Andy "Owlbear" Thayer
@andythayer.bsky.social
Proud parent, fan of fiction, DnD dork. Oh, and video games.
🌞 Software engineer
🌛 Aspiring indie dev
Currently dabbling in #godot, where I'm working on Dawn of Days - Tactics, an SRPG roguelite.
🌞 Software engineer
🌛 Aspiring indie dev
Currently dabbling in #godot, where I'm working on Dawn of Days - Tactics, an SRPG roguelite.
The SkyNet apocalypse pop-culture promised us won't happen because AI gains true sentience -- it will happen because assholes will use AI for hacking and black-hat tomfoolery.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The SkyNet apocalypse pop-culture promised us won't happen because AI gains true sentience -- it will happen because assholes will use AI for hacking and black-hat tomfoolery.
I've had Seven Days of the Week as my alarm clock song for about 15 years now, and I think I'll keep it that way for the rest of my life. #tmbg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBa9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBa9...
Seven Days Of The Week (I Never Go To Work)
YouTube video by They Might Be Giants - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I've had Seven Days of the Week as my alarm clock song for about 15 years now, and I think I'll keep it that way for the rest of my life. #tmbg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBa9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBa9...
Whether Microsoft is ready to leave the console market or not (it seems inevitable they'll have too at some point), I just can't find it in me to be sad. Maybe I've drank too much Nintendo Kool Aid, but I don't see what they brought to the industry that makes them deserve a funeral.
October 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Whether Microsoft is ready to leave the console market or not (it seems inevitable they'll have too at some point), I just can't find it in me to be sad. Maybe I've drank too much Nintendo Kool Aid, but I don't see what they brought to the industry that makes them deserve a funeral.
Hi. I'm Dragon Quest. I'm what happens when a basic-ass JRPG gets a budget and some polish and waaay too much hype.
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hi. I'm Dragon Quest. I'm what happens when a basic-ass JRPG gets a budget and some polish and waaay too much hype.
It's been fun working on Dawn of Days: Tactics in #godot, but lately I've been able to work on enemy AI and that's been particularly exciting. I've wanted to program this kind of logic for so long. There's nothing more off-putting in a strategy game than stupid NPCs. #gamedev #indiegamedev
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's been fun working on Dawn of Days: Tactics in #godot, but lately I've been able to work on enemy AI and that's been particularly exciting. I've wanted to program this kind of logic for so long. There's nothing more off-putting in a strategy game than stupid NPCs. #gamedev #indiegamedev
Rewatching Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and it just blows my mind how great it is. I want to live in the universe where this show got ten seasons, not this stupid universe where it only got one :(
#DarkCrystal #AgeOfResistance
#DarkCrystal #AgeOfResistance
September 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Rewatching Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and it just blows my mind how great it is. I want to live in the universe where this show got ten seasons, not this stupid universe where it only got one :(
#DarkCrystal #AgeOfResistance
#DarkCrystal #AgeOfResistance
The Little Prince * platformer = Mario Galaxy.
September 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The Little Prince * platformer = Mario Galaxy.
Straight. Up. Fascism.
#fuckdonaldtrump
#fuckdonaldtrump
September 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Straight. Up. Fascism.
#fuckdonaldtrump
#fuckdonaldtrump
#PredatorBadlands looks like another great entry for the series. And though I thought AvP was horrible, all the chatter about this being either a lead up or another AvP outright sounds good to me. Between #AlienEarth and #Prey, these franchises have been on point lately.
youtu.be/43R9l7EkJwE?...
youtu.be/43R9l7EkJwE?...
Predator: Badlands | Official Trailer
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios
youtu.be
August 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#PredatorBadlands looks like another great entry for the series. And though I thought AvP was horrible, all the chatter about this being either a lead up or another AvP outright sounds good to me. Between #AlienEarth and #Prey, these franchises have been on point lately.
youtu.be/43R9l7EkJwE?...
youtu.be/43R9l7EkJwE?...
I was already very hyped, but after the first couple episodes of #AlienEarth I am STOKED for more. Bravo, Noah Hawley!
August 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I was already very hyped, but after the first couple episodes of #AlienEarth I am STOKED for more. Bravo, Noah Hawley!
Ugh! #godot, I love ya, but you've gotta do something about exported variables using enums getting "stuck" with stale values when the enum is updated.
August 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ugh! #godot, I love ya, but you've gotta do something about exported variables using enums getting "stuck" with stale values when the enum is updated.
