Ignoring all other issue with root-motion driven movement (such as walking), anyone find it never quick feels *right* compared to just programming the dang thing? I have some theories on why, but wonder if anyone else has this experience.

writing code faster just means you arrive at "oh fuck" sooner. andrewmurphy.io/blog/if-you-...

Here's my simple workflow for blocking in actions.

Honestly after 10+ years of Unreal it's fatiguing to see how little tools customization support has improved considering how much money has been thrown into other things. Whatever happened to text based assets?

This feels kinda similar, but not exactly the same. I used to have so many conversations with "drive by designers" who did not play fighting games trying to tell me what fighting games need. bsky.app/profile/patt...

"The C stands for Consumer" On the new(ish) wave of consumerism in fighting games, how the tone of the conversation has changed, and tips on avoiding tourist traps. Another reminder that talking about fighting games and playing them are two separate hobbies. www.patreon.com/posts/c-stan...

Hi hi, Dear ImGui 1.92.7 is released! 50+ changes (e.g. tables reworked columns freezing with hidden columns, reorder from context menu, webgpu for emscripten 5 & wgvk native, nav keyboard/gamepad to open context menus, & many fixes/improvements) github.com/ocornut/imgu...

Freeze works again. Guess I need to work on supporting material parameters so you can visually tell.

Another one. Cuts (swords, knives, etc) feel MUCH more like cuts if the hitstop occurs after the weapon has passed through the opponent, with some kind of slash VFX / smear on top. Hitstop while the weapon is overlapping with the opponent can feel more like a blunt strike. bsky.app/profile/cata...

If you're building a Character action / melee system, do one transition per game tick/frame, with maybe one extra chance to override it (for cases you need to check the character's state after a transition). You want to avoid invisible transitions as much as possible. bsky.app/profile/cata...

FIGHTING GAME JAM HIT 300 ENTRANTS LFG

Slowly but surely he's coming back. Need to find the funds to get his own blocking mesh though. I'm just going through and blocking in single frame animations and adapting all the hold move properties to the new code. Just been using control rig for now.

Thought about joining this because I've wanted an excuse to try some experimental stuff, but having a full time job + multiple side projects made me a bit hesitant. But if anyone is looking for someone to lend a hand and wants to join lmk. itch.io/jam/fighting...

An excerpt of an interview with art historian and critic David Sylvester which i think feels relevant to the environment artists find themselves in the digital/social media/algorithmic content age

Fighting game events going on in or around Tokyo that I know about. Complete list at fugutabetai.com/tokyo_fgc.html

"Inside the Fighting Game April Jam with Andrea Demetrio" Interviewed @andreadprojects.bsky.social about the Fighting Game April Jam 2026! We talk about making indie FGs, why they're hard for game jams, and how to get started if you've never done it before. www.patreon.com/posts/inside...

Great day for some 花見

The bug hit me so making some progress. Finally broke out this guy in our Unreal version just because I want to do his combos again. Will hopefully be able to show stuff in the near future. Source @chuunioniika.bsky.social

Thanks to AI, Google has become perhaps the largest source of misinformation in the world. This one is just completely made up!

Some of my favorite recent vtuber illustrations!!

Might be looking for some additional contract work in the near future if anyone needs someone experienced with online/lobbies/character controls/animation programming etc

I feel like programming is so much more like laying pipe or running wires than writing. I don't say this disparage coding. My point is that it is a trade that requires much more to construct it than the text itself can capture. It makes me feel like LLMs can never truly do the job.

Toxic influences keep hollowing out important gaming spaces. Listen to Into The Skybox to hear @brianbarnett.bsky.social and @edgarallanbro.bsky.social discuss the Saudi acquisition of EVO. Read more about it on Skybox: skyboxcritics.com/2026/02/24/s... skyboxcritics.com/2025/05/16/i...

Hi exciting update for those who follow me for CSP on linux. I finally finished putting together an install script that brings a bunch of fixes for Clip Studio Paint Linux users. Currently looking for people to test across different distros, thank you! github.com/parka6060/CS...

Dear bosses. All your nerds are gone. They have ascended to another realm. For maybe like two or three weeks or so. Apologies. Please keep paying them. They will return renewed. store.steampowered.com/app/3107410/...

