DisQuiet

DISQUIET. A glimpse into a world where the Pleroma bleeds and the Lattice is tightening. Every glitch is a scar in the Pattern, every pulse is a sign of magical attrition. Finally, the animated logo is live. Sound: Paranoia. #DarkAesthetic #GameDev #UrbanPunk #UE #DSQT

He has no eyes but has to look. He has crappy animation but has to smoke. Lol. Just need some decent-looking guy for some tests, this will have to suffice. #UE5 #IndieDev #GameDev

@starhoundstudio That's the only way to go. Slow but steady.

@DSQT_Dev Low days are real and 'something small' is the right answer. You showed up, that's the whole game.

I'm so lazy these days. Don't want do anything just stare at the ceiling, so i have to force myself to do something small. Prepped some crowd for making a simple AI. #UnrealEngine #IndieDev #WorkInProgress

Look. At. This. Tiny little droplets! It's getting better and better. I was able to make the rain bounce! I'm so happy! Now i can rest... but cannot. #UnrealEngine #Niagara #IndieDev

Unreal Engine's lighting is both the curse and the blessing. It makes games looks pretty but similar. Have to be careful with it. Here's a glimpse of a render i'm doing for something.😉 #UnrealEngine #LevelDesign #SoloDev #IndieGame

@SophiaFioren What's not hard in our life😂

@DSQT_Dev Looks so hard

Open world? Nah, i'm, not suicidal. Plus i can leave this building naked if i can see only insides. #UnrealEngine #IndieGame #WIPWednesday

Phew.... Made two sets of different animations (temporary ones) depending if you are in battle mode or not. After he crosses a certain threshold it changes, and spawns or despawns a weapon. Proud of myself cause I’m an artist, not a programmer lol... Please, no more bugs 💀 #UnrealEngine #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev

What was I thinking? One horizontal bar on a fence is too high and suddenly the whole scene feels 'off.' That’s usually how it starts—one tiny fix turns into a full day of hunting for mistakes I didn't notice yesterday.... Please, no... 🛠️ #UE5 #SoloDev #IndieDev

My toxic trait as an artist: spending hours tweaking two pixels. Calling it here and closing the editor. Might delete the file just to stop myself from going back and 'polishing' it. If there's any mistake and I don't see it now... Well, that's fate... Or 'artist vision'. #UnrealEngine #SubstancePainter #IndieDev #Texturing

People keep telling me that my door is broken, looks normal to me.

First real facial animation for Disquiet. I keep telling myself that adding upper face movement and normal maps will fix it... but who am I kidding? I'll probably stay dissatisfied no matter how much time I spend.... Just remeber, progress over perfection... Damn. #UE5 #IndieDev #FacialAnimation #Blender

Blockout vs Final

@starhoundstudio Thank you so much! This is truly the best compliment I could receive. I’ve always believed that meaningful atmospheric details are vital for any project, especially for indies where we don’t have AAA resources. So glad the technical side of the weather system hit the mark.

Rain visuals are one thing, rain with synced audio, weather-aware audio mixing, the wetness-material handoff.... that's the engineering that separates atmospheric games from games that just look atmospheric. Urban punk RPG with this kind of audio attention to weather state is exactly the lane where atmosphere does half the storytelling work (Disco Elysium / Citizen Sleeper territory). That nocturnal streetlight shot is already doing a lot. Congrats on the milestone.

Rain is finally properly working with sound. So satysfying to made something so important. #UnrealEngine #ScreenshotSaturday #IndieDev

@MatthewSou16795 I'm using OneNote, I find it convenient for structuring, also you can put all kind of files(images, music, whatever) straight into the page and its great for brainstorming.

@DSQT_Dev What did you use to make this? @DSQT_Dev

When motivation is low, the list keeps me going. Just a small part of the technical debt I've cleared recently. BTW, recommend this to anyone working on a long-term project. It keeps your existential crisis at bay. #GameDev #IndieDev #Workflow #SoloDev