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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

She protects the village from danger… considering she might be the danger #indiegame #indiegames #screenshotsaturaday

Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Introducing Lylia. Don't misjudge her, she is the village keeper, the guardian #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #UnrealEngine5 #blender #SubstancePainter

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I am starting to work on environment and interior. for some reason, this makes me happy, I want to make more unique assets for my game #indiegame #UnrealEngine5 #blender #sologamedevelopment

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I’m doing solo gamedev. It’s not that Im greedy or trying to take everything on myself. Working freely without pressure is bliss. My imagination is the only limit. I wouldnt mind teaming up, but finding the right partner for such a long journey is hard. One problem could bring the whole project down

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I don't have reference sheet for this, the the design keep changing, lol. Love it to she her within the engine #blender #substance3dpainter #unrealengine #gamedev #sologamedevelopment

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

3D modeling is my wayout to not get burnt out from gamedev. I will take a moment to model this slowly. looks like I need to learn more about cloth rigging after this, but it is fun #blender #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #sologamedevelopment #3dmodeling

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

These cloak belt has no function at all, but it is cute. lol. Should I keep this? #blender #gamedev #sologamedevelopment #3dmodel

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

This visual debugger is a must when developing NPC in team combat I guess. Better than logs or breakpoints at least #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #unrealengine #indiegame #PcGaming #sologamedevelopment #medievalfantasy

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Finally, combat system, still need a lot of thing to be improved. Still 1 active combo ability and several passive defense mechanism (sorry for the AI voice, I need it for sound map testing) #screenshotsaturday #unrealengine #GameDev #medievalfantasy

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Migrating my existing model to metahuman latest version. I took this chance to remaster the model, hair and texture #gamedev #blender #substance3dpainter

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I create separate parallel AI action for defense. Was using state tree event, but keep distracting current state. So I decided to make it separate process in parallel using actor component, it works nice. might fire event to state tree in some cases later #gamedev #ue5 #indiegame

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

State tree my beloved, bye2 behavior tree. I love the readability and debugging tools. We can define which states need tick operations and give better performance especially for interaction which mostly not required tick. #UnrealEngine #gamedev #indiegame

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Team combat, yeah, headache, lol. need to add range and support behavior too #unrealengine5 #gamedev #indiegames

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Switching input context, normal -> interaction -> combat -> normal -> inventory. Wait why it stuck in normal. Ok, lets do this even though i am sure it wont work. Wait, it works 💀 #gamedev

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

My commitment to death, lol. Lets see how far I can go with this. Can't stop to dig more on this rabbit hole #gamedev #indiegame #rpg #datadriven #unrealengine #gameabilitysystem

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I underestimate UI, it has a lot of headache. This is pretty much basic feature for RPG I guess. I integrate this with official unreal GAS plugin for better scalability and combat integration #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #pcgame #medievalfantasy

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I ended up rewriting everything in C++. Blueprint is a nightmare when it comes to refactoring or when something breaks because of redirector issues #gamedevelopment #UnrealEngine

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Procedural Maze, I think it would be a dynamic challenge if players could enter the dungeon to solve. Higher level No mini-map and bigger, but better loot #ue5 #unrealengine #blender #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #pcgame #pcgaming #medievalfantasy

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Got interesting idea from cool youtuber Shadiversity on how to draw a great sword, lol (maybe I should skip sword draw animation and make the sword even bigger 😆) #ue5 #unrealengine #blender #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedevelopment #pcgame #pcgaming #medievalfantasy

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

More optimizations allow me to add more NPCs and stuff 🙂 (I love this new fluffy bag) Bg music: by Zach Fitzgerald, thanks a lot man #screenshotsaturday #unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealengine #blender #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedevelopment #pcgame #pcgaming #medievalfantasy

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Been there for months, sorry dude, maybe I will just make you a static statue for now, lol #blender #Dragon

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I end up made a simulation game 😂, it's fun to see them looking alive. Will put more detail before I learn the main game mechanic #UnrealEngine5 #unrealengine #gamedevelopment #indiegame #medieval #fantasy #isekai #magic #blender #rpggame #nature

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Almost give up making this, but I have to 😂 I learned a lot from this (might need full body IK for the horse I guess) #unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealengine #blender #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedevelopment #rigging #proceduralanimation

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

How to pick a random girl from street, super easy, you can do it right away, lol #gamedev #indiegame #ScreenshotSaturday #CelebrateIndies #indiedev #unrealengine #ue5

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I love this behavior tree design pattern for AI NPC, keeping things simple. I can easily understand the high level flow even though I leave it for a long time #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Simple NPC Restaurant system. I think I will make this playable mini game for player to fulfill the order and try to remember the customer order 😃 Will improve the animations later on, my NPC has more feature tha player for now lol #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedevelopment

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Cleaning up existing features before moving on to the next step. No combat yet, just NPC interaction, I want to make a lively town atmosphere🤩 (cringe dialogue I know) #unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedevelopment

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My trick to differentiate male and female locomotion without modifying dozen of animations. Just apply additive animation, then boom 🤓 (I don't know why she looked away, maybe they were having relationship problems) #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #gamedevelopment #unrealengine5

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Distant Traveler @zhyrvalen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Had a hard time making these wings, not yet rigged, so far happy with the result 😍 #unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealengine #blender #gamedev #indiegame #sologamedev #angelwings

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