Gregory Avery-Weir
@gregoryaveryweir.bsky.social
I make games and write. I don't care for kyriarchy. I'm part of @futureproofgames.bsky.social.
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I'm Gregory! I make games and write queer.
My website is: ludusnovus.net
You can check out my personal work, including all of my old Flash games, at: gregoryaveryweir.itch.io
I'm half of @futureproofgames.bsky.social, and you can see our stuff at: futureproofgames.com
My website is: ludusnovus.net
You can check out my personal work, including all of my old Flash games, at: gregoryaveryweir.itch.io
I'm half of @futureproofgames.bsky.social, and you can see our stuff at: futureproofgames.com
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this entire thread is a must read.
I wonder what they think of the rest of the content if they believe sending the trailer alone to a "gray-suited centrist dad type" wouldn't garner the same reaction. But it's not a new idea! The past decade has been governed by the idea that there's a normie threshold it's irresponsible to cross.
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
this entire thread is a must read.
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people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
piracy discourse is so exhausting and passe, but i will observe that every truly great collector of physical media I know has a big harddrive of pirated books and movies. you literally cannot have one without the other
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.
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As Valve will never admit wrongdoing or their own cartoonish, well-documented inconsistency (because they'd have to re-review SO much and nobody at the company wants to do that), the only option left is to ensure Santa Ragione doesn't go bust. Which means buying games somewhere other than Steam.
HORSES
Fourteen days, a horse farm, and a few rules to follow...
Take a break from you
www.gog.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
As Valve will never admit wrongdoing or their own cartoonish, well-documented inconsistency (because they'd have to re-review SO much and nobody at the company wants to do that), the only option left is to ensure Santa Ragione doesn't go bust. Which means buying games somewhere other than Steam.
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i won't explicitly evoke my goofy as fuck catchphrase but there is something really insidious to me about this unheaded cultural movement towards an aesthetic of having no-one be responsible, and as a result creating and submitting to obfuscated systems of control
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
i won't explicitly evoke my goofy as fuck catchphrase but there is something really insidious to me about this unheaded cultural movement towards an aesthetic of having no-one be responsible, and as a result creating and submitting to obfuscated systems of control
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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you can nominate squeakross for the "Sit back and relax" Steam award!!
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
you can nominate squeakross for the "Sit back and relax" Steam award!!
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...
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still looking for new gigs! pay a disabled former indie luminary to speak remotely at your school, write for your project, or design a game for you! my new portfolio site isn't up yet but w.itch.io is chock full of my work (and also contains my contact info)
[email protected]
w.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
still looking for new gigs! pay a disabled former indie luminary to speak remotely at your school, write for your project, or design a game for you! my new portfolio site isn't up yet but w.itch.io is chock full of my work (and also contains my contact info)
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
This is such a bummer. FIST was a beautiful game. I'd expect that team to respect the value of art, but it sounds like they want players shitting on it with user-prompted AI slop.
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is such a bummer. FIST was a beautiful game. I'd expect that team to respect the value of art, but it sounds like they want players shitting on it with user-prompted AI slop.
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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think you shipped a game with technical debt? buddy you just executed a heist
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
think you shipped a game with technical debt? buddy you just executed a heist
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Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
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Guy really said "you are not immune to propaganda," this is a threat
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Guy really said "you are not immune to propaganda," this is a threat
Roblox, the game with a reputation for enabling child abuse, wants kids to send it photos of themselves so the game can find out exactly how old they are. Not just differentiating kids and adults, but sorting kids into demographic categories.
Roblox has started rolling out voluntary age checks on its platform, which will become mandatory globally early next year, to "limit communication between minors and adults"
www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-begin...
www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-begin...
Roblox begins rolling out age checks using facial age estimation technology
Requirement is currently voluntary, but users will have restricted access to chat features until an age check is completed
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Roblox, the game with a reputation for enabling child abuse, wants kids to send it photos of themselves so the game can find out exactly how old they are. Not just differentiating kids and adults, but sorting kids into demographic categories.
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compare is my local, it's walkable for me (not the charlotte one) and this is awesome
Thank you, COMPARE FOODS for offering FREE delivery: Charlotte grocery store Compare Foods is offering free pickup and delivery through Dec. 31 to protect the city’s immigrant community. Use code NOFEE2025 at compareclt.com for free delivery or pickup.
www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
compare is my local, it's walkable for me (not the charlotte one) and this is awesome
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It's finally coming!!
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It's finally coming!!
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!!
It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight.
Please look forward to it!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920
ICE isn't welcome in Charlotte. General Cornwallis called us a "hornet's nest of rebellion" way back in 1780, and we haven't lost our spines since. Bless their hearts if they think we're going to roll over for masked cowards terrorizing our friends and neighbors.
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ICE isn't welcome in Charlotte. General Cornwallis called us a "hornet's nest of rebellion" way back in 1780, and we haven't lost our spines since. Bless their hearts if they think we're going to roll over for masked cowards terrorizing our friends and neighbors.
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It is looking increasingly likely that Ana - probably the person most involved in organizing protests against payment processor censorship recently - is getting hit by retaliation by those organizations.
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It is looking increasingly likely that Ana - probably the person most involved in organizing protests against payment processor censorship recently - is getting hit by retaliation by those organizations.
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large vizier models are typically trained using backtreasoning, where the model steps backwards through a plot or scheme to arrive at the cradle of twisted desires that birthed it
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
large vizier models are typically trained using backtreasoning, where the model steps backwards through a plot or scheme to arrive at the cradle of twisted desires that birthed it
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An interesting example of how it's easy to get trapped in "doing things for the sake of doing them" in gamedev how this thread showcases complex game desgin being done to allow this sort of thing but little examination of how that possibility space affects the world and the player's psychology
Hive mind.. whats the general thoughts on allowing players to brick their games by letting them kill NPCs? Are folk ok with that? any smart examples where it is recoverable?
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An interesting example of how it's easy to get trapped in "doing things for the sake of doing them" in gamedev how this thread showcases complex game desgin being done to allow this sort of thing but little examination of how that possibility space affects the world and the player's psychology
It's a mistake to value independence (not relying on others). Better to pursue autonomy (the freedom to govern yourself), which requires INTERdependence. Folks can't freely take risks and be their truest selves without robust support from the rest of society.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's a mistake to value independence (not relying on others). Better to pursue autonomy (the freedom to govern yourself), which requires INTERdependence. Folks can't freely take risks and be their truest selves without robust support from the rest of society.
I'm not sure why this is a big deal. It seems like this is a flashy way to describe improved Unicode support. Emoji of this kind are just glyphs. File systems have always had character set representation problems, and Unicode is a standard way to address them. What am I missing?
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm not sure why this is a big deal. It seems like this is a flashy way to describe improved Unicode support. Emoji of this kind are just glyphs. File systems have always had character set representation problems, and Unicode is a standard way to address them. What am I missing?
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