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A strange anomaly emitting bright white, blue, and purple light particles.

Starting this year, players who:

- fall asleep while looking at the portal
- experience at least 4 REM cycles per night
- have at least 1 déjà vu per month
- reacted correctly to the sign

will be invited to visit their nearest deep sea alien interface.

A giant #Pteropod #seabutterfly, Corolla spectabilis, cruising through the nighttime open ocean.

Shot in the wild, using scuba, while drifting out over the deep abyss, at night, off Okinawa.

#corollaspectabilis #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #kumejima #okinawa #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

Imagine wearing a #jellyfish as a helmet!?!
Well, that’s exactly what this juvenile jack is doing! Mostly immune to its sting, the jack has taken the jellyfish prisoner.

Shot using #scuba, out over the deep abyss, drifting at night.
#blackwater #blackwaterdiving #scubadiving #gug

Guys looks at this baby snail 🥲

Baby sea snails (called veligers) often sport large angel-like wings, which they use to glide through the oceans before landing in a permanent home.

Stiff? Not even close. 🐍

I saw some concerns about the new serpentine models. Today, I’m showing off how the new shaders actually handle their movement.

Watch the new Nakahika and Unamaene in action: ko-fi.com/post/How-the...

#TechArt #Shaders #GameDev

Don’t worry if I’m not very active on social media sometimes. It just means I’m fully focused on something in Seashine.

I’m working on this update day and night, every day, while taking healthy breaks and exercising to avoid burnout again. Pace is 👍.

Je dois équilibrer les méduses pour qu'aucune ne soit largement au dessus des autres. Ça doit être un choix de style de gameplay, pas une recherche de performance croissante où tout le monde finit par jouer avec les mêmes méduses. 🤓

Pas pour la traduction. 🙂

Thank you!

Part II of my series on new VFX for the next update.

Today we’re looking at the speed boost and magnet abilities, not just how they look, but how the gameplay is changing to require even more skill.

Details here 👉 ko-fi.com/post/Polishi...

#VFXFriday #indiedev

I’m polishing the abyss. 🧐

Read Part I of my new VFX series for the Refresh & Harmonize update here:
ko-fi.com/post/New-vis...

#GameDev #IndieDev #VFX

A little teaser for the next wave of good news regarding the Refresh & Harmonize update.

More about this soon on my Ko-fi page. I'm still polishing a few things!

👉 Do you like Seashine and want to see its world expand? Support my work on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/pated

I have removed that unnecessary check! Cloud saving and loading will now work perfectly even if you have iCloud Drive toggled OFF in your device settings.

Huge thanks to Massimo. His feedback helped me pin down the origin of the problem. 💙

The game was checking if iCloud Drive was toggled ON before initializing cloud saves. However, after diving back into the Apple documentation, I’ve confirmed that iCloud Drive isn't actually required for the way Seashine handles your saved game on the cloud.

iOS jellies, please update your game to the latest version (1.2.6).

I’ve finally tracked down the root cause of the issue where some iOS players couldn't recover their progress after reinstalling the game.

Simply send an e-mail with your Google Play e-mail address to contact@pated.net saying it's you. 🤓

Getting a head start on future updates by retrofitting the new ability system (with the symbionts). It won’t be live in the Refresh & Harmonize update, but the core architecture is ready. 🙂👍

Thanks! Do you want to join the next closed beta on Android to let me know if the optimizations I work on improve the frame rate on your phone?

Thanks! Could you share your device model? I'll check the specs to see what is the hardware bottleneck.

Me writing the description for a species I thought I didn’t have much to say about and somehow ending up writing a book.

Oh, these fish are super light. They must not be the source of the lag. Did you notice anything else during these lags I could use as a clue? What is your score when the lag starts to happen?

How did I miss rough sharks? This is exactly why I need a public wishlist so you all can help me decide what to add to the depths of Seashine and see the current progress.

Their anatomy is incredible! Definitely adding them to the to-do list.

Thanks!

1. Removing an ability from an ability slot is coming already in the new UI for the abilities menu. 😉

2. Do you mean the fish in foreground? Is your phone lagging or slow during the game?

More good news. Turning a setback into an opportunity.

ko-fi.com/post/More-go...

✓ Added to the list of fish to be modeled.

(I absolutely love logic but I hate numbers. I hate them. I HATE THEM.)

I Can Only Count to FOUR - Psychostick Numbers Bodies Drowning Pool Parody YouTube video by Psychostick

Me every time I do my accounting or deal with taxes...

Thank the cosmos this song exists to keep me from losing my mind.
youtu.be/u8ccGjar4Es?...