It's really hard trying to have a tech startup in the current climate in the US. Telling yourself and others what you're doing matters is hard when you feel as though many other things are far more important today...

I thought that many people would be excited about the idea of being able to make apps and games using ai, specifically because it lets people that didn't become coding experts create things, but it seems it's not having that much impact like that.

I actually feel like the FYP feature I just dropped in is validating. I had a friend actually say that they went and used cooked to veg out / escape from reality for 5 minutes because of how serious so many things feel right now, it was a welcome escape. I can't solve the worlds problems, so...

Is anyone here on tiktok? www.tiktok.com/@cooked.social

I did it. I made it so all the apps and games on cooked are now on a TikTok style fyp. Give it a go and let me know what you think! cooked.social

One of the original ideas was "like TikTok but for little apps and games." Idk how but I think we forgot to come back around to that. Let's say you have 5 or 10 minutes and want to be entertained without commitment. Does that sound appealing at all?

I made it so you can make avatars and they can appear in games now. I'm not an artist and I know it's not great but feedback would be appreciated. cooked.social/app/691-avat...

Xerath is one of the most underrated metal bands of all time. Unbelievable talent there (if you're ok with mostly scream vocals otherwise you'll want to pass)

What's Newman up to

WHOA this one is legit good. best game on the platform so far. cooked.social/app/683

I told you there would be a bunch of games. Try this 3D Match 3 game I made and let me know what you think. I actually spent a lot of time on this one cooked.social/app/673-3d-m...

get ready for a bunch of 3D content. Here's the first 3D game on cooked: cooked.social/app/670-3d-b...

Try out my new game cooked.social/app/662-bubb...

What's the absolute cutest photo you have of your pet?

My view in the morning

back to work is always a little brutal after a long break

Going to have to block off a significant portion of the day to judge entries with the team. Did anyone here submit an app for the seasons beatings quest?

the unlikely couple

Wow we got so many more entries than I thought we would! 2 days left to submit. It's going take forever for us to play and judge all of these but I'm so glad to see people making all of this. cooked.social/quests/seaso...

This dog is addicted to the fire. He gets himself hot to the touch

Newman gets so relaxed when the wood stove warms him up

Newman loves sitting in front of the fire

Merry Christmas to those who do that. Are you Christmas eve gift people or Christmas day? Where I grew up Christmas eve was the big event with a big family meal and all the main gifts.

this is going to be a humbling one. I went all-in, pushing my group to create this product almost a year ago and was SO confident that what we're going to make is going to be a hit. It's almost like a childhood dream - you think of it, it makes it, you play it with your friends. (4 part post)

Here's newman in a basket

What is the brain malfunction that makes it so that on nights you really need sleep, you don't get it

I have not seen Newman in days. He is safe, don't worry, but I couldnt take him here because it was flooded but the water is gone and he is coming tomorrow and I'm very excited to see his snorty little pug face again

Our Christmas challenge seems to be going well. Over 40 games submitted so far! I doubt anyone from bluesky has participated but let me know if I'm wrong about that

just to be clear I am not a bot, but that suspiciously sounds like what a bot might say doesn't it

Sorry I haven't been able to respond much or post anything new today. Dealing with flooding in the pnw. I have no significant damage but my neighbors got hit and I've been helping them. I'll be back to normal soon

What's the most attractive slogan? "Make games, get paid", "generate games, get paid" or "generate great games and earn"

I just don't understand why you'd open a restaurant just to serve completely mediocre tasting food. If the frozen version at trader joe's is better - you're doing it wrong

@mattkeeter.com I don't say things like this often but I am super impressed by your research, blog and projects that you have on your website. you must have spent a _ton_ of time on those blog entries (the entries but also the research and content!) cheers

maybe a dozen times a day my brain says to me "and that's what makes it look like hip hop" and I'm always amused by it

I do not want to listen to music or read a book made by AI. I do not want to watch a movie with AI actors. I do not care for AI art. But I do not care to write every line of code in my software - and this is coming from a *passionate* programmer - lifelong. That's my stance on it, it's different.

typical newman

newman looks crazy today

we have a holiday-themed challenge up publicly now, goes until Dec 29. prizes are 300 for first place, 150 for second and 50 for third. if you think you have a great idea for a game or app, it's free to submit an entry. let me know if you need help cooked.social/quests/seaso...

we are at a critical point in trying to find the fun in what we made. feels a little weird to try to pay people to do something that's supposed to be fun but I guess that's how it's done with new products that people aren't familiar with sometimes.

throwback to pug puppy newman with german shepherd finn

doing my best but today is turning into a tough day already

if you comment or chat to ask me a question, I apologize if I can't answer right away. am swamped with work to support this

the goal of cooked is not to create a random AI app, it's to provide new creative tools to people that have great ideas but don't execute them because they don't want to get deep into technical stuff and who has time for that anyway - just make my idea real and show my friends what I came up with

I would like to thank def leppard for getting me through this week's release cycle

here's the actual quest graphic lol

our first quest is up!! I LOVE what the team has done here and am really looking forward to seeing all the creative entries people make cooked.social/quests/seaso...

it's an exciting day for cooked. we have been working our asses off and are rolling out a ton of new things. just today we dropped: collaborative development mode, quests, challenges and collectibles

just finished our collaborative development feature in record time, like under 2 hours. honestly it's so nice and really didn't take long. why did I wait to start it

sometimes I feel a little like a renaissance person. I have a strong technical side and also a strong emotional-music side. I used to think everyone had that musical side but learned no, no they do not all have it

absolutely love the progression and arpeggiation in this verses of this song www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_X5... make fun of them if you want but they were great songwriters