Steven B Smith 🇨🇦
@sbsmith.bsky.social
Steven from Lightning Rod Games. I’m mostly trying to add games industry mutuals right now.
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If any #gamedev (pro or student) were curious about anything let me know and maybe I can do a post about it. I can try to answer just about anything that isn't covered by a partner NDA.
My adorable enemies continue to vex me.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My adorable enemies continue to vex me.
I want it for my coffee table 😂 I did not have Fangoria as a kid and this feels like a good way to go back and read up. Very exciting!
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium is now the sixth most-funded non-fiction book in Kickstarter history?!?! www.kickstarter.com/discover/adv...
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
Last week of the campaign, if you want in on this historic action:
First in Fright: The FANGORIA Compendium
The Complete History of Horror from the Pages of the #1 Horror Magazine
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I want it for my coffee table 😂 I did not have Fangoria as a kid and this feels like a good way to go back and read up. Very exciting!
I usually bake my baguettes on unvarnished quarry tiles but I decided to give a baguette oven a go and it produces a different but very nice result. I will need to reduce my recipe a bit so they don’t swell to fill the whole thing next time. Crust was great.
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I usually bake my baguettes on unvarnished quarry tiles but I decided to give a baguette oven a go and it produces a different but very nice result. I will need to reduce my recipe a bit so they don’t swell to fill the whole thing next time. Crust was great.
They said they didn’t want to make one unless they had something really innovative, so I’ll be pretty excited if they found that new thing.
If Half-Life 3 does indeed get announced, what then?
If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?
Herein only madness reigns.
If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?
Herein only madness reigns.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
They said they didn’t want to make one unless they had something really innovative, so I’ll be pretty excited if they found that new thing.
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RollerGirl is going to be at the Toronto Games Expo this weekend!✨
Get hands-on with our demo as part of the Indie Dev Showcase!
🗺️Hosted at the Better Living Centre - 195 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON
📅November 22nd & 23rd from 11 am - 4 pm.
#TGE2025 #ehgame #EhGameShowcase #CanadianGameAwards
Get hands-on with our demo as part of the Indie Dev Showcase!
🗺️Hosted at the Better Living Centre - 195 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON
📅November 22nd & 23rd from 11 am - 4 pm.
#TGE2025 #ehgame #EhGameShowcase #CanadianGameAwards
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
RollerGirl is going to be at the Toronto Games Expo this weekend!✨
Get hands-on with our demo as part of the Indie Dev Showcase!
🗺️Hosted at the Better Living Centre - 195 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON
📅November 22nd & 23rd from 11 am - 4 pm.
#TGE2025 #ehgame #EhGameShowcase #CanadianGameAwards
Get hands-on with our demo as part of the Indie Dev Showcase!
🗺️Hosted at the Better Living Centre - 195 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON
📅November 22nd & 23rd from 11 am - 4 pm.
#TGE2025 #ehgame #EhGameShowcase #CanadianGameAwards
Baking bread and I wish I had taken a picture of my first batch. Yeast was dead (but still smelly 🤔) and made baguette-shaped yoga mats. I don’t have a good source for fresh yeast, so I bought quick rise dry yeast (first time ever!). That made blimps! Rise is great but I prefer fresh yeast flavour.
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Baking bread and I wish I had taken a picture of my first batch. Yeast was dead (but still smelly 🤔) and made baguette-shaped yoga mats. I don’t have a good source for fresh yeast, so I bought quick rise dry yeast (first time ever!). That made blimps! Rise is great but I prefer fresh yeast flavour.
If any #gamedev (pro or student) were curious about anything let me know and maybe I can do a post about it. I can try to answer just about anything that isn't covered by a partner NDA.
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If any #gamedev (pro or student) were curious about anything let me know and maybe I can do a post about it. I can try to answer just about anything that isn't covered by a partner NDA.
Unity would be very difficult to use without multi-scene editing – both at runtime and in editor. It helped us manage memory at runtime and it also helped different people to work on the same areas of the game without file conflicts.