It was a slow start, but once the game picks up, #DonkeyKongBananza real starts to shine. As many have said before, the #MarioOdyssey DNA is evident, and that's a good thing. But that's not to say that DKB doesn't stand on it's own merits - it does. This is the launch title I was waiting for!
July 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It was a slow start, but once the game picks up, #DonkeyKongBananza real starts to shine. As many have said before, the #MarioOdyssey DNA is evident, and that's a good thing. But that's not to say that DKB doesn't stand on it's own merits - it does. This is the launch title I was waiting for!
Reposted by Andy "Owlbear" Thayer
In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.
That's right, Kim Reynolds. Regulation couldn't possibly help with Iowa's water quality problems. Why would it help to have gurard rails around an industry that's become too corporate to care about who it hurts? 😡
#sarcasm
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
#sarcasm
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Reynolds says regulation is 'hardly ever the answer' and isn't for water's nitrate issue
Amid central Iowa’s lawn-watering ban, Gov. Reynolds said regulating the agriculture industry is not the answer to Iowa’s drinking-water pollution.
www.desmoinesregister.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
That's right, Kim Reynolds. Regulation couldn't possibly help with Iowa's water quality problems. Why would it help to have gurard rails around an industry that's become too corporate to care about who it hurts? 😡
#sarcasm
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
#sarcasm
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
I'm excited for the #FinalFantasyTacitcs remake but at the end of the day it's just a coat of paint on a beloved game I've played many times already. What I would be much more hyped for would be any news at all about a possible sequel to #TriangleStrategy. This game is criminally under appreciated.
July 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm excited for the #FinalFantasyTacitcs remake but at the end of the day it's just a coat of paint on a beloved game I've played many times already. What I would be much more hyped for would be any news at all about a possible sequel to #TriangleStrategy. This game is criminally under appreciated.
I know it's not as crisp as the 1st party camera, but it's perhaps the cutest accessory I've ever owned.
#NintendoSwitch2
#NintendoSwitch2
June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I know it's not as crisp as the 1st party camera, but it's perhaps the cutest accessory I've ever owned.
#NintendoSwitch2
#NintendoSwitch2
Reposted by Andy "Owlbear" Thayer
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
Thanks to #8BitDo, I'll be rocking three generations of Pro controllers on my Switch 2. The OG Pro controller works natively, and after the latest firmware update for the 8BitDo Wireless USB Adapter added support for Switch 2, I can also connect my Wii U Pro controller.
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Thanks to #8BitDo, I'll be rocking three generations of Pro controllers on my Switch 2. The OG Pro controller works natively, and after the latest firmware update for the 8BitDo Wireless USB Adapter added support for Switch 2, I can also connect my Wii U Pro controller.
RE: this Forbes article about the missing Switch 2 buzz ( www.forbes.com/sites/paulta... ).
In my opinion, despite being a HUGE Nintendo fan, and being plenty excited for the new console, this release does feel a bit more like what we NEED rather than what we WANT.
In my opinion, despite being a HUGE Nintendo fan, and being plenty excited for the new console, this release does feel a bit more like what we NEED rather than what we WANT.
The Nintendo Switch 2 Is Out In Four Days – Where’s The Buzz?
The Nintendo Switch 2 is out this week, but there's just not that much online buzz about it, despite the fact it will no doubt sell well.
www.forbes.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
RE: this Forbes article about the missing Switch 2 buzz ( www.forbes.com/sites/paulta... ).
In my opinion, despite being a HUGE Nintendo fan, and being plenty excited for the new console, this release does feel a bit more like what we NEED rather than what we WANT.
In my opinion, despite being a HUGE Nintendo fan, and being plenty excited for the new console, this release does feel a bit more like what we NEED rather than what we WANT.
In my #RimeOfTheFrostmaiden campaign one of my players died fighting an ice troll so the party brought him to their necromancer friend who made an #EvilDead mistake while resurrecting him. Now he's a zombie similar to a Coldlight Walker. Fun times! #dnd5e
May 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In my #RimeOfTheFrostmaiden campaign one of my players died fighting an ice troll so the party brought him to their necromancer friend who made an #EvilDead mistake while resurrecting him. Now he's a zombie similar to a Coldlight Walker. Fun times! #dnd5e
Many, many horrible things happened in the first 100 days (or the short window thereafter). This isn't the worst, but it really, really stings. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
#democracydiesindarkness
#democracydiesindarkness
Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
Trump and GOP members of Congress accuse the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. Trump plans a rescission, giving Congress 45 days to approve it or allow funding to be restored.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Many, many horrible things happened in the first 100 days (or the short window thereafter). This isn't the worst, but it really, really stings. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
#democracydiesindarkness
#democracydiesindarkness