Matthias Schmidt

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Awesome game! Finished it today. What would help with the longevity of the game imo: Trials, Challenges, Leaderboards, more mountains and walls, achievements for reaching milestones in free solo.

You really need the chalk irl playing free solo.

Just doing a little casual exploration in free solo mode (permadeath, no rope). #Cairn

This is the first game that i have discovered via bsky exclusively. Really enjoying it so far. Reminds me of the sections in Death Stranding when you climb some mountains.

Does the Twatter algo still punish people for following a lot of accounts?

First personal project of the year. Tiling bone pit mat. I use an atlas that i generated from a single photo with an experimental setup in Designer plus depth estimation (Moge2). I try to get close to Megascans quality with that but it's a bit hit and miss. #madewithsubstance #gameart #materials

Process animation from my Queen Victoria stamps substance. The portrait was based on the photo of a silver coin. Masks and hatching was generated procedurally inside Substance 3D Designer.

Retro Textures 1 is out now! 🎉

Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!

kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)

Saint Sebastian's Feast Day is a week away. 🫢

Are you ready to lean into the chaos that will be the 6th annual bake-this-random-Saint-into-a-bread-item experience?

Was searching for an account posting images of good looking pizzas for my interesting things starter pack. Apparently on bsky pizza means middle aged naked overweight dude. Every day i learn something new.

The industry will hopefully not be in such a shambles forever. People will remember who were good employers or contractors during those years and who was not.

"Vous n’êtes sûrement pas passés à côté de cette simulation d’escalade aussi réaliste que punitive."

"I'm sure you've heard of this climbing simulation thats as realistic as it is challenging."
Thanks @psinsidefr.bsky.social ! Hard core climbing, coming up!

Oh cool, someone is making a game that i thought about that it should be made.

Feel free to suggest people who would be a good fit. I specifically want to include a lot of things that aren't related to game dev/art at the first glance but can be inspiring.

I've added you to a new starter pack yesterday. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Copy/lerp. But i mostly work with height data.

It’s incredibly humbling to be name dropped in someone’s portfolio day post and always a joy to see someone use some of my reference photos to make art.

Go give Alex your support cos that’s some good work going on with that building and texturing.

Wasn't like 40% of Steam hits this year produced in Sweden? That's a nation of 10.5 million people.

I did finish up my first sculpture of 2026. Some times I can only help things by bringing joy to folks.
So have a squish of beasts!

Hey #portfolioday

Good timing! After 15 years at @ubisofthalifax.bsky.social I today opened myself up to new (mostly remote) work opportunities.

www.artstation.com/caponeart

A Solar Eruption from SDO apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26011...
Continuous monitoring improves space weather forecasts and helps humanity better understand how solar activity affects satellites, GPS, radio communications, and power grids on Earth

Mosaic Material made in Substance Designer

Mosaic Material made in Substance Designer

Mosaic Material made in Substance Designer

Mosaic Material made in Substance Designer

Happy #PortfolioDay! 😄

I've been updating some old materials with stuff I've been learning since last year.

Super happy to feel a lot more comfortable in Designer 🤓

I've been a bit quiet lately, here's a wip of the material I'm spending my spare time on ✨

#Substance3DDesigner #SubstanceDesigner #Material

last night : seeing the northern lights when they were this strong and visible (you could see all the shimmering and dancing with the naked eye, it was just a bit less colour saturated) was like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. utterly humbling and astonishing

near Tromsø, Norway

And then they made an even bigger bet on AI which like the Metaverse nobody can even explain what it would be actually good for for the vast majority of people.

I read "war on optimization" yesterday.

With regards to AI upscalers I'm ok with the ones that aim to stay true to the input. I'm not ok with upscalers that change colors, proportions and invent completely new faces and details.

Personally I draw the line where image generators output finished/near finished articles. I'm also against any generative AI that entirely overpaints the inputs an artist gives them with something similar but synthetic. Imo these outputs are facsimiles and not actually the artists work any longer.

I've been thinking about this a lot. I'm very outspoken against generative AI but I find it acceptable where it actually is used as a tool and not as a replacement for artists. But what makes me feel uncomfortable is the overlap with software and companies that push unethical or criminal use cases.