martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
🀄️ Wishlist SPARROW 🐦⬛ WARFARE https://store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/Sparrow_Warfare/. he/him.
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martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Let's Play: Sparrow Warfare (Beta)
YouTube video by Ill Omens
www.youtube.com
There've been a couple of streams of Sparrow Warfare by now but Mike explains the rules and analyses the design decisions like no one else. Watch it to get good and mostly actually true theories about why I things are how they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_U...
Kerning can save lives.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Kerning can save lives.
Turns out the deckbuilder market is oversaturated. Gonna have to pivot to puzzle platformer.
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Turns out the deckbuilder market is oversaturated. Gonna have to pivot to puzzle platformer.
Pretty cool to cash in on the anti-generative-AI counter-hype-train. This is important to have and I like that they are clear about it, no matter what camp you're in.
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pretty cool to cash in on the anti-generative-AI counter-hype-train. This is important to have and I like that they are clear about it, no matter what camp you're in.
Wait that would put 99% of AI researchers in the US in the ineligible corner, wouldn't it? Way to shoot yourself in the foot.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wait that would put 99% of AI researchers in the US in the ineligible corner, wouldn't it? Way to shoot yourself in the foot.
I've just updated our playtest build to fix most of the bugs found in the first week of our second playtest. It's the best moment to hop on and fly to victory: store.steampowered.com/news/app/397...
Sparrow Warfare Playtest - Patch notes, v0.2.6, 2025-11-13 - Steam News
Playtest evolved
store.steampowered.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I've just updated our playtest build to fix most of the bugs found in the first week of our second playtest. It's the best moment to hop on and fly to victory: store.steampowered.com/news/app/397...
What I do not understand is how there's still so much money being poured into new fossil fuel projects. It's a dying industry because there is no way that extractive energy will ever be as efficient as renewable energy. Sunlight and wind are literally free, after all.
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What I do not understand is how there's still so much money being poured into new fossil fuel projects. It's a dying industry because there is no way that extractive energy will ever be as efficient as renewable energy. Sunlight and wind are literally free, after all.
What I did not know until today is that NetEase, one of the biggest games companies in the world with 30k employees, is side-hustling in organic pig farming.
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What I did not know until today is that NetEase, one of the biggest games companies in the world with 30k employees, is side-hustling in organic pig farming.
These Danes are wild. They build new buildings by covering the whole site in a big tent and then working indoors, dry & warm. Never seen such a thing before. Is this normal nowadays?
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
These Danes are wild. They build new buildings by covering the whole site in a big tent and then working indoors, dry & warm. Never seen such a thing before. Is this normal nowadays?
New version of that airplane image just dropped. Even has the same colour for the same kind of information.
All those flags ... that's a pretty challenging golf course.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New version of that airplane image just dropped. Even has the same colour for the same kind of information.
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the twin apotheoses of Cartesian dualism
It's kind of fascinating to me that two of the prime obsessions of the 21st century science are "meat without mind" and "mind without meat"
If people want to do this, we need to learn how to make a bunch of enzymes at scale and it may actually not be possible for cheaper than real meat for a long time
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
the twin apotheoses of Cartesian dualism
This is absolutely correct and the reason why we should have built a lot of AI to reflect exactly that. Sadly we built a system of the world that rewards monopolies instead. I am still maintaining that it's not wrong to do large-scale statistical analysis per se. We just built the wrong kind.
A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
In case anyone ever asks, I *have* written a material generator and a music generator for Eldritch 2, but that's not AI. That's me taking all the things I personally know about those things, and writing my own tools to make the process a little faster and easier for myself. It's still 100% me, baby.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is absolutely correct and the reason why we should have built a lot of AI to reflect exactly that. Sadly we built a system of the world that rewards monopolies instead. I am still maintaining that it's not wrong to do large-scale statistical analysis per se. We just built the wrong kind.
Stay young. Bleib jung. Bliv ung. Personally my brain is more of a "tower of babel" as it's constructing the one language to rule them all (in Dunkelheit zu binden) but, hey, others might get mental milage out of becoming multilingual. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Want a younger brain? Learn another language
A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Stay young. Bleib jung. Bliv ung. Personally my brain is more of a "tower of babel" as it's constructing the one language to rule them all (in Dunkelheit zu binden) but, hey, others might get mental milage out of becoming multilingual. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Wild distribution of countries visiting the Godot website. Not really surprising, if you think about it. www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Wild distribution of countries visiting the Godot website. Not really surprising, if you think about it. www.reddit.com/r/godot/comm...
