Been reading House of Leaves. Damn that's good stuff. I'm only like 40 pages in from 600 but this is a delightful read. Love the twists and turns in format, feels so fresh, surprised this came out in 2004?!

I can't browse social media anymore. I've gotten less and less tolerant over past two years. I escaped Xhitter cause it was just a cesspool of negativity, but it's become like this everywhere. Most of it is warranted, as a pushback against unethical things. But I'm tired of seeing only negativity :(

Made an update to the untitled game design tool made with tldraw: 1. Select nodes up the stream 2. Select nodes up to branched nodes 3. Color the output arrows mode

I’d rather "bleed for art" than remove doubt from the process. It's the only human thing left that we can do. I want to doubt, commit to decisions I'm unsure about, antfuck things that I want to be better. There's no higher purpose or meaning than to do what you love with your own hands and thought.

Finished last marathon's playtest match and I'm itching for more. GODDAMN this game is good. I think it's probably one of the most accessible Extraction Shooters out there in terms of immersion. Tarkov is great but you literally have to have a second screen dogfooding you all info. Streamlined here.

GAME DEVS. I got tired of mind maps spaghetti, so I built a game design tool that lets me see exactly what I need to see. It lets you scrub dependency depth: see only direct connections, or expand the chain when you need it. This is for people who design games, let me know what you think 👀

GAME DEVS. I got tired of mind maps spaghetti, so I built a game design tool that lets me see exactly what I need to see. It lets you scrub dependency depth: see only direct connections, or expand the chain when you need it. This is for people who design games, let me know what you think 👀

Made a task planner because none of them served the way work get's done. 'Yesterday' is opinionated on purpose. You decide what must happen, who to contact, and the rolls of toiler paper you must get TODAY. Anything unfinished get's pushed to tomorrow. Lmk what u think github.com/daveranan/ye...

Made a task planner because none of them served the way work get's done. 'Yesterday' is opinionated on purpose. You decide what must happen, who to contact, and the rolls of toiler paper you must get TODAY. Anything unfinished get's pushed to tomorrow. Lmk what u think github.com/daveranan/ye...

WAIT WHAT people are calling that horse shooter from the video game awards a CONCOROD 2??? FASCINATING. Basically a level of hype smashed up against what could be the most generic looking shooter ever gives you a negative rep? Damn that's crazy dynamic tbh. I knew it looked off but not this off?!

ALSO if anyone is playing MARATHON this weekend plz hit me up, I need a steady trio group going, tired of randoms lol

Played Marathon yesterday, 3 rounds of it... Can't say much cause of NDA but I'M IN LOVE! Yes, I'd pay $30 for it. It's polished and get's my itch going for "okay one more round." BUT, the GUI design... GODDAMN MOST SEXY GUI I EVER SEEN. GRAPHIC DESIGN PORN!! But some thoughts below:

That divinity trailer was way too graphic / disgusting and tbh wasn't even that good. The Diablo expansion was hitting that "disgusting but cool as shit" and divinity trailer was just disgusting, way too much, and didn't tell an interesting story. Idk just feels like a weird choice to do it that way

HYPE DAY HEALTH DAY HYPE DAY HEALTH DAY come listen to CONFLICT DLC with me www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tvl...

It's the first day of summer camp, and adventures await you in CAPY's newest game... 💬 Find Your Words! Enjoy the tranquility of Camp Pals, make lifelong friends, and try different types of communication in this short cozy game! The journey begins in 2026, available on PC!

What a gorgeous game man. This stuff is so good.

Finally playing Hell is Us, and damn I love this game. Reminds me of Dragon Age: Origins in tone and Veilguard in Combat (but more thoughtful I feel like, I enjoy combat in HIU way more) and Inquisition in Environment Art and Death Stranding in Vibe. Superb game. Weird that it is overlooked?! HOW?!

Introducing @eteogames.bsky.social youtu.be/6GIpSKHo9Y4 I'm really excited to announce my new studio, Eteo Games. We'll have more to share in the future but for now, you can check out our new Newsletter at eteogames.com

Guys follow Gruelscum. These guys cook with fire like gruelscum.itch.io/spacewhip is fucking FIRE, like seriously, check it out, these guys are insanely talented

Guys follow Gruelscum. These guys cook with fire like gruelscum.itch.io/spacewhip is fucking FIRE, like seriously, check it out, these guys are insanely talented

I just realized, if I upgrade to iphone 17, I get the new shitty OS... So I guess I'm staying on 16 for a while now =\ I was this close to getting OnePlus 16, but they had to not include a good camera. Apple had to make that ugly ass windows vista skin, didn't they...

