the nature of existence is just that every so often nintendo remakes star fox again

The greatest indictment of our digitally connected society is 100 Years of Solitude having a 4.12 on Goodreads and Dungeon Crawler Carl having a 4.46 I love Carl but, come on

Show us your inner Sporida-man!

Job Simulator is now 10 years old! To celebrate this milestone @buddingmonkey.bsky.social and I are doing a 10 year anniversary stream on Twitch! Join us at 11am CT today for a fireside chat on the creation and development of Job Simulator and its impact on XR twitch.tv/owlchemylabs

Job Simulator is 10 years old! 🥳 Join AstroBeam’s CEO (former Owlchemy Labs CEOwl) @devinreimer.bsky.social & current CEOwl @buddingmonkey.bsky.social live at 11am CT for the birthday extravaganza 🎉 twitch.tv/owlchemylabs

This is likely my favorite podcast I’ve ever recorded

I showed up to the GDC Podcast Booth and forgot the laptop I needed to record my interview. Thankfully @buddingmonkey.bsky.social was a good sport and it maybe made for a better episode?

The work from breweries cannot be stopped

Check this out next Monday @buddingmonkey.bsky.social and I will hosting a 10 year Job Simulator anniversary live on Twitch!

Do you love [JOB]? CEOwl @buddingmonkey.bsky.social and former CEOwl @devinreimer.bsky.social are hosting our 10 year Job Simulator anniversary celebration live on Twitch April 6th! 🎉 The party starts at 11 AM CT and YOU’RE INVITED! 👉 twitch.tv/owlchemylabs

Working from the drafthouse inside Whole Foods

One of the perks of my job is getting to nerd out with developers talking about their games. @owlchemylabs.com has been in VR over a decade with tons of lessons and insights to share. Thanks to @buddingmonkey.bsky.social for being generous with his time at GDC. Full interview on @uploadvr.com

I've been very excited about this dimension for a long time. It's shaping up to be something special!

Placeholder assets in a game should look obnoxiously temporary, so obvious that no one would mistake it for the final asset. In past games we've used the doge dog (rip) as an icon, hot pink versions of characters, our CEO's head, etc. If you use a temp asset that seems passable, it may stay there.

It’s not quite Yerba Burna but it’s good to be back home

Fired after 90 minutes. Putting this on my LinkedIn

I did a ton of press interviews at GDC. The common theme I kept relaying is: “Funding impacts design at the deepest levels of the industry” We make the games we can get paid to make.

Spotted: CEOwl @buddingmonkey.bsky.social in his natural habitat.

Better pay that Maya invoice or you’re going in the black sedan

“At Owlchemy Labs, everyone's a game developer. It doesn’t matter what you do, you’re a game developer.” - CEOwl @buddingmonkey.bsky.social in a recent fireside chat with @charalanahzard.bsky.social.

Yay XR Accessibility! So proud of our new Snap Turn feature. It was developed when snap turn was exactly what I needed. I had surgery, resulting in frequent down time, and this feature allowed me to playtest from bed without needing to turn my body. Owning this project made it much more meaningful.

At least I’m respectful!

Just another Tuesday at @owlchemylabs.com

Gamedev pro tip: sometimes you just need to add a butthole (Alex said I could post this... unredacted)

We’re going live 1 PM CT Friday for a fireside chat with host @charalanahzard.bsky.social joined by CEOwl @buddingmonkey.bsky.social and team. Join us as we dive deeper into the vision, the journey, and ultimately the impact of VR game development here at Owlchemy Labs. 🔗👉 twitch.tv/charalanahzard

My favorite bug I saw the team chatting about “There is a hole in the players’ head. When we fix it you can’t customize your avatar anymore. We’re going to leave the hole open and let the testers know”

This question was so compelling I had to resist answering it at midnight

It’s a VR studio massacre today. Very disappointed. So much of this is unnecessary suffering due to the changing whims of mega corporations.

the coolest thing about vr is its like a whole new level of user interface hell you didnt know existed or could exist but is worse than any you have visited so far

Yes I am at a Vegas buffet. Yes I am having sushi for breakfast. No further questions

Video games are about to have their Electron moment. Web tech is now capable and accessible enough that it is becoming a viable alternative. It also helps that Coding AI has been overtrained on TS and JS.

Just hit a 1000 day streak in the NYT Crossword. Might be my greatest accomplishment in playing games.

I've been doing some gamedev using ThreeJS in my space time. Whew does that workflow put the shame in your commercial engine's game. I make code changes and the refresh time is *milliseconds*.

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.