Andrew Gillett
@arganoid.com
Game developer, computer science & programming tutor, person defined by comma-separated values.
Partial gameography: Dog's Life, RCT3, Thrillville, LostWinds2, Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Elite Dangerous
Books: Code the Classics Vols 1, 2
Partial gameography: Dog's Life, RCT3, Thrillville, LostWinds2, Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Elite Dangerous
Books: Code the Classics Vols 1, 2
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Andrew Gillett
@arganoid.com
· Sep 8
Reality Drift on Steam
Reality Drift is a roguelike racing game where your choices matter. Race through a series of strange worlds, choose upgrades for your car and decide which track will be next - your decisions are just ...
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I'm proud to announce Reality Drift, a roguelike racing game where your choices matter. Race through a series of strange worlds, choose upgrades for your car and decide which track will be next - your decisions are just as important as how you drive!
store.steampowered.com/app/3078120/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3078120/...
Just tried Lumines Arise and Llamasoft's I, Robot in VR. The latter especially improved by it, as it makes it much easier to see what's going on - much like in one of Llamasoft's previous games, Polybius
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Just tried Lumines Arise and Llamasoft's I, Robot in VR. The latter especially improved by it, as it makes it much easier to see what's going on - much like in one of Llamasoft's previous games, Polybius
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Posts like this reliably do big numbers but I have to say it certainly doesn't reflect my experience at a state school with lots of underprepared and first generation students. Most of them are doing about the same quality and effort they've been doing since I started teaching
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Posts like this reliably do big numbers but I have to say it certainly doesn't reflect my experience at a state school with lots of underprepared and first generation students. Most of them are doing about the same quality and effort they've been doing since I started teaching
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Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
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This is why it is good that financial literacy is going to be taught in schools. On average, if you are 20, you should save in an index fund and not worry about it for decades, and he should know this!
Josh Hall, 20, is 'worried' about how the cash ISA allowance cut announced in Wednesday’s Budget will affect his long-term savings plans
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is why it is good that financial literacy is going to be taught in schools. On average, if you are 20, you should save in an index fund and not worry about it for decades, and he should know this!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Goldie Lookin' Chain
The Prodigy
The Chap
The Chap
The Chap
Goldie Lookin' Chain
The Prodigy
The Chap
The Chap
The Chap
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Led Zeppelin
Ezra Collective
Stevie Wonder
De La Soul
The Flaming Lips
Led Zeppelin
Ezra Collective
Stevie Wonder
De La Soul
The Flaming Lips
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
They Might Be Giants
Harry Connick, Jr.
Ween
Parliament / Funkadelic
Brian Wilson
They Might Be Giants
Harry Connick, Jr.
Ween
Parliament / Funkadelic
Brian Wilson
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Goldie Lookin' Chain
The Prodigy
The Chap
The Chap
The Chap
Goldie Lookin' Chain
The Prodigy
The Chap
The Chap
The Chap
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in 1st century Judea, the corners of every field had to be left for the poor to pick crops for themselves, every seventh year *all* of the crops from fields and vineyards and orchards belonged to the poor, and all debts of all types were cancelled every 50th year.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
in 1st century Judea, the corners of every field had to be left for the poor to pick crops for themselves, every seventh year *all* of the crops from fields and vineyards and orchards belonged to the poor, and all debts of all types were cancelled every 50th year.
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Fascinating that the cash ISA limit is the most unpopular item in the budget. I would have thought it would be unpopular but not more so than e.g. freezing tax thresholds.
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fascinating that the cash ISA limit is the most unpopular item in the budget. I would have thought it would be unpopular but not more so than e.g. freezing tax thresholds.
After ~400 hours of Civ 6 I still have barely any understanding of what anything on this screen means, or how this relates to the tourism number shown at the top of the main screen
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
After ~400 hours of Civ 6 I still have barely any understanding of what anything on this screen means, or how this relates to the tourism number shown at the top of the main screen
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The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
I think the government meant to cut net migration but have accidentally overshot the target by a lot. They haven’t realised this yet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
Exciting to see Reality Drift on Kotaku, as well as Super Spelling Ducks by my friend @skylegames.bsky.social!
Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
20 Incredible Innovative Indie Games To Wishlist This Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgaming 2025 everybody! Celebrate with a huge pile of unknown indies to put on your radar
kotaku.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting to see Reality Drift on Kotaku, as well as Super Spelling Ducks by my friend @skylegames.bsky.social!
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Sektori is one of the best games I’ve played all year. Design perfection, a fantastic soundtrack, it’s almost impossible for me to put down. I need every sicko reading this to play it. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/sektori-shoo...
Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars
I need every sicko reading this to play Sektori right now.
aftermath.site
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sektori is one of the best games I’ve played all year. Design perfection, a fantastic soundtrack, it’s almost impossible for me to put down. I need every sicko reading this to play it. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/sektori-shoo...
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Okay, it's been a week since release. Reception has been AWESOME, much much more than I expected for such a niche thing! Thank you! ❤️ A few thoughts (thread).
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Okay, it's been a week since release. Reception has been AWESOME, much much more than I expected for such a niche thing! Thank you! ❤️ A few thoughts (thread).
Last night I played Civ 6 until 3am, and I didn't want to repeat that mistake, so I decided to play a game with shorter sessions.
I then played Sektori until 3.05am
I then played Sektori until 3.05am
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Last night I played Civ 6 until 3am, and I didn't want to repeat that mistake, so I decided to play a game with shorter sessions.
I then played Sektori until 3.05am
I then played Sektori until 3.05am
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Do you find yourself exhausted by having to create titles, puns, and names for things in your games?
⭐ Here is my small suite of websites that I find super useful when writing! ⭐
(disclaimer: I am pretty confident these are all genAI-free. I've certainly been using them since before genAI)
⭐ Here is my small suite of websites that I find super useful when writing! ⭐
(disclaimer: I am pretty confident these are all genAI-free. I've certainly been using them since before genAI)
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Do you find yourself exhausted by having to create titles, puns, and names for things in your games?
⭐ Here is my small suite of websites that I find super useful when writing! ⭐
(disclaimer: I am pretty confident these are all genAI-free. I've certainly been using them since before genAI)
⭐ Here is my small suite of websites that I find super useful when writing! ⭐
(disclaimer: I am pretty confident these are all genAI-free. I've certainly been using them since before genAI)
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Lumines won the war but deep in my heart I still love Meteos more
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Lumines won the war but deep in my heart I still love Meteos more
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you
The penultimate cutscene in Dog's Life (PS2, 2003) features some cat photos. I can now exclusively reveal that I'm the one who put those photos in the game, and these were the cats: www.flickr.com/photos/argan...
Kittens - 2001
Back in 2001, the people I lived with bought some kittens. I used to hang out with them a lot.
www.flickr.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The penultimate cutscene in Dog's Life (PS2, 2003) features some cat photos. I can now exclusively reveal that I'm the one who put those photos in the game, and these were the cats: www.flickr.com/photos/argan...
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He's right and he should say it
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
He's right and he should say it
Sektori is even better than I first realised. I think it's going to be talked about for years.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Sektori is even better than I first realised. I think it's going to be talked about for years.
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Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Grok please jangle some shiny keys in front of my face. Nuance level zero
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unfortunately you just gotta assume that any screenshot without a verifying link is fake until proven otherwise
This tweet is fake
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
unfortunately you just gotta assume that any screenshot without a verifying link is fake until proven otherwise