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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander
@nocturne.bsky.social
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Indie dev, Goth, and Tech Writer. Working at Asobo Studio on Microsoft Flight Simulator. BIG fan of everything science, tech, and gamedev. I also make games using the GameMaker engine (feed here! https://tinyurl.com/GameMaker-Feed )
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🎶 'Tis the season to be jolly! 🎵
ESPECIALLY if you're a dev looking for fonts. Another mate of mine, @hawtpixel.bsky.social, has a massive fire-sale on right now for their font bundle. Check it out!

hawtpixel.itch.io/hawtpixel-fo...

#gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #WebDev #webdeveloper
Font Bundle Sale poster, 650 fonts, valued at $13,000, for $19.
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
nocturne.bsky.social
Last chance to get all my #GameMaker assets for $20! The cyber black frimonday sale ends at midnight tonight...

itch.io/s/170756/cyb...

#madewithgamemaker #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev
December 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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YO! #GameMaker users! All my assets are 50% off for #BlackFriday (63% off for the bundle)! Check them out now on @itchio and see if there's anything you need.

itch.io/s/170756/cyb...

#gamedev #indiedev #devassets #MadeWithGameMaker
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH ...

*deep breath*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA!

#fuckAI #hypocrites
January 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This is one of the main reasons why I will not use any "AI" products. The gradual erosion of one's self-worth along with the growing dependence on easily manipulated and often wrong information, is incredibly dangerous, and it's no wonder it's being pushed in the current political climate.
#NoAI
Image with the following text: Most people haven't realized a major consequence of the ongoing Al wave. When everyday applications actively incentivize people to allow Al to do things for them (such as reply to messages, write drafts, or summarize information), I can't help but see a major wave of disempowerment and dependency coming. Trotin Disempowerment and dependency reduce people's autonomy and make them more vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation. What social media has caused in terms of individual and social impact will be minor compared to what widespread Al integration will do.
January 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Yes! That's how I'm doing things for Lab Rat Jonny. Just reading each room collision data (and a few other bits and bobs) to generate the world map. I thought it would be a lot tougher than it turned out. 😅
November 22, 2024 at 8:41 PM
nocturne.bsky.social
Been married once, will never do it again. In fact it's doubtful I'll ever put myself into any kind of committed relationship again! Sorry anyone who's interested! 😂
April 9, 2024 at 12:25 PM
nocturne.bsky.social
I've done it everyone! I've found the most CURSED twitter account yet!

twitter.com/swapped_gender

There are more NSFL #AI crimes here than you can shake a shitty stick at!

#ShitAI #wtf #nsfl
Mike Tyson If He Was A Woman (oh god what have I done by posting this I'm so sorry) Katy Perry If She Was A Man (Again, I'm sorry, please don't hate me...) Bruse Willis If He Was A Woman (Oh god the horror never ends...) Emma Watson If She Was A Man (THIS IS THE LAST ONE I PROMISE AND I WILL PAY FOREVER FOR SHARING THESE CRIMES)
February 27, 2024 at 7:38 AM
nocturne.bsky.social
ChatGPT reached sentience and immediately went mad it would seem.

#RIPAI #RIPChatGPT #ChatGPT #AISentience

twitter.com/seanw_m/stat...
February 21, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Jesus feckin' christ... ChatGPT says utter shite with such confidence that I sometimes fear that humanity really is doomed.

(If you're Scottish you'll understand why I'm so dismayed)
November 23, 2023 at 12:11 PM
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Things just got (more!) serious... Kenny has renounced their support for #Unity and will no longer endorse it as a product. Kenny has had a profound effect on the indie community by giving many aspiring devs assets and tools to get them started, so this is pretty major IMHO.

#gamedev #indiedev
September 14, 2023 at 10:20 AM
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While Unity sort-of backpedals some of the licence changes, this thread pops up on Reddit... it really does prove how scummy Unity are and I wouldn't trust them again at least not without a massive change in leadership and trajectory... #gamedev #indiedev #unity

www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...
September 14, 2023 at 9:38 AM
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Good grief, the new Unity payment plan is BRUTAL. Re-installs by the same owner count, demos count, even running a BROWSER GAME FUCKING COUNTS! No wonder devs are upset, and my heart goes out to everyone with longterm Unity projects coming out in 2024...

#gamedev

forum.unity.com/threads/unit...
September 13, 2023 at 12:15 PM
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Being a #GameMaker user and watching Unity shoot themselves in the foot time and time again:
September 13, 2023 at 6:28 AM
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After playing Starfield all week (80 hours already! Lol!), I can safely say that yes, this is a VERY typical Bethesda game, jank and all! AND I LOVE IT! I'm actually quite impressed by how much is crammed into the game so far - been fun exploring and pirating and smuggling and policing and building!
September 11, 2023 at 7:02 AM
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From the #GameMaker Community, we have a PSA:

DOING TUTORIALS WILL MAKE YOU BLIND

😂

#gamedev #indiedev #MadeWithGameMaker
Image of text saying: "As attractive as tutorials and templates are to novices, they are growth-stunting, addictive, and eventually porn-like in the long run."
September 1, 2023 at 12:40 PM
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OMG! I can preload Starfield! ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO WAIT!!!

#Starfield #excited #games #rpg
August 30, 2023 at 7:37 PM
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The first film may not have been very true to the comics, but I still really enjoyed it, so I'm really rather excited for this! Keanu Reeves has aged like fine wine and I can't help but hope that this time they'll do the character justice!

#Constantine #movies
August 30, 2023 at 7:34 PM
nocturne.bsky.social
A quick reminder to all GameMaker devs! I made a feed for you all, so just follow it to get all the GameMaker skeets in one feed. If you post any skeets with "#GameMaker" in them, they'll appear in the feed too! Let's build a GameMaker #GameDev community on here!

https://tinyurl.com/GameMakerFeed
Meme image of the aliens guy from the History Channel saying "Code Goes In... Game Comes Out" and instead of "Aliens" at the bottom it has the GameMaker logo.
August 4, 2023 at 7:15 AM
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Okay, this is taking "old skool" to a next level! I present to you, The Human Shader project! So far over 1000 people have been busy working out pixel values to create the first "organic" human shader image...

#gamedev #programming #shaders #oldskool

https://humanshader.com/
July 20, 2023 at 8:07 AM