RayBenefield

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Happy birthday to every gamer and #gamedev (especially solo devs) out there 😉😉😉

One of the hardest things about being a solo dev is finding large enough pools of assets with a cohesive style to make games.

This pack is intended for comprehensive collections of #gamedev assets with enough quantity & quality to make many games.

Help me find more 🥺🥺🥺

go.bsky.app/3UgrDw9

ℹ️ℹ️ℹ️ The biggest design mistake early #gamedev makes...

Designers are often proud of what they made, and the easiest trap to fall into is "I don't want a player to miss this".

Early player journey is often flooded w/ noise, only show the best parts early on. Breadcrumb the rest solo devs.

Ooo, ooo, ooo!!!

Good time to remind people that I started this Starter Pack for asset collections and creators to help solo devs solve this asset problem. 💖💖💖

go.bsky.app/3UgrDw9

I've been trying to find more and reach out to them to join the Blue Sky #gamedev community 😅😅😅

Halo Forge is what tipped me over the edge and made me realize I really wanted to be a designer, not just a coder in games.

Took me MANY years, but I was finally so good I couldn't be ignored and Fortnite Creative was the tipping point where Epic Games reached out and asked me to be a designer 🥰🥰🥰

Okay, with the doors converted too and with a new stairs asset, I think this is coming together rather nicely.

#godot #godotengine #gamedev #indiedev #project_lost_polaris

Haha lessons learned for the future of course. Off to go explore!!! Lol 💖💖💖

I don't know about the rest of #gamedev... but I LOVE kitbash WIP stuff as a level designer who started in UGC like Halo Forge, we only had premade assets.

The process can be more exciting as it is inspiring to remember that everyone has a process too.

Helpful for the solo devs out there 💖💖💖

Hey y'all, I'm hanging out on Discord and streaming work on my game right now. You should come hang out, tooooooooooooooooooooo.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #JavaScript
discord.gg/QXaS8zk6mH

✨✨✨ Wanted to widespread this response for #gamedev

DO NOT BE AFRAID to post to the #SoloDev tag. Do what you need to do as a dev to complete and share your vision.

As you grow, you can always give credit and clarify. Don't let anxiety caused by potential gatekeepers keep you from growing 💖💖💖

I just wanted to say:
Thx for your support this year, it gives me and the gyro gaming community a lot of credibility.

For example, in the past 2 weeks alone, I received my Alpakka controller (I'm still getting used to it, video about it soon)+

Got to follow all of them!

Okay, I’ve found enough indie creature collector developers to get started!

Feel free to request being added to the list!

I’m always looking for more!

🐻🐱🐸🐶🐷🐟🦄

go.bsky.app/GDmxoP

YAY!!!

Yeah I just saw that. Really neat feature for platforms that ghost content for creators. Other platforms should allow subdomain based usernames. Would actually be really nice. 😊😊😊

Oh hey... How bout that. Lol not confusing at all 😭😭😭

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

I would love to be added to this pack please 🥺🥺🥺 I build as a solo dev now, but used to work at Epic Games.

Itch.io domain down announcement

❗❗❗ INSANE #gamedev News...

@itchio.bsky.social domain is down

Solo devs... you are allowed to freak out. AHHHH!!! 😭😭😭

My solo dev journey has taken me down the route of UI. I've made both a hotbar and a radial menu for my farming game. I'm going to pretend it is still #ScreenshotSaturday for #gamedev visibility purposes lol

But I'm learning a lot about Unreal Engine's UMG for UI. 😅😅😅

Oh I missed #WIPWednesday for my #gamedev lol... was on 24 hours of no sleep lol.

My solo dev journey has taken me into the realm of UI. It's not great... but it's something.

I'm grateful for assets from @selieltheshaper.bsky.social and @synty.bsky.social for saving me so much time. 💖💖💖

If you are not following @kenney.bsky.social already, you are missing out on valuable #gamedev resources for solo devs especially.

Sooo much great content comes out of this dude. 😍😍😍

Very glad it's helpful 💖💖💖

Asset packs are SUPER important, that's why I put together this starter pack... cuz I too can't do the graphics portion lol: bsky.app/profile/rayb...

No true words spoken 💖💖💖

The engine is just a tool, your creativity is what makes the game. If you enjoy the tool you use, you'll likely create something amazing. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. 🥰

So much this - I got my start making games and websites in Flash working with ActionScript (Macromedia Flash, which is how old I am…)

Absolutely 100% agreed. Finish the thing, later you can upgrade the thing. Quality over quantity is a trap in this field.

Quantity creates quality of you care about your craft.

So do the thing first, then make it pretty and custom 😉😉😉

Hahaha... I do this so much 😭😭😭

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‼️‼️‼️ Dear #gamedev and #solodev folks using Unreal Engine... remember to sign into Quixel Megascans to claim all the megascan legacy assets before the end of 2024.

If this feels like deja vu, it's cuz you might have done this for Fab, but things are not to feature parity.

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