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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Earlier this week, we said goodbye to our cat Noel. She lived to be a good 15 years old, but man, it hurts all the same. She always made it a habit to watch me when I worked. She was there from Minecraft all the way to Fleshfall. I'm going to step back from game dev for a bit over the holidays. ❤️❤️❤️

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spookyraptor 🎃 ➤ wishlist Hypnagogia 壊れた夢 @sodaraptor.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🍬🎃SUGAR GHOULS IS OUT🎃🍬 I emerge from underground to bring you a new Halloween platformer I've been working on non-stop for the last 2 weeks. It's got pumpkins, it's got goblins, but most importantly, it has GHOST KID. So grab some candy, a controller, and have fun~ sodaraptor.itch.io/sugar-ghouls

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This game looks awesome! You really nailed that retro Halloween aesthetic. I love how it turned out, and I can't wait to play it! I wanted to comment this on the actual game page, but my itchio account got a warning on it somehow? I haven't posted in like 5 months so I have no clue what happened?

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Austin Schaeffer @schaefferaustin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Still alive.

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Today is the one year anniversary of the release of the Original Coagulation Station! It's crazy to think it's been that long already... Some major life events have shaken things up for me lately, but I'm still hard at work on Fleshfall. I'll have more to share about the game soon!

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Thank you so much for featuring Coagulation Station: Fleshfall! There were so many other awesome games there too! My wishlist is huge now

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Alpha Beta Gamer @alphabetagamer.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Good News Everyone! GAMES TO GET EXCITED ABOUT FEST will be 1 day earlier! It's now Sunday 2pm PST on June 15th 100+ upcoming indie games. No CGI trailers. No Filler. Entries still open! Post games below or fill out the form docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev #gaming

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I added bouncy physics to certain locations in my game about exploring a living planet. Its way more fun then I expected it to be #horror #horrorgame #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I was mainly going for a general body horror theme, but now that you mention it, they do look pretty similar! I still need to play Stray, I've heard good things about it

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I made some really freaky looking eyes for my horror game set inside a planetary organism. The store page for just went live yesterday: store.steampowered.com/app/3649050/... #horror #horrorgame #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I'm super excited to announce: 👉Fleshfall is coming to Steam! 👉You can wishlist it below! For new game devs, the hardest part is always getting the word out there, so reposts are greatly appreciated ❤️🎉🥳 #horror #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev #unrealengine

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Hey everyone! Tomorrow, I will make a big announcement about my horror game🫀Coagulation Station: Fleshfall🫀 In the meantime, here's a cool preview of one of the environments I've been working on 👀 #horror #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev #unrealengine

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Oh lord, he smoovin'! A made this guy for my horror game, but he's more funny/cute than anything lol #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

A little snippet of the Gastric Depths in my upcoming horror game, Coagulation Station: Fleshfall 🫀 #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday #solodev

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I'm finally getting into designing the environments for Coagulation Station: Fleshfall, and I'm really liking this area is turning out. Let me know you thoughts so far #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #solodev

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I'm working on some attack animations for the wrench in my upcoming game Coagulation Station: Fleshfall. I find myself randomly smacking stuff for fun lol #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #unrealengine #coagulationstation

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Encounter with an unidentified macro-organ; likely cardiac in nature... thebigonioninstitute.itch.io #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #CoagulationStation

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Working on some meat textures for Coagulation Station 2. I imagine it's very humid down here... #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #indiedev

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Update on Coagulation Station 2 🩸(made a quick edit) A little rust couldn't hurt, right? Follow for more! Check out the original Coagulation Station and my other games here: thebigonioninstitute.itch.io #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Here's an early preview of the Gastric Depths, a new biome to be featured in the spinoff of my game Coagulation Station! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Happy #piday everyone! Here's a shot of the water in my 90s CGI game I've been making in #UnrealEngine for the past little while. The water at least uses #pi in it's math! #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #solodev

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Here's a trippy filter I made while experimenting with Color LUTs in #UnrealEngine I was originally trying to match the color depth of some actual 90s renders, but I got a little carried away with what I could do lol #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #90s #cgi

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Here's a timelapse of the pulsating effects I've been working on for the sequel of sorts to my horror game Coagulation Station. I'm really liking how gross it's looking so far #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #itchio #gamedev #UnrealEngine #indiegame

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I modeled some weird 90s looking Donkey Kong-eque trees to go into the scene. It's some really basic stuff, but it's been a fun side project to work on. All of this is done in #UnrealEngine 5 btw #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #90s #cgi

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I've spent all morning tinkering around in #UnrealEngine trying to capture that old 80's-90's #cgi look. As a kid, I always was fascinated by those pre-rendered visuals, so I thought making a real time game in that style would be a lot of fun! #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #90s

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Hey everyone! Here's a cute little scene I made in my Frog Game to celebrate. I hope you all have a great Valentine's Day! #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #UnrealEngine #solodev #valentine

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I'm working on a cheap light to use in my #UnrealEngine games going forward. Each is rendered with a special billboard material. I've been able to get over 2,000 overlapping lights in this scene while maintaining 120fps (normal point lights gave me <40fps) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #solodev

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Here's a screenshot I dug up of an old project I was working on a while ago. I really like the atmosphere in this shot; I might adapt it into my next project 👀 #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #UnrealEngine

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Over the span of 3 weeks, I spent my spare time making this little frog game as a surprise gift for my partner. The look on her face was priceless when I finally got to show it to her ❤️ You can try a demo of it here! thebigonioninstitute.itch.io/mr-frogs-win... #gamedev #indiegame #UnrealEngine

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Messing around making some gross materials in UE. I think this one turned out the best (worst?) #indiegame #gamedev #UnrealEngine

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hey everyone! I'm proud to announce that Mr. Frog's Winter Adventure is out now! It's a free cute and cozy little adventure game where you play as the ever so helpful Mr. Frog in his adventure help the townsfolk of Toadsville! Itchio Page: thebigonioninstitute.itch.io/mr-frogs-win...

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I'm releasing my first cozy game tomorrow, January 31st! Mr. Frog's Winter Adventure will be available free on Itch.io Originally started as a Christmas gift for my partner, this game is a cozy winter themed collect-a-thon! Follow for more!

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The Big Onion Institute @thebigoniondev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hey all! My grandpa ass self just decided to finally set up a Bluesky account to post stuff to. I'm an indie game dev who makes small, bite-sized games. I do a lot of horror, but I also I venture out into other genres as well! I do a little of everything

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