Is it you, Silksong?

Cis people: This is where you fucking step up. Do everything you can to support trans people in the coming days. You're going to hear horrible, hurtful rhetoric about us. Shut it down. Don't let it stand. And buy the trans people in your life a drink.

@aksut.bsky.social me enseñó el camino.

Pretty happy how this video for @6side-studio.bsky.social turned out! Wanna do more dev problem-solution vids like this :)

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

Con esta gente a muerte. Mantengo un pie en esta industria a duras penas solo por la semillita que puedo aportar a que gente tan guay haga cosas tan guays.

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Blogged: Unexpected inconsistency in records - codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2025/07/19/u... - if you use C# records and the "with" operator, I'd suggest reading this to avoid a footgun you may be unaware of

Bookmark this skeet so that when the game inevitably falls short of "largest gaming release of all time" (because literally who could meet such a high bar???) and Rockstar says they have to lay off workers due to "falling short of expectations" we can safely say "you set them up for failure."

This thread is a goldmine for #Godot optimization 🧵 Hopefully, in future those hacks won't be needed any more but it is very difficult to achieve... In Java one still has to do similar tricks sometimes to optimize JVM performance.

in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. 🧵👇🏼 #gamedev #godotengine

Socorro tengo que volver al trabajo y llevo desde las tres con la enganchada máxima a esto.

The bluffer's guide to software process improvement: 1. Take any activity in your development workflow that's a bottleneck (e.g., code review) 2. Put the word "continuous" in front of it (e.g., "continuous code review") 3. Ask yourselves, "And how might we do that?"

We are watching the billionaire technofascists use their AI pets to rewrite history in front of our very eyes. Never assume AI is some kind of neutral tool. It is a fascist tool and anyone who doesn’t get this at this stage is a fool.

Matt Turnbull, Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing - after the Microsoft layoffs - suggesting on Linkedin that may maybe people who have been let go should turn to AI for help. He seriously thought posting this would be a good idea.

Este tío hizo dinero a base de estafar a abuelos y otros grupos vulnerables. Tiene multas millonarias por estas estafas. Los medios de comunicación deberían hacer algo de periodismo y no actuar de publirreportaje cada vez que le dan altavoz a un estafador.

please folks be sadder about the actual people who are being laid off than about this canceled game you really wanted to play

Undertale

it seems Unity has learned nothing from 2023 backlash on the runtime fees. What developers want is stable software and trustworthy terms. gamefromscratch.com/...

Learning that Microsoft is cutting off limbs to afford to their spending on genAI is the most depressing shit ever. Xbox was good for the industry. They gave us built-in HDDs and robust console online. But Microsoft wants to have the best Slop Machine of all the Slop Machines instead. So gut it.

Que dice una agencia (Alcon0st) que me evalúan las traducciones gratis con IA y lo único que tengo que hacer es copipegarlas en su sistema, claro que sí, ya mismo voy. Vivimos rodeadas de timadores.

"nooo es que la IA sólo la usamos para poner un placeholder" nosotres pusimos como placeholder el meme del sapo que te roba el sapato, fotos cutres de stock y frases de nuestros fanfics, we are not the same

It's okay. You can abandon Scrum now. It never really had anything to do with software development.

If you’ve ever worked in corporate America you understand this in your bones. Some president or up spent millions on a new toy that doesn’t work but you’ll be forced to use it anyway by your boss who will say “just pop into a few minutes a day to get them off our backs”

habla con tu vecina (y amiga) ❤️‍🩹

We, @limitbreak.co.uk won tonight. This was my acceptance speech. This is my message to the games industry. Thank you all 💖

me gustaría saber cual es la media de inversión de las diez publishers indies más top de 2024 y compararlo con el coste de producciónd el mindseye

No hemos pagao publi que yo sepa. 🫣🫠

Hay una cosa peor en software que no tener tests, que es tenerlos hechos solo por IA.

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Escuchar a Ricardo hablar de lo que sea relativo a software es una maravilla. Siempre se habla mucho de programar, de patrones y de sus muertos enredaos, y en estos ultimos meses me he dado cuenta que es más importante cuidar el equipo y nos enfocamos mucho más en cuidar el código.

This seems like an excellent start. More please.

📢¡Nos alegra anunciar la primera gamejam de FemDevs! Contaremos con colaboradores increíbles y varias formaciones para todes les participantes. En los próximos días os iremos dando más detalles, pero podéis apuntar fecha: ✨FemJam I, desde el 11 de julio hasta el 19 de julio👩‍💻

De verdá que no es de sosgüar ni de código ni na, de verdá de la buena. 🙏

The tension and comparison between "indie devs" and "AAA devs" exists only in the minds of gamers (derogatory) and armchair devs who play the vicissitudes of the game industry as a hipster class warfare. Indie devs and AAA devs are often only separated by career decisions and the fortunes of fate.

Recently, I've been reading an argument against speed, or that speed of learning is more important than speed of execution. Of course, the speed of learning is critical. I've been saying that for ages. #ProTip: Pitting learning against execution is missing the point of *why* we're learning.

Please. Do yourself a gift playing Constance demo 2 on Steam. Do it. Instalove.

For reference, Twitch Plays Pokemon clocked Misty at 1d19h, or 43 hours So the AI model is twice as incompetent as the closest we ever got to literal monkeys at typewriters

The latest Tempest Tower update also added a level selection world! We are really happy with how it turned out and can't wait to add more to the space 🏠 #screenshotsaturday #gaming #indiegames

For context on the Make FPS Great Again Guy, his dad is the billionaire CEO of US tax giant, Intuit. He loves to leave that out of his "rags to riches" story on dropping out of college to ship his first game... The more you know!

My #gamedev schedule 🗓️🧑‍💻 May I share my work schedule every month to show what's the real life of an indie dev. Here is how it went!

"Code is not an asset—it's a liability. Every line must be maintained, debugged, secured, and eventually replaced. The real asset is the business capability that code enables. If AI makes writing code faster and cheaper, it's making it easier to create liability." alonso.network/the-recurrin...

❗I'm happy to release the voice and guitar score of 'Lágrimas de Cal', from @arcogamedev.bsky.social 💦 It's now included on the Bandcamp Deluxe release🎵, but you can also get it from my website for free 🤫 Please let me know if you play it and/or record it! 💫 bibikigarcia.com/scores/lagri...

An introduction to our tools design philosophy. Which could be summarized as: "Let's design the cookware together. Then you cook to your taste!" www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Una cosa hilando el libro blanco y lo que he visto buscando trabajo. Lo de que las empresas tienen problemas para encontrar personal cualificado es cierto, pero eso es así porque es lo único que buscan.

No quisiera ser yo el cortarrollos mayor de la corte pero diría que lo del PC Futbol 8 dejó de tener gracia hará como diez o doce retrasos para pasar a ser algo preocupante y bastante indicativo de algunos de los mayores problemas de esta industria tbh

Hoy un amigo ha dicho que las iagen estilo chatgpt son cajas de skinner y que la gente las sigue usando por el refuerzo intermitente de que te acierten una respuesta una de cada 5 veces. Me ha gustado mucho la analogía.

¡Se ha organizado una coalición sindical internacional para la regulación de la IA generativa en películas de animación! Damos nuestro apoyo a el comunicado que se dará en el festival de animación Annecy. ¡Todo nuestro apoyo a les compañeres animadores!

Because my indie game is a mix of 2d and 3d I have to use tricks like this to tilt the player, so they don't look weird at higher angles #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame