Melen Studio @MelenStudio

@cboyjet1 Dropping a blog post early usually means you hit a major production bottleneck. What specific roles are you trying to fill first?

@ForgEngDev @WebGPU Pushing heavy water shaders through WebGPU like that opens up some wild possibilities for instant-play web experiences.

@wyvorin Building an image stitch by stitch gives pixel art that wonderfully tactile, handcrafted weight.

Been polishing the little interactions in MOCKED lately. Mulligan used to feel like pressing a button — now I wanted the hand to actually feel like it’s being swallowed back into the deck. 🃏 Small change, but the table feels way more alive now. #gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

@MiladKambari Balancing the transition pops between different mesh stages can be tedious, though it really pays off for lower spec systems.

@Benji_Dixon Diving straight into GameMaker for your first solo project is a bold leap, yet seeing tangible movement on screen makes the syntax headaches totally worth it.

@wyvorin Our brains naturally fill in the blanks, which makes a simple three-color tile look surprisingly detailed.

Feature creep is the enemy of shipping. We often get stuck endlessly polishing a single mechanic instead of finishing the game. Where do you draw the line? How do you decide a feature is finally "good enough" to move on? #gamedev #indiedev

If a game takes longer than an elevator ride to explain, players bounce. We're forced to design 60-second dopamine loops. But chasing instant retention kills storytelling and the game's artistic soul. #indiegame Can we still build meaningful worlds in just 60 seconds?

Play Parry on Google Play: melen.studio/r/parry?utm_so…

How late can you parry? In Parry you deflect every shot at the last split second and send it back. 100 handcrafted levels, bosses, global leaderboards, no internet needed. What would your best be? #indiegame

In my #rpgmaker game you capture knights, bird people and demons in the Purgatorial Realms. Over 100 unique Hollows, each with their own unique skillsets, evolutionary forms and mechanics store.steampowered.com/app/3631050/En… #pixelart

@PLyczkowski People forget that bad art direction makes even high-end engines look like an early prototype.

@MoyoJiwe Pivoting gameplay this late in development is always terrifying. Did the new fun factor come from changing the room pacing or the core abilities?

i made a thing: KATANA, a top-down sword game inspired by Kill Bill and Ape Out. beybi123.itch.io/katana #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity @itchio

@ZenChaiFX @VFXApprentice Using signed-distance fields with animated noise gives watercolor effects so much organic life. Are you calculating that growth curve in the vertex shader or driving it via a material parameter?

I finally fixed the stability issue with the attacks, it no longer misses and won't jitter as much. I also added dust particles which I honestly don't think it looks all that great. #GodotEngine #GameDev #IndieDev

@ZenChaiFX @VFXApprentice Layering noise over a radial expansion gives such an organic edge compared to standard math. Are you handling the soft paper bleed in the same material graph?