Lucas Pope

@dukope
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Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, Six Degrees of Sabotage, The Sea Has No Claim, Unsolicited.
Websitehttps://dukope.com

* SPOILERS FOR OBRA DINN *

https://youtu.be/jKhZ8plImLY

Check out this amazing pencil-drawn animation for Obra Dinn by Nora McIntyre (https://bsky.app/profile/noradora.bsky.social). Recaps the game brilliantly in 3rd person. Beautifully done, thank you Nora!

* SPOILERS FOR OBRA DINN *

Animation - Return of the Obra Dinn

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(Off topic) I didn’t write “Gosling Drives” and I have no idea who did. Why is it listed on my Spotify artist page you ask? Great question. If anyone knows what kind of scam this is, or why Spotify won’t fix it after multiple requests, I’m all ears.

I built a custom set of tools to record my 3D edits during the development of Obra Dinn, and even more junk to generate the output timelapse video. This same data (minus the character stuff) was used to create a more stylized and less chatty "schematic timelapse" video back in 2020:

https://youtu.be/qZFoBvJf8Ug

Return of the Obra Dinn - Schematic Timelapse

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"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.

For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:

https://youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s

It's over 2.5 hours long so expect to get real damn sick of my voice.

Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse

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Some fresh ideas for your next chair-sit.
Report: Your Roommate Who Played "Return of the Obra Dinn" Also Really Enjoys Filing Taxes

PHILADELPHIA — A new report has found that your roommate, who recently played and thoroughly enjoyed the indie puzzle game “Return of the Obra Dinn,”…

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New dithering method dropped

I call it Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering and I've released it as open source along with this explainer video of how it works.

Explainer video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPqGaIMVuLs

Source repository:
https://github.com/runevision/Dither3D

#gamedev #vfx

Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained

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Made some small fixes to Moida Mansion and added a Japanese translation of the manual. 日本語の取扱説明書ができました。
https://dukope.itch.io/moida-mansion
Moida Mansion by dukope

The Adventure Club's #1 rule: STAY OUT OF MOIDA MANSION

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The Adventure Club's #1 rule:

STAY OUT OF
MOIDA MANSION

https://dukope.itch.io/moida-mansion

Moida Mansion by dukope

The Adventure Club's #1 rule: STAY OUT OF MOIDA MANSION

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PSA: The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant application deadline is this Monday at 23:59 PST.

The team and I may not be available over the weekend to answer any last minute questions, so please check out the FAQ and if there's any doubt - apply anyway!

https://grants.draknek.org/

Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant

The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.