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Take your time and don't force it!

This is precisely why it took me so long to get back into the game industry.

Back in 2008, I was harassed in all of my tech and game courses. The culture soured my experience and I went into teaching instead.

Although I do have a sort of "dream game", I don't aim for it. It's my jrpg and honestly I just work on it as a break from other things. It's been in my head for over a decade, but I won't force it, and if it never gets made, that's fine by me.

Generative AI has really revealed that people just do NOT see coding as a creative process.

So many people out there say they don't want to use the slop machine for art or music, but are more than happy to use it for code.

There is very little respect out there for technical creativity.

The issue with AI users in indie game dev is that they are making a game, but they don't want to be creative.

You can always creatively get around limitations. Hell sometimes we put extra limitations on ourselves to inspire creativity.

If you don't want to be creative, why are you making a game?

Hade heritage kettle is what I use both at work and home. Not cheap, but 3 years in the retail break room is definitely durable

Image showing details for a giveaway of Aseprite, a pixel art software. To join, like the post, comment "pixel" and follow me. Winner chosen on 2/15/26

In an effort to fight back against AI, I will be giving away a free copy of @aseprite.org to help support artwork made by humans💜

How to participate:
-Like this post
-Comment "pixel"
-Follow me

Please repost to spread the word! 🙏

Winner randomly chosen on 2/15/26!

When I started working on Becoming Captain, I wasn't aware of how hard raising awareness to our project would actually be.

Yet, with your help folks, we have breached a new milestone! 🔥

Thank you all for your support!
It is all coming together!🌱

#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #roguelike #upcoming

Comic. [A chemical formula trailing off the right side] C1076 H1080 Ac1067 Ag1069 Al1075 Am1026 Ar1075 As1070 At1047 Au1069 B1071 Ba1070 Be [caption] The approximate chemical formula for the universe

Chemical Formula

xkcd.com/3200/

I have a total of 3 cards I'd get graded. My 2 mtg cards I play as commanders (so never in a deck) and my gold pikachu (designed as a collectable item for a game I don't play)
I also only buy a few (3-5) packs per set of Pokemon out of nostalgia

I'm not *that* old yet (back immediately cries out in pain)

It having been the only Bethesda RPG I've beaten, I can see it getting hated at launch. That said, I loved it and would recommend playing it, but with the understanding of what bugs you might experience!

Obsidian did an incredible job, but it's still Bethesda's easily broken engine

FYI, on the Minneapolis shooting video: Bluesky hasn't taken it down. It's been labeled as "graphic media" so that people can avoid it if they choose.

You can change your personal settings on whether you see media labeled as graphic (or whether it appears with a warning) here: bsky.app/moderation

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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]

I hope your gift unboxing went well! 🎁

AAA vs indie games is like coffee shops.

I've never met anyone who actually likes Dunkin, but yet people will consistently buy the mediocre but known quality over trying something new.

Look for something great? No it might be bad, so I'll just take consistently mediocre instead.

My partner just taught me about an example of why you shouldn't use AI for translation.

Shrek is hugely popular in Poland. This is partially because the localization is incredible. They localized jokes, references, political references, everything.

It is a lot more than just translating the words.

I've explained the concept of "virtual scrolling" in UI several times recently, so I decided to put together a small graphic. If you have a scrolling list of items that are all the same height, you can use a simple calculation to only process the ones currently on screen.

Hello [Author Name], I recently came across [book title] and, to be honest… it didn't feel like "just another book". It felt like a rare work that makes you stop and think, "Wow, this is something special." That's why I'm contacting you: I work with over [X+] passionate book clubs and readers, communities both online and offline. When we introduce a book like yours, it has a huge impact, sparking exciting discussions, authentic reviews, and readers who spread your story far beyond the usual channels. I've noticed that [Book Title] has received [X reviews/sales figures] since its release. That's a good start, but I know our readers would really love your story. With its [insert: originality, emotional depth, suspense, humor, etc.], it's exactly the kind of book that sparks conversation and captivates readers. If that sounds interesting to you, you don't need to write a long reply; a simple "Interested" is enough, and we can get started. No pressure, no hassle, just readers who are excited to discover and celebrate your work. Warm regards, Maria P. Stephen

Geez, the book spammers aren't even trying anymore.

(Bonus: this email was originally in German)

Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves

The Doctor is right and correct

Every lesbian I know is like yay girls are the best, and every straight woman I know is like sigh, unfortunately I like dudes.

Understandable, really.

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

Honestly "Don't Engage, Just Block" has transformed my social media experience so profoundly that it's hard for me to describe. It's just so much better to be online now.

A selection of 6 generic character sprites

I figure it might be a good idea to share some of the games progress. These are some of the character sprites I've drawn for the early stages of my game
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

I believe in you! don't make the same mistake I did with my map generation (I've been working on other stuff for the past year, at this point just procrastinating)

and yes this is a tweet!!

if in casual conversation you say "I saw a tweet the other day" you don't correct yourself to say you saw a "toot" or a "skeet", bc deep down we all intuitively know the tweet is a format

In The Labyrinth of Time, entering the Ziggurat without a lantern is supposed to show a black screen. However, the developers put in the wrong filename for the black screen, so it fails to render, showing a black screen instead