iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Added a smooth transition between training scenarios for reasons. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #Evolution

Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My evolution game needed a way to display creatures and terrain without a mesh to free up cpu cycles in training mode. I made this shader that visualizes a heightmap directly onto a texture so you have something to look at while they evolve. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #Evolution

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Still not a game yet but its getting closer to something. Also, need to figure out what the 'game' is. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #Evolution

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Finally starting to get the UI together, still a lot of work but its getting closer to an actual game! #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

It’s been a while since my last post, the little guys finally have brains!! Right now it’s only on single cells but they learn completely on their own. They grown up so fast 🥹 #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Self awareness is not as easy as it looks. I had to make sure every body part knows if their child parts are blocked so they dont get all tangled up. They get really grumpy when they are tangled. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Took a minute to find a style that works for 'drawn' creature in the editor. I was going to do a pencil style but water color was easier. Since i suck at art, this is 1000% math and burning your gpu. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

More evolution progress. Finalized the Blueprint mechanics and am working on the Sketchpad to design the visuals. I think it needs a bit more crosshatching to really sell the drawn look. Last image is the final in-game version. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

working on an evolution game and having fun with shaders. Dynamically changing the creatures in 3d can really slow down the cpu so we decided to go old school for the editor. The fun thing about this is the image (except the text) is generated on the GPU. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Free-Bees released today!! Only took about a year longer than we expected :) store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/... youtu.be/TtCP0WaQJvA #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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How it Started vs How its Going

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Just finished up my water physics and shader, I was shooting for something that would match the style of the terrain. This uses realistic fluid dynamics because why not. I still think GPUs are magic, you can't convince me otherwise. #gamedev #indiedev #worldwaterday

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

If I want to release my game I need to stop thinking “I wonder if I could… “. This time it was “… “build an apple ii clone on a raspberry pi connected to a $3 tiny 320x240 display” #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We are in the home stretch, our game Free-Bees releases on April 7th!! I’m relieved we finished but I’m convinced it’s going to to get buried. We’ve done ok with marketing but would love any advice. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I am trying to blend the different biomes in my procedural terrain generator, something is off but I cant quite put my finger on it. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Took a break from FreeBees to noodle on a prototype for a sequel to my Evolution game. This time everything is 3d and completely generated with compute shaders, sooooo much math. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Almost done with freebees! Now I’m getting the itch to work on my next project. I’m leaning toward a sequel to my evolution game and made a qucik prototype to workout the procedural meshes and shaders. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Evolution II Prototype

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deplant @deplant.tech · 26/12/2024

Not again, please! 🤣 #gamedev

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

think I am done making the achievements in Free-Bees store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/... Now I just have to implement them. #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #art

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

How it feels testing the achievements in your own game store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/... #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #art

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Here’s a few more wpa style posters for the achievent mini games in Free-Bees store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/... store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/ #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #art

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Just working on some WPA style posters for the achievent mini games in Free-Bees store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/... art is not my jam, mostly just tons of hacky photoshopping. store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/ #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames #art

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Regi @theparanoidpanda.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Hello bluesky! This place is awesome!! I jumped off X the minute it sold and lost a lot of exposure for the game I’m working on but it was worth it! Our game Free-Bees is close to launching, I’ll post some updates soon! store.steampowered.com/app/1480130/ #gamedev #indiedev #Indiegames

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Free-Bees on Steam

A brick-breaker reimagined with hexagons, honey, and heavy-duty chains! Free the bees by chaining together projectiles in unique visual settings using new brick-breaker mechanics. Create & share y...

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