A realization... vt.tiktok.com/ZSX6f26FM/ #aibros

Stack cats and soar to whole new heights! Wishlist Copy Cats on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4700300/... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #puzzlegame #cats

Journey of the Garden Rose is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/3692110/...

Everyone and their aunt has implemented a Voxel Engine. This one is #godotengine with #csharp. I needed a break from #ThunderAxis ! #sideproject #minecraft #voxels #gamedev

I am working on stuff constantly, it just isn't producing visuals or otherwise publishables. I am still here!

This makes me so Happy! I don't know how many people enjoy my game on the regular, but it's not a lot. Big thanks to @mwdashadow.bsky.social ! I also never imagined times like this.

I got Poulet Poulet down to a 32:09, with my first deathless run. I'm leaving it here for now, and I plan to come back to this game in the future. A sub-30 is definitely possible with what I know now, and there may be more to discover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ79...

Today I saw beautiful cartoon animation in a VFX film. Waste of a great animator on the wrong job. People will call it "bad VFX" in spite of it being beautiful- just because it doesn't read as real. And they would be right, really. I never call out the film or studio as a rule. #animation #vfx

Working in CG I've seen leaps and bounds in deformers and rigs in my 13 years. And lo, the complexity and timelines just keeps up, or indeed overtakes any time we win.

even if LLM actually made gamedev more efficient, which I see no reason to believe it has or will, that won't reduce crunch, because the business people will just push harder until you're crunching again. When a tool increases worker productivity, that doesn't translate into better work hours.

A concept I'm on high alert for now is "Productivity Theatre". I've heard it dropped discussing businesses relationship to tech before, but having worked in offices for decades now, I think it's older than we realize. #middlemanagers

Hooked my student up with a potential client-- looked good, despite the AI slop "reference" image, and thing were trucking along. Then, actual compensation gets brought up, and suddenly silence. #paypeople #exposure

I'm embarking on a big, unusual project the likes of which I don't usually pursue (in between everything else). Unlike most of my projects, this one is inspired by an ethical calling I can't ignore.

AI in the wild makes me spicy angry. AI in the workplace I onced loved makes me cold-oatmeal sad.

I buy new beard clippers any time I misplace the charging cable. That's normal right? Everyone does that?

Wtf did I miss StarFox news?

Me in therapy: "I wanna tell everyone who wants to embrace AI in our workplace to stfu, and I want to be somewhat hostile about it-- please tell me not to." Therapist: "No can do. You need to yell at nerds for your mental health. That'll be $150 please."

Every metal show in Toronto is dreadfully oversold

Too much juice? #gamedev #explosion #blastfx #godot #oops

Let's play "WHAT IS MATT GETTING AT?" So, humankind already possesses technology to travel space way faster than we do, bringing Mars and beyond within reach. But we never built this, because for it to work, the material cost, danger, and surrounding ethical concerns were too great.

Tonight's drone. #shmup #lowpoly #godotengine

People have children, and they rightly wanna raise them instead of doing creative nerdy shit with me. But that's where my queer friends come to the rescue. They will always be there to do nerdy shit with me. #friendOfGayDorks

Smart investors know it's all about Landfills in New Mexico.

@tributegames.com it's not presently possible to play Panzer Paladin on Switch 2! :(

With all the engine finagling almost done, I can return to streaming and game art-- that's more fun to post. Then I can drum up trailers and hype, etc. #godotengine #thunderaxis #shmup #lowpoly

0.4mm is the correct size for a felt tipped pen. At least if you're writing small enough to fit in the lines of a Leuchtturm 1917. #papryophilia

Today I ate a bagel with hot honey, cream cheese and chives. And I did it without writing a single line of code. (I'm gonna end all my social media posts with that like LinkedIn AI bros, especially when I procrastinate and therefore don't write a single line of code.)

A brief tale of a bad-ass.

I moved my CG learning community to Matrix: matrix.to#/#rtcreative... If you have CG expertise or need CG help, whether for #GameDev or #Animation, come help me repopulate so we can help with #Maya, #Python, #Godot, and more.

Dies Irae? Dies Nuts. (That's been burning within me since I thought better than to say it on a stream lest I be banned for life by @cranewreck.ca )

I've debated with 10 year old nephews who come at me with more defensible stances than this.

⚡🌐! (No good emojis for this!)

This one hits hard.

Due to popular demand, here is a demonstration video of how to make 3D printed PCBs using just vector drawing software, a 3D printed (PETG filament for mine) and self-adhesive copper tape. Any questions, let me know!

Any word on everyone's post Discord platform choice? #Discord

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

What does it mean that most people I butt heads with in this industry have "#open to work" on their linkedins? I'm down to gloat and enjoy schadenfreude but also-- what could it mean? Any force making jobs vanish is concerning.

if you’re in line to hate AI, STAY IN LINE!

Someone on my feed said something very salient and smart. When I clicked on it to see the reaction, I see "Post not found". As usual, speaking fuckin' truth is punished by scared peers.

On my lunch-break I finished this "Wave Editor" for foes in my upcoming #shmup is finally feature complete. Took ages to realize all the things that I need, and I could do more still to make it cozier. This means my time can be spent on the actual game, which means more streams.

Are you ready for it? #shmups #stg #arcade #retro #gamedev

In the early 2000s, proto "tech bros" fawned over the tiniest drop of realism in their graphics. In the age of gen AI slop, suddenly that doesn't matter? I think this proves that some people have an eye for visuals and some don't. Related- My teams' work, 100% AI free: youtu.be/W6FO84CBpqA?...

A reminder to all the copy editors who choose "was fatally shot" instead of "was murdered": You're looking for the tenth bolgia - when you get to the eighth circle, turn right at the thieves and go down three more levels.

Time for the yearly ritual -- binging @mclasspodcast.bsky.social to defeat travel anxiety. Join the Miles (O'Brien) High club. Let me try again... Join the Mile B'Thai Club. You know what, this is harder than I thought.

Wonder if Expedition 33 would have still won the awards if they didn't patch out their gen-ai crap.

Getting to the pew-pew part in now that the experimental exploration stuff is done. That flash shader was actually very confusing to implement due to the wacky shading techniques I used to make it look pixelly and crunchy. #lowpoly #shmup #godotengine #indiedev

Syntax Error. #gamedev

New game idea SO GOOD it threatens my brain space. But I will finish Thunder Axis.

This is my teams work! youtu.be/QFDgVebB_60?... I don't do shots anymore, I build and support pipeline! The creature team I support forges ahead and kicks ass whether my tools are ready or not though!

I worked at a particular studio in the Toronto VFX scene for a year and a bit. I later let amazing riggers and TDs who were there before my time, and they mentioned the tech they set up. There was no evidence of that tech remaining. Hours of investment in rig propagation and pipeline evaporated--