Dri
@dreamnoid.com
Game Dev, making free action-adventure games in my spare time under the 'Dreamnoid' label: https://dreamnoid.itch.io/ (+ AAA dayjob)
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Dri
@dreamnoid.com
· Nov 17
My name’s Dri, I’m a french programmer working for a AAA game studio. I specialize in engine tools. But in my spare time I don a few more hats to create small indie games on my own, with a custom engine and tools. Here’s a thread of my projects to date:
I kinda forced myself to finish Mythic Quest: standalone episodes excluded, it's a sad example of an aimless show, repeating the same tired jokes and conflicts every episode. It has very little to do with game development, the depiction of which grows more ridiculous with each season. What a waste..
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I kinda forced myself to finish Mythic Quest: standalone episodes excluded, it's a sad example of an aimless show, repeating the same tired jokes and conflicts every episode. It has very little to do with game development, the depiction of which grows more ridiculous with each season. What a waste..
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Your survival isn't having a hit.. It's having a body of work you grow and expand. Until it cannot be denied and cannot be stopped. Momentum thru mass and perseverence.
That's my strategy..my advice: you make it yours;)
That's my strategy..my advice: you make it yours;)
February 13, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Your survival isn't having a hit.. It's having a body of work you grow and expand. Until it cannot be denied and cannot be stopped. Momentum thru mass and perseverence.
That's my strategy..my advice: you make it yours;)
That's my strategy..my advice: you make it yours;)
Similar with Zelda. As a kid I got to play Ocarina, Majora and Wind Waker in rapid succession, all formative experiences that shaped me as a gamedev. A young teen in 2017 would have become a late teen by the time Tears came out. That's not the same exposure at all...
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST
Japanese gamers on X discuss why classic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quests are less popular among the country's young people.
automaton-media.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Similar with Zelda. As a kid I got to play Ocarina, Majora and Wind Waker in rapid succession, all formative experiences that shaped me as a gamedev. A young teen in 2017 would have become a late teen by the time Tears came out. That's not the same exposure at all...
I think it's important to take note of WHO the skeptics and enthusiasts are. This has more in common with crypto and NFTs than internet or smartphones.
I have no doubt the AI *branding* is here to stay, but I don't think LLMs will contribute much to the future.
I have no doubt the AI *branding* is here to stay, but I don't think LLMs will contribute much to the future.
Biggest problem I have with AI skeptics is that I remember the Internet skeptics. I remember the smart phone skeptics. I remember the streaming skeptics. I remember the social media skeptics. My whole life people have been denying futures that have come to pass. So I'm skeptical of the skepticism.
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I think it's important to take note of WHO the skeptics and enthusiasts are. This has more in common with crypto and NFTs than internet or smartphones.
I have no doubt the AI *branding* is here to stay, but I don't think LLMs will contribute much to the future.
I have no doubt the AI *branding* is here to stay, but I don't think LLMs will contribute much to the future.
Pixel art is now a moral imperative
Basically every GPU maker has close ties to the far right so that means graphics are fascist.
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Pixel art is now a moral imperative
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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I *love* the idea of Linux. I really, really do, but this is the average user experience of Linux and it has been like this for DECADES and I'm genuinely amazed that no one has sorted this out as a priority.
linux update: can’t get steam to start in kubuntu. had to boot in -verbose in terminal to see the error message — a recent regression in libsdl? loving this first day of linux
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
I *love* the idea of Linux. I really, really do, but this is the average user experience of Linux and it has been like this for DECADES and I'm genuinely amazed that no one has sorted this out as a priority.
On a more positive note, I've finally managed to AOT compile C# to WASM without the whole Blazor cruft, with reasonable file sizes. Excited to finally have a web tech that doesn't suck ass. With this I can finally build complex Canvas-based tools accessible from a web browser or mobile!
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
On a more positive note, I've finally managed to AOT compile C# to WASM without the whole Blazor cruft, with reasonable file sizes. Excited to finally have a web tech that doesn't suck ass. With this I can finally build complex Canvas-based tools accessible from a web browser or mobile!
A propos of absolutely nothing: while a captain going down with their ship is usually seen as admirable, the reverse isn't true. Dude, we keep telling you it's an iceberg, steer or give the wheel to someone else!
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
A propos of absolutely nothing: while a captain going down with their ship is usually seen as admirable, the reverse isn't true. Dude, we keep telling you it's an iceberg, steer or give the wheel to someone else!
The mood's not exactly great over here
An in-depth analysis of France’s main gamedev job board
☑️ Job posting dropped by 71% in the last 3 years
☑️ Half of activity in Paris region, with strong presence in Occitanie which french gov has officially renamed Sandfallcity
emploi.afjv.com/observatoire...
☑️ Job posting dropped by 71% in the last 3 years
☑️ Half of activity in Paris region, with strong presence in Occitanie which french gov has officially renamed Sandfallcity
emploi.afjv.com/observatoire...
