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@saminton.bsky.social

Creative & Coder. Making a game — Of Salt And Solace

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Catching tuna takes skill... and a whole lot of patience #screenshotsaturday

09.08.2025 14:31 — 👍 67    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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How my indie game actually feels

21.10.2025 11:21 — 👍 35    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

The friend info and bundles could be hidden away in drop downs imo, would already help a lot with decluttering the UI

21.10.2025 10:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

Interesting, hadn't come across this personally as I always use uniforms for colours. I do understand the reasoning for it though, it'd be equally weird if the default value wasn't converted.

What I'd do is create a gdshaderinc with a function to define colours like `vec3 grey = srgb(.5)` 🤷

21.10.2025 10:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can you guess what this is looming in the background? (I’d be genuinely surprised if someone get this right) #screenshotsaturday

18.10.2025 11:23 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Oh thanks 😍, love your works also

13.10.2025 00:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Experimenting with some environment puzzle mechanics #screenshotsaturday

11.10.2025 11:25 — 👍 71    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

The @noclipvideo.bsky.social documentaries are a great watch and seem really down to earth, though it's usually about smaller studios

04.10.2025 10:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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you can do this in our game #indiegame

27.09.2025 12:22 — 👍 54    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Will do 😉

27.09.2025 12:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Fishing for Ghosts of the Past | Of Salt and Solace
YouTube video by Karrus Fishing for Ghosts of the Past | Of Salt and Solace

For those interested in knowing a little more about the game. I had a small chat with Karrus, he goes over some of the gameplay, inspirations and perfectly captures the vibe

youtu.be/GEqLqpeDILk?...

23.09.2025 12:42 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes mostly alone I have someone helping me for the sound design and music. Level design is probably one of the hardest parts for me as it requires a lot of trial and error whilst I'm still learning

20.09.2025 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a microphone and smiling . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a microphone and smiling .

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15.09.2025 12:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Modified the lighting and layout a bit, already better. For the concave vs convex problem, rim lighting could work though I'll have to see how much it impacts the aesthetics

10.09.2025 13:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

All very valid points 🙏 I'll see what I can come up with

10.09.2025 11:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A lot of works from Simon Stålenhag have been a source of inspiration. The "Tales From The Loop" TV show based of his work also captures the vibe I'm going for.

10.09.2025 10:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Great feedback! I get your point, the overcast weather probably isn't helping here, I'll have to play around with the lighting see if it helps. Another solution might be to have an addition "fake" lighting on the rocks by adjusting the brightness based on the normal direction 🤔

10.09.2025 10:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I’d prefer to avoid the “yellow paint” when possible but for the tutorial I think it may be necessary ? 🤔

10.09.2025 07:27 — 👍 28    🔁 4    💬 4    📌 0

I have touch buttons on one that is NOT induction it's borderline dangerous, my cat can accidentally turn them on if he decides to sit on it. I physically cut the power to it when I leave the house in fear of the whole place burning down 🤦

09.09.2025 21:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I keep telling myself “I don’t need x feature”. Only to find it makes so much sense after I later decide to implement it. Anyways, there’s now a sprint button 😅

06.09.2025 12:18 — 👍 31    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

In the process of contacting artists to work on the steam capsules, last piece of the puzzle before the steam page goes up 😉

05.09.2025 23:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Hyper Light Drifter - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Heart Machine Hyper Light Drifter - Release Trailer

I think @heartmachine.bsky.social 's Hyperlight Drifter does a great job by having a pixel art animation, you already kinda know what to expect, before seeing any gameplay 🤷 (they also serve as cutscenes in the game)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWuf...

05.09.2025 16:25 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

I know this kind of game is hard to market with in-game footage alone, but (hot take) I always have a gripe with trailers that stray from the game's actual art style. I feel it creates a sense of false expectation, and then often feel underwhelmed when the gameplay footage finally shows up

05.09.2025 16:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The Midnight Walk - Official Launch Trailer
YouTube video by IGN The Midnight Walk - Official Launch Trailer

I think it'll take a while for me to be impressed after the absolute monster of a trailer from @moonhood.bsky.social 's A Midnight Walk Trailer. Animation, style, music, everything hits way too hard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBln...

05.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Working on some optimisations, still some popping issues to sort out but tree imposters are now set up🌲 #screenshotsaturday

30.08.2025 12:58 — 👍 141    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 0
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Started implementing sound only to realise the Godot FMOD plugin won't build on Mac 😬, back to the drawing board 🔊🦗 #GodotEngine #screenshotsaturday

15.08.2025 13:21 — 👍 39    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Started implementing sound only to realise the Godot FMOD plugin won't build on Mac 😬, back to the drawing board 🔊🦗 #GodotEngine #screenshotsaturday

15.08.2025 13:21 — 👍 20    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Catching tuna takes skill... and a whole lot of patience #screenshotsaturday

09.08.2025 14:31 — 👍 67    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

What is this witchcraft 😯

07.08.2025 09:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Experimenting with a health and damage mechanic for the boat 🛥️💥 #screenshotsaturday #GodotEngine

02.08.2025 13:39 — 👍 124    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0

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