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I am James Kay / Score Studios, a Tokyo-based independent videogame developer, creator of the Piczle series. Available for work: https://www.jcbkay.com/ Club Piczle: : www.piczle.club

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · May 1

Piczle World of Puzzles will be the home of all Piczle-types of puzzles and will be FREE with paid DLC. It'll go into Early Access later this year!

Wishlist now!👉
store.steampowered.com/app/2174300/...

#hanjie #nonogram #indiegamedev #solodev #madewithunreal #お絵かきロジック #イラストロジック #solodev #gamedev

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 3h

Thought I'd give Temu a quick try just because I was bored watching the ad for it and, wow... I don' think I've ever uninstalled an app faster... All the worst aspects of Amazon combined with mobile gacha and a massive FOMO push, just toxic vomit trying to worm its way into my wallet... 🤮

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 2d

When you're trying to do a zoom meeting but your cat on the other side of the door is insisting on telling you at 107dB he just did a poo.

a man in a suit and tie is covering his face with his hands .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is covering his face with his hands .

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Joel Riley @joelriley.com · 2d

Pixelogic is participating in Steam Next Fest this week, an event featuring free demos of upcoming games.

Try our demo and discover other awesome games;

store.steampowered.com/app/3677530/...

#nonogram #SteamNextFest

Pixelogic: Nonograms Unlimited on Steam

Reveal hidden pixel art pictures using logic & deduction in this classic nonogram game. With an included puzzle creator, new logic puzzles delivered daily, and a massive back catalog of 6,000+ puz...

store.steampowered.com

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 3d

The 2nd one is very clean and readable, it's the one that stuck out to me.

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 3d

Farm Valley Island
or
Bullet Goose

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 3d

This is actually 90% pudding. The entire pink part is a strawberry mousse type thing, which was... fine.
Fondant is the devil, tho, in agree with you on that!

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 4d

The Kirby car cake from Kirby Cafe Petit is super cute and really looks the part!
But how does it taste?
Yeah, it's fine. I guess. 🤷‍♂️

A cake shaped like Kirby swallowed a car

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 4d

The sad passing of Diane Keaton really makes me want to rewatch a once-favourite Annie Hall, but i can't because f*ck W**dy *ll*n.

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 5d

I try not to live with regrets but on my death bed I'll definitely reflect on today, when i chose to go through Tokyo station on a holiday weekend...

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 6d

This is how you do it! 😘🤌

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 6d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 7d

Aside from genAI being a pox, it's also terrible gamedev practice. Placeholders need to be obvious so you don't accidentally leave them in. Bright pink, big letters saying "PLACEHOLDER", coder art, anything that sticks out to remind you "oh, this needs replacing!"

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retrodotcards.com @retrodotcards.com · 7d

Pixel Pup now has a (spartan) web page

www.retrodotcards.com/pixel-pup

Pixel Pup

Pixel Pup, a nonogram game for the Nintendo E-Reader

www.retrodotcards.com

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 7d

I'm really too cack-handed to mess with electronics but I'm glad i managed to replace my 3DS's thumb stick because the price of these consoles even 2nd hand oy vey 🤐

a man in a suit and tie is talking about being a scientist myself

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is talking about being a scientist myself

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Fidel Destrot!

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Valentin Cocot!

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 8d

I'm late middle -aged and i still don't know if it's pronounced GodOT or Go-DEAU and at this stage I'm afraid to ask...

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for the cliff notes! It certainly sounds like all the best people on the internet doing their very best... 🥴
I bought a few early BMBooks and they were fine, but I just didn't have the space to buy anymore. Glad to know I don't have to feel guilty about that 😅

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 9d

No clue what is going on but the first YT that came up while searching started blathering on about how Bluesky is tribal and ppl on X were nicer and the "definition of racism" and I noped out so hard, I still don't know what the story is...

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 11d

Not much time left to grab three awesome Piczle nonogram games at massive discounts in the #SteamAutumnSale!

Get them now while you still can!
👉 store.steampowered.com/developer/Sc...

#hanjie #お絵かきロジック #イラストロジック #puzzle #logicpuzzle #nonogram #indiegamedev #solodev #madewithunreal

A wide banner show the three Piczle games on sale in the current Steam Autumn Sale, from left to right, Piczle Cross Adventure at 90% off, Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons at 50% off and Piczle Cross: Rune Factory a;sp at 50% off

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 10d

My kid is dead set on visiting this museum. She's excited that she gets to choose two toys from there to bring home and that we'll eat at the restaurant there. It's a little far but she keeps talking about how she wants to go.

It's a dilemma, because it's not real; she's made the museum up. 😫

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 11d

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 11d

In my latest game any confirmation pop-up has a YES, NO and MAYBE button, just for the fun of it. One of the first comments on this was "As long as the odds are real and you're not fudging..." which had never even crossed my mind. 🤷 I think people are weirdly suspicious of random chance.

Kara Ling @metacrab.org · 11d

The game in which the premise is "the odds are real but gamers struggle to conceptualize or even believe them" has negative reviews from gamers who don't believe the odds are real (game: Unfair Flips)

A 'Not Recommended' Steam review with 4 hours played

Review text reads: It's a decent idea for a game where you flip a coin and depending on your percentage chances you get heads or tails. However the odds are a lie. You will flip tails 100 percent more than you will heads no matter what your percentage is. Even when you get it up to 60% you will still flip tails way more often then you will heads.

The Dev can try to defend it, but when I flip the coin 2500 times and only hit heads a third of the time even when at 60% then the odds are broken or a lie. I've also watched gameplay and seen fellow players have the same flips so I know it isn't just me having bad luck.

Still not bad for $2, but I'm saying no because the game is coded against you instead of it being fully on chance and luck.

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Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 11d

Woah, finally a headline that totally breaks Betteridge's law!

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its effect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

Score Studios LLC @scorestudios.bsky.social · 12d

The life cycle of every platform:

We're making this for you, the users

Thanks to you this is a growing platform!

To keep it free for you we'll add adverts

To keep it safe for you we are implementing a subscription tier

We sold the platform to fascists for personal profit

Gender is irrelevant when one is first and foremost an alchemist @dertherck.bsky.social · 12d

I think the thing we're just honestly gonna have to square with is that every single platform (yes, even the one you like) is owned and operated by companies that sell your labor (posts, engagement, traffic, and activity) to advertisers so... No. There will never be a GOOD platform.