And so it begins (and every beginning is an end). If this won’t burst the bubble, what will?
SoftBank sold its entire stake in Nvidia, pocketing $5.8 billion ahead of a rash of planned investments by founder Masayoshi Son to build his own sphere of influence supporting artificial intelligence.
SoftBank unloads Nvidia stake for $5.8 billion in surprise move
The Tokyo-based company now boasts a portfolio that includes some of the world’s most sought-after names in artificial intelligence: OpenAI and Oracle.
ebx.sh
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And so it begins (and every beginning is an end). If this won’t burst the bubble, what will?
Reposted by martin pichlmair
Our latest playtest build is UP! And features daily challenges and leaderboards for the next 2 weeks. We would love to welcome you into our bird world 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Our latest playtest build is UP! And features daily challenges and leaderboards for the next 2 weeks. We would love to welcome you into our bird world 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
PLUR1BUS, by the way. Wow. Big recommendation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
PLUR1BUS, by the way. Wow. Big recommendation.
Reposted by martin pichlmair
Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Super excited to promote some awesome indie games on Steam for Animal Fest tomorrow through @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Migration Route!
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Tune into the stream tomorrow on the respective steam pages at 7pm PST and come hang out!🍻
#indiegames #animalfest #steam
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Playtest 2 has just kicked off. We'd be excited if you put Sparrow Warfare through the wringer – even if you break the game! As long as you give us feedback, of course. store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
We're getting ready to open the flood gates. Last fixes have just been tested and submitted. Off we go (or fly)! May the sparrow succeed in their revolution!
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We're getting ready to open the flood gates. Last fixes have just been tested and submitted. Off we go (or fly)! May the sparrow succeed in their revolution!
Interesting that all the big companies still retain control of their technology stack by building in-house engines. In my opinion open source engines like Godot, LÖVE and Luxe are more similar to those than Unity. They are just communally developed engines with source code access for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interesting that all the big companies still retain control of their technology stack by building in-house engines. In my opinion open source engines like Godot, LÖVE and Luxe are more similar to those than Unity. They are just communally developed engines with source code access for everyone.
Once again I find myself on the second place in my own game. How delightful (and also it means that I won't have to delete my scores by hand after playing every time).
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Once again I find myself on the second place in my own game. How delightful (and also it means that I won't have to delete my scores by hand after playing every time).
I've been getting into cryptic crosswords with @alphachar.bsky.social and I fear it is very alluring to only write social media messages that could also have a second layer of meaning. I will try not to but there's something very evocative about the tone of voice of cryptics.
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I've been getting into cryptic crosswords with @alphachar.bsky.social and I fear it is very alluring to only write social media messages that could also have a second layer of meaning. I will try not to but there's something very evocative about the tone of voice of cryptics.
I will add a few more modifiers to our Daily Run mode but there's already a guarantee of 2600 possible combinations. Should keep things interesting for a while (and impossible to test fully).
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I will add a few more modifiers to our Daily Run mode but there's already a guarantee of 2600 possible combinations. Should keep things interesting for a while (and impossible to test fully).
Do you have a go-to author you get another book by when you run out of stuff to read? Mine is Anthony Burgess because even his lesser known books usuaully turn out to be absolute bangers. His level of craftsmanship is so high that it guarantees satisfaction on sentence level.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Do you have a go-to author you get another book by when you run out of stuff to read? Mine is Anthony Burgess because even his lesser known books usuaully turn out to be absolute bangers. His level of craftsmanship is so high that it guarantees satisfaction on sentence level.
I've just finished Expedition 33 and here's a luke warm take. The music is hauntingly beautiful and I'm a sucker for a convoluted story because it's less boring than being the chosen one over and over again. That being said it felt like a game that mostly made very safe and conservative choices.
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I've just finished Expedition 33 and here's a luke warm take. The music is hauntingly beautiful and I'm a sucker for a convoluted story because it's less boring than being the chosen one over and over again. That being said it felt like a game that mostly made very safe and conservative choices.