Osmose

@osmose.bsky.social

I make websites, games, and chiptunes! he/him https://osmose.ceo

mario has 5 "sensor pixels" used for physics... his feet pixels check for solid ground to land on, of course. the side pixels check for walls, and eject him outward. the head pixel checks for bonking against a ceiling. if his head misses a block but his side enters it, he gets nudged sideways

People think gacha gamers play because they have a gambling addiction when really most play because they've been hardwired to want to feel productive constantly and gacha games provide an infinite feeling of productivity with daily quests and rewards

whoa, it's a short teaser for The Mondara Incident, the atmospheric puzzle/exploration game i've been working on!

A good instinct to develop is noticing when a creator starts to be treated as generically smart—if they aren't grifting yet, the incentives mean they will start grifting to maintain the illusion, no matter their intent. Everyone is a specialist and they will fuck up outside of their speciality

Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org · 5d ago

In other AI news, Hank Green posted to the Nazi site admitting he uses the plagiarism machine to write his scripts, so that's fun.

The dichotomy of "good UIs don't change lest they surprise and frustrate users" vs "all creations live and change over time, what makes you think software should be any different"

gamer girl bathwater is over now you can drink the water from the float tank that tim sweeney was in when his claude agents built fortnite Introducing 10x Engineer Floatwater

Retro emulation console cheat sheet - Fuck modretro - Analogue is annoying and sucks but at least they're not modretro - AYN is p good - modding an old 3ds is great - running a non-retroarch emulator on your PC is peak

I think at this point Zeldaga is about as good as it's going to be design-wise without either committing to a larger game or changing a fundamental aspect. I've got a list of final tweaks to make, and some time before I can sort the final music out, and then it'll be ready for release

I think at this point Zeldaga is about as good as it's going to be design-wise without either committing to a larger game or changing a fundamental aspect. I've got a list of final tweaks to make, and some time before I can sort the final music out, and then it'll be ready for release

You don't owe anyone an explanation as to why you refuse to accommodate LLMs. You can just refuse. Any effort you expend explaining it is a favor to them and not an obligation on your part.