Pumpkin Games

Tweaking CRT shaders in #ERROR_PROTOCOL #gamedev #indiegames @godotengine.org

Some random #gamedev scribbles from early #ERROR_PROTOCOL development.

Noodling away on the gamepad auto aim system for #ERROR_PROTOCOL. Basically porting the system from SPLEENWEEVIL as a base, making it work with dynamic gravity and adding all the little improvements in that I never got round to last time. #gamedev #indiegames @godotengine.org

Spent a few hours yesterday trying, and failing to implement a motion tracker / radar for the enemies. No matter what I tried I just couldn’t get there. But through dedication, reading docs, and trying things out, I managed to figure it out in the end. #gamedev #indiegames @godotengine.org #noai

The journey was frustrating but ultimately worth it and tremendously satisfying to figure it out myself.

Fuck AI

Chet Faliszek@chetsucks.com

All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.

I love game dev 😀 Yesterday my new enemy didn’t exist. Then it was a basic sphere with standard material. Now it tracks the player, has a shield, health and a funky crystal shader. Who knows what it will be able to do tomorrow.

There were a few missteps along the way, sure, things that looked frankly terrible. But I enjoyed that process.

Caleb Draper - Slash-Out out now!

Latest batch of screenshots for #ERROR_PROTOCOL @godotengine.org #indiegames #gamedev

Pumpkin Games reposted

@caleb-draper-games.bsky.social

17 Sept

ITS OUT! ⚔️ Slash-Out: Fantasy Dueling ⚔ OUT NOW ⚔️ Battle 10 Unique Bosses KICK THEIR ASS, OR THEYLL KICK YOURS 🛡️ Journey across a diverse landscape on a quest to defeat an ancient evil Fight a DJ Wizard, get eaten by a whale, all this and more! 🥩 FUCK AI, THIS IS MADE BY FLESH AND BLOOD

5 Sept

Played Blood Dungeon and nah, it’s not for me. I was hoping to love it. It shoots for you! Seriously?!? Apparently this is a thing now that Vampire Survivors made popular? I’ve not played that one.

4 Sept

ERROR_PROTOCOL @godotengine.org #gamedev #indiegames

2 Sept

Today I discovered @godotengine.org lights have a cull mask property which sounds exactly the thing I need for my lighting needs. The idea being, only some lights will effect level geometry.

27 July

A few short videos of early combat in the dojo

27 July

A few short videos of early combat in the dojo

27 July

A few short videos of early combat in the dojo

24 July

It wasn't me! hey were like that when I got here #gamedev #indiegames @godotgameengine.bsky.social @godotengine.org

14 July

A little something with the Kay Lousberg assets.

Pumpkin Games reposted

4 July

A Wojtek Zubr 8 Heavy Flamethrower Infantry unit, taking a lil' rocket fella for walkies. Blender render. #indiedev #voxels #magicavoxel #b3d #battledroid

22 May

Progress on my #FPS #ERROR_PROTOCOL - mostly a bunch of UI work on the HUD. #indiegames #gamedev @godotengine.org

Pumpkin Games reposted

11 May

Some very early (2021) Battledroid, with heavy and medium walkers, and some very lil' fellas #indiedev #voxels #magicavoxel #b3d #lwjgl #battledroid

Paul Evans but also spooky

10 May

Progress on #ERROR_PROTOCOL going well again after a slow couple of months. @godotengine.org #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

Pumpkin Games reposted

@pauledevans.bsky.social

10 May

Replying to @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

My daughter - @smartcalendar.bsky.social - is a young artist, training to be a digital game artist and doing bits of commission work on the side. Her works well worth a look, and she'd love the encouragement if you're up for the distraction…

Pumpkin Games reposted

niceaxegamesblue.bsky.social

@niceaxegamesblue.bsky.social

7 May

Check out our Kali and Ko trailer @ youtu.be/hM1dQmwD0A0 Links are in the bio #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #GameDev

youtu.beKali and Ko - Trailer (Early Development)YouTube video by Nice Axe Games

Pumpkin Games reposted

5 May

Battledroid MagicaVoxel > Blender animation. Voxhl-Cavalier infantry variants with bazooka and grenade launcher. #indiedev #voxels #magicavoxel #b3d #battledroid

