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Oh no, now today she wants them to get in some water lol this is gonna turn into a whole thing isn't it? What have I done 😅

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Today I made a little game with my daughter, made some janky knock off mickey mouse clubhouse sprites, threw them in godot and had the characters walk around while we did voices, could hide them or make them "go down slide!", proudest moment of game dev career no question. Sometimes it feels nice 🙂

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

lol

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Did a ton of applications past few weeks, gonna need to start a delivery job or something here soon if nothing comes up to get some $$$ coming in, it's gonna slow down the already torturous job search and solo dev stuff but not gonna have a choice. Nearly a decade in games isn't enough it seems 🙃

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Missed the jam deadline with the salvage game, ran into some bugs with the bots that really threw a wrench into things and I didn't end up getting the core loop finished. Not sure if I should finish it up now or shelve it, probably should get it out at least? Gotta get better at scoping small stuff.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Lost it 🙃

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Every time I start to think "Maybe I should have used unity instead of godot just because it looks better on a resume" Unity helpfully comes along and demonstrates another reason why I wouldn't want to use it lol. If any studio is looking to switch I have been using it for ~5 years, message me!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I've gone back and forth on submitting to this jam and I think I'm just gonna do it, what's the worst outcome people not liking it and forgetting about it? I'm not super happy with the state of it right now but fuck it

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I was having a rough day but then I saw this

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Wait, 3?

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Good on the @morecivilized.bsky.social crew for the decision and the courage to talk about it honestly on the podcast. I've been listening since the start and to most of them on other podcasts before, anyone getting angry about this really needs to examine themselves.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Heyo fixed an annoying critical bug with my salvage bot state machine I might be able to get something submitted after all, gonna need to cut initial scope and work hard next few days to get an economy and loop going but making progress. Arts gonna be bad but hey nothing new for me lol

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

This is dope, I have implemented my own drop shadow and the sprite stacking pseudo 3d effect before, and some real janky IK stuff for the chomper game, excited to compare solutions so I can compare the differences, I don't get a chance for real code review so having a direct comparison is great.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Like come on this article is well written and pretty much correct I think, but the comments are just ignoring the word "industry" in the title and acting like everything is all good because thousands of games come out on steam every month? Do people think all those games sustain the devs?

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

The discourse today is like 3 levels too deep for me already yall have fun with this one

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

This short but sweet video about the many eras and people who defined Giant Bomb over the years is beautiful. Got me right in the feels www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVvU...

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

The Rehearsal really is something lol it feels like it's just trying to get HBO to spend money on the weirdest shit possible

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Lmao the headline and description are downplaying this, he didn't do it to make an antivenom, he did it because he was obsessed with snakes and then a scientist found him later. Dude has to be so smug now to all his friends and family that told him to stop getting bit by snakes, amazing.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Not gonna be a game industry left by the time this comes out lol and they are definitely gonna charge $100 at this point. I really don't think this is going to bump sales across the board like some industry analysts seem to believe, would like to be proven wrong, but a delay is rough either way.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I would like to sleep, but my brain would like to have a panic attack instead 🙃

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I think I need to play a game where I can just really fuck some stuff up

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Lol I applied to a job that was asking for at least 3 years experience, I have 5-8 depending on how you count it but was feeling good about it, then saw someone commenting on their LinkedIn post saying they are interested with more than 15 years experience 🙃🙃🙃 fuckin rip

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

The average American only has 3 friends

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Yeah just an overall shitty day in like every way possible. I could really use a few easy days or lucky breaks here soon, really struggling to hold it together.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

🤔🤔🤔🤔

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

The giant bomb wiki was amazing, like an overall wiki of video games. I hope someone has been able to preserve it before Fandom does the obvious stupid thing I am sure they are gonna do, and I think you could build a community around it so hopefully it lives on in an independent form.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Wow polygon too today? That is rough. Really not sure where the industry is gonna go from here, especially the US based stuff.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Giantbomb was the first game website I really paid attention to, fell off watching over the years as the people I started with moved on, but always respected the site and current team for keeping the torch burning. Seeing them get screwed over by corporate overlords like this is heartbreaking.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment