Alexander Kern

@thomasbrushdev Yeah, there's a lot of people who need to!

Dare you to genuinely ask Jesus to show up in your life and see what happens

@thomasbrushdev Thomas be spittin' facts lol.

One day I’ll be dead and you’ll be dead and that’s about all I wanted to tweet. Gnight

@TaintedPact oOOoh, this sounds so nice and moody! One thing I noticed though: Does the volume sound volatile like every individual track's volume is jumping all over the place when you listen to it? I'm convinced it's more a processing problem on X's end or my headphones lol.

The final credits music for The Skin Stapler. It's actually an unused track from Massacre At The Mirage that I remade and expanded on. It's finally finished. Daniel and I worked really hard on this one. I hope you all dig it. 😈🤘 #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@thomasbrushdev I primarily use AI as a tool to help me in the areas I MAJORLY lack in, everything else I feel I can "figure out" I force myself to try and "human" solve. There's certain things as a solo dev that I am just NOT good at, that without the help of AI, would probably ruin my game.

Is anyone NOT using AI at all in their game? Like absolutely NO ai code assistance even? Go!!

@TaintedPact Nice to hear you still have hidden things! *It wouldn't be good if people feel they've already played the game without having played the game, keep that in mind with how much you share about the game!

After a ton of work, the interior of "Underworld VHS" is complete. I am very happy with how it came out. I had some killer help from some awesome people behind the scenes. I can't wait for you all to explore this location and find all the little things hidden throughout. #indiegame #indiegamdev #PSX #TheSkinStapler.

@TaintedPact @blairvira OF COURSE the lighting is RED! 🤣

Ladies and germs, I give you "The Full Mooner Gooner." Starring @blairvira. She did an amazing job dressing up and posing for these standees. We are cooking up something really janky 😂. #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@TaintedPact oOOOooooh,🔥, just make sure to not spoil TOO much! *You don't want to ruin the curiosity for the game!

Continued progress on the level design for Underworld VHS for the full release of The Skin Stapler. Really happy with how this looks, and the vibe is turning out for this location. Would any of you rent a movie from here? #Indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@TaintedPact @Scarolinetv_ Oh this is so neat that your collab-ing with people to bring in new artists instead of making the game solo!

Starting work on the interior of Underworld VHS. Spent the last couple of days making a bunch of stand-up displays to fill out the inside. It's been a massive art collab with @Scarolinetv_. We've been working like crazy behind the scenes. #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@TaintedPact You said you write your own music right? Because this is NICE! 🔥

Finished the atmospheric theme for the Underworld VHS section of The Skin Stapler. #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@thomasbrushdev Absolutely! However I push back against your claim we're being purposefully "ungodly." While some people, sure, are intentionally bad, not everyone is. It's a blanket overgeneralization and ignores people like me to strive to do good for the world and are NOT ill intentioned.

Lots of confusion about what Christianity is at its core. Couple things: human beings are basically purposefully “ungodly” meaning they suck and they hurt other people (all of us), and God owes them nothing. In fact he owes them judgement. But God instead became human and said I’ll take your guilt so you can be with me. You can say “no thanks” and he’ll let you be away from Him, or you can say “Help” and He will, forever. Thats about it. The bad things you do are actually really really really bad, perhaps we just don’t feel that way because everyone does bad things. But in the presence of God the bad you do is eternally, infinitely awful. (This is the sticking point for a lot of folks who feel like they are “decent”). I can only personally speak for myself: I’m not decent, trust me. I know what goes thru my head. I need some kind of “get out of jail free card”. If this sounds psycho I get it. But I also know how often I ask my own wife to forgive me daily haha. Okay so what is God though? God is the entity outside of this dimension, outside of this server. You’re the dish, he’s the cook (so no, the “who made god argument makes no sense, like saying “who cooked the cook”). And billions of people feel him but they argue about what he is. Just cuz people argue about who God is doesn’t mean there’s no God, rather it means for some reason billions of people thru history felt him. Christians say he is singular, is the equivalent of love, and became man.

@thomasbrushdev The names are spot on, but you NEED descriptions if players are going to understand HOW the difficulty changes the game (okay besides PermaDeath, that one's self explanatory)

What do you think about these difficulty choices for Twisted Tower (a game about a spooky theme park)

@clemmygames Oh wow, this seems like a REALLY powerful tool!

This indie developer is making a mapmaking tool which is very powerful, perfect for your next tabletop session, novel or even video game! It's called Canvas of Kings, will you use this?

@TaintedPact @Scarolinetv_ Oh that's REALLY neat! Is this a type of collaboration you're doing with this person for your game?

An early look at a new location for the full release of The Skin Stapler! Underworld VHS! Owned and operated by @Scarolinetv_ Got some really fun stuff planned for this location in the game! #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@thomasbrushdev YouTube isn't as simple as that. I often (as a solo indie dev) need tutorials to learn new things about game development to be a good game developer. The social media side of things is VERY true though, the last thing you need are distractions!

Step 1 to actually releasing a finished game is not opening social media or YouTube when you start your game dev session, but instead, opening Unity. (CRAP. Guilty!)

@TaintedPact Lmao! I mean, you kinda asked for it... right?

These YouTube thumbnails for The Skin Stapler are getting out of hand 😆.

@TaintedPact Bro I was immersed until the "It's locked" popped up lmao!

No one headbangs harder than Dick Slater.....🤘 #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@TaintedPact Dat's a niceeeeeeee moon!

Janky ass Batman and Robin vibes. 😅 #indiegame #indiegamedev #PSX #TheSkinStapler

@thomasbrushdev Massive W, congratulations man!

The Twisted Tower demo is officially here. Play it now, and be sure to wishlist if you enjoyed it! store.steampowered.com/app/1575990/Tw…

@thomasbrushdev Oh! This was a nice super helpful info dump, thanks!

Things I'm learning during optimization. Low hanging fruit as it pertains to frame hitching (especially on Steam deck): playing audio one shots require you to be careful with the file size of the audio in import settings (and also if it's preloaded or not!). Same is true with video files! If you try and play the audio or video at runtime it's going to hitch. Especially if the audio file is like 20mb lol. I had one audio file (a song) that did this. Cutscenes, video files that play in game should be low file size (or preloaded) or they are loaded at runtime and cause a hitch. Finally, obviously, preload your shaders. Real time shadows can also be a killer, so turn them off for low end hardware or limit their draw distance significantly. Okay! That is all

@thomasbrushdev Lethal Company and Subliminal just to name a couple!

What indie games would you rate an 8/10? GO!