Gridlands | Co-op PvE Extraction FPS

We're 2 months into building our co-op PvE extraction shooter with @threejs! It's so fast to iterate, we've wrapped the game as an optimized electron app to ship it to Steam once ready and it runs great. We're excited to ship one of the few 3d indie games built with #threejs!

@somaco_sf @threejs Hmm? We're building an indie game we'll be shipping/selling via Steam, won't be open source - but there will be a mod layer people can use to build content on top of what we've built!

@gridlandsgame @threejs open your repo

We're 2 months into building our co-op PvE extraction shooter with @threejs! It's so fast to iterate, we've wrapped the game as an optimized electron app to ship it to Steam once ready and it runs great. We're excited to ship one of the few 3d indie games built with #threejs!

@turbo_xo_ @azurestrix @threejs Yep, we use skeletal animations for the player view model, we even do some cool stuff like attach the camera to a camera node on the view model to animate shakes and slightly visual effects to make it more immersive.

@gridlandsgame @azurestrix @threejs This is unreal. Did you use blender for animations?

@alightinastorm @threejs Done ✅

@gridlandsgame @threejs open up dms pls

@kazzkiq @threejs Thanks!!! We have some eeven crazier visuals we'll show soon too!

@gridlandsgame @threejs Absolutely incredible

@Ryan_G29 @threejs Standalone executable - ThreeJS can run as a native game/app if you use a wrapper like Electron/Tauri, and you get even better performance that way than the browser too because of runtime flag tuning & access to dedicated resources.

@gridlandsgame @threejs I’m confused will it be a standalone executable that runs away from a browser or will it run in a browser once shipped

@azurestrix @threejs You'd be surprised, threejs + webgpu these days is like 80% to 90% on par with more common engines imo, and with low-poly style like we're doing you don't need a big beast of a native engine. Using @threejs has allowed us to iterate SO much faster making it worth it.

@gridlandsgame @threejs I don't want to sound like a dick but if you wan to ship on steam why not use native language thus getting better performance instead of sacrificing it for three.js? Iteration speed?

@SeloSlav @j0vany1 @spacetime_db Yep all threejs!

@j0vany1 @spacetime_db have you seen this game? looks like all threejs native graphics to me. pretty wild x.com/gridlandsgame/…

Day 2, #vibejam. Inspired by Geometry Wars on Xbox. @spacetime_db + Rust sim for authoritative ticks, TS client on Vite/React, Three.js WebGPU for the ortho battlefield. Shields, smart bombs, score-based weapon salves, chunky projectile streams, and ship trails. Multiplayer-ready

@schizodio @threejs We might open source it - it's a combination of a lot of chromium runtime flag tuning, and a few bits of secret sauce under the hood. Runs smooooooth as butter.

@gridlandsgame @threejs "we've wrapped the game as an optimized electron app to ship it to Steam once ready and it runs great" I need this electron tech.

@mungaihaha @threejs You'd be surprised how much performance you can squeeze out of flag tuning the underlying chromium!

@gridlandsgame @threejs > optimized electron app

A little bit of rain 🌧️

@CorpseKings Porkers of course

What's a cool name for a Race of Hearty Pig Men? 🐷

What do you think of our visual style? 🤔 Low-poly post-apocalyptic extraction shooter vibes. #indiegame #indiedev

How it looks when your player model view & camera breaks and you unintentionally become a humanoid mech 😂😂 #indiedev #indiegame

We're getting close to lighting up this extraction map for our game. More environment props to place.. Who wants to see the finished product? #indiegame

Doing some map design today! #indiegame

In our indie game Gridlands, smaller spider bots patrol for noise, stalk, climb buildings, and can force you to engage or reposition fast. Would this feel fair early on? #gamedev

@JakeSucky Nope nope nope nope nope

These devs are working on a realistic first-person horror game in a dark fort overtaken by a mysterious entity - Visceral dismemberment system - Your actions affect monster behavior - Realistic physics - Published by Mundfish Called ILL

@IndieGameJoe Is doggo with us for the whole ride??

These indie devs are making a survival-horror game where you must keep your smartphone charged by riding a bicycle to escape. - Your phone only charges while you are pedaling - It’s your only source for GPS, light, & messages - Don't look behind you It's called Quite a Ride.

@IBioXide How long have you guys been working on this? Looks great

As we prep our Steam store launch, I cut a pure gameplay video from unused reveal footage to show more of NEUROSYNTH’s combat, a mix of #ResidentEvil and #Soulslike with tactical shooter elements, co-op survival horror with an extraction gameplay loop. #UE5 #indiedev #gamedev