My favorite challenges in coding have come from making games. I love going in head-first, even when I know it's something that has surely been written about plenty, and even when I know I'll come up with a pattern that already exists. Any use of AI means diminishing that which I enjoy so much.

you didn’t need an AI to make crazy taxi in 1999 why the fuck do you need one now

if you are someone who makes anything, anything at all, with your own real brain and hands, I respect you so so much and am begging you to keep doing it.

decades of software engineering without it but now every fucking job listing is all "you'll be working on AI" or "we require you to have experience using AI toolchains" or "we'll ask you how you use AI in your workflow" and i just want to scream

I need to see people supporting Trans people right now. Repost this if you do. Trans Rights are Human Rights.

Herd Peaks #1497 4/6 🐄🐎🐐🦌🦏🐘🐏🐑🐆🦘🐅🐫🦛🦙 🟩🔽🔽🔽🔼 0:01.86 🟩🔼🟩🔽🔽 0:13.36 🟩🟩🟩🔼🟩 0:11.95 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0:05.15 Total time: 0:32.33 wordpeaks.com

As announced it at PAX East, I'm doing a new Giant Bomb Premium series playing Portal 2 co-op with @merrykish.bsky.social! First episode goes up this Tuesday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwow...

I created snapshots of Word Peaks April Fool's gags from previous years: pixelatomy.com/peaks-2023/ pixelatomy.com/peaks-2024/ pixelatomy.com/peaks-2025/ If you missed them, please check them out! I put love into each one, and I'll come up with something special for this year too!

Hey. Tell people when they do good job. When you like the stuff they make. When you like the characters they’ve created. The stories they’ve told. Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time. Trust. They don’t. Tell. Them.

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Haven't finished a track in years so I'm pretty happy about making this remix of a classic HoMM3 song last night. soundcloud.com/vegeta897/ca... #renoise #dnb #breakbeat

So it's here and ready to pop. 4 hours of music curated to warp your tiny mind, a mix of bips and bops. 8pm-12 this coming Saturday on untidyradio.com Includes music from: @pomcountyirregs.bsky.social @witchtide.com @vegeta897.bsky.social Plus many more... #music #musicsky #electronic

Please pay attention to what's happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY Reposts are appreciated.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

It is actually alarming that only one person I follow is currently following izzy. Like most of the times I look at a cool account and see a lot of people I follow are already following it. Right now that's only @quackles.bsky.social and it should be a lot more!

Hey, do me a favor. If you support Trans people and oppose the current US regime's attempt to hurt us, like and repost this. My hopes are that a Trans person who needs support will see this and feel it. Thank you.

I'm ready! #AdventOfCode

I love making little web-based experiments/games. It's like my favorite thing. I really don't love seeing one that was "~80% AI generated" blow up here and be reposted on my timeline by an indie game dev I hold in high regard. You can make these things in your spare time without AI, I promise.

Thanks to Steam's background recording I was able to capture this genuine laugh-out-loud moment while playing Skin Deep (spoiler warning: a great scripted gag herein)

Reposting this remix I performed in 2020, using audio samples from Abby Russell's Rhythm Heaven Fever playthrough during Lockdown 2020 duders.zone/videos/lockd...

Kind of a gimme! Word Peaks #1137 2/6 🟩🟩🔽🟩🟩 0:00.72 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0:02.40 Total time: 0:03.12 wordpeaks.com

Just finished coding the April Fool's gag for Word Peaks this year. I'm quite happy with how it turned out, and I'm looking forward to seeing people's reactions!

My day could not start any better than this 🥰

Seeing more people post their Word Peaks scores on here and I'm really happy about it! I almost never promote it beyond my tiny following, so seeing random organic discovery like that is special. Thank you to all players new and old! I hope you enjoy what I have in the works.

I still think about this post from @megfables.bsky.social and I'm still addicted to compliments.

Updated the social embed image! wordpeaks.com

It is preciously rare for a tiny dev like me to get to see someone you don't know find your game and take their time pondering and appreciating the details you put into it. It's truly one of my favorite things about making games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeC8...

Working on a big silly update for Word Peaks. This mysterious gem is pure svg, with entirely faked 3D using animated paths. #svelte #animation #webdev

Help

@ozone.birb.house Game dev here, may I have a label please? 😁

damn i’m gonna be 80 and still having nightmares about high school aren’t i

Word guessing games are old now, but mine has procedurally generated landscapes based on your guesses wordpeaks.com Created with SVG + CSS in Svelte

Reached that point where I’ve finished everything in my huge feature branch and I could merge right now, but can’t escape the feeling that I’m forgetting something or I’ll think of something to add tomorrow. Going to let it sit for a couple days.

Maybe the most thoughtful thing someone has said to me in a while.

Working on a palette for a web project involving user-made designs. Going for a sort of vibrant/neon look of warm colors against cooler backgrounds.

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