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Dad! Game designer, open to full-time or contract work, send me a message! I like skeletons and mechs also wizards https://jking-dev.itch.io/ (just game jam stuff for now, something more Soon) https://cohost.org/jking :(
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I will soon be on a flight with 2 dogs and a toddler, need all the good energy yall can send lol. My kid handled a much longer flight pretty good so not too worried, but the dogs.... Will see!

Not sure what I expected with unreal, but finding out there is a 'LaunchCharacter' node that specifically only launches player characters is hilarious to me. Have only used godot for years, didn't realize how 'opinionated' UE is. Different, but I'll get the hang of it.

I'm probably gonna have to get some UE experience to get a job at this point, vast majority of positions seem to be asking for it. If anyone has good 'getting started' guides or tutorials please let me know, I'll be diving in to the official learning paths/docs for a bit.

Playing it I have been thinking it seemed perfect for co-op, turns out it was originally envisioned to have multiplayer. Maybe in a sequel or something, seems like it would be great to play with friends!

Was thinking of Avowed as like 4/5 stars, but then I shot a little mushroom man so hard he launched like 20 feet into the air over the wall behind him, instant 5/5

I am really loving Avowed so far! I did pretty much everything in the first zone, exploring the Emerald Stair now. Combat is great, using sword/spell and pistol/shield loadouts now, very flexible systems it seems like. And I'm really enjoying the story/world, both main and side quests are hitting.

Well it seems like a good time to refresh the emergency supplies, time to buy a whole lot of rice and beans lol. Random question but if yall got any shelf stable foods you would recommend let me know, gonna try getting a decent variety stocked up.

Alright I resisted long enough, got Civ 7 let's see how it is, reviews have been divisive but some people I trust really liked it so I'm cautiously optimistic

Reviews for Avowed seem to be pretty good, well done to the team at Obsidian! I've been really anticipating this one, but with the layoff now I need to resist the urge to buy the deluxe edition for early access 😅 Bummer, but looks like it's coming to gamepass so I'll get a chance to play then.

MinnMax has been really killing it with these interviews lately, hoping this keeps up! youtu.be/g7t6Wo2IcU8?...

THEY’RE CLIMBING THE POLES IN TOKYO GO BIRDS🦅🦅🦅

Caves of Qud

This is a really good lens to look at this through, great article

Only just now starting to get used to not working, running out of chores and little fixes to do around the house 😅 Gonna start putting some serious time into my own projects, will post some updates on it soon!

If Mitch McConnell falls a third time today it’s a hat trick per Senate bylaws and he gets to be majority leader again

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This is one of the most infuriating things about these constant layoffs and coverage around them. Really need to start investigating these 'expectations' and who makes them.

Well that's pretty dumb

World really is a fuck huh

The invasion has begun

It's like some kind of tic burrowing as deep as it can, making it as difficult as possible to extract it's rotting corpse once this shit comes crashing down.

"AI" economy right now

I felt weird without my work laptop sitting open on my desk next to my personal desktop PC, so I put my personal laptop there to play videos or chat while I focus on the main PC..... my brain is 100% warped by computers at this point lol becoming more cyborg by the day

@tanatb.housefuckinggame.com oh wow didn't know your game was based on a book

I'm rewatching lord of the rings extended editions, the most unemployed activity I could think of, I'm getting to Moria and its hilarious how much Gandalf is actually just fucking up or wrong all the time lol

New weapon triangle just dropped, everyone is saying horses are OP but have you ever tried to fight a horse? You are weak to hooves

I started my job in December 2016, now laid off in early 2025, my career here literally bookended with Trump becoming president, it's just been a really wild 8 years and doesn't look like it's slowing down

Yuuuuup I have just been laid off, I think the entire company is closing here. Damn this industry is rough. If anyone needs a game designer or senior/lead QA person let me know! Tons of experience working with live games, and launching new ones. I've worked with both internal and external teams

Doo doo doo back to work like nothing is wrong, I'm sure all will be well and nothing bad will happen, not dissasociating at all over here no sir

This is gonna be a really wild year

Potentially getting some real bad news next week, gonna be hard not to stew over it all weekend 😫 but gives some extra prep time at least

Damn, David Lynch was a real one, created some unforgettable art and seemed like a genuinely good dude. Will really miss him, we need more people making stuff with their whole heart like he did.

thank you for having used cohost. eggbug forever.