Pivoting. www.patreon.com/c/SkyhammerL...

Game workers do not receive any residuals/royalties on shipped titles and shipping bonuses are increasingly rare. There's also no guarantee that your name will even be in the credits if you leave before ship, and studios will use this to keep you compliant. All of this can and should change.

A reminder to all voice actors: there is only one thing that will 100% protect your voice from being fed into AI against your will: working union. An AI rider on a non-union project protects you legally, but only if you have the money to lawyer up to fight it (so multiples of what they pay you)

I worked in Life Insurance for 5 years, including all of 2020. I saw some shit. The reasons for claim rejection. All the notes left by lawyers and doctors. The pleading for cases by widows. The exorbitant costs of Private Detectives to stalk LTD claimants getting groceries. Burn it all down.

My work on SketchFab was among the first to be scraped by the early GenAI training models a few years ago. Fuck Billionaires. Support #artists. Reject #AI. #NoAI

This New Year, pick up and experience the Valley of Shadow. It's "Cat's in the Cradle" in game-form. "When you comin' home?" "I don't know when. But we'll get together then, Dad. You know we'll have a good time then." store.steampowered.com/app/1414030/... #Steam #indiegame #indiegames #gaming

Nah thanks.

This will be the next stage of warfare, a level-up from the drone pilots who can drop bombs on civilians from six thousand miles away. The next war will be waged with E.M.P.s

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Doing non-video game stuff is important for gamedevs, so our heads don't implode. -Go for a hike -Grow some plants -Watch a documentary -Read some books -Go to a gig -Do some DIY -Bake bread -Talk shit with friends* *The best

Maybe learn what they mean so you don't sound like an absolute tool. This is Fox News pre-2005 complaining about anti-creationist/pro-evolution responses to the Christian zealots in public schools. The world progresses. Progress with it, loser.

We shouldn't be connected to the internet for more than an hour a day. It should be a network of hyper-esoteric knowledge and social circles, and facilitate our meeting others and joining events in real-life. Not glued to scrolling-apps 24 hours every day.

Being raised Catholic (and becoming an apostate) helped me circumvent thus error. Power transcends capital both spatially and temporally. Power is thousands of years old. It invented enslavement. It invented feudalism. It invented capitalism. It moves through and reinvents itself.

Resist Resist by maintaining Sovereignty of the Self Resist by maintaining Love of the Self Resist by fierce Loyalty to Love and Pleasure Resist with acts of Radical Kindness Focus on the Path to Better Times

In case you're missed the story: Workers at the TCGPlayer Syracuse Authentication Center unionized and in response eBay/TCGPlayer fired all the staff They're calling for people to boycott TCGPlayer and eBay! Don't cross the picket line!!!

It took my entire life to find myself here. Through the path of Innocence to the Garden of Experience. Follow my journey. store.steampowered.com/app/1414030/...

Remmick's money was likely Celtic coinage from 2nd century BC, evolved from earlier Macedonian/Greek drachmae and used in the empire of Alexander the Great. Remmick is an ancient being. Alive during the early land Enclosures of the Middle Ages at least. #sinners

"the roman empire guys, it was like, the coolest, you know? they were so based" *goes on to describe how they changed 25 emperors in one weekend and spent the next 150 years in permanent civil war*

It's been nearly 10 years and it still feels like yesterday afternoon. Like I'm hurriedly packing my bags to drive across the state to get to the hospital in time. Every year the month of May feels the same.

Our hegemonic empire based on limitless global expansion has come to an end. Our myth has ended. All future is devoured. All that is left for our mythos to promise is magic.

It kind-of starts here: courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-wo... But like everything in the universe, it's a paradigm shift in a much longer historical arc.

Time to Nationalize Meta.

@katchin05.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/AEnGl...

