iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Most environment art I've shown is from level1. There's a reason for that. Starting out I needed to learn how to make maps. After level1 I built tools to make the process faster. This room took a week and most of it was time spent making modular tiles #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Time attack is a big part of my game, and I found a problem. If this boss does not use a certain move, you're not getting the best time. So you can now bait it into charging by running away. Then you can use the boom box weapon (it's weakness!) and knock it over #godot #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm at that point where the gizmos stop looking intimidating and just look like the coolest thing ever.

A screenshot of a scene in the godot editor. There's an untextured warehouse room in the scene. In the center is a transform gizmo, a reflection probe, a bunch of baked ambient light probes, and also the main mesh of the scene is outlined purple wireframe. The purple represents the occluder instance. There's also some cyan wireframes under a ledge. Those are part of the navmesh.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

There's some wacky stuff going on in the test room. Who programmed this anyway? ...Don't answer that. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I probably shouldn't be staring at the sun like this. But look at that lensflare! #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I added an attract mode to the the game. I think this is really underrated teaching tool. There are so many tricks I've learned about games just by watching demos on the title screen. Also, the game has a physical sun now with a lensflare shader. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Trickboosts. They never see it coming. Boosting through enemies wasn't always in the game. It started when I switched to Godot, because the engine insists on keeping everything in the physics step. At first I didn't like it, but it led to my favorite mechanic so far. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Only Multimedia Fusion veterans will understand what this comment means. Also, if you do get it, don't worry. This is code is for a minigame. Not the main one. I'm not that weird.

A screenshot of a c# comment that just says the term "SINGLE FRAME GAME DESIGN". This concept was seen a lot in the MultiMedia Fusion community, and relates to when and where code was allowed to reference objects. Code was executed per-room, or "frame", and there was no way to share code across frames. So to get around this, lots of developers made custom level editors that allowed them to bring their whole game into a single frame. This let them scope their code in a global way, but when doing this, the frame editor would become useless. These were dark times.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's a small thing, but the game has dynamic controller icons now. You can select your preferred wingdings from the input mapper screen. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I finally got around to making the input mapper screen, so that means that the settings menu is mostly done. You can play with a controller or a keyboard, but you really should be using a controller. I designed the game around analog movement. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

All over the game world you can find figure tokens. If you spend them at a figure machine, you can unlock characters in the model viewer. It's just a fun extra I wanted to add. Collectibles never gate progression. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Godot has a cool trick you can do when taking screenshots. If you set the viewport background to transparent before capturing a frame, you can render out models with an alpha background. So if you ever wanted to do all of your key art in-engine you absolutely could. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot of an in-engine render of Dice (a character from my game). I'm sorry. I tried to upload a real transparent png but Bluesky wouldn't let me. You're just going to have to trust me on this one.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Haha yeah I totally have no idea why the raiders left. Nothing to see here. Can't help with your investigation. NOPE. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I've shown this dialogue event before, but there have been a lot of small camera and rendering changes since then. I think it's entered it's final form. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Enemies have 3 chances to drop items, but they can only do it once. If they're destroyed, shaken, or if you throw a weapon you stole from them. If you're doing poorly in a stage and need health, try throwing your weapon! I call this drop storage. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

My first keyboard was a Casio PT-82. You can hear it all over my music if you listen close enough. Sometimes I make song covers with just those instruments like this:

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

January has been weird. But I did manage to make / improve a bunch of effects. There's too many to count, so see if you can spot them. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I added an impact particle when Alex lands. It's pretty simple, but I think it adds a lot. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This is my sense of humor in 2026. Also it works for some reason. Why?

A screenshot of the event editor in Multimedia Fusion 2. In it, we can see an event in which an opengl display list is called. It's taking the texture from an object in the frame editor and mapping it to a quad in the opengl context. This means we can directly map 2D HUD elements into the 3D world. All in a 2D game engine NEVER designed for such a thing.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I'm porting a very special game into the arcade. Those who know, know. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

You know what? Let's just not animate the gear. That'll fix it. ...Wait, did you hear that? #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I don't mention this enough. Every enemy in my game is also a weapon except for the bosses. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

OK I take it back. NOW it's my favorite sequence in the level.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I think this is my favorite sequence in the level so far.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

If you bonk this enemy the wrong way, you'll lose the fastest path. This wasn't intentional, but I saw it happen and went "Wait keep that in!"

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

On a whim I added an alternate path while blocking out level 2. I did not expect it to look this cool. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I've shown this effect before, but there's something else that's cool about it. There's nothing stopping me from placing these fake windows in front of walls. This is how the doors to other maps work. I didn't model any openings. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

My game has unlockable mini-games in the form of arcade cabinets. These are all older titles I worked on solo. EchoWave was made for a game jam in 2017. I only started using Godot a few years ago, so all of these are ports. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Bella from LunarLux! LunarLux: Eternity just got announced and I realized that my old fan art was on longer online. So here it is again.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

When learning to make skyboxes I discovered that I could export a single cloud. I use those cloud textures to make it look like the game's environment is on top of them. It really helps sell the floating city setting. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It probably goes without saying, but the faces on my characters can be swapped independently from the skeletal animations. Also, every expression has lipflaps and blink frames to go with them. So I can make them talk at any time and they’ll randomly blink during cutscenes. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

All of the areas in the stages menu have a thumbnail next to them. Only 1 stage is complete enough to have an entry, but here’s what it looks like. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot of a 3D level in Godot. In it, we can see buildings with large overhangs, rails, a small house, and a large wall. In front of the wall is a ramp that has some kind of machine inside. Large gears can be seen turning behind some bars. A floating land mass can also be seen off to the left.

A screenshot of an in-game menu. The menu header reads "Stages". There is 1 entry in the list titled "Gear-head heist". A thumbnail of the stage can be seen on the right side of the ui with the text "no rank data" below it. This thumbnail is the screenshot mentioned earlier in this post.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The gate is blocked. Looks like I need to find another way in. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Mr.Hertz from MegaMan Starforce! Don't mind me. Just uploading some old fan art. ....What year is it again?

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

These arches lie to you. You'd never know that they're this low poly from a distance. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Meet Izzy: She's a mechanic trying to keep the sky cities from falling. Unlike Alex, she doesnt have as much of an active role on missions. But she has a very unique talent, making her one of the most imporant members of the guild. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

My early builds had the tutorial take place across 2 scenes. The finished version combined them. Having everything in 1 map made it flow better. That early prototype was built in different engine. Moving it to Godot got me to rethink a lot of things. #godot #gamdev #indiedev

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I find myself looking at this corner a lot. I just like the way it came together. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

A screenshot of a 3D level in Godot. It shows the side of a building (located on the left). There is a ledge off to the right with a rail. A floating land mass with gears cut into the mountains can be seen off to the side. It's connected to the floor / ledge by an archway.

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

The guard cutscene. Making this made me realize I needed to build my own tools. Notice how we start in a dialogue event and end in a different shot with a character moving? Switching between states like that isn’t the easiest thing to do. #godot #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Nick West @nickwestdev.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The current town blockout. This place is a hub. The levels are mostly linear, but the areas connecting them aren't. It already has progression. There are lots of place-holder events, but you can get to the end of level 2 even though there isn't much here yet. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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