A firefighter crew has gone viral for helping a pigeon with an oxygen mask after it was found in distress near a fire
The group say the pigeon came up to them seeking help
Nature's Elements
The electricity shader has been sitting in my pattern gallery since the early days of development, I couldn't find a suitable collection for it. But recently, I created this terrifyingly powerful fire – and everything came together
I wanted to recreate the feeling of the impressive and beautiful, yet vast and dangerous, elements of nature. Perhaps the clouds turned out too calm for such an atmosphere, but I didn't want them to compete with the electricity for the gloomy weather. But there's something about it – even a calm sky can suddenly transform and erupt in thunder
#shaders #indiedev #retro #nostalgia #pixelart #algorithmicart #wallpaper #nature #elemental #elements
Lunar Witch
A dark, glittering sea will be the first candidate for a standard shader for the Emerald Ferns background. The enchanting lapis lazuli waves perfectly match the way I imagine Finlea. My vision of how the game will look is slowly coming together after this shader detour. In the meantime - opals charged with moonlight mysterious sparkling stars, and a glowing, soul fluid, filled with arcane power
#shaders #witchcraft #indiedev #aesthetic #wallpaper #retro #nostalgia #lunarwitch
Sparkling Facets
The new collection is a reliquary of precious stones. Some of these shaders convey more of a hint and feel of the corresponding gem. But the ruby and sapphire seem to have turned out quite realistically I couldn't stop thinking about Minecraft while making amethyst and obsidian
#retro #shaders #pixelart #indiedev #gemstone #gemstones #wallpaper #aesthetic
The account has a new look - now it reflects not just one project, but its author
This decision was made because Emerald Ferns isn't the only project this profile will be dedicated to. Very soon, we'll be reporting on one of these little detours that occurred on the way to the main game's development!
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it's already standardized on macOS tahoe
the outer window radius (c) is calculated from the window controls radius (a) and controls' distance from the edge of the window (b)
every app that has different controls padding will have different window corner radius, by design
Take a closer look at our core mechanic, which breathes new life into classic text-based RPGs by recognizing the player's intent instead of matching exact words - and no, it's not an LLM-based solution 🔮
#textrpg#gamedesign#indiedev#indiegame
In this video essay, I break down the two core problems with dialogue systems in modern RPGs - and propose a solution inspired by old-school text adventures, D&D, and intent recognition
My husband and I are building a text-based RPG called Emerald Ferns that puts this idea into practice 🌿
https://t.co/IAh8XEt0hJ
#RPG #gamedesign #indiegame #textRPG #gamedev #videogameessay #EmeraldFerns
In Emerald Ferns you can receive all kinds of statuses that affect Finlea's ability to explore the forest, both positive and negative 🍀
They can reveal or block certain actions, change their success chances, price, and execution time, deal damage or heal HP over time, and so on ⚗️
The temporary nature of statuses is one of the ways to make the player think not only about WHAT they want to do, but also WHEN ⏳
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