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@Bucky_cm @itszephyora I feel this as well, i feel lucky to be in the position we are in. We spent half this GDC helping and connecting people as best we can. Was good to see you man, safe travels home

So ends another GDC. I’m very aware that I’m ignorant of many of the problems facing the games industry in the West. My entire (short) life in this industry has been entirely in Japan, with a focus on Asia. I go to events like GDC and it’s a crash course in the hardships and struggles devs there are facing. I’m not talking about massive 5,000-person studios, I’m talking about the boots on the ground making cool little games in their own way…and no one will back them. There are so so so so so many incredible games in development that I know you guys, the gamers, would love…and most won’t ever see the light of day because they can’t find funding. It breaks my heart. When I say “so so so so so” many, I mean there’s a volume of games you simply can’t imagine out there that need help. More than any one company can realistically support. Some will read that and say “just release it anyway”, but for many devs funding is essential to realize their dream. I’m in a privileged position to be able to spend my GDC time meeting friends and making new ones, while around me thousands of developers are desperately using their GDC to find help. Help that, if not found, could mean an end of their dream. As the industry continues to go from strength to strength in Asia, the West continues to stumble. I don’t know what the solution is and I don’t know how to help…but I return to Japan now more determined than ever to find some way to make things just a little less shit for the developers out there who just wanna make cool games. Until next time GDC!✌️

Lets goooooo great work! Gonna be an ace game

//ENCOUNTER #Marathon

@Der_Kevin No notes

added grinding #gamedev

@SquareGlade This is looking strong! Can’t wait to play it fully

This is the digital pricing for Outbound. There will also be a 10% launch discount. Date tba soon! Try out the demo for free! 🙂

@Vialixia @TheCartelDel So i want to throw this in there, there are lots of studios falling appat but there are lots that people haven’t heard of about to break through. Its hard as hell to run a studio anywhere but there’s exciting things happening here in the UK. Im looking forward to seeing them!

@TheCartelDel It's so difficult to run a studio in the UK right now. 💀

The UK games industry is disintegrating. Almost all the studios are in crisis if they're not shutdown already, and all the replacement studios that promised to fill the gap are dying before anyone even learns their names.

@EddCoates I could not even imagine, doing that even now. I still know nothing \o/

@RadForgeBruce Like certain people selling courses, despite only having been in the industry for a couple of years? 🤭

There are far too many grifters working in the games industry who make a living from selling themselves as ‘gurus’ to the young and impressionable, despite not being very good at their craft or, in some cases, never having shipped a game.

guys… we know you’ve seen the leaks and we’re happy to announce that

@Der_Kevin I love this so much man

added manuals #gamedev

@GravitonPunch We have a similar tool at Rad Forge. This is ace work It will save you loads of time

Was getting annoyed with my cumbersome process for making icons for objects my game, so I made a nifty icon generator tool in unity. Spent 2 weeks on it, so not sure it was worth it... but at least it looks nice haha #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity

@bigevilboss This is very cool shiz

My first piece of Analogue hardware. Hope it lives up to the hype!

@SuperRareGeorge @Der_Kevin We should sort a call out then \o/

@RadForgeBruce @Der_Kevin You two would get on a lot :)

looks like i am back at my shit #gamedev

@SuperRareGeorge @Der_Kevin How have @Der_Kevin and i never had a call. So good

@Der_Kevin @RadForgeBruce

@Bucky_cm Ace stuff Lets goooooo man!

Title change and obligatory title change typing video

@KenneyNL Lets gooooooo!

I'm beyond excited to release 120 (!) retro textures tomorrow. They'll be CC0 (public domain) so they can be used in every sort of project, no restrictions and no need for attribution. No AI was used to create these, all handmade. See you tomorrow! ✨

@Toadsanime I look forward to seeing you in this get up \o/ So good

@RadForgeBruce It totally should be!

Been after these bloody Pokémon jumpers for a while, so snapped them up as soon as they popped up on eBay!

@OliverAge24 Hit me up if you need any help with anything. I can give you a better breakdown when i boot up my pc tomorrow.

@RadForgeBruce Awesome thanks! Southfield looks great, i'll experiment with that!

I'm probably recreating things that already exist and have names, but bear with me lol Would love if any artists could read through and weigh in on this thought process lol I'm making a custom shader and i'm not good at colour theory so I'm using a palette from lospec (A)

@OliverAge24 Google Gradient Mapping online. in the shader look into colour masks, vertex colours to define the shading values, try using the gradients as just colour then mult over grayscale textures for texture detial. Thats how we do most things in Southfield. If you want DM me for more.

Can you think of any terms that describe any of the things I'm trying to do - that might make it easier for me to learn more about them?