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😺 Made @LittleKittyGame 🗡🗡Created @DoubleDaggerStd If you want to find me, check out my linktree!

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3 years
Thank you, Wholesome Games for having us!! 😄😄😄 We are very proud of this teaser and I want to give a shout out to those who helped make it great! @philippawarr @chickysprout @__MicahB__ @xValociraptor @ELMattScott @DmawXXX @invaderroxas @TheHorseMangler
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3 years
Fittingly for #WholesomeSnack , our last game is a real treat! I haven't laughed this hard at a trailer since Untitled Goose Game 🤣 @LittleKittyGame put together a good one and I couldn't resist saving it for last. Thanks to all the devs who brought this showcase to life 💖
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@matttwood
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Nah, fuck this mentality. 👏Your game value is not solely defined by how long it takes to complete it. 👏
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Wanted to share this email that I got today and my response to it.
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Johnny Depp's lawyer's tie is missing its texture apparently.
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2 years
When you're coming home from a walkie and suddenly 🔊ON
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3 years
One of the most important aspects of design is consistency. Steam:
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1 year
good news
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1 year
Do you think in the Mortal Kombat code, they write all of the function and variable like: GetKamera() m_KameraKontroller KalculatePlayerKombo()
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Yes, you've played as a goose. But have you played as a smol kitty just trying to make it and survive in the big city? 😺🏙️ #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #screenshotcaturday
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3 years
Pro gamedev tip
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2 years
First version of a photo mode. (work in progress) Would you use this?? 📸 #gamedev #indiedev #LittleKittyBigCity
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@matttwood
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I fucking hate searching for some question I have about Unity, ended up on the Unity forums where someone else had the same question only to have a Unity employee literally reply to the thread with, "Google is your friend". Fuck you.
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@matttwood
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2 years
Reading a review for Overwatch 2 and....someone never played TF2.
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@matttwood
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3 years
Sometimes you just want to take the fun way down. 🐾 #LittleKittyBigCity #gamedev #cats
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@matttwood
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5 years
Today was my last Valve salad. I sincerely appreciate the opportunities given to me by Valve, especially the salad, but I've decided it's now time for me to make my own salads. I forgot to take pics on my last day, so here's one someone took of me eating my last salad. ♥️🥗
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@matttwood
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2 years
Did you know....Kitty likes to follow the cursor when you're in the menus?? (Cursor is wip) 🐾👀
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1 year
One of my favorite things in #BaldursGate3 is watching pigs go down ladders. 🤣
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@matttwood
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2 years
This is how we used to ship games. Literally. (me in red shirt)
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3 years
Been revisiting the cat navigation this week and working out some jank. Still some left, but it's much improved from before. #indiedev #gamedev
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oh wow. 😳 I'm glad this resonated with so many people. If you want to check out the game when it's released, do me a huge favor and wishlist it on Switch or Steam! Switch: Steam:
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Fixing more jumping/navigation bugs today and making improvements. I thought you all might like to see what I see as I test in game. 👀 #gamedev #indiedev #LittleKittyBigCity
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2 years
Perfectly normal cat. #gamedev #indiedev
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@matttwood
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2 years
I forgot TF2 had a twitter account. Even more surprising is that someone at Valve remembered the password for it.
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TF2 community, we hear you! We love this game and know you do, too. We see how large this issue has become and are working to improve things.
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3 years
Hey #PitchYaGame ! Do you like cats? 😻 Here are a few WIP clips from my game Little Kitty, Big City where play as a cat. Check it out! 🌟Wishlist: 🐦 @LittleKittyGame #gamedev #indiedev #cats #LittleKittyBigCity #wip
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Alright. I tell you what. My daughter has offered to cut my hair for me. If this tweet gets 2000 likes, I'LL LET HER DO IT. She's 11. It's not going to be good. ✂️
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5 years
This is why some games will slightly increase the field of view when you sprint or boost.