Gonna talk a bit about one aspect of fighting game technical design that mostly people who've worked on these games have thought much about. If you've spent any time try to make one yourself, you're probably aware that treating character's action / moves as a state machine is pretty natural.

I'm hosting this jam next month! The theme will drop in less than two weeks😈 we already got a jury panel to score the games in the end😈 The only downside is that I won't be allowed to take part in it🫩

I hope to see something really new out of Strive 2.0. The 5 years this game has been out is way too long for just a balance patch.

"On Saudi boycotts in fighting games, and building alternative FGCs" I wrote about the increased Saudi investment in Capcom, the differences between personal and organized boycotts, and how we might be able to learn from other entertainment-based communities. www.patreon.com/posts/153198...

75 entrants so far, two weeks to go😈😈😈 Who wants to take part in a deranged fighting game making jam next month?😈 itch.io/jam/fighting...

Seeing how many people came together for this, fought for it, donated, organized around it, it's been incredible and shows what a community can accomplish working together. He still has his hearing in May but this is a big win for now.

ICFC is returning — offline. We've been working on ways to support in-person grassroots FGC events. Join me, @majinobama.bsky.social , @funkyp.bsky.social , @tenomedia.bsky.social and other old school FGC heads in keeping our locals, regionals, & majors strong by working together! Video below 👇

Don’t have much reach here but I’ve relaunched Brokentier’s web store, and made a little video to show off a few of the designs.

"Why ranked sucks and we can't get rid of it" Wrote about how fighting games rely on ranked matchmaking to retain players even though it often makes the experience worse. Read this to learn about friction, addiction, motivation, and how you can Ranked responsibly. www.patreon.com/posts/152427...

Most combos will be pretty simple, but I'm throwing in a few for the sickos. I can't even do a bunch of these consistently #gamedev #indiegame #fgc

I didn't think when I wrote "Additionally, because oil deposits inevitably run dry, we often rely on extraction efforts happening in other countries which may or may not be friendly.... and [its] cost can change quite dramatically based on supply and demand" it would be so prescient but, well...

"Why haven't fighting games died yet?" I wrote about the unique strengths of the fighting game genre that have allowed fighting games to survive multiple generations of evolution intact, and why you didn't fall in love with a product. Warning: This is a long one. www.patreon.com/posts/152148...

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A reminder: if you want to support my work, buying my book is a great way to do that. If you want to read a book about how to get into fighting games, buying my book is also a great way to do that, but if you don't have the $ you can just DL it for free.

I beg everyone who claims these clankers can think to take a Linear Algebra course.

"Cancel ChatGPT" goes mainstream after Sam Altman takes the U.S. department of war deal Anthropic refused — in surveillance of U.S. citizens and autonomous weapons. www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i... #chatgpt #openai #samaltman #apocalypse

"Why rollback and netplay events are good for locals, actually" Last night I hosted a sweet locals session out of my garage and then after cleaning up I read one of the worst fighting game takes in recent memory, so here's my attempt to upcycle it. www.patreon.com/posts/why-ro...

I've decided to host a fighting game jam next month and already on-boarded a jury for it 😄 itch.io/jam/fighting... The theme will be disclosed at the beginning of April 😄 If anyone wants to take part in it, I'll be happy to see whay you can cook! (Banner still WIP)

Had some fantastic gumbo in Kamakura

Crushed this morning when I found out the best bakery I've ever been to in Japan moved out of my neighborhood. RIP to my morning runs for some damn good coffee and the best croissants.

Hell yeah someone made a mini documentary on MightyMar! Love this. youtu.be/TCvtEbCCdqA?...

this is my local community member ludovic. he came to every xanadu local. he helped coordinate carpools to get other people to the venue for street fighter. he represented DMV at majors. he respected all TOs. he IS fgc personified. if you don't have the funds to donate, pls just repost & share.

all together now, got our little lord of the dungeon active and working (mostly) as intended. (a couple bugs remain...) basically switchable objects are activated when in proximity when she's on the field. which, as you can imagine, is headache inducing #Addlemoth

#FREELUD UPDATE: - Lud and others were *chained for 7 hrs* before being flown to Georgia, the 2nd move in 2 days in defiance of his lawyers’ habeas corpus & a court order. - The GoFundMe organizers are moving to contact media to boost the story and help #FREELUD. KEEP POSTING.