iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Kotaro Uchokoshi’s upcoming game was just cancelled. This guy made 999 and Danganronpa series. This industry is fucked. He decides to reveal the game now publicly and is looking for a publisher so pass it on. crashkeys.com

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Dean Hall @deanhall.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

We at @ahwoo-official.bsky.social and RocketWerkz have made the BRUTAL Framework, that Ludeon have used to make their engine to power RimWorld, and us Kitten Space Agency, open source and free to use. Our industry is rotting from the core out. We plan to change it. www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...

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From the gamedev community on Reddit: Introducing BRUTAL | A free C# framework that helped RimWorld make its own engine and break free of Unity. Now you can too.

Explore this post and more from the gamedev community

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Jounayd Id Salah @smogpill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For absolutely no reason, I think it would be highly unlikely that anybody would tag sonic underwater levels as their favorite.

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Topotoy Labs @topotoylabs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Each texel stores front depth, back depth, sky visibility and coverage. Front and back depth give the thickness of the crown along the ray, so a distant tree is intersected as a volume, not drawn as a flat sprite. About 63 MB per species with mips. #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

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Jounayd Id Salah @smogpill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

About democratizing crossovers and how to explode TNT in your favorite game www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ryJ...

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Stop buying new games - Start modding old ones

YouTube video by chasm

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Antonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ultima vii really had the most deranged camera perspective

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Jounayd Id Salah @smogpill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

C++ was made by From Soft certainly. Lost souls, eternal despair, deep lore. Missing the beauty though.

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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026

throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This fake tunnel effect in Unreal Engine 5 looks surprisingly convincing! 👀 It uses a translucent material with Depth Fade to create the effect. www.reddit.com/r/UnrealEngi... Interested in learning shaders? ➡️ jettelly.com/ #unrealengine #gamedev #vfx

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IGDA Incubation SIG to unveil first global census of game incubators and accelerators at Gamescom www.gamesindustry.biz/igda-incubat...

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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Every level of Shroom and Gloom is made out of 1000s of layers of hand drawn illustrations. Sharing how one of the new levels in our game looks in engine! #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment #indiegames #indiegamedev

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When Wario is flattened in Wario Land 3, a robot must remove the weight squashing him so that he can actually move. With a small setup, Wario can destroy the robot and still get squashed. With no one lifting the weight from him, Wario will remain flat and alone forever.

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The Linux Foundation @linuxfoundation.org · 21/08/2026

In April 2005, Linux kernel devs lost access to their source control tool. Linus Torvalds' response? Build a brand-new distributed version control system from scratch. Within 10 days, Git was tracking itself. Today, it’s the global backbone of modern software development. bit.ly/4zyL0yf #Linux35

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 20/08/2026

According to former Arkane veterans, the reason Redfall was able to get its last major update was because they asked Xbox to let them back into the office and finish it after being laid off, and Xbox agreed. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/former-...

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Former Arkane leads say Xbox let them come in and finish Redfall’s final major update after being laid off | VGC

“I know we don’t work here anymore, but can we please release this?

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Fabrizio Espindola @fabrizioespindola.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wondering how to create the fake 3D sticker effect using sprites in Godot? Here's the answer. This effect will be included in 'The Complete Godot VFX Handbook,' but we need at least 1K people subscribed to move forward. Wishlist it here! 🔥 jettelly.com/store/comple... #indiedev #gamedev

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Khao Mortadios @khaomortadios.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Everyone hates it when their opponent just leaves the game before it's over, so I've been trying to find ways to soften the blow a little bit. #fightinggame #gamemaker #indiedev

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Stefan Reinalter @molecularmusing.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Funny comparison: by the time I have completely finished loading everything (full world state, all assets) and brought up the game, editor and Live++, UE5 hasn't even brought up its splash screen ;). Still love working on my own tech.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 30/07/2026

Some banger games in here, all to support those people recently laid off and struggling to stay afloat. A Short Hike, Arranger, Atomic Owl, Cycle, Dead Finger Dice, Elephantasy Flipside, Horizon Vanguard, Lucah: Born Of A Dream, Magenta Horizon, Nekomancer of Nowhere, Psychroma, Skatebir and more.

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Want to try Box3D in Godot? 🧩 This open-source extension by GrotterBlotter already has rigid bodies, joints, character controllers, and a demo scene. Check it out: www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm... #godot #indiedev #gamedev

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John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. 1/5

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Konstantinos Dimopoulos @konstantinosd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally, some hopeful news: 'Union workers establish hardship fund to support devs impacted by layoffs' www.gamedeveloper.com/business/uni...

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Union creates hardship fund to help devs impacted by layoffs

Game developers in the United States and Canada will be able to request up to $5,000 through the fund.

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Walaber @walaber.com · 04/07/2026

Petition to make all video game cars convertible / open air so you can see the driver in there doing stuff

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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 01/07/2026

Sorry how did I just learn today that 1. There was a PS1 Lemmings platformer called The Adventures of Lomax 2. The art freakin rules (Image via playstationpark.tumblr.com)

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Jamie D @uk-resistant.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've really been interested in using Photos + Procedural tools to create diffuse textures quickly. I couldnt help myself when I saw @lucyfovz.bsky.social's bread dough and decided to see what I could do with it. I ended up with a Alien looking cavern texture set in roughly 40 mins.

