Andy Touch
@andytouch.bsky.social
Creative Developer / Game Engines / IO-Interactive / Shaders / Live Music / Stop-Motion Games / Horror Films / Music Festivals / TCG / Brit in Copenhagen
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Andy Touch
@andytouch.bsky.social
· Nov 14
My partner & I have been building some small-games using play-doh & stop motion. Our goal is every pixel on screen to be hand-sculpted in real-life; even the UI!
We have an Instagram with some videos of our experiments! www.instagram.com/boressostudio
But guess I'll be posting here too! 😁
We have an Instagram with some videos of our experiments! www.instagram.com/boressostudio
But guess I'll be posting here too! 😁
6 months at IOI.
Easily the most fun I've had in my career so far! Feels great to be back on the game engine side of gamedev. 😁
Easily the most fun I've had in my career so far! Feels great to be back on the game engine side of gamedev. 😁
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
6 months at IOI.
Easily the most fun I've had in my career so far! Feels great to be back on the game engine side of gamedev. 😁
Easily the most fun I've had in my career so far! Feels great to be back on the game engine side of gamedev. 😁
'Programming Anti-Patterns' are just a state of mind. 😏
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
'Programming Anti-Patterns' are just a state of mind. 😏
Tired: "Move Fast, Break Things"
Wired: "Move Thoughtfully, Break Correct Things"
Wired: "Move Thoughtfully, Break Correct Things"
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Tired: "Move Fast, Break Things"
Wired: "Move Thoughtfully, Break Correct Things"
Wired: "Move Thoughtfully, Break Correct Things"
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At the rate Epic is going, its only a matter of time before there is a Fortnite x Shakespeare collab.
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
At the rate Epic is going, its only a matter of time before there is a Fortnite x Shakespeare collab.
Nothing multiplies the complexity of a 3 week honeymoon travelling across China than my bank randomly blocking card payments half way through the trip. 🙃
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Nothing multiplies the complexity of a 3 week honeymoon travelling across China than my bank randomly blocking card payments half way through the trip. 🙃
The more physics-based character controllers I write, the more I lean towards the notion that 99% of issues are solved by it being just a rolling sphere collider that has forces pushing it and the visuals are context-aligned inside it. 🤔
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The more physics-based character controllers I write, the more I lean towards the notion that 99% of issues are solved by it being just a rolling sphere collider that has forces pushing it and the visuals are context-aligned inside it. 🤔
Advice (that actually works) when submitting for headcount in a mega-corporation of thousands of people:
- Count the amount of people you want to hire and multiply by 3.
- Submit that number.
- C Level & Finance will auto cut any headcount number to 1/3.
- You will get exactly what you need. 😎
- Count the amount of people you want to hire and multiply by 3.
- Submit that number.
- C Level & Finance will auto cut any headcount number to 1/3.
- You will get exactly what you need. 😎
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Advice (that actually works) when submitting for headcount in a mega-corporation of thousands of people:
- Count the amount of people you want to hire and multiply by 3.
- Submit that number.
- C Level & Finance will auto cut any headcount number to 1/3.
- You will get exactly what you need. 😎
- Count the amount of people you want to hire and multiply by 3.
- Submit that number.
- C Level & Finance will auto cut any headcount number to 1/3.
- You will get exactly what you need. 😎
Reposted by Andy Touch
Video Podcast Idea: Gamedevs show off their internal asset zoos/dev gyms and narrate them like David Attenborough.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Video Podcast Idea: Gamedevs show off their internal asset zoos/dev gyms and narrate them like David Attenborough.
Sad to see people calling out Australia for this; the country is trying to reduce frustration & stress in the next generation of game artists and non-programmers! 😄
September 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sad to see people calling out Australia for this; the country is trying to reduce frustration & stress in the next generation of game artists and non-programmers! 😄
It's been a while since Giotto made an appearance here.
September 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's been a while since Giotto made an appearance here.
Secured tickets to see System Of A Down. My childhood gateway band into heavy music; but somehow had never seen them live before!
a man in a white shirt is holding a box of food that says rice quaker
ALT: a man in a white shirt is holding a box of food that says rice quaker
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September 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Secured tickets to see System Of A Down. My childhood gateway band into heavy music; but somehow had never seen them live before!