Stop using Stock Market signals as evidence of *anything*. For example "Tesla stocks are PLUMMETING! People are DONE with Elon!" If you say this, you have no clue what you're talking about. Traders buy the dip. You're doing Market PR for the Market itself.

no amount of success, merit, profitability, or talent will spare you. you can not make yourself irreplicable or indispensable. you can not be layoff-proof. even if things actually would fall apart without you and everybody knows it.

The problem is Capitalism and the movements of Capital.

Here’s a WIP video of my latest in-engine design: an ancient Greek pool inspired by one of my favorite artists, César Manrique. When I visited Lanzarote last year, his work amazed me so much that I wanted to honor him by designing something in his style. #UE5 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #projectheliada

Just as probably the most important point to make about online activism (particularly after the crackdown post-OWS in 2011): the search engines we currently use and our methods of information dissemination were partially constructed for intelligence gathering: qz.com/1145669/goog...

Game room setup continues, I can now do stupid shit like this... Old Vs New

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Hey #indiedev and #gamedev pals, just a reminder that I recently released a Sample CD containing 25 tracks inspired by iconic save room music from the survival horror genre. Professionally produced, mixed, and mastered. Check it out - theturtlebox.itch.io/survive-roya...

Alright, you convinced me! Immerse yourself in the nostalgic charm of "El Pueblito", a sandbox adventure game that unfolds in the rural landscapes of 90s Michoacán, México. You control a 10 year-old boy who is visiting family while his parents are taking a business trip to Japan. #GameDev

My best advice for game designers is to be interested in and curious about lots of things besides games, and to do lots of things besides play games. It makes you a richer person and a better artist.

When you are recreating your nostalgic memory AND have to search for the proper case so it fits the aesthetic: Choose Your Destiny #PS1 #retro #nostalgia #gaming

I'm a sucker for any game with a huge encyclopedia/codex/bestiary about a fictional world. *Codex updated: 4 new entries added* Me, stopping in the middle of a space laser fight to spend 2 hours reading about alien houseplant maintenance: "...Oh f*** yeah..." 🧐🤘🙌💯 #gaming #gamedev #videogames

Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring were facilitated through internet networking in the late 00's. Its what the internet was for. Those phenomenon were so dangerous to the System (TM) that the Federal apparatchik immediately made GREAT PAINS to consolidate that social power.

21 Bowsers in different game styles! Which is your favorite? #BowserPosting / #PIxelArt

Knowing that the AI Generated image of the child ballerina is an amalgamation of child photos and adult photos is making me feel even more secure in my certainty that AI needs to be regulated to the point of destruction.

The reviews for Valley of Shadow make the seven year dev cycle worth it. #indiedev #indiegame #puzzle #gamedev

Five types of people to surround ourselves with: 1. The inspired 2. The passionate 3. The motivated 4. The grateful 5. The open minded

Today is your LAST DAY to experience Valley of Shadow for 25% off. Make the journey NOW! store.steampowered.com/app/1414030/... #indiedev #indiegame #puzzle #puzzlegame #emotional

Ringing in 2025 with the ability to relive my childhood in a way that doesn't trigger me into deep depression. #gamedev #retro #ps1 #ebay

Ebay has its problems, but holy shit is it superior to Amazon.

What an article read, from 2018:

4. Direct Action: Here’s a thread of games on sale until Jan 2nd that I personally like a lot, that are also made by Black game devs in a meaningful leadership role. You can support these games NOW or wishlist them for later. (Note to devs: If your game isn’t here, please do not take offense) 🧵

If you don’t know, #blackgamedev makes up less than 5% of the industry, the amount of independent Black developers is a statistical anomaly (< 1 percent). The industry getting kneecapped funding wise at a crucial time for growth has been DEVASTATING.

Choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. Day/Game 2:

I hope everyone got a Magnavox Compact Disc-Interactive Player from the Electronics Boutique 1993 Christmas catalog this year

Both of my parents passed away last week, within a day of each other. It's going to be financially overwhelming. And asking for help is hard. I'll drop my ko-fi here if you'd like to spread some holiday cheer. ko-fi.com/sgt_m