We've been seeing our Holiday Season themed FPS, Saccharine, mentioned a few times here and there on this site and others and it warms our heart. Happy Holidays from all of us at Waffle Iron Studios!

Any use at this point for LLMs is non-existent except to make the planet hostile and miserable. I refuse to use it for my games and for my art.

Objectively correct and based as fuck

Project Absentia and Saccharine are 50% off for the Steam Winter Sale and on itch Winter Sale! There's also a bundle of the two games together on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/1662010/... store.steampowered.com/app/3936330/... store.steampowered.com/bundle/65348...

Gonna state plainly, for the record, that I'm against AI/LLM use. Whether that be for replacing creative work, distributing misinformation on a mass scale, or invalidating human existence.

I've been doing some deep thinking the past couple weeks. Had some talks with friends of mine. I'm disengaging from the discourse entirely here on out. No justifying minutae. Y'all know where I stand currently, that's not gonna change, and frankly I'm tired of repeating myself - here or in private

Ruminations: A 🧵 For the last few weeks I've been on somewhat of a self-improvement journey. Trying to eat better, drinking more water, exercising, improving my sleep quality, etc. In addition I've been spending more time with media that are regarded as noteworthy in some form or fashion (1/?)

That's right! Get some colorful chiptuned goodness up in ya in 2 weeks! store.steampowered.com/app/2104460/...

We've got deals on deals and all kinds of announcements today, so be sure to check out Zlimbratski's stream starting NOW and also the Steam sale! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqrV... store.steampowered.com/developer/Re...

Our game, Project Absentia, is on sale for 34% off, as part of ZlimBratSki's Brutal Indies Unleashed event.

cw: violence and current events --- It's pretty telling that I have to disable autoplay and censor certain keywords so I don't see IRL footage of some chud getting shot.

It's easy to doomscroll and feel like you're helpless, that's the biggest lie you've ever done. Creatives that are still putting out work despite everything. Streamers that still come to hang with their audience day by day. Individuals that are making calls to representatives. Keep being great.

Honestly, I wanna be frothing at the mouth and angry but everyone else has that covered. Ya'll i'm relaxing. Life is good. Every single person that I've interacted with are so caught up in the stress of what's going on that they're forgetting that they themselves are incredible.

On the heels of me drawing my sona, I extended the piece and drew a bunch of my characters in a height chart - some I haven't shown to the world yet. And yes, they're all very, very queer. #art #flashart

My debut contemporary album, "DESYNC", is 3 years old today. A modern, electronic album all about the modern electronic world. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go turn into a dusty skeleton in the corner of my room.

I drew my sona again for a quick doodle. Decided to make the background a non-binary gradient. I finally got her proportions looking better and more accurate to what she's supposed to be. #art #flashart #lgbtart #sona

Hey, gang. I just launched my portfolio site a few days ago. Check it out, but only if you're real. www.omarsamir.com

reading a 1,100 page book on Byzantine history while listening to classical music and drinking Mountain Dew

#StevenUniverse #LapisLazuli

"I am an exceptional delivery rider, Mrs. McClane. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more generous with your gratuity." #DieHard #HansGruber #UberEats

another excuse to shill Librewolf and Waterfox, if anyones looking for something different to use lol

A very happy 20th to this incredible piece of software. So many great games and experiences have been made with it.

Wow, hard to believe it's been 2 decades. Been modding this port since 06 and it's allowed me to do some utterly mad things with the Doom engine. 🔹 The Adventures of Square 🔹 Faithless: Trilogy 🔹 A Boy And His Barrel 🔹 Nameless 🔹 Mercury Rain 🔹 The Joy of Mapping 🔹 Project: Kate Cheers to GZ. 🍻

When fighting the swarm, always remember your ABS... Also, shoot them a lot and keep moving! #gamedev #indiedev #FPS

Relentless Frontier's "Lore n' Vania" update is coming out soon, with a new trailer being revealed at the @zlimbratski Brutal Indies event! In the meantime, I'll be posting some leftover footage. Enjoy this relaxing, ambient combat clip: #Gamedev #Indiedev #FPS

I wonder how many people played Hungry Hungry Hippos as a kid but then got into vore later as an adult. Gotta be a non-zero number, right?

I wish there were better payment processors because I trust a post-Taco Bell Elevator Ride more than PayPal or CensorShip card.

He's just a lil guy

I honestly can't stress this enough.

#StevenUniverse #Amethyst

It's not even close. My entire family still quotes this movie on the regular.

@vexonia.bsky.social was like "Actually what would calarts abby be?" Ask and ye shall receive. I drew Abby from Project Absentia as if she was in Gravity Falls (which I unironically love). Anyhow, repost to scare a western animation fanatic. #art #flashart #vectorart #lgbt

True!

I finally got around watching all currently available episodes of the The Amazing Digital Circus after episode 6 was release a few days ago and I really see why a LOT of people like it 💜 Also Jax being in a maid outfit should be a regular thing 😏

#StevenUniverse #ConnieMaheswaran

Humans can already do this. It's called "talking."

I was hoping to have the storepage up for Quakecon and this weekend's @reload-magazine.net thread but alas, wasn't in the cards. I am excited to show this off, especially showing off the new titlepic/wallpaper.

HERETIC + HEXEN KEX REMASTERRRRR 🔥

For financial reasons (more than anything else, genuinely) I ended up not going to QuakeCon this year. I do plan on trying to go next year. That said I do have some good news to share soon. It'll be sweet, I assure you.

Tried drawing Hatsune Miku as if she were a character in my universe. Trying to draw actual poses from references for once. Gave her Abbys' wings but in green because they're cool. #art #vectorart #hatsunemiku #punk

Just saw a bad take on the itch payment processor situation and it's from someone who has a history of being condensending to me and others about social political issues. Don't be that fucker. Everyone with two brain cells and a sense of ethics+fiction/reality barrier knows what's going on.

It's gratifying to have grown up using a website that's not only still around, but still genuinely based today.

god people shitting over bsky and itchio, or any site for that matter, doin stuff they were forced to do are such fuckin dipshits who have no idea how any of this shit works. even more so for those that just double down.

I want everyone able to keep in the fight against AI Content. An the best way to do that is to continue to show that we're always an always will be better than Any LLM! Create! Build! Show! Organize! In ways that only living, breathing people can.

Peacing out after one final show. Rest in peace to an absolute legend.

Environmental detailing for some of @sanyawaffles.waffleironstudios.com 's levels for Project Absentia :D (well, just one here). feels really good to be back into the groove.

stuff that is creative and fun will always be infinitely cooler than stuff that’s technically impressive, honestly

You were right to be worried about the censorship of games on Steam at the behest of payment processors. Well worth a read just to see the extent of misrepresentation going on by these groups.

10PM-1AM ET - WHEEL OF WOKE @doctorvenkman.com, @airbagged.bsky.social, and friends will be demoing indie games made by members of the LGBTQ community. The wheel will spin every 20 minutes to pick the next game.