🌿 ivan safrin 🌱
@ivansafrin.bsky.social
master of none
http://ivansafrin.com
currently working on:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2886700/Star_Scum/
.. and another secret thing.
http://ivansafrin.com
currently working on:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2886700/Star_Scum/
.. and another secret thing.
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is there a plain text format + VSCode extension combo that would allow me to collapse sections of a text file? (bonus points for being able to link within it)
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
is there a plain text format + VSCode extension combo that would allow me to collapse sections of a text file? (bonus points for being able to link within it)
is there a plain text format + VSCode extension combo that would allow me to collapse sections of a text file? (bonus points for being able to link within it)
November 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
is there a plain text format + VSCode extension combo that would allow me to collapse sections of a text file? (bonus points for being able to link within it)
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Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
feeling like one of those dwarf fortress dwarfs that locks himself up in the workshop to work on his masterpiece and it's gonna be a masterwork peg leg or something stupid like that
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
feeling like one of those dwarf fortress dwarfs that locks himself up in the workshop to work on his masterpiece and it's gonna be a masterwork peg leg or something stupid like that
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
so does everyone else also join dozens of different Discords, mutes them immediately and never interacts with most of them ever again?
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
so does everyone else also join dozens of different Discords, mutes them immediately and never interacts with most of them ever again?
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
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i should make an mmo
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
i should make an mmo
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this is better than "Airplane!"
(also a good video to make someone watch in its entirety if they get a little too excited about LLMs)
(also a good video to make someone watch in its entirety if they get a little too excited about LLMs)
Can ChatGPT Land an Airplane?
YouTube video by LuxPlanes
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
this is better than "Airplane!"
(also a good video to make someone watch in its entirety if they get a little too excited about LLMs)
(also a good video to make someone watch in its entirety if they get a little too excited about LLMs)
i really love this channel and his latest video articulates really well what i and i imagine many others feel is wrong with modern movies
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
i really love this channel and his latest video articulates really well what i and i imagine many others feel is wrong with modern movies
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I am excited to share this new single-header C library I have been working on for a while now: vecmath.h, a comprehensive vector/matrix math library for graphics/games/3d.
It allows you to write vector math code in C that looks like this:
It allows you to write vector math code in C that looks like this:
July 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I am excited to share this new single-header C library I have been working on for a while now: vecmath.h, a comprehensive vector/matrix math library for graphics/games/3d.
It allows you to write vector math code in C that looks like this:
It allows you to write vector math code in C that looks like this:
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ok i also made a quick (client-side) interface for searching through the latest epstein stuff. It's just the emails. It's very rough!
antiboredom.github.io/epstein-emai...
antiboredom.github.io/epstein-emai...
Epstein Emails
antiboredom.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ok i also made a quick (client-side) interface for searching through the latest epstein stuff. It's just the emails. It's very rough!
antiboredom.github.io/epstein-emai...
antiboredom.github.io/epstein-emai...
people who criticize some amorphous idea of AI without specifying what exactly they are talking about are starting to sound a lot like the people who peddle the amorphous idea of AI without specifying what exactly they are peddling.
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
people who criticize some amorphous idea of AI without specifying what exactly they are talking about are starting to sound a lot like the people who peddle the amorphous idea of AI without specifying what exactly they are peddling.
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the whole "you need your glasses to find your glasses" bit is getting a little old
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
the whole "you need your glasses to find your glasses" bit is getting a little old
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hey folks - one last reminder that today is the FINAL DAY to submit your game for the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC 2026!!
🚨 Hey, everyone! We are extending our submission deadline until Oct 31! 🚨
So there is week more to send games for consideration for the 2026 session of the Experimental Games Showcase.
Submission form and more info in our new website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
So there is week more to send games for consideration for the 2026 session of the Experimental Games Showcase.
Submission form and more info in our new website: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
Experimental Games Showcase
SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE
www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
hey folks - one last reminder that today is the FINAL DAY to submit your game for the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC 2026!!
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the nice side effect of having a fully deterministic particle system is that you can rewind all the particles along with the game
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
the nice side effect of having a fully deterministic particle system is that you can rewind all the particles along with the game
the nice side effect of having a fully deterministic particle system is that you can rewind all the particles along with the game
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
the nice side effect of having a fully deterministic particle system is that you can rewind all the particles along with the game
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No Quarter is back!
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
No Quarter is back!
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition!
No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com
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"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse
YouTube video by Lucas Pope
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
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nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
Akinator, the mind reading genie
Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...
en.akinator.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007