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Twitch Affiliate & game dev in Godot and Unreal by night. Cybersecurity ops lead and cloud infrastructure developer by day. Active open source dev on Spud Customs, Axolotl Rancher, Tumblefire, Xerophobia, GoPhish, rEngine Pronouns: they/them #nonbinary
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Made a procedural tiled path tool in Godot with some powerful features. This was made for Penguin Festival, but I'm sharing it for free here (meshes not included, bring your own) along with my other addons: github.com/CozyCubeGame... #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

The checkpoint behavior that has PLAGUED Axolotl Climb, causing players disembodied limbs to reactivate checkpoints dozens of checkpoints further down the Coral Cliff is BANISHED with update 1,321. I only had to update 70 checkpoints, now it's all tags and attributes. #roblox #robloxdev #axolotl

Fuck you @figma.com I’m going full dev mode. #devmode #priorart #figmafascism

Almost 7,000 people have played Axolotl Climb on Roblox in the 5 days since I came up with it, and only about 3,000 of them were playing in English! I spent some time this morning to set up auto-translations for all of Roblox's supported languages to be more accessible. #roblox #robloxdev

Today 68 people have collected 25 coins in Axolotl Climb by completing the first three levels or so, and then paid those hard earned coins to morph into an Axolotl with gills and an aura for 5 minutes. This is a triumph, I’m making a note here; huge success. #roblox #robloxdev #gamedev #analytics

Mobile testing in version 1,230 of Axolotl Climb going well, I added new difficulty chart banners and standardized the platform size for more consistent difficulty progression throughout the tower! Working on less frustrating checkpoint system… TBD #roblox #robloxdev #platformer #obby #indiedev

Players have run into coins 27,456 times per latest analytics in Axolotl Climb! #roblox #robloxgamedev #robloxdev #gamedev

A true Axolotl Climb fan repping one of our shirts in the wild. #robloxoc #robloxart #roblox

We just released the first coin sink for Axolotl Climb! You can spend coins to turn into an Axolotl with a lil aquatic aura. #Roblox #RobloxDev

The bug where you couldn't collect coins that had respawned and you were all forced to climb over the coins and each other like animals in the trenches of the Coral Tower is FIXED! Seeing that in a 20 player server was an experience, and I'm sorry, lol. #axolotlClimb #robloxdev #roblox

This was my favorite game as a kid, as it would make all the other games run better. #gameDev

Just Axolotl Climb things 3rd rest area, where Aqua teaches you about the habitats Axolotls live in! #axolotl #roblox #robloxoc #indiegame

Time played leaderboards for now, per level and overall best time leaderboards soon in Axolotl Climb on Roblox! www.roblox.com/join/1y85m

Alright, set up a form in Axolotl Climb so we can collect feedback IN GAME! I also added a bunch of educational Axolotl NPCs who teach you about their diet, lifespan, habitats and more (with analytics of course). #roblox #robloxdev #gamedev #indiedev

It's good to be the Axolotl Monarch. #robloxoc #robloxart #axolotlclimb #robloxdev

Adding Axolotl NPCs to teach players about real Axolotls while they overthrow the Axolotl Monarch of Coral Cliffs #roblox #robloxdev #gamedev #axolotls

Just set up 140 funnel and economy events to replace the custom events in Axolotl Ascent, this should make it easier to identify areas of improvement MUCH faster when we do small bursts of ads. #roblox #robloxdev #gamedev #analytics

Dang 8 folks actually seized the Axolotl Throne, I gotta put a lock on the door or something. #axolotl #axolotlascent #roblox #robloxdev

From 0 robux to 0.03 robux ARPDAU for Axolotl Ascent, small beginnings lol. 2 paid players and 61 premium sessions, 149 favorites from 2,384 new players. #robloxdev

Day one Roblox game Axolotl Ascent got more players than Spud Customs on Steam, at 1/120th the spend. <$0.01 cost per new player, over 1,200 new players in first 24 hours. Over 40 users favoriting the game to return later. Ok, Roblox, tell me more… #gamedev #indiegame #roblox #robloxDev

