Sam Swain
@sam.apparance.uk
A child of the procedural generation. Long-time tools coder off of
the games industry. Worked on Fable, NMS, Gloomhaven. Building crazy proc-gen technology: www.apparance.uk 👈 Try Unreal & Unity plugin for free!
he/him ▪ forever 42 ▪ surrey, uk ▪ no AI
the games industry. Worked on Fable, NMS, Gloomhaven. Building crazy proc-gen technology: www.apparance.uk 👈 Try Unreal & Unity plugin for free!
he/him ▪ forever 42 ▪ surrey, uk ▪ no AI
Same time next week, streaming on Twitch:
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
ga5p0d3 - Twitch
Games Developer, specialising in procedural generation, tools, and systems. Creator of the Apparance proc-gen plugin for Unreal and Unity.
www.twitch.tv
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Same time next week, streaming on Twitch:
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
www.twitch.tv/ga5p0d3
Recording uploaded now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIq...
Proc-Gen Dev Stream #13 - Crate Work Everyone!
YouTube video by Apparance
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November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recording uploaded now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzIq...
Tuna taco perhaps? Or is that a Tuesday special?
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Tuna taco perhaps? Or is that a Tuesday special?
A craft no-less. Chipping away at the system space, chosing the pieces to invest effort in, deepen, and consequencly shaping the output and the richness of variety it can produce.
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A craft no-less. Chipping away at the system space, chosing the pieces to invest effort in, deepen, and consequencly shaping the output and the richness of variety it can produce.
Putin's doing quite an effective job of it isn't he. Turns out nukes weren't the way, social media/media/FUD/cronies were plenty to set-rot to it from the inside.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Putin's doing quite an effective job of it isn't he. Turns out nukes weren't the way, social media/media/FUD/cronies were plenty to set-rot to it from the inside.
Looks a great event. Do you know if there are any UK equivalents planned?
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Looks a great event. Do you know if there are any UK equivalents planned?
..."Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe."
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
..."Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe."
"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself;"...
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself;"...
Making me thinking of Douglas Adam's prescience with the electric monk in Dirk Gently.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Making me thinking of Douglas Adam's prescience with the electric monk in Dirk Gently.
Room height support in action!
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Room height support in action!