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Don Bellenger 𐕣 𖤐 𐕣

@donnotron.bsky.social

Game Developer, humanist, musician and baker from Oakland. Grim Optimist. Made Black Future '88, working on NECTARMANCER at The Beauty Cult. Does music as SKYMELT, currently playing synths in FRTRSS, current MLIS student.

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Sam Barlow 🔥@mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 3w ago

If a team makes a game that gets great reviews and doesn't sell, that's a biz failing but the silver lining is you caught lighting in a bottle -- protect that team! It's worth its weight in gold. If you jettison the team but keep the biz people, I don't know what to tell you

Cat Manning@catacalypto.bsky.social · 3w ago

deeply annoying that creative breakthroughs don’t come on schedule from direct work but from things like “open-ended conversations with interesting people” and “doing nothing”

Bennett@foddy.net · 4w ago

given that there's a contact sensor in the ball, i think the world cup broadcasts are missing an opportunity to implement screen shake

Gwen C. Katz@gwenckatz.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have a new nonfic article out today: Flatland, the 19th century story about a 2D world narrated by a square, has interesting worldbuilding but turns many people off with its demeaning comments about women. But are these comments genuine or satirical? I dig into the author's life to find out.

Seize The Press Magazine@seizethepress.bsky.social · last mo.

STP Issue #14 is out! With stories about eating children; guys turning into telephones; malignant grimoires; 'The Connoisseur'; and resurrecting the 9/11 hijackers in order to publicly execute them.

Cover of Seize The Press Magazine Issue 14, showing a fanged person with their head through the bottom of an alligator's jaw, while multiple eyeballs hang from their eye socket.
Benn Jordan@bennjordan.bsky.social · last mo.

Dear musicians, Why the HELL are you not only subscribing to Spotify, but sharing links to your music there? Why are you helping this company grow, despite them throwing you under the bus every single chance they've had in the last decade? I legitimately can't wrap my head around this.

Freya Holmér@freya.bsky.social · 2mo ago

so I've been looking at my finances, and all my income sources have plummeted I'm gonna have to shift my focus away from #half-edge and giving talks, because unfortunately they're huge money sinks I can't afford if you can, I'd appreciate your support, especially now ❤️ www.patreon.com/c/acegikmo

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Don Bellenger 𐕣 𖤐 𐕣@donnotron.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We added a new award to our steam page that's very meaningful to us. store.steampowered.com/app/739790/T...

The Beauty Cult's NECTARMANCER on Steam

NECTARMANCER tells the story of Aisa, the conscripted Nectarmancer for The Throne in this visually stunning action platformer and "gardenvania" by The Beauty Cult.

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Kitty Crawford 🔜 Gamescom@kittycrawford.com · 2mo ago

Psst, did you know you can add this as an award on your steam page? It might make it easier for players who hate AI to know for sure you haven't used it in your game (they're trusting you to be honest thou!) Feel free to nick it from our page 😉 store.steampowered.com/app/4253020/...

A steam award that says' this developer assures that no gen ai was used in this indie game'
Luke Plunkett@lukeplunkett.com · 2mo ago

I think every media person who has spent the last 3-4 years warning everyone that AI is a scam should, when the bubble bursts, get one billion dollars each to run our normal businesses for the next 1000 years. seems fair.