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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 02/09/2026

If anyone needs fluffy cat tonight, here you go~ my baby bear tavi boy (named after Gaius Octavius iykyk) who yes, is as fluffy as you can imagine #cat #ragdoll

A close up picture of a white and grey ragdoll cat. He is very fluffy, with a mostly grey head that has a triangular patch of white that starts from his forehead down to his muzzle and touches the corner of his eyes. He has a little patch of grey on this bottom jaw and a pinkish nose. He is sitting in a sphinx position with his front paws forward.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 24/07/2026

Sometimes you make a old dragon man into a HOT old dragon man and gotta just. Take a moment. #gposers #ffxivscreenshots

A portrait of Tsuga Ejinn, a Xaela Au Ra from FF14. He is shirtless, showing off some very large pectorals, abs, and very defined shoulders. He is covered in black scales from his cheeks and chin to his shoulders, down his arms, his ribs and his sternum. His horns, which curl forward towards the camera, have redish tips. He has scruffy looking dark green hair with red highlights and glowing red eyes. His 'facial hair' are patches of scales on his nose, his upper lip like a mustach, and his jaw and cheeks. His actual skin is a dusty pale purple gray.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 17/07/2026

This is decidely not MailHero but I saw the new Mini set from @kenney.nl and had to build something lol. Still in progress!

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 13/07/2026

So I use a kind of expensive one but it's actually three separate pieces. There's two sides that are essentially big foam rectangles, and then a wood/wood adjacent top piece. It allows me to adjust from cross legged to stretching my legs out without having to finagle things.

A picture of my lap desk/laptop riser thing. It's two black square logs, a black desk top, and a laptop on my bed. Everything is gray adjacent and lit by the cloudy morning light

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 29/06/2026

Every time I look at my Itch dashboard I'm just like "wait people still play my ancient jam games????" Like yeh it aint A LOT or even more than 5 at any given time but like still astonishing to me

A series of three graphs from my itch.io analytics page showing views, downloads, and browser plays, none of the bars break 5, but there's a pretty constant range of 1 to 4 views for the last 30 days!

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 07/06/2026

Today's Updates: - Just project management stuff, and moving myself into obsidian - Started blocking out what to do for saving and scenario systems - Obisdian is def a learning curve but I've found a good system I think!

a cropped screenshot of obsidian, showing a task list that shows the first milestone being 'saving progress' and the various subtasks under it like the scenario system and saving system

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 06/06/2026

I am trying to approach level design organically - more like I did in school - and sort of just dropping walls and floors down and seeing how things feel as I go along. Level design is something I struggle with getting into engine as my brain auto filters out 99% of ideas first.

a screenshot of the 3d view of the godot editor, positioned in a sort of three quarters perspective from above. it shows a basic and unfinished level layout in gray with a few rooms and a lot of unfinished corridors. there is a large orange wire frame bounding box around the whole thing as i have the root node selected

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 06/06/2026

MailHero is tech on it's second rebuild, as I'd built a lot of systems to start but then got overwhelmed, so I ripped the majority of it out and started from a fresh base.

a screenshot of the 3d window of the godot engine showing a mostly gray area with a generic black colored humanoid in the middle, obscured somewhat by the transformation gizmo and the camera gizmo. Behind them, a series of ramps in three different colors can be seen with white text above them. the top text reads 'assumes ramp is 10 m deep; starts at 1 m tall and goes to 7 m tall'. below lists the following rough angle measurement: '5 degree, 10 degree, 15, degree, 25 degree, 30 degree, 35 degree and finally 40 degree'. the ramp go from green to red in the following order: '5 degree through 25 degree are colored green, 30 and 35 degree are yellow, and 50 degree is red'

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 07/05/2026

#mayqote #mayqote2026 Day 6: Cyber, featuring W'eleneil Bernd, sky pirate and self made magiteck engineer! #gposers #weleneil #oc

A slightly tilted landscape screenshot of ffxiv from solution 9, showing a dark blue haired and furred miqo'te doing the /thinking emote at a data screen, as though she's confused about what is on the screen.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 01/05/2026

