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Back to Work

TLDR: I'm closing Patreon and going back to work as a software developer.

When I quit my job two years ago I wasn't really planning on turning YouTube into my new job. I subm...

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Pausing Billing for June

Hi everyone!

I'm sorry for the lack of videos and livestreams this month. Due to some private matters, I had to take a month off, so I didn't really make any progress on any of my projects. <...

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Reimagining Astortion | Devlog 0

Hi everyone,

The new devlog is out!
It's meant to serve as a re-introduction to Astortion. I present my current vision for the game and describe how it changed compared to the Unity days.<...

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Astortion Playtest

Hi everyone!

The first Astortion playtest is finally ready, and I can't wait for you to play it! As with Solomon's Link, I'll start with the Compute tier and then expand the playtest to other...

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Astortion Update

Hi everyone!

I wanted to give you a quick update on Astortion.
I've been working on it for a little over a month now and things are going well. I'm a bit behind the schedule but we should ...

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Could This Asset Be Code?

Hi everyone!

The new video is now out.
It's a culmination of months of work on Motion Canvas featuring brand-new shaders and a revamped code animation system that will be released in the n...

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Sneak Peek: Assets And Code

Hi everyone!

Here are a few shots from the next video "Could This Asset Be Code?". Finishing the script turned out to be more difficult than I expected. I ended up rewriting the whol...

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One Year of Motion Canvas

Hi everyone!

Here's the Motion Canvas anniversary video scheduled for February 4th.
Hope you enjoy it!

Status update for the next video:
I originally planned to m...

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2024 - New Year New Me

Hi everyone, hope your new year is turning out great!

I want to continue the tradition of making new year posts.
...

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A Little Reset - Channel Update

Hi everyone!

Here's a quick channel update I mentioned in the previous video. It publicly announces the complete rewrite of Astortion in Bevy which you may remember from 2023-12-17 13:11:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Solomon's Link

Hi everyone!

The release video for Solomon's Link is up on YouTube!
It won't be public for a few more days, but I figured I share it with you sooner than usual.

In the video, I menti...

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The bitter-sweet fate of Foundations

Hi everyone!

It's been a while, so I figured I'd give you a quick update on Foundations:
It's not good.

Those of you who are helping with playtesting might ...

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Safekeeper Early Access [ENDED]

EDIT: Safekeeper is now publicly available on GitHub.

Hi everyone!

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Foundations Credits

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that the "Patron shout-out" perk applies to Foundations as well. Like with my videos, members of the Fragment and Co...

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My future with Unity

Unity has been doing rounds again after announcing its new pricing plans. I figured it's as good of a time as ever to talk about my future with Unity. Please keep in mind that regardless of the tim...

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Typewriter Early Access [ENDED]

EDIT: Typewriter is now publicly available on GitHub.

Hi everyone!

2023-07-31 20:58:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Foundations and Updates

Hi everyone!

Apologies for a bit of a longer break. I dedicated a significant portion of May towards Motion Canvas. We in...

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Rendering 2: Smooth Parallax

Hi everyone!

The new rendering devlog is here!

As you'll probably notice, it doesn't include a sponsored segment.
I recently enabled YouTube ads on the channel and the revenue they ...

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Sneak Peek: Smooth Parallax

Hi everyone!

The new video will be released next week. I was kinda hoping to finish it before the end of the month but I still need a few more days. So here are a few stills as a little sneak...

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Foundations

Hi everyone!

As promised, I'd like to talk to you some more about the Foundations project. What it is and - more specifically - why it is.

When I introduced Astortion ...

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Motion Canvas Postmortem & Updates

Hi everyone!

During the release of Motion Canvas, I said this silly line:

After the release, I want to relax a bit and focus again on game development - starting with the annou...

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The public release of Motion Canvas

Hi everyone!

As I've mentioned in the new year post, Motion Canvas is finally getting released!
Once this video goes live, the official repo will be made public and the packages will be r...

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2023 - New Year New Me

Hi everyone, hope the new year is going great for you!

Sometimes I feel like I'm not transparent enough with you. Often when I want to share a sneak peek of what I'm currently working on, a ...

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Rendering 1: Deferred Shading

Hi everyone!

As promised, the new video is here.
It marks the beginning of a new series focused purely on rendering and visuals.

I hope you enjoy it!

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Minor Delays

Hi everyone!

Sorry I haven't been active recently. I got absolutely absorbed by upgrading Astortion's Pixel Renderer that I p...

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Devlog 28: Season 2 Finale

Hi everyone!

The new Astortion Devlog is out!
This time we're taking a look at how new abilities are unlocked.
This devlog also marks the end of phase 2 of Astortion's development.
...

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Devlog 27: Schrödinger's Levels

Hi everyone!

Another Astortion Devlog is here.
We're taking a look at an extension of my Typewriter system called Cartographer. It can dynamically change the structure of the world based o...

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Going Full-Time - Channel Update

Hi everyone!

I'm happy to officially announce that I quit my job and will now work full-time on Astortion and my YouTube channel.

Thanks so much for your support!

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Making Devlogs with Code - Motion Canvas

Motion Canvas has been my secret project for some time now and I'm excited to finally talk about it: what it is, why it is, and how I use it to make animations for my devlogs.

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YouTube Memberships

Sorry for the spam, but I forgot to add it in the previous post:
With the release of the newest devlog, I'll be enabling YouTube Memberships on my channel. 

The perks and prices will ...

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