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
The mood's not exactly great over here
Same with Krita, to a lesser extent
Another adobe fuckup, another cycle of people posting GIMP as a real alternative lol please ya''ll gotta stop. No one paying for photoshop is going to do anything but throw up over GIMP
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Same with Krita, to a lesser extent
Google continues to wage war against my good will. They've updated Google Docs to move the Indent/Outdent actions that were available above the keyboard to be at the bottom half of a 'Format' sub menu. For me who use Docs mainly to write indented lists, the software has just become unusable.
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Google continues to wage war against my good will. They've updated Google Docs to move the Indent/Outdent actions that were available above the keyboard to be at the bottom half of a 'Format' sub menu. For me who use Docs mainly to write indented lists, the software has just become unusable.
Starting with Teams -- aka one of the worst piece of software in the whole world -- was a smart move to drive adoption and create goodwill. Now the real question will be how to replace Windows...
Leave it to France to take the lead in telling America to eat their salty gallic assholes
Why France just dumped Microsoft Teams and Zoom for homegrown videoconferencing
Aiming to replace all US videoconferencing services by 2027, the deployment is the EU's latest policy move in support of digital sovereignty. And there's more to come.
www.zdnet.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Starting with Teams -- aka one of the worst piece of software in the whole world -- was a smart move to drive adoption and create goodwill. Now the real question will be how to replace Windows...
I've been following the progress of this project on-and-off for *decades*. It may even have already been around back when I was active in the french RPG Maker community, more than twenty years ago. That's how old it is. Seeing it get a release date is a *big* deal! Congrats, @sylvanor.bsky.social!
Aëdemphia sort bientôt... Il paraît qu'il faut que je fasse un peu de pub pour que les gens en entendent parler et ça doit être un peu vrai alors... Voici quelques screens, c'est un RPG gros pixels mélangeant j-rpg et c-rpg à choix. C'est gratuit! Ca sera complet dans quelques mois!
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I've been following the progress of this project on-and-off for *decades*. It may even have already been around back when I was active in the french RPG Maker community, more than twenty years ago. That's how old it is. Seeing it get a release date is a *big* deal! Congrats, @sylvanor.bsky.social!
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Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.
Honestly, I don't know how the USA can recover from this. The curtain fell and the rule of law was exposed as complete fiction. There's no justice, no consequences for crimes, no opposition from the political class. The social contract was all a lie. You can't just resume believing in Santa Claus.
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Honestly, I don't know how the USA can recover from this. The curtain fell and the rule of law was exposed as complete fiction. There's no justice, no consequences for crimes, no opposition from the political class. The social contract was all a lie. You can't just resume believing in Santa Claus.
At this point my distaste for Linux's package and dependencies system is well documented but this is a new low...
TIL you can "get gnomed" when using Linux.
A combination of installed packages can cause GNOME desktop to spontaneously appear on your computer.
There's even a whole subreddit dedicated to it.
www.reddit.com/r/gotgnomed/
A combination of installed packages can cause GNOME desktop to spontaneously appear on your computer.
There's even a whole subreddit dedicated to it.
www.reddit.com/r/gotgnomed/
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
At this point my distaste for Linux's package and dependencies system is well documented but this is a new low...
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Today I rolled credits on Metroid Prime Remastered, my first playthrough since the original released back when I was a kid. And surprisingly... I have mixed feelings:
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Today I rolled credits on Metroid Prime Remastered, my first playthrough since the original released back when I was a kid. And surprisingly... I have mixed feelings:
Today I rolled credits on Metroid Prime Remastered, my first playthrough since the original released back when I was a kid. And surprisingly... I have mixed feelings:
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Today I rolled credits on Metroid Prime Remastered, my first playthrough since the original released back when I was a kid. And surprisingly... I have mixed feelings:
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It's genuinely confusing why, over and over again, organizations that cater to, or are dependent upon, artists writers and creators decide to absolutely fucking enrage their constituency with "AI," only to be required to backtrack after considerable loss of goodwill
San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It's genuinely confusing why, over and over again, organizations that cater to, or are dependent upon, artists writers and creators decide to absolutely fucking enrage their constituency with "AI," only to be required to backtrack after considerable loss of goodwill
If they have to beg, it means they know. That's not the behavior of someone confident in the value of their tech. They know they have made a very expensive mistake and they want us to bail them out. How about no
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
If they have to beg, it means they know. That's not the behavior of someone confident in the value of their tech. They know they have made a very expensive mistake and they want us to bail them out. How about no
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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It's kinda jarring playing RPGs now where everyone fears the evil demon lord and their monsters.
Realistically, 49-51% of the population would be complicit with the evil demon lord and their monsters.
Realistically, 49-51% of the population would be complicit with the evil demon lord and their monsters.
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM
It's kinda jarring playing RPGs now where everyone fears the evil demon lord and their monsters.
Realistically, 49-51% of the population would be complicit with the evil demon lord and their monsters.
Realistically, 49-51% of the population would be complicit with the evil demon lord and their monsters.