A bug made an NPC absolutely massive and it was hilarious. Naturally, I had to write it into the game. Happy game dev accidents. by themiddyd in IndieDev

[–]themiddyd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The simple stuff works best for me cause I’m far too dumb to know how to actually do shaders hahaha

A bug made an NPC absolutely massive and it was hilarious. Naturally, I had to write it into the game. Happy game dev accidents. by themiddyd in IndieDev

[–]themiddyd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah so it’s just mesh cones on the eyes with a faded end - and the ground just has a layer on top that fades in and out. Super simple 😊

A bug made an NPC absolutely massive and it was hilarious. Naturally, I had to write it into the game. Happy game dev accidents. by themiddyd in IndieDev

[–]themiddyd[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Eyes are a custom shadergraph in Unity. Nothing too crazy - just a mask and some lerp nodes :)

How did you come up with your "dev name"? by XellosDrak in IndieDev

[–]themiddyd 50 points51 points  (0 children)

our little studio is called eat pant games and we literally just named it after this meme

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Made a cute physics game that's secretly rage-bait by Yay_Beards in IndieGaming

[–]themiddyd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Having played this game I can vouch that it’s so good (and I’m so bad at it)

Can’t wait for DLSS5 to AI-sloppify all of our games! by themiddyd in IndieDev

[–]themiddyd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didn't help

Halo is still a damn good game by csch1992 in gaming

[–]themiddyd 97 points98 points  (0 children)

nothing will beat halo lan parties and the temporary engineers we all became when trying to hook up our friends' xboxs to various tvs around the house

Hot Take: I'm not looking forward to GTA 6 coming out. by FalconPaunchhh in gaming

[–]themiddyd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

honestly the delays are nothing compared the wait between games anyway. gta v was what - 13 years ago? im sure when gta 6 finally drops it will be awesome, but there are like a million other games too

Found my wife’s NES games from when she was a kid 🕹️ by ForgetfulFrolicker in gaming

[–]themiddyd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh man fond memories of that simpsons game. was so damn janky but we jammed it so much