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Ambrose
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Programming Lead at Hawthorn House Games Tír na nÓg: The Rescue of King Dagda: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1193510768/tir-na-nog-the-rescue-of-king-dagda Dev blog: https://blog.ambrose.cvetkins.space Portfolio: https://ambrose.cvetkins.space
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Nov 25
Hello! My name is Ambrose (they/them), and I'm a game dev based in the Midwest! I like:

- Soulsborne games
- sRPGs
- International cuisine
- Unreal Engine
- Inclusive project management
- Public transportation
- Cross-stitch
- C++
- Religious pluralism
- Learning everything

#intro
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 8d
Very disappointing @jetbrains.com I have a commercial license, but this is something that should be opt-in, not opt-out, even for people with free licenses. (If it has to exist at all. I'm tired of everything needing AI integration)
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Richard Meredith @rtm223.me · 8d
Heads up if you're using @jetbrains.com IDEs: They're gonna start defaulting to stealing all your code if you're not on a commercial license. Which really sucks. Luckily it's still possible to opt-out, for now

blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/09...
Better AI Depends on Better Data: We Need Your Help | The JetBrains Blog
TL;DR Over the past few years, AI has made remarkable progress, but it doesn’t always deliver what professional developers need. One key reason is that most models are trained on public datasets th
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 8d
I do already have a commercial license (bc I got a huge discount after graduating for using it as a student), so I'll probably use it the rest of this year to get my money's worth... but we'll see once it becomes time for renewal. I'm tired of all the AI
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 8d
This upsets me so much. I literally love their IDEs
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Eternal Skies @eternalskiestcg.bsky.social · 9d
Low key the Godot mascot has always kind of freaked me out. Something about it unnerves me.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 9d
It's gotten easier now that I'm leading a team of programmers. Other people relying on my work def helps me make decidions faster lol.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 9d
For sure, the awareness that it can always be better def goes both ways sometimes. 🥲
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Eternal Skies @eternalskiestcg.bsky.social · 10d
I wish more people in the world realized that me doing 4 hours of work while rested and having my other worries and needs taken care of is exponentially more productive than me forcing myself to try to work for 8-10 hours.

Grinding is counterproductive.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 9d
I've found that's how I am with a lot of things in game dev. I tend to want to over-optimize everything, and sometimes that means weeks of mulling over game architecture before I even do anything. Some planning is good, but I want to get better at just diving in.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 11d
Sometimes code reviews get a little crazy at @hawthornhousegames.bsky.social

Our Kickstarter for Tír na nÓg: The Rescue of King Dagda is launching in November! You can sign up to be notified on any updates here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/119...

#IndieGame #GameDev #Programming #CodeReview #UE5
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 13d
I love it!
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Hawthorn House @hawthornhousegames.bsky.social · 13d
New studio logo design courtesy of our concept artist, Clio! Doesn't it look amazing? 🥳

See the new logo for the game via our Discord 👉
discord.gg/tGSabRxfkw

#IndieDev #IndieGame #TirNaNog #GameDev
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 15d
Do your research before choosing a domain registrar, people. Seriously, it'll save you a headache and months of downtime.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · 15d
Ah! I was active for a good bit but fell off recently. I haven't had many updates to share about my projects for 2 reasons:

1. I joined @hawthornhousegames.bsky.social as their Programming Lead! Tír na nÓg is a wonderful project; I'm excited to share more soon.

2. My domain registrar was a scam 😬
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Hawthorn House @hawthornhousegames.bsky.social · 25d
From concept to execution - all you need is to get the idea out into existence. 🫡

Follow our Kickstarter and join our Discord - links in bio! 🔗

#IndieGame #Meme #GameDev #IndieDev #PropArt #GameDesign
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Hawthorn House @hawthornhousegames.bsky.social · Aug 19
Come see what our Creative Director Niamh gets up to on a daily basis! 👉

www.tiktok.com/@hawthorn.ho...

#IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #DevLog #DayInTheLife
👀Spend a day with us👀 🍀Spend a day with our Creative Director @small_t0wn_glasgow.Want to help us bring it to life? You can support the game’s development by following us, joining the discord, or by s...
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 29
😞 Rip to all of us gifted kids who went into game dev where there are no jobs lol
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 29
They're obviously BS and have no real bearing on my life now, but still, I've always wondered.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 29
OMG I forgot about the IQ test. I remember thinking it was really silly, but not much else because I think it was administered in either 1st or 2nd grade? I tried asking my mom what I got, and she wouldn't tell me (the results were given to her directly), and she claims now that she doesn't remember
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 29
My mom still sees the old admin sometimes and says that when they see her they still say that I was the school's most brilliant student. Just think it's "funny" that they feel a sense of accomplishment when they fought against giving me any sort of enrichment at every turn.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 29
My mom had to fight like hell to even get them to let me skip two grades in Math, which was honestly way more complicated for everyone involved than just letting me skip a grade or two.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 29
We must have gone to the same school lmao. I'd finish my work early and then get yelled at for reading or drawing. Like what did they want me to do, stare at the wall all day?? (The answer is probably yes, sadly.) Apparently it "made the other students feel bad" to see me reading or drawing 🙄
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 21
Finished the longest section of Stephen Ulibarri's "Intro to GAS" course. This spell menu is nuts! You can see it in action and check out how it works in my latest blog post: blog.ambrose.cvetkins.space/July-2025/Sp...

#UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev #ui #gas #indiedev #entrylevel #devlog
Spell Menu UI: A Trial by Fire
A breakdown of how I implemented a full spell equip menu in Unreal Engine 5 using GAS, including UI challenges and system flow diagrams.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 6
Sorry for the repost, the embed didn't work the first time :P
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 6
Git LFS was overkill for short-term student teams in #UE5, so I looked for something simpler: #DiversionVC is looking like a solid fit so far.

Wrote a post about what it is and why I’m using it:
blog.ambrose.cvetkins.space/July-2025/Di...

#gamedev #unrealengine #versioncontrol #devlog #entrylevel
Why I Use Diversion VC for my Current Projects
After years of exclusively using Git and Git LFS for my game development projects, I found myself in a predicament: getting teammates up to speed using Git for short term projects is a difficult task.
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Ambrose @ambrosiacvet.bsky.social · Jul 6
I agree with this sentiment, but if I had to guess, a lot of this is probably publishers pushing for hyper-realistic graphics. I'm sure if development teams were given more leeway, we'd see much more creative art direction, even in Unreal.