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Triple Zed
@triplezed.bsky.social
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Solo indie game developer.

Play Earthcraft Rescue free on browser today!
https://triplezedgames.itch.io/

No generative AI is used in my games. All code, art, and music is my own.
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What's that behind you? Run!!

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
A game screenshot of a player's torch lighting up a dark tunnel. In the forefront are two robots looking towards the player. One is wearing a pirate hat, the other a witch's hat. Behind them is a giant ant, nearly of the same height as the robots, and it's moving toward them.
September 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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After two years of hard work, I am pleased to announce the finished concept for Earthcraft Rescue! Are you brave enough to enter the spacecraft and rescue the explorers? Play for free on web-browser now!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev

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Earthcraft Rescue - Play Online Now!
I am pleased to announce the finished concept for Earthcraft Rescue, a 3D game for web browser featuring a dangerous mission and robot characters. This has taken me two years of hard work, and I'll be...
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September 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Successfully finished converting all my characters to armatures and remaking all the animations. Draw calls have been obliterated for browser play and new better habits have been formed! Uploading to Itch soon!

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev
September 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Just discovered LookAtModifier3D. That's gonna clean up my old mesh aiming scripts like a vacuum cleaner.

#godotengine #gamedev #indiedev #solodev
September 1, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Actions or NLA, cyclic, tweak mode, GLB, missing bones, remove immutable off, bones I don't want, remove immutable on, rest pose as reset off, how did that other animation get in there.

#gamedev #indiedev #b3d #godotengine #solodev
August 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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I only make robots, so I do animation the easy way - rotating objects on parent objects. However, if a robot is made up of 20 parts, that's 20 draw calls. A joined mesh body is 1. So, it's finally time to return to battle. I must bravely face the armature.

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame
August 23, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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Almost time for another long overdue draw call massacre.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev
August 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Written all the code for the AStar3D pathfinding for flyers, as they were getting stuck a long way from home. Now I've got to stick markers all over my map for them to follow. Might take me a while!

#gamedev #solodev #indiedev #indiegame #godotengine
August 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Working through a list of bug fixes and improvements before enemies are added and the Earthcraft gets chaotic.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #solodev
August 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Running my full game on browser might be possible.

Over the coming days, I'll be looking to reduce Area3D count / activity, condense process() functions into fewer that filter down, reduce use of AudioPlayer3D, and maybe ... reduce physics to 30 FPS.

#gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #solodev
August 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Ah yes, I think that will be a very nice place for a massive hornet's nest to terrorize players.

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame
A basic layout of a large brown space in blender, showing a big white box protruding down from the ceiling where a giant hornet's nest will be placed. There is also a player-shaped box on the ground for scale, showing that the nest is multiple-times larger than the figure.
July 30, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Playtest is open! Please join us!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Dev log / invite:

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Earthcraft Rescue Playtest - You're Invited!
I am pleased to announce that playtesting is open for Earthcraft Rescue – Casual Mode, and testing for Challenge Mode, and Survival Mode will follow soon after. For those who have played before, pla.....
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July 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 4)

Playtest begins this weekend!

#gameaudio #videogamemusic #gamedev #indiegame #VGM

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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 4)
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July 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 3)

Playtest begins this weekend!

#gameaudio #videogamemusic #gamedev #indiegame #VGM

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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 3)
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July 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 2)

Playtest begins this weekend!

#gameaudio #videogamemusic #gamedev #indiegame #VGM

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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 2)
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July 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 1)

Playtest begins this weekend!

#gameaudio #videogamemusic #gamedev #indiegame #VGM

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Earthcraft Rescue Soundtrack (Track 1)
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July 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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As big fans of human culture, when this group of friends heard about an abandoned earth simulation, they knew they had to get inside and explore! But they never returned…

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #lowpoly #godotengine #b3d
A group of 8 robots posing for a photograph. They are wearing human hats and masks. From left to right: a ninja hood, a cowboy hat, a fedora and cigar, hippy hair and tinted glasses, a spartan helm, a pirate hat and eyepatch, geisha hair and makeup, and a witches hat. This photo is set at the entrance of the game Earthcraft Rescue, where these robots have got lost inside and must be rescued.
June 24, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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The Earthcraft is an abandoned earth simulation floating in space. A group of explorers have entered and not returned. Are you brave enough to rescue them? Follow for playtest announcements!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #lowpoly

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What's Inside The Earthcraft? Find Out Soon...
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June 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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New animated start menu! Casual mode playtest coming early July, but I'm looking for a few early bug hunters. If you're interested, drop me a DM.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #lowpoly #godotengine #wip
The new start menu for a work in progress game made in Godot and Blender. The title is Earthcraft Rescue and in the top left of the screen is the head of Spark, the heroic humanoid robot, and in the top right is the head of Dog, his loyal companion and storage container. There is a large blue and green cuboid object which is a spacecraft designed to look similar to planet earth. The image is static, but in the real main menu, the earth craft rotates on two axis.
June 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Theme music candidate! I made this tune for the main menu of the next playtest. Dog likes to have it on while travelling.

#gamedev #indiegame #gamemusic #b3d

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Spark & Dog Travel Across The Universe
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June 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Found all the lost explorers! Can you?? Earthcraft Rescue playtest (casual mode) will be open early July.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #lowpoly #godotengine #b3d #wip
A gameplay screenshot of 8 low-poly robots illuminated by torchlight in a dark area. The mission label says evacuate the explorers, as the aim of the game is to find all 8 robots and guide them to safety. A work in progress game made in Godot and Blender.
June 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Tunnels look a bit flat and boring with just torchlight, so I'm testing fake lighting (emissive materials). I'm trying to avoid real light nodes where possible to allow play on web and low-end hardware.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #godotengine #b3d #lowpoly #gamedesign
An image of a dark tunnel in a low-poly game. There are two types of fake light. One is a flame torch on the wall, where an orange flame-shaped mesh is backed by a circular mesh with a yellow-orange colour that darkens as the circle spreads outwards, giving the impression of the flame glowing on the wall. The second type is small cubes on the ceiling like fitted electronic lights. Both use emissive material that gives the impression of being bright by showing their colour when there is no game lighting shining on them.
June 16, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Merged "move to" and "follow" commands into a single button. This toggles two behavior states depending on the commanded position.

#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #lowpoly #godotengine #gamedesign #wip
June 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Getting addicted to writing Blender-Godot sync logic and other tool script shortcuts when I have a long list of other things to do before the next playtest!

#gamedev #indiedev #godotengine #indiegame
June 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Finally, the new map is connected and imported! Now I must convert the placeholders and markers to game nodes and polish up my code and UI for the next playtest.

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #lowpoly #b3d #godotengine #leveldesign
A large map of a work in progress game. The large blocks are mostly green vegetation and rocks and are interconnected by brown tunnels that are underground, allowing modular design for optimization.
June 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM