I am so pleased for THE CLOCKWORK EMPIRE to be part of a HIDDEN GEMS bundle of 19 Canadian books on itch! Get some amazing work in a variety of genres for one low price and support Canadian authors like meeee #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanLit Get it HERE: itch.io/b/3524/hidde...

Happy friday, here is a long-ish blog post from me about my degoogling journey 🐁 I also added a RSS feed button on my website! lukathemouse.gay/2026/02/27/h...

"Canadian" citizens here's a petition to strip ICE of everything we have given them. Armoured vehicles, offices across the country, and the ability to operate and work here, which is not the US: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Life, it never die,

Been banging this drum for a while - it doesn't have to be all at once. Every app or service counts. There's tons of guides online. @lukathemouse.gay recently posted a great one about google here: bsky.app/profile/luka...

I really hope people do not spend all day on social media and grind their brains to dust. Do something active, productive for yourself, your community or your political goals but spending all day here is going to make you miserable.

absolute coward. bootlicking garbage. our country is run by an absolute choad.

Another sad example where my skepsis of Carney gets proven right. His Davos speech was hollow - when shit happens he continues the status quo.

ACAB includes ChatGPT quitgpt.org

Finalizing work on the Squeakross twitch integration...you'll be able to let chat help you! (or make your life miserable depending on your community) probably out next week, more info soon!

Remember that parental rights aren't a thing - the term is used to control/abuse children. What is a thing is the United Nations Charter of Children's rights: "children are to be respected without discrimination of their gender, class, religion, ethnicity, or language" www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

tips for indie devs, you can ask steam if your game is eligible for a daily deal (link below) We did it for squeakross, timed our big content update with the daily deal and it did great! the smaller peaks are seasonal/events sales #indiedev

Is he stuck on a loop because he thinks it's beneath him to react more or is he's genuinely surprised that this is clearly not enough? In any case, great job by the reporters pressing for more. Kudos.

This has me crying in real life 😂😂😂 🦁

Streaming services you pay for: "We sourced this early 2000s sitcom from some DVDs, so you get it in 576p and heavy banding." T0rr3nts: "I love this show, so I used AI-upscaling with manual QC to improve the quality. I'm sorry there's a 1px line at the bottom of the frame in some episodes."

They bounce! 🧡💚💙

The raccoons are not what they seem 🦝 A little Animal Crossing x Twin Peaks crossover art for fun ⛰️⛰️ Made in Affinity because I'm SICK of adobe's shit. Enjoy 🥰

Listen if you want more indies making things, they need money. A lot of it. Where is that money gonna come from anyway, and will it be remotely enough?? People gotta house and clothe and feed themselves and pay bills. We need cash injection back in the arts and billionaires need to be taxed.

Every reporter needs to ask Sim what the consequences are for a mayor slandering councillors.

Do you use Blender for Unreal, Unity, or Godot? You know all the annoying things about exporting for games? I made this free add-on to make it not-annoying and instead awesome: extensions.blender.org/add-ons/prot... #blender3d #b3d #gamedev

✨Im open for work!✨ I've had a the chance to work on some incredible indie games (Venba, All Will Rise,Eternights, Six Ages 2 and more!) I do satisfying sound effects, write memorable melodies and can implement it all in middleware! RTs appreciated! www.nehapatelaudio.com

Somewhat obscure AI (not the bad kind) question: anyone got a good reference on stuff like RTS AI? Like, if I wanted to make an AI opponent for Command and Conquer, that kinda thing. I THINK that's the basis for how a Musou AI works. You're basically playing an RTS but just controlling a hero unit.

Our next game is Verminsteel! You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Juuust in case you missed it, WE ANNONCED WOOOO

Every frame of this movie is joy, even when the sad moments.

kill all fake lovers

Lets goooo!

we've got a #gameaudio conference happening in Vancouver in May. you should come. maybe give a talk. www.oursoniclandscape.com

Reboot Develop Blue was extremely chill, friendly to indies, quite affordable, an important non-US conference. I only had the chance to go once, but it was fantastic. What a loss.

Vancouver councillor Lenny Zhou has apologized for accusing at least one non-ABC councillor of using and dealing drugs in advance of a vote on the city’s supportive housing policy, reports @kehyslop.bsky.social #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

looking for a great note app that works offline but can also synchronize with various cloud services backups? joplinapp.org

Vancouver blew opportunities to either put millions more dollars in its coffers or to add significant improvements to its streetscape. Here’s how, writes Robert Renger. #vanpoli

ama anything about indie game dev and i'll give you a 100% brutally honest answer

We're helping sponsor this event because Raj is a good friend and collaborator and I can't go to GDC because I don't wanna end up vacationing in an ICE facility so I'll be here instead :)

Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

Ready for artist registration? Our reg form goes up Sunday, March 1st! Check out the registration page on our website for information on the registration process, table fees, and event info: minicomivancouver.org Thank you so much @maoyumo.bsky.social for our adorable new promo art for 2026!

mood of the morning.

Another good write up about Persona is this one: thelocalstack.eu/posts/linked... Tldr: they feed your documents to Anthropic and OpenAI and many more.

From: My Friend Tiger (2021), dir. Tatiana Kiseleva, Soyuzmultfilm

I'm slightly tired... #IndieGameDev

So, is Reboot Develop Blue officially dead yet? I've only read the letter of their Head of Indie. Any Games Industry reporters looking into the loss of one of the coolest non-US conferences?

I added this little paragraph to my portfolio website where I say /VERY politely/ that I don't use AI Featuring the cool no-AI logo by @roninyorch.bsky.social :D

If any 2d animators are out there looking for some immediate paid work, I’ve got something short and fun for you on a live-action short film about kids with disabilities in a hospital. DM me with your reel/work if you’re interested.

Yo, dating sim devs! I need a quick bit of feedback on variables. I'm thinking of having a single variable for each character's happiness toward every other character, so like VeronicaDigsMike = 80, VeronicaDigsSam = 60, etc. Do other sims use a lot more variables, like attraction, hobbies, etc?

So, Trenchbroom is pretty great.

To help with this, my firm released a report compiling 100+ game publishing deals to key data points for devs to compare for their own deals. Will be updating the data for 2026 next month! indiegamepublishing.com

I smell lithium now.

Reminder to other indie dev teams especially new teams. Most of us are happy to share advice and give feedback on publisher/funding/platform deals and terms. There are some shady predatory biz weasels that will take advantage of you as soon as your game starts to pop off. Please reach out.

hi guys I know I haven't been very active lately, and I don't talk about where I'm from often, but the government made some really scary announcements today so I thought I'd share to let everyone know what's happening. here are some posts from twt for context