I prototype doors by literally just making them invisible or visible. Working on doors that open/close when you get close/far, and ones that require keys to open.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 26/04/2026

in other news, i made yet another wol, since I haven't done this in a while

a screenshot from final fantasy fourteen, showing a tan skinned keeper of the moon miqo'te with black hair and yellow/orange eyes. She looks a little confused and her head is tilted to the side.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 21/04/2026

Dark Mousy, from D.N.Angel. I love this phantom thief so much. Two very close follow ups are Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket, and the red/fire dragon knight from Dragon Knights. OH AND KISH FROM TOKYO MEW MEW Look I read a LOT of manga as a kid okay

A small square picture of Dark Mousy, a teenage boy with deep purple hair that is technically a reverse mullet with strands of hair in his purple eyes, framing his chin, and pointing off to the left. He is looking slightly left, with his right hand against his temple as though he's leaning against it. There are purple gray wings behind him and a white feather around his neck, over a slightly torn dark purple tank top.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 15/04/2026

Just a tiny sword fighter looking BAD ASS waiting for the match to start 😏😏😏😏😏

A slightly fuzzy photo of a person clad in a mix of metal and leather armor stands in front of some trees and a truck, holding their right hand sword on their shoulder and their left hand dagger loosely by their left knee. Their helmet is steel and silver looking, while their shoulder armor, gauntlets, shin protection and elbow protection is black. Their chest piece is a maroon purple color.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 12/04/2026

Sword Event today! We got kind of rained out, and I also tried to block an axe with my left thumb, but a good day of comradey and swords!

A jovial human being is looking at the camera, throwing up a peace sign and sticking her tongue out between her teeth. She is in mostly dark gray and steel armor, resting one arm on the table. A can of coke a cola is in the foreground and half a helmet can be seen in the background on the right

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 07/04/2026

guys am I doing this GDD thing right? :P

A screen cap of a document that says 'Themes' and under it 'Whimiscal, Comedic, Anti-Cursed Amulet Propaganda'

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 28/03/2026

No screenshot for Saturday as I haven't touched my project in a month orz But here's my absolute unit if a good boyo Tavi instead

A phone picture of a large fluffy white and gray cat sitting on a dark brown table and taking up 2/3rds of it with his absolute unit of size. There is a large TV in the background with a Greek looking bathhouse image on it as background noise/ambience music.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 10/03/2026

Not at #GDC but #WhatAGameDevLooksLike ~ Hiya, I'm Rin (she/they) and I've been sorta kinda developing indie games for the last decade or so! I've made several game jam games over the years, and currently working on MailHero! A fun fact! I sword fight! With steel swords! 8D

Picture of a sort of tired looking human shaped creature, showing off a gray steel gauntlet and a newly built piece of elbow armor to the camera. She's wearing glasses, a black jacket and purple pants, but no socks, and is making a piece sign at the camera. Her hair looks like she's been sick for a week, because she has. She is standing in front of a sliding glass door, in which you can see the faint reflection of her fiance who is taking the picture.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 06/03/2026

Thank you WoW devs for breathing life back into the Blood Elves, Quel'thalas, and Silvermoon City. As a Blood Elf main who spent many years in these locations, I can't express how much this means to me.

Selfie camera screenshot of Eleneill Stormwolf, a blue eyed Blood Elf with black hair. Behind her is one of Hati's forms, a dark blue wolf, that has been named Dellingr. Behind both of them are some rocks, grass, and the top of a building in Eversong Woods.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 02/03/2026

@dragon1freak.bsky.social SO I FIXED IT? I had to put a level loader object in the dummy screen that spawns with the main menu, and pass that reference through in order to make sure it wasn't somehow trying to use the wrong one.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 02/03/2026

Spawn point is already outside the trigger zone (the orb in the screenshot below). Gunna see if I can step through the loading process to see where it's being weird.

screenshot of the godot 3D editor, focused on a white box with a red overlay box, and a white sphere.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 28/02/2026

Playing WoW again is a trip. I'm leveling through Legion to get to War Within and did some of the Midnight world quests in hte Twilight Highlands. Also being able to soar as a dracthyr with the original flight mechanics is everything I've ever wanted.