Openly pitching a revolutionary new industry: Landlords but they are not assholes.
September 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Openly pitching a revolutionary new industry: Landlords but they are not assholes.
Lots of really tasty UX improvements in this release! 🤩
#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉
With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!
godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!
godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
Godot 4.5, making dreams accessible – Godot Engine
From mind-blowing effects now made possible by the stencil buffer to accessible descriptions of your GUI elements that opens up the possibility for people with disabilities to play your game — we are ...
godotengine.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of really tasty UX improvements in this release! 🤩
Reposted by Andy Touch
This happens so incredibly often, but you rarely hear about it in public. The amount of institutional knowledge that is readily walked out the door, with a severance package in hand, is incredible.
Which is why you also sometimes hear of folks being re-hired as contractors. A very expensive mistake
Which is why you also sometimes hear of folks being re-hired as contractors. A very expensive mistake
The last time I was at a studio with a layoff, a meeting was derailed because the director asked, with increasing irritation, which engineer was supposed to design a feature that underpinned the whole game. That engineer had been laid off 2 days prior, and no one else knew how to do it.
Layoffs wreck studios. Institutional knowledge is SO valuable in the games industry. When you eventually replace that laid off employee, I don’t care if they’ve got 30 years of experience and dozens of games under their belt. They still have to learn the pipeline, the software, the systems.
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This happens so incredibly often, but you rarely hear about it in public. The amount of institutional knowledge that is readily walked out the door, with a severance package in hand, is incredible.
Which is why you also sometimes hear of folks being re-hired as contractors. A very expensive mistake
Which is why you also sometimes hear of folks being re-hired as contractors. A very expensive mistake
007 First Light - Official Gameplay Trailer | State of Play 2025
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Reposted by Andy Touch
State of Play presents a 007 First Light deep dive on September 3
Get ready for over 30 minutes of new gameplay. Full details: play.st/4oZz9DQ
Get ready for over 30 minutes of new gameplay. Full details: play.st/4oZz9DQ
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
State of Play presents a 007 First Light deep dive on September 3
Get ready for over 30 minutes of new gameplay. Full details: play.st/4oZz9DQ
Get ready for over 30 minutes of new gameplay. Full details: play.st/4oZz9DQ
IO Interactive has just released Hitman on iOS! This means Glacier Engine has made its way to mobile. 😊
youtu.be/fYJwROKrP6I?...
youtu.be/fYJwROKrP6I?...
HITMAN World of Assassination - iOS Release Trailer
YouTube video by HITMAN
youtu.be
August 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
IO Interactive has just released Hitman on iOS! This means Glacier Engine has made its way to mobile. 😊
youtu.be/fYJwROKrP6I?...
youtu.be/fYJwROKrP6I?...
Please, could someone make a new Star Wars Podracing game?
a purple lightning bolt is coming from a jet
ALT: a purple lightning bolt is coming from a jet
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August 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Please, could someone make a new Star Wars Podracing game?
Glacier Engine has many, many really nice QOL workflows that make dev & debugging actually fun.
One day I'll talk more about them, but one highlight ill share now is being able to play the game then select anything through the game/render view and then instantly locate it in the scene context. 😍
One day I'll talk more about them, but one highlight ill share now is being able to play the game then select anything through the game/render view and then instantly locate it in the scene context. 😍
August 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Glacier Engine has many, many really nice QOL workflows that make dev & debugging actually fun.
One day I'll talk more about them, but one highlight ill share now is being able to play the game then select anything through the game/render view and then instantly locate it in the scene context. 😍
One day I'll talk more about them, but one highlight ill share now is being able to play the game then select anything through the game/render view and then instantly locate it in the scene context. 😍
I was 16 the last time I saw The Smashing Pumpkins live.
I turn 35 soon. 👴
I turn 35 soon. 👴
August 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I was 16 the last time I saw The Smashing Pumpkins live.
I turn 35 soon. 👴
I turn 35 soon. 👴
My wife just did her first commit. 🤩
And then immediately asked "But what if two people push the same file at the same time?" 🥲
And then immediately asked "But what if two people push the same file at the same time?" 🥲
August 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My wife just did her first commit. 🤩
And then immediately asked "But what if two people push the same file at the same time?" 🥲
And then immediately asked "But what if two people push the same file at the same time?" 🥲