giwake
@giwake.bsky.social
she/they, girlthing
20something game dev
programmer by necessity. trying to get the hang of this posting thing.
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20something game dev
programmer by necessity. trying to get the hang of this posting thing.
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quick painted scifi car thingy
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
quick painted scifi car thingy
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had to hit a hateful anon with the northern lion summon
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
had to hit a hateful anon with the northern lion summon
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toolkit for doom, dos (1995) archive.org/details/tool...
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
toolkit for doom, dos (1995) archive.org/details/tool...
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Forking this drawing under a
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Forking this drawing under a
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jeopardy category "devo songs about jacking off"
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
jeopardy category "devo songs about jacking off"
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One of the most endearing things about Captain Wayne (aside from its distinct visual style and general tone) is that there's this... disarming earnestness to it?
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
One of the most endearing things about Captain Wayne (aside from its distinct visual style and general tone) is that there's this... disarming earnestness to it?
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playing tf2 at 2am with a bunch of transgender therians heals the soul
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
playing tf2 at 2am with a bunch of transgender therians heals the soul
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I think the first priority always has to be making something that's genuinely worth peoples' time and money. Not just something that's capable of taking peoples' time and money.
Again nothing against dopamine loops in games or viral success or w/e, it's just... idk.
Again nothing against dopamine loops in games or viral success or w/e, it's just... idk.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I think the first priority always has to be making something that's genuinely worth peoples' time and money. Not just something that's capable of taking peoples' time and money.
Again nothing against dopamine loops in games or viral success or w/e, it's just... idk.
Again nothing against dopamine loops in games or viral success or w/e, it's just... idk.
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I'm starting to feel kind of grumpy about how some indie and AA games copy so many of the practices that harm AAA. Like, dopamine loops and such can be compelling in a good way, but when we're implementing fomo shops, daily grinds, etc just like big companies... idk it feels wrong to me.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I'm starting to feel kind of grumpy about how some indie and AA games copy so many of the practices that harm AAA. Like, dopamine loops and such can be compelling in a good way, but when we're implementing fomo shops, daily grinds, etc just like big companies... idk it feels wrong to me.
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i just found out about the end screen to bart vs the space mutants on nintendo
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
i just found out about the end screen to bart vs the space mutants on nintendo
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It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
Stop using AI for placeholder assets.
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
Use sketches. Use lorem ipsum. Use bright pink materials. Use programmer art for fucks sake, literally anything else.
If your studio is using AI even for temp, even if they think they've covered their tracks, SPEAK UP because people WILL FIND IT
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final
playing tf2 at 2am with a bunch of transgender therians heals the soul
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
playing tf2 at 2am with a bunch of transgender therians heals the soul
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there's some mild nudity in it so I'll post it here instead.... little set of clips from Supernaturalerotic Flights-of-Fancy I spliced together for a thing
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
there's some mild nudity in it so I'll post it here instead.... little set of clips from Supernaturalerotic Flights-of-Fancy I spliced together for a thing
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UZDoom 4.14.3 has left "release candidate" state, and is now officially released!
Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.
github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...
What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!
zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.
github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...
What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!
zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
Release UZDoom 4.14.3 · UZDoom/UZDoom
This is the official release build for UZDoom 4.14.3. See the forum post for the full changelog.
If you are unable to run the standard Linux release, try using the "Legacy" AppImage. It targets old...
github.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
UZDoom 4.14.3 has left "release candidate" state, and is now officially released!
Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.
github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...
What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!
zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.
github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...
What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!
zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
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UZDoom 4.14.3 is no more RC, officially released now.
Y'all better stick around because the best update ever is still cookin'...
Y'all better stick around because the best update ever is still cookin'...
UZDoom 4.14.3 has left "release candidate" state, and is now officially released!
Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.
github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...
What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!
zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
Be sure to read the forum thread for the final list of changes.
github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo...
What's next? UZDoom 5.0 of course. It's gonna be a chonker of an update!
zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
Release UZDoom 4.14.3 · UZDoom/UZDoom
This is the official release build for UZDoom 4.14.3. See the forum post for the full changelog.
If you are unable to run the standard Linux release, try using the "Legacy" AppImage. It targets old...
github.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
UZDoom 4.14.3 is no more RC, officially released now.
Y'all better stick around because the best update ever is still cookin'...
Y'all better stick around because the best update ever is still cookin'...
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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it seems like a good day to promote my one thing i have on itch.io again, which is a collection of world-building zines i put out in 2018. i think this is worth the $100,000 dollars i need, so please go nuts with your black friday moneyz.
ruinedpowers.itch.io
ruinedpowers.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
it seems like a good day to promote my one thing i have on itch.io again, which is a collection of world-building zines i put out in 2018. i think this is worth the $100,000 dollars i need, so please go nuts with your black friday moneyz.
ruinedpowers.itch.io
ruinedpowers.itch.io
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A monster kills a monster, only to be killed by another monster, and somehow, there are enough monsters for every monster to kill forever.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A monster kills a monster, only to be killed by another monster, and somehow, there are enough monsters for every monster to kill forever.
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this is what real video games look like
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
this is what real video games look like
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"non human" from "action 52"
October 3, 2023 at 7:21 AM
"non human" from "action 52"
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everything about iisu was Marketing Hype Cycle PR and i feel like people have got to learn to spot this sooner. every Statement usagi put out was caked in that layer of "this is my Marketing Face i am not speaking as the real person here"
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
everything about iisu was Marketing Hype Cycle PR and i feel like people have got to learn to spot this sooner. every Statement usagi put out was caked in that layer of "this is my Marketing Face i am not speaking as the real person here"
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Barter check with a khajiit with fine wares - failed.
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Barter check with a khajiit with fine wares - failed.
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don't worry you guys the grand wizards of tech are definitely not doing this completely invisibly and unaccountably with their bullshit machines — that would be even crazier than the out of this world flavor of pringles potato snacks
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
don't worry you guys the grand wizards of tech are definitely not doing this completely invisibly and unaccountably with their bullshit machines — that would be even crazier than the out of this world flavor of pringles potato snacks
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'Club Drive' released on this day in 1994.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
'Club Drive' released on this day in 1994.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.
The "premiere" driving game for the Atari Jaguar, featuring a range of different race / mission modes and even the ability to rewind time. Unfortunately, it was also critically slammed for its lacklustre visuals and audio.