@AkiyoshiKitaoka
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Differences in perceived speed
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3 years
Ledge detection! 👇Explanation in reply! #screenshotsaturday #caturday #indiedev
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@matttwood
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1 year
2 absolutely amazing quotes from this: 1. "Be wrong fast" 2. "When people give you notes, when they tell you what's wrong, they're usually right. When they tell you how to fix it, they're wrong"
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everything Bill Hader says here is equally true/applicable to game dev
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@matttwood
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6 years
So what are you guys doing today?
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@matttwood
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1 year
Did Unity just block Little Kitty?? 🥺
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@matttwood
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3 years
Just found this unpacking. It's a flashlight flash bang. 🔦💥 Many years ago, some of us on the CSGO team were experimenting with cool and unique CSGO themed merch and this is one that got left on the cutting room floor. Makes a great souvenir, tho. 👍
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Yeah, this will absolutely be the last Unity game from me. 100%. 🫤
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@matttwood
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3 years
I am Bellevue Man
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2 years
My kids play Minecraft like this.
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5 years
The Cake.
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5 years
This is called triaging. Every game does it. Being 100% bug free is impossible.
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ComicBook NOW!
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Respawn Ignored Bugs to Get STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Out For The Holidays
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3 years
Found an old shirt of mine. Don't think I ever wore it. 🤷
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3 years
waffle
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Me 1999 vs 2019
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3 years
How much do you weigh, little kitty?
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1 year
At this point, it might be cheaper for me to delay the game, port it completely to another engine than it would be for me to ship on Unity......
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3 years
Left Trigger swipes with the left paw. Right Trigger swipes with the right. Choose the right paw for the right job! (or left) 🐾🪴💥 #LittleKittyBigCity #indiedev #unity3d #gamedev #CatsOfTwitter
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3 years
who's creeping back there
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What happens when I let my kids test my game. #gamedev #indiedev
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@matttwood
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@rich_yeah That might have been the original point, but as you soon you talk about dollar to hour ratio, you're undermining it. Don't talk about $/hr. It should not be relevant.
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3 years
Wouldn't it be cool if Valve licensed (or sold) TF2 to a team that could work on it full time and give it the love and dedicated attention it deserves? Just a thought.
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@Lunick_Fiore Reminds me of this
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From Reddit
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Happy little cactus. 😀
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3 years
Finally got the dynamic chat bubble positioning working sufficiently to never overlap important parts of the screen. woo 💬
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@matttwood
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5 years
42k people playing Half-Life: Alyx right now.
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3 years
It's finally happened. CSGO finally shipped a gold AK. It's all downhill from here.
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4 years
Our bug catcher.
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4 years
#PitchYaGame Sorry I'm late! Here are some clips of Little Kitty, Big City.😺🏙️ It's a chill game in development where you play a cat surviving, exploring and meeting friends in the big city. 🔹Wishlist! 🔹Follow for updates! #indiedev #unity3d
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5 years
Me when my wife gets back from the grocery store. 🧽🦠 #HalfLife #coronavirus
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2 years
Who likes street signs??
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Reading reviews for another game and.... "Love the art style for the game and the concept. Except it's extremely short (I completed the whole thing is less than 4 hours) and I feel it's not worth the price." it was $15. $15!! Does this infuriate anyone else?
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Hey! Come download the Little Kitty model for FREE! 🙀 Little Kitty (the model) is now on Sketchfab to use for free for non-commercial, personal projects! 💪 Go nuts! I can't wait to see what you do 😺 #LittleKittyBigCity #animation #gamedev
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3 years
I also don't think this includes Big Picture mode or the Steam Deck UI either....
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4 years
Well.....end of the line.
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3 years
Whoa, I can have a Portal cake delivered to my house.
