Will Koehler

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"It's none of your business how the sausage is made, in fact it's abuse to ask"

Thanks to the Society of Illustrator’s museum for letting me paint this great Rockwell and serving beer too!

For today's final installment of Keeper BTS, here is an early exploration showing how focused light could affect the environment, mostly the work of @floatvoid.com

Little heads-up for those that don't know; you can now add links to your profile! Really good for listing what you're making!

what if the real video games industry was the people who made the games along the way

Reject modernity embrace tradition

Evening Game Dev. Rabbit Hole [version 0.4], Unreal Engine material. I flipped the layers - the one that moves is in front, and the static one is behind it. But the hole vibrates, it pulses... hehe #gamedev #vfx #indiedev #UnrealEngine

Paper work signed, ink has dried, and I'm really excited to announce I've accepted a role as Lead Environment Artist at Retro Studios! And joining Nintendo! AND I'm moving to Austin in a few weeks! This account will be far less active than it already was. Any LA and Austin friends reach out!

And it supports Day of the Devs! 16 days left! www.ign.com/articles/get...

3am mental connection: - fast travel in video games - creating things with AI - exclusively going outside for errands or to get somewhere else all of these reduce opportunities for serendipity, they prevent you from enjoying the now by recontextualizing your surroundings as a means to an end

BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

idk man if I had a "make good game now" button I wouldn't be online dogpiling unbelievers, I'de just be pressing that shit, why aren't they just pressing that shit?

Everyone's journey into the games industry tends to be pretty unique, so we made an interview series about it! First three episodes are up, and Will Koehler (Project Lead, Thank You Bus Driver) kicks off the whole shebang: 

The festival is back online for the season!! No new trailer this year, but this video by @ifindgames.bsky.social is a great introduction! We've already had 17,000 pumpkins submitted this season!

To celebrate Keeper's first birthday (they grow up so fast) here is a juicy fractal morph we added for the Psychedelic Mode. :)

Had a great chat about the behind-the-scenes of TYBD, DF, AF, and many other acronyms. This was my first experience leading a game and it was fun unpacking that with Tucker.

developers, is this a concern for you when it comes to next fest or any other sort of demo? has it influenced your recent decision making? if so, get in touch. DMs are open, email is nathan@aftermath.site, and I’m nathangrayson.666 on signal

This game, especially at only $5, is a steal. I have put a little more than 3 hours into it so far and I absolutely plan on getting the rest of the steam achievements for it. Go check out my review!

this is a Skritt (Guild Wars 2) appreciation post. A high quality LPR (Low Poly Rat)

what do you know about this? nothing.

$400 monthly subscription to Mustard

Took apart an old compost bin, now we got minecraft at home

WIP. don’t piss off the moon.

How do you even survive as an indie in the current landscape? This is insane.

Humble Games Bundle: Double Fine ($8 for all) buff.ly/iOD6aUx #ad

anyone else find live air traffic control chatter incredibly calming? www.liveatc.net/topfeeds.php

FOMO game that goes up in price by 1¢ every time someone buys it

#timelapse

Rising resentment for "HR" lately for hiring/firing, these people blame the weatherman for the weather.

anybody knows of a cool tool for blender to apply vertex color to vertex selections (not painting) as well as vertex alpha and being able to properly visualize both color AND alpha in the viewport? And not vibe coded 😩

Some more nature dailies

#portfolioday Hello I'm Josefin, prop and Environment Artist from Sweden. I have worked in the game industry for 8 years. I'm looking for a new job in the game industry, I'm open for a full-time position, contract,remote in Europe. 📧contactfabiolaa@gmail.com 🎨Portfolio: www.artstation.com/josefin

for just 1 click you can support a bald in need today go.bsky.app/EpxDqag

🚍 THANK YOU BUS DRIVER IS NOW AVAILABLE! 🚍 If you’ve ever loved anything we’ve ever done, now is a critical time to support us. It’s $4.99 USD for bite-sized bus driving shenanigans. Want to help us reach more players? Your shift starts now! Buy TYBD: https://doublefine.com/tybd

it's heavy cause it's made of crown

when you witness the orange of unimaginable terror

Been seeing the same devastating story every day now. Indie dev spent years and their savings making a game, Ai copy of it created Day 1. If something doesn't change I don't see a future.

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

I got to lead this funky little game and tomorrow you can all play it! It was an amazing experience and I hope we can continue to do these little side projects and maybe even expand on them if people particularly like it!

Printed and assembled these beauties for our group. They all opened them on a call together last night. <3 100% finishing Big Walk with 'em is a gaming highlight of my life. I hope the walkie-talkies remind us of the time we spent walkin' together all those nights. cc @househouse.com (thank you)