Are you ready for 2026 dungeon crawlers game jam? It’ll happen before the Easter holiday and will span 9 days (encompassing two weekends) If you feel like jamming some old school dungeon crawling then join us: itch.io/jam/dcjam2026

That’s some crazy stuff. I always operated under the understanding that these companies must be both super secure and delete PII immediately as their legitimate business doesn’t require to store it. Of man I was wrong. Is there a way to sue them into the Oblivion?

For some reason (I’m innocent, I promise! Probably) my kids will highly likely fall asleep when they hear Summoning, Lacrimosa, Ice Ages and Mortiis. Best lullaby.

I wonder if the GPU orders will sustain or they will crash when profits will not materialize.

posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely? hey.paris/posts/appleid/

I just completed "Movie Theater" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/9 Phew. First part was easy-peasy, second one was way more involved.

I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8 I start to suffer without easy list/set creation in Odin. I might just need to build a small nice function to do it to help solve those puzzles: github.com/AlexanderPol...

I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7 I definitely took a bit more time for the second part as I wanted to do a most optimal solution and decided to think it through. And I liked it a lot because of it! github.com/AlexanderPol...

I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6 I feel like first part can be solved super easy with some clever string operation tricks in some languages, I did it straight forward with Odin: github.com/AlexanderPol...

I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5 Forgot about AoC to the point that I started an hour late, but still managed to finish it before bed time: github.com/AlexanderPol... Puzzle had a couple of tricks today, which is great!

New #AdventOfCode objects! (and new shipping options!) adventofcode.com/2025/shop

I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4 Strangely it's just brute forceable. Had no issues with getting it to compute both parts. Here's my solution in Odin: github.com/AlexanderPol...

I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3 That was fun. I thought for a moment that a bruteforce solution will work for part two, even though intuitively that's a huge search space, but yeah, I had to be a bit more clever than that.

I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2 Yay, learning Odin is fun! Started a bit late today and spent some time understanding core library. Here's my solution (and one for d01 is there as well): github.com/AlexanderPol...

Finally found some time in the morning to do so! Trying odin-lang this time. I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

I'm DJing the #adventofcode 2025 unlock party again! Tune in on twitch.tv/veloxxmusic from 10:30p Eastern until 1:30a for a countdown and great beats for the first unlock!

Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !

I didn't know until now that backerkit has an overdrive mode, when it keeps campaign active for 10 more minutes after the last pledge. That's a cool feature in my opinion! So here's the link for a Cypher campaign currently in the overdrive mode: mymcg.info/cypher

Our community is organizing a jam in the late October: itch.io/jam/dcexjam2... It's a single genre (dungeon crawlers aka gridders like Eye of the Beholder or early Might and Magic and Wizardry) jam with limited set of assets so participants can just focus on making a game instead of making assets.

It is happening! Finally a chance to get “jam proof” badge for eecs (bsky.app/profile/nolo...). I will definitely not make edat (strongly typed file format and parser) before the jam, but eecs alone should be enough!

Finally had some time to work on eecs, which is a simple entity component system library with a primary goal of being easy to use. Initial minimal implementation is public now: github.com/AlexanderPol...

Hey @support.blizzard.com, wanted to try WoW Classic, but have to change an account country to add my CC. My ticket is still in the “opened” state after a day and a half, can somebody take a look please? Would love to see it automated in the future!

Run any book by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title Tom Clancy’s Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy.

Valve breaking silence on this is huge, they really dont do this. Companies, at this scale, dont -do this-. Visa, mastercard, stripe and paypal are feeling the pressure. They are making mistakes under pressure. Keep it up

Love this one. I remember playing the “N” back in around 2008 or so. When I get my hands on N++ that was exactly what I wished for.

It's the 10th Anniversary of N++! www.metanetsoftware.com/2025/10-ish Festivities to follow...👀

t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.

Bring back small internet. When most of people online have something valuable to share even if that was a stupidity. Mainstream kills everything, everything becomes a grey goo.

An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below). If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.

PLAYING GAMES ON BLUESKY?? 🕹️😱 Not just on Bluesky, but IN @bsky app! 🤯 Please LIKE and SHARE this if you'd like this as a feature! #atdev #atproto #chaos #gamedev #wasm

Finally a show about Boolean logic operators

If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice: Stop treating money as a way to survive or buy shiny stuff and start treating it as a resource. Stop caring about what other people think. You do you and hopefully that combined will give you some freedom and happiness.

Dear Canadians: Please, please, from the bottom of my heart, please vote in today's election. Take it from a USian. Polls can be off, high turnout does *not* mean your side is winning. Your vote is more needed than you know. I am not allowed to vote. I hope in the next election, I will be able to.

I’ve spent more than half of the dungeon crawlers game jam time making a map editor… I never thought that we’ll need so many features honestly, but here we are.

The theme for Ludum Dare 57 is ... Depths #LDJam #LD57

One month done, forty seven to go for the man in the high castle.

What the hell is going on there?

bold choice to show the new joycons literally drifting

Hey #gamedev community! Mike Kasprzak, founder and runner of the legendary #LudumDare game jam, is struggling financially and has canceled all jams in 2025 😲! Mike seems too humble to say it, so let me: If you can, consider joining Mike's Patreon to help him out 💛 www.patreon.com/c/mikekasprz...

This is pretty amazing for a Patreon in 2025. Many thanks to everyone that has signed up and shared the link. 💜

We were blessed by @was.tl for the 10th (!!) year in a row with another awesome #AdventOfCode edition 😊 - and it's the 7th year I run the unofficial/community AoC Survey! Here's a reminder to fill it out before it closes (~Dec 22nd) 😉 Survey at: forms.gle/iX1mkrt17c6Z...

I just completed "Warehouse Woes" - Day 15 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/15 I've brainfarted on the second part pretty hard. Will rest and think about solution again, there must be a more elegant solution.

I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14 Wow, the second part rocks. Took me a bit of time for the first part, but when I have seen the second part I was just wow. Had to search for PIL and documentation in order to solve it.

I just completed "Claw Contraption" - Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/13 Was penalized by a minute because I've pasted not the answer but part of my code I had in the clipboard. I felt so stupid by solving the equation by hand instead of using matrices...

I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/12 Nice second part, really enjoyed devising an algorithm to calculate sides. Probably there was an alternative and very simple method, but I've invented a bicycle :D Will look into that again?

I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 Oh shoot, it's a dynamic programming puzzle this day! I need to practice them and what's the absolute best way to practice them? Advent of Code! Took me way too long, but finally I got it

I just completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/10 I've solved part 2 before part 1 this time! I mean my first attempt for part 1 was wrong, but it ended up as being an solution for part 2 :D

Butter Chicken :D