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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Still working away on the game. Got excited today because I actually like the way it’s looking 😊 #gamedev #indiedev #godot

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Welp, it's been a difficult week or so, progress wise, but knocked off a few tasks over the last few days #godot #gamedev #indiegames

Latest release notes read:
Version [9] - 2025-07-27
Gameplay
"good enough" visibility metric tuned + working
Guardbot basic functionality

Art
Placeholder main menus visuals
Guard bot modelled and textured(ish)

Engine / Library
Added guard bot as trenchbroom entity

Level Design
(sandbox) Room for testing visibility

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Texturing 3d models is my passion

A 3d model of a turret bot wearing a hot pink sash. It is not skillful texturing

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

WIP of a static guard bot I’m working on right now

Image of a 3d model of a tubular upright shape with three legs

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Ok so I think I can see where I went wrong with the crowbar physics but it's also pretty funny.

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Look I don’t know why I did this but it’s too late now

Clip from the excellent film Hackers, with text reading: “you’re in the Ogre bone zone now, baby”

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Making sure all the important tools work with the new inventory system

A first person view holding a crowbar and showing the inventory. The description text reads “Crowbar: Hell Yeah”

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Working on the player inventory system. Please excuse basically all the visuals :p You'll have some one-off tools (like a crowbar) and then items you can carry in multiples (for example cans of beans.) What do you think of radial menus like this? #indiegame #sologamedev

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I'm slowly making progress towards my next playable demo for some play testing, but took a small diversion to add the all import SLIDING mechanic. Pretty happy with how the speed lines effect is coming on. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

If the idea of physical plastic bongo drums doesn’t appeal I don’t know what to tell you - I got Donkey Kong Jungle Beat just in time for university

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Ok, a big inspiration for my current project, the original Thief - this is the first game that scared me too much. Shoutout to THAT mansion level

The player is sword fighting a guard in Thief

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

But before Civ, my absolute favourite dos game was Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter, whose colour palette is seared into my brain

Screenshot of Commander Keen stood in a forest

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Civilization or, just “civ.” Pretty sure we’ve got this exact box still kicking about somewhere. Must have been about 6/7 years old? Spent many happy hours with my Dad in his office, rifling through that glorious thick manual. This would have been DOS, and before we got a sound card 😂.

Box for the original civilization video game

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Moving house never seems to get any easier :( Completely eaten into my #indiegamedev work time. Found a little time to tweak the trailer level design, and unwound noodling around with this desktop overlay / debugging view, which if nothing else, looks like something out of Hackers

A text editor (emacs) open on some game code, while the game runs transparently over the whole screen. The game world shows a simple wireframe grid and some 3d shapes.

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

So nice to have you along for the ride - these last few weeks I've been ironing out a bug with my portable hacking tool, as well as grey-boxing out my level for a playtest / trailer. #indiegamedev

first person game, player is holding a bulky looking tool with a screen to their face, the UI shows them hacking a light

first person game, showing the player face to face with a mechanical sentry

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

had a little burst of followers! don't think I've ever had this many on any platform! 🎉 I'm Tiger, an #indiegamedev currently working on a first person stealth / action game about creeping around a weirdo billionaires failed space ship.

a first person game showing a player being confronted with a mechanical sentry

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 04/10/2024

I was worried it would get lost in an impending house move but this little friend arrived 😅 #GodotEngine

A plushie of the Godot mascot on a shelf

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

I fixed the thing I already fixed! 🤦‍♂️ You can now interact with your hack tool again 🪓

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

Them: "If you write the code clearly, you won't need comments" Me: #indiegamedev

A game engine showing an option to "Use the other axis for some reason"

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

I was going to post about how I've got the sound system working so that you can distract the security bots by throwing objects around. Instead, enjoy this video showing how you can force it into a dance battle 💃 #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

just coming right at you.... anyway, if you made it this far and want to know more, fancy a follow :) ? #indiegame #indiedev #godotengine

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

still a way to go here, but made some significant improvements to how these security robots chase you down, and (you might not believe it, but) improvements to their animations...

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

I "modelled" the hacking tool you can use to disable lights and security systems etc using trenchbroom. Yes, trenchbroom the mapping software :laughing: This still needs hooking up to the actual systems to do anything useful.

a first person game showing the player holding a retro 3d hacking tool

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Tiger Finch @tigerchops.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

hey! 👋 I'm working on a stealth action game set on the doomed space station of a desperate billionaire fleeing earth. It's Thief, in space, with no combat and scary robots. Here's a thread of what I've been up to recently! #indiegame #indiedev

a first person game showing a robot security droid confronting the player

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