IT'S BEEN THREE FUCKING YEARS. STOP TALKING ABOUT IT LIKE IT'S A FUCKING PENCIL.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterday

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

also an article that's obviously been written with AI. saw the first assertion that something was "real", skipped down to the "it's not just x, it's y", then saw the out of context use of tables. if a person didn't write it, it wasn't worth writing in the first place.

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 3d ago

Check out the full article here: finance.biggo.com/news/ff9b2be...

i thought twitch was losing money, was never profitable? that's why they needed the 50% cut, why the streams are littered with ads, why there's twitch-led sponsorships, why amazon has to keep it afloat. so why is being the 7 year CPO of this apparently failing company a good thing for whatnot?

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 3d ago

Twitch's Former Chief Product Officer says the Discovery and Ads teams were once at war over Feed impressions (solved), and that Twitch streams with fewer than 1000 viewers are dead weight (since entertainment economics runs on ad rates). Very interesting historical insight!

Barnacles stick to things, they pick a surface and they don't let go. They make some of the most amazing adhesive in the animal world, so much so scientists are trying to discover the secret. #barnacles #marinebiology #shorts #sciencefacts #oceanlife

Locomotion is getting betterworse

In Alpine Lake redecorating is easy, and doesn't require hoarding resources and crafting 1000's of new items. styles are unlocked and you're free to redecorate as much as you like. Also I noticed players used wooden flooring to make paths around their inns. now pathing is a full fledged feature!

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

The Frozen Zoo is not a museum of extinct species. It is a living genetic archive designed to give endangered wildlife a future. In this one-of-a-kind interview, we tour the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen Zoo, for the first time ever in a live stream format. youtu.be/e9ZlbK56_6Q

In this era, dinosaurs have evolved brightly colored facial hair

Weirdly relatable

live playing retro remaster stream happening right now on twitch live. twitch.tv/finisfine

finisfine - Twitch

prerolls on | temu indiana jones goes to i can't remember but it'll be awesome probably

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pet store in nz using AI to write copy for a cat bed. AI thinks it's a cushion. "Whether you're using it as a support while sitting or as an accessory to enhance your space's aesthetic... It's not just a cushion; it's a lifestyle choice that promises to bring you endless comfort and satisfaction."

I found out about the Flock CEO's personal emails to law enforcement agencies across the country from police departments I had consulted about cybersecurity, as they reached out to warn me about his dangerous language regarding my videos.

hey. if you like drums. and bass. and samples from 90 year old movies about weed. then fin has dropped a new track on his new non-dev channel. if you like this, feel free to engage with it. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQis...

Fion - Roots In Hell

YouTube video by fin is fine

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today's game of "spot the AI marketing copy". it's Ovani Sound, by the way.

also now everything quixel is in this massive archive that i had to script to search for consistently. depending on where you search on fab you may or may not find it. i search the store, i find it listed as in my library. i search my library, it's not there. observation makes the assets disappear.

Robots Make Games@robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 4w ago

as a long time user of unreal engine i like to complain a lot to make myself feel less stupid for a bit. we had quixel pro before epic. the migration was awful. quixel is an archive now. nothing is updated. everything is through fab. my 20mb mesh is stuck in a queue behind a 10gb download. hi btw.

as a long time user of unreal engine i like to complain a lot to make myself feel less stupid for a bit. we had quixel pro before epic. the migration was awful. quixel is an archive now. nothing is updated. everything is through fab. my 20mb mesh is stuck in a queue behind a 10gb download. hi btw.

whoever at epic designed this genius way of viewing a page on the fab store from the unreal launcher. i mean. ooooh. i just want to shake them by the- well, let's start with wanting to shake them vigorously and go from there. we went from dogfooding to dogshitting, didn't we? details in alt text.

Doing a bonus @fieldofheroes.com development stream at twitch.tv/gamieon right now. Picking up where I left off on leaderboard integration. Come for the C++, stay for the banter!

Gamieon - Twitch

Field of Heroes online fantasy soccer brawler game development!

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If you are an existing InternetNZ member who hasn't renewed yet, TODAY is your LAST day to renew your membership in order to be able to vote for new board members, and in the upcoming AGM.

InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa@internetnz.nz · last mo.

Last call for existing InternetNZ members to renew! If your membership is expiring this year, you should now have your final email with instructions on how to renew. To have your say at this year’s AGM and board elections for InternetNZ, you need to renew your membership before 30 June.

if you dont know what we mean when we say golgfrinchan b ark, we can't be friends.

wait, there's a steam sale on? how unusual. next thing you'll be telling me there's a festival on.

there's also other integrations that make me realise how heavily pipeline dependent i am right now. they can mostly all fall into the nice to have category at the moment, or the scrape some shit together for internal use category. but having external tools at some point is a must.

i also need to probably write a rider integration. i just can't go back to visual studio + resharper. i just can't.

Robots Make Games@robotsmakegames.bsky.social · last mo.

been trying out @stride3d.bsky.social in my spare time. it's kinda refreshing to be able to write my own stuff again rather than rely on the unreal gameplay framework. i don't know if anything will come of it, because i'd have to write a lot of pipeline scripts, but it's not unenjoyable. :)

been trying out @stride3d.bsky.social in my spare time. it's kinda refreshing to be able to write my own stuff again rather than rely on the unreal gameplay framework. i don't know if anything will come of it, because i'd have to write a lot of pipeline scripts, but it's not unenjoyable. :)

Apple has closed down the first of its US stores to unionize. Over half of the 70 unionized workers at the Towson, MD store are losing their jobs. The union says Apple is retaliating after it only offered transfers to workers at the two nonunion stores it also closed.

A weird little dance of food indecision

Happy to finally share that Slumbering Woods received a Games Grant from Screen Queensland! For our small team, this means we can focus on finishing the game without having to look for additional funding. Thanks to Screen Queensland for the support, and to everyone who's been following the project.

Screen Queensland announces recipients of latest Games Grants funding | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games

Screen Queensland has announced the recipients of new Games Grants funding, with developers receiving up to $200,000 per project.

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My penguins are too big 🙁

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-is-met... a must-read write-up on AI in engineering. don't stand for this. "From talking with folks inside Meta, I’ve learned that AI was at the heart of this outage. AI-generated, AI-reviewed code, and security teams being gutted were together the cause"

Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?

Leadership at the social media giant has been on an AI-fueled rampage through its engineering org. We report what’s happened

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