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Amon26 @amon26.bsky.social · 10h

What's taking phobolis so long?

Easy. We're not phoning it in. ft @hexebyte.bsky.social

Infrablack @infrablack.bsky.social · 12h

Heya! Hex speaking. A cool technique I use a -lot- in Phobolis is the oldschool yet very effective blending strip/skirt trick to 'glue' meshes together, so much so that I've been developing a custom set of geometry node tools in Blender to achieve this with much less manual effort.

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Flowt @flowt.bsky.social · 9h

oh my god they let me do it

WWW.UNBEATABLEGAMEWISHLIST.NOW @dcellgames.com · 14h

"holy shit this game is crazy. if i cant say 'shit', then do like a 'wow' or something. but if i can, leave all the text as is, including this period."

- @flowt.bsky.social, programmer

Illustration of Beat grinding on a rail with a CRT in the background. The skateboard she's riding on has a silence-themed wrap.

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Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social · 12h

I'm super happy about my writing being in this campaign that hit its initial goal in about 23 seconds. I'm in frankly intimidating company, and I'd love to see the project hit its stretch goal. These three TTRPG books are jagged knives with well-worn grips and deserve lovely scabbards.

Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 14h

good morning! all my bones hurt, how spooOOooky!! there are 16 days left in the Art & System backerkit campaign and if we hit our stretch goal, my journaling game Princess with a Cursed Sword becomes an actual journal.

Art & System: Games for Expanded Play

A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch

www.backerkit.com

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 4d

Blood West is a fascinating (and cool) game. Looks like a boomer shooter, plays like a hybrid of souls-like and immersive sim, spicy death penalties, respawning enemies and all.

Dave NewBlood @dave.newblood.games · 4d

BLOOD WEST [XBOX & PS5] REVIEW KEYS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!

EMAIL ME [[email protected]] WITH SERIOUS INQUIRIES AND YOUR CHANNEL/OUTLET LINKS.

RELEASES OCTOBER 16TH 🤠

GLHF

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🎂 Sydney Screams 🎉 BIRTHDAY MONTH @sydneyscreams4u.bsky.social · 6d

porn is not evil.
sex is not evil.
pleasure is not evil.
kink is not evil.

none of them are things to feel shame or embarrassment about.

none of them deserve the heavy-handed censorship that they're facing.

resist oppression (even if you don't partake in what is being oppressed)

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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 5d

SKATE STORY
DECEMBER 8
PS5 | SWITCH 2 | PC
🔥🔥🔥 🛹 🔥🔥🔥
PLAY THE DEMO ON STEAM

store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/...

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 5d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 5d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Charles Boury @charlesboury.fr · 5d

Getting back to writing blog posts! ✏️

It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.

Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕

charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d

Texture first, model later

A reverse workflow to create props based on tiled textures

charlesboury.fr

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Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social · 6d

I might be too kind, but you could mark damaged/muddled/unverified parts of the map in a different color, a la getting the full map for an underexplored area in a metroidvania? It'd reduce cognitive load for the player.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 7d

I'm honestly shocked to see this Kickstarter struggling. Everyone I know that has tried the demo has been gushing about this one.

I suggest you try that demo.

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 7d

9 DAYS LEFT to back BLANKSWORD, our Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that lost his brain!

⚔ God is waiting. ⚔

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social · 7d

Corporate mergers should be illegal. youtu.be/rXXQTzQXRFc

I Tracked Down The Company Ruining Restaurants

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · Sep 14

DID YOU KNOW that Maddy 'Celeste Developer' Thorson has been pretty busy since redefining precision platformers?

Enjoy a trilogy of high-powered Kaizo Marios starring shitpost non-binary Sonic.

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Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social · 7d

Sublime Text will probably do what you want, although you will need to edit your project's JSON configs to set up the run button. There is a Python debugger plugin I haven't tried out.

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Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social · 7d

I use Sublime Text for Python, which is... much more a fancy text editor than an IDE, but has highlighting and autocomplete and snippets and such. There are plugins I don't use for stuff like auto-refactoring and jumping to definitions.

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Future Proof Games @futureproofgames.com · 10d

We're live! Let's geek about dinos and game design.

Future Proof Games @futureproofgames.com · 11d

Gregory is going to take up the noble occupation of dinosaur ranching tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern as Future Proof Plays: Paleo Pines, an adorable farming game from @paleopines.bsky.social. Spend some time with us and chat about dinosaurs and game design! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery...

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 11d

This is a hill I will die on.
youtu.be/fDvxq7IF1W4

LED replacement bulbs for cars are bad and you shouldn't use them.

YouTube video by Technology Connextras

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Gregory Avery-Weir @gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social · 10d

I'll be streaming a cute game in a bit under three hours with the other half of @futureproofgames.com in chat!

Future Proof Games @futureproofgames.com · 11d

Gregory is going to take up the noble occupation of dinosaur ranching tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern as Future Proof Plays: Paleo Pines, an adorable farming game from @paleopines.bsky.social. Spend some time with us and chat about dinosaurs and game design! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery...

