Dan Floyd
@danfloydplus.bsky.social
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Professional animator, creator of New Frame Plus, PlayFrame and Extra Credits
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I'm gonna analyze some more game animations and there's not a single thing you or ANYONE can do to stop me
#animation
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Animation Breakdown | Aloy's rappel, Pac-Man & Kingdom Hearts 2 attacks
YouTube video by New Frame Plus
https://youtu.be/LUzB8zYLn_s
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My favorite genre of youtube creator is the Insightful Oddball I Never Would Have Thought To Seek Out But Accidentally Stumbled Upon and Now Dearly Treasure Moon Channel is one of those ones
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Why is K-On! So Popular With Twitter Nazis?
YouTube video by Moon Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDneagagd5s
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Chris Franklin
3 days ago
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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mikey neumann
3 days ago
Oops posted a surprise Superman Movies with Mikey on Youtube:
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Superman 2025 is a a Caffeinated Masterpiece
YouTube video by FilmJoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHF3vCXApkA
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Aura
4 days ago
It literally has a disclosure on its Steam page. It didn't "slip through", man. You tried to charge people for a thing that's got slop in it and they're mad. I have an extension to add a pop-up on the Steam page for it but I really think it should be by default top-of-page.
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sara winters, Pax U Soon, and looking for new opportunities
4 days ago
Hello fellow nerds! I've got a hypothesis about the intersectionality of gamers and disabilities I'm trying to test. Even if you're not a gamer or disabled, please take 10 minutes and fill this out! Thanks so much, and feel free to ask me any questions.
forms.gle/S7F7iSGMAMd7...
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Gaming Habits, Conventions, and Disability Intersectionality
Hi all! My name is Sara Winters. I am blind (due to a genetic condition called ocular albinism), a disability accessibility consultant, and gamer, and while I've done a ton of work in the accessibilit...
https://forms.gle/S7F7iSGMAMd7XYeq6
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Mat Piscatella
5 days ago
Happens so much in gaming now. Yes, video games have always adopted new tech, and AI like machine learning has been a part of that. Hell, Rogue used generative algorithms in the 80s. But the use of GenAI in gaming is new, and quite different. Although companies using it love to say it isn't.
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Graham Stark
6 days ago
Canβt believe itβs Desert Bus time again. Hey, come and hang out while we raise money for children in hospitals. Going live in ~20 minutes, and then staying live for like a week.
DesertBus.org
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Desert Bus 2025
A charity fundraising marathon in support of Child's Play Charity.
https://DesertBus.org
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I don't believe that NPCs or dialog are somehow INCOMPATIBLE with Metroid games on some fundamental, immutable level. But it doesn't help that no Metroid game in history has EVER had good dialog or a single worthwhile NPC
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Noah Caldwell-Gervais
6 days ago
Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
https://youtu.be/RRh3r_AhUw0
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Dominic Tarason
7 days ago
This month just WILL NOT STOP. Sanabi came out two years ago and was a massive hit, and this DLC is just coming out of nowhere. If you haven't played it, it's a fantastic grappling-hook/physics-heavy platformer that's structured and paced like a great thriller movie.
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Misty De MΓ©o
9 days ago
Made an incredible discovery for language learning: Chrono Trigger DS lets you access the options menu to change the langauge *mid-dialogue box*. If you're having trouble with a line you can double-check the official localization without even closing the dialogue box. Feels very rare.
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Bruno Dias
8 days ago
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
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Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist β and which ones might be implied?
https://azhdarchid.com/against-metroidbrania-a-landscape-of-knowledge-games/
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ππ¦ Ju Li Khaw π¦π
8 days ago
Stop quoting stuff CEOs say about game development. They don't know shit. Even game devs only know about their own tiny slice of gamedev, so the suits definitely have no idea. You don't have to listen to them or debunk them, sometimes you can just be like "that's idiotic" and live on.
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oh no i just remembered how rad Lumines is
8 days ago
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Patrick Klepek
9 days ago
Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and itβs making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
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Chris Bratt
9 days ago
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nOwjeznjI
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I'm gonna analyze some more game animations and there's not a single thing you or ANYONE can do to stop me
#animation
youtu.be/LUzB8zYLn_s
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Animation Breakdown | Aloy's rappel, Pac-Man & Kingdom Hearts 2 attacks
YouTube video by New Frame Plus
https://youtu.be/LUzB8zYLn_s
11 days ago
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Luminouslyiii β¨β
12 days ago
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
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If you're in post-Silksong withdrawals and need your Gorgeous Metroidvania fix, I strongly recommend giving this one a look
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mcc
13 days ago
The most basic argument I can give you for ditching Spotify for *anything* is Spotify, uniquely, pays *nothing* for much of the music on the platform. Is there *any* improvement in paying for Spotify over pirating? You're a paper-thin moral slice away from buying music from a bootlegger. Why do it?
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Confirmed: From 2024, tracks on Spotify will have to be played 1,000 times before they start earning money
Spotify has told industry players that it expects the new 1,000-play minimum annual threshold will reallocate tens of millions of dollars per year from 0.5% of its current royalty pool to the other 99...