So I've been spending a lot of time with Unreal Engine lately... I don't think a lot of devs appreciate how good unity has become at scene management... Like WOW
I keep going back to 10 years ago... And they have really nailed it now
Also, when I say things like this is me:
I keep going back to 10 years ago... And they have really nailed it now
Also, when I say things like this is me:
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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a gray shirt on
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November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Unity would be very difficult to use without multi-scene editing – both at runtime and in editor. It helped us manage memory at runtime and it also helped different people to work on the same areas of the game without file conflicts.
Guy built a wonderful community with GIG and this sounds like a good thing.
We cracked the code 👩💻
The Game Club founders @yug.bsky.social and Shay P. Leighton reveal their 'cheat code' for community in an interview with @thejunglist.bsky.social. It's not just about games—it's about fighting the loneliness epidemic. Get the full story: tinyurl.com/yn9rfvt3 #thegameclub
The Game Club founders @yug.bsky.social and Shay P. Leighton reveal their 'cheat code' for community in an interview with @thejunglist.bsky.social. It's not just about games—it's about fighting the loneliness epidemic. Get the full story: tinyurl.com/yn9rfvt3 #thegameclub
The Game Club's Cheat Code for Community - Guy Blomberg and Shay P Leighton | grokludo 16
Guy Blomberg and Shay Leighton have started a book club. It's called The Game Club, because it's not really about books, it's about games. But it's not really about games – it's about friends. With…
tinyurl.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Guy built a wonderful community with GIG and this sounds like a good thing.
I’m taking my first trip from the newly opened Confederation GO station in Stoney Creek to Union Station in Toronto, and after waiting on this station for years… I think we got ripped off. It is so inaccessible and poorly designed that I’m struggling to see how Metrolinx could have approved it ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’m taking my first trip from the newly opened Confederation GO station in Stoney Creek to Union Station in Toronto, and after waiting on this station for years… I think we got ripped off. It is so inaccessible and poorly designed that I’m struggling to see how Metrolinx could have approved it ⬇️
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I’m hoping we have a tight enough scene that if someone spots this stuff for sale we can catch these shitheads
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’m hoping we have a tight enough scene that if someone spots this stuff for sale we can catch these shitheads
One of the nice things about working with Evolve on A Fold Apart is that we could direct all key requests to them. 😜
Why this needs to be said EVERY launch cycle is beyond me, but here we are... time to educate!
If I politely tell you that I appreciate your interest, but that I simply don't have enough keys to issue one for every single request, and you choose to respond 'Fuck you and your game'... DON'T. 🔽
If I politely tell you that I appreciate your interest, but that I simply don't have enough keys to issue one for every single request, and you choose to respond 'Fuck you and your game'... DON'T. 🔽
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One of the nice things about working with Evolve on A Fold Apart is that we could direct all key requests to them. 😜
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Homelessness will dramatically increase in Toronto over the winter, primarily because of provincial and federal funding cuts. Because of this, Toronto's Warming Centres will not be able to meet the need.
My interview this morning with CBC Metro Morning.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
My interview this morning with CBC Metro Morning.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Homelessness will dramatically increase in Toronto over the winter, primarily because of provincial and federal funding cuts. Because of this, Toronto's Warming Centres will not be able to meet the need.
My interview this morning with CBC Metro Morning.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
My interview this morning with CBC Metro Morning.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Always funny to run across something like this, years later, in functional software, and having only the vaguest idea why I made this decision.
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Always funny to run across something like this, years later, in functional software, and having only the vaguest idea why I made this decision.
They were actually willing to name names because the evidence had them dead to rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
They were actually willing to name names because the evidence had them dead to rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The hurricane damage in Jamaica is enormous (~30% of GDP) and it is going to take a lot to rebuild. There are scam sites out there but this is the official Government of Jamaica support site.
As we rebuild post Hurricane Melissa - Jamaica could really use your help.
