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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Been doin map work while hoping that listen to a hell of a lot of Davis Morgan read good (and extremely bad) creepypastas'll help me figure out the ending of #DoSHgame This is for a campfire scene where they have the fire in an ancient mall's fountain, been workin on it for 3-4 days I think 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wanted seamlessness between BG and top of levels for a weird retro void feeling but found out after a lot of messing that for some reason the Colour Ramp in the Custom Stencil Depth makes colours darker -despite- it being a post process for some reason, so I'm using a combo of manual colour grading

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Needa try to keep posting about gamedev - was trying to fix a weird colour problem which led somehow to needing to reinstall the Epic Launcher and Unreal to fix plugins - managed both though the colour is more of a compromise, also been tryin to figure out location designs n keep motivated #DoSHGame

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Big Walk was so cool I love my friends 🙏💜

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Adding water (and setting it to a stencil depth) has really made a difference for Frukta Ĉielo Cafe - though importing the models does break certain things for some reason but I'll ask around, also hoping the water'll shift when you walk through it n I need to fixure out specular things 💭 #DoSHgame

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I put Cafe Frukta Cielo into Unreal now, it doesn't look like I'd like right now but it's a start I guess (still be feeling very Just Down For Whatever Reason(s) and burnt out) #DoSHgame

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Making a little glass table thing feels neat, as does doing a lil internal thing for aquarium 🙌 #DoSHgame

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Slowly working on the Frutiger Aero cafe, still need to test if animating in Crocotile will transfer to Unreal (I imagine it would) and figure out if I should have 2D chairs, mildly modelled ones or 2D with moved verts so they sorta curve Wonder how partly transparent water'd work with colour ramp 💭

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Was trying to figure out the flat's hallway design, it was meant to be a bit run-down but then I had too much fun with the carpet, I'm mostly veering towards the Most Things Fit In A Single 16x16 Tile as Decaying Dreams won't be (screenshots are in Crocotile so no dynamics/post processing here)

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I made Sashisi's room (main character, not pictured, instead you get a inexplicably red coloured Cru-Cru) in Crocotile, and also with help I made each group of tiles that would have a different palette as an object so I could set their own stencil depth 🙌 #DoSHgame

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Was also following one of CobraCode's tutorials while learning about the custom depth and was applying it as I went (this is example tutorial stuff mostly) - the fade in/out working like this was super cool to see given the limited palette worked here also - always loved that sort of things 👀 #DoSH

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Early test of the post processing, with help I was able to use custom stencil depths with colour ramping to assign each object a palette of 4 colours, so we can have lighting, shadow, Normals etc but only being expressed via that palette, I've wondered for years if it was possible and here we are 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I thought today might be different with the Mind boss I'm stuck on in Mina but nope had to give up again, just cannot manage it, game's tricky but that boss is just straight-up not fun for me 🐁💭

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

At least we actually went up here where we scattered half of the ashes this year Been 8 years now, time seems so weird when you have such a hard date where life changed so dramatically to look back at 💭

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I've been stagnating for so long that I've been thinking about making a smaller game to learn the engine a little easier - mostly wandering around with a lot of text narration for small scale situations, a mixture of wholesome and mild(?) horror(?) Same sort of vein as FriendShapes but in the future

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Was shown this and don't know who made it as it was on Twitter but it's one of those things that helps me feel I succeeded in doin something with #FriendShapes so I'm very grateful of seein it 🙏✨

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Lovely surprise art of #FriendShapes from The_Random_Studio www.instagram.com/the_random_s... Such a great gift outta nowhere, do check them out if you use Instagram! 🙌💜

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

FriendShapes has been out for 2 years! (1 years on Steam) Currently there's 25% sale on Steam for the week! store.steampowered.com/app/3475600/... Art by @cyat.bsky.social

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Version 1.02 of LISA: The Downcast demo gamejolt.com/games/LISADo... Matias can now use stances to change up their playstyle Added the option to disable the wavy screen effects from the pause menu This is the final major version (besides bug fixes) until we potentially return to it some time 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The #LISAthePainful fangame demo LISA: The Downcast releases tomorrow, on the 25th of Jan, at 3pm GMT / 10am EST!

