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Mark Mayers

1 year

Traveling through portals which break time and space, and moving architecture between past and future using black holes! #madewithunity #gamedev #vfx

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

9 months

Unity

@unity

9 months

Today we announced a change to our business model which includes new additions to our subscription plans, and the introduction of a Runtime fee. We wanted to provide clarifying answers to the top questions most of you are asking. Yes, this is a price increase and it will only

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

2 years

Creating a portal shader which physically breaks a hole in time and space. Still a work in progress, here I'm playing around with material values, there are no animations yet. What do you think? #madewithunity #gamedev #shaders #vfx

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

2 years

🔼Portals which break time and space!🔼 Figured out I can create portals of different shapes by using a signed distance field of that shape in the shader. What do you think about triangular portals? #madewithunity #gamedev #vfx

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

This website has isometric views of all the Ocarina of Time dungeons. It's very useful as level design reference!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

Experimenting with new shaders for the black holes in Desolus, which swap architecture between alternate universes! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

As an experiment, I placed two dimension portals inside of each other. The result is interesting and super weird... #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Swapping the architecture between alternate dimensions in Desolus, it gets pretty crazy! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

While researching terrain systems, I came across this awesome procedural terrain and erosion simulation you can run in your browser!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Architecture is inverted between alternate dimensions, which leads to some interesting effects! #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

I rewrote the rendering system in Desolus to have volumetric lighting! What do you think? #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Spent about a week writing this Dx11 grass shader, which adds considerably to the scene. (Also performs wayyyy better than the Unity grass). #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

2 years

Progress with my 'hole in space' portal shader! I've added animations. I wanted space and time to look like a physical object which can be shattered to pieces. Still need to finalize the effect, but it's in the game! #madewithunity #gamedev #vfx

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Experimenting with my black hole shader! I was inspired to create a surreal scene where a black hole pulls architecture into the ocean. #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

If you have artificial movement in your Unity VR game DO NOT put that movement in FixedUpdate, it WILL cause motion sickness. #unitytips

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Shaders are black magic. Worked more on this inversion mechanic last night, and it's looking pretty cool so far! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

4 years

Creating and destroying architecture, with black holes! Recently, I polished up the shaders and VFX for this game mechanic in Desolus. #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

I've created a weather and storm system for Desolus! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Portals transition seamlessly when traveling between dimensions in Desolus! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

As an experiment, I placed three dimension portals inside of each other to see what happened. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Prototyping puzzles for a new mechanic which allows you to invert the game world. It's pretty weird! #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

I'm creating my own terrain system in Unity from scratch. I'm primarily inspired by a recent mountain hike, but also motivated to solve existing issues with default Unity terrain. Here's progress after two days of work! #madewithunity #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

11 months

Traveling through a tear in space and time, which leads to an upside down city! #madewithunity #gamedev #vfx

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Manipulating black holes to swap architecture between alternate universes, in Desolus! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Traveling between the inverted dimensions in Desolus. I recently added an aurora effect to the 'upside down' world! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

I fixed the rendering for the spherical portals! #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

4 years

Black holes moving architecture between parallel universes, in Desolus. Had an idea that black holes should be similar to a portal, to show you what's happening in the other universe.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

New Desolus DevLog: Walking between alternate dimensions. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

9 years

Experimenting with revisiting areas with changing world theme and topology. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Added a shimmer effect in Desolus to show when objects exist in the opposite dimension! #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Haha wow, if I apply the alternate dimension shader to this fractal it looks pretty insane. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

New portal shader for Desolus! I wanted to make it feel like you are ripping a hole through space and time. #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Took almost 3 months, but I'm close to perfecting the shaders for the dimension gates. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

2 years

In Desolus, black holes have gravitational waves which distort surroundings. This effect is created with a distortion pass, which draws a vector field in screen-space, used to alter the camera's UVs. What's striking is viewing the vectors as colors! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Screenshots of the Desolus build for GDC. Although I crunched to finish, this build is the closest I've come to realizing my vision for the game. The design of Desolus is starting to fall into place, and GDC gave me great catharsis. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

