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Adrian - making Monocular Odyssey

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Wishlist Monocular Odyssey https://store.steampowered.com/app/4059990/Monocular_Odyssey/ Play my games at suggo.itch.io

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Robert Yang@radiatoryang.bsky.social · 2mo ago

cool paper arguing LLMs can be implemented as a shitload of goats in Age of Empires II... thus it'd be silly to assume / project human-like consciousness onto it

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Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 2mo ago

This paper doesn't use the term "intentional stance," but it does really expose that imputation of consciousness is an act by the observer that's usually not based on dispassionate analysis of the observed's internal structures. It's just vibes, and those aren't sufficient. arxiv.org/pdf/2605.31514

Much research has been carried out on large language models (LLMs) and LLMpowered agentic workflows. However, many works within the field state emergence of, ascribe to, or assume, generalised anthropomorphic attributes to them (e.g., morality or understanding of natural language). Our goal is not to argue in favour or against the existence of these attributes, but to point out that these conclusions could be incorrect. For this we build and train a simple neural network on the videogame Age of Empires II, and note that any entity in a sufficiently-powerful substrate, such as LEGO or the Greater Boston Area, could also present such attributes. Hence, the purported anthropomorphic attributes of LLMs are empirically non-unique: although some properties (e.g., responses to prompts) could remain constant, others, such as the interpretation of their perceived behaviour, might change with the substrate. Thus, any empirically-grounded discussion requires explicit measurement criteria; otherwise the interpretation is left to the representation. We then show that assuming that these attributes exist or not in a system, independent of the substrate and in a generalised way, leads to either circular or uninformative conclusions, regardless of the experimenter’s viewpoint on the subject. Finally we propose a ‘null’ assumption, where one assumes LLM non-uniqueness instead of assuming anthropomorphic attributes to set up an experiment, along with examples of it. We also discuss potential objections to our work, briefly survey the field, and prove that Age of Empires II is functionally- and Turing-complete.
Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026)@puzzleshowcase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today's the final day of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! If you've had your eye on a thinky puzzle game, today's the day to get it! ⏰✨ store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026

Do you love puzzle games? Are you curious about the genre? Already a fan and looking for more puzzle gems? Look no further! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is the place to celebrate all the wonderful…

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Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026)@puzzleshowcase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Come with us now on a journey through time and space... In these demos! ⏰ Compress(space) ⏰ HeartLinks: A Puzzle Called Love ⏰ Point in Time ⏰ The Boundary Condition ⏰ Echo Weaver ⏰ Hello Again store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026

Do you love puzzle games? Are you curious about the genre? Already a fan and looking for more puzzle gems? Look no further! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is the place to celebrate all the wonderful…

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Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026)@puzzleshowcase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Day 4 of the #CerebralPuzzleShowcase is live on @steampowered.com now! Come join a celebration of the puzzle genre! 💸 500+ incredible puzzle games + discounts 🧩 100+ demos to try 📦 Exclusive showcase bundles 📺 4 days of livestreams store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026

Do you love puzzle games? Are you curious about the genre? Already a fan and looking for more puzzle gems? Look no further! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is the place to celebrate all the wonderful…

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Adrian - making Monocular Odyssey@adriansugden.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Make sure you check out all the cool games in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase and give the recently updated Monocular Odyssey demo a go!

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (May 28 - June 4 2026)@puzzleshowcase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

That's a wrap on Day 1 of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! 🧩 Thanks to everyone who checked out the demos, discounts, and of course tuned in for the livestreams! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase will be live for the next 6 days on Steam. store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

Adrian - making Monocular Odyssey@adriansugden.bsky.social · 5mo ago

10+ years ago when I worked in web dev we called this "banner blindness" anything you wanted people to look at that was shaped like an ad or pop up was likely to be ignored

Dan Johnson will design games for food@coil.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"We have overused [text prompts] to the point where it no longer even registers in our brains, we just assume whatever it is telling us is irrelevant." Counterpoint: "we" didn't. The entire tech/web/digital media industry has been training people to hate popups for decades.

Edmond Tran@edmondtran.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm looking for concept artists or illustrators working in gamedev who would like to share thoughts or comments (anonymous or attributed) regarding the use of GenAI as a reference tool in their process. If that's you, DM or email me! Details in bio.

Frosty Games 🍦@frostygamesfest.com · 8mo ago

The Frosty Mini showcase of games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ is happening NEXT WEEK! ☀️🍦 Here's some handy timezone info to help you tune in: 🇦🇺 8am AEDT and 5am AWST (10 Dec) 🇳🇿 10am NZDT (10 Dec) 🇯🇵 6am JST (10 Dec) 🇺🇸 1pm PT and 4pm ET (9 Dec) 🇬🇧 9pm GMT (9 Dec)

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Frosty Games 🍦@frostygamesfest.com · 9mo ago

We're excited to announce that the Frosty Mini showcase will premiere on December 10 starting at 8am AEDT / 10am NZDT (that's December 9, 1pm PT for our USA friends)! Tune in for exciting news and surprise announcements from 20+ of the coolest games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ.

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