Alex Darby // darbotron 🛹
@darbotron.bsky.social
Tech/Design director. Human, husband, parent, skateboarder. Gamedev since '96. Company founder. BAFTA member & winner. GameDevHeroes Programming Hero 2019. Co-creator DJ Hero. #UKGI Cthulhu fhtagn ;,;
www.darbotron.com
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this hardy perennial blooms once again
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
this hardy perennial blooms once again
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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🚀EXCITING NEWS🚀
Little Rocket Lab is out NOW for Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2!!
The Switch 2 version comes with 120fps framerate, and 4K resolution docked
25% discount during December ❤️
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Little Rocket Lab is out NOW for Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2!!
The Switch 2 version comes with 120fps framerate, and 4K resolution docked
25% discount during December ❤️
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚀EXCITING NEWS🚀
Little Rocket Lab is out NOW for Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2!!
The Switch 2 version comes with 120fps framerate, and 4K resolution docked
25% discount during December ❤️
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
Little Rocket Lab is out NOW for Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2!!
The Switch 2 version comes with 120fps framerate, and 4K resolution docked
25% discount during December ❤️
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The pigs with their heads in your trough want you to think the field mice are to blame for you going hungry.
A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The pigs with their heads in your trough want you to think the field mice are to blame for you going hungry.
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We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in
Why does Valve allow this?
Why does Valve allow this?
December 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in
Why does Valve allow this?
Why does Valve allow this?
This sounds weirdly similar to many modern politicians.
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This sounds weirdly similar to many modern politicians.
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When I tell you I want the D, I mean I want the Galaxy class 1701-D.
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
When I tell you I want the D, I mean I want the Galaxy class 1701-D.
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There is no heaven nor hell, but even if there is, and ESPECIALLY if there is, you must choose your actions as if they do not exist.
Do good for the world because this world is the only heaven you get to live in and you may only do so for such a short time.
Do good for the world because this world is the only heaven you get to live in and you may only do so for such a short time.
December 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
There is no heaven nor hell, but even if there is, and ESPECIALLY if there is, you must choose your actions as if they do not exist.
Do good for the world because this world is the only heaven you get to live in and you may only do so for such a short time.
Do good for the world because this world is the only heaven you get to live in and you may only do so for such a short time.
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LRT; I generally prefer labelers over block, but until the labeler is back, my pal @cotronis.bsky.social has a blocklist here that is manually curated if you’re looking
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
LRT; I generally prefer labelers over block, but until the labeler is back, my pal @cotronis.bsky.social has a blocklist here that is manually curated if you’re looking
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I made this. Use this for good.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made this. Use this for good.
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We do not need AI centres. We need drinkable water and jobs.
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We do not need AI centres. We need drinkable water and jobs.
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everyone should have the freedom to write dumb bullshit that kojima has
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
everyone should have the freedom to write dumb bullshit that kojima has
100% this.
Haha oh boy 😅 what's his message?
"Get Sony to give you millions and millions of dollars. Easy."
"Get Sony to give you millions and millions of dollars. Easy."
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
100% this.
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I feel like writing a book about teenage wizards battling an author who uses all her money to change the laws so that teenage wizards cannot access healthcare or toilets.
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I feel like writing a book about teenage wizards battling an author who uses all her money to change the laws so that teenage wizards cannot access healthcare or toilets.
way better than the actual game!
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
way better than the actual game!
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I think there's a lot of art where it goes:
1) thing
2) thing so good it establishes some tropes everyone copies
3) thing so good at understanding those tropes, it subverts them
4) things that copy the subversion as "this is the genre now" cargo culting the genre
1) thing
2) thing so good it establishes some tropes everyone copies
3) thing so good at understanding those tropes, it subverts them
4) things that copy the subversion as "this is the genre now" cargo culting the genre
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I think there's a lot of art where it goes:
1) thing
2) thing so good it establishes some tropes everyone copies
3) thing so good at understanding those tropes, it subverts them
4) things that copy the subversion as "this is the genre now" cargo culting the genre
1) thing
2) thing so good it establishes some tropes everyone copies
3) thing so good at understanding those tropes, it subverts them
4) things that copy the subversion as "this is the genre now" cargo culting the genre
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Ok, Nearly the end of the year, and 6 months since Highrook was released! I wrote a little postmortem, covering some nerdy production info and my thoughts on what it was like to be an indie in the last few years.
www.nullpointer.co.uk/game-post-mo...
www.nullpointer.co.uk/game-post-mo...
Indie Game Post-mortem - Highrook
A rocky road to Highrook So 'The Horror At Highrook' has been…
www.nullpointer.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ok, Nearly the end of the year, and 6 months since Highrook was released! I wrote a little postmortem, covering some nerdy production info and my thoughts on what it was like to be an indie in the last few years.
www.nullpointer.co.uk/game-post-mo...
www.nullpointer.co.uk/game-post-mo...
I should also note that with my first month's pay I was lucky enough to score a US import N64 for £250 - including a bunch of games!
Codies' then head off sales was ex Nintendo and literally called a friend at Nintendo US who used expedited fedex to ship a massive box of N64s & games over!
Codies' then head off sales was ex Nintendo and literally called a friend at Nintendo US who used expedited fedex to ship a massive box of N64s & games over!
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I should also note that with my first month's pay I was lucky enough to score a US import N64 for £250 - including a bunch of games!
Codies' then head off sales was ex Nintendo and literally called a friend at Nintendo US who used expedited fedex to ship a massive box of N64s & games over!
Codies' then head off sales was ex Nintendo and literally called a friend at Nintendo US who used expedited fedex to ship a massive box of N64s & games over!
Today is the 29th anniversary of my first day in my first job as a human making videogames professionally.
Those days in the prototyping department at Codemasters in a converted farmhouse in the middle of the freezing Warwickshire countryside seems like a lifetime ago now!
#gamedev #old
Those days in the prototyping department at Codemasters in a converted farmhouse in the middle of the freezing Warwickshire countryside seems like a lifetime ago now!
#gamedev #old
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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if you're making a video game and your final boss fight is in an area with floating rocks and a giant fog monster, may I ask why?
what made you go "yeah, this is what this is all building towards... THIS... is the moment you've been waiting for" and it's floating rocks and a fog monster?
what made you go "yeah, this is what this is all building towards... THIS... is the moment you've been waiting for" and it's floating rocks and a fog monster?
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
if you're making a video game and your final boss fight is in an area with floating rocks and a giant fog monster, may I ask why?
what made you go "yeah, this is what this is all building towards... THIS... is the moment you've been waiting for" and it's floating rocks and a fog monster?
what made you go "yeah, this is what this is all building towards... THIS... is the moment you've been waiting for" and it's floating rocks and a fog monster?
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#Austim test should just be a bunch of vaguely worded questions and the assesor records how many times you say "define " or get angry at it.
Also it asks if you are worried you will fail your autism test as a result.
Also it asks if you are worried you will fail your autism test as a result.
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#Austim test should just be a bunch of vaguely worded questions and the assesor records how many times you say "define " or get angry at it.
Also it asks if you are worried you will fail your autism test as a result.
Also it asks if you are worried you will fail your autism test as a result.
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