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gcmaybe

@gcmaybe.bsky.social

Yay! Somewhere to put my cat pictures! Programmer at Strange Scaffold (currently). Technical Designer / Gameplay Engineer at Question (recently).

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gcmaybe@gcmaybe.bsky.social · 4d ago

This was useful. I'm constantly disabling AI bullshit as I become aware of it, but this had some stuff I hadn't caught yet.

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
gcmaybe@gcmaybe.bsky.social · last wk.

Getting a form letter rejection email on a Sunday is so weird. Someone's combining the hustle of working the weekend with the idgaf of crushing someone's hopes with a cut & paste email. They're probably a really interesting person.

gcmaybe@gcmaybe.bsky.social · 4w ago

Got asked about Wolfenstein, but it hurts to reminisce about it. I don't recognize anything in the shipped game from the time I was there. Everything got cut sooner or later, usually within a few months. One of the maps made it a full year and somebody bought it a birthday cake. Good times.

gcmaybe@gcmaybe.bsky.social · last mo.

My neighbor keeps chickens. I don't know where anyone got it in their head that roosters say "cock-a-doodle-doo." This one says "Uuuuuhhhh!" like a human escaping a thousand years of damnation by haunting the body of a chicken and trying to speak.

Dowager Allison Salmon@codecrafty.bsky.social · last mo.

This. The best games I've made and the smoothest, fastest and least stressful development cycles I've been part of have all come from teams with a high degree of trust and usually that was developed by working together for years. It takes security and time to build trust and good teams.

Katie Chironis@kchironis.bsky.social · last mo.

my belief is that at the end of the day, great games are made by groups of people who have high trust with each other & can fluidly execute a shared vision. which is a small part of why these layoffs are so devastating- it's not just about jobs, it's about these "trust structures" being torn apart.

Sylvie Althoff@sylvie-althoff.bsky.social · last mo.

"Made from Midnight: Delirium" is now available from Poets in the Pines! This otherworldly collection of poetry and fiction features my flash story "The Other Side" about cosmic snails and carcinization and leaving the real world behind for something better.

Promotional image advertising the release of "Made From Midnight: Delirium" in paperback and ebook formats, featuring a quotation from the flash story "The Other Side" by Sylvie Althoff: "When Lydia finally broke through to the other side, she was a little surprised to be a snail." The cover depicts a drawing of a blue bird perched on a branch, viewed through a keyhole that reveals a fantastical seashore scene.
David Lindsey Pittman@dphrygian.com · last mo.

(P.P.P.S. If you haven't played Eldritch, it's currently 90% off in the Steam Summer Sale! And if you have, then throw a wishlist at Eldritch 2! I'm making a sequel! We're going to the Dreamlands this time!) store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E... store.steampowered.com/app/2279280/...

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Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

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gcmaybe@gcmaybe.bsky.social · last mo.

1) Yes. I feel for anyone trying to break in right now, but mad respect. 2) People who come from money will have the resources and stability to try for longer. I worry that this is going to disproportionately filter out anyone from a disadvantaged background, even worse than it already was.

Morgan Shaver ⚔️@polwingedhussar.bsky.social · last mo.

All I have to say is I have mad respect for anyone chasing their dreams in the games industry right now. Yes, things are rough, but understanding the challenges and persisting anyway is badass. Don't let anyone tell you "don't" if this is what you really want. Keep going.