Moving architecture between universes with black holes! Recently added a distortion effect to show where objects exists in the 'other' universe. #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

THE FUNKY CATHEDRAL: What happened after I went a bit insane from debugging shaders.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

New Desolus DevLog: The finished demo, and excitement for PAX East! #gamedev #indiedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Experimenting with architecture which is vertically mirrored between dimensions. I like this prototype level in particular! #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

Found an interesting article on the proportions and geometry of Gothic architecture. Useful for art and level design reference. #gamedev #architecture

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

If you're interested in the more technical aspects of Desolus, I wrote a DevLog regarding how I vastly improved my terrain quality and workflow. #gamedev #unity3d

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Currently working on this aurora effect shader inspired by 'Zelda Twilight Princess' and it's pretty weird. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

Had an insane optimization to my workflow in Desolus. I ported my destruction simulation to @unity3d 's Jobs system. It's running through a combined total of 16.3 million vertices, and 32.7 thousand meshes, in FOUR SECONDS. This used to take TWENTY MINUTES. I'm ecstatic!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Support independent developers to help the games industry thrive and improve. We counterbalance our tiny budgets with creativity, innovation, and genuine love for games.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Started prototyping a new mechanic for Desolus, which rotates the orientation of dimensions! #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

Spent an incredibly long time designing this city, but I feel the work is starting to pay off? #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

4 years

The beginnings of a procedural mesh destruction tool I am creating in @unity3d . #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

My life is a bit insane right now, I haven't been on Twitter. -Leaving Boston and moving across the USA to Seattle -Quitting my contracting day job after 3 & 1/2 years -Pitching Desolus to publishers so I can focus on the game full time -Showing at two major events in September

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

A hologram in Desolus: You can move giant portals, allowing you to travel between universes! The hologram also updates in real time. Notice how the cathedral changes between universes! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Here's the fractal inversion shader I made tonight. It's still a prototype but I will likely use it for procedural animations. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

@romero This gif is also a good representation

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

The glass shader is probably written to the depth buffer and interferes with depth of field. Lol people think this was intentional.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

Working on an atmospheric scattering system in Desolus, which enhances the fog and skybox. When a storm in the game happens, the fog increases and scatters the silhouette of objects. #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

@punchesbears Making a glitch game which intentionally exists outside viable floating point precision bounds would be pretty rad.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

9 years

I'm liking how this day/night cycle is turning out to look. #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday http://t.co/XWhzj7EWzJ

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

4 years

Been ages since I've done a #screenshotsaturday ! Recently I've been working on city architecture and level design, in Desolus. #gamedev #madewithunity

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@DesolusDev

4 years

Progress on mesh destruction tool I'm making with @unity3d . Bunny goes for a wild ride. 🐇😢

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

First #screenshotsaturday in a while! Some new pictures of Desolus to share.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

Curious how I wrote a new terrain system for Unity from scratch, given only a single work-week of time? I created a super detailed DevLog post, documenting the entire implementation from start to finish. Read about it here! #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Worked on this cathedral-like structure all weekend, still a work in progress. It's the most ambitious structure I've attempted yet.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Give a man a video game, and he will play for a day. Teach a man to make video games, and he will never play in a lifetime.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

2 years

Experimenting with a mechanical Gothic door design. I imagined if the tracery of cathedral rose windows could function similar to gears.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Haven't done #screenshotsaturday in a while, so here's a new area of Desolus I've been working on!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Someone suggested I tilt the sunken cathedral to appear more destroyed, and wow that gives so much atmosphere to this area.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

It's histerical how companies see the success of Pokemon Go as 'Because of AR' rather than 'Because of Pokemon'

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Excited to show Desolus today at the Smithsonian!! Come by SAAM Arcade @smithsonian and say hi :)

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

And if you stare long into the abyss.... (Also, I have recursive portal rendering working.) #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Me: "Every frame, for each vertex in the mesh, leak a copy of the mesh." Unity: "lol sure thing buddy!"

