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Marathon Lighting Lead @bungie , created Sunday Rivals & Mini Hockey Champ! working on Storm the Court

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Ryan Kamins
5 months
Appreciate everyone checking out Storm the Court yesterday, can't wait to show more! Give it a wishlist on Steam and help spread the word!
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@TylerGlaiel playing with the big boys now
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Rebuilt and simplified my racing project from last year. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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pretty happy with how this is turning out, so one more for a very late #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
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Go fast to build boost, boost to go fast... it's a vicious cycle! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #Ultrawide
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progress on my F-Zero racer, added jumps plus camera/art tweaks has it feeling a bit faster than before! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
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Worked on more pronounced weight shifting and added some first pass scrape fx during cornering this week in Ultrawide. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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hey, you can play #Ultrawide right now! Thanks to everyone who's tried it out so far, appreciate the feedback and always looking for more. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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5 years
Working on visual improvements to Max Attack, including sky blended fog, color grading, and a full 3D hud #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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Early look at a new city track in Max Attack. Excuse the shoddy driving, it's new for me too! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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5 years
I made a little football prototype over winter break called Rivals that you can download and play right now! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #football
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testing a more zoomed in camera + some instant replay angles for Storm the Court #screenshotsaturday
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Ryan Kamins
6 years
Spent the last couple of weeks building out a modular track editor for my F-Zero inspired racer, pretty excited to show it off for #screenshotsaturday
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4 years
A little more juice in Rivals these days with better dive animations and camera shake #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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7 years
Volleyball prototype, changed things up and decided to code the AI first. They can almost play a complete game by themselves! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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6 months
got AI vs AI working and realized I made a completely accurate, modern NBA sim!
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6 years
Mashed up old and new prototypes to create procedurally generated Afterburner! #screenshotsaturday #procjam #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
3 years
Folks have asked about field degradation during the game. Here's how the field looks in the first and last snap through a rain storm. Game started in the late afternoon and ended at night.
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Ryan Kamins
1 year
I made a free, retro baseball game in 46 days. You need to play it! RT's appreciated, now go hit some dingers!
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
Can't start The Big Game without a big ol coin toss! I've been dreaming of making a gratuitous, over the top coin toss like this since the earliest days of @sundayrivals ! #gamedev #indiegame #madewithunity
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Ryan Kamins
6 years
Smoothed out the transition between elevation changes for my #procjam entry, now working on different enemy attack patterns #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
9 months
Trying out cloth physics for the net, feels like a good start! #gamedev #indiegame
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Ryan Kamins
3 months
working on direct passes + give and go's where you can maintain control of the cutter to get the shot you want
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6 years
A little F-Zero style racer I started this week. Doesn't feel fast enough yet, but at least collisions feel good #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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9 years
A productive holiday weekend of #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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2 years
Adding a sideline reporter to @sundayrivals who conducts a fun little Player of the Game interview after the game now! You never know how these guys might respond... #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #football
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Ryan Kamins
3 months
@lastplace1414 @TylerGlaiel I'm 6'1 and it's always fun to see the 'little' guys on the floor are the same size as me.
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Ryan Kamins
9 months
Gotta put in the work, Kobe used to make 1000 shots a day
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Ryan Kamins
1 year
I miss old school #baseball games like RBI, Ken Griffey Jr, and Tony La Russa Baseball, so I started making one! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #unity3d #retrogaming
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Ryan Kamins
3 years
Dynamic time of day in @sundayrivals . Start a game in the morning, finish in the early afternoon. See the sun set at halftime, play the 4th quarter under the stars. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #football
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Ryan Kamins
5 years
Here's a longer clip of the new sound fx in Max Attack! If you missed it, I put up a devlog on how they were made here: #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
4 years
New camera angle in Rivals does a good job showing off some changes I made to tackling, allowing for more contextual hits and animations. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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Ryan Kamins
4 years
Here's what the GPU instanced crowd looks like in motion, which will ship with the next update. Really happy with how much this adds to Sunday Rivals :) #sundayrivals #madewithunity
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4 years
Got all 32 teams and uniforms into the game this week, just need to do a pass on names and player ratings to make things more interesting! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #sundayrivals
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3 months
rough dunk animation in the game now, I want them to feel heavy so I added some backboard sway after you throw it down!
