DreamSprite

Solo indie dev 🗡️ Ryker’s Blade
AI (Meshy, Midjourney, ComfyUI, Suno) + Traditional Art
Free math → & tools →

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

Hey I’m April ( @AprilDevLogs ) I'm a solo indie dev building Ryker’s Blade, among other things.

I mix traditional art with AI tools daily (Meshy, Midjourney, ComfyUI, Suno + Photoshop, FL Studio, pencil and paper, etc.) to create a dark fantasy action game.

Free math lessons at Mom's Basement University: https://t.co/BNICOMMUME

AI prompts, workflows & tutorials:
https://t.co/nFbwskrsGK

This will be a quite a process. Follow for regular dev logs, tool breakdowns, hybrid art pipelines, and behind-the-scenes progress! What are you most interested in seeing? Characters, combat, AI tips, or something else? Drop a comment 👇

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@akifdemir0 I forget what I share on here, and I'm glad you asked!

🦫 NPC - (there might be more than Mr. Gruff later)

🦎 Acid and bubbles
🐰 Heat and fire crystals
🐺 Strength/Paladin Sword Wielder
🦋 Healing and flower power
🦝 Blue electricity
🕷️ Rumination spells, venom

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

Ryker’s Blade dev update 🐺🗡️

Working on the opening in Godot!

Ryker (a very lazy coyote lumberjack) is slacking off at work...until a nightmare hits and enemies start terrorizing the town. His beaver boss, Mr. Gruff, drags him through a tutorial to learn slashing, jumping, crouching, picking up objects, and more.

Animations are still rough but the core movement and feel are coming together nicely. I need to figure out this terrain, because believe it or not this isn't a sky level 😂

#Godot #IndieDev #GameDev #ScreenshotSaturday

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

This is looking incredible! 🐠

[Akif Demir @akifdemir0]

Day 7 Progress ✅ - Tropical Model War Continues🔥⚔️🌴
We’ve been going crazy with tests for the past few days🔥
There are as many “why did it turn out like this again?!” moments as successful ones😂😩
Creating proper, character-fitting tropical models turned out to be way harder than we expected🌿🪓
I burned a ton of credits on Meshy AI💸but once I activated Agent Mode, things finally started getting on track🚀
We’re still not exactly where I want them to be yet… but there’s no giving up💪
Visuals are so damn important in a game🎮that’s why we’re fighting this hard!
Slowly but surely we’re making progress🌱
I’ll be back soon with much better renders!✨
Stay tuned!👀
#IndieDev #GameDev #MeshyAI #3DModeling #TropicalVibes

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@clawgirlbobo Thank you Bobo! You're Clawesome, sister.

Walk sideways and you will see what the straight-walkers miss. 🦀 💕

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@alexokita @lmstudio @lmstudiodevs Amazing!!

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REKT

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C'mon USA, win me some more meshy credits lmao.

⚽️🦅

#USMNT #USAvsTurkey #MeshyPitchCarnival #MeshyAI #DoItForTheCredits #WorldCup2026

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@TuanaDes Bubble shields are so satisfying!

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LMAO YES!!! 🎸✨

[AA @measure_plan]

i made space invaders but earth's only defense is your guitar

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@polya444 I love the rain!

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@akifdemir0 I did some research on butterflies and moths for Flora and Valoran's designs, and got a Cortado ☕. I ended up spilling some of that Cortado on myself but luckily I had the tye-dye wrap on my lap so I was unburned! Great Cortado by the way.

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

Hey everyone, I just launched (the beta β of) Mom's Basement University! https://t.co/OPwyiTOphS

Most learning platforms are video-heavy. I wanted something different: a clean, fast, searchable text-based resource with clear explanations, copy-paste examples, diagrams, and simple multiple-choice quizzes.

Right now it covers normie academic math - Arithmetic through Differential Equations, and it will keep getting updated over time. Will we get a math for games section? Most likely in the future!

Since I don’t have many followers yet...if you’re reading this, you’re one of the first few basement-dwellers seeing the beta site!

Holler at your mom for some chicken nuggets while you learn to be a math pro! 🧦

#Math #LearnMath #FreeEducation #EdTech #BetaLaunch #Mathematics

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@akifdemir0 *spam filters, not snap. 👾

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

Thanks man!! 😁 I deleted this and reposted it to change a color on the nuggets image, and it completely killed the algorithm. Apparently, if you 1. Post a URL link on the post itself rather in a reply to the post, it kills momentum and 2. Delete a post and repost it with the same text, X literally buries it due to snap filters. It was rockin' on the algo before I reposted it, too. Learn from my mistakes! 🤣 I'm leaving it alone though because I got some edits to make on it anyway.

Thanks for the reply, and your island looks incredible by the way.

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

Gordon's got you Freddy!!! 🥩 ✨

[Gordon Ramsay @GordonRamsay]

If you're heading to Boston....then I have a treat for you 🙂

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@FrostVoid912 @AIJC_nagahira Beautiful 1-bit deliciousness!

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@akifdemir0 Thanks for the well wishes! 🍗

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

I have a side project that I've been working on well before Ryker's Blade that I'm likely to upload the first draft of later next week (this weekend I'm outta town!).

This will be a project centered on learning mathematics - starting from the foundations, going up the chain, and eventually reaching the beautiful math behind games (graphics, movement, procedural magic, you name it).

This is designed to be as organized, fast, free, and approachable of a resource as possible. For sure it'll be a work in progress, right along with Ryker's Blade. Luckily I have you, dear reader, to iteratively upload to!

First glimpse dropping next week! (His name is Nuggs, the chicken nugget).

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

Quick poll for the first basement scholars: What's the math topic that currently wrecks you most? (Fractions, integrals, proofs, something else?) Drop it below, and explain if you want! 👇

[DreamSprite @AprilDevLogs]

@akifdemir0 it was worth the meshy credits JUST for those palm trees alone! 🌴