oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 09/10/2026they're just huge flat planes I've wrapped around the geometry at different scales 2151
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026this project is basically a neat vibe and a tileset. I don't think the concept was ever much more than "fly around" 140
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026of course no prototype is complete without a day and night cycle 192
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026more old stuff, why not. Random pixel flyer thing, again from 2019 1283
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026more old work. Starting in 2019, then again in 2023. As with a lot of projects, the early stuff is really evocative and interesting, but then I thought it needed to be something else enjoying rediscovering the early stuff without as much self doubt clouding my view 2593
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I was like, there must be sketches somewhere? Nope, just living my best life in blender 0302
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026going through old files—from last year, completely forgot I made this 1957
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I get a seriously huge kick that stuff like this works 419216
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 23/07/2026tube pass, aka, who let tsutomu nihei in here not sure I like tube pass. There was some fundamental simplicity to the first pass I liked. I might test that first in engine before complicating it further 250
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 23/07/2026recently my process has been to take screenshots like this, print them out at low opacity, and doodle on them with a pen partly because drawing with my hand on paper gets at things differently in a creative way, and partly because I go analogue every chance I get 170
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 04/07/2026for being so janky I like playing it a lot 310611
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 03/07/2026build #3 is up for toy vehicle project: now with flight 👉 oldmanofthefire.itch.io/little-vehic... 27111
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 03/07/2026updated build, link in the repost below swapped out wheel colliders for a custom raycast thing as a number of folks recommended. I think I like it, I can see how I can get the control I want. Pretty bouncy right now but fun to drive around also colors and an island and pretty 1646
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026since I kind of know where I'm headed in terms of enemy AI, I'm starting Abyssal Fugue's combat from poses and player motion. My thought is if it feels awesome to move and strike, then I can build these known systems around that 170
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026mm, forgot about this one. Not so much a combat system, but exploration into the kind of poses / movement / feeling that was missing from earlier prototypes 160
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026next prototype was named nothing more than "little zelda" and was mostly an exercise in rewriting the dark thicket code after all those learnings. Thinking more rigorously about timing, pacing, knockdowns, combos, etc. And the result felt more fluid and dynamic—but still not enough. 1100
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026additional context here that's maybe interesting I've made a few combat prototypes before but never been totally satisfied with them. This concept sits on top of those, is meant to really get at the thing I want first real prototype was in Dark Thicket (more in thread) 38911
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 10/06/2026was struggling to wrap my mind around attack states, and had so many competing ideas. So drew up a plan for myself, derived from what I want things to feel like 2582
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 06/06/2026from 1982, before I was born. Why I like reading old things. He's not talking about AI, or NFTs, or whatever. He's talking about a continual cycle of anxious misdirection. Don't be distracted Rainer Maria Rilke, Appendix to the Sonnets of Orpheus 2568
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 05/06/2026a lot to improve here but fun to have come together 1570
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I forgot to mention another way that I am a lunatic 312217
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 22/05/2026of course I'm a lunatic and have a whole city block sketched out, but I need to ignore most of that. But it helped me answer the question of how I want the platforming sequence weave around 2120
oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 22/05/2026ok, so I basically have these two rooms blocked out to a point where I want to start drawing, really think about platforming paths / patterns through them set dressing was a bit of a digression but I was into it and I like where I landed, so 🤷♂️ 2330
