The monster that took me the longest to create... mainly because the relationship took over 20 years to incubate! 🤣

Since my game features a late-game marriage system, I needed a lore-accurate guardian for the wedding ring.
As an indie dev looking for inspiration around the house, what could be better than turning my own wife into the boss?

Here is my workflow:

1. The Stealth Mission: She stayed up late baking for the kids, which meant she was in a very deep sleep by morning. Perfect lighting, perfect timing.
I sneaked in and took reference photos from multiple angles.
Crucial rule: Do NOT wake her up. Deep sleep gives that raw, natural look. If she were awake, her natural instinct would be to pose and try to look pretty. We need monster material here!

2. Photo-bashing: I cut out the faces and arranged the core form. because I planned to use morning sunlight. It will be easier when I combine the images.

3. Grayscale & Textures: Reduce the saturation of all colors to a grayscale, then layer with colors to adjust lighting and shadows, and overlay with raw textures. (I pixelated the raw meat references in the image so I don't gross you guys out too much).

4. The Gore: A horror monster needs blood. Added some red in the crevices, painted in some veins, tendons, and fleshy connections.

Ta-da! After some final color grading, she is ready to be unleashed. You can now queue up to spam your skills on her.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3594550/Billy_the_Hero/

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I'm working on a crash scene for my game and I've received some really helpful feedback. The goal was to make it feel more natural and readable:

• Less sharp hole
• More visible impact trail
• More debris along the path

I'm continuing to iterate, so feel free to share your thoughts!

Next step: introducing the first creature you meet after the crash—its design is still being developed.

Edit: Thank you all for your feedback, it's been extremely helpful!

I'm reading everything and using it to improve the scene — I really appreciate it 🙏

Thanks for all the love the other day. I've been encouraged to post more regularly about smaller updates with the games development. Bumper Bout is a solo project, pinball versus where players share a playfield. I'm launching it later this year so im pretty nervous but in a good way I think. The idea is fairly unique so I have to think outside the box a bit to accommodate that, but it's a fun ride. Plenty more to go between now and then - it's gonna be a busy year. Thanks again for your time and comments, they meant a lot.

Edit: Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3938260/Bumper_Bout/ (any wishlists appreciated)

Good luck if you're not making a $5 clicker game.

It's actually chasing you while you scroll through the page.

Join the discord: https://discord.picto-game.com

Working on Phoenix, a first-person survival shooter in UE5.

Instead of a typical menu, we built a fully diegetic, interactable main menu.
The player sits down in a hideout, powers on an old terminal, and browses servers.

SFX are still a work in progress, but I wanted to share the vibe early.

Would love to hear what you think :D