If you're able, please, PLEASE donate to the GoJ's support fund:
supportjamaica.gov.jm
If you're able, please, PLEASE donate to the GoJ's support fund:
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal
Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters,
and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.
supportjamaica.gov.jm
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The hurricane damage in Jamaica is enormous (~30% of GDP) and it is going to take a lot to rebuild. There are scam sites out there but this is the official Government of Jamaica support site.
#TIL that the Canada Community Security Program exists to help fund security and deterrence, but man this must be so frustrating and disheartening for the community. This sucks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Police investigating after North York synagogue vandalized for 10th time | CBC News
Toronto police are investigating vandalism at a North York synagogue in what its rabbi says is the 10th such incident over the past year and a half.
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#TIL that the Canada Community Security Program exists to help fund security and deterrence, but man this must be so frustrating and disheartening for the community. This sucks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The reason they don’t is fear. Political pundits see centrists and progressives as safe targets for criticism. They get to pretend that they’re brave for “telling hard truths” while shying away from the most insidious elements in politics.
If Democrats have to answer for their most fringe members then Republicans should have to answer for theirs. The most out-there Democrat is 1/50th as psychotic and harmful as the most out-there Republican.
I don't think it helps the debate about what Democrats should do to pick an obscure thing that some Democrat somewhere may have said -- like on teaching eighth grade algebra -- and then attribute it to Democrats generally.
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The reason they don’t is fear. Political pundits see centrists and progressives as safe targets for criticism. They get to pretend that they’re brave for “telling hard truths” while shying away from the most insidious elements in politics.
Did SportsNet just die for everybody?
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Did SportsNet just die for everybody?
This was originally a team-building project for our Designer Kit, Art Director Stephanei, and Animator David. It turned out super cute. The interaction with the chat feels genuine (legit exciting to win people over), and it's satisfying to figure out all the endings. It's a little Halloween treat. 👻
Halloween has officially begun (at least in our timezone) and there is no better time for a spooky, point-and-click adventure, that you can finish all the endings in one sitting. Finish a Halloween game on Halloween! store.steampowered.com/app/1776080/...
Save 33% on LiveScream on Steam
Armed with nothing but your curiosity, streaming equipment, and insatiable need to impress others, you approach a long-abandoned house in your small town. What could possibly go wrong?
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October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This was originally a team-building project for our Designer Kit, Art Director Stephanei, and Animator David. It turned out super cute. The interaction with the chat feels genuine (legit exciting to win people over), and it's satisfying to figure out all the endings. It's a little Halloween treat. 👻
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My heart is broken. As a Rio de Janeiro native, this is inexcusable. As a human, this is calamitous.
Please read this, foreign friends and followers, and amplify Caio's message.
Please read this, foreign friends and followers, and amplify Caio's message.
This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio.
In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory.
CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil.
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🧵 Awful awful massacre in Brazil
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My heart is broken. As a Rio de Janeiro native, this is inexcusable. As a human, this is calamitous.
Please read this, foreign friends and followers, and amplify Caio's message.
Please read this, foreign friends and followers, and amplify Caio's message.
Reposted by Steven B Smith 🇨🇦
The new Steam Deck Verified page for A Fold Apart is super cute, and it's on sale! If you want creative puzzles (with a built-in hint system), relaxing music, a touching story, and a customizable couple, check it out! store.steampowered.com/verified/451...
A Fold Apart is Steam Deck Verified
A Fold Apart is Steam Deck Verified
store.steampowered.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The new Steam Deck Verified page for A Fold Apart is super cute, and it's on sale! If you want creative puzzles (with a built-in hint system), relaxing music, a touching story, and a customizable couple, check it out! store.steampowered.com/verified/451...
Saw that artist Drew Struzan died. Framed prints of his special edition original trilogy Star Wars posters were the centrepiece of my childhood bedroom. I always thought it was neat that he signed things as just “drew”. It felt humble for such a big talent.
October 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Saw that artist Drew Struzan died. Framed prints of his special edition original trilogy Star Wars posters were the centrepiece of my childhood bedroom. I always thought it was neat that he signed things as just “drew”. It felt humble for such a big talent.
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Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.
Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...
Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...
Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI
Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…
pivot-to-ai.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.
Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...
Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...