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/confirmed-next-year-tracks-on-spotify-1000-plays/
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John Bull
13 days ago
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information" They want people to assume this means game info or assets. But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to: 'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
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Pat Stares At
14 days ago
So they're going to do this for one, maybe two games. It'll be full speed ahead until it's 6 months from release and the game is falling apart, at which point they'll pay an insane overtime rate for a QA studio to do it last minute which won't be enough.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
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Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 | VGC
The publisher is researching βGame QA Automation Technologyβ with the University of Tokyoβ¦
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-enix-says-it-wants-generative-ai-to-be-doing-70-of-its-qa-and-debugging-by-the-end-of-2027/
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Shayna Moon (festive)
14 days ago
This goes into that βdeprofessionalizationβ of the game industry article that went around a few months ago. People who donβt understand the work or care about the value of the people doing the work or honestly even care about quality at all. They just want to not have to pay workers.
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sara winters, Pax U Soon, and looking for new opportunities
17 days ago
Oh my goodness- in just one weekend, I've gotten over 1/3 of the way to securing the funds for this machine. If you'd like to help a disabled artist- and get some cool art in thanks- every bit helps! -Sara
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Tactical Breach Wizards
18 days ago
Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off in today's Daily Deal! The cheapest the wizards have ever allowed us to price them. To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
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Save 40% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/Tactical_Breach_Wizards/
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Rick Desilets | The D-Pad
22 days ago
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels: β’ YouTube Studio β’ Settings β’ Channel β’ Advanced settings β’ Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality" β’ Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
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Noah Caldwell-Gervais
21 days ago
Misery Loop-- A Critique of Cronos: The New Dawn
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Misery Loop-- A Critique of Cronos: The New Dawn
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCILYvpOBY0
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Dan Jones
23 days ago
Some more recent DJ&D NPCs
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Geoff Thew
26 days ago
Let's talk about how One Piece became the official anime of The Revolution
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One Piece - Official Anime of The Revolution
YouTube video by Mother's Basement
https://youtu.be/-VQ3e7YbFmw
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Nash
about 1 month ago
BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.
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GamesIndustry.biz
about 1 month ago
Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
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Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs
Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games-sets-up-educational-resource-hub-for-game-devs
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Design Room
about 1 month ago
π¨π¨π¨ We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site. β’ We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (
@mattleone.bsky.social
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bit.ly/4hjwz8n
β’ See more:
designroom.site
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Design Room
Video game oral histories
https://designroom.site
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TimOfLegend
about 1 month ago
Let us battle!
#rocktober13
!!! π€π€π€
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Dan Jones
about 2 months ago
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Dan Jones
about 2 months ago
Started this years ago, but gonna try to continue drawing monsters/body horror film stuff for the month.
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PlayFrame
about 2 months ago
If only there was a lesson to be learned here
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kuraine
about 2 months ago
just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok
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SomeHumbleOnion
about 2 months ago
My game Smushi Come Home has a lil 40% discount this week for the Steam Fall sale! ππ
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One of the best party games ever made is on Switch now
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help, i'm running out of space on my Do Not Work For This Company list
about 2 months ago
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Aura/Moom
about 2 months ago
lrt: I think as game designers we have a lot of anxiety that playing the game "wrong" will ruin it somehow but when I think back to me as a kid I found nothing but delight in playing games in obtuse ways or using cheat codes and that's an important part of the history of the medium too imo
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PlayFrame
about 2 months ago
Hornet has had it up to HERE with these ants
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I think I might hate these ants
YouTube video by PlayFrame
https://youtube.com/shorts/3xNxu9Ia9hc
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Quest 64 Official
about 2 months ago
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S β R E N β¦ ζ°ζ
about 2 months ago
My friend
@causeimdanjones.bsky.social
is doin a streamathon to help raise funds to cover some expensive dental work by playing a randomizer of SIX ZELDA GAMES mixed together (LTTP, LA, OOT, MM, WW, and TP). Consider givin' it a peep!
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CauseImDanJones - Twitch
Hyrule Historia Streamathon! | !hyrule
https://www.twitch.tv/causeimdanjones
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PlayFrame
about 2 months ago
Thus begin the adventures of Taller Bug Knight
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I'm so giddy to be playing a Hollow Knight game again
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Hollow Knight: Silksong - #1 - I Am Taller Bug Knight
YouTube video by PlayFrame
https://youtu.be/P5bu_wHAQ7k
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Phil Salvador
2 months ago
If your placeholder assets aren't clearly placeholders, you'll forget to replace them Back in ~1999, the art director for some dollhouse game made a temporary diamond-shaped model for their character UI. By the time he realized they hadn't replaced it, it was too late and it shipped as-is. Oops!
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Heather Flowers
2 months ago
playing 1000XRESIST. visually stunning game. really enjoying it!
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Any month now, I'm sure Nightreign will throw in something new that us casual dregs can participate in
2 months ago
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Matt Leone
2 months ago
Latest Archipel book looks excellent.
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The Wor[l]ds of Yoko Taro | Writing in video games
A book exploring the writing process in games through a series of interviews we conducted with Yoko Taro, creator of the NieR series.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcpl/the-worlds-of-yoko-taro
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