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Can someone explain to my why Little Kitty has A BEARD!? 🤔
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My son asked me to make a game where he could cut the grass. So our fun, family hobby lawnmower project was born. #screenshotsaturday
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It's so crazy for me to see so many Valve employees active on social media right now. It was actively discouraged for so long. I'm glad things are changing!
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Here's a really bad picture of me with Portal 2's Cave Johnson. I think I was drunk. Why are my lips so red.
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a korok: wants to see their friend a korok after I help them by attaching 10 rockets to their backpack:
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graphics are the first thing that's done
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New Source 2 weapon. You heard it here first.
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Armful of adorableness!!
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My game credits, according to Valve. (The red Xs are things I did not work on)
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Valve has a giant Balloonicorn.
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So glad they included both up AND down version of the stairs.....
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Changed the run/sprint to be a dash today. Kitty will immediately change to the direction you point when you press it. But you have to be careful or.....*bonk* #gamedev #LittleKittyBigCity
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Heeeey. Just a reminder, I haven't worked on CSGO for a few years now and I'm no longer with Valve. So if you have an issue in CSGO or an issue with Valve, sending me DMs isn't going to help. At all. Thanks.👍
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#MeetTheDev Hi, I'm I've been a professional game dev for over 20 years as a designer, modeler, animator, programmer and more. I like to make games for my kids, but I also do it professionally at Valve now for over 15 years.
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The time is 8:47 AM. Current topside temperature is 93 degrees, with an estimated high of one hundred and five. The Black Mesa compound is maintained at a pleasant 68 degrees at all times.🚇
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3 years
The first and only edition.
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6 years
The Labyrinth now generates and reconfigures at the push of a button (with style!)
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Doing some architecture study and I came across some shots of the game Sunset Overdrive. It's a shame that game didn't get more recognition, the environments are so cool.
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Look, ya'll. Maybe this is unfair. It's a really hard problem and Steam is huge! It's really hard work! Valve is just a small company who can't afford to hire people dedicated to this kind of stuff. I mean come on.
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Found this prop I painted for a Halloween costume a few years ago. I'm particularly proud of how the wood came out.
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@b0tster Each of my loading screens take 8 minutes.
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1 year
I forgot that I made a cut of the LKBC trailer with Doom music.
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1 year
Little bit overwhelmed rn. This thread has gone bonkers.
@LittleKittyGame
Little Kitty, Big City 🐈 🏙️ OUT NOW!!
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Looks like the cat’s out of the bag! We’re so excited to announce Little Kitty, Big City will be coming to Switch in 2024! 🐈🏙️ #IndieWorld
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I recently implemented wall sliding which feels a lot better when you jump against a wall. Of course then I had to implement the ledge climb up if you were close enough and press up. Still a bit rough, but feels pretty good. #LittleKittyBigCity #gamedev #indiedev
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3 years
Of course, we had cake for Portal 2's release party.
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4 years
I don't think it's possible for me to make a game that doesn't have a plug mechanic in it.
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2 years
Do you like mazes? This is from an old project I want to go back to at some point. Dynamically generated circular hedge mazes that can change on the fly. Probably made by some wizard up to no good!
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Please don't email individual Valve employees to yell at them. Most are completely powerless to do anything about whatever you're mad about. It's just a really shitty thing to do.
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5 years
Oh no
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2 years
just a lil kitty
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Kitty, are you ok
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Before the newest TF2 became what it is (and after the alien version), @dhabiheng and I worked on and pitched a version of TF Classic 2 that was clay-mation style. Gabe HATED it. Said hard NO to a claymation look.
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Remember back in 2017 when Gabe said Valve was working on 3 FULL VR titles?
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5 years
Cat Game development update. I accidentally made Elasti-cat.
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Thinking about her
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I'm currently being evaluated for ADHD by my doctor. Questions are like: "Do you ever do <this>?" And I'm like, no, I have a system and a routine to help me make it so that thing never happens. And they're like: "What if you don't use your routine?" me: oh yeah, 100% then 😑
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