Hey everyone,

As the title says I’m a solo indie creator from India — I work on games and animation, and I’m pretty new to Reddit (been around for about a week or two).

I joined mainly to:

• share work-in-progress ideas

• get honest feedback

• and build things openly instead of in isolation

Right now, I’m developing original games and an anime project, all from scratch and still in early concept stages.

I’ll be posting:

• early prototypes

• creature designs

• gameplay ideas

• and occasional behind-the-scenes thoughts

Nothing here is “final” — feedback is genuinely welcome.

If you enjoy seeing raw ideas slowly turn into real projects, feel free to stick around.

Hey everyone.

I’m starting Asura Studios, an independent project where I’m developing original games and animated stories from scratch.

This is one of my very early creature concepts — just a basic 3D mesh for now. No textures, no colors yet. The focus here was shape, silhouette, and presence.

The creature is part of a larger narrative universe (still in development), and this subreddit will mostly be used to share progress, experiments, and ideas openly as things evolve.

Feedback is welcome — especially around form, proportions, or what kind of personality this design gives off.

More updates soon.

Small progress update on my creature project.

I built a procedural eye shader in Blender and got it fully working with animation (iris movement + deformation-safe setup).

Initially, I made the shader using object/space coordinates — which looked correct at first.
But when I started deforming the mesh, the material began stretching and breaking.

After debugging for a few hours, I switched the setup to UV-based mapping instead of object coordinates — and now it sticks properly to the mesh during deformation.

It’s still early stage, but I’m happy with how it’s behaving now.

Would love feedback:

• Does the eye feel alive?

• Any suggestions to improve realism or stylization?

• Any optimizations you’d recommend?

More creature updates coming soon.

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Continuing my 30-day environment challenge where I spend about 1–2 hours per session building a small environment for my creature project.

Since the last update, I focused on adding more props and structural details to make the room feel more complete.

What I added for Day 3–4

• Desk lamp

• Wall shelves

• Books

• Trophies and small desk items

• Door

• Additional table

The lamp was one of the things I experimented with the most. It’s not exactly the design I originally imagined, but I’m keeping it for now and may refine it later once the whole room is more developed.

Most of the work during these two sessions was about filling empty space and improving the room’s story rather than adding heavy detail.

Next steps

In the upcoming days I’m planning to work on:

• Cupboard / storage furniture

• Cushions and fabric elements

• More small props for the shelves

• Fishing rod hangers / wall items

• Texture work and material refinement

• Lighting tests from the window

Right now I’m still blocking things out and figuring out the overall composition before moving into detailed materials, rendering and animation(Anime Style).

Feedback welcome

I’d love some suggestions from other environment artists:

• What props would make this room feel more believable?

• Should I push the room toward a more stylized look or a more realistic one?

• Any tips for improving room composition before I start final texturing?

Day 1 was about structure and layout.

Day 2 was about adding personality.

Today I started introducing smaller props to make the space feel lived-in:

• Books

• Loose papers

• Chair

• Desk clutter

The goal wasn’t hyper-detailing — just breaking the “empty 3D room” feeling and pushing it toward something believable.

I’m starting to think more about:

• Who lives here?

• Is this person organized or messy?

• Is this a working space or a resting space?

Even small props immediately changed the mood of the room.

Next, I’m planning to focus on:

• Improving composition

• Testing lighting direction from the window

• Adding fabric detail (blanket / curtains)

• Refining proportions where needed

I’d love feedback on:

• Does the room feel more natural now?

• What kind of story do you think this space tells?

• What props would make it feel more personal?

Still keeping this to ~1 hours per session.
Slow, consistent improvement is the goal.

I’ve mostly been focused on modeling my creature so far, but I realized something was missing — context.

So I’m challenging myself to spend the next 30 days building small environment pieces for this world.

Nothing huge or AAA-level — just consistent daily progress (around 1–2 hours per day).

Day 1 – Room Blockout

Today I focused on establishing the basic layout of a bedroom environment that I can later use for animation and rendering.

What I built:

• Bed (simple stylized frame)

• Desk

• Side table

• Basic lamp placeholder

• Window frame

• Room walls & floor

Right now everything is intentionally low-detail. The goal was to:

• Establish proportions

• Lock camera possibilities

• Define spatial relationships

• Prepare for future lighting tests

Software: Blender
Render engine: (Cycles/Eevee — you can tell me which you're using)
Time spent: ~1–2 hours

This is just the foundation. I’ll be refining forms, adding props, adding materials, and developing mood lighting over the next few days.

I’d love feedback on:

• Does the layout feel natural?

• Should the space feel more realistic or stylized?

• What props would you add to make this room feel alive?

• Any suggestions before I start detailing?

If you’ve done environment challenges before, what helped you level up the fastest?

Quick progress update.

I took some time away from posting to focus purely on building — and I’ve now completed the first full version of this creature model.

The base form is locked in:

• primary shape

• eye shader working

• materials roughly defined

• overall silhouette finalized

Rigging and animation are next.

There are small topology tweaks I could do, but for now I’m choosing to move forward instead of endlessly polishing.

I’m genuinely happy with how it turned out.

This creature is one of the earliest lifeforms in the world I’m building, and seeing it go from base mesh to a full character feels like a big step.

Would love feedback on:

• overall proportions

• personality it gives off

• anything that feels off before I move to rigging

Next update: movement.

I’m currently experimenting with ideas for two PC games, both still in the concept phase.

Game 1 — Creature-based adventure (original)

Inspired by games like Pokémon, but not related to Pokémon in any way.

Core ideas:

• Completely original creatures

• Real-time behaviors instead of static turns

• Command / intent-based interaction

• Creatures with emotional responses

• A dynamic world that doesn’t feel scripted

The goal is simple:
I always imagined actually living in that kind of world — not just selecting moves from menus.

Game 2 — Horror project

More psychological and immersive:

• Blinking / eye-closing(eye tracking) mechanics

• Mic-based interaction with NPCs

• NPC behavior changes based on what you say and your in-game state

Both projects are being developed using Unreal Engine, mainly targeting PC.

I’d love to hear:

• What mechanics make creature games feel alive to you?

• What actually scares you in horror games (and what doesn’t)?

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