Recent posts by Web Professionals with a Focus on Game Development and Storytelling on Bluesky
Recent posts by Web Professionals with a Focus on Game Development and Storytelling community members. Updated hourly.
Alex Battaglia
dachsjaeger.bsky.socialWhen Lumen was announced I was a worried by its geometry cards that it might lead to arduous asset creation or lead to oversight. Clair Obscure shows that off well. Lumen Surface Cache view is basically black with default software Lumen. Almost all indirect lighting is in screen space :(
Bo Thompson
gaudipern.bsky.socialI don't really make impulse purchases anymore and I think the secret to getting there is that I don't have a lot immediately in my life that engenders a constant sense of dissatisfaction. Of course things could be better for me and the world, but I do not need relief from the burden of my existence.
Bo Thompson
gaudipern.bsky.socialYa know, I