Pumpkin Games reposted

21 Apr

Battledroid warroom (2023) - Unity Timeline scene exported to Java in custom json format, rendered in Voxoid. #gamedev #indiedev #voxels #battledroid

12 Apr

Too many buttons

Pumpkin Games reposted

11 Apr

Artist for hire! 25+ years #indiegamedev, voxels, lo-poly and pixels, art, code and video. Unity, MagicaVoxel, Blender, 3dsMax etc. Do you want to see more? www.puppygames.net/chazeem 🔊 brokeforfree.com #gamedev #indiedev #voxel #unity

#Gamedev is hard! Sometimes my homing missiles go in the opposite direction 🫠 I can't describe the behaviour I want in words so I've no chance of writing the code. Stupid dynamic gravity 😁 #indiegames @godotengine.org

I should probably just use quaternions and slerp using the target’s up direction

docs.godotengine.orgUsing 3D transformsIntroduction: If you have never made 3D games before, working with rotations in three dimensions can be confusing at first. Coming from 2D, the natural way of thinking is along the lines of"Oh...

4 lines of code, straight from the docs. docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tu...

All combinations of +/- rotations here can result in homing behaviour. So, it's just figuring out when to negate the rotation. What states that require that to happen 🤔 Rotate(GlobalBasis.Y, upDirection.Y * HomingRotation * delta); Rotate(GlobalBasis.X, upDirection.X * HomingRotation * delta);

6 Apr

Spider, contemplating its next move. #gamedev #indiegames #procgen @godotengine.org

31 Mar

Investigating the new IK nodes in @godotengine.org #indiegames #gamedev

28 Mar

I’ve been working on the Brain enemy and its interaction with the Human. #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday @godotengine.org

25 Mar

Read the AI generated Teams summary of one of our work meetings today. Truly terrible. Credited someone else’s work to me. Of course there was the standard “AI generated content may be incorrect” disclaimer. 🚫 NoPilot

21 Mar

Stumbled across some old footage of #SPLEENWEEVIL Old HUD, switchable weapons, glowy RED #gamedev #indiegames @godotengine.org

21 Mar

Some death animations. These are Characters3D animations that I now need to retarget to a Rigify armature. #gamedev #indiegames #screenshotsaturday @godotengine.org

8 Mar

Marathon looks really pretty. Loving all the cinematics / trailers

8 Mar

Some super early spawn and death effects for the humans There will lots more layers to this in the final effect. Currently it’s just a couple of Mesh Shatters in reverse with different lifetimes and starting distances. #gamedev #indiegames @godotengine.org #vfx

8 Mar

Basic death animation. I was hoping to maybe Ragdoll this but I’m having plenty of trouble with the physics bones affecting the character transform. I’m sure my rig / mesh could be tweaked to fix this. I bought an anima pack which I thought had some more death anims but turns out they’re in pack 1

quaternius.comQuaternius • Universal Animation Library 2The <b>Universal Animation Library 2</b> is a kit of 130+ animations, created using a universal humanoid rig, which is compatible with Unreal Engine, Godot and Unity, ready for retargeting. This kit ...

7 Mar

I’ve been wrestling with Mixamo animations for too long now. Found these from Quatrenius on Itch. quaternius.com/packs/univer... Hopefully, they’ll make part this smoother going forward. #gamedev #indiegames @godotengine.org

15 Feb

I think the "PROG" will become a flaming skull #ERROR_PROTOCOL #screenshotsaturday @godotengine.org #indiegame #gamedev

30 Jan

Working on a bit of UI #screenshotfridayevening

28 Jan

Upgraded to #godotengine 4.6. today. Literally unusable! (but seriously, great work on the theme changes)

23 Dec 2025

I’m at that stage of the project where every time I boot it up I change the UI colours. @godotengine.org #indiegames #gamedev

19 Dec 2025

Some quick and dirty footage of #ERROR_PROTOCOL. @godotengine.org #indiegames #gamedev

18 Dec 2025

It's been a fun distration messing about with the Robotron sprites but it's time to get serious now! #ERROR_PROTOCOL @godotengine.org #gamedev #indiegames