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Update: we're aiming to release LISA: The Downcast in 1 week from now: the 25th of January on Gamejolt & Itch.io! gamejolt.com/games/LISADo... raininglamppost.itch.io/lisa-the-dow... #LISADowncast

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#LISADowncast - friend testing is going well, normal route has been completed at least once with minimal upset, added some small QoL tweaks and hoping that the other routes go as well as the normal one 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The Downcast Demo is now hopefully 100% complete and has now been sent off to testers!Assuming there's no issues we're hoping to have it available to download this month 🎉

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I'm at like issue #25 but I remember seeing this on a wiki a year or so ago when researching stuff for a potential Pathfinder character and it always stuck with me, great writing and body language throughout

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

There, I've done everything needed for LISA: The Downcast, now it's done to co-creator FrozenSunset to do some final balancings and then it's off to friends for final testing 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

#LISADowncast demo update: I've done another play through (even skipping fights and not doing everything it took 4 hours), aside from spme stuff to fix, it's really close to being ready for internal testing, and then release 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Marty Creambus to all - hope everyone has a nice day without too much stress, wishing you all all the best 🙏💜✨

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

What if you wanted to relax and enjoy Sonuc Race-Game with partner to prepare yourself for tomorrow but Sega said:

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MAN?? Jackie #Downcast 's eternal rival!!(?)

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

James Sunder'man in Rifftrax?? I don't have it in me to capitalize random words or use big red circles today, still fighting off illness and doing those sorts of things even for a bit makes me sick 👀

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

With help from my good friend Ultra, seems like AE is behaving itself now (only one crash due to changing font so far, which is expected of Adobe) - generally seems a lot more stable thankfully, now it can continue bein developed 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Getting into the weird(er) parts of Era's End Entities in Season 2 📋🐁

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A lot of the Unreal work on #DecayingDreams I've been doing is framework Trying To Make It So I Could Make The Game rather than Making Showable Content but still pleased with how this turned out, look forward to one day being able to make cool areas knowing the framework is all there 🙌

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Undertale showed me what could be done with a dream, a lot of patience and hell of a lot of love, you're an inspiration to so many people Even if my games aren't much like them, they still help me so much (as does your music) - not great with words but you've done so much Toby, thank you truly 🙏

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

#AnthologyOfTheKiller #FriendShapes crossover! BB running into Abandoned Mascot, wonder how that'd go?

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

#AnthologyOfTheKiller I think meeting BB would be cool but would be super awkward cos what would you even say? "So, been chased by any particularly well designed would-be murderers recently?"

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Huh?Man A lot has been said on Huh?Mans, here, FriendShapes and Era's End Entities Short fiction on encounters with them would be pretty cool I think I can't remember making some of these entities, when I look back I just remember them being there Maybe it's just how long I've had them #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

The Collective Something about this feels really bad even to me I can't remember thinking them up, only knowing what they were Probably represent the idea of being unable to be seen as a full person by a group bent on laughing at you for no discernible reason But I don't quite know #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Blood Shadow Had these guys a long time, they're not nasty, just don't understand what it's like sometimes I find the Blood Shadow interesting because they have to sacrifice their freedom of pain and fear to relate to others properly, and all that means and entails #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Mont Modern Monts being more accepted despite being silly and a bit animalistic must not help the Classic Monts general disposition Both do their best to support each other I'm sure It's hard to think or even innocently mention self-aware with all this horrendous AI crap happening #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Florobukedo Many of these are very busy-body church-goer gossip types always trying to Keep up with the Joneses Always had a thing about non-humans trying to be human for a variety of reasons, maybe because most of the time I don't see the attraction myself despite being born as one #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Prowl Not related to the progenitors of the other Descendants , the "functions," Prowls are from a common enemy planned for BBTD Mostly cos I dig their design even 10+ years after they were made I enjoy these guys helping and being helped by others, mutual benefit & making friends #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Ataxian Something of oddity of the Descendants - Ataxia is a second generation of the progenitors, and seeded separately without the safeguards the others had, leading to humans not accepting their altered kids- he never forgave humanity for that Ataxians aren't common and don't mix much #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Runic Very constructive, tall and gangly bird-like friends I imagine hugs from these guys would be really nice Tribe I'd love to have more art of (this is only graphic that exists so far) Directly inspired by an really nice design in Outlaw Star for like 5 minutes #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Safice The one pictured is a relatively small Safice, these guys can be really big They're all people though, vey careful of their large size, friendly and outgoing like their Rifice cousins Huge big non-humanoids also being People is really nice, I'd love to have friends like this #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Rifice Tall and beautiful, only with funny eyes and a leech-like mouth on their tail They may look haughty but there're down to earth and care for everyone around them I doubt many people here would mind either of these features in someone like a Rifice #TeroInfo

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RainingLamppost @raininglamppost.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Man Itch is very confusing, given FS has had 34 buys in the past 1.5 years I don't see how a full game version has 400 downloads...

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