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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 12h

I really really love these

🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 1d

Crawling back from sickness to wrap page and go back to coding

A page filled with painting studies and sketches of artdeco interiors and various structures inspired bu tv shows

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 6d

Otherwise, it has been a lot of stress recently.
I've said goodbye to several colleagues, one of whom hired me 8 years ago.
We haven't been on the same project for some time so I didn't notice how much older he now looks.
I wish for every producer who cares - to have a good solid rest and vacation.

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 6d

Fell with Flu (ugh) but looking forward to first time trip to US soonish.
At this point I've seen so many references of NY, that experiencing it irl will be surreal.
Touching nearest trash bin: "Hi. You're real"

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 9d

Take care 🙏

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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 16d

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish Minister of Justice, remains defiant:

"I indisputably believe that surveillance creates an increased sense of security ... and given that the prerequisite for freedom is security, yes, I believe that more surveillance equates to more freedom"

Disagree? fightchatcontrol.eu

Danish Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard.

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 17d

Its horrible, I can only assure you we drank plenty because of it

🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 17d

Sorry to hear 😓

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 20d

My deepest condolences, Zen
I wish you some rest and I wish this never happened, especially to those close by🙏

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 21d

Commute drawing therapy 🧑‍💻🚇
Started with various pinterest studies and then proceeded to fill two pages with imaginary buildings.

Page filled with drawings of David Umemoto like abstract architecture

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 21d

I want to get more solid at drawing from eye level pov,
and doing very basic cel shade.

🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 21d

I'm trying to get more familiar and intuitive with perspective and how building volumes relate, how they open and reveal.
At this point everything I do, one way or another, is a form of level design.

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 21d

One gives me Justin Bi**er mansion vibe,
other is David Umemoto inspired.
Crazy that a lot of this architecture was done during Great Depression. Crazy but also makes sense.

Discovered a tonn of nice buildings in Miami -- I hope they put them in new g.T./\

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🦇 D R U L 🦇 @drul.bsky.social · 21d

Commute drawing therapy 🧑‍💻🚇
Started with various pinterest studies and then proceeded to fill two pages with imaginary buildings.

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Amy-Leigh Shaw @diveamydive.bsky.social · 26d

I have such good news for executives and industry leaders - it is incredibly easy for *you*, specifically, to put a stop to this. Tell these bad-faith harassers no. Loudly and publicly support your employees & industry colleagues.
Shut this shit down once and for all to protect the future of games.

An excerpt from the article that reads: "In my opinion, every company that has caved to their demands has contributed
to the harassment and climate of fear the rest of us are enduring, and game companies that have done so, in particular, have painted a target on the back of every single person in this industry," the developer said. "Frankly,
I'm pissed."

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28d

A disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor has been held in ICE custody since January.

He’s been denied his new prosthetic legs and is now in solitary confinement.

His “crime”? A burglary when he was a teen for which he received a full pardon. 🧵

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 25d

Actively talk about how insane this is let people who are not online know how much this will impact them and how fucking creepy is. Stuff like this pass easily due to apathy and distractions like what’s going on in global politics. Once shit like this is in no government will chose to remove it

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 25d

For-profit age-verification providers are now pushing for "continuous biometric monitoring" — AI scans of your face, your voice, your behavior — while you're online to protect children.

Every session. Every website. Every keystroke. Monitored and recorded.

Why biometric AI holds the key for the UK’s Online Safety Act | The AI Journal

The next phase of the UK’s Online Safety Act, which prescribes how content platforms can serve children, has finally come into force following years of

aijourn.com

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torcado @torcado.com · Oct 24

I made a pixel art upscaling/rotation algorithm called cleanEdge! It makes rotating pixel art as clean as possible

torcado.com/cleanEdge

I made a tool for it too! drop your sprites in and get some nice rotated or upscaled versions :)

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Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · Sep 8

FYI #gamedev you can get Public Domain images for your games on Wikimedia Commons. Far better than AI. commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS @alexstrook.bsky.social · Sep 6

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beautiful....

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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS @alexstrook.bsky.social · Sep 6

the icon customization screen of windows is like a museum of the different UI trends over multiple decades

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · Sep 3

this is nightmarish and should alarm you no matter what your opinions on pornography are

The anonymous game developer who is out £80,000 says it well, referring to PayPal's ability to withhold their funds: "We don't make anything illegal, but when almost every bank is collectively saying 'we don't do business with you if you make content X or Y,' then the content almost becomes functionally illegal."

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 29

One of the things the Nazis did when coming to power was push propaganda that Jews were criminals and prone to violence by focusing on crime committed by Jews or fabricating crime they falsely attributed to Jews.

The last 36 hours on X has been this on a massive scale against trans people.

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wrən @dirtsecret.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hi folksss... Stuff with my tax situation from my old game job got way worse so Im going ahead and making a gofundme to try and get help from my community. Im super grateful to any help I can get with this in these tough times <3
www.gofundme.com/f/support-wr...

Donate to Support Wren: Overcoming Tax Debt Crisis, organized by Wren Farren

Hello! My name is Wren, I'm a poor, queer, transfem artist and game developer fro… Wren Farren needs your support for Support Wren: Overcoming Tax Debt Crisis

www.gofundme.com

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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · Aug 17

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

www.theguardian.com

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