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Game designer and developer. Works under my own studio label, 'Shifty Kitty' Currently sharing the #52 spot for beating the most PS1 retail games on RetroAchievements. 28 | 🇫🇷 | ASD | He/Him (They/Them is fine too) https://linktr.ee/wumpagem
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Reskeeting this again due to a new Disney remake that recently opened featuring a certain blue alien.

I think the discourse around generative AI has led to some confusion around other forms of procedural generation which don't steal from artists. This story will be misinterpreted by some but I think it's important to point out how these tools can be useful when the source data is entirely in-house

I was so inspired by the concept sketches we looked at after beating #CROC on stream yesterday, that i wanted to draw some #Gobbos

Heart And Sol

I’ve seen so many people wondering why these photos look so good/dramatic/cinematic in comparison to now and it’s SHADOWS. Film/tv used to light for depth; to frame the people in shot so yr eye goes to them. Everything is lit flat now for ‘realism’ (& we’re afraid of colour so that’s muted too).

in other news I'm also messing around with sega genesis dev again, hacking on my little library/kit and in the process of figuring out how to do some automated graphics conversions stumbled upon how to do really great color conversion and vertical dithering automatically via imagemagick

Stream Doodles! Happy Birthday Pac-Man!

Some of y'all are gonna think I've gone completely nuts, but I'm gonna talk about rounded corners and why circles suck. Most devs take it for granted that rounded corners are circles. Spoiler: They don't have to be! There is a much more aesthetically pleasing and cheaper alternative. 🧵👇 #gamedev

The first Nintendo DS game I have ever owned back in Christmas 2005, now back in my hands physically.

dreamcast mario looks like you’d see him from behind and be like “mario! so good to see you” and then he’d turn around and you’d be really embarrassed and go “oh gosh sorry i thought you were someone else…”

Wild Woody: Twisted Legacy (Cancelled). Sega, 2001.

Uh-oh! Is that a blue disc being put inside this PS2 slim? That's a CD-ROM PS2 game, the loading times are gonna be awful!

The press kit backups on archive.org are also a really good source for official high-res period hardware photography.

I spoke to @harryholmwood.bsky.social about how he created the tracks for Demo 1, the first OPM UK discs, the T-Rex and Manta-Ray demos, and more. All the thanks to Harry for taking the time to chat with me! darylbaxter.com/posts/harry-...

I still stand by that comparison. #bigthecat #sonic #obelix #asterix #fanart

Imagine if RetroAchievements was available as a homebrew solution for softmodded 3DSes, to unlock cheevos on 3DS games or at least DS games!

blue man

My favourite PlayStation characters & the heroes I grew up with. First Crash, then Spyro and finally Rayman (who I know was on multiple consoles). A 90’s throwback 😊 #crashbandicoot #spyrothedragon #rayman #ps1

I actually made this by hijacking my Godot lines-and-trails addon, which means I can do things like this 🌊: #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

I still stand by that comparison. #bigthecat #sonic #obelix #asterix #fanart

new Cow artwork for Mario Kart World (the sketch that led it to becoming a playable character) www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/...

awesome idea: video game where your protagonist’s health is displayed by their hairline. it recedes whenever they get hit and you can only take 1 more hit once bald.

one big scaredy cat 🐾

Entered the Geocities URL on the Wayback Machine by curiosity to find a working archived snapshot from 2002, and I now learn that Tyson Hesse had a dedicated section for FURRY art on his website. Based.

How come people barely mention those sprites he made back in the day

This is genuinely upsetting to see this happening on such a large scale. It just shows how big corporations can just steal the work of creators who create out of passion, not profit, and basically get away with it. Shame on NVIDIA.

Root Beer Floatilla

something from printmaking class 💥

OASIS DAISY! 💛🧡

I'm gonna go back in time and kick whichever teacher first told students not to use Wikipedia straight in the ass.

🎁 DEMO GIVEAWAY 🎁 Our demo for ARTIUS is live for all Patreon supporters. However - for those who can't support us through there - we're giving away 3 demo keys! To enter just: ✅ Follow ✅ Like ✅ Repost #gamedev #indiegame #ARTIUSgame #giveaway

Less of a review, moreso a rant about a poor marketing decision

I unironically believe that the only artistic merit of the Disney live-action remakes is how much they make you appreciate how well-constructed the original films were, by going out of their way to fuck up things in the originals that everyone just took for granted.

Reading a book out loud is the best way for me to retain attention, but for some weird reason lately, doing so eventually triggers an acid reflux which causes me to burp excessively. After a quick look, it may be a case of aerophagia.

Working on a lot of bug fixes for Project DogWalk at this point. Currently waiting for access to the Steam page :3 Also wondering what I could be posting about. Now there's finally time to do more writing and making-of material! #b3d #godotengine #gamedev

Well, it finally happened. Someone trained an AI on my voice, and used it to generate narration for their YouTube video. Feels pretty bad! Don't like it! I've submitted a privacy complaint with YouTube - hopefully they'll take it down soon.

oh geez

Asterix and Obelix

Unannounced Garfield Kart 2: All You Can Drift from Microids / Eden Games has been rated in Australia: www.classification.gov.au/titles/garfi...

The shading for this Honker pixel-art goes wayyyy too hard for what it was used for. That was some damn good use of the EGA palette on the left