Designers speak “aesthetic.” Devs speak “syntax.” @wking.dev speaks both. Catch him on #TechCommute with @jasontorres.bsky.social this Monday 🚀 October 20 | 3:00 PM EST RSVP → torc.dev/community

You will never guess who is going to be on the show today... Don't miss it! We will be LIVE @ 2:30 EST

Guess who's back...I can tell you right now it isn't Summer Ali

Finished up the first demo for my talk next month. Goal is to give an intro to generative design by progressively adding more "generative" features and explaining why we need them. [video in 2 parts because of limits..] #generativedesign #generative #isometric #generativeart

My talk is up! Should you go watch it? (but you'll learn how to find the future you've always wanted if you do) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN3h...

T-Minus 1 Hour to Riff & Refine! @joshcirre.com is on a well deserved vacation, buuuut we have @benholmen.com popping in to hang out. You should to! 👇 youtube.com/live/9Z0rUwt...

To grow as a designer, this is your foundation. The qualities AI cannot replace, only amplify:

We should be paid by the hour to come up with nicknames. @wking.dev podcast.thunk.dev/episodes/64-...

shout out to @wking.dev for doing some design work for us. Getting there!!

Vibe vs Mentor Coding Make these 3 changes and you get more than code from your time spent building your ideas:

Taste lives at the intersection of creation and consumption. Consumption broadens possibilities. Creation sharpens it. This back and forth refines your intuition for what matters.

You can just turn your kiddos handwriting into a font.

📣 Attention agency workers, owners, subcontractors, and freelancers: I'm in customer interview mode for our new product. I would love to have an open ended conversation with you about what tools you use, and how they could be better. Reply to this or email me at [email protected] if interested ❤️

Having a kitchen doesn’t make you a chef. The number of creative AI tools is exploding. They can feel like creative superpowers, but it is still your job to put in the reps. You can’t generate taste.

How do you stand out as a junior dev in today’s market? Join @tdesseyn.bsky.social & @wking.dev (Design Engineer @ Crunchy Data) for a convo on smart positioning, growth & breaking into tech. 🗓️ May 15 | ⏰ 10:30AM EST 🔗 torc.community

I'm launching a blog. In 2025. After saying blogging was dead. I was wrong!!! Journalists and writers like @andydehnart.com and @maliha.site have shown me how wrong I was about this. Why I'm doing this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcXq... The blog: RevenueRulebreaker.com

IT WORKS! I think I need some sound effects though. Also some real sprites.

Headed to @lambdaconf.bsky.social tomorrow to speak on Monday! Who else is going to be there?

How do the best stories hook you immediately? I read A LOT of fiction, and it all comes down to the same thing. Engaging stories hook you with one compelling character before introducing anything else that would be a distraction. This rule applies to more than just writing.

What else am I missing to take podcast production to the next level? Starting to invest more into the podcast with Ali. Spent some time this morning setting up a template for transcription and description generation based on our tone.

If anyone is going to be at LambdaConf next week let's hang! I will be there giving a talk on building and game engine with @gleam.run

A 10/10 episode fellas with @ianlandsman.com! I have two empanel recommendations based on the discussion @johnrudolphdrexler.com and @coulb.com

The line between design & code are blurring. But traditional career paths force you to pick a lane: "I only write code" "I'm just the designer" "That's not my department" "Someone else handles that part" But what if…

🔴 LIVE! @wking.dev is teaching us how to build a game engine in TypeScript: youtube.com/live/jx0jZwI...

I owe my entire career to ambitious projects. Excited to talk more about it at Lambda Conf this year.

Brand refresh with Business Dad [@ianlandsman.com] and the Crew. Apparently I need some coaching on how to negotiate pricing 😅

Ali had a business idea so of course we had to make a pod 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2HG...

Hope you are enjoying your day off. Meanwhile my wife and @crunchydata.com pulled of a worldclass prank on me...

Alrighty @ianlandsman.com let's see if these are legit.

Starting soon! Going to stream more on the @gleam.run game engine around noon. You can join the fun here: www.twitch.tv/wkingdev #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gameengine

Recording this weeks episode tonight with Ali. What should we talk about?

Going to be joined by @connorlindsey.dev tomorrow on stream! Let's see if we can get units and a turn system added to the game engine. 🤞

How do you handle when your map overflows the viewport? New game dev log breaks down how to handle this when building a game engine. 🕹️ www.wking.dev/logs/camera-... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #gameengine

✨ New @gleam.run game dev log tomorrow #gamedev #indiegame #gameengine

Anyone want to pair next week with me while I build on the game engine?

Dummy sprite done! Next on the list for the game engine? ☑️ Unit Movement + Action ☑️ Floating Initiative Turn System

Anyone building something awesome and want to jump on a biweekly update podcast?

One fun thing about pixel art assets is that the piece you're working on can look absolute trash and then you change like 2 pixels and suddenly you're like...it's PERFECT

Friends! I've decided to go back to FTE and need your help finding good opportunities. I want to work on web apps again on a great team. I can do product or platform work, am great at React & TS, but happy to grow outside that bubble for the right thing. DMs are open!

We have a map! ✅ Isometric tilemap rendering ✅ Tile variants & elevation change ✅ Camera, Focus & Viewport tracking ☑️ Unit Tracking ☑️ Move only Turn system ☑️ ....a whole lot more

This one was a doozy! ✅ Render Loop Dev Log When rendering a 3D world on 2D canvas there are a lot of things to think through.. www.wking.dev/logs/render-...

✅ DAY 1 Ali came up with a really good idea of some family procedures to keep things more routine and sane for both us and the kiddos. Bonus benefit: They will start getting the kids in the rhythm of responsibilities.

🚨 NEW EPISODE! This year the Kings have a goal that Ali came up with, buuut she says it isn't a goal. Please enjoy a half hour of: ➡️ Us arguing ➡️ A very anti-climatic reveal ➡️ Her making fun of my goals for 2025 ...sooo just the usual stuff Watch here: youtu.be/pthqQskBt3w

Starting 2025 off with a bang! Ali came up with an awesome goal for us to do together to kick off the new year. New episode drops tomorrow.

This render loop dev log is getting out of hand...

Well, going to be a noisy new year at the King house..

Another day another game dev log! This time we cover the update loop. The update loop has 3 core concepts that we address and solve using @gleam.run www.wking.dev/logs/update-...

Wrote up a review of my year for the first time and I can see why you all do it. Writing crystalizing concepts in a way letting them float around in my head will never achieve. Anyway, this year was the year I realized I am not an Expert. www.wking.dev/logs/im-not-...

Year end roast or year end review? ¿Por que no los dos? In this episode it is not I who lands in the crosshairs of my wife's endearing humor 🙃 youtu.be/be2-NN5meLA?...

Just wrapped up the first of many to come! Dev log on building a TRPG game in @gleam.run ✅ Game Loop: www.wking.dev/logs/game-loop ☑️ Logic Loop ☑️ Render Loop