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Desolus was nominated for Best Art, and also Best Music for #MAGFest ! Pretty awesome!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

Had this weird idea to combine Lichtenberg figures, flow map animations, and my alternate dimension shader. Turned out to be pretty spooky. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

If you're interested in an introduction to neural networks, I would highly recommend this undergraduate MIT lecture.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

Proud to say I've been working on the Switch port for the last several months! And it's announced now wooooo! Excited to bring this lovely game to Nintendo Switch.

Annapurna Interactive

@A_i

3 years

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE ::) OUTER WILDS is landing on Nintendo Switch this summer.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

THE RIGHT HAND HOLDS THE GUN THE LEFT HAND HOLDS THE ORANGE

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

4 years

⚠️Gravitational Anomaly Detected⚠️ Created this shader prototype yesterday, experimenting with fractured meshes and gravity. I think it's going to look neat with some more work. #gamedev #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Creating more levels rapidly with the 'prototype' objects instead of terrain, but it's still looking cool. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

Don't talk to me or my son ever again. #SteamDevDays

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Very excited to announce that Desolus will be shown at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of SAAM Arcade, on July 22nd!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

First attempt at creating a fractal based architectural style for Desolus. Still experimenting, but I think it suits the game well? #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

This is what happens when you put EIGHT dimension portals inside of each other, and then walk inside.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

@eigenbom @get_altText

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

All of the art assets are in prototype form, but here are the three worlds I've been working on over the past month. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Video games do not need: Health, Death, Enemies, Failure State, or Combat. Why does the industry adhere to these concepts? #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

4 years

Abandoned city moods #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

A prototype of a cathedral which I created over the last month. I've been working hard at increasing the architectural realism of Desolus, while also maintaining the game's stylized approach. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

5 years

Manifold Garden has been in development for 7 years! I have been working on the game in its final stages as a Unity developer to help the team ship. We release on Friday!

William Chyr

@WilliamChyr

5 years

After 7 years, I am excited to announce that Manifold Garden will launch this Friday, October 18th on @AppleArcade and the Epic Games Store.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

2017 was a good year for Desolus. What I'm most proud of in the last year, is that I worked on the game every single day. Hope everyone has a fantastic 2018!

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Ok: final shader update for the night. Went with my original idea of structures looking like stained glass, instead of stone. Shader still needs more work, but I'm getting somewhere.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

Recently I've been prototyping the central area of Desolus, which connects all of the different worlds in the game. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

6 years

New Desolus DevLog! Cool content I've been working on, and this shimmer effect which shows when objects exist in the alternate dimension. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

I have some more crazy fractals for you. This is a prototype version of a world transformation mechanic I'm working on for Desolus. #gamedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

3 years

I've been making substantial progress on Desolus over the last several months! Here's a new DevLog which discusses a few updates: #gamedev #madewithunity

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@DesolusDev

8 years

Currently revising some levels: I prototype with simple geometry to get perspective right first. #gamedev #indiedev

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

I want to make a good game. Really that's all I care about. I'm hoping Desolus will be something you personally enjoy and take meaning from.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

10 years

I spent the day making an interactive title screen for #Desolus . #gamedev #indiedev http://t.co/e7u4tyL2fC

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

7 years

Experimenting with a *third* dimension type, which contains.... nothing. Would be the place you go when portals are inactive. #gamedev

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@DesolusDev

6 years

A collapsed structure which is split in half between the two alternate dimensions. Probably one of my favorite areas so far! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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@DesolusDev

6 years

@AxiomVerge There’s a huge artificial separation between creative and technical fields. People believe their identity is either ‘artist’ or ‘scientist.’ In reality that separation doesn’t exist. Treating those skills as a cohesive whole makes solo dev an intuitive process, but few people do.

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Mark Mayers

@DesolusDev

8 years

I know it's not #screenshotsaturday anymore, but it took all weekend to create this level and I consider it worth showing off. #gamedev

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