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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 17/08/2026

Yes! I can't remember exactly now, but color correction in WorldEnv was producing slightly different results than reference (Affinity, where LUT was created). Maybe problem with color space. Custom shader had similar performance and 1:1 color match with Affinity preview.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 17/08/2026

I really liked heat haze effect, but it was clipping transparent objects behind it. So I embarked on a week-long journey with post-processing with CompositorEffects. Now I really appreciate simplicity of using regular Godot shaders! #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 12/08/2026

How you going? A* 😒 Flow field 😎 Ofc I had to complicate it with special weights calc on corners. And bilinear interpolation to sample direction for smooth rotations. PS. Good thing DebugDraw3D exists or I would be implementing whole helper drawing lib myself ;) #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 11/08/2026

Yes, this is so irritating! And when you see it, you cannot unsee it.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/08/2026

VoxelGI on/off Makes a huge difference, especially since there is no directional light, only sky. Performance isn't bad. Regular lights have bigger impact, so lighting and meshes are something to optimize first. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

It's not "AI" AI. It's system for designing enemy behavior (hence AI, like we have in games from 30 years) but can orchestrate any behavior. And it's visual, in editor.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

Nice one! Probably the simplest, but screenshot utility and open saves dir button landed on my TODO list! Thanks for sharing that. There is probably a ton of small tips and tricks like that that are not easily shared in mostly solo-dev / small team indie world...

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

Yeah, I use tweens by default, easier to manage and orchestrate if you are code-first person. Using AnimationPlayer for imported animations only. Although at some complexity everything is, we'll, complex. Not sure what's your use case, but LimboAI is also great for sequences of animations.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

Heh, seeing "animations" just triggered my own frustrations then! ;)

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

Yeah, I don't understand how people create skeleton-based animations... I get the theory - keyframes etc, but actually making something movement animation that looks good? Do you need motion capture? xD

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

Many goodies will land in Godot 4.8, my 2 favs from dev 3 build are not in the highlights: 1️⃣ Automatically created default resources for collision shapes, noise, particles, etc. (PR #88647) 2️⃣ Show/hide collision shapes in runtime, no game restart needed! (PR #119816)

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 08/08/2026

Today's progress: added tower shield effect and unit dissolve. 💡Light flash when shield appears really sells it. No matter what I did in shield shader, without light it just felt fake and not integrated with environment. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 07/08/2026

Pretty happy how the crystals turned out! But I think they still need some juice though. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 05/08/2026

(3/3) At the start I set 0.75 sky energy multipiler (my main source of light) and high VoxelGI bias (almost no shadows). During the animation, I tween sky energy to 1.0 and VoxelGI bias down to 1.5. If you don't look at it specifically, you don't notice the change, but end up with nice shadows!

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 05/08/2026

(2/3) I started with LightmapGI but couldn't make it work nicely with dynamically animated objects. I've switched to VoxelGI. There, you can modify bias dynamically, basically changing shadows intensity.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 05/08/2026

You can almost hear it! (1/3) Lighting was tricky though due to baked shadows - shadows were showing on the ground before any objects pop up so I had to hack it a bit... (continue below) #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 29/07/2026

Added spark particles! Just like heat haze, it's subtle. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 27/07/2026

I'm pretty happy how the path turned out! The path mesh is created along Path3D. Mesh consists of square tiles, and shader choses random fragment from the material for each of them, with 1 of 16 stones, randomly rotating it for even greater variety. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 24/07/2026

Not gonna lie, those shader graphs always scared me. Can't you just write code? 😅 But I needed something custom, so I took existing material and went step by step, understanding, simplifying, and adjusting it. And okay, I see the benefits of node graphs! #godot #gamedev #indiedev #MaterialMaker

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 22/07/2026

body.prevent_wonkiness() and body.prevent_silliness() will be added in Godot 5 😄

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 22/07/2026

Brazier with heat haze effect above it. Effect is subtle, I don't want it to be distracting, but maybe it should be stronger? WDYT? #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 22/07/2026

In general in programming, good approach is to group by feature, not by type. Google "vertical slice architecture", it works well for game projects as well in my experience. This only relates to code/scenes though. Assets being separate and have their own structure is okay as they are often reused.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 20/07/2026

Procedural island mesh generation. Path3D sets the base shape, which is then made more interesting and unique with random irregularities. Bottom disappears in darknes, and edge bevel is cherry on top for low-poly look. #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 11/05/2026

My game colors were blunt and muted, so I overhauled them all at once with Look-Up Tables. It's very effective technique, so I made a 60 seconds tutorial on color grading in Godot using LUT. What do you think? Is it helpful? #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/05/2026

Those are good comments. Describing not WHAT (this is in code), but WHY.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/05/2026

Maybe it's because I'm coming from backend development, but I can't convince myself to Animation Player... All animations I do are in code, with tweens :D And yes, they are great.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/05/2026

Your original weren't so bad! But yes, delegating to professionals raises the quality. So far, my partner in crime turned out to be pretty good at SFX, despite my initial reservations 😅 Some paid sound packs are good, some are trash, but there is so many that going through them is time consuming...

