Julian Pearson Rickenbach

Photo of the game developer’s concert at GDC, there’s an orchestra playing and “Doom 2016” on the screen. Red lights shining into the room.

Second day of #gdc2026 ended with a banger.

because you’re not an evolutionary failure, this fucked up world we live in makes you feel that way. Trust me I get it. The modern world is not conducive to certain people’s minds. Life is an uncomfortable struggle. But it won’t always be so bad.

rotating a 3D model > drawing the rotation by hand

#Godot #indiegame #gamedev #ProjectHelo

Yesterday I glued together this diegetic main menu interface for my game. It's kinda gimmicky but I really like it. #godotengine #indiegamedev #zombies

how much do you show in a pitch deck when your game is still pre-alpha? trying to figure out the balance between "here's the vision" and "here's what exists." if you've successfully pitched at this stage, I'd love to pick your brain.

#indiegames #gamedev #godot

A 3D game scene of a small town street intersection at twilight.

Been working more on a new direction for this night scene I've working on. I'm going in a new direction for Zombulacrum with a specific demo in mind. It's been fun! #godotengine #indiegamedev

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A screenshot of a 3D scene in the godot game engine. There's some green hills in the background with a few buildings in the foreground. The sky looks to be at sunset.

Today I got some real world topographical data into #godotengine using the #terrain3d plugin. Really it's just as a visual backdrop, but is used for the ground plane as well.

I slapped some purchased assets into the scene and called it a day. Nothin' too fancy but progress is progress.

Made a splash screen today in #godotengine. It's a minor thing but somehow this makes the project feel a lot more real.

I also had to add skipping for each logo just to satisfy my impatient brain.

Yeah and he whispers little code snippets in my ear.

A godot robot plushie sitting on my desk.

My new lil desk buddy #godot #plushie

Thank you bro

Just went to my last class of my undergrad ever at UC Berkeley. It’s surreal. I remember how my first semester at community college felt. I learned so much in these 6.33 years, it’s insane. #goosebumps #graduation

the end is nigh

Yooo they some real ones

hell yeah 🚁

a screenshot depicting two games being played simultaneously

got #helo running with steam

#screenshotsaturday #indiegames #gamedev

Starting the day right with a cuppa mud and reading the #GodotSteam and #Steamworks documentation.

#gamdev #indiedev

green text made to look military-esque. it is code output from Godot

Pre-flight systems check... complete. All lights are green. #ProjectHelo multiplayer is spooling up. Standby for launch, pilots.

#gamedev #indiegames #godot

Let’s gooooo #ProjectHelo is gonna be a blast #SlowJam

about to be back on my gamedev grind.

got a really cool project that I started with @julian-pr.bsky.social that I’m super pumped about

will be showing the process on here #ProjectHelo

#gamedev #indiegames

ha, it does look like a view through a microscope

perfect temp

A photo taken through a binocular scope some birds on a cliff.

looking forward to watching it :)

I feel like it depends what effect you want to create. Like what kind of game is this for?

First I've heard of it! Looks like a very nice tool. I used Vital to make some of the sounds which is fun but time consuming. JSFXR looks like it would be much quicker to iterate with.

Burnt some midnight oil to get some sound effects in the game. Might just be placeholders but it helps to feel out what I'm going for. And also just cuz it's cool. (I know I gotta turn the zombie noises down) #indiedev #godot #gamedev #sfx

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keep it up!

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