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Ryan Kamins
5 months
🏀Basketball announcement tomorrow! 🏀 Steam requires screenshots to make a page and we're in the 'how it started' phase. Trust the process!
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4 years
Happy to show off some of the visual improvements to Rivals I've made in the last 2 weeks. Hoping these guys get to play inside of packed stadiums one day too... #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #football
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Ryan Kamins
3 months
added a basic photo mode to Storm the Court today, will be fun to build this out as the game progresses
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Ryan Kamins
9 months
Progress on dribbling and finishing with either hand, crossovers, and a first stab at how dunks might work
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5 years
Putting the finishing touches on the Wreckless, excited to show it in action soon! #MaxAttack #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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8 years
I'm making a hockey game #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
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3 years
New grass shader for Sunday Rivals, looks & lights better plus allows me to layer in rain, mud, and eventually snow. #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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4 years
Using animation layers to blend poses, players can now easily make high, low, and over the shoulder catches in Rivals! #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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7 years
Mini Hockey Champ! is out now on Steam: Deke, check, and fight your way to win the cup!
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5 years
Track selection screen now with hypnotic, looping previews. #MaxAttack #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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6 years
Improved camera, added jumps, but more importantly you can now play the prototype version of #Ultrawide : #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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Ryan Kamins
4 months
More updates to the gym and sidelines plus a nice lobby space with an empty trophy case. It's your job to fill it up tho, not mine. 🏆 Wishlist Storm the Court
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
Adding more customization options for the next update to Sunday Rivals including new heads, facial hair, and finger tape! #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
1 year
Hey yall, I'm going to release my baseball prototype on Monday so keep an eye out for that tweet and link in case it gets buried in FYP-hell! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame
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5 years
Put together a system for leaving permanent scrape marks on the track with meshes created at runtime. Added benefit of showing you what your racing lines looked like, good or bad. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #MaxAttack
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3 years
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6 years
My #procjam entry 'Rough Riders' is available to download and play now! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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4 years
Back to work last night, added the ability to preview play routes before the snap! #gamedev #indiedev #football #sundayrivals
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2 months
nothing more exciting than debug spheres and rays to show off some avoidance improvements I made to keep the AI from getting stuck on each other!
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4 years
Accidentally turned on nextgen mode in Sunday Rivals and now the game is unparalleled in realism.
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5 years
Working on a new feature for Ultrawide and man, particle FX quickly turn into an arms race, don't they? Hoping to show this off later in the week... #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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3 years
Messed up a shader connection and accidentally created Mini Hockey Football Champ! 🧊🏈🤔
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5 years
New name, same game: MAX ATTACK #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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6 months
You can toggle between them, but do you prefer a follow or broadcast style camera for gameplay?
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4 months
Got tired of playing basketball in a void so I started building out a D2/3 style small gym to hoop in Wishlist Storm the Court
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6 months
trying out some 5 on 5, blue needs to D up tho
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5 years
Some Max Attack progress from the last 2 weeks, including an updated look for the Defiant and customizable paint & engine fx colors! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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5 years
Added some inner workings to the vehicles in Ultrawide, including lift pads that angle to keep a flat surface during turns. Also, a sneak peek at a new class of car... any guesses on how it will drive? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
8 years
In case you missed it, Mini Hockey Champ! is on Steam Greenlight, help spread the word: #gamedev #indiedev #hockey
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1 year
Making some detail improvements to the rink, plus a pass on materials, lighting, and atmosphere. Feels like an upgrade!
