Aidan Nabass
@aidonis.bsky.social
Game Developer / Engineer - Prev: Bungie, HBS
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He's back baby
At long last, I have one unified shader so every surface can receive snow in a noisy pattern, limited by surface normal, blended via an (optional) heightmap, and reduced by both baked and dynamic heat sources
January 27, 2026 at 9:21 PM
He's back baby
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This is a good thread I actually disagree with, and would posit that the issue in the quoted post is not necessarily indicative of the game’s audience, but rather with a very loud segment who is NOT the audience deciding they don’t think a game should have an audience—a very different problem.
When I was at <prev. job> and folks were working on <game>, the feedback I kept giving was that the design would unavoidably draw in an audience of primarily miserable, hyper-aggressive, antisocial players.
Sometimes this stuff is fundamentally built-into and encouraged by a game's design
Sometimes this stuff is fundamentally built-into and encouraged by a game's design
and like yeah the marketing has been mismanaged, is fun to riff on, who up wresting their shieldbreaker from enemy wardens etc. but thats not the vibe on youtube. the vibe is really dark. at some point you gotta say what on earth is "good" marketing when this is the audience you have to sell to
January 27, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This is a good thread I actually disagree with, and would posit that the issue in the quoted post is not necessarily indicative of the game’s audience, but rather with a very loud segment who is NOT the audience deciding they don’t think a game should have an audience—a very different problem.
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When I was at <prev. job> and folks were working on <game>, the feedback I kept giving was that the design would unavoidably draw in an audience of primarily miserable, hyper-aggressive, antisocial players.
Sometimes this stuff is fundamentally built-into and encouraged by a game's design
Sometimes this stuff is fundamentally built-into and encouraged by a game's design
and like yeah the marketing has been mismanaged, is fun to riff on, who up wresting their shieldbreaker from enemy wardens etc. but thats not the vibe on youtube. the vibe is really dark. at some point you gotta say what on earth is "good" marketing when this is the audience you have to sell to
January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
When I was at <prev. job> and folks were working on <game>, the feedback I kept giving was that the design would unavoidably draw in an audience of primarily miserable, hyper-aggressive, antisocial players.
Sometimes this stuff is fundamentally built-into and encouraged by a game's design
Sometimes this stuff is fundamentally built-into and encouraged by a game's design
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UpScrolled is blowing up due to the Tiktok ban - #2 in the US right now. It's ethical social media: no shadowbans, no algorithmic bullshit, no controls on your feed, not designed for addiction, doesn't sell your data
January 26, 2026 at 11:29 AM
UpScrolled is blowing up due to the Tiktok ban - #2 in the US right now. It's ethical social media: no shadowbans, no algorithmic bullshit, no controls on your feed, not designed for addiction, doesn't sell your data
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Well, this is new...
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Well, this is new...
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
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Sounds like there are some cool games at the Xbox showcase?
Too bad that Microsoft is one of the most harmful companies on the planet, and according to the BDS boycott campaign, "the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide"
Too bad that Microsoft is one of the most harmful companies on the planet, and according to the BDS boycott campaign, "the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide"
Microsoft
Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.
bdsmovement.net
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Sounds like there are some cool games at the Xbox showcase?
Too bad that Microsoft is one of the most harmful companies on the planet, and according to the BDS boycott campaign, "the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide"
Too bad that Microsoft is one of the most harmful companies on the planet, and according to the BDS boycott campaign, "the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide"
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Finally, if you like us, want to commit to be a part of this boycott going forward, @nogamesforgenocide.com have created an amazing resource that'll help guide you through that process.
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Finally, if you like us, want to commit to be a part of this boycott going forward, @nogamesforgenocide.com have created an amazing resource that'll help guide you through that process.
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This hits so close to home. The professional and personal isolation both @ramiismail.com, @tamoorh.com and many more describes is a brutal, unspoken reality. For many of us, the last two years haven't just been "difficult" but a systematic stripping away of support and community.
There’s a moment in this where @ramiismail.com talks about people distancing themselves or being told to do so because of his advocacy. Most never talk about but, man, it’s so real. The last couple years have been professionally and personally isolating in brutal ways. It’s been really eye-opening.
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This hits so close to home. The professional and personal isolation both @ramiismail.com, @tamoorh.com and many more describes is a brutal, unspoken reality. For many of us, the last two years haven't just been "difficult" but a systematic stripping away of support and community.
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There’s a moment in this where @ramiismail.com talks about people distancing themselves or being told to do so because of his advocacy. Most never talk about but, man, it’s so real. The last couple years have been professionally and personally isolating in brutal ways. It’s been really eye-opening.
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There’s a moment in this where @ramiismail.com talks about people distancing themselves or being told to do so because of his advocacy. Most never talk about but, man, it’s so real. The last couple years have been professionally and personally isolating in brutal ways. It’s been really eye-opening.
