@michaeljared.bsky.social
[He/Him] Gamedev/engineer/teacher. I make a lot of educational content for the Godot Engine and Blender. Working on Bushcraft Survival! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3529110/Bushcraft_Survival/ www.michaeljared.ca
Just in case any of my fellow Godot devs haven't read it yet, the 4.6 highlight notes look *really* good. For me, I'm really excited to see how the new docking/panel system works on my setup.
Godot is looking really good these days!
godotengine.org/releases/4.6/
New gameplay trailer for Bushcraft Survival!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmT...
#indiegames #survivalgaming #survival #games #bushcraft #survival
Understandable. Ucupaint is an absolute powerhouse in terms of features. Been using it consistently for nearly a year and I'm still finding new ways to use it. And thank you for developing it!
15.02.2026 08:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here is the roadmap to the demo for Bushcraft Survival. Aiming for March! Lots of work to do but I'm excited for all of the changes coming to the game.
#bushcraft #survival #indiegame #demo #steam
Check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3529110/...
New game mechanic in Bushcraft Survival - you can save yourself from drowning by using an Ice Safety Pick to pull yourself out of the ice!
#indiedev #gamedev #bushcraft #survival
I just released the UVR Baker (UV retargeting) add-on on itch for free. It's a companion add-on for Ucupaint that lets you bake multiple objects to one PBR texture set target!
youtu.be/99nOQcFt8dQ
#blender #addon #ucupaint #baking
1 YEAR IN RECAP for Bushcraft Survival. Was it fun? Heck yes. Godot is a helluva drug
#godot #gamedev #bushcraft #survival #indiegames #survivalgames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jzw...
Happy new year #gamedev folks! Been focusing on optimization and QOL updates for Bushcraft Survival, take a look.
bushcraftsurvivalgame.com
#godot #indiedev #bushcraft #survival
Dev stream right now! Come join www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fxV... www.twitch.tv/michaeljared...
#indiedev #solodev #godot #stream
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3529110/...
03.12.2025 04:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In case you were curious about the Bushcraft Survival playtest but didn't want to dive in just yet, check out this review that was recently done!
#indiedev #steam #bushcraftsurvival #survivalgames
youtu.be/MCMvWZRrwlY?...
(forgot to mention that Ucupaint is a core part of this workflow, along with this free brush pack that I authored for it: michaeljared.itch.io/mj-hard-brus...)
27.11.2025 19:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The art direction for Bushcraft Survival is starting to get solidified! This workflow involves taking real-life photos, projecting them onto a 3D model, and painting layers on top. It's a fairly low poly target.
#blender #godot #gimp #bushcraftsurvival
www.artstation.com/artwork/gRlLWm
Bushcraft Survival dev playtest, come say hi!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fxV...
www.twitch.tv/michaeljared...
#indiedev #indiegames #godot #streaming #multiplayer
I made this Risk of Rain inspired game about a year ago and it is very fun. I have made lots of games that turned out to be not fun. But this one is!
I have no motivation here other than for you to play it in your browser and enjoy it!!
#indiedev #itchio
michaeljared.itch.io/treetop-trial
Iggy was an invaluable tester and contributed so much to the project. He was absolutely brilliant in the game and came up with so many original strategies we had never considered.
Please help us spread the word and as we help find him a living kidney donor. 💙
Awesome, yeah I figured it was a lot of homegrown stuff. Super achievable art style, I look forward to seeing updates on this one!
07.11.2025 13:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I totally see the vision on this one, I love the style. Can I ask how you make your 3D assets?
07.11.2025 13:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Love the art style
07.11.2025 13:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#PitchYaGame - let me introduce Bushcraft Survival, if you haven't heard of it!
🌲Survive an endless, procedural snow-covered boreal forest
🐟Fishing, trapping, exploration
🪵Collect resources and build with no constraints
+Co-op PvE! Play with up to 4 friends.
store.steampowered.com/app/3529110/...
The Bushcraft Survival multiplayer playtest has just dropped. Read about it here!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/352...
(Trailer to be posted tomorrow morning in the AM)
#godot #gamedev #solodev
Side note: there was also a video game made by someone on the AlphaFold team called FoldIt, where non-scientists were able to actually determine protein structures just by learning the "rules" of the game! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foldit
23.10.2025 20:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As kind of a antidote to all of the not-so-great AI content out there, take a look at this video from Veritasium.
It is genuinely amazing that a deep learning (transformer) model was used to determine practically all protein structures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_fH...
Automatic Noodle is an incredible short read that is hilarious and made me cry a little bit.
Also now I really want to make a videogame about making biangbiang noodles!
Thanks! I genuinely have no idea what is causing this so far (I've been laughing more than trying to fix it though..)
05.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I'm just going to put this here and cry in a corner 🤣
#multiplayer #indiedev #solodev #survivalgames #godot
Anyone want to help me figure out how to do animation state blending using VATs? Is it even possible?
(my workflow is using #blender and #Godot btw, check out my breakdown of it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jej...)
#indiedev #b3d
Godot Gamedev stream. New game? "Automation Engineer Simulator"
#twitch #streaming #gamedev #indiedev #GODOT #blender #b3d
www.twitch.tv/michaeljared...
www.youtube.com/@michaeljburt
Update - I am back online! Feel free to come hang out
www.twitch.tv/michaeljared...
www.youtube.com/@michaeljburt
For those of you who dropped into my stream, apologies for cutting it off. Nvidia, OBS and Godot are conspiring against me to not allow me to stream my game. I updated OBS and now my GPU driver so we'll see! I shall post here again if it is fixed.
#twitch #youtube #gamedev
