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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Here is a little video of the thing I've been making. #gamedev #unrealengine

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

inspired by some recent games... and maybe reading BLAME! #gamedev #unrealengine

a concrete room with tall cylindrical structures and wires.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Cool method for skyboxes in #unreal ...something I struggle with. tinerasoft.net/blog/creatin...

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Just know that for all my complaints about the way the game ended, I still put in like 40 hours of my life playing Farcry Primal and I really enjoyed it. So thank you to everyone who worked on it. It was a cool game 😀

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Man... design flaw in Far Cry Primal... you can beat the bosses by the character side quest need to be completed before you can roll credits. Now i gotta grind out some missions i kinda didnt care about that didn't have any effect on taking down the big bads. 😤

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Adobe stock is down because they have an antagonistic relationship with their core customers with predatory subscriptions, culminating with their attempt to impliment and compete as an AI company which their core customers absolutely hate.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Just heard about Ucupaint, a blender addon with a substance painter luke workflow. Pretty sure its free...? extensions.blender.org/add-ons/ucup... pretty cool. #blender #gamedev

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Ucupaint

Layer based painting for Eevee and Cycles

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

back in the 80s and 90s you got like one or 2 games a year for your nintendo or atari cause thats all your parents could afford. Games were like $100 in todays money. And then shareware came out and demo discs and you just played all that free stuff and wondered what the full games were like...

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My dog has been freaking out as I play Far Cry Primal because of all the animal sounds.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Let's be honest the real missed opportunity for the new Stern Pokemon pinball is having three different machines with 4 different starter Pokemon toys and theme. #pinball #pokemon #arcade

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jake rodkin @rodkin.online · 09/02/2026

Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Is there an arcade machine collector website analogous to what Pinside is for pinball? #arcadesky #arcade

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The Real Adobe Killer was Adobe all along. I just hope they spin off Mixamo and Substance and dont just delete them from existance...

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Fun to watch them circle the player

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

yes I am back doing my space ship trail bs. because its the good things in life you must focus on. once you play Homeworld and see all the ships with their trails, it never leaves your brain. #indiegamedev #unrealengine #spacegame

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Here is a video of the system in unity from 9 years ago! Still a few things to add to my unreal version. #gamedev youtu.be/c1kBfRbAXlw?...

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Procedural Galaxy Generation in Space Warfare: Infinite

YouTube video by Mike Dolan

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

I did some math and made a spiral galaxy in blueprints. #unrealengine remaking something i did in Unity many years ago. Next step is making the stars different types and adding some sort of selection. These are all ISM spheres. #gamedev #spacegame

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Just finished the halo tv show on netflix. It was a little rough at the start but I enjoyed it by the end. The battles were pretty fun. I'd be down for a season 3 id netflix resurrects it.

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Michael Evans @primalace.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Finally have something worth showing with my #lowpoly starfighter in #Godot. It is surprisingly fun to just fly around destroying these asteroids but there are 3000 of them in this scene and most of them break apart to reveal a smaller asteroid within, so it might take a while to get them all...

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Angelo @handleonline.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Added in Mech movement damage. Now you can stomp around and destroy things like your enemies #ue5 #mech #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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ruby0x1 @ruby0x1.ca · 06/12/2025

compression will mess this up but wall run and mantling is all we’ll need for this one I think! #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #7dfps #createwithluxe

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ynoham @ynoham.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Gave these guys some flight logic so they don't just follow the ground anymore! #GunmetalGothic #ScreenshotSaturday

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 12/12/2025

I'll soon be updating the store asset generator to expose the JSON values for each image it generates. It allows you to finetune, add your own platforms/images! Part of kenney.itch.io/kenney-game-...

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

No offense to claire obscura team...they made a wonderful game and deserve praise and awards. Just based on the vibe of the Game Awards I am not sure there should even be anything related to indie dev in it. Its all about big names and lots of money and advertising AAA. Just leave indies alone.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

the new #unrealengine intro template that is like an interactive tutorial for using the engine is pretty cool. #gamedev

a screenshot of unreal engine editor. on the left is an interactive tutorial explaining features of the engine. on the right is a welcome level to play through.

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Tom Waters - Shallow Thinking Games @shallowthinking.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

[Chris Evans (US) voice] I can quote post this all week!

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

fund.blender.org

Blender Development Fund

Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.

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eric van allen @seamoosi.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

guess what! Game Informer is coming to newsstands! starting next month, you'll be able to find the magazine in major retailers across the US.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Worm Surgeon came in 25th for the jam! not bad considering there were some much more polished concepts ahead of it! Loved the feed back and responses I got and feel good I did well in the audio category. Working on a coming soon page should be up soon. #gamedev #gamejam #horrorgame

An itchio jame score - Ranked 25th with 13 ratings (Score: 3.154) - 16th in paceing, 18 in audio, visuals 46, fear factor 47!

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Happy post-Halloween #screenshotsaturday - here is what I was up to. You can play the jam version on itch - a steam page and bigger game coming soon. #unrealengine #indiegamedev #horrorgame sleepfightgames.itch.io/worm-surgeon

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Julien Eveillé @pataloon.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Oh hello, it's just to let you all know that THRESHOLD is now owned by 50.000 Human beings. I'm trying to work on something else while also working on cool stuff at Ocellus Games. Stay tuned!

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Submitted a game to Pizza Doggy's Horror Jam #3 - made it basically over the weekend but I think it turned out well. i submitted a game jam game I made over the weekend sleepfightgames.itch.io/worm-surgeon #horrorgame #indiedev #unrealengine

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Worm Surgeon by Sleep Fight Games

The world is over run by parasitic worm and you are the worm surgeon.

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Taking a short break to do a horror jam with itch.io/jam/pizza-do... - Jams arent usually my thing so we will see if I get anything submitted over the weekend.... Animating this thing and its gonna be gross! I also have a armature so next I will make it wiggle. #horrorgame #gamedev #bender3d

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HORRORVISUALS @horrorvisuals.com · 31/10/2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about where horror is headed. Smaller games are leaving bigger marks. Games as a medium is home to some of the scariest, most personal stories now. I made a video about how indie horror is leading that shift: youtu.be/Emj180o9aLM Happy Halloween 🎃

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Mike Dolan @mikedolan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

The beginning of the lower level of the mine is coming together. The initial start area after you descend in the elevator is pretty close. Obviously we need props and working items and things. #horrorgame #indiegamedev

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Julien Eveillé @pataloon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Hey, I heard that my eerie game was on sale once again! - Country Based difficulty. - Creepy. - A bit goofy. - A story that shall stay with you after playing. (That's what people said) Get it for 6 bucks to celebrate the Halloween Sale! 🥰

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