Exploring Baked Lighting in Unity - Part 2 YouTube video by Xandercat

Exploring Baked Lighting in Unity - Part 2. youtu.be/_I5VPSzbUDQ #Unity3D #GameDev #IndieDev

Exploring Baked Lightning in Unity YouTube video by Xandercat

Explore the basics of baked lighting in Unity 6 with URP. If you are new to Unity, this can give you a starting point. If you are experienced in Unity, we would love to hear how you set up baked lighting in your scenes. #Unity3D #IndieDev #GameDev www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mis...

Amber Eyes development is heating up. One of the major game puzzle types has been finished and work is proceeding on kits for interior scenes. The core of the main story has been finalized, and enough scripts are written that some voice acting can proceed. We've been quiet because we've been busy.

While only available to the development team and first tier testers, the very first build of Amber Eyes has been published on Steam, marking a major milestone for Amber Eyes development. #SteamWorks #GameDev #IndieDev

With base melee and projectile weapons mechanics recently completed, we are just a few weeks away from having the first scene of Amber Eyes ready for alpha testing. Pictured is our Revolver model used for testing; it will also be the first projectile weapon players get in game. #GameDev #IndieDev

Happy Holidays, everyone! Check out our latest blog entry for a brief 2025 year end update for Amber Eyes. xandercat.com/ambereyes/in... #GameDev #IndieDev

Since updating Unity from 6000.0.58f2 to 6000.0.62f1 our dev team has no longer been seeing warnings/errors related to particle systems. If you are still running a version from shortly after security patch and have seen those errors, it might be worth updating to latest. #Unity3D #GameDev #IndieDev

If you watch the video without reading the dev blog entry on xandercat.com, just note that the first test area has a 3x3 floor with standard mesh colliders, while the second has a 3x3 floor with a mitigation strategy using planes instead of the floor mesh for collisions which works pretty well.

Issue - Seam Collisions YouTube video by Xandercat

Our dev team is currently working on new interior sets using modular kits. One issue to mitigate is a problem where rigidbody objects can collide with seams in modular floor panels. We added a dev blog on the website describing the issue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcIa... #Unity3D #IndieDev #GameDev

We will be trying the latest version in the 6000.0 line to see if that resolves any of these issues. There are some reports that the "Internal: JobTempAlloc" issue may be resolved in 6000.0.59f2 or later.

Full error messages (as they had to be shortened in prior post): "Internal: JobTempAlloc has allocations that are more than 4 frames old" (presumably "4" can vary), and "Invalid memory pointer was detected in ThreadsafeLinearAllocator::Deallocate!"

Unity issues we see since security patch from 6000.0.32f1 to 6000.0.58f2: "Internal: JobTempAlloc" and "Invalid memory pointer", possibly related to each other issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/an-in... &
"GetName can only be called from the main thread" discussions.unity.com/t/unityexcep... #Unity3D

We are excited to welcome musical artist Alain Figueroa to the team. Alain has a history in music, as a band member, running a home recording studio, and assisting artists with mixing and mastering music. We are delighted to have his help building a rich atmosphere for Amber Eyes. #GameDev #IndieDev

Soft Terrain Prototype YouTube video by Xandercat

Added new dev blog entry to the website for the new Soft Terrain feature that has been added to the Amber Eyes core game assembly. Among other things, it can be used to create footprints in snow or mud. See the post on the website. Companion demo video: youtu.be/2EvXn3_Z-AE #GameDev #IndieDev

Issue - Undesirable Shadows YouTube video by Xandercat

Added a new developer blog entry on the website. Visit and click on "2025-07-18: Issue - Undesirable Shadows" to read about it. Our goal was to eliminate the whisker shadows on the ground and face. Related before/after compare video on Youtube: youtu.be/vC5KdHCpZLQ #GameDev #Unity3D

Screenshot of character Amber from the game Amber Eyes

In the last week, we have added new developer tools, a new unique creature model to scare protagonist Dave, and a new cat model for our co-protagonist Amber. She will be a Tortoiseshell. Though we may still tweak the color patterns. #GameDev #Cats #Gaming

We have added a Change Key Bindings UI to Amber Eyes under Game Settings. Initially, you can set primary input device as either Keyboard and Mouse, or Gamepad. Any other devices we should support for a 3D first-person adventure game? #GameDev #Unity3D

Added new developer blog entry to the website. Go to xandercat.com/ambereyes/in... and click on the entry to view blog entry for "Visualizing Colliders in Game". #GameDev #Unity3D

Posted a couple of initial Amber Eyes screenshots at xandercat.com. More screenshots, details, and content to be added periodically. Linked screenshot is Dave in the forest searching for Amber's whereabouts. Higher resolution version available on the website. #GameDev #Unity3D

There is still a lot that needs to be added, but we now have a page for the development of Amber Eyes: xandercat.com/ambereyes/in... .

We will post updates here on Bluesky whenever we post significant new content there. It is just static for now, but you can chat with us here on Bluesky.

Greetings gamers and game developers. This account is intended to be the Bluesky home for the development team working on indie game "Amber Eyes" ™, a single player linear 3D adventure using the Unity 6 game engine and featuring a man and his pet cat Amber. #Unity3D #GameDev