Game Designer for #Besiegehttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3mm5t7rzj6s26Game Development is often tough decisions and intense work to nail solid mechanics. However from concept to finish our planetary ring gravity for The Broken Beyond came about in a day-ish, visualised here with a vector field. Dev Post here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/346010/view/680749709329958394 #GameDev #IndieDev18 May 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5t7rzj6s26https://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3miyanshedc2dIt's a lot of work trying to get all the details down for #Besiege: The Broken Beyond. So rarely have time to post. But we had to try to replicate the lunar flyby #NASA just performed in game, with a translunar injection burn and all. Thanks @freya.bsky.social for the beautiful atmosphere #GameDev08 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyanshedc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3mej5ldhit22vMan, I've been radio silent here for a while, because the last year I've been working on #Besiege The Broken Beyond, our new expansion taking off into space. It's been a crazy intense journey. Now I know we can do it here is the teaser: youtu.be/Re3TKkQGBPY #IndieGame #GameDev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re3TKkQGBPY10 Feb 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mej5ldhit22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lstps2yxzc26I haven't been posting recently here, not for the lack of wanting to post. Working hard on something and when I can share I will post some cool vids and gifs. In the meantime our friend Dagriefaa helped us push out this QoL update. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jun 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstps2yxzc26https://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lcjcqcomzk2mHere's the #Besiege: The Splintered Sea trailer I made with @corfiz.com Maybe it's just my process, but I don't think we as devs talk about how time consuming and hard well-made trailers can be to make. I worked on this trailer across an entire month, after James already had done so much. #GameDev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxedDR0REws04 Dec 2024 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjcqcomzk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lcgvzf4dvk23I don't know what is scarier, how many hours I've accumulated during #GameDev, or how actual players have matched my play time.04 Dec 2024 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgvzf4dvk23https://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lceeboba3c2jWhile testing the physics of our water buoyancy system in #Besiege I built this 'nope'. Had to make sure swimming mechanics worked. #GameDev03 Dec 2024 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lceeboba3c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lcdci6qx7k2bLast update of the year done, but hard at work on the 10 year anniversary update for #Besiege. #GameDev02 Dec 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdci6qx7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lc2gzv625s2c#Besiege has been out for a while. This means the engine is pretty outdated - like 2016 outdated. This update I finally figured out a performant way to display the stress/load of the physics on complex mechanisms. Something that was more involved due to lacking engine features. #GameDev #IndieDev [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Nov 2024 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc2gzv625s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lbkzsfamnk2pHere's a rudimentary breakdown of how I did the underwater explosions in #Besiege: The Splintered Sea. We reused our regular volumetric explosion and I changed the unheated pixels to clip into brighter steam. #GameDev Thank gawd for the Slow Mo Guys for providing a good reference.22 Nov 2024 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkzsfamnk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lbjzo2toh222Have to post this here, our 3D artist Alex made this awesome render for #Besiege: The Splintered Sea a couple of months ago. I just like an unorganized worktable. #GameDev22 Nov 2024 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjzo2toh222https://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lbiiyovtdc24One of the game art capsules we use on #Besiege I made by just throwing a couple posed characters into the game itself and capturing with the in-game camera. So here's a free cam move around the scene. #GameDev21 Nov 2024 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbiiyovtdc24https://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lbhgsytvns23Probably a bit late but here is my #DevDesk. #GameDev21 Nov 2024 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhgsytvns23https://bsky.app/profile/dathaniel.bsky.social/post/3lbfwjy4d7c2dAs somebody who grew up on physical game releases, it feels really cool seeing our own game #Besiege coming in physical copies in December, even if it's only in Japan. #GameDev20 Nov 2024 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:t47mbkkn4o7l4z4mfyhvtkbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfwjy4d7c2d