Kevin Hutchins

Kevin Hutchins

@khutchins.itch.io

Hobbyist game developer. I make trash over at https://khutchins.itch.io/ I've never gotten hooked on this sort of thing before, so expect this to go dark almost immediately.

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Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

I've been poking around at using Daggerfall Unity as a test bed for testing out game ideas, since it's a more or less fully realized open world. A lot of its simulation is a lot less baked than Morrowind (NPC mechanics, open world interactions), but it feels like a better sandbox to play in.

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Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

I do like the flex of using procedural generation to make a huge deterministic map and then not really using it aside from flavor. It's a lot of fun and feels wonderfully decadent!

Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

That brings me back around to the thing I was prototyping - can it be fun to have to travel those long distances manually? I've long thought a courier game, or a long-distance running game, is an unexplored avenue for games. So far, is it fun? No! At higher speeds or smaller distances, a little.

Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

I've been poking around at using Daggerfall Unity as a test bed for testing out game ideas, since it's a more or less fully realized open world. A lot of its simulation is a lot less baked than Morrowind (NPC mechanics, open world interactions), but it feels like a better sandbox to play in.

Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

Daggerfall is weird because it doesn't expect you to actually engage with its open world! They expect you to poke around, but I suspect most people won't use it more than once. It hides some things so that it can unlock them as waypoints later, but everything else can be easily fast traveled to.

Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

I occasionally see people lament that Bethesda went downhill once they allowed you to fast travel from anywhere, but Morrowind was the exception there with its more limited fast travel. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate it, but Daggerfall certainly doesn't have it.

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Makkon
@makkon.bsky.social

I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io

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splendidland🌱
@splendid.land

10 beautiful postcards is one of the best games you can play. you simply gotta get it!!

Scooby Doo Philosopher (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!!@dayofthemutants.bsky.social

WOW!!! L@@K: store.steampowered.com/app/4916370/...

store.steampowered.com10 Beautiful Postcards on SteamTake the eye for a walk - a fabulous multimedia hotel to explore. Move a little guy across 200+ fantastic Screens. NO COLLISION, NO MECHANICS, NO SERVICE: THE IMAGE IS HOTEL TO THE BRAIN.

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Hairy Heart
@hairyheartstudio.bsky.social

Anthology of the Killer is OUT NOW on PS5 and Nintendo Switch! The groundbreaking and dreamlike, IGF Nuovo-winning horror-comedy series from legendary auteur thecatamites, is finally on console! Play once and remember forever.

Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

I've been playing the Quake Brutalist Jam III maps, and it always makes me happy to see people come together to make cool free content for older games. I'm only like 7 maps in, but it's fantastic.

Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

The discoverability is pretty bad, but sometimes browsing through new games on Steam can pay off. Metal Garden is such a beautifully atmospheric game, with visuals reminiscent of my favorite parts of Team Ico games. I recommend checking it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...

store.steampowered.comMetal Garden on SteamTravel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Kevin Hutchins
@khutchins.itch.io

I got my motivation cut out from under me by the WebGL version looking wrong. I ended up canning it, but knew that it would mean almost no one would play it. That combined with some awkward timing, meant that I ended up sitting on it for a couple weeks until I felt up to releasing it. So here it is.

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