A very nice tip from a friend was to store my game data in a google sheet, and then use some code to download and integrate it automatically:
Using Godot, it's quite easy, with curl through HTTPRequest to Google Sheet API 👍

➡️ https://github.com/tokikostudio/godot-useful-script/blob/main/remote_sync.gd

⚠️ When instantiating packed scene, editing and repacking the node, use `PackedScene.GEN_EDIT_STATE_INSTANCE` to prevent "flattening" node references.

I had a lot of diff in my source control without 😅

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Facial animation with drivers in Blender! Same technique as https://web.archive.org/web/20240616021616/benjones.us/twilight-princess-eyes-breakdown/

The "control panel" is just custom bone shapes.

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Happy #screenshotsaturday ! I love pixel art but it takes me a long time to make, so I often look for ways to mass produce pixel art with minimal hand editing.

Here is a technique I used in my most recent prototype, a SNES style brick breaker called ooOoo.

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Old unfinished art never dies, it just gets scrapped for parts.

In this case, I needed a blueish cave background for a game jam, so I reached into my old art and extracted the background from this painting. Duplicate it twice, adjust brightness/saturation, mirror the middle layer to hide the repetition, and there, instant background. ✨

Like this background? Download it here: https://opengameart.org/content/abstract-crystal-cave-background (1024x512, CC0)

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(1/2) Let's say you're working on a top-down 3D game with functional windows. And you want to keep out-of-bounds areas black but still have functional windows with a skybox.

Do you:

A) Add opaque black geometry that extends out from the top of every wall
B) Render your scene in two passes (skybox, then geometry); then chroma key the inside of windows.
C) Something something shaders

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Testing our Low Poly Nature #AssetPack across multiple Unity versions is quite the task! 🌲

🔍 Pro tip: Always use an SSD when opening numerous projects—it's a game-changer.

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