Abby Welsh

Gamedev & graphics by day. Many things by the cover of darkness. she/her (pfp by @Tatodrudis)
@abbycat.bsky.social

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

Not quite ready to fully quit X, but probably gonna be more active on 🦋 if folks want to find me there :)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@Xena167 @iquilezles (I should clarify: the designs of each moth and stage are all Wolfie's! I encoded them as the bits in a few integers in the shader. The SDFs are used for the shape of each "pixel", along with the registration marks, anti-aliasing calculations, etc)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

Fun fact: the Marathon spinner is actually a hand-coded shader! It has to display before the engine loads any textures or videos, so it's entirely procedurally animated and rendered by a shader I wrote for it using SDFs, procedural noise, and a pile of math for the animation :)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@Xena167 I highly recommend The Book of Shaders to learn more about this type of math - their chapters on shape rendering (https://t.co/m0YrQDF6Qi) and noise (https://t.co/XMPRrpAFsM) are excellent.

I'm also personally inspired by @iquilezles's work in this area (https://t.co/Q1rXzVAjoj)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@MiMiZ_10 Replied here with some info on this type of thing :)
https://t.co/lDCRG7jZIa

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@Xena167 Sure! In simple terms, there's 3 parts:
- the shapes are drawn using 2D SDFs
- I blend a few colors for the "pixels" turning on and off
- for each "pixel", I use its position, the moth shape, the current time, and some noise to decide when to turn it on and off

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@aartvarkt Whoaaah I love these!

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

Most of the work I did at Bungie was behind the scenes on the engine, vfx tech, and artist/designer-facing tools, so it was awesome getting to put on my tech art hat and build something more visible :)
(fantastic concept + art direction by Wolfie Davis!)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

I'm figuring out what's next now. This industry is rough, but I still have a lot to do. If anyone needs an experienced graphics or gameplay engineer, I'm around. Been enjoying internal workflow work lots - making the lives of artists and designers better.

For now, a little rest.

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

And she showed me her bag,
"From Salvation's Edge!"
And I shared that I'd just been laid off
And she gave me a hug, and offered to buy me a drink
And told me about how much the game meant to her
How it's been there for her
How important that community was
(2/3)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

How many people get to do that in life?
To build something that means so much to so many people 
In spite of the money
In spite of all the struggles along the way
That, after it crumbles, a stranger cares enough 
To give me a hug
And tell me how much it mattered

(3/3)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

I know games are a business 
It's a brutal truth
Because they strain so badly to be something more
I was out in a bar, after fight practice 
The Tuesday after layoffs 
And someone recognized my shirt 
"Oh, have you been playing the new update?" She asked
Excited
(1/3)

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@GrapeJuiceIII EXCELLENT

Did I ever show you the time I did that in 4s as med?
https://t.co/2GT1ccMAZh

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

What if Ying and Yang made out sloppy style

[Rosa @ripnpepperonis]

my behavior at aerospace museums might indicate neurodivergence

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@ArcanePigeon Damn okay, you weren't kidding - this is awesome

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

This is one of my favorite character design bits 🔥🔥🔥 Something about being marked by something dark and sinister - energy just a little too strong for the mortal vessel 🖤

[Kit Kat ((commissions open)) @kittischmitti]

The darker fingertips blending into normal skin tone thing is way too cool of a design element to be forever associated with MCU Scarlet Witch

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

8 year old student: how can I light up this lightbulb with no battery? All I have is a zinc nail

The humble lemon pig:

[audrey @foldyrhands]

🪷🍋🧑‍🧑‍🧒🧧 you have been visited by lemon pig family🧧🧑‍🧑‍🧒🍋🪷

🫧 1 like 🟰 1 prosperous new year 🫧

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

If you’re a guy in your early 20s, buy a Froggy Chair.

Go into debt if you have to

This is not satire. You can get one for 1,440 Bells

Having a nice chair communicates status to women and business relationships

And if you buy it right it will hold its value if not appreciate

[Abby Welsh @DubThinkDev]

@PaweSasko Horns as a cyberware option would make me incredibly happy 😈