Samuel Bouchet

Anaïs et moi avons eu la chance de participer à ce chouette projet de jeu narratif malheureusement méconnu. Et en plus, la musique est de Arnaud Roy !

[À ne pas manquer : voyage interstellaire à -50%]

Trop chaud ? Marre de notre☀️ et du rechauffement climatique ?

Vous avez raison, le futur est ailleurs ! Neoproxima et son écosystème vierge sont prêts à vous accueillir !

Billets à -50% en ce moment => store.steampowered.com/app/2778760/...

CTHULOOT for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site Buy CTHULOOT and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

CTHULOOT, our arcade coop 1-4 players game is now playable on Nintendo Switch!

Grab it on the Nintendo eShop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

(EU players: search on the console directly, page is still not up).

Have fun!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #coopgaming

+1 Pour Neoproxima. @pierrickb.bsky.social, bien que français, s'est plongé dans les méandre de la littérature anglaise pour écrire en anglais en premier lieu. Je crois qu'il n'en est pas ressortit en 1 seul morceau d'ailleurs 😁(mais pas sûr que ça soit lié uniquement à l'anglais).

Serializing/loading/saving/networking previews on top of isolating the preview system complexity. Also in that context the state of the preview can be as simple as a list of serialized commands.

Even without a state listening approach I'd suggest considering previews as diffs and to be part of a main state for that complexity reason. In a data oriented approach, everything is data!

You'd use a dedicated "CalculatePreviewCommand" to write that preview diffs state rather that implementing dedicated logic to dispatch the previews.
It put complexity where it belongs (a preview command) and keeps the controller simple.

In the state listening approach you'd see previews as "diffs" from state A to state B. The diffs list itself would be dedicated part of the state… that you can listen to (without complex subscription handling: just 1 state reference).

A variant I use is to have the UI/VFX listen to the state instead of the commands. It makes it possible to load any state and have the game display the right informations without having to maintain an initialisation script or have a command replay logic.

Super fier de ce qu'on a mis en place pour la UI de @neoproxima.bsky.social

Venant du web, la gestion de la réactivité des interfaces de jeux m'a toujours semblé un peu archaïque... alors quand @lythom.bsky.social a proposé de faire un micro React, j'étais aux anges.

Pour en savoir plus 👇

Nesting ContentSizeFitters + LayoutGroups can quickly become performance intensive. If you ever find yourself struggling with perf (I did for mobile targets): a dedicated specific script to dynamically resize and layout your content is often easy to write and only leverage the complexity you need.

Unity UI Debugging Tool - Click Occlusion Debugger Sharing a tool I made to quickly debug what's under the pointer

🛠 I made a handy tool for UI debugging

The Click Occlusion Debugger can be setup in 3 minutes and can display what's blocking your pointer.

🔗 All instructions are here: samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2025-0...

#GameDev #Unity3D #UIDebugging #IndieDev

Capture d'écran de A Time Paradox, mon premier jeu publié.

Capture d'écran de Neoproxima, mon dernier jeu publié.

Gamedevs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.

It showcases the awsome
- Tinkstate# by @nadakoster.bsky.social,
- DOTween by @demigiant.bsky.social,
- UniTask by @neuecc.bsky.social, and
- Odin inspector and validator by Sirenix (no bsky account?)

I use those tools in production and I love them:🤩🤩🤩🤩. See usage examples in the article!

Animations Done Right with Reactive UI (Unity 6 example) Reactive UI on observable state in video games is reliable and efficient, yet animations become a challenge. Let's see how to tackle that.

📝 How do you handle smooth UI transitions when your game state changes instantly?
In this article I demonstrate a clean architecture for complex UI animations sequences in state-driven games.

Full article: samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...

#GameDev #Unity3D #Programming

🐙Our game CTHULOOT is part of Daedelics' current Steam event!

🎮You can try the demo with your friends right now on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/2283410/...

🧃And give us feedback on our discord discord.com/invite/taMGF...

I'm so happy to share that Citizen Sleeper 2 releases Jan 31st 2025!🚀

Play our dice-driven RPG on PC, Mac, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Gamepass in less than 2 months!

Wishlist now to be notified the moment the game goes live 💫

Citizen Sleeper 2 - Date Announce Trailer A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your ...

Are you awake Sleeper? We've dropped some BIG news 📰

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector releases on January 31 on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass day one 🎉

Check out the extended trailer that dropped at @pcgamer.com PGS: Most Wanted 📺 https://buff.ly/41iRgLC

Citizen Sleeper 2 is coming soon!

Loved the first game, can't wait to play this sequel.

Tired of selecting tiny child objects on click in Scene View when you want the parent?

You can use the [SelectionBase] attribute on the parent MonoBehaviour to ensure clicking any child selects the parent first!

#unity3d #unitytips #unity6

Unity UI Canvas Strategies using Expand Having the UI react properly to different resolutions can be challenging. This article describes the strategies we use in our productions at Lonestone Studio.

Also I blogged a few gamedev entries related to the game implementation :
- Unity canvas strategies samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...
- Input system workflow samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-0...

Save 25% on Neoproxima on Steam Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next lo...

Neoproxima is just below 10€ during sales. It might be a good time to grab it!

store.steampowered.com/app/2778760/...

It's a narrative-heavy sci-fi game inspired by Norco and Citizen Sleeper. It's a seventies-in-space uchronia where nothing goes wrong… 😬

#indiegame

Hey there ! ✋
Making games at Lonestone Studio (Nantes, France), we released Neoproxima this year and I'm trying to share unity and gamedev tips on my blog ^^

@lythom.bsky.social 🙏

Neoproxima on Steam Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next lo...

5/ Neoproxima

store.steampowered.com/app/2778760/...

Unity Testing — How to Mock with Moq A step-by-step guide to implementing mocking in Unity tests using Moq, with a practical PlayerPrefs example

Breaking news: a Unity Developer sleeps peacefully after discovering the magic of automated testing!

📝They read my new Blog Post on How to Mock in Unity:
• Setup guide
• Practical PlayerPrefs example
• Real implementation patterns

samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...

#Unity3D #GameDev #Testing

Unity UI Canvas Strategies using Expand Having the UI react properly to different resolutions can be challenging. This article describes the strategies we use in our productions at Lonestone Studio.

Learn how we handle layouting of user interfaces using Unity at Lonestone Studio.

Covers: Screen spaces, Canvas Scaler, 2 "Expand" configuration strategies

💡Useful for creating UIs across multiple resolutions.
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#GameDev #UnityTips #UIDesign

Gamedev Discoveries - October 2024 Exploring the latest techniques, tools, and insights in game development. Here's what caught my attention this month!

🎮 Gamedev Discoveries - October 2024 🚀

Featuring insights from:
• Orthogonal design by Steve Lee
• TheKhronosGroup SIGGRAPH 2024 recap
• Determinism in box2d by Erin Catto
• @yarnspinner.dev for @unity3d.bsky.social dialogues

👇
samuel-bouchet.fr/posts/2024-1...

#GameDev #IndieGame #UnityTips

We worked hard on this one, especially @lythom.bsky.social !

This patch should address Neoproxima’s most glaring issues
We had to postpone it for too long, happy to see it live!

Steam :: Neoproxima :: Steam Achievements and Major Text Overhaul Dive into a more immersive Neoproxima with Steam achievements and enhanced narrative quality

We're thrilled to present our most significant update for #Neoproxima game since launch, includes text overhaul and steam achievements. steamcommunity.com/games/277876...
#indiegame