Zircean

@zircean.bsky.social

what i lack in brains i more than make up for in speed https://twitch.tv/zircean | https://youtube.com/@Zircean | 日本語OK

I'm never projecting a release window again but the list of things that need to be finished for Petal Crash 2's Early Access release is starting to look pretty small!!!

I've always felt that time commitment was a significant barrier to participating in PGRS, so I'd like to present my new recurring PGRS event, OjaMart! This single-elim, FT5 event is designed to take up as little of your time as possible, while still being eligible for ranking points! Details below

flyer for OjaMart, modeled after the convenience store chain FamilyMart's branding

to be fair if you are a video game executive and you see how much roblox is making on gambling traps made by and for minors you would also be like we are the biggest idiots alive for paying game developers

if your response to “users aren’t dumb, they have their own motivations and incentives and it’s good to try to understand those when you make software you want people to use” is “well actually, users are dumb” I’m sorry, but you are part of the problem

if the UI and UX suck or features people want to use aren’t there I promise you it’s not as good an alternative as you think most users just want to get things done on software that works well, and yelling at them about how they’re wrong to want what they want doesn’t actually help them or you

Look, I’m an open source maintainer, and if you want people to use that FOSS software as an alternative to that proprietary software it’s good to understand why people wanted to use that proprietary software in the first place and why they might be hesitant to switch It’s not because users are dumb

optimization work sucks!! it only happens if it has to! time optimizing perf can be used to make a better game! in eras where codebases were iterated upon more stably/maintainably, optimization was a long term arc of progress. complaints of "back when DEVS CARED abt performance" are ahistorical

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?

Red Parry NYC vs Vitamin #4 Monday July 20th @ Vitamin 168 N 1st St, Brooklyn NY 6pm Red Parry is excited to collaborate with Vitamin & host another night of games! Vampire Savior tournament bracket capped to 16 entries. Follow link below for tournament registration & details.

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atelier firis dx softlocked and lost me several hours of gameplay last night because it doesn't have autosave, very cool. guess i'm done with it then, i'm not doing all of that over lol

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