loren schmidt
@lorenschmidt.bsky.social
i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
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loren schmidt
@lorenschmidt.bsky.social
· Nov 25
i am making an open world roguelike.
i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it!
the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.
i have been imagining this world for years, and i want to make this game so people can go there and live many lives in it!
the game features whole-cloth, accessible design, deep mysteries, and a meticulous generated living world.
dying because of bad teleport rolls is roguelikes is an interesting design problem.
i think "i went in prepared, and died while desperately employing my fallbacks" is fundamentally really solid. but teleports, specifically are just /so/ irregular and are rarely a satisfying story.
i think "i went in prepared, and died while desperately employing my fallbacks" is fundamentally really solid. but teleports, specifically are just /so/ irregular and are rarely a satisfying story.
February 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
dying because of bad teleport rolls is roguelikes is an interesting design problem.
i think "i went in prepared, and died while desperately employing my fallbacks" is fundamentally really solid. but teleports, specifically are just /so/ irregular and are rarely a satisfying story.
i think "i went in prepared, and died while desperately employing my fallbacks" is fundamentally really solid. but teleports, specifically are just /so/ irregular and are rarely a satisfying story.
i did a writeup on on of the playable species in my upcoming RPG, [the coiled sun].
for a while now i've been writing articles on the world building in [the coiled sun]. today's article is about one of the technology bearing species in the world: [shepherds].
February 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
i did a writeup on on of the playable species in my upcoming RPG, [the coiled sun].
probably not for the game i'm making, but:
what if you can't loot the dungeon because the items are persistent across runs and it will be completely empty the next time you start a character.
what if you can't loot the dungeon because the items are persistent across runs and it will be completely empty the next time you start a character.
February 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
probably not for the game i'm making, but:
what if you can't loot the dungeon because the items are persistent across runs and it will be completely empty the next time you start a character.
what if you can't loot the dungeon because the items are persistent across runs and it will be completely empty the next time you start a character.
ok my goal for the day is to work on the new object interaction prototype! hopefully i can get moving objects around + internal messages for refresh, redraw etc. working today. i want to put on a pack and see the contents appear in my inventory screen automatically!
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
ok my goal for the day is to work on the new object interaction prototype! hopefully i can get moving objects around + internal messages for refresh, redraw etc. working today. i want to put on a pack and see the contents appear in my inventory screen automatically!
what if they made the images full width in mobile. the little margin on the left side isn't really doing anything for me and images are so tiny.
February 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
what if they made the images full width in mobile. the little margin on the left side isn't really doing anything for me and images are so tiny.
they are going to have to invent a term for the unique new form of government the USA is inventing. it's like kakistocracy, but you have to also be a giant baby.
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
they are going to have to invent a term for the unique new form of government the USA is inventing. it's like kakistocracy, but you have to also be a giant baby.
maybe they will finally fix search in windows 11
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
maybe they will finally fix search in windows 11
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does anyone have weirdo fantasy movies or costume dramas to recommend?
February 17, 2026 at 4:52 AM
does anyone have weirdo fantasy movies or costume dramas to recommend?
pac-man horror kissing game
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 AM
pac-man horror kissing game
the transparent parts are /so/ good with the vividly colored center of the elytra.
Sometimes there are jewels just sitting on leaves out here
This is a tortoise beetle, beautifully iridescent, about the size of my fingernail.
This is a tortoise beetle, beautifully iridescent, about the size of my fingernail.
February 17, 2026 at 4:49 AM
the transparent parts are /so/ good with the vividly colored center of the elytra.
tonight's movie is 'the sea hawk' (1940)
February 17, 2026 at 4:36 AM
tonight's movie is 'the sea hawk' (1940)
wow that one coincidentally had so, so many illustrations which were pertinent to it. 1 or 2 is more typical haha
February 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM
wow that one coincidentally had so, so many illustrations which were pertinent to it. 1 or 2 is more typical haha
for a while now i've been writing articles on the world building in [the coiled sun]. today's article is about one of the technology bearing species in the world: [shepherds].
February 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
for a while now i've been writing articles on the world building in [the coiled sun]. today's article is about one of the technology bearing species in the world: [shepherds].
jeeze, there are /so many pictures/ of shepherds and related subjects, this thread is going to be stuffed to the gills.
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
jeeze, there are /so many pictures/ of shepherds and related subjects, this thread is going to be stuffed to the gills.
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Lots of bugs fixed in the DEMO for Cyclopean II. Quality has been upgraded from shoddy to fair.
#SteamNextFest #CRPG #Retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/news/app/399...
#SteamNextFest #CRPG #Retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/news/app/399...
Cyclopean II: The Dreamlands - Many Bugs Fixed - DEMO Updated - Steam News
I was able to identify and resolve several major bugs... Alliances Alliances with different human groups are not working correctly. Human allies do not (currently) provide any buffs to your player, bu...
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February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Lots of bugs fixed in the DEMO for Cyclopean II. Quality has been upgraded from shoddy to fair.
