Also, finished AW2 yesterday. Loved many things. Especially the story, the live capture and the shiny moments. Only thing that didn't really go well with me were the jump scares. The first one, when Saga is entering the abandoned shop anticipating a cultist only to encounter a dear was great...

Damn, I was too late. The game I wanted to play on PS Plus was taken out :/// unsure what to play now

It's not a loop, it's a spiral babyyyyyyy

Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)

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Scented candle-lit coding session

Just came back from a concert with 2 metal bands from Finland. Talk about some good cosmic timing! Right though me playing Alan Wake 2!

I am so torn between wanting to share this with no context so that the reader can have the full experience of developing a relationship with each of the parties in the discussion to this PR, and with knowing that the full impact of what is happening here might evade many without more explanation

It's snowing again c: Though there were extreme weather warning for the evening :c

Timesplitters Rewind, the fan game I spent many years working on is finally out in early access! youtu.be/ZzWSrgQ3eMI?... #gameart #gamedevelopment #gamedev #unrealengine #timesplitters

Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever. I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.

The AW2 cultist caches are making me take out my pen and paper to solve some of these math questions, lmfao

Also, I just finished _that_ part of Alan Wake 2 and I'm so happy it happened. I literally could not contain my smail throughout it. Honestly, peak gaming. If I can't make games and experiences like that, that what's the point lol

Having music parts between Alan Wake 2 chapters is quite Kojima-coded, ngl

Interestingly whenever I know there will be a long period of time between breakfast and the next meal, I always default to going to as close to Full English as I can. I really like baked beans and fried tomatoes

I feel a need of something stable, familiar and comforting. Like rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist or replaying Phantasy Star Universe games (might actually get to playing PSP2)

The temperatures went negative over the night. And now the grasses and rooftops are covered in frost. So pretty! Ah I missed winter!

Ah Ahti, my beloved

Huh, I guess that wasn't much of secret. And here I was thinking I found a clue connecting the games 😅

Thinking about Remedy games, Quantum Break still has my favourite version of time machines and time travel. Just very neat in terms of writing and visuals

Though not a fan that the mind place doesn't pause the game and conversations

Omg omg omg the icon of the federal bureau of control!

Just started Alan Wake 2 and I'm so glad they kept the bold letter announcements from Control. It's a mood

Yesterday stayed late and finally finished Ghostwire Tokyo after 20h. For the me highlight of the whole game was the school side quests. Especially the human anatomy model section. And whole quest gave me FEAR vibes, which I really enjoyed!

Banjo-Tooie Ending E

Uuuuu, Rider's island theme is pretty pretty!

Went to the GameOn conference today in Vilnius and really enjoyed the talk by @thattomhall.bsky.social ! Also played some cool indie game, that I will link in the replies, give them a look!

How poor leadership slows down game development

Finally got into and finished Summertime Rendering. Heared many gold things before, but having the same composer as Nier Automata is what truly got me into. And I gotta say, the 25-26 episode rule holds true. Definitely worth a watch!!! Some really nice plot twists!

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GUESS WHO'S BACK BACK AGAIN DOC'S BACK TELL A FRIEND That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write. docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

It's crazy how saving and quitting in videogames is still frustrating to do. Even in games released within the last year! Here is an explanation of how to design a save dialogue, with a bunch of examples over the decades: rystorm.com/blog/save-ga... There is no reason to still mess this up.

Spent the day making a massive enemy ai flowchart in draw.io. Twas a good day

Google having Gemini button that looks like a cross at the upper corner of the screen, where the close button usually is, is so 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

But why does confluence need 2 different "ask llm" buttons :'/

The Promise track from Signalis still slaps incredibly hard. Apparently I already saved it in 2023, two years before actually playing the game 😅

Hey there! I've analysed some games that I have played and wrote down things on how to encourage the player to use consumable items! marantis.dev/2025/09/06/c...

Please don't call it that

A friend got me to play Ys Origin. And apart from technical difficulties and a bit weird layout, it's a very solid game with some really fun boss fights!

Often when our list of Adobe alternatives is shared people comment that it's okay to pirate Adobe software. It's not, because that still supports Adobe through usage and staying in their ecosystem. Instead, do look into alternatives! github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...

Damn, The Ascent's environments are honestly a such an eye candy! I feel like they worked Houdini to the bone lol

lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i

Been trying Zen browser for a while now. And today I found out you can have two windows side by side without having 2 different windows. And they are combined in the tab view. Such a great thing for wathcing videos and taking notes. I don't think I will ever come back to FireFox or Chrome

Almost every year around this time I always get a notification that a wordpress subscription payment has bounced back. No idea how, it just happenes lol. So let the wordpress coupon hunting games begin!

Just finished binging the second season of Arcane and holy hell was it good. Almost makes me want to play League. But maybe I'll go with Mageseeker, it's been on my horizon after reading a really cool boss fight design analysis article some time ago

I rarely go to concerts, but when Gojira was showing up I decided to go for it! And I'm super glad I did!

I've started Final Fantasy XIV yesterday, after finally resolving account and game version issues. And ngl I've been enjoying it. Probably more than PSO2 New Genesis, which I kinda dropped when the free inventory extension period ended

Yeah, Sprawl is great. The music really hits that ghost in the shell vibe perfectly and the combat is definitely fun!

Damn. @docseuss.bsky.social was absolutely correct. Sprawl _is_ mad fun