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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 11d

I took a Bitsy game I never finished, about a maple syrup heist, and turned it into a poetic memoir about finishing things, for a @gamepoems.bsky.social submission. I'm told it will be shared this weekend at the Winchester Poetry Festival in the UK, which I'm excited about. Takes ~5 mins to play.

The Forest and the Trees by Jill Murray

An upcycled game about finding ways to move on and finish art.

discojill.itch.io

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Future Proof Games @futureproofgames.com · 11d

Gregory is going to take up the noble occupation of dinosaur ranching tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern as Future Proof Plays: Paleo Pines, an adorable farming game from @paleopines.bsky.social. Spend some time with us and chat about dinosaurs and game design! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery...

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 12d

The British Podcast Awards featured a strange “glitch” that everyone found amusing; but has interesting implications. Most of the winners were upstairs in the cheap balcony seats, meaning there was a few minutes’ delay on almost EVERY award as the winners went down the back stairs to the stage. >>

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Morganite, but spooky 🎃💖 @morganite.io · 11d

Unity is telling every developer who has a game running on anything newer than 2017.1 to update to fix a vulnerability

“It is imperative that you review the following guidance to ensure the continued safety of your users.”

Unity®

An important message

A security vulnerability was identified that affects games and applications built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later for Android, Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems.
There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on users or customers. We have proactively provided fixes that address the vulnerability, and they are already available to all developers. The vulnerability was responsibly reported by the security researcher Ryotak, and we thank him for working with us.

Key Facts:
• There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability nor has there been any impact on users or customers.
• Unity has worked in close collaboration with our platform partners who have taken further steps to secure their platforms and protect end users.
• Released games or applications using Unity 2017.1 or later for Windows, Android, macOS, or Linux may contain this vulnerability.
• Unity has released an update for each of the major and minor versions of the Unity Editor starting with Unity 2019.1.
• Unity has released a binary patcher to patch already-built applications dating back to 2017.1.

What Actions Should You Take?
You need to take action if you have developed and released a game or application using Unity 2017.1 or later for Windows, Android, or macOS. It is imperative that you review the following guidance to ensure the continued safety of your
users.
• If your project is still in active development:
• Download the patched update for your version of the Unity Editor, available via Unity Hub or the Unity Download Archive, before building and publishing. This will ensure that your releases are fully protected.
• Games and applications already built:
• We strongly recommend you download the patched update for your version of the Unity Editor, recompile, and republish your application.
• We have provided a tool to patch already-built applications dating back to 2017.1 for Android, Windows, and macOS for developers who prefer not to rebuild their projects. The tool can be accessed here.

• For Android or Windows Applications, some additional protections are being put in place:
• If your Android application is distributed via Google Play, other third-party Android App stores, or direct download: As an additional layer of defense, Android's built-in malware scanning and other security features will help reduce risks to users posed by this vulnerability.
This does not replace the time critical need to apply the patch update for affected apps.
(These protections do not apply to AOSP-based platforms unaffiliated with Google.)
• If your application targets Windows: For Windows-based applications, Microsoft
Defender has been updated and will detect and block the vulnerability. Valve will issue additional protections for the Steam client.
•If your application employs tamper-proofing or anti-cheat solutions:
• You will need to rebuild your project with the patched update for your version of the Unity Editor and redeploy to maintain these protections. Patching your existing application isn't possible because it will trip the tamper protection.
Additional Platforms:
• For Horizon OS: Meta devices have implemented mitigations so that vulnerable Unity apps running on
Horizon OS cannot be exploited.
• For Linux: The vulnerability presents a much lower risk on Linux compared to Android, Windows, and

• For Linux: The vulnerability presents a much lower risk on Linux compared to Android, Windows, and macOS.
• For all other Unity-supported platforms, including iOs, there have been no findings to suggest that the vulnerability is exploitable.
• For the best protection, we always recommend you are on the latest patch release of the version of Unity you are using.
Consumer Guidance:
• There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability nor has there been any impact on users or customers.
• Advise your users to keep their devices and applications updated, enable automatic updates, and maintain current antivirus software.
• Encourage security best practices, including avoiding suspicious downloads and routinely updating all software.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 12d

ALERT! ALERT! We're in the last days of being able to preorder my book EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED: ON ASSASSIN'S CREED, which is a book about the Assassin's Creed franchise and how games reflect and impact the real world! Click this link and use the code MN93450 for 30% off! z.umn.edu/14943

Everything Is Permitted

An entertaining deep dive into the world, gameplay, and evolution of the hugely successful Assassin’s Creed video game franchiseA hooded figure stands i...

z.umn.edu

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 13d

Don't worry about not fitting in, because fitting in isn't an important part of your life.
Be proud of being different♡
Your life is shining🌈

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 12d

I can answer this!

EARTH MUST DIE is about a dumbass authoritarian dictator, and the whole game is deeply, unashamedly anti-fascist in nature.

The GOOD news is, if you're a fascist, most of the jokes will go over your head and you can just look at the pretty colours? 👍

Steam forum post for EARTH MUST DIE. The question is raised "Is this game political? or will I be able to enjoy it and escape from this dire reality for a moment?"

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