looking for some good decay / dirt / dust / grime alpha textures, anyone know of a good itch patch with em?

I tried to live my life like Apple weather. Every day is a surprise that I wasn’t completely prepared for.

There are 3 universal truths in this world 1. Life is finite 2. The earth revolves around the sun 3. Never tell VR twitter motion sickness is real, and some people cannot or will not get over it.

There was a 10 year period in tech where properly staffed core infrastructure of the internet. We got used to everything working all the time. We’re now in a post DOGE “replace juniors with AI world”. We get to relearn that the internet was people all along.

Getting close to switching from echo to Google Home. The new update is possibly the worst AI implementation I’ve ever encountered.

Now that VR is moving out of the bottom of the hype curve, I’m noticing there are many burned out cynics remaining in the community. Why? You could be a builder. VR is an incremental work. Help contribute to the medium or make space. We have enough obstacles. We don’t need wet blankets.

It’s going great at Newark. My odds of getting home are dropping precipitously.

i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling

Hey quick tip: you’ll have more success communicating with strangers on here if you’re not a weirdly aggressive and offputting little freak that no one likes

We made (a lot) of things! Come check out what we did for Android XR on the Galaxy XR Headset!

hey everybody! i'm excited to announce that i'm gonna be hosting @owlchemylabs.com new joysey launch stream tomorrow! we're gonna be live at noon central on www.twitch.tv/owlchemylabs, where we'll be showcasing the new dimension DLC for DDS with other devs and talking about developing it for y'all!

I ate so many hot dogs for "research" I probably too a decade off of my life. Please play this dimension. Make my sacrifice worth it.

The more I play of Skin Deep the more I love it! If you’re an old Deus Ex fan this one scratches that itch hard! store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

So excited for everyone to play this!

🎉Job Simulator has officially won 'All Time Classic' in the #VRForever awards hosted by @vr-forever.com. You've all been a part of this wild, glorious, and sometimes chaotic world of jobs, and we couldn't have done it without you. Cheers to VR…forever!

It’s always a good time to update your bug out bag. Sub in some old clothes, make sure nothing has expired, make sure you have tape, rope, and a way to get potable water!

Same can be said about accessibility. Often I've heard of the fear of getting it perfect and if it's not then disabled players will be upset. But I often say try to make it as best as you can and then iterate on it in the future so you can get it right. You can't learn unless you try.

“Hanging out with buddies is the goal” Pure truth

This might be the greatest review I’ve ever read for one of our games

I would like to see the terrible spreadsheet the designers used to create all the Pictos in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

We finally fixed an old bug we've had on Quest Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. We now do playspaces "right"

I consider this one of the greatest videos is game design juice www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0On...

Nodding frantically

Naming one of your main characters Tongue gives up the game.

The indie area at Gamescom is an intense exercise in market research. I noticed games with a hand drawn cartoon style (e.g. Hilda) had few players at the booths. Seems to have fallen out of fashion for the Germans. Curious if that translates outside of the country.

Going to Gamescom next week to demo our new dimension and be a judge for a hackathon. Hopefully, I can find some time to see games. Most conferences recently have been me stuck in a small room, screaming in VR.

I've been writing this dimension for the last few months! Lots of New Jersey jokes, Mafia jokes, and maybe even me doing my first ever character VO. Scary stuff. Enjoy :D

It's going to be good! Get some rippers and hit the shore!

I think that as an indie game dev without a large publisher, your target audience is not gamers in general, it is sickos. It's hardcore sickos that will be diving the depths of your genre and finding your game, and it is sickos who will be spreading it. Please the passionate, not the masses.

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This is the way.

I recently announced Shutter Story but it went under the radar! It's a horror game about revealing and categorizing signs of the paranormal in a family's photographs 📸 Steam link below, RTs appreciated 🖤 #screenshotsaturday

tomato season rules. You can get a big ol tub of little tomatoes for like 4 bucks, and then you’re like “what would be improved with a bunch of little tomatoes” and the answer is most things

I even took a picture of me eating some rippers in New Jersey. I got that dog in me.

In the past two weeks I’ve probably had a dozen hotdogs. I feel alive

My four year old snuck up on me while I was in VR and startled me for the first time ever. He was thrilled and is now forcing me to relive the experience on repeat.

I’m at the “scheduling time to game” part of my life with kids as a game dev

Got damn

Everyone who has ever worked their way up in a large org knows this. At some point you look around and realize "wait... this is it?" - then you realize, its the same at every other large org on the planet. And you realize that all of modern society just keeps working mostly by luck.

I didn’t realize how far outside the laws I lived until BlueSky. My crimes are innumerable but the ones that shock most I’ll eat whatever at a breakfast buffet. Sushi, shrimp, desserts Ate free crockpot hotdogs at chicken shit bingo I love ketchup in mac and cheese Wash my cast iron with soap

I will be Judging this year's XRAI Hack in Cologne Germany. It happens August 17-19 (right before Gamescom). I rarely get to participate on the judging side of these events. I'm excited to see what you all make! You can sign up here: www.xraihack.com/cologne

Speaking of AI not playing out as planned. A 19% reduction in speed is awful. Coding is one of clearest "positive" use cases for AI. If this doesn't improve it's not a good sign for the future. metr.org/blog/2025-07...

🗣️ Not sure how to pronounce "Lumines"? 🤨 You're not alone! To clear it up ⛅️, and get on the same page 📄, here's a quick guide 📘on how to say it. How were you saying it? 🤔 🔮 Wishlist on @playstation.com for PS5 and PS VR2: store.playstation.com/concept/1001...

Something I think about a lot: Huge companies are banking on the most optimistic case for AI. This is counter to the way technology is works. What happens if they’re wrong? Even a little error will cause catastrophic economic damage. If they’re really wrong? Possible dark age.

I've heard this called the "countdown to clown town" - the time it takes any live service game to devolve into complete incoherence and illegibility due to the constant addition of licensed tie-in cosmetics

Killer7 forever will be in my top 5. And it's 5 bucks in Steam store.steampowered.com/app/868520/k...

Why does my Quest headset now jump into a default Unity project before it loads a game

Any studio would be lucky to have Autumn!

I can’t begin to tell you how incredible localization teams are. They don’t “just” translate - they rewrite jokes and idioms to recreate the same emotional (or funny) in a different culture and language style, and give invaluable advice on character, regional dialects, and cultural norms

This is a story I've been wanting to write for so long — how a teeny, tiny gaming controller became an essential tool for med students.