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2 years
Added manual goalie controls so you can become the ultimate Ron Hextall / Robb Stauber hybrid! #gamedev #indiegame #madewithunity #hockey
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2 years
Improved the football model & shader for the next @sundayrivals update. Old one was starting to feel a bit rough compared to everything else in game :D
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4 years
Messing around with GPU instancing the crowd in Sunday Rivals, which is new tech for me. ~1000 of these 74 poly guys in the lower bowl alone, but the perf is ok. Animation will be a different story :)
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
Adding crucial features to the game tonight
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Ryan Kamins
9 years
I wrote a bit about a proc gen terrain system I'm working on here http://t.co/vSYFqDg3Fa #screenshotsaturday #gamedev http://t.co/fH64UxCcSJ
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7 years
Here's a little Afterburner 2/Sega-like prototype I put together over the holiday break. Controls are a bit touchy and it's only a single ground tile right now, but I think it's a good start! #gamedev #indiedev #sega
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3 years
Adding more motion to the @sundayrivals stadium with these super simple, vertex animated flags #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly #screenshotsaturday
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Ryan Kamins
6 months
building a new player model to prototype with, crazy how easy blender makes getting a starting rig up and running
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5 years
Quick render of the 'Wreckless', detailed out the front end to full rally inspiration. Wait till you see her drive! #Ultrawide #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
Working on proportions for the new player model, then a simple rig testing for topology issues. Once that feels good, I'll start making a plan for customizable uniforms. #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly #hockey
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6 years
Inspired by #procjam , boating through infinite procedurally generated islands. Might move the water animation to a shader instead of the cpu. #ScreenshotSaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
11 months
🧊Mini Hockey Champ! Re-Master Update is available now! 🏒 Rebalanced gameplay, improved presentation, one-timers, goalie assists, custom rosters... it's a big one! 25% off this week:
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Ryan Kamins
5 years
Added a free camera to Max Attack, perfect for #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
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1 year
The upcoming Mini Hockey Champ! update will add custom rosters via CSV files, editable outside the game. Can't wait to see what yall create! #screenshotsaturday
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Ryan Kamins
9 years
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Ryan Kamins
6 years
Some gameplay of a twin stick shooter prototype I worked on this week. Pushable mines, splash damage, timed lasers, smartbombs, and a little boss fight. Maybe art someday? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
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Ryan Kamins
4 years
New uniform editor works with the updated shader now. Not a fan of this particular color combo, but the game's not called Rivals for nothing :D #gamedev #indiedev
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Ryan Kamins
8 years
spent some time improving the player model for my hockey game #screenshotsaturday #gamedev
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
It would be a lot cooler if you played the #SuperBowl in the snow
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Ryan Kamins
1 year
New moves coming to Mini Hockey Champ! including one-timers, glove saves, and goalie passes! #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #hockey
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4 years
Put together some familiar Rivals' uniforms with the in-game editor last night. Who should I add next? #gamedev #indiedev #football
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Ryan Kamins
9 years
A bit of process on making a procedurally generated city: #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
Been waiting a long time to say this!
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Sunday Rivals
2 years
🏈 LAUNCH DATE!!! 🏈 Sunday Rivals leaves Early Access and launches May 16th for only $20 on Steam! Easy to pickup, hard hitting, fully customizable arcade football is back! Like, RT, and help me spread the word!
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Ryan Kamins
2 years
When a bug suddenly becomes a feature
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2 years
This week, I built a beach volleyball game prototype! Full devlog here: #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #madewithunity #volleyball
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Ryan Kamins
9 years
Part 2 of making a procedurally generated city: #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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2 years
Added blocking, diving, an updated camera, and player controls to my #beachvolleyball prototype! Hoping to get this playable soon! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #lowpoly #volleyballworld
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Ryan Kamins
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Building a practice mode that lets you work on offense and defense both 5-on-5 or 1-on-1, plus a solo shootaround option if you want to practice shooting from the logo
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2 years
Download and play my Beach Volleyball prototype now over on @itchio #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #beachvolleyball #lowpoly
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