Not sure if it's me but #Twitter may be having trouble. Again.

Couldn't reply, now I can't post a standalone tweet.

Awesome 😉

Now, while this dispute is going on, my employers have advertised a position is the equivalent to what I'm already doing, but with more contracted hours. Hours that I've been asked to cover, which I think is proof that I'm considered qualified for the post already...

Haven't written any proper post yet but #Unity3D has backed down from most of the important points in their previously communicated position: https://blog.unity.com/news/open-letter-on-runtime-fee

So I'm likely going to stick with them for the duration of this project, and then reconsider my options.
#GameDev #IndieDev

Right. So. Update.

Work messed up my pay and they've been pretty sh*t at addressing their mistake. Sorry, can't give details on this because I have live ops going on regarding this;)

What I can say is that I have crafted what I consider a pretty genius reply to their latest email around why they haven't paid me what I was supposed to be paid.

Honestly, it's like, slightly snarky but with a veneer of plausible deniability that invites a legally culpable response.

Not quite sure how this snuck by me, but there was an #EvilDead movie released in 2013 that I knew nothing about..
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/evil_dead_2013

Wrote a bit about the #Unity3D thing with regards to my own game project. TL:DR I'm putting it on hold for now
#GameDev #IndieDev

https://medoingnerdstuff.blogspot.com/2023/09/pausing-development-unity-debacle.html

Guess what?

They f***ed up my pay!

I mean, genuine mistake by my manager and, fair play, she's owned up to it and gotten in to the payroll dept, but damn, couldn't have happened at a worse time! Honestly having one of those "if you don't laugh, you'll cry" moments..

Had a really rubbish month due to job changes and pay periods falling in THE worst way possible, but it's almost over - tomorrow is payday! I'm gonna treat the shit outta myself

The #Unity3D clusterfuck rumbles on..

I don't fancy working on my current Unity game until it's resolved so I'll probably be spending a large part of the day looking at alternative game engines, mainly the open source ones. Currently top of my list to check out is Godot.
https://godotengine.org/

#GameDev #IndieDev

#Unity3d seem to have pissed off EVERYBODY with their new fee structure. Which is understandable, it's bloody stupid (imagine using 'installs' as a metric to evaluate how much a dev pays...).

Amazing that someone gave the go-ahead for this, while also apparently ignoring the PR dept - the idea is terrible, but also the communication around it has been spectacularly bad..

Well, this explains a lot about his platform..
#Twitter

Started working on another of the enemies, the Drone. The biggest problem is, there are hardly any reference images available and, of those that are available, they're incredibly low resolution screenshots. Trying to work out the details for a model is a nightmare, but I think I'm close-ish atm.
#Blender #Unity3D #GameDev #IndieDev

Watched They Cloned Tyrone. Can recommend. Works on a whole bunch of levels.

Took a bunch of screenshots for #screenshotsaturday over on the hellsite so, not being one to waste effort, I'm going to post them here too ;P

#Unity3D #GameDev #IndieDev

And here's the proof!

Looks kinda pants atm but it's functional. Prettification can happen later.

Same goes for the minimap.

#Unity3D #GameDev
https://youtu.be/qS605kkYhiI

Okay, it's taken nearly half a century, but I feel like I'm starting to get my shit together to some extent

Just made a quick'n'dirty altimeter for my game using a #unity3d UI slider. Don't think they're meant to be used like that but screw it, it works 🙂