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▸ Aspiring game developer and pixel artist
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▸ Programmer and tech skeptic
▸ Tharja enthusiast
▸ He/Him
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@loam-d.bsky.social
· Feb 23
I post pixel art but sometimes my upload cadence is slow. If you want to see my art without any of my other posts, use this feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
My simcity friend was unreasonably excited about this
Paradox Interactive and Cities: Skylines developer Colossal Order have "mutually decided to pursue independent paths," with development of the city-builder series switching to Iceflake Studios.
www.gamesindustry.biz/cities-skyli...
www.gamesindustry.biz/cities-skyli...
Cities: Skylines to switch developer
Development of the Paradox Interactive-owned IP will shift from Colossal Order to Iceflake Studios
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My simcity friend was unreasonably excited about this
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We're literally at pets dot com levels here
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We're literally at pets dot com levels here
The private market cannot address the housing crisis. The government should buy land or use eminent domain to build high density concrete bricks near mass transit.
"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 10:27 PM
The private market cannot address the housing crisis. The government should buy land or use eminent domain to build high density concrete bricks near mass transit.
Why did they explain that she can jump lol
Wait what they just randomly dropped a prime 4 trailer today???
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Why did they explain that she can jump lol
Another cool point is these things are powerhouses. Like faster than enthusiast machines that cost 5x as much as close as 5 years ago.
I think this segment of cheap micro pcs running Unix based oses is well positioned to make a really interesting impact on consumer computing over the next couple of years. Add in framework, and you have a very interesting segment starting to develop.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Another cool point is these things are powerhouses. Like faster than enthusiast machines that cost 5x as much as close as 5 years ago.
I'm going to rant about the steam machine for a minute so bear with me. If anyone remembers the '08 crisis, one tech trend during that time was cheap, underspecced laptops called netbooks. These were like $3-400, had Intel atom processors, and sucked shit.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I'm going to rant about the steam machine for a minute so bear with me. If anyone remembers the '08 crisis, one tech trend during that time was cheap, underspecced laptops called netbooks. These were like $3-400, had Intel atom processors, and sucked shit.
We need to outlaw founding SaaS companies
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We need to outlaw founding SaaS companies
I think I'm definitely a better programmer than I am an artist but unfortunately I am slow as shit at both of them lol
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I think I'm definitely a better programmer than I am an artist but unfortunately I am slow as shit at both of them lol
Your game can become beloved even if it is imperfect
Super Mario World has an extremely eclectic art style whereby many enemies are drawn in completely different ways. Development files reveal Mario went through many stylistic changes; it is possible that all the enemies were made to fit Mario, but at different points in time.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Your game can become beloved even if it is imperfect
Steamcube bringing us the year of the Linux desktop
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Steamcube bringing us the year of the Linux desktop
Someone asked me a really specific game dev question and I had actually built the exact system they wanted to build lol. It's only like 5 lines of code but it was fun to know the answer.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Someone asked me a really specific game dev question and I had actually built the exact system they wanted to build lol. It's only like 5 lines of code but it was fun to know the answer.
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In shocking turn of events, guy least involved in the actual development of games feels generative AI is necessary to the development of games.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In shocking turn of events, guy least involved in the actual development of games feels generative AI is necessary to the development of games.
If AI made us more productive then it wouldn't be 3 games and we all have worklife balance, it would be management abusing you to push out 6 games now because you're so much more productive, or they make half of us redundant and make anyone left so more with less. Don't believe their lies.
And one other thing: we’re being told that AI is the only way to make games cheaper and faster, to pull us from this precipice of production nightmares the industry has found itself in. That it’s necessary.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
We put out roughly 3 motherfucking games a year, not touching the stuff.
Skill issue.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
If AI made us more productive then it wouldn't be 3 games and we all have worklife balance, it would be management abusing you to push out 6 games now because you're so much more productive, or they make half of us redundant and make anyone left so more with less. Don't believe their lies.
Finally Gwitch. A lot of similar motifs to Unicorn, the heavy use of brass and strings is back, but you have the incredible vocals from Clara Sorace adding a lot to some of the more dramatic moments in the show. A great gundam ost.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Finally Gwitch. A lot of similar motifs to Unicorn, the heavy use of brass and strings is back, but you have the incredible vocals from Clara Sorace adding a lot to some of the more dramatic moments in the show. A great gundam ost.
Turn A's soundtrack almost has a split personality. On the one hand you have tracks like girls rule that sound like they're from the turn of the century like a Rhapsody in Blue. Appropriate for the bustle of Turn A's early industry society. 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Turn A's soundtrack almost has a split personality. On the one hand you have tracks like girls rule that sound like they're from the turn of the century like a Rhapsody in Blue. Appropriate for the bustle of Turn A's early industry society. 1/2
Unicorn is peak UC. Lots and lots of brass. The soundscape is edged with synth. Not as obvious as gquuuux but fitting for Unicorns hidden modes. Feels like I'm going Mach 20 into a space opera. Kicks ass
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Unicorn is peak UC. Lots and lots of brass. The soundscape is edged with synth. Not as obvious as gquuuux but fitting for Unicorns hidden modes. Feels like I'm going Mach 20 into a space opera. Kicks ass
Gquuuux has some of the more interesting motifs. It's chaotic, sweeping and hopeful. Lots of wind, strings, and distorted synth
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Gquuuux has some of the more interesting motifs. It's chaotic, sweeping and hopeful. Lots of wind, strings, and distorted synth
I've listened to every gundam soundtrack now and I think my favorites are Unicorn, GWitch, Turn A, and Gquuuux
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I've listened to every gundam soundtrack now and I think my favorites are Unicorn, GWitch, Turn A, and Gquuuux
One of the understated parts of Gquuuux is that even in a world where Char dies, the Zabis end up destroying themselves anyway because fascism is a self consuming ideology.
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One of the understated parts of Gquuuux is that even in a world where Char dies, the Zabis end up destroying themselves anyway because fascism is a self consuming ideology.
Can't believe we got NY mayoral yaoi
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Can't believe we got NY mayoral yaoi
OpenAI is a disgusting symbol of our failure to enforce anti-trust and prevent consolidation in the tech industry. Capital should not be so concentrated that a small group of morons can pour enough money into an obviously unprofitable enterprise that it threatens the whole economy.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
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OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
OpenAI is a disgusting symbol of our failure to enforce anti-trust and prevent consolidation in the tech industry. Capital should not be so concentrated that a small group of morons can pour enough money into an obviously unprofitable enterprise that it threatens the whole economy.