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 16/06/2026

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SlugGlove🌈 @slugglove.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

you can also pickup a block that the goo is attached to and carry it around to launch things with how i made the system this didnt even need specific programming and works in the exact same way the regular launching objects does cant wait to recreate botw mirro shaz with this

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Kostas Anagnostou @kostasanagnostou.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

On some GPUs (eg GCN/RDNA) 24bit integer muls/mads are 4x faster than 32bit ones. 24bit instructions are not exposed in HLSL/GLSL but you can encourage the compiler to use the 24bit intrinsics by zeroing the 8 most significant bits, if the range allows it, for faster integer muls/mads.

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SkULLY 💀🎃 @artofsully.com · 24/05/2026

been replaying Halo Wars over the weekend and using it as a good case study for making an RTS camera that can smoothly navigate rugged elevation using an adjustable + simplified proxy grid! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Arachnid-dev built this inventory system where the character’s hands automatically adjust to whatever item gets picked up. ✋ See more: www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/co... #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

TBA Game Studio is experimenting with colored elemental effects in their monochromatic game. Do you think it improves clarity? 🎨 See more: www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c... #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Is there any reason NOT to use a (nearly) infinite clip plane in D3D? You can just pass something big like 2^80 as the far clip plane into the standard projection generator and it spits out basically the right thing. Odd that more people don't know about this. Is there a reason to avoid it?

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

AblazeInt showed a new wall transformation VFX for their game, Psych Rift, using Vertex Animation Textures to animate collapsing bricks and surfaces. 🧱 See more: www.reddit.com/user/AblazeInt/ #godotengine #gamedev #indiegame

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Unity3D @unity.com · 30/04/2026

Ever wonder how to make fire feel alive without melting your GPU? 🔥 Solo dev @soerbgames.bsky.social breaks down the real-time 2D fluid simulation behind his upcoming action-roguelike, Ignitement. Learn how he uses smart shaders and light maps to create reactive VFX. 🔗 on.unity.com/IgnitementBlog

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Ori-Warui -KNUCKLE JET out now on Steam! @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

been thinking a bit about people doing all sorts of upscaling on old games with prerendered backgrounds and it hit me that it would be kinda fun to use the extra resolution to make them look worse in interesting ways instead, like trying to make the it look like a scanned 90s game mag screenshot

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 29/04/2026

Microsoft losing the plot to the extent that games running on Linux through a compatibility layer are now not only faster but *assumed to be faster* than games running natively on Windows should be an even bigger story than it already is

For gaming, Microsoft views steamOS as the benchmark, and is working to optimize the platform so that steamOS and Windows gaming performance are comparable. Within the next year or two, it believes that Windows will be able to truly compete head-to-head with steamOS in gaming performance on identical hardware due to foundational changes that are being made to the platform in the coming months.

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David Amador @djlink.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

ZSNES coming back with a GPU based rendered was not something I was expecting, but I'm more confused to why they went with Unity (yes that engine) for this. I know CPUs are fast enough for close to accurate but seems like overhead? The audio enhancements sound pretty good

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Super ZSNES - GPU Powered SNES emulation is here!

The two original developers of ZSNES zsKnight and _Demo_ are back! Introducing Super ZSNES. Re-written completely from scratch, this GPU-powered SNES emulator is here to bring you the following: some of what is familiar, some of what's new, and then some of what goes beyond. In today's episode we ta

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Darya @daryam.com · 27/04/2026

Oh god, Horse Armor is within the Ask Historians 20 year rule for historical content 💀

Post on r/AskHistorians which asks: The Horse Armor DLC for TES 4:Oblivion is often cited as the first popular DLC and Microtransaction that set the video game industry down it's patb to where it is today. Is this accurate, and how was the Horse Armor DLC received at the time?

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

longbow_creations is mixing isometric and square tiles in Godot to recreate a traditional painting-style perspective. 🎨 See more: www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm... #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev

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Winter Cats Studios @wintercatsstudios.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Priorities: We added cats to our city builder before almost anything else. 🐱 Best part? They’re fully simulated with their own routines! #IndieDev #Gamedev #CityBuilder #MadeWithUnity

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I have a a half-written rant about how unit tests only find obvious easily-found bugs. The tricky bugs are always the ones where different systems meet. You need holistic end-to-end tests for those, designed to explore the nooks and crannies (and frequently guided by actual past bugs).

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dino! 🌈 @dinosaurgerms.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I LOVE this pic because it brilliantly shows off how Darius achieves its seamless widescreen effect via clever CRT monitor placement and mirrors [ image + alt text details from shmuplations.com/darius/ ]

A diagram showing how Darius achieves its seamless widescreen display via three CRT monitors. Two monitors are recessed in the cabinet and pointing up vertically on the left and right sides, and a monitor in the center faces the player as normal. Mirrors reflect the images of the left and right monitors at the player, creating the impression of a single widescreen display that is three monitors wide.

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Playful Pixel’s Surface Flow is a Blender modifier that wraps meshes onto surfaces in real time, without projection or baking. 🎨 Take a look at how it works: jettelly.com/blog/surface... #b3d #indiedev #blender3d #gamedev

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Twirlin' Curtis @twirlincurtis.com · 30/03/2026

Rooftop! Rooftop! Rooftop!

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Jettelly @jettelly.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Jolly-Theory released Screen Space Cavity & Curvature, a Unity effect inspired by Blender’s cavity view that adds extra depth to scenes. 🎮 More details: www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/co... #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Donkey Kong 64 has a large number of collectibles, but the Internet is full of misinformation on what exactly that number is. I present an accurate count based on comprehensive datamining, aiming to answer this question once and for all: Donkey Kong 64 has 2142 collectibles.

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