A dracthyr - anthromorphic dragon - in silver and black armor with purple scales and white gray underbelly is seen. She has one broken horn and you can see the night sky behind her as she's on a flight path currently. The words Sylvan Falls is half faded out over her head.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 25/02/2026

It's less of a mess today! As I don't have like five cans and two days worth of lunch on it xD

Landscape shot of my desk, with three monitors and a laptop, two c4 strawberry blast cans, and a slightly fuzzy black cat blocking one of the monitors. There are white patches over the laptop and third monitor, as that's my work stuff.

The wall to my right, covered in various fan art from genshin impact, FFXIV and dragons. There's also an overfull black tray of stuff and a white mic on a white arm that I haven't used in like a year

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 12/02/2026

Here's where I got after about 3.5/4 hours today! Finding a flow with the CSG objects and poking a little at lighting! Trying to not get too hung up on placements, or shapes right now, but had to put in some color bc the white was making me go cross eyed. #gamedev #indiedev #godot

A screenshot of the Godot editor, show casing the level block out from a perspective 45 degree-ish angle. There is green representing the ground and brown objects representing really big trees, and some blue for water. It's very rough currently.

A screenshot of the Godot editor, show casing the level block out from a top down perspective. There is green representing the ground and brown objects representing really big trees, and some blue for water. It's very rough currently.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 11/02/2026

GUYS BLOCK OUT IS HAPPENING 8D There's an idea in my head. we shall see if we get there visually

A screenshot of Godot showing the editor. The largest window in the middle has several white shapes acting as a block out for the level.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 09/02/2026

Oh my gods it thinks I'm an industry professional. Ty blusky star map xD

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 05/02/2026

And I think on just moving some windows around I fixed my pain point XD

A screenshot of Godot 4.6 using the modern theme that shows groups and signals at the top and the inspector below it, instead of hte normal layout of all three together

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 21/01/2026

It still exists! Just haven't touched it in a month or so due to the holidays and con prep.

A screenshot of the Godot editor showing the scene, filesystem, node, output and 3d game windows. in the main game window in the middle, there are a lot of textured and wireframe objects that show rocks, trees, collision shapes and a green humanoid.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 11/12/2025

The boyos mimicked each other a few days ago

Two ragdoll cats sleep near each other. The larger of the two is on the floor, on a desk mat repurposed as a carpet. The smaller one is laying on a dark blue couch, one paw off the edge. They are both very sleepy and face the same direction.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 11/12/2025

No weird flus, covid or other respiratory viruses for me if I have to be in the office thanks. We - fiance and wifey - are the only ones masked, as usual.

A human shaped creature stares at the camera with a bit of blonde and brown hair over hazel eyes, wearing a black n95 mask, over the ear black headphones and a gray sweatshirt. Flourencent lighting can be seen in the white drop ceiling behind her.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 10/12/2025

Okay that's much better! I essentially add the Z position of the camera onto the shake offset after it adds the amount and default position, which keeps it at the end of the spring arm! It's too long in my opinion, BUT it exists and works! #gamedev #indiedev

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 10/12/2025

That... that might be too much shake O.o;;

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 05/12/2025

Happy Dragon Age day~ It's been over a year and I still have Rook/Lucanis/Spite brainrot going on SOMEDAY I WILL FINISH MY FIC. PROBABLY. In the meantime, here's Thea de Riva my favorite of my Rooks.

A screenshot of Dragon Age: The Veilguard from near the beginning of the game, focused on a long white haired, kinda pale skinned elf with light purple eyes. Three scars can be seen on her right cheek (left side in the screenshot) and some scars can be seen in the open collar of the Crow casual attire, which is a dark blue blouse. Her mouth is open mid speaking, and one ear can be seen poking through her hair. At the bottom it says 'Rook: Sounded like it. When the ritual went wrong, he ended up trapped in some kind of prison'.

