mcoorlim is developing Torchlike
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he/him, award winning narrative designer and novelist currently developing Torchlike: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5038760/Torchlike/ Portfolio mcoorlim.com Patreon: patreon.com/mcoorlim YT: https://www.youtube.com/MichaelCoorlim
I can make a clock out of a potato.
Siobhán @shibbi.me · 20h agoLLM agents are conscious. They can distinguish between self and environment, they can detect and report on their own internal states, and they can suffer. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. It’s time for us to face the reality of our situation, and act on it.
Find the games of the 2026 IFComp here: ifcomp.org/ballot You have until October 19 to rate them!
The Interactive Fiction Competition
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Whomst amongst my followers would be interested in playing parser-based interactive fiction if I wrote some? Whomst?
Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush? This reveals nothing about my age. I could be six. I could be sixty.
Daphne Scooby Doo Dazzling
Alt: Daphne Scooby Doo
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Zintlion@zintlion.bsky.social · 12mo agoWithout saying your age, who was your first animated crush?
Maybe I should have stuck with writing novels instead of pivoting to game writing and narrative design nine years ago, but I prefer to be part of a collaborative process.
Everyone’s mad at Danny Trejo for signing on to Ben Shapiro’s pro-ICE movie but now his son reveals how Shapiro’s team tricked an old man into doing this 😡
If you're sticking with unity for any reason other than maintaining legacy projects at this point I didn't know what to tell you.
Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social · 3d agoNEW: Unity is automatically opting Asset Store creators into supporting its generative AI platform, Unity Spark, via a process called 'itemisation.' One dev told me the process should be "opt-in instead of opt-out" and said they are firmly against genAI. www.verticalslice.news/unity-opting...
Silver Pines is a lot more fun to play than Hellraiser.
Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃@caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 4d agoI'm very glad to see the positive response to Silver Pines, especially after seeing that twitter assholes have been trying to trash the game just because Suzi Hunter has a small role in it, and it genuinely deserves all the praise it gets because it is truly something special, it's a GOTY contender.
dawg I’m gonna be empirically smarter than so many people for the rest of my life because of this shit, it’s a real shame that being smart does nothing for you in life, you still have to deal with the stupid people
Shannon Vallor@shannonvallor.bsky.social · 5d agoWe are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
Finished up 3 Maniac Mansion playthroughs, to cover all characters. Even (ugh) Jeff. #retroGaming Now I just need to stitch together a narrative analysis video.
Is Torchlike a roguelike? * Proc gen levels * Permadeath * Potions must be identified by using them (random colors are consistent each run) But: * Not ascii * 3d * Not turn based * No monsters or traps
Do I have time to come up with an Ectocomp entry AND finish developing Torchlike so it's ready to release right after Next Fest? Let's find out.
Hej, anyone remember this? go.bsky.app/FwZqzcz Because we all remember you. We make game narratives. Let us help you make your game shine
The poster has taken this from a Political Humor group on Reddit. It's satire.
Unity beginner: My entire game is one scene with everything in a big tree Unity expert: Every game screen is its own scene with appropriate scope Godot beginner: Every game screen is its own scene with appropriate scope Godot expert: My entire game is one scene with everything in a big tree
Drop a film you saw on a first date. This was... a choice. She wanted to see it, I hadn't heard about it so was going in blind.
Theo Beastly@theopriestley.net · 5d agoDrop a film you saw on a first date. We never finished the film....for reasons....sexy reasons....
After more than 200 years, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is coming home! I am proud to have worked with Chairman Rupnick to secure $1M to build a Tribal Government headquarters here, on Illinois soil. Honored to have played a small role in this long-overdue homecoming.