ZephyrBurst
@zephyrburst.bsky.social
Game dev | Furry | Bird watcher | 30s Dev of the Distorted Travesty series. https://distortedtravesty.blogspot.com/ One day I'll switch away from blogspot! Surely! No to AI!
Updated Game Maker from the 2022 LTS version I was still on to the 2026 LTS and... there were no issues. Not one, which is actually MORE worrisome, lol. But really though, good job to the @gamemaker.io team on their project conversion. It's a pretty big project that was updated too.
Is there any harm in using AI to work on — or entirely create — projects for the Sega Saturn and elsewhere in the retro gaming scene? Yes, PandaMonium says in this opinion column, equating such work to digital asbestos: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming
Column: All A.I. Projects Are Digital Asbestos
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of all SHIRO! Media Group contributors. The cost of modern day video game consoles and personal computers have skyrocketed…
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Laser Guy is back! An anti-shooter where you play as an anxious game developer🥲 Born in a 48-hour GMTK Game Jam 6 years ago, now being turned into a full game! 🎮 FREE DEMO out now! store.steampowered.com/app/3656610/...
i only have time for important thoughts
Shout-out to Travis Knight, who's father is the CEO of Nike (yes THAT Nike, the shoe brand) using his immense inherited wealth to fund stop motion animation at a financial loss purely for the love of the art. Laika Studios my beloved <3
Jamie Smart@jamiesmart.bsky.social · 2mo agoGetting a bit tired of very rich actors and directors saying ‘AI is here we have to learn how to use it’ instead of ‘I am wealthy enough to dedicate myself only to projects which employ talented human beings because anything else is an existential threat to human storytelling’
A moment of scope creep was happening with a scenario I was making in DT4. I started scripting it, but then DELETED IT and successfully fought against the scope creep demon!
commission for an anonymous genius [Originally posted March 3, 2023]
You can check out more info about the comic (and check out what else is debuting) on the SPX website now! www.smallpressexpo.com/debuts/ (My cover image on there is a slightly older version haha)
Debuts – Small Press Expo
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Momodriller@momodriller.bsky.social · 2mo agoPestimonials, my new comic, will debut at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social 2026! A 4-panel gag comic about the amazing, weird, and sometimes terrifying world of bugs! A spiritual successor to The Bug Pond with a new cast... but they can swear now I guess. (This one's for teens and adults) #SPX2026
A number of great discussions with artists at the #EFNW artist alley reminded me of some really cool emails I got about DT3 in particular. I'd like to mention two of them. The first was how DT3 inspired him and that one person created it. Granted DT3 is a fan/sprite rip game, but I understood.
Finally decided to play through the available chapters of Deltarune. I'd played the first 2 chapters on release when they were standalone. (Or at least Ch 1 was) My original thought was to wait for the full release, but I'm glad I decided against that.
😱🐴💡 For @clinkclank.bsky.social as a gift from @zephyrburst.bsky.social! #pony #ponyart 🐝 #VGen #VGenComms
There's an interesting and obvious thing about making a game as difficult as DT4, and that's testing it. I have a rule that I must be able to flawless (no hit) everything before I send anything to the testers. (1/3)
"Trans people will always exist." Cool. "They can't kill us all." Comforting. Yeah, transness will survive, but *I* want to survive, too, y'know? But also, survival and existence aren't enough for me anymore, and they shouldn't be enough for allies either. I want to see my trans friends thrive.
Star Fox sometimes reminds me of group projects in school
Now that we're half way through the year, I can talk about my most memorable games of 2025, because that's appropriate. This isn't a top games or GotY thing, but games that stuck with me. Clair Obscur, I mean... if you played it, then you might understand why this one is up there. (1/6)
A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.
Finished up 'People of Note' last night. That gets a big recommend from me. It was cool to see another game by Iridium and it felt like a game from them. I thought it was a turn-based rhythm game, and it kind of is, but it plays out a lot more like a classic jrpg, both in combat and the field.
hello #portfolioday !! I have been joyfully making art & fanart for almost 15 years .. I vend at conventions & work freelance and I hope to continue doing so :) 💫
As more and more stuff is made, I find myself coming to this exact thought.
The Price of Reason@priceofreason.bsky.social · 7mo agoA lot of older gamers, movie buffs, music buffs, etc. get offended at people not experiencing seminal classics of a given medium. But we should all consider, each and every one of us is being marketed to at all times. There are BILLIONS of hours' worth of stuff to consume. Ignorance is not a crime.
Had a map with a cursed idea, but the execution of it wasn't feeling right. Decided to leave it for a bit because nothing was really working. Upon returning to the map and looking at it for a bit, I found the way to make it all work. The added benefit of also making it far far more cursed.