I AM THE AXOLOTL MONARCH! The crowning ceremony is a little buggy though I think all the Axolotls fell into the deep sea trench. :< Try Axolotl Ascent for free on Roblox (only rich ppl get bubbles): www.roblox.com/join/1y85m #roblox #robloxdev #axolotlmonarchy #axolotlpowercorruptsaxolotly

Lost Rabbit Digital is releasing a mini-game, Axolotl Ascent, on Roblox to practice some of the modeling pipeline and custom events we're using for Axolotl Rancher and get feedback. You can try the beta for free on Roblox: www.roblox.com/games/766812... #roblox #robloxdev #robloxoc #robloxart

Some of the new models for Axolotl Rancher: HydroVac Gun, HydroVac Upgrade Terminal, Lobsters, and Splashberries! #axolotlRancher #robloxDev #roblox #gameDev

Here's a preview of Axolotl Rancher on Roblox! All of the core systems are in, the hotbar UI and pens just needs some more troubleshooting. You can see roughly half of the world that will be available in the beta here, as well as some of the new UI at work! #roblox #robloxoc #robloxart

Working on the well where you refill your HydroVac Gun, completely made with simple parts in Roblox!

@nickpopovich.bsky.social Happy Tuesday Nick, How many lines of code is Slime Rancher? I'm at 59,796 lines of Lua trying to make a 16 person multiplayer version of a "Slime Rancher"-influenced Axolotl ranching game with a /much/ simplified loop in Roblox. It works, give or take a few dozen bugs!

Sometimes life is hard and you gotta kick back and ranch some Axolotls. #axolotlRancher #roblox #robloxDev #gameDev

Getting the pen upgrade terminal working so you can take care of more Axolotls at once! #roblox #RobloxDev #gameDev #simulation

Refining the UI and first time user experience for Axolotl Rancher, we'll need testers this week. If you're interested in Roblox simulation or tycoon type games, we could use your feedback! #Roblox #RobloxDev #GameDev

Our latest Spud patch brings important improvements: Fixed broken end credits button Resolved screen shake issues during long play Fixed story flow problems in shifts 5, 9, 10 Added translation support for passport fields Fixed perfect stamp exploit #SpudCustoms #IndieGames #GameDev #UpdateNotes

Figured out how to do some smoke particle effects for the smoke stack in the researcher's dome house and we are cooking with gas: #roblox #robloxDev #gameDev

Working on the new Axolotl pen for Axolotl Rancher, with an upgrade terminal and a fruit receptacle! #roblox #robloxDev #gameDev #lua

First stab at the market terminal where you'll see the prices for Axolotl resources dynamically update and spike with server events. #roblox #gameDev #robloxDev #gaming

You may ask yourself, where do fictional Axolotl conservationists live when they're in the field in the Roblox universe? Well not tents, obviously. #roblox #robloxDev #gameDev #axolotlRancher

Big thanks to our playtesters this week, we realized the passport was not properly translating sex and conditions and the fix will be included in Spud Customs 1.1.1! #gameDev #godot #spudCustoms #feedback

Now in Axoltol Rancher, the pen information only shows when you are close to pens, and only for the pen closest to you! There was a lot of visual clutter when trying to manage 14 different pens for axolotls without some kind of distance culling. #robloxDev #roblox #axolotl #gameDev

Screen shake issue fixed in Spud Customs 1.1.1! Even after firing 200 missiles, the screen remains centered. Especially relevant for Score Attack enthusiasts but I noticed this for some of our story mode players on higher difficulties as well. #gameDev #godot #spudCustoms #indieDev

It's almost time for another big reNgine update to address more community-reported bugs and make getting from the GitHub readme to ACTIVELY SCANNING more easily. Soon, soon. #cybersecurity #rengine #cloudcomputing #automation