JAM
@jam.do
doing the inadvisable [making a massive dream game as my first game] thing.
Sometimes overly self-aware and/or emotionally unhinged.
Sometimes overly self-aware and/or emotionally unhinged.
Scope reduction: I've given up* on trying to do "good" procgen, like, with props and models and stuff. Infinite floating interestingly distributed primitive meshes ftw.
*for now
*for now
March 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Scope reduction: I've given up* on trying to do "good" procgen, like, with props and models and stuff. Infinite floating interestingly distributed primitive meshes ftw.
*for now
*for now
Lots of separate little gamey bits that I accidentally get stuck messing with for hours. That's a good sign I think?
Really need to polish them up and put them together into an actual game though.
Really need to polish them up and put them together into an actual game though.
March 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of separate little gamey bits that I accidentally get stuck messing with for hours. That's a good sign I think?
Really need to polish them up and put them together into an actual game though.
Really need to polish them up and put them together into an actual game though.
I made this post and then spent over an entire month fixated on movement mechanics and momentum
February 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I made this post and then spent over an entire month fixated on movement mechanics and momentum
happy new year.
remember to take breaks from obsessively polishing your work to remind yourself what "good enough and actually exists" looks and feels like.
remember to take breaks from obsessively polishing your work to remind yourself what "good enough and actually exists" looks and feels like.
January 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
happy new year.
remember to take breaks from obsessively polishing your work to remind yourself what "good enough and actually exists" looks and feels like.
remember to take breaks from obsessively polishing your work to remind yourself what "good enough and actually exists" looks and feels like.
I know I need to build risky/hard/unknown things first, so I don't need to redo everything else later to fit
but doing the opposite can be tempting because it "feels like" progress to implement something easy and known (it isn't progress tho, not as much as it feels, at least)
but doing the opposite can be tempting because it "feels like" progress to implement something easy and known (it isn't progress tho, not as much as it feels, at least)
December 25, 2024 at 6:54 AM
I know I need to build risky/hard/unknown things first, so I don't need to redo everything else later to fit
but doing the opposite can be tempting because it "feels like" progress to implement something easy and known (it isn't progress tho, not as much as it feels, at least)
but doing the opposite can be tempting because it "feels like" progress to implement something easy and known (it isn't progress tho, not as much as it feels, at least)
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Imagine if other artists were given advice like game devs are.
Don't try to paint your dream painting, do a bunch of stencils first!
Don't try to make music that moves people, make a bunch of commercial jingles first!
You'll gain a lot of skills and network with other artists! 💯
#indiegamedev
Don't try to paint your dream painting, do a bunch of stencils first!
Don't try to make music that moves people, make a bunch of commercial jingles first!
You'll gain a lot of skills and network with other artists! 💯
#indiegamedev
December 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Imagine if other artists were given advice like game devs are.
Don't try to paint your dream painting, do a bunch of stencils first!
Don't try to make music that moves people, make a bunch of commercial jingles first!
You'll gain a lot of skills and network with other artists! 💯
#indiegamedev
Don't try to paint your dream painting, do a bunch of stencils first!
Don't try to make music that moves people, make a bunch of commercial jingles first!
You'll gain a lot of skills and network with other artists! 💯
#indiegamedev
Imagine thinking the "unclear rules and banwaves to avoid rules-lawyering" approach is appropriate for literally anything outside anticheat and competitive e-sports.
December 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Imagine thinking the "unclear rules and banwaves to avoid rules-lawyering" approach is appropriate for literally anything outside anticheat and competitive e-sports.
Learning the hard way that I should have saved up wayyyy more before persuing solo gamedev; and that my lifelong policy of "if you need more money, just go make it" doesn't really work as well when I am trying to focus on accomplishing a big long term project. 🥲
I'm already in too deep tho 😋
I'm already in too deep tho 😋
December 16, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Learning the hard way that I should have saved up wayyyy more before persuing solo gamedev; and that my lifelong policy of "if you need more money, just go make it" doesn't really work as well when I am trying to focus on accomplishing a big long term project. 🥲
I'm already in too deep tho 😋
I'm already in too deep tho 😋
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People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.
Sometimes I wonder why I feel safe with irl pfp, but then I remember that, to my local community, the internet == facebook, insta, whatsapp, and tiktok.
If anyone is different from that, I WANT them to recognize and approach me.
(the cops don't know how to use the internet, and I know their moms)
If anyone is different from that, I WANT them to recognize and approach me.
(the cops don't know how to use the internet, and I know their moms)
December 14, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Sometimes I wonder why I feel safe with irl pfp, but then I remember that, to my local community, the internet == facebook, insta, whatsapp, and tiktok.
If anyone is different from that, I WANT them to recognize and approach me.
(the cops don't know how to use the internet, and I know their moms)
If anyone is different from that, I WANT them to recognize and approach me.
(the cops don't know how to use the internet, and I know their moms)
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Decentralized moderation is actually a great justification for Bluesky to set harsher, even "biased", moderation policies on their own infrastructure but you all are NOT ready for that conversation
December 14, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Decentralized moderation is actually a great justification for Bluesky to set harsher, even "biased", moderation policies on their own infrastructure but you all are NOT ready for that conversation
gamedev update: figuring out procgen and starting to see little nuggets of interesting stuff (literally) floating around. yipeee!
could get closer but I should just fix whatever is making my origin chunk empty 😅
Before (placeholder art) and after (probs still placeholder - getting somewhere tho):
could get closer but I should just fix whatever is making my origin chunk empty 😅
Before (placeholder art) and after (probs still placeholder - getting somewhere tho):
December 11, 2024 at 4:49 PM
gamedev update: figuring out procgen and starting to see little nuggets of interesting stuff (literally) floating around. yipeee!
could get closer but I should just fix whatever is making my origin chunk empty 😅
Before (placeholder art) and after (probs still placeholder - getting somewhere tho):
could get closer but I should just fix whatever is making my origin chunk empty 😅
Before (placeholder art) and after (probs still placeholder - getting somewhere tho):
I'm on team "first-party moderation can't be a special citizen" tbh.
If money were going around I'd rather pay folks in my actual community.
I don't mind bluesky taking a small percentage of that to ensure they aren't hosting or propagating anything illegal; but dithery half-moderation is not it.
If money were going around I'd rather pay folks in my actual community.
I don't mind bluesky taking a small percentage of that to ensure they aren't hosting or propagating anything illegal; but dithery half-moderation is not it.
BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers:
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
December 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I'm on team "first-party moderation can't be a special citizen" tbh.
If money were going around I'd rather pay folks in my actual community.
I don't mind bluesky taking a small percentage of that to ensure they aren't hosting or propagating anything illegal; but dithery half-moderation is not it.
If money were going around I'd rather pay folks in my actual community.
I don't mind bluesky taking a small percentage of that to ensure they aren't hosting or propagating anything illegal; but dithery half-moderation is not it.
Does anyone else get really annoyed when people give them "reference images" for things they're making [for themselves] that they already have a clear image of?
It doesn't bother me when it's something I'm making for others, but when it's something I'm making for myself, I legit can't stand input.
It doesn't bother me when it's something I'm making for others, but when it's something I'm making for myself, I legit can't stand input.
December 10, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Does anyone else get really annoyed when people give them "reference images" for things they're making [for themselves] that they already have a clear image of?
It doesn't bother me when it's something I'm making for others, but when it's something I'm making for myself, I legit can't stand input.
It doesn't bother me when it's something I'm making for others, but when it's something I'm making for myself, I legit can't stand input.
brb, gotta go wardrive near a "not border" to get esim reception to order online shopping to a pobox because some racists in the 70s decided they wanted to genocide, then part of the folks who "stopped" it thought "let's put hookers and blackjack there and tax it" and now the mailpeople don't come
December 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM
brb, gotta go wardrive near a "not border" to get esim reception to order online shopping to a pobox because some racists in the 70s decided they wanted to genocide, then part of the folks who "stopped" it thought "let's put hookers and blackjack there and tax it" and now the mailpeople don't come
f4f sucks, don't pollute the internet with unnecessary graph edges.
we need non-porous subgraphs to protect ourselves from the mind viruses and brainworms
we need non-porous subgraphs to protect ourselves from the mind viruses and brainworms
December 6, 2024 at 2:44 PM
f4f sucks, don't pollute the internet with unnecessary graph edges.
we need non-porous subgraphs to protect ourselves from the mind viruses and brainworms
we need non-porous subgraphs to protect ourselves from the mind viruses and brainworms
what do you call brownies without chocolate?
blondies?
(sugar cookies attempt 2 but I replaced a bunch of things - structure is probably because the only fat in this is yoghurt, which is proteiny. I ran out of butter. I also ran out of sugar. lmao. honey and rose jam.)
ended up really good omg
blondies?
(sugar cookies attempt 2 but I replaced a bunch of things - structure is probably because the only fat in this is yoghurt, which is proteiny. I ran out of butter. I also ran out of sugar. lmao. honey and rose jam.)
ended up really good omg
December 5, 2024 at 2:08 PM
what do you call brownies without chocolate?
blondies?
(sugar cookies attempt 2 but I replaced a bunch of things - structure is probably because the only fat in this is yoghurt, which is proteiny. I ran out of butter. I also ran out of sugar. lmao. honey and rose jam.)
ended up really good omg
blondies?
(sugar cookies attempt 2 but I replaced a bunch of things - structure is probably because the only fat in this is yoghurt, which is proteiny. I ran out of butter. I also ran out of sugar. lmao. honey and rose jam.)
ended up really good omg
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Not all who wandir are lost.
Except me. Absolutelye confused about everyethinge. Have lost the path. Not sure about the destinacioun. Not even sure about the wanderinge part. Wayte, ys that a birde?
Except me. Absolutelye confused about everyethinge. Have lost the path. Not sure about the destinacioun. Not even sure about the wanderinge part. Wayte, ys that a birde?
December 4, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Not all who wandir are lost.
Except me. Absolutelye confused about everyethinge. Have lost the path. Not sure about the destinacioun. Not even sure about the wanderinge part. Wayte, ys that a birde?
Except me. Absolutelye confused about everyethinge. Have lost the path. Not sure about the destinacioun. Not even sure about the wanderinge part. Wayte, ys that a birde?
today was productive, but apparently I love doing things that aren't apparent in screenshots 🙃
summary: use raycasts to slurp up big complex scenes into nice trees of nodes and their relative transforms and probabilities.
to be used for something kinda like wfc.
summary: use raycasts to slurp up big complex scenes into nice trees of nodes and their relative transforms and probabilities.
to be used for something kinda like wfc.
December 3, 2024 at 6:31 PM
today was productive, but apparently I love doing things that aren't apparent in screenshots 🙃
summary: use raycasts to slurp up big complex scenes into nice trees of nodes and their relative transforms and probabilities.
to be used for something kinda like wfc.
summary: use raycasts to slurp up big complex scenes into nice trees of nodes and their relative transforms and probabilities.
to be used for something kinda like wfc.