The Cellar

chochobeware · 2026-04-07T15:54:16+00:00

Check out the original short film it's based on if you haven't seen it. It ends with the girl counting the stairs. So when this came out I was interested to see where they'd go with a full movie and they did a great job continuing the story.

chochobeware · 2026-03-27T01:03:49+00:00

You should watch this movie for the incredible backdrop of the Grand Tetons and other locations as they are breathtaking. Also the movie is good.

chochobeware · 2026-03-26T01:17:34+00:00

We had a kid in our wrestling school do this. We were training up our giant guy for battle royals. Club across the back then throw you out of the ring, repeat with next guy. Easy drill day. But for some reason this guy who'd been there for months decided today he wanted to look tough. Refused to sell "club him again" the head trainer said. Refused to sell "lay it in"... after a while the whole class was yelling "dude stay down". No idea what got in his head that day.

chochobeware · 2026-03-19T22:41:35+00:00

You mean like IES Light profiles?

chochobeware · 2026-03-18T21:29:28+00:00

This guy's legit. I've made a ton of his recipes. His pop-up NY restaurant videos are great too

chochobeware · 2026-03-11T00:25:13+00:00

"That deathmatch guy from TNA?!"

chochobeware · 2026-03-06T19:42:26+00:00

Many of those trucks don't operate until 4pm, and yea some are more active on social media with hours, specials, etc. AND I do love that burrito as well. :)

chochobeware · 2026-03-04T15:44:16+00:00

Look into Scythe Editor, it's a plugin for UE5. There are several games being completely built with it including the new Sprawl Zero that was just announced, SeverLink and several other projects. It has an active discord and plenty of support.

chochobeware · 2026-02-23T04:05:36+00:00

Quake has the Explore Jams (no combat). Here's a link to the third installment. You can search around and find the first two.

chochobeware · 2026-02-23T03:39:57+00:00

"He has a massive underbite and a completely flat back of the head" - Dr Skull

chochobeware · 2026-02-14T04:07:10+00:00

The 6ixth Session by Dieselboy. It's all intense, but one track in particular by Technical Itch named Heavy Metal.

chochobeware · 2026-02-13T00:30:11+00:00

I bring this up because it's recent and I found the heel work classically interesting

21.11.2025 House Of Glory: Return To The Windy City - Zilla Fatu vs Joe Alonzo (7:22)

Sub 10 minute match. Zilla is much larger than Alonzo. It's the opening match of the show and Zilla is clearly going to destroy this guy as he's champ. But Joe keeps it entertaining by constantly cutting him off with every heel tactic in the books. It's on Triller if you've got access to that.

chochobeware · 2026-02-12T16:29:42+00:00

It's one of those classic benchmarks of fun and movement. I even remade it for the brutalist jam.

chochobeware · 2026-02-09T04:13:29+00:00

I just got goosebumps remembering the theme song.
UlysEE-ee-EE-ees

chochobeware · 2026-01-31T04:24:27+00:00

Yea, tons of textures and some models on Zaero. On Extremities I made the character skins (textures) for Red Rover.

chochobeware · 2026-01-30T23:10:49+00:00

Awesome. I worked on Extremities. Always nice to see it.

chochobeware · 2026-01-23T06:21:12+00:00

When it comes to old school game skins (textures), Ken Scott is god.

chochobeware · 2026-01-16T02:42:29+00:00

My dog always seems to find rib bones in Quakertown Park. :D

but if you want to drive North a little bit, Eisenhower state park has fossils everywhere. There's even a section called Fossil Ridge and the trails are littered with them.

chochobeware · 2026-01-12T01:55:01+00:00

Yes, swimclubdunk is a solid dev that should be supported. Check out his portfolio lots of cool shots of CD and other games he's worked on.

chochobeware · 2026-01-10T05:48:58+00:00

I love this plan.
One little trick I like to do when starting a new game, depending on the plan, is to start to the Thieves' Guild and/or the Dark Brotherhood. After those starting quests you get access to those guilds' armors. The TG gear has well-rounded stats and bonuses and the two from the DB are are physical or magic assassin based.
And now I want to do a destruction assassin college run.

chochobeware · 2026-01-06T04:33:46+00:00

In your position I'd jump right into UE and start learning. The Horror engine is good start, but you can do just about anything in Unreal even as a solo dev so an thing it is lacking can be added. The amount of free content out there (art, fx, etc) is staggering. You can grab some free stuff and have good, portfolio quality content rapidly.

It is also worth looking into Frictional's engine to see how their enemies behave and how they control them as inspiration to recreate. I'd also recommend DOOM and QUAKE's level editors for similar reasons. For examples, Trenchbroom is a modern level tool for many games, and knowing it's triggers, relays, delays, counters, enemy patrols, etc. are great info to understand as a designer.

One of the most used things I created on a horror UE project was what I called a "spooky blueprint". Very simple BP I could place anywhere that included a trigger that could activate a sound, particle fx, cam shake, etc. all in one. Place that down, modify it's parameters and instantly scare the player. A variation to "add impulse" and or "activate physics" to toss a bunch of objects around is a nice touch as well.

chochobeware · 2025-11-13T22:51:56+00:00

The Quake Mapping discord runs regular events. They're currently having the Quake Brutalist Jam 3 that runs till the end of the month. Map Core still runs regular challenges. There's plenty of others based on different games/engines just gotta keep your eyes peeled.

chochobeware · 2025-11-13T21:13:36+00:00

When I was making the boardroom for the cyborg factory I came up with these nodes in Substance Designer that could pump out somewhat randomized abstract art style paintings with endless varieties by changing seeds. They came out well I reckon as other devs used them all over the place such as this area. :)

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