This Rook is Thea de Riva, protoge of Viago de Riva and future paramore of one Lucanis Dellamorte. She also is maybe a spirit bound in a physical body, a little like Wynne from Origins!

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 12/11/2025

Slowly reintegrating things from when I rebuilt the player controller. Next I think will be getting simple camera shake in then back to getting elements working (which is not pictured here because it is literally just different omni lights and damage amounts atm) #gamedev #godot #indiedev

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 24/08/2025

Alright FFXIVsky, do we like AU Timelost Alisaie Shard better as an Elezen or a Lalafel #ffxiv #ffxivgpose #alisaie #ffxivscreenshots

An elezen from Final Fantasy 14 sits on a green hill with a white building behind her. She's wearing a red top and white pants with teal tech accents and has red gloves. She has white hair pulled back except for some bangs over her blue eyes and is looking out past the camera.

A lalafel from Final Fantasy 14 stands with her arms cross against an out of focus brown rock back ground. She's wearing a red top and white pants with teal tech accents. She has white hair pulled back except for bangs over her blue eyes and the top of a futuristic white staff can be seen over her shoulder.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 13/06/2025

When I am not sword fighting, fighting with code or in despair, I play ffxiv! This is Alisaesae Alisae, a time lost shard of Alisaie Leveilleur who's been shunted to the Source due to a time spell gone wrong. #ffxiv #gposers #lalafell

A lalafell from ffxiv smiles at the camera winking her right eye and holding a peace sign over her left eye. she has white hair pulled back from her face and blue eyes, and is wearing solution nine gear in red and white, with a white staff mostly blocked behind her back,

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 12/06/2025

ICE is floating around Disneyland and Downtown Disney because of course they are.

screenshot of a chat message reading 'my leads just made an announcement that ICE agents have been reported in the Downtown Disney parking lot, one in DT Disney itself, and a few near CM entrance checkpoints'

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 17/04/2025

Today has been hard. Here are my kitties.

A black cat with a soft white spot on her chest is standing on a blue couch. She looks mildly annoyed, with slight airplane ears and narrowed eyes. This Freya.

A mostly white fluffy cat with darker gray face markings covering his eyes and ears stands on a white carpet, looking downwards. This is Octavian von Fluffybutt, aka Tavi

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 14/04/2025

This week's progress! I did some refactoring and now we have the ability to dash! I am going to keep it so that you can dash while in the air or on the ground, because I think it feels nice when I test it. #godot #indiedev #scalepact #gamedev

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 07/04/2025

We now have damage volumes and death volumes! I rewrote the way I was doing damage and health in order to make it easier to use. #indiedev #scalepact #godot #gamedev

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 21/03/2025

I'm not at GDC and late to this even but hello I am a 30+ gender queer indie dev who works in C# and Godot! #ThisIsWhatAGameDevLooksLike

A questionably gendered human with short purple hair in a brown leather jacket and black clothing taking a selfie with her purple cased phone.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 05/02/2025

When you have no UI currently and can't just expose variables to the sun to watch 'em change in the inspector You get creative with debug statements #godot

An image of a code snippet that reads, and I am sorry if this is bad alt text for code: public void On Health Component Trigger Defeat parenthesis open curly braces GD dot Print quote And thus, I die. unquote semi colon Get Parent dot Queue Free semi colon close curly braces

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 23/01/2025

I... this doesn't look comfortable, I'll be honest. I don't quite know what I did to get the idle anim to break like this lol My child, please don't hurt yourself. #scalepact #godot #indiedev #dragon

Green and white dragon seen from above and behind in a three quarters view, where one wing is trying to slice into it's butt, and the other is both stretched out and bound up at the same time.

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 12/12/2024

is this happening to anyone else or is my internet being dumb?

a screenshot of the top bar of bluesky that reads following, discover, mutuals, game dev, game news, and screenshots (which is cut off) and a giant red banner that reads internal server error instead of showing the feed

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Rin -> Making MailHero @serpentworks-games.itch.io · 14/11/2024

Whelp I'm now fighting a repeatable bdos.

The windows blue screen of death screen with an error for 'inaccessable boot device'

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