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/05/2026

Your shaders are brilliant, I wish I had a place to use them! Maybe my next game will be 3D...

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/05/2026

Deckbuilders Fest is almost over. We launched Cold Decks demo shortly before. We had some uptick in wishlists, despite it being only a free demo. From this occasion, sharing some card graphics by talented Ana Rinray (def checkout www.tumblr.com/ana-rinray-art !) #godot #indiedev #gamedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 10/05/2026

Using VS Code sometimes it's enough to make any change (like add space) and save. VSC is using Godot language server so maybe the behavior is similar and you can try it.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 06/05/2026

I didn't want all colors to fight for attention, but afterwards realized my game has muted, eastern-european color palette ;) LUT was quick way to color grade whole game. Do you see difference? I consider making 1 minute "how to" tutorial - is it interesing topic? #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 05/05/2026

Oxygen management is crucial in Cold Decks, but it was easy to not realize your Pioneers are suffocating. I hope it can't be missed now! Still missing a good audio to go with it... #godot #indiedev #gamedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 05/05/2026

Unity continues to be the best thing that happened to Godot

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 02/05/2026

I was supposed to check a bug, and then realized I'm just playing the game. I guess this makes the game good for at least one player? #godot #indiedev #gamedev #ScreenshotSaturday

Cold Decks game in middle of demo playthrough, with a lot of cards visible on the screen.

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 01/05/2026

1. Create "Report bug / Feedback" form 2. Release demo 3. After a week, realize you didn't configure notifications on form submissions 4. ??? 5. Profit? Big thank you to players that submitted bug reports, they are being fixed right now :D #godot #gamedev #indiedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 30/04/2026

Thanks! Yeah, as someone doing backend development most of the time, presenting your work even to coders is not the most sexy thing... "yeah, so here is an endpoint, you make request from terminal and get response" So doing frontend from time to time was satisfying, but games are yet another level!

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 30/04/2026

Every minute spent on (good) dev tools pays off. Here - our map creation visualization. It was invaluable time saver during algorithm creation and later with content design. Everything at a glance, no guessing or launching full game. And it looks cool ;) #godot #indiedev #gamedev

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 29/04/2026

A little shader goes a long way! The explosion range and shockwave make all the difference. Those are the first interactive effects, more to come. #godot #indiedev #gamedev #shader

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 27/04/2026

Now you must make bushes and clouds using the same texture with different color modulation ;)

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 27/04/2026

No plan can survives first contact with the enemy, and no game survives first contact with actual players! But I think going with kids you choose the most extreme audience there is ;)

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 27/04/2026

It begins! Just friends and family so far, but they started sharing with their friends already (without us asking!) We steadily let more people know, so we get feedback and quickly release patches in between. #godot #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 24/04/2026

My presentation from GodotCon (and demo with full code) is available here: github.com/m-radzikowsk... Thank you for all questions and discussions afterwards!

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GitHub - m-radzikowski/presentation-godot-yaml

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 24/04/2026

It really grinds my gears when dialog texts appears animated and words jump between lines. I don't know how difficult it is in other engines, but having this as single param change in Godot gives no excuses 😉 Glad you found it!

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 22/04/2026

Truly a week of Godot for me! - on route to GodotCon - where I'm speaking on Friday - and I've just released demo on Steam! In Cold Decks, cards are everything, and both your crafting skills and morality will be tested. Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4287840/ #indiegame #godot

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Cold Decks on Steam

Survive onboard a stranded colony ship in this story-rich card-based crafting game. Pry the mysteries from behind closed hatches. Scrounge up resources, gather your crew, and craft your way to surviva...

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Radzik @radzikowski.com.pl · 21/04/2026

Grease - enemies slide on it and fall of the edges. You already have a good color ;) Or the opposite: glue - enemies get stuck to it. Really nice way to alter the environment by the player and give multiple ways of defeating the enemies!

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