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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Got some good feedback from some testers, not sure when I'll be able to work more on it, other projects kicking in to high gear #indiegamedev #gamedev #UnrealEnginen#UE5

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Kate Solbakk @protozoaprincess.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In the course of development I naturally spend a lot of time (like, a lot) watching the Cellscape ecosystem run. I realized it would make a nice 24h Twitch stream! Here are a few clips from the first week 🦠💕 #twitch #microbes #gamedev #microscopy #indiegame

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Nestach @nestach.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

While making more variations of the fog and mist blowing in the wind, I ended up building out more of the level and trying a few different ideas #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #UE5 #indiedev #gaming #unrealengine #blender #unrealengine5

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PRPLON @prplon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Working on snow effects for falling trees. KABOOM POW POW! #indiedev #gamedev

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I only doubled my memory a week or two ago, run out again Hike Club #indiegamedev #UnrealEnginen#UE5 #hiking

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Looking pretty good eh eh? Hike Club - Steam Page coming soon #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #hiking

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hike Club has hit the big-time (it's actually because of another project, shame) #indiegamedev

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Beavering away on more stuff for the steam page, made a logo, I quite like it, this will do for a placeholder image for now, looks reasonably professional, Hike Club #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #hiking

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Two hours later, we've learned some things. 😂 Like that my angel-wife's phone will stop recording after ~51 minutes... and without any notification. Only lost ~20 minutes of me talking, & did our best to make it up. The whisky was good and so were the questions! Looking forward to doing this again.

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What do you think? I'm starting to make a game showcase video for Hike Club. I wanted people to get an idea of the scale before I get to the closeup in game stuff. I am thinking of using this for the intro #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #hiking

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Prepping to record the first Whisky with Chris episode tonight. Wish us luck!

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Whew what a week and a bit, tried to update my desktops RAM, it's only 10 years old, new Motherboard, CPU, and Windows Licence later I'm back up and running, couple of days of work on visuals polishing Hike Club #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Hikibg

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

We're doing a new bit called Whisky with Chris, wherein my angel-wife ambushes me with questions during one of our whisky tastings... and we record the whole thing. The problem? We need more questions! If you have questions about my books, post them here! We'll film and share the results!

A picture of the collector's edition hardcover of See These Bones on a table, next to two bottles of Scotch and a glencairn glass.

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hike Club has got trails, generated from masks now you can just follow it, or can you... #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Hiking #indiegamedev

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

But why does the trailer have so much of Zelda in it?

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

In my overly long history of (mildly) celebrating (largely meaningless) numbers achieved in my publishing journey, this one might be the most meaningless yet. Still, 11,000 ratings is roughly 11,000 more than I ever anticipated getting when I started, so I'm going to take the win!

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4.43 avg rating — 11,000 ratings

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I added so many packs/plugins today to start on the sculpting, painting and environment assets, last two days have almost completed another visual pass, fixed up a lot of issues in my game Hike Club, hopefully Steam page coming soon, waiting on verification #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Hiking

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

DDR3 RAM arrived for the 2012 NAS server upgrade, only 1 stick worked, contacted eBay seller, still enough to get me through the upgrade with 12 gb, now have TrueNAS Scale Linux and docker, git working, LFS server coming. #indiegamedev

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foto-org.bsky.social @foto-org.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Keep the bloom, lose the clutter. 🌸 foto-org clears duplicate & blurry photos and builds a clean archive on Windows — originals never touched. practicaldevstudio.com/foto-org #photography #photographs

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A belated good morning from inside my game Hike Club #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Hiking

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foto-org.bsky.social @foto-org.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Keep organised, only keep the photos that matter. foto-org finds duplicate, blurry and low-quality photos and builds an organised clean archive — your originals are never touched. On Windows. Link in bio.

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Had to (needed/wanted) to buy RAM, DDR3 and DDR4, one for my NAS which has three disks that have 9 years of uptime and one 8.2 years, running TrueNAS Core, going to swap to Scale for git and LFS for the project, and take my dev box to 32gb ram so I can load my maps. Shits expensive! 🤣 #indiegamedev

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Got a bit of love and hate for Hike Club on Reddit, but that's OK I any feedback is gratefully accepted, too often no one even noticed your projects and that's worse than a few strong words, and yes there are nice views #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #hiking

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A bit of early morning foggy gameplay in the Hike Club demo, I need to get my steam page up so people can have a go, runs about 30fps on my GTX2080 ti which is OK for a hiking game, not an FPS, but look at those god rays! #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Hiking

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Vincent @vincentbcht3d.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

palmtrees for our game! 🌴

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hiking is brutal, did some work last night on health and stuff in Hike Club. Also medivac? #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Hiking

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Got a little bit of work done on the game tonight, Fatigue was mostly built as part of Stamina, added health, and some navigation! Hike Club now has a goal! #indiegamedev #UnrealEngine #UE5 #hiking

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Been grinding on this new project but I think I see light at the end of the tunnel

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Wife had gotten up at 5am to watch game, when I got up she was asleep, as I walked past TV Spain scored, I yelled goal! Only for her to wake up and realized she missed the only important bit

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#FantasyIndiesJuly 18: Today's #SaturdaySnippet is a newspaper clipping from my mixed-media pseudo epistolary of the rise to power of the antagonist from The Murder of Crows, created for this year's recent Kickstarter. My angel-wife is currently doing crafty things with the many, many pages. 😁

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Australia's Declaration of Independence Laters Australia's Constitution 20 Australia's bill of Rights

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I don't remember having lettuce

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/07/2026

Time Change xkcd.com/3272/

3-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 behind podium on stage: We all hate springing forward. But we love falling back. (2) [Audience pictured listening] PERSON 1: Therefore, we are abolishing the *spring* time change *only*. We’ll gain an hour every year, but never lose one. (3) PERSON OFF-PANEL: Won’t that cause the clocks to spiral out of sync with the sun? PERSON 1 holding up a fist: *Then we will meet the chaos clear-eyed and well-rested!*

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'd love to start a game studio that didn't make the same mistakes of previous ones, but apart from business doesn't mix well with creative endeavors I don't know how to avoid their mistakes, are there any truly successful game studios that are just game studios?

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Happy Book Birthday to @karendiem.bsky.social on the release of "Bloody", book 10 in her Arca superhero urban fantasy series! It's on sale for $2.99 for a week or two, so grab it soonest! books2read.com/diembloody

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Bloody by Karen Diem

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Happy Book Birthday also to Sam Weiss, who released her novella, The Stages of Decay, today! Existing as a sort of prequel to her Altered States fantasy horror books, it did a masterful job of cementing my desire to stay indoors. 😂 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVN53KPW/

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Chris Tullbane @christullbane.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Even if the score didn't change, I love how the tone of the reviews did, as the reader moved from the 1st to the 3rd and 4th books in my comedic urban fantasy series, The Many Travails of John Smith. From "pretty good UF" to "great story" and "manages all of that extremely well"? I'll take it! 😁

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Investigation, Mediation, Vindication (The Many Travails of John Smith)

4 stars - pretty good urban fantasy

July 12, 2026
It's a pretty good urban fantasy story, with a decent main character, and a solid supporting cast.

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Ghost of a Chance: A Comedic Urban Fantasy (The Many Travails of John Smith)

4 stars - A great story

July 12, 2026
A great story. I'm still liking John and the rest of the cast and I'm looking forward to the next book.

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The Italian Screwjob: A Comedic Urban Fantasy (The Many Travails of John Smith)

4 stars - John is always dancing on the knife's edge between perpetual screw up and actual competently.

July 12, 2026
I love how John is always dancing on the knife's edge between perpetual screw up and actual competently. This volume did the extremely difficult job of humanizing Lucia. It balanced that with a supernatural whodunit plot and an almost completely new supporting cast thanks to setting this story on the other side of the planet from the previous three books. It manages all of that extremely well.

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey #portfolioday I'm Leo, I'm developing a hiking simulator in Unreal Engine 5, the goal is to reproduce real life trails for parties to navigate. Definitely one that needs great art. Not even a demo yet, but is playable. No budget, I'm by myself, you know what that means. #indiegamedev

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I also sell this great piece of software you can get from the Microsoft Store for organizing your photos. I made it to organise my own through laziness and then spent much more time building this. Soon to come with a free photo viewer to peruse those nicely organized #photos #photography

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Paul R @rupparart.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It’s #portfolioday! I'm Paul, US-based 3D environment artist and instructor with a love for cyberpunk and sci-fi/fantasy design. Currently looking for more full-time/contract work. ✉️RupparArt@gmail.com Portfolio: www.artstation.com/paulruppar

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g3bsoft @g3bsoft.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

going through and putting the finishing touches on all the levels >:3 angel essence releases july 21st!

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