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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

experimenting with more y2k styles #3d #blender

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

i dont like/use ai. my 2c: ai is like the rings of power. their danger isnt actually from their intrinsic strength. Its from the perception of power it gives the user. ai is not going to kill us. people are going to kill us while under ai psychosis.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

understandable. when you cross that bridge id be happy to help. ive studied id tech 4 netcode and built a similar system in godot. would be neat seeing it used for something suitably retro.

upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

people who liked my cozy game update arent gonna be happy im actually working on this. im sorry i got issues 🥹 #gamedev #adhd #idk

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

i dont think about it. i just wander around adding colours until it feels right.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

evil indie dev be like i quit my dream game to make my job

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

stop scrolling. relax and paint grass. #gamedev #godot

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

now ur thinking. if ur not scamming/ai/crypto idc if u hype up your game :))

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

have you tried lying? 🤔

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

zelda weapon breaking << far cry 2 weapon jamming

Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games · 26/05/2026

Reposted by upakai

Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

computers were a mistake

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

the alternative universe where elon is addicted to fentanyl and people stop using because hes so uncool

upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

limitless ruined a whole generation of men

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

flying over Adelaide rn 🥱

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Tools: Godot, rapier 3d plugin using the salva fluid sim. That addon is made by appsinacup.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Tech Art Experiment number I forget. Liquid rendering! Metaballs use expensive ray marching, this uses a blurred normal buffer using Godot's compositor. #gamedev #Godot

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

character animation please

upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

game ready, low poly, rigged

upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

character focused or full animation

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

can anyone share with me a list of 3d artists or animators? (bonus points if they do commissions)

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

That new Halo: Combat Evolved remake has the worst "Nintendo hire this man"-itis I've ever seen. Zero art direction. Just Unreal Engine noise. Sad.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

thank u so much for saying that. it’s taken me so long 🥹

upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

this is what success looks like for me #GodotEngine #gamedev

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

goofy active ragdoll bug

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

If I were petty I'd make a bot that reposts HR job postings, strings along applicants for months, then eventually ghosts them. i need them to feel my pain

upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

every pathway to profit i’ve seen from generative ai is legit just intellectual property laundering. so depressing. cut it out

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Thanks! Im a big fan of SWAT 4. Their environments give off the eerie night time feeling very well.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Environment art at the mysterious Sirius building. This is for my retro extraction shooter project: Myriad. #psx #gamedev #indiedev

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i think so. it’s also an option to just not hire them… might be best for a stealth strategy 😅

initially they will be a dumbass but my goal is eventually you can command them and save them 🥹 i love saving the marines in halo games

i want to focus on replayable ai and builds that modify playstyle between stealth and the offensive. i’m most excited about being able to hire and train an ai companion. it’s like your lil gang vs the ai gangs lol

wip combat preview in Myriad. multiple npc factions will roam the map with the same goal as the player and get into interesting little fights with each other and the player. #gamedev #indiedev #psx

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@strideh.bsky.social textures are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. Up there with the amazing @makkon.bsky.social. This urban pack is perfect 😍

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the meds are cheap but they don't let me sleep #b3d #gamedev #indiedev

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2) The modularity also solves another problem which is lightmap texel density. Might just be a godot thing but the larger the mesh, the harder it seems to fit into the lightmap texture atlas without leaks. So this method actually greatly reduces lightmap leaks.

1) I use to believe this is a waste of tris but tris are very cheap actually, textures are often the bottleneck of rendering.

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upakai @riordan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Yes thats correct. Its a modular design because I constantly need to refactor for gameplay. I have 2 reasons I'm not concerned:

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maybe a little cosmetic stuff like glass and props. not the structure itself