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i’ve been playing Battlefield 6 and couldn’t separate its love of destruction from the carnage I see out of Gaza every day
While one of Battlefield 6's calling cards is environmental destruction, it's hard not to connect its toppled buildings to current events. @platanoranger.bsky.social on Battlefield 6:
I’ve Turned on Battlefield 6’s Senseless Destruction
While one of Battlefield 6's calling cards is environmental destruction, it's hard not to connect its toppled buildings to current events.
www.endlessmode.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i’ve been playing Battlefield 6 and couldn’t separate its love of destruction from the carnage I see out of Gaza every day
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All 45 bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel arrived with their hands and legs cuffed, CNN reports. They were transferred to Nasser Hospital tagged with numbers, not names, and have yet to be identified.
“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others...
“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others...
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
All 45 bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel arrived with their hands and legs cuffed, CNN reports. They were transferred to Nasser Hospital tagged with numbers, not names, and have yet to be identified.
“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others...
“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others...
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Phenomenal write-up of Palestinian Voices in Games by @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social. Still very proud to be supporting the initiative, and happy to see attention for it. If you want to help out, check out the link via the article!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
Creators of Reigns, Streets of Rage and Saturnalia launch Palestinian Voices in Gaming to support indies from Gaza and the West Bank
Several prominent indie game studios have launched a support network for Palestinian projects such as Being 2, RiYafa, Pomegranates and Dreams on a Pillow.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Phenomenal write-up of Palestinian Voices in Games by @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social. Still very proud to be supporting the initiative, and happy to see attention for it. If you want to help out, check out the link via the article!
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/creators-of-...
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I’d appreciate if you all used this form to ask for the things we asked for in the open letter regarding Palestinians on here
August 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’d appreciate if you all used this form to ask for the things we asked for in the open letter regarding Palestinians on here
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OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
August 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
OLIVER: "Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive — Gaza is being starved by Israel."
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Coming Soon to Steammmm from AIE Seattle! ✨☃️ "The Most Epicest Snowball Fight Ever!" is a turn-based tactics game that asks you to help a group of kids use their imagination to defeat snow monsters and stave off the cold!
Wishlist now y'all!! store.steampowered.com/app/3884730/...
Wishlist now y'all!! store.steampowered.com/app/3884730/...
The Most Epicest Snowball Fight Ever! on Steam
The snowball fight of your dreams! Take up arms against imaginary snow monsters in this charming turn-based tactics game where a child's imagination is their greatest weapon. Can you defeat the forces...
store.steampowered.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Coming Soon to Steammmm from AIE Seattle! ✨☃️ "The Most Epicest Snowball Fight Ever!" is a turn-based tactics game that asks you to help a group of kids use their imagination to defeat snow monsters and stave off the cold!
Wishlist now y'all!! store.steampowered.com/app/3884730/...
Wishlist now y'all!! store.steampowered.com/app/3884730/...
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Ozzy Osbourne died? What were his views on Palestine? Abysmal pro-genocide pro-Zionist support? Ok then.
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Ozzy Osbourne died? What were his views on Palestine? Abysmal pro-genocide pro-Zionist support? Ok then.
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BREAKING: Israel killed 10 more Palestinians seeking aid at a GHF site in Rafah, southern Gaza, this morning, Al Jazeera reports.
July 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
BREAKING: Israel killed 10 more Palestinians seeking aid at a GHF site in Rafah, southern Gaza, this morning, Al Jazeera reports.
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🚨NEWS: Israeli outlet Maariv reports that during Israel’s 12-day operation against Iran, Air Force pilots returning from intercepting Iranian drones began dropping leftover bombs on Gaza.
What started as a pilot-led “initiative” was quickly approved and expanded—becoming routine.
What started as a pilot-led “initiative” was quickly approved and expanded—becoming routine.
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🚨NEWS: Israeli outlet Maariv reports that during Israel’s 12-day operation against Iran, Air Force pilots returning from intercepting Iranian drones began dropping leftover bombs on Gaza.
What started as a pilot-led “initiative” was quickly approved and expanded—becoming routine.
What started as a pilot-led “initiative” was quickly approved and expanded—becoming routine.
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don’t worry everybody, Microsoft had to lay off 9,000 people today so they could literally give 100 million more dollars in AI funding to Israel
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
don’t worry everybody, Microsoft had to lay off 9,000 people today so they could literally give 100 million more dollars in AI funding to Israel
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese now also names Microsoft among 48 corps aiding the genocide. Based on the reporting from earlier this year but perhaps lends credence beyond BDS's (and my own) claim that Microsoft is complicit.
July 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese now also names Microsoft among 48 corps aiding the genocide. Based on the reporting from earlier this year but perhaps lends credence beyond BDS's (and my own) claim that Microsoft is complicit.