sam
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"Leading" "engineering" at Messhof. Made Wheel World. Making a new thing!
To be fair, I would also be jealous if my entire adult life occurred post 2016
Elad Nehorai@eladn.bsky.social · last wk.Lmao Gen Z are dressing as Millenial Optimism for Halloween
So I've tried taking the AI pill for the better part of this year. I have tried every level of agentic workflow they talk about on X, really trying to adopt it because as much as I morally object to it, I have to pay a mortgage And I'm coming to the awful conclusion that I'm just not built for it
Have the pleasure of upgrading Messhof's gitlab server today (letsencrypt auto-renew stopped working). Apparently the upgrade process for gitlab is, _manually patching_ between TEN versions, in between each running SQL queries manually to make sure it's _actually_ finished. What a piece of shit
The VOD for my BSC2026 talk "The Root of The Root of All Evil" is now available! It's the spiritual successor to last year's "The Big OOPs", so if you enjoyed that one, join me for one more adventure into the history of computer science: computerenhance.com/theroot
The Root of the Root of All Evil
A Brief History of Programming's Most Ambiguous Catchphrase
computerenhance.com
Blood Dungeon is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox Series, Windows Store, Game Pass, Switch 1+2, and PlayStation 5! RTs very much welcome. I love you. #boneup blooddungeon.com youtu.be/rmbXDEdb6Y0
Blood Dungeon: Release Trailer
YouTube video by messhof
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I Burnt My Kid's Pancakes Playing Way Too Much Blood Dungeon, An Excellent Vampire Survivors-Like From The Designer Of Nidhogg, And I'd Do It Again:
Vampire Survivors Meets Spelunky Is My Newest Obsession
Messhof's latest turns bullet heaven into a neat and chaotic platformer
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by far the best engine integration out of any scripting layer I've used, and way more productive than C# for its use case
Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 3mo agoAlso real talk, I do think GDscript is a significant win for Godot and if you're coming into it, even if you are used to and like C#, you should give gdscript a shot. The language is somewhat lightweight, like the engine itself, but being specifically designed for game development is a win.
Got Slug font rendering working on my android gameboy! Plain ol gl es3
BIG HOPS TOGETHER is out now! - Play the 15 hour adventure with 8 players - Pick up, carry, and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other frogs - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story progression and collectibles are shared - 40% off for the next week Link below ->
What's the best Linux laptop that isn't a framework? I currently have an ROG Flow z13 and it's pretty annoying so I want to replace it, but don't want to wait for a framework pro
You can live-edit a smaller box3d demo here, if you want to play around with the source code without downloads: minc.dev/playground/g...
crazy to say but having seen a few friend's games get absolutely binned by their publishers this year I think that given the option, descoping until you can self publish would actually be the less risky decision at this point
how many cigarettes is biking 5 miles in 180 AQI equivalent to
it's really funny to me that people are complaining about how annoying the traffic is in our cycling game lol
hey y'all Wheel World is out! I've poured my blood sweat and tears into this game for the past four years, it would mean a lot to me for you to play it store.steampowered.com/app/1497460/...
Save 10% on Wheel World on Steam
Dive into Wheel World as Kat, a rider chosen by ancient cycling spirits. Race elite teams, trick out your bike, and perform the long overdue Great Shift ritual to save a universe on the brink! Your bi...
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can't believe Wheel World is out tomorrow. 4 years. Afraid/excited for everyone to play it and afraid/excited for the next chapter of my career
weird hobby of mine: making race car liveries in substance painter 🏎️
i feel like this is actually a long-term net positive for small indies making highly bespoke work. people are already sick of the scale-chasing in big games that are made with conventional tools, which is by definition the best result that AI tools _could_ accomplish
Damion Schubert@zenofdesign.com · last yr.Putting aside issues of quality and plagiarism-- One of the things players want in their narrative is novelty - unique, memorable and compelling characters and situations - and AI is pretty terrible at creating novelty without being extremely nonsensical and weird.
geez, nightreign is so good. no notes. most fun i've had in a multiplayer game in a long time. i actually really dig the pacing, kind of reminds me of a platinum game in a lot of ways. i wonder if any ex-platinum people worked on it
Wheel World is the game I’m most anticipating this year. 100% a dream game I’ve always wanted to exist. store.steampowered.com/app/1497460/...
Wheel World on Steam
Dive into Wheel World as Kat, a rider chosen by ancient cycling spirits. Race elite teams, trick out your bike, and perform the long overdue Great Shift ritual to save a universe on the brink! Your bi...
store.steampowered.com
the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017. @bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
