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Coolest Cats Laboratory

@coolestcatslab.com

A small game studio run by a husband @willtogame.substack.com and wife @holylouna.bsky.social team and powered by AI.

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A surprisingly good result for this horse using #TRELLIS2 in #ComfyUI. The face is a bit off, but the overall proportions are mostly correct. Not quite on the level of Hunyuan, but still quite usable for a local workflow. Happily sending it to Blender for further refinement.

#gamedev

10.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are building a world. A big and complex one.
We use every tool available to bring it to life.
And we try to fill it with everything we love.
Even these wooden paintings I like to make in my spare time are part of the story.
You’ll see them in the game too.

#acrylicpainting #horseart #folkart

10.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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#gamedev #conceptart #horse

10.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#dragontuesday πŸ”₯🐲πŸ”₯

10.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday mornings are my favorite time for reading and writing. This morning, I spent a few hours organizing a large volume of notes I've accumulated over the years so that I may finally publish them. I'm not ready to publish anything today, so instead I'll share this quote. #longform #philosophy

08.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The result of a successful FLUX LoRA training for the goddess of our world @holylouna.bsky.social

#aigamedev #gamedev #flux #comfyui #conceptart #worldbuilding #characterdesign #originalcharacter #OC #indiegamedev #indiegame #indiedev

08.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are animals.

#OC #characterdesign #OriginalCharacter #FictionalCharacter #ModelOC #Worldbuilding #CharacterDevelopment #ArtificialCharacter #genart #stablediffusion #comfyui #technopaganism #neopaganism

07.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh. Thank you. I really appreciate it πŸ₯Ή

07.03.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The core principle of our environment art is atmosphere over decoration. A location must feel alive on its own, before the player ever sets foot in it.

#gamedev #aigamedev #ai #ArchitectureFriday

06.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#QP Girl and Horse

04.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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What is post-fantasy for us?

We love classic fantasy, but we’ve outgrown identical dragons, elves, and orcs in endless medieval settings.

We’re reimagining the genre by merging its roots with the modern world, post-apocalypse, and a touch of sci-fi.

A new world is coming.

#gamedev #dragontuesday

03.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#dragontuesday πŸ”₯🐲πŸ”₯

03.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are developing a diverse ecosystem of tamable animals, with each species designed to have its own unique abilities, gameplay roles, and distinct personality traits.

#aigamedev #aigame #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #conceptart

01.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Animals are a central part of our philosophy and artistic vision. I keep refining their designs, blending different shapes and textures to achieve unexpected, stunning results. It almost feels like real genetic selection, and I genuinely enjoy the process.

#gamedev #stablediffusion #aigamedev

27.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the main goals of our environment design is to convey a sense of anxiety and alienation, while still preserving a kind of haunting beauty. I hope we’re succeeding.

#aigamedev #aiart #gamedev #conceptart #aiassisted #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #visualdevelopment

25.02.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

😘

23.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on concepts for our landscapes

#aigamedev #aiart #gamedev #conceptart #aiassisted #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev #visualdevelopment

23.02.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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What is the Will to Power of a Neural Network? The question no one is asking

The question no one is asking:

#AIphilosophy #AIethics #Nietzsche

arthurleemason.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

14.02.2026 03:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Two #CoolestCats attended Teefa's Movie Night on #VRChat! 🎬 We definitely looked like we’d wandered in from another dimension, but what a blast!
Huge thanks to the friendly community for the warm welcome. More of this, please! ✨

#VRChatCommunity #VRChatEvents #Metaverse #SocialVR #VirtualWorld

14.02.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pressing a button and getting a beautiful image is easy.
Making it reflect your inner world is not.
That’s what I’ve been doing my whole life, long before AI.
I use AI as one of my tools, but not exclusively.
That’s why I feel like an outsider in both the traditional art and AI communities.

#art

01.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It made me reflect.
They call us lazy thieves, yet I work at least six hours a day, nearly every day.
Their output is a few paintings.
Mine is hundreds of artworks, videos, 3D pieces; a whole game world.
All created in my own original artistic style.

And yes, I make real paintings too
#art #Gamedev

11.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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But we were disappointed to discover that the service refuses to create a female body model, even if it's just a mannequin without intimate details. So we're still looking for something better.

Here is the concept:

11.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I created this simple character in Hunyuan3D using a single image of my own design in a couple of minutes. It also offers improved game-ready topology and simple textures. It's not perfect, but it's pretty close. It still requires a lot of work, but it saves a ton of time.

#gamedev #aigamedev

11.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It may not be perfect yet, but you can easily polish the rest manually.

20.01.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We live in fascinating times, friends. I can hardly believe I created a full 3D model in just a few clicks:

- Extract the bed from the concept and generate a high-detail version, using Gemini

- Feed the image into Hunyuan3D to generate the low and high-poly meshes, and textures
#gamedev #ai

20.01.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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An this one is so incredible sexy 😁

04.01.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The most interesting things happen by accident.
Just look at this cute little girl. Isn't she beautiful? πŸ˜‡

#aiart #stablediffusion #horror #darksurrealism #gamedev #aigenerated #aiartcommunity #characterdesign #creaturedesign #indiedev #aigamedev

04.01.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0