to see with some glow and particles later, but finding all the #puppies in the maze feels very rewarding already! 🐶😊 #IndieDev #GameDev #SoloDev #madewithunity #MadeWithAwesomeSauce

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🐶🚨 PUPPY ALERT 🚨🐶 #MazesForDazes now has #puppies!! 🥰 No gems in my game. No coins. Collect something even better: ADORABLE PUPPIES! 🐕🐾 #GameDev #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #Doggos #MobileGames #MobileGaming #wholesome #AllAges

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I can fully support portrait orientation, but I doubt many players will use it outside menus. It leaves you with no peripheral vision. 👓 #IGameDev #IndieDev #LetThePlayerChoose #KeepOrToss

Mazes for Dazes run configuration window in portrait

Mazes for Dazes main menu in portrait orientation

Mazes for Dazes title screen in portrait

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I failed today's daily maze twice before making to the end with just one ❤️ heart left! 😅 #IndieDev #GameDev #MobileGames #MazesForDazes #FeedTheContentMonster

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#SoloDevelopment #SoloDev #IndieDev #wipwednesday What's your project's current unit test count? 🧪 Tests are your best defense against regressions as you press forward with new work. Don't wait to write tests till the end! #GameDev #Unity #Unity3D #MazesForDazes

Unity Edit Mode tests. Currently totalling 689 tests.

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Was twerkin on floor textures here (from photos of rental home decking 😅). Dropped into a map after fully processing 1/3 textures. And I don't care for it. 😐 #IndieDev #GameDev Solution: These floor textures move to a new theme, revert & update previous floor texture. 👍🏻

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Mazes for Dazes | they/them @mazes4dazes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This time of year is always so busy! 😰 I'll get some work done to move #MazesForDazes forward, but prob won't move the needle as much as I'd like this month. At least the game is already fun! 😁 #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday #mobilegames #GameDev

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