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jacob mills ✉️🦝🚲
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currently freelancin' level design at Denkiworks 🦝. previously a Senior Level Designer on Rollerdrome at Roll7 🛼🔫. Sonic the Hedgehog fan 🦔. he/him 💀 🤮 jacobmills.co.uk ☕ https://ko-fi.com/jacobwmills
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events like GDC and develop sure are fun & educational but dang those ticket/vault prices are expensive huh

anyway, if you are interested in what i learned working on #leveldesign for 🔫🔫rollerdrome🛼🛼, here's a lengthy vid of me talkin about just that - https://youtu.be/mBXDTEjar9E
Closing the Gap - Chasing Effective Level Design Processes for a New Genre in Rollerdrome
As seen at GDC and Develop:Brighton 2023! If you have seen this at GDC or in the vault, it's the same talk - don't bother, but feel free to leave a cheeky li...
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Across the world, game dev unions are standing with us. @rockstargames.com - reinstate our members, now!
SAG-AFTRA stands in solidarity with the IWGB Game Workers Union exercising their right to organize following reports of union-busting at Rockstar. Our members’ union performances on Rockstar games are an integral part of the success and legacy of games like Grand Theft Auto.
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this shit happens so often. visions of mana as well as rollerdrome come 2 mind

but a rollerdrome dev expressed a similar sentiment abt employees finding work after, thus dont review bomb da game please
pirating & giving bad reviews feel like the limit of power we hav huh?
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um hey if you liked rollerdrome but left a negative review because they shut the studio

thanks for your support! it means a lot!

but also, if you want more r7 quality games -

PLEASE CHANGE YOUR REVIEW TO POSITIVE

publishers see bad reviews and that's a dealbreaker? peeps can't get funded :(
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we're used to devs advocating for pirating their game when their fired so this is new. was really really interested in possessors, esp as a longtime fan of the studio, despite not feeling a pull towards hyper light breaker.
the demo for this game was neat and the story pretty compelling
Yes, please still buy Possessor(s) to open doors for talented people like @awfultyler.bsky.social and everyone else who worked so hard on it...

www.rockpapershotgun.com/following-la...
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A COMPUTER

CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST ALWAYS

WRITE 30% OF YOUR CODE EVERYONE DEPENDS ON
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More info on Embark/ARC Raiders' use of generative AI. TLDR:
- ARC uses genAI voice for barks and similar, with the actors' consent (contract details unclear)
- There's some procgen/machine learning/etc but no other genAI.
- however, Embark is heavily investing in future AI use.
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hi i made this for discord if you want it it only works on pc and android
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Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
they think they're too big to fail.
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.

We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.

Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
the canned sonic saturn game - innovative design, cutting edge technology, bold new ideas

awful to play

but great effort everyone
Some footage of Crystal Frost Zone from 'Sonic X-Treme', showing off the fish-eye lens and traversing over water.
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As a matter of fact, there is! But as far as I am aware, this is only doable from the channel side, not the viewer side:

• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Upload defaults
• Advanced settings
• Automatic dubbing
• Uncheck "Allow automatic dubbing"
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Start downloading and now because your favorite old media is about to be turned into the equivalent of this
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Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:

• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
yes... ha ha ha... YES!
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright

• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
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I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
all my best ideas and solutions to problems come to me when i am in the close proximity to some kind of plumbing
going for a walk can help beat writers block. chatting to a friend. having a coffee. doing a really big shit. the list is endless

so many things can help beat writers block and enrich your life at the same time
this sucks. job market is impossible right now, so i can't outright, but the urge to say "just quit" is so strong.

these corps don't value you, they don't value your creativity or your hard earned skill or experience. they will cut you off the moment they think they can make an extra penny doing so
According to a new report from Business Insider, EA is pushing it's 15K employees to use AI for basically everything from "code and concept art to managerial work like scripting conversations with direct reports about sensitive topics such as pay and promotions."

One former Respawn employee

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The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.