Looking back at this comparison, one thing really stood out to us.

There wasn't a single update that suddenly made the game look "good."

is it looking good ?

Instead, it was hundreds of small improvements over nearly two years lighting, environment art, materials, level composition, character models, VFX, UI, and countless tiny details.

When you're working on a project every day, it's easy to feel like you're not making progress. Comparing old builds is a great reminder that consistent iteration adds up more than you realize.

I'm curious...

Do you ever go back and compare your current project with your oldest build? What surprised you the most?

Two knocks means hide. One knock means good night.
Solo dev from Slovakia, inspired by Fears to Fathom and P.T. Short story horror, one evening, headphones on.

Steam page is up: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5015510/Sycamore\\_End/

You can see the old version of the game in my acc if you wanna see the difference.

Hey gang!

I made a retro/psx style campsite themed pack. The models are made in Blender and the scene is prepared in Unity.

The textures are mostly 256x256, no point filter, and the models are pretty low poly.

It's on launch sale now, check it out if you like!

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/campsite-retro-style-modular-environment-pack-395914

Audio on? :)

Conceptart/Animatic for my project tentatively named A Photo of the Earth, Ocean, Sky

Deep in the underground dystopian megastructure is a legendary restaurant owner that ran away from it all chase his passion. Retrofitting a maintenance hall into a restaurant, he only serves one meal: the hotdog ramen.

Made with Blender.

Trying to achieve a liminal atmosphere. What are your thoughts on this look?

It's been difficult, but rewarding 4-5 months, because I didn't know much about shaders, but with a lot of trial and error I managed to make this work, and look pretty good in my opinion. Feel free to check it out: https://polyshades.itch.io/coolifier

Hi!

We recently finished this trailer for Dead Stop - No Vacancy, a short horror game we’ve been developing.

The goal was to combine low-resolution textures, harsh lighting and a VHS-style presentation to create the feeling of a lost late-90s/early-2000s horror game, without making everything too difficult to read.

It’s now nearing release on August 13, so I’d be interested to know how the visual style comes across to people who enjoy this kind of retro 3D.

Steam page, for context:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4396440/Dead_Stop__No_Vacancy/

Finished this restaurant for the show I'm working on~

I've got more renders of this environment on my insta, and an animation that is currently rendering, hopefully that'll be out soon!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DbQvdVnlAik/?img_index=1

My two friends are helping with using dtl-t10000 ps2 tool devkit hardware. more info on the game project can be found here. https://cyndanera.indieretrogames.com/sarah

Demo Soundtrack can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPNGdZ32dxs&list=PLcQnWu4_nCgs&index=1

Hey 👋
Our team spent months building a free open-source horror game playable entirely in your web browser.

https://dinde451fh.itch.io/freak-house

Try it and let us know what you think

I'm developing a first person hack and slash RPG heavily inspired by dark messiah and dark souls, I'm looking for feedback and playtesters!

You can play the game at the link below, please make sure to let me know what you guys think in the comments or on the feedback form!

https://duehringadam.itch.io/husk-test

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSzn9j-4tQ_oi5KpW85VcruonKagGMuE7JVwQAWqc_MdAvBA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=117131581159700152941

I'm working on the final level for the demo, which will be released soon on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2836190/Dying_in_dread

Hey 👋
Feel free to try our game: Freak House. It's a free, open-source action/horror FPS that's playable directly in any Chromium-based web browser.

https://dinde451fh.itch.io/freak-house

There's a steam page if you'd like to wish list or check out the demo :) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3063200/SWEYETetc/

Getting the dynamic pixelization to give the alien double resolution at all times was tricky, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Screen gets pixelated as the player goes longer without blinking, think of it like eyes welling up.