Veteran videogame developer, previously at Rare, Ubisoft, Square Enix, and okidokico. Worked on Viva Pinata, Far Cry 3, Hitman Sniper, OK Golf and a few other things. Now an aspiring author.https://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mxpflxprfs2eThis is getting out of control. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Oct 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxpflxprfs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mxoxpfrk7s2kBig Walk is seriously good. I haven't been so desperate to play another session of a game in a long time12 Oct 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxoxpfrk7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mqxdhh4t222lWhen they say Tuchel I hear Chuchel. https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/b0/06/OcL8YCznbtBHPBU.gif?hh=489&ww=489&mp4=GcTwsA1TbNW3gin&webm=zj45CYIdBut918 Jul 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxdhh4t222lhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mcj5f7ln3s2yJust watched Tron Ares. Wasn't as bad as I thought, but wasn't as good as it could have been either. I kept on thinking they'd do something truly spectacular any moment now but they'd always chicken out. It just felt safe when it should have been awesome. https://media.tenor.com/F6bkNauLpoMAAAAC/tron-ares-evan-peters.gif?hh=498&ww=49816 Jan 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcj5f7ln3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mcdoehmdlc22I've taken my first tentative steps into hopefully becoming a published writer and submitted my manuscript to a couple of agents. It's scary as heck, but let's do this!13 Jan 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdoehmdlc22https://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mboukd5cmk2bWe loved the Stranger Things finale at our house. Surprised by some of the hate, but you can't please everyone. Overall, it was a great wrap up to a fun series05 Jan 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboukd5cmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3mb2aogqszc2cI lost 15 more lbs and wrote a children's book. I'm hoping I can get that published in 2026 and write a second book... [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Dec 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb2aogqszc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3m7i6cvkgjc2uPretty cool that I worked on one of the most important games of the xbox 360! https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/dec/02/the-15-most-important-xbox-360-games08 Dec 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i6cvkgjc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lv75vmlcpk25Proof that AI is becoming powerful. For the last 20 years I'd been trying to figure out what a specific TV show in the UK was. Chat GPT finally found it for me! Galloping Galaxies! See, I'm not crazy after all. Not in the slightest! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2GCU9VL3LE30 Jul 2025 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv75vmlcpk25https://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lsyzhjstr22mIt's really tough to see the first studio I worked at treated like this. All the layoffs today are a severe mistake that shouldn't be happening, but I feel especially bad for Rare today. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyzhjstr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lqi7cqmbs226It bothered me that the eyeball could see itself, so I fixed it up. Much better now #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #retrofps #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity31 May 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqi7cqmbs226https://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lqi2ykizek2eWhat do you think? Should I keep the eyeball, polish it up, and add to the body horror on this game? #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #retrofps #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity31 May 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqi2ykizek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lovpkiusxs2x"Do you even lift bro?" I added bulging biceps to my stretchy arm, though I'm not sure muscles grow outside of the body... #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #retrofps #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity11 May 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovpkiusxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lnpuedyx522hRealized my player's outline shader hadn't worked for a while, so brought it back and made a few tweaks so the outlines are thicker closer to the camera. #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps26 Apr 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpuedyx522hhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lnbgw2piik2vWhy not one more iteration while I'm at it! A bit of Perlin noise goes a long long way to helping make those muscles grow #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps20 Apr 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnbgw2piik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3ln6co2fync2zContinuing to take my stretchy arms to weird and winding places. I think I can go weirder still! #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps19 Apr 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6co2fync2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lmnasgwtxk2wI've now given the stretchy arm its own camera for some bizarre reason. If you think this is disorienting now, just wait till the next thing I do! #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps12 Apr 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnasgwtxk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lm3enmr2h22hWhat good is a comic book styled shooter without stretchy arms? #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps05 Apr 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm3enmr2h22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3ll7fxb4lns27I must be in a nostalgia mode. I rediscovered an old game I made on iPhone a few years ago, and it still works and is still fun (I think). It was hard work modelling and animating all those characters too! Shame it never took off... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlPElpxtIM25 Mar 2025 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7fxb4lns27https://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lkxr4slzq22oI've been playing around with hand IK so the hands don't slide when you sneak along walls. Not perfect, but a good start. I love how it just makes you feel connected to the world you're playing in. Also you have a gun now! #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps22 Mar 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxr4slzq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lhhku6skts2nI just rediscovered an old #webcomic I made 15 years ago and I've been tempted to resurrect it. Looking back I'm genuinely surprised at how not terrible my art was! #indiecomics #comics #comicart05 Feb 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhku6skts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lh4pfeifm225Modified my light system to handle lights of different shapes and falloffs. I probably won't use star shaped lights. I did that mostly for a bit of fun! #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #unity3d01 Feb 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4pfeifm225https://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lgo7rnd7kk2pTaking a break from lighting and shader code to model a gun. Never thought I'd ever attempt to make something like that but here we go!26 Jan 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgo7rnd7kk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lgla3ky6xc2oThere's something mesmerizing about watching scene culling in action. I've tweaked my system to cull lights and entire rooms to give me lots of flexibility in the future. All kinds of crazy tricks going on here! #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #retrofps25 Jan 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgla3ky6xc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lg4pdom2oc2kThe problem with working on one feature for a long time is it can be hard to show progress updates until you have something new. So nothing new to show this week unfortunately19 Jan 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4pdom2oc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3lfifhi2y4k2wI've been improving my shaders for multiple lights and I'm pleased with how robust it is. And through it all the stealth meter still works! You wouldn't believe how much I had to hack Unity's lighting system #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #unity3d #madewithunity #indiegames11 Jan 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfifhi2y4k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/charlesgoatley.bsky.social/post/3leesptiy4c2iI'm really trying to go for that Mega City One comic book look, so I added a few more crazy buildings and lots more clouds for them to poke out of #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #madeinunity #retrofps28 Dec 2024 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:dkbfq3rnpp7yxvmrd43kbxpv/app.bsky.feed.post/3leesptiy4c2i