Ight, voted.

Wonder if Black Ops 7 is so bad because I remember COD having such a bad rep after BO 3-4 going ridiculous ways with Advanced Warfare and Infinite Warfare etc, so they are just repeating the cycle to create hype on a "Return to Form" angle of having a hyper realistic and brutal campaign once again.

THIS LOOKS SO MUCH FUN, CINEMA IS BACK BABYYY

Was asked if I heard the phrase “Don’t sell the steak, sell the sizzle.” Got me thinking about what really makes our game tick, what’s the feeling we’re actually selling. I started listing gameplay features, but none of it landed 1/2

HUH wonder why, is it maybe because they stopped working on the IP and ended the game with no more expansions? Couldn't be that, right? Riiight? lol thisweekinvideogames.com/news/destiny...

This is how I give feedback, and I refuse to give feedback any other way.

Blender just announced Blender Lab, an innovation space within the Blender project for the most ambitious tasks, which means that maybe some day in the future we will be able to delete a material in edit mode

HEART DRIVE is a fast spin on the cozy fishing game genre! #pitchyagame Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣 Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/... #gamedev #indiegame

Went to museum. Guys I think I'm in love

Ight and now it's finished. Immaculate story telling, great finale. DARK is an all times best.

Also I just realized, Expedition 33 is VERY MUCH like DARK story wise in terms of what is driving the plot. Grief, and inability to let go, which creates more suffering and more grief for everyone involved. SHEEEESH I love this stuff man.

Rewatching DARK and almost at the final episode of the third season now, and damn, that show is impeccable. Perfectly structured recursive storytelling where the real antagonist is time itself, not malicious, just a mechanism of existence. But it sucks to watch it with people who find it boring.

This is genuinely the most upsetting news I've seen in past few years. Like, knowing there won't be any more Larry content just sucks, man. If you've never seen their videos, I urge you to open any of them for some good laughs & entertainment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tzu...

Ever lock eyes with someone and feel like a bullet just missed your head? So, Munich. I'm writing in my journal, sipping hot chocolate in a bookstore cafe. A girl sat down at the table across from mine. I didn’t look her way much, but saw how she glanced over a few times in my direction.

🚨DEAD STATIC DRIVE HAS A RELEASE DATE!!!🚨 www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases NOVEMBER 5TH Y'ALL. Congrats to @mike.reuben.games, @leena.reuben.games, and the whole DSD team - I've been DYING to play this one.

I think Tycho is extremely overrated. It's like listening to an alien that figured out a formula of electronic music that only makes you say"ahh, yup, that's what music should sound like," and yet it sounds like sounds, melody, everything that's supposed to sound like music, yet it doesn't. Bland.

6 days until Slots & Daggers releases 🫣 so excited! Have you played the demo? If so, what was your experience? Six days left to make little improvements <3 The demo will be playable until release, link below 👇

Shader compilation do be looking good sometimes lol

Alright alright alright, we're cooking! Random placements of everything, but hey, at least the image is coming alive!

I was dreading making characters for the past half year... And then I just woke up and did them. Something I've internalized in the past few precious months is the idea of "just do" and "it is". Just do what you need to do, no questions asked, no overthinking, and the result will be what it is.

I'm going to keep sharing my article for a week. If you would like me to stop doing that, please hit my tip jar. I have a VERY big bill I have to pay through no fault of my own, and if you could help me with it, I would be grateful. I've just wrapped up a huge trilogy of articles (like 40k words)

How's my artist and game dev friends doing this Thursday morning?

Interesting turn out of events with CUFFBUST. What was supposed to be a clear winner for streamers turned out to be a 10 minute playthrough for $20. A lot can be said about ego / blindness / echo chamber that lead to this. What are our thoughts game devs? www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/s...

WIP shaders and model

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...

Honestly at this point we need to go on Butlerian Jihad if we want to have any chance at surviving as humans in the next decades. They will replace us with ai and robots, they don't care. Which makes no sense, if no one is earning, no one is spending. If economy is collapsing, who's there to invest?

Oh man I'm mad I missed Ludum Dare 58! Nothing was on my feed about it!!! Reeeee

⚠️ YAY ⚠️ FINISHED THE STUDY PIECE!!! ⚠️ I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! ⚠️ I started with just an idea of modeling a patio, but strangers have helped me see things a bit differently. Thanks to my oomfs for helping and pushing me further <3 On to the next piece!

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