Gerald Kelley
@geraldpkelley.bsky.social
I make games and art - Tech Artist for Zynga - Creator of Abzorb and DeckStacker geraldp.net
Had a nice conversation with bsky.app/profile/thee... about BIG HOPS! Pretty sure this is the deepest look at my game design & story philosophy out there, if that's your thing.
Blending Mario and Zelda to Make a New Kind of Platformer | Chris Wade (Big Hops Together)
YouTube video by The Examined Game
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Hey neat! Battle Chef Brigade is now on mobile (thanks, Crunchyroll!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6LO... apps.apple.com/sb/app/battl... play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Official Mobile Launch Trailer | Battle Chef Brigade on Crunchyroll Game Vault
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If you’re unfamiliar with Bandcamp Friday, it’s a day when Bandcamp waives their revenue share of sales, so artists take a much larger cut of the profits than usual. It’s a wonderful way to support musicians!
“There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics.” ICE did this. Trump did this. Republicans did this. “Centrist” Democrats who have caved on anti-immigrant bullshit for years did this. Abolish ICE. That’s the minimum.
Alissa Azar@alissaazar.bsky.social · 10mo agoSomeone just told me that they saw multiple people passed out during the first brutal wave of tear gas when there were still a ton of children and elderly folks. There was a line of children waiting to get treated by medics
In case you missed it, BIG HOPS is coming out January 12th on Steam, Switch, and PS5! #indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.” zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
Finishing out my winter break with another Art Institute of Chicago sketch visit. This one is “Matar Dolorosa” from the Workshop of Dieric Bouts. This black and white sketch doesn’t do her justice, but I had a worthwhile time on this one.
After all, why not? Why shouldn't I stylize raymarched clouds? 👀 These past few cloudy days inspired me to play around more with clouds again ☁☁☁ #gamedev #unity3d #madewithunity
Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong. Wherever in the world it happens. You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
If you make products on the internet watch this video. This video connected for me that Wikipedia is doing the Design Anarchy (adbusters) approach and it worked. perfect thing to watch first thing in the morning and think about all day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
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Now for the bittersweet part of any launch day as a freelance worker, with the game out, I'm out looking for work again. So, need a UI/gameplay programmer, a top-notch senior/lead QA Analyst, a technical or educational game designer? I'm open to freelance and full-time positions, hit me up! Please!
We don’t want AI slop. Stop sending us AI slop. Stop wasting our time with AI slop. It doesn’t sound good. It’s antithetical to our core values. You didn’t even make it. Knock it off.
Pebble Watch is back, and it's still the absolute best smartwatch for Android.
In a couple hours Battle Suit Aces will be out. I'm really proud of what we made, it's a great game with a great story, great card battling, and breathtaking music and art. So excited for you all to play it! store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...
Battle Suit Aces on Steam
From the creators of Battle Chef Brigade comes Battle Suit Aces, a charming card-battling RPG. You'll recruit, befriend, and upgrade mech pilots on a heartfelt hunt for alien superweapons: the Relic S...
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Hey, entire non-US games industry - @kyleor.land is good and trustworthy people.
Kyle Orland@kyleor.land · last yr.Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment? If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com. Please spread the word
Both options highlight green. Which one turns off data collection?
Why are so many AI people trying to get into hobbies they absolutely despise? "Fuck reading just give me the summary", Fuck art just make it for me", "I got ideas but fuck actually writing" like??? Maybe just find something you enjoy doing and do that?????
🍒 CHERRY RUSH starting this Friday! 🍒 First run: BARBUTA Cherry at 8am PT / 11am ET by @graygooglitch.com!
Derek Yu@mossmouth.bsky.social · last yr.CHERRY RUSH, the UFO 50 charity marathon (cherry-ty marathon?), now has a schedule - check out the games, runners, and more! Happening August 29-31. #UFO50 🍒: www.cherry-rush.org/schedule
my has wife asked me to stop my running Werner Herzog commentary during our Donkey Kong Bananza playthru
