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Amanda Harper

@ariadnegames.bsky.social

🦋 Co-founder | Engineer @ariadne.games 🦋 30s, she/her 🦋 Books, horror, retro games, women in tech, how cute my dog is. itch: https://adafish.itch.io/

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Amanda Harper@ariadnegames.bsky.social · 10h ago

This is a really great thread about the "listen to software engineers" argument I'm seeing a lot of, but I want to also add that some of the most vociferous criticism I've heard about the way companies use genAI and how divorced the marketing is from reality has come from other software engineers.

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 6d ago

So it's useful to talk about the specific ways in which this argument is dishonest because I think a lot of liberal and left-leaning people are very vulnerable to this rhetorical bludgeon—the idea that you should "listen to experts". But let's unpack what exactly Giggies here means by "experts".

SE Gyges : this was early enough that it was very insightful and is now sort of transparently true if you think the gizmo isn't useful you're ignoring most major software project and all computer security professionals, you basically have to spit on expertise as a concept antivax movement but it's left coded and targets machine learning, artificial intelligence, and engineering fields
⛧Vikintor⛧ 🇧🇷@vikintor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

3,445 wishlists! Let's spread the word. 👽 VAL'TY is a surreal retro FPS inspired by MDK and Turok, but you play as a 46-year-old alien mother and her daughter. Alien conspiracy theories, New Age mysticism and a bit of creepypasta feel with the silly humor of Shiny Entertainment's golden era. 🦎

Val'ty says "I honor my oath, "never to harm the innocent", but, you know me... My moral compass can be pretty flexible"Val'ty screenshotVal'ty screenshotVal'tynha says "You're the best mom in the world! But if by chance thare are other who are better, we'll take them down."
⛧Vikintor⛧ 🇧🇷@vikintor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You're making me believe that most of you are liking Val'ty. You know the risk of making her too powerful, don't you? 👀 I don't, because this never happened before. Don't worry. Let's find out together store.steampowered.com/app/4880010/...

Amanda Harper@ariadnegames.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is likely old news to most of the people following me on here, but where Steam collects 30% of a game's revenue, Itch only asks for a 10% share and that's a voluntary split; devs can set that to 0%. I usually check if a game is available on itch before buying so more money goes to the devs.

Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess@blacktabbygames.com · 7d ago

I love what itch is trying to be, but if there’s one piece of advice I could give first-time gamedevs, it’s to focus on other storefronts. itch is a fantastic place for demos, but almost nobody buys games there. Pains me to see devs trying to make a living prioritize it over Steam.

Amanda Harper@ariadnegames.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Would you continue to shit talk LLMs if you knew that the technology might make software EVEN WORSE" from an AI fan is a just a completely astounding rhetorical stance.

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 2w ago

also @aaron.bsky.team explain to me how this post, which amounts to "don't use the word 'clanker' or you might be harmed or killed in the future by my robot friends", isn't a threat? I thought we had a zero tolerance policy...? Or is it only zero tolerance when it's about protecting your buddies?

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 3w ago

This for me is the root of why Godot is great and its audience is growing.. it’s like UT Engine, Unity 3… it’s good because nobody has broken it yet. We’ll see how it holds. I’m optimistic given some of the calls I’ve seen the community make.

Megan Fox@glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 3w ago

Best explanation I've got is Godot isn't drowning in generational noise. Unreal has layers of conflicting tooling, and there's always a Correct Way of doing something that is theoretically more efficient, but only when done in the big studio way, so you bend your OWN processes in a knot to suit etc

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 3w ago

The primary goal of any lead or director should be: I must not be the bottleneck. Being the bottleneck should mortify you. When you ask for a million variations so you can pick your favorite you are asking to be the bottleneck. You are doing anti-work.

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 4w ago

I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam"

Amanda Harper@ariadnegames.bsky.social · 4w ago

IMO this sounds like AI use enabling bad creative direction. 75 is obviously hyperbole, but a manager asking for a ton of variations on a concept is a red flag. They should have a clear enough picture in their head of what they want to where maybe 3/4 options are plenty to make these decisions.

Mitch Dyer@mitchyd.bsky.social · 4w ago

Also funny is "we're using it less and less because we don't need [AI]" in the same interview where you say you ask it for 75 variations because you don't have enough illustrators. You're using it less and less because you already used it to do the work, man!

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit.com · last mo.

Well, it finally happened! After 9 years of Unity dominance, Godot was the most used game engine for GMTK Game Jam 2026 submissions. 🤖 Godot - 47% 🎮 Unity - 34% 🛠️GameMaker - 5% 🚀 Unreal Engine - 3% ✨ Other - 11%

Pie chart showing game engines used to create 10,511 GMTK Game Jam games in 2026. Godot has the largest slice with 47%. Then Unity with 34%. Other with 11%. Game Maker with 5%. And Unreal Engine with 3%.
Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 2mo ago

The main way in which AI has negatively impacted games industry jobs is not through actual automation of those jobs or even untrue claims about automation. It's by making capital unavailable because it's tied up in AI investments while also destroying the consumer base for video game hardware.

Kansas Reflector@kansasreflector.com · 2mo ago

Opinion by @maxmccoy.com: The ‘developer’ of a Kansas data center swore under oath he wasn’t involved. My town is bamboozled. #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2026/07/19/t...

The ‘developer’ of a Kansas data center swore under oath he wasn’t involved. My town is bamboozled. • Kansas Reflector

The debate over the data center proposal has been fierce in Emporia, mirroring arguments in Kansas and across the rest of the country.

kansasreflector.com