#SteamNextFest #CRPG #Retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/news/app/399...
#SteamNextFest #CRPG #Retrogaming
store.steampowered.com/news/app/399...
one of the foundational ideas in [the coiled sun] is that there are many, many earths, and the world is peopled by naturalized beings from many of them.
i'm currently writing some material about the clade [shepherds] belong to, how it is and isn't like arthropoda, about exoskeletons and ecdysis…
i'm currently writing some material about the clade [shepherds] belong to, how it is and isn't like arthropoda, about exoskeletons and ecdysis…
![an [aphid cow], a large katydid green herbivore which secretes beautiful transparent beads of honeydew. it is kept as livestock in many cultures.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy/bafkreidpefxi7jq2hvbcqj7zipg65doipw2an226t5dbeutxev4k6ozg6m@jpeg)
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
one of the foundational ideas in [the coiled sun] is that there are many, many earths, and the world is peopled by naturalized beings from many of them.
i'm currently writing some material about the clade [shepherds] belong to, how it is and isn't like arthropoda, about exoskeletons and ecdysis…
i'm currently writing some material about the clade [shepherds] belong to, how it is and isn't like arthropoda, about exoskeletons and ecdysis…
contextual doubling horizontally would work for a few things, eg a sword rendered horizontally.
the map display could have glyphs placed with gaps of 1, with some glyphs contextually connected (eg walls could have walls between them).
the map display could have glyphs placed with gaps of 1, with some glyphs contextually connected (eg walls could have walls between them).
ugg my font being square and like, no others having an aspect squarer than 1:2 is going to give me aspect ratio nightmares. maybe i just make all my text art for square and if someone wants to play with another font it'll just be squashed horizontally.
February 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
contextual doubling horizontally would work for a few things, eg a sword rendered horizontally.
the map display could have glyphs placed with gaps of 1, with some glyphs contextually connected (eg walls could have walls between them).
the map display could have glyphs placed with gaps of 1, with some glyphs contextually connected (eg walls could have walls between them).
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Godot's GitHub has increasingly many pull requests generated by LLMs and it's a MASSIVE time waster for reviewers – especially if people don't disclose it. Changes often make no sense, descriptions are extremely verbose, users don't understand their own changes… It's a total shitshow. #godotengine
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Godot's GitHub has increasingly many pull requests generated by LLMs and it's a MASSIVE time waster for reviewers – especially if people don't disclose it. Changes often make no sense, descriptions are extremely verbose, users don't understand their own changes… It's a total shitshow. #godotengine
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February 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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"Devil Spire Falls winged update – you can now play as either birdmen or fairies. What a bizarre and wonderful inclusion to a bizarre and wonderful game."
Weekly Update 2026-02-15
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Weekly Update 2026-02-15
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Weekly Update 2026-02-15
I've not set foot in glorious Kurast for many years!
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"Devil Spire Falls winged update – you can now play as either birdmen or fairies. What a bizarre and wonderful inclusion to a bizarre and wonderful game."
Weekly Update 2026-02-15
open.substack.com/pub/youdonth...
Weekly Update 2026-02-15
open.substack.com/pub/youdonth...
i'm going to finish up and post an article about one of the technological species in [the coiled sun] this morning! i'm planning on a thread + patreon (no paywall).
February 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM
i'm going to finish up and post an article about one of the technological species in [the coiled sun] this morning! i'm planning on a thread + patreon (no paywall).
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I've finally put together a dedicated web page about the Village Building Game I'm working on! It
🟩 Reflects on the origins of this idea ✨
🟧 Touches on my gamedev history 🗒️
🟦 Describes my vision of this project 💡
🟥 Hints at the expected timeline 🕗
lisyarus.github.io/blog/project...
🟩 Reflects on the origins of this idea ✨
🟧 Touches on my gamedev history 🗒️
🟦 Describes my vision of this project 💡
🟥 Hints at the expected timeline 🕗
lisyarus.github.io/blog/project...
Village Builder Game
lisyarus.github.io
February 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I've finally put together a dedicated web page about the Village Building Game I'm working on! It
🟩 Reflects on the origins of this idea ✨
🟧 Touches on my gamedev history 🗒️
🟦 Describes my vision of this project 💡
🟥 Hints at the expected timeline 🕗
lisyarus.github.io/blog/project...
🟩 Reflects on the origins of this idea ✨
🟧 Touches on my gamedev history 🗒️
🟦 Describes my vision of this project 💡
🟥 Hints at the expected timeline 🕗
lisyarus.github.io/blog/project...
this is so self-defeating. these lil guys have batteries. who is going to do battery tests on all 19,000 e-ink labels in a walmart, the three employees they've got on duty at any given moment?
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 16, 2026 at 5:13 AM
this is so self-defeating. these lil guys have batteries. who is going to do battery tests on all 19,000 e-ink labels in a walmart, the three employees they've got on duty at any given moment?