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bulkpaint.bsky.social
Industry veteran from the late 1900s. Designer. Game Dev Dinosaur. Lord of Bullfrog anecdotes. Playability, pitching and prototypes a speciality. Got a project that needs poking with a stick? Let me know.
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It’s the little things. Each one a small, yet immensely satisfying step on the #gamedev path.

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“All that for some new car skins?” - @ikouyo.bsky.social

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34 years. I bunked off school to play Populous. Then I met a guy on the bus.

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On this Valentine's Day, might I offer up an ill-advised romance strategem? Say it with Democracy. (Do let me know how you get on)

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Simple things that shouldn't be a thing in this year, 2025: Anti-vaxxer Flat Earther

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A planet just blew up in Helldivers 2. The thing that blew it up is on a collision course for Super Earth with 5 other planets in its way. This game is cool man.

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1. Trying to make more things for the player to do in the dungeon (that don't involve combat) 2. Decided to change the way big Landmarks are discovered - adding a new resource (breaking the old save format) 3. Refactoring the treasure spawning to take this into account. Now nothing works. #gamedev

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Let's gooooo! @disky2003.bsky.social

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This video shows another aspect of the player lighting system. In bright situations, the Scuttlers are afraid of the light and will always try to move to dark areas. Once the player's light source reaches a certain level, the Scuttlers are emboldened and will attack. Soft time limits - a 🧵 #gamedev

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In a word: 'poorly'

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This is the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time.

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5 tongue-in-cheek game writing exercises that are a more realistic representation of what most game writers do (in my experience) than a branching dialog tree:

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