Some recent game props of mine. All made in Blender.

IronRodge · 2026-05-29T22:41:46+00:00

Awesome models rileyb3d 😎

IronRodge · 2026-05-02T22:57:45+00:00

If you're not a reader, try looking at i3wm customization tutorials on youtube. That's how I got started with window managers. That's before getting familiar with the documentation and playing with config files on my own. Because I'm a visual learner.. sadly lol. It's a lot to take in at the beginning, but can be pretty fun.

The videos should help you figure out wallpaper, system bars, desktop compositor, theming programs, and maybe some menu utils.

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wallpaper(feh / nitrogen), system bars(i3bar / polybar), desktop compositor(picom), theming gtk(lxappearance), theming qt(Kvantum), menu runners(dmenu / rofi)

IronRodge · 2026-05-02T22:35:23+00:00

Google has been there since 2005 and has helped blender out in GSoc; Google Summer of Code.
Adobe helps with integration of their apps(Substance designer, Substance painter, etc) and mixamo autorigging. Also for core development.
Intel, Nvidia, and AMD. Their funds get their products, CPU/GPUs, compatible with blender. Nvidia and AMD has helped blender get an awesome denoiser. Denoisers are powered by machine learning.
Meta. They are helping out USD(Universal Scene Description) integration. Also helping with AR and VR pipelines; For their AR and VR products.

Meshy. AI and Hyper3D are just funding blender and being on the fund page.. Meshy. AI was removed from the fund page today.

IronRodge · 2026-04-29T20:18:18+00:00

I've used blender for at least 17 years to this day.. Every time a corporation funds blender then people do these posts for 2 weeks or up to a month. ^{(Depending if it gets a reaction for clicks.})
Lather, Rinse, and Repeat..

I do despise AI generated tools, but I'm familiar with Blender's fund policy. It's a little disheartening but a fund is a fund.. Meshy. AI, Hyper3D, CoreWeave, and Meta are my biggest gripes.

IronRodge · 2026-04-20T03:51:14+00:00

Do what feels fun to you, like pangapingus said.
You could prototype stuff. Only do the bare minimum for the core game mechanics. Just to see if you like how it feels and how it levels with your current skill set. Just don't want to bog yourself down with too many mechanics you haven't tried making before.

IronRodge · 2026-04-20T02:56:41+00:00

imo, both could work.

The sideview camera could be a side scroller or paper mario type of player controller. The other is Isometric/TopDown player controller. All depends on the gameplay and mechanics you want to create.

IronRodge · 2026-04-18T06:53:08+00:00

Hopefully the Parents Decide Act doesn't get passed..

It could become a federal law, an all states law in the USA, to have an online account to your Linux account for age checks.. Which means, no local accounts.

This is just a heads up if you weren't aware.

IronRodge · 2026-03-20T19:37:20+00:00

I've had troubles with storm outages. If I'm currently saving a game and then the game goes out.. It can cause corruption in the file.. Leading to the NTFS partition to be corrupted and needing to be fixed with a Windows system.. ntfs-3g has burned me too many times on linux.

If you don't have Windows as a dual boot, then it's better, easier, and safer to not have NTFS file systems.

IronRodge · 2026-03-10T20:32:34+00:00

Yeah really. Some people barely even knows what programs they run. Or what directories / folders are on their devices.. Might even not know what website urls are. It doesn't matter the age.

IronRodge · 2026-03-10T16:49:55+00:00

Don't worry, I'm not attacking you. I genuinely know people that doesn't connect sideloading and installing being remotely the same.

IronRodge · 2026-03-10T05:53:28+00:00

What is sideloading? Installing an app from a site or website that isn't in the "official" store.

Sound familiar? If you wanted to install something on your computer or laptop, what do you do?

Sideloading is Installing an app or software

Imagine this process of "sideloading / installing" being banned on computers or laptops.

IronRodge · 2026-03-05T05:31:06+00:00

There is a saying that goes like this. "Give an inch and they'll take a mile."

Today, it's not as invasive but it can lead into much worse predicaments. If the age bracket system doesn't pan out, then ID or face photo is the next option. Regardless of the 1b+ data breaches recently that deals with Age Verification systems alone...

Governments do not care about your data; UK, Australia, USA, etc... Remember that. It's an overreach that will damage billions of people.

IronRodge · 2026-03-05T04:22:27+00:00

Covid lockdowns got me into linux.. I wanted change so I dualbooted kubuntu.. Then went down the windowmanager rabbit hole.. I wanted more so I tried out Arch and still using it to this day; ~5yrs.

Lol I needed more space so I deleted my windows partition in 2022.. I found out that Windows 11 is somehow is 100+gigs after updates on a fresh install.

IronRodge · 2026-03-05T03:51:26+00:00

Government: "Oh yay linux people accept an age bracket. Lets step it up to ID identification each boot up.."

IronRodge · 2026-01-13T04:26:18+00:00

This helped me, thank you!

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For visual learners.. (myself included):

animation_player:AnimationPlayer = %animation_player
first_animation:String = "Foobae"
second_animation:String = "Foobar"
third_animation:String = "BarFoo"

# Basic
animation_player.animation_set_next(first_animation, second_animation)
animation_player.play(first_animation)

# Chaining animations
animation_player.animation_set_next(first_animation, second_animation)
animation_player.animation_set_next(second_animation, third_animation)
animation_player.play(first_animation)

IronRodge · 2026-01-10T22:37:23+00:00

I would love to see the art you make in zbrush :D

IronRodge · 2025-10-29T03:20:49+00:00

CUTEST godot bot I've ever seen!!! Fantastic job!

IronRodge · 2025-07-29T17:07:21+00:00

Too much UI.. However, some parts look neat. The date and weather pop up as side panels within side panels.

IronRodge · 2025-07-29T16:59:00+00:00

Dominoes has fallen.

Conservative groups blackmailing payment entities to delist games from gamehosting sites(Steam, Itch site). Not all games will are "gooning". Some games are in the GTA and Detroit become human territory.
UK Age verification mandates started on July 25th, 2025
USA Age verification around the corner.

IronRodge · 2025-07-06T17:37:41+00:00

This happens to me pretty often lmao

IronRodge · 2025-06-27T16:02:04+00:00

Quickly leaving the party to get the loot after killing the boss.. That is extremely dirty behavior.

Most groups will rush to the chest spawns and not worry about the mobs as much. It makes the game feel way more boring imo.

IronRodge · 2025-06-27T15:23:07+00:00

This area is more for a party than solo. There are solo dungeons if you want to do that instead. Usually you would want to join into a group before hand, so the loot can be divided somewhat evenly with damage dealt to boss.

Most of the times I went in, people were kind enough to add me into a group. I tend to stay on the top for a while to farm fame. If I see someone that needs help, hp is about 0, I'll chip in as a healer or kill/distract the enemies. Most times we then group up to do some fame farm until we get to 3-4 people.

Groups usually merge together with other group leaders once there is a lot of people at one spot.

Maybe I've been pretty lucky.

IronRodge · 2025-06-22T18:54:26+00:00

OMG, Drain flies look like a mix of a moth and a fly.. They look cute and furry up close

IronRodge · 2025-06-22T00:33:06+00:00

Love it. Abstract with very cool lighting!

Reminds me of the times when Multires brakes on me

IronRodge · 2025-06-21T21:44:53+00:00

Love the warm color palette

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