Steve Vermeulen

Game dev / programmer

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

I hate visual coding in unity shadergraph, but somehow it is still the lesser evil compared to direct HLSL. Maybe somebody should create a text based DSL for shadergraph that transpiles to its json form and save us all from this headache?
#unity #gamedev #shadergraph

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Some more testing of the online co-op mining mechanics
#gamedev #indiegame #horror

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

It's illogical to take a 'walking break' when on an airport conveyor belt if you wouldn't otherwise take walking breaks. It would be like moving from one end of a windowless train to the other, and only taking a walking break if somebody informs you that the train is moving.

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Joe Rogan really needs to rewatch the first spiderman movie and pay special attention to what happens to certain uncles with three character names when people with power don't act responsibly

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Trying to combine mining with online coop horror. We got a bit greedy this time and angered the locals 😬
#indiegame #horrorgame #gamedev #indiedev #horror #unity3d

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Announcing my debut indie game: HELL DRILL!

Explore deep underground caves with friends in online co-op, mine precious resources, and try not to wake any of the many lurking horrors

Wishlist Now: https://t.co/qoKSaLk03E
#indiegame #horror

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Prototyping a flare item. Still need to make these caves creepier somehow.
#ScreenshotSaturday #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

@brianrose Good idea, I'll try that!

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Some raw gameplay from the co-op horror game I'm working on
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #horrorgame

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

I spent over a decade working in the games industry, but never released a game of my own. That changes this year. Steam page launching next week!
#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Joined the @Acerola_t game jam this month and threw together this "Prince of Persia" inspired game: https://t.co/Sj6MKw4Rmw

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Had fun at the #globalgamejam2024 this week, resulting in this experimental little AI based game, where you alternate turns with a ghost to tell a bedtime story to your child https://t.co/fcmv00FHYR

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

If only Cuphead was released today, it could have just been the adventures of Mickey Mouse

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

I've always relied heavily on logging for debugging, and have only just started to appreciate how much better structured logging is, and then going beyond that, how much better tracing is. Logs are just more key-value-pair trace data. Only works with good analysis tools though

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Tested my #gamedev chops again by joining the 3 day #ludumdare54 game jam this weekend! Was a lot of fun. Play (and rate) our game here: https://t.co/ZksXZnYYB9

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

The Trio python library has ruined me for doing async programming in other languages. I might have to just port it to any other languages I use, starting with Lua here: https://t.co/xJFskfQFU5

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

@hao_dev_777 @AndrewCurran_ Yeah, cool to be sure, but it's kind of cheating by inventing shadows/light sources

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

Interesting how the concept of structured concurrency is so obvious once you hear it, and yet somehow the first library supporting this was only released 5 years ago (python Trio)

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

@allan_blomquist Any plans to license out this amazing tech for other studios?

[Steve Vermeulen @steve_verm]

My understanding of how we got where we are today with monorepo build systems:
https://t.co/d8FnNNloO0