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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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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Don't forget the cannibals

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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 · 23/08/2026

I have to confess if anyone gets One Tin Soldier vibes, I had it in mind when first thinking about this project, but if you saw my roadmap now you would realize what an impossible task it would be to finish by myself. That's why I pivoted away from a Resident Evil template

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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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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I know what that's like, I use Davinci Resolv to do my videos, not pretending there's no learning curve there though, it takes a bit of work.

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yay! Can you link me? I may have missed that bit

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

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

Everything was supposed to be compatible that I purchased, just didn't end up that way

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

I had quite a few issues, the new (second hand) RAM I got wouldn't work in old motherboard, get new motherboard, Cooler ripped CPU out of old motherboard and pins bent, new CPU. Then I get it all fired up and Windows decides it's a different machine 😡

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Leo @nucleonic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I feel sad for Damien, do you feel sad for Damien? Also peat or malt? not a peat person myself, I actually drink bourbon, I feel John would be a bourbon drinker

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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 · 09/08/2026

Or...Damnation Alley, book and film, has twisters and storms but also monsters and cannibalistic tribes youtu.be/95GcQKd8eWo?...

youtu.be

Damnation Alley (1977). Post-Apocalyptic Road Trip.

YouTube video by Stam Fine

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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!

Chris Tullbane's Stats

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

🙋I have only been recently posting, possibly for a month or two, about my hiking simulator Hike Club, I am aiming for a demo at Next Fest in February. I didn't even know about Big Walk till yesterday 😬 strangely also from Melbourne, Australia @househouse.com

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

Thank you favourite author!

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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

Shouldn't they have asked a bunch of readers

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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

Unfortunately I was 18 in 1984 it's impossible

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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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