CodeBandicoot

Indie dev building something new 🦊
Exploring AI + game development
Sharing the journey

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Here’s a bit of my hand-painting process in Blender.
I’m not an expert, so any advice is very welcome!!!
I usually start from black and paint while thinking about where the light comes from

#GameDev #3D #Blender #IndieDev #Texturing #speedpaint

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Had a creative block, that’s why I haven’t posted.
Thought I had nothing worth sharing… not true
Been exploring the game idea and making rough sketches. Ugly, but very valuable for me and the process

#GameDev #IndieDev #AIArt #3D #thinking

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

@rasiail991 Not in this project for sure 😭

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Found something interesting 👀
#PicoBerry meshes had more vertices but fewer faces than #Meshy
Turns out it splits the mesh into parts (not perfect cuts), that’s why

Pretty useful for game dev

PD: UVs are chaos :3

#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #Unity

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

@rasiail991 Thanks! Nothing too crazy, I'm just trying a different approach where I paint details directly on the model first, then soften and blend them into the overall look.
The goal is to make it read well from a distance, with details being more secondary

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

I usually go from general to detail, but this time I tried a different approach.
I started with the details and will blend them into broader changes later.
Wish me luck 😅
#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #Blender

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Not a big update today.
I’ve been exploring ways to improve the textures and see if they fit my art style.

Starting to wonder if I really know my direction… or if I should go back to planning

#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #Texturing #Blender

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

@mflscout Hi! The website is this: https://t.co/9itXvH5bmF
I’m not sure if they offer subscriptions. I have an account because I previously bought UModeler on the Unity Asset Store

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Tried #PicoBerry today 👀
For a beta tool and my first low poly attempt, this is pretty impressive.
Topology is better than most tools I’ve tried
#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #LowPoly

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

#PicoBerry is by far the most accurate so far (based on the references).
Great textures, solid mesh. I’ll check the UVs next, but I like that some parts come already separated.
Very nice work @UModeler 👏

#Unity3D #Unity #GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Fixing the textures now.
UVs aren’t great except for baking, but for simple hand-painted work, it should be fine
#GameDev #AIArt #3D #Blender #IndieDev

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

I’m continuing with the retopology of a character generated with #Meshy.

At this point, I’m not even sure if I’m saving time with AI… or just spending it fixing things 😅

Maybe I just need to improve my workflow somehow

#GameDev #AIArt #3D #Blender #IndieDev #Retopology

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

There are still some topology issues, like you can see here…
Looks like I’ve got a lot of work ahead 😅
#GameDev #AIArt #3D #Blender #IndieDev #Topology

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

#Meshy also has an animation system… not great, to be honest.
I’d still prefer doing animations by hand, but it might be useful for references.
I’ll test it later once I fix the weights so I can compare results

#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #Animation

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Still experimenting with my workflow.

Tried #Meshy for retopo… not great.
Then tested #Hi3D, is better, but still not quite there.
Re-applied textures with #Meshy and now jumping into Blender for manual fixes.

Wish me luck 😅

#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #Retopology

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

I think topology is one of the biggest challenges here.
The mesh can look good at first, but the topology is usually a mess… even after remeshing
Any suggestions? I’ll keep experimenting 🤔

#GameDev #AIArt #3D #IndieDev #Meshy

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Been playing with AI for 3D…
some generations are straight up garbage, others are surprisingly decent 😅
You really have to iterate to get something that matches what you have in mind.

Not gonna lie, this is fun

#GameDev #AIArt #IndieDev #3D

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

I ended up fixing it in Photoshop

Honestly, I could’ve done that way earlier and saved a lot of time, but I wanted to push AI and see its limits.
Turns out you still need technical skills or you get stuck pretty fast.
interesting 👀
#GameDev #AIArt #IndieDev #3D #GenerativeAI

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

Still iterating on my AI game dev workflow.
I'm building characters piece by piece (body, clothes, head...), but running into a scaling issue, even when I specify proportions, it just ignores them.
Kinda frustrating tbh 😅
#GameDev #AIArt #IndieDev #3D #GamedevWorkflow

[CodeBandicoot @codeBandicoot]

I drew this character a while ago, so I tried to recreate it using the same visual style 🦊

It’s not as simple as drag & drop, I had to rebuild each piece one by one and use them as references for the final version

Pretty fun process to be honest😊

#gamedev #indiedev #AI