Mike Bithell

Concept art for Bithell Games' 'Subsurface Circular'. It shows eleven concepts for the robotic Teks in the game in a range of different colours. They are all bipedal and humanoid in shape, but none of them have human-like faces. Its label reads: Initial Tek concepts - Gareth Davies.

Fourteen 3D assets for robotic Tek heads in Bithell Games' 'Subsurface Circular', lined up in two rows of seven. The heads vary in shape, some looking a bit more humanoid than others, but all definitively robotic. As with the concept art, none of them have human-like faces. Its label reads: Tek head game assets - Nic Tringali.

Concept art for Bithell Games' 'Subsurface Circular'. An orthographic view of a Tek from three angles: front, side, back. This is done for the Tek as a whole, as well as for an individual arm. Its label reads: Tek orthographics - Daz Watford.

Concept art for Bithell Games' 'Subsurface Circular'. It shows the interior of the Subsurface Circular, the underground train where the game takes place. There is one larger, coloured, more detailed piece on the left, and a number of additional sketches on the right. Its label reads: Train interior concepts - Gareth Davies.

Subsurface Circular takes place in a single location and with a cast entirely of Teks, the game's robotic working class.

With that kind of focus, we wanted to take care with the setting and character design to bring the world to life, even when the player sees only a small glimpse of it.

Yeah, the anchor stuff ain’t good. I think generally ui feels the most underbaked aspect of the engine, nowhere near unity on that stuff yet

For sure.. I’m cutting with the grain more, and keeping things simple :)

Big caveats:

- the sprite sheets are grid based, nowhere near as flexible as Unity
- svgs are rasterised on import

But for me, with a prototype that needs a billion icons? Perfect

Godot having robust svg support so I can work on vector sprite sheets without intermediary pngs is one of those lovely ‘this will save me 10 minutes a day’ solves.

And damn will it be helpful when I decide to change the lineweight on all icons an hour before an update goes live

*polite handshake

It pains me, Sam. It’s not the most important issue facing society right now, but it’s top 5

I’m not wrong, right? That was a fun movie

I would also very much like to know who I need to call to get a high paid job proof reading movie scripts and fixing the coding technobabble. Someone has that job, and they are very much phoning it in.

Beer + company and it’s a good time

Plot twist: Megan 2.0 is… a fun action comedy that knows exactly what it is? I get why it pissed people off as a horror sequel, but I also got enough giggles to justify my rental.

Calling it now, cult hit when it hits streaming.

Oh shit. You made me look, I need to go get that pickup.

The nice thing about not being the person who posts from our official accounts is I get to be pleasantly reminded of something by them.. I’d forgotten my structural drafts for SC. Fingers crossed Caitlin checked them for naughty words before posting (she definitely did)

A poster for Bithell Games' 'Subsurface Circular', showing a blue robotic Tek seated on an underground train beside the game's logo. Additional text reads: Creator key requests open - Nov 17-23.

We're sending out SUBSURFACE CIRCULAR Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!

Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️

It does, but taking that and associating hundreds of images (to allow for rebinding) is a big job I’m excited to avoid :)

maybe if he takes more consultant advice to move to the right on immigration he can turn those numbers around

Heroic, ta

Godot peeps: what we using to do our dynamic controller icons in labels and buttons (changing based on inputs being attached detached, players remapping keyboard and controllers etc)?

Is there a goto asset or plugin, or am I cooking up my own?

I really enjoyed doing this. Hmmmmmm

lol. It is ironically the most violent predator film yet. The rating reflects more on the colour of the blood spilled than the amount.

Tonally, it takes itself about as seriously as the first film. So more humour than you might expect

Man, Predator Badlands. Trachtenberg remains the absolute master of setup and payoff. Shows you the mechanics and skeleton of a world then plays a tune on the ribcage. Lovely game design in his films.

That final sequence, my god

I can’t get over how much using Godot in 2025 feels like using Unity in 2010. Common sense memory.

a drawing of a man with a blue eye and the website chaptertwo-thepacnw.tumblr.com in the corner Alt: Dr Manhattan

It’s 2010, AAA is chasing bullshit trends, leaving behind opportunities for small indies with good new tools and respect for the medium

It’s 2025, AAA is chasing bullshit trends, leaving behind opportunities for small indies with good new tools and respect for the medium

The time draws near

networking is an incredibly important part of maintaining a professional presence in your creative industry, but it can be daunting. have you tried being completely fucking ridiculous online

What a massive shock

Could you say that to me ten times in slightly different ways as I approach the big foreboding tower?

I wonder if, every day or two, film people are all on social media like ‘fuck wide shots, lazy. Indicative of societal trends and also massively patronising to the cinema going audience. All my films are shot mid and close up, because I make art’

I bet they do.

a man wearing sunglasses and holding a sword says " use it " ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and holding a sword says " use it "

My general status

The Rockstar union case made its way into UK Parliament earlier today