Art and games and useful things made by Omega Darling for your hands, eyes, and ears
Omega Darling projects
things to look at
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The Bivium
An artistic collaboration between NYC artist Holly Dale Shapiro and PA artist Zach Shukan (me)
Headshots
An animated short by Omega Darling, performed by James Orleans Brown and recorded at Silver NYC
Zach Shukan: Reel
animation and visual effects work by Zach Shukan and the team behind Omega Darling
things to play
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ChromaShield
Multiplayer sequel to the 1981 game Asteroids where you destroy space rocks and collect space treasure
aPond
like ChromaShield but it's tiny pond creatures and orchestral sounds. Also, it's not multiplayer yet...
MAW
Eat every Maw smaller than you before they eat you. Game idea by Izzy, age 9. Catmaw by Goldie, age 7
Get Boingin’
Bounce on an ever-shrinking trampoline. Dodge birds, asteroids, etc
cheeZo
Run through randomly generated kitchens shooting cheese at everything. Game idea and 🎵music by Goldie, age 7. Also, Izzy, age 9 made the level 1 and 2 songs
Pitchword
achieve perfect pitch with a novel language-coded approach designed by Jonathan Bojan
things to be a better you
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The Nudgerator
As someone with crippling ADHD, I made this to get a better handle on all the stuff I keep having to do. It's a reminder app that understands medication refill cycles, free-trial deadlines, and all your recurring tasks that need to be done again, eventually!
SoundSorter
organize your sounds by eye and ear. This was extensively used for many of the games I've created
Mono Nomo
A smartphone app that let's you know if you're monologuing and buzzes your watch or phone to remind you to stop and let the other person talk. This app is currently in alpha testing
Blender is better with these
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Split large 3D prints
Split oversized meshes into printer-bed-sized pieces with optional alignment holes and matching printable dowel pegs
Painted 2 Printed
Convert an image-textured or vertex-painted model into a multicolor 3MF mapped to separate Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer filament slots. This tool does it better than anything I've seen, especially for the edges between colors
The Reducer
Reduce polygon count and texture size while preserving UV mapping, with optional pre-cleaning and Quad Remesher support. This is especially useful for geometry and textures that you get from raw 3D scans
Cam Cycler
Hotkey Cycle through scene cameras and toggle camera-view lock without leaving Blender's 3D viewport. I just missed the way Maya does this!
Voxel Texture Optimizer
Rebake voxel or retopologized mesh textures to one pixel per face and remap UVs to a compact atlas. Especially useful for making optimized Minecraft models
Selections by Colors
Uses an object's texture colors to make vertex groups so you can easily select regions of your object by color