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@shallowthinking.bsky.social

Former AAA design minion turned solo dev. Tiny plastic guys enthusiast. Currently building a small narrative-focused first person exploration game. https://linktr.ee/ShallowThinking

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Latest posts by shallowthinking.bsky.social on Bluesky

It's no Bethesda Bug, but it sure is a bug.

13.02.2026 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Recent project - October 2025. Havana buildings modular kit. www.artstation.com/artwork/vbvNod #blender3d #b3d #unrealengine

13.02.2026 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Two shots of a menu screen one of which is in English and the other is not actually in French even though it purports to be.

Two shots of a menu screen one of which is in English and the other is not actually in French even though it purports to be.

There's going to be a decent chunk of text in my game, so it was important to get it loading from external files sooner rather than later, whether or not I end up localising it for release. Seeing the strings change does help check it's all working as expected.

13.02.2026 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MAJOR ANNOUNCE :

fuck AI assets, who needs that!
When ShipShaper fully releases it will come with fbx export and a license to use it in your #indiegame , mods, or 3D prints. No limits.

Try out the DEMO today tho and Wishlist #shipShaper

store.steampowered.com/app/4339280/...

12.02.2026 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 489    ๐Ÿ” 165    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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take care to purchase high quality measurement instruments
an experiment is a waste of effort if the data gathered is inconclusive

12.02.2026 05:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're an "independent researcher" hell-bent on proving that video games are addictive, get your clipboard ready and check this out:

12.02.2026 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What the flaming heck.

11.02.2026 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damned feed thumbnails cropping out the best bit about Stress Dice ๐Ÿ˜†

11.02.2026 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I popped up a similar post on Tumblr and someone mentioned Joplin @joplinapp.bsky.social which I'd not previously heard of. I'm not sure it fits my use case 100% but it could be a good fit for some of you.

Also, open source which I find encouraging for this sort of tool.

11.02.2026 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, plausible > realistic.

11.02.2026 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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hard surfaces and all that!

09.02.2026 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 687    ๐Ÿ” 142    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I am glad you are free of the tyranny of your apparent testicular overlord.

11.02.2026 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You too can fill your file system with cnut files.

11.02.2026 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've started to take some pictures with my phone when I was walking around, so I can make a few textures.

#AcidicDev #GameDev #IndieGame #SoloDev #IndieGames

10.02.2026 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do this a lot. I keep meaning to see if there's a better camera app for this than the default one, since most phones do weird shit to your pictures even when you turn off all the "enhancement" options.

I really should dust off that really expensive Lumix camera that I've not touched in years.

11.02.2026 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you need marketing support hit Korina up cause she is one of the best.

11.02.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reposting the egg game demo link because seeing that post immediately made the Billy Hatcher music start playing in my head, and now I must report that so that anyone else that might bear this highly specific curse can suffer along with me.

10.02.2026 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oeuf on Steam 3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.

store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/... Oeuf demo released! Enjoy! #OeufGame

10.02.2026 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 128    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
A gate that lead to somewhere.

A gate that lead to somewhere.

WIP |
I am not sure where it lead to, but we can't stay at one place.

#pixelart #lowpoly

10.02.2026 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently Wikipedia has had to lock Darren Aaronofskyโ€™s for editing because some people keep changing it to say heโ€™s a โ€˜former filmmakerโ€™

Inspirational stuff tbh

10.02.2026 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There really is a huge "WHY ARE YOU NOT MAX!?" phase to start with. Took a while to get over it. Once I accepted that you have to approach things differently I found that I like a lot of things about the workflow, e.g. the sequenced keyboard shortcuts remove a lot of messing in dialogue boxes.

10.02.2026 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Free same-day delivery on many items !

#gamedev #lowpoly #flightsim #indiedev

10.02.2026 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Tracer Tong, from Deus Ex

Tracer Tong, from Deus Ex

JC, the server's going... the server's going black! JC! No more quests, orbs of any kind. We'll start again... live in IRC... if you receive this... if you survive... then find us! Find us!

09.02.2026 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 345    ๐Ÿ” 162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
(discord screenshot) "anyone using discord from a desktop pc is verified over 30"

(discord screenshot) "anyone using discord from a desktop pc is verified over 30"

shoutout to @amazingthew.bsky.social for the actual answer to discord adult verification

09.02.2026 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3433    ๐Ÿ” 807    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

I'm pretty sure Discord had that massive support data leak within a month of when I had to verify my account.

09.02.2026 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Thunder Helix screenshot - crashed on a runway at the end of a mission.

Thunder Helix screenshot - crashed on a runway at the end of a mission.

TBF _most_ of the helicopter landed in the right place.

09.02.2026 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My Blender Level Design has Hotspotting And Doors | Anvil LD Update #1
YouTube video by footnotesforthefuture My Blender Level Design has Hotspotting And Doors | Anvil LD Update #1

I'm still a hater www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkQr...

09.02.2026 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IIRC they leaked my data within a month of having it.

09.02.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've done a new game! If you like one or more of:
* Tower defence
* Scottish Space Dwarves
* Retro vibes
You should check this out right now!

05.02.2026 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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why we stop making computers look fresh

09.02.2026 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2502    ๐Ÿ” 372    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

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