Out of mana but not out of options

Aftermath@aftermath.site · yesterday

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave gave a nun a gun: aftermath.site/fire-emblem-fo...

Without downloading new pics what is it like dating you? (nobody said I could only use one picture, I contain multitudes and also fuck rules)

Keano Raubun@keano.bsky.social · 3d ago

Without downloading new pics what is it like dating you?

Harrison Ford, the actor behind loveable scoundrels Han Solo and Indiana Jones, started his career as an on-set carpenter. That makes him a roguelike deckbuilder.

remembering when people were suggesting playing Hogwarts Legacy but also donating to trans charities and someone called that "carbon offsetting for transphobia"

Shrek@spocksbrian.worstpossible.world · last wk.

Oohhh that is nasty stuff. These people are disgusting

Racoon City Police pulling over Jill Valentine

Michelle@michelleroy78.bsky.social · last wk.

Me: It's medicinal. Cop: Ok, first of all, it's a rocket launcher.

Let us know what you decide, Brussels. We're not holding our breath or anything.

There are ways to trim your videogame development budget, and then there are *ways* to trim your videogame development budget.

« Chased the Roses »

Game design and fiction writing are, for whatever reason, two jobs that most people think they could do instantly at a high standard, with zero experience or evidence. I don’t know if it was a smart idea to focus on both as a profession. Certainly an occasionally frustrating idea.

Danny2462@danny2462.bsky.social · 2w ago

granted it's not esoteric, but this reminded me of explaining to a design manager why designers pushing vibecode to prod is not a good idea & getting countered with "saw it working though" thank you, very infuriating :D a toast to any fellows having to put up with Dunning-Kruger mountaineers 🥂

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w ago

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

I keep seeing arguments for games being expensive due to hyper realistic expectations for art, or simply lots of art. What I don’t see is the actual most costly reason: Indecision Iteration is good, but the yearly rebuilding of entire characters, storylines, and levels, is the most expensive thing

Arvy@arvy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Many factors at play here - not the least of which is higher-ups (in their infinite wisdom) not being able to commit to anything, or knowing good from bad All the while the economy at large expects the profit line go infinitely up, absolutely ignoring its undeniable tendency to do the opposite

the monomyth is when every media company congeals into one conglomerate + sells only one story forever and ever at $99.99/month

gif that describes you as a writer

Keano Raubun@keano.bsky.social · 4w ago

gif that describes you as a writer:

the bread is $13.50 and all the circuses are subscription based

Please stop using Twitter I promise you that your engagement there is not authentic viewership. Statistically, it has been proven to be as much as 70% bot interactions. I am sorry for sharing something kind of upsetting but it genuinely frustrates me to see people glaze over when I say this stuff

Arly Darkfire | No Streams Until Air Quality Improves:(@arlydarkfire.bsky.social · 4w ago

i’m sorry if it hits your reach and thus your livelihood to drop a platform but if you were a merchant and the biggest place to sell your wares was Wacky Mike’s Child Porn (and other stuff) Emporium I bet you would just take the hit. It’s not any different just because we’re on computer

Ubisoft: $9,99 for 1 character skin, swords, pistol, and a trinket with unique perks. Veelpoot: $9,99 for 6+ hours of gameplay, 16 quests, 9 new locations, 6 weapons, 5 artifacts, 2 amazing Orc armor sets. Now that's real value! 😎 creations.bethesda.net/en/skyrim/de...

If I don't get emotional, I take it as a sign I'm doing something wrong

Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻@applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 4w ago

Authors, do you ever get emotional or cry while you're writing? I have done it, but I know that I am a very easy crier. Curious if anyone else is in the same boat!

CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt

Behind every "solo dev success story" is usually a partner working 9-5 for years to pay the bills.

Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · 4w ago

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

I am not sure when we hit “tech people and Trumpers get to say crazy shit, just flat out impossible delusional shit, and it’s treated not just at face value but as a legitimate strategy”, but I’m against it. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Xbox's CEO wants its games to cater to 'more than a billion people each day', or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional

Alternate title: Does Xbox CEO Asha Sharma know what a billion is?

pcgamer.com

Normalise headlines that accurately handle the absurdity of public statements.

Matt 'Wib' Ward@wib.bsky.social · last mo.

I really appreciate the headline here. I think studies need to be done on the CEO brain, do they think we're all very stupid, or do they have no grasp of reality at all? My bet is on a mix of both.

blogged it aftermath.site/microsoft-xb...

You Don't Have To Hand It To Microsoft For A Well-Planned Bloodbath

People are being laid off in a horrendous job market. You do not have to praise the muddled prose of the rich and insulated.

aftermath.site

Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · last mo.

Microsoft engineered this so that it looked the least bad optically while at the same time still committing a slaughter, all so that Satya Nadella can still dick around with more useless AI horseshit. Fuck him and fuck Microsoft.

this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb

Sarah's dad never upgraded Indy in the recent Indiana Jones game. When I came over to help him get past a part late in the last area, I discovered this and got him some upgrades and he was flabbergasted. "Wow, I have so much health now"

Aftermath@aftermath.site · last mo.

I believe in the idea of 'Marathon Steve' aftermath.site/marathon-steve...

My girlfriend often retells how she found OOT's Water Temple to be a real bitch of a dungeon. Which, you know, fair. Then explains that the hardest part was having to come up for air so often. She had never heard of the Zora Tunic.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · last mo.

I believe in the idea of 'Marathon Steve' aftermath.site/marathon-steve...

Godot’s new AI policy is here. the TL;DR: all code must human authored.

Godot Engine@godotengine.org · last mo.

For years we have been overwhelmed by the volume of code contributions we have to review, especially from new contributors. AI has made the problem much worse. That's why we are taking steps to reduce the burden on maintainers while still welcoming new contributors: godotengine.org/article/cont...