I can't imagine what is happening in the head of those devs right now. They made an amazing engine. A great game. They have rare competencies, and shipped since years (even decades) awesome projects. And they are layed off because... their games were mostly played on (free) game pass. Aweful.

Shinobi602@shinobi602.bsky.social · 4w ago

id Software worked with various ideas before Xbox cuts, including a new Perfect Dark, John Wick style new IP, and co-op DOOM id has been "nuked into the dirt" and "relegated to support studio size", said one former dev. gamesbeat.com/inside-a-stu... www.videogameschronicle.com/news/id-soft...

GFY @microsoft.com @xbox.com My respect to each person concerned by the layoffs today, and I hope they will get back to their feet soon. NEVER EVER accept an offer to Microsoft, for any product, position, or if they want to buy your company. Those persons are sincerely all evil. No exception.

New blog post today! A tale that involves a CEO, screwdrivers, and the search for a new builder... Any relation between this tale and modern software engineering is entirely up to your own interpretation. carette.xyz/posts/a_stor... #blog

Half Life 3 is looking good!

I wrote a quick post today on how I brought Swift to my Linux (NixOS) machine to test a game project. Swift isn't easily available on NixOS natively, and I only had 15 minutes to get it working, so... Distrobox to the rescue! carette.xyz/posts/distro... #linux #swift #nixos #distrobox

" This crisis was not an accident. It was caused by an out-of-control industry. " This sentence is taken from "Inside Job", about the 2008 financial crisis. And, today, it seems we are all in. Again.

Interesting article on how (and why) Apple did rewrite their TrueType hinting interpreter in Swift: www.swift.org/blog/migrati...

Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType Hinting Interpreter

TrueType is a widely used vector font standard for rendering text in web pages, PDFs, operating systems, and applications. Familiar fonts like Helvetica, Garamond, and Monaco are all built on TrueType...

swift.org

"Coding is the easy part", but your services are still down inevitably. I wrote myself, using my brain and my hands, more performant and stable code than any engineer at Anthropic, and for a 10x less salary. There is no place for adults at Anthropic, only kids.

"I don't write code at Anthropic anymore..." Guess what, we know! Just the fact to call people working at Anthropic "engineers" is an insult to real engineers. I am still amazed 99.99% of availability in services is now an issue. Ugh, amateurs.

It's rare to find a killer game on macOS (since DAY ONE!!). if you are into gaming on your Mac (like me), and ride a skate, eat moons, or listen to great music, then I can't recommend it enough to take a look and play #skatestory from @bysameng.com . The mac version is EXCELLENT!

Looking to fill some gaps in my schedule so if anyone needs some freelance game dev in June/July/Aug, and beyond, give me a shout. 🥑 Unity Expert 🥑 C++ Engine and Graphics programming 🥑 Tech Art, tools and VFX 🥑 Multiplatform dev, porting and optimisation 🥑 10+ shipped projects #gamedev #indiedev

OK Go released a website on which they teach lessons of how they made their clips, and learned from mistakes: okgosandbox.org

The physical copy is available for PS5!

Red Art Games@redartgames.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Gobliiins Collection is AVAILABLE NOW digitally! 📢 Revealed moments ago during the AG French Direct, we are ecstatic to announce that the legendary puzzle-adventure series is making its console debut TODAY 👇 Play digitally or pre-order your PS5 physical copy https://bit.ly/m/GobliiinsCollectionRAG

Gobliiins Collection sort aujourd'hui et regroupe les cinq premiers épisodes de la saga de jeux point'n click dans une seule compilation 👹 ✨ Red Art Studios 📅 27 mai 2026 (24 septembre en physique) 🎮 PS5, Xbox Series et Switch 📍 Metz

Very, very (very) proud to have participated in the development of Gobliiins Collection, the collection of the first 5 classical Gobliiins games on console and PC! I was able to work on the development of the entire emulation layer for the first three, and the engine port for Gob5! Available NOW!!!

I am very excited for the last game I worked on to be revealed at the French AG Direct today. If I was you @gamrok.bsky.social and @veensaw.net I would not miss this one... 👀 Livestream here (5:45PM, Paris TZ): youtu.be/lXIguFgQk6k?...

[FR] AG French Direct Printemps 2026

YouTube video by ActuGaming

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New #blog post, about the "new" #AppleTV logo, and how Apple traded CGIs and generative AI with human craftmanship. Feels great to see human work in this "all-generated content" era. carette.xyz/posts/made_b...

I watched with my wife the movie #her tonight. 13 years after our first vision at the cinema, when we were students. So, first, we are old. And second, it is absolutely incredible how this movie was visionary at that time, and remains valid today. It feels like the movie was directed 6 months ago...

Man, this #GoogleIO is soooo boring! What a joke to see agents delivering an "OS" (just kidding, it was an interpreter) that runs Doom for 1000$... What a joke. Google I/O were creative years ago. Now they turned to weird and boring.

Billionaires claim UBI and 32h workweeks are about freedom. The reality? An economy without workers has no consumers. This isn't altruism, but a modern rebrand of 19th-century indentured labor to keep you buying services... #AI #Technofeudalism #UBI #Economics #Tech carette.xyz/posts/who_wi...

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/cop...

Second blog post, integrating "Dear ImGui" in my #swiftlang project. No wasm build this time, only native (but I keep the wasm one in my mind for later 👀). carette.xyz/posts/swift_...

I received some criticisms on my Swift + C blog post, how "it is easy to integrate C in #Swift, but not #C++, even a small code base!". So, I integrated #ImGui (not cimgui, but the C++ project) in my Swift project. It took me 10 minutes. I guess I should start a new blog post 😎 #swiftlang

New blog post, integrating #raylib in a #swiftlang project :) Bonus point: #wasm build at the end! I hope you will enjoy it :) carette.xyz/posts/swift_...

Any good podcast about #swiftlang #programming experience to recommend please? If possible without propaganda about AI Agents crap, not my thing (and most probably never will). Thanks in advance! #swift

Interesting to see all those testing videos about the MacBook Neo. Seems a pretty decent laptop for students and parents. I am pretty sure I would love this unix-like laptop at university, with great battery life and build quality. Good move from Apple to enter that door (especially now).

"we use AI 'cause we can't draw" Meanwhile Slay the spire 2 winning over my heart with this artwork #noAI #sts2 #gamedev

Rappel que je cherche désespérément un job en tant qu'administrateur système. Je sais que le marché est compliqué mais je prends beaucoup de plaisir dans ce domaine, j'y passe des journées à suivre des tutos et tester des trucs. Nancy et alentours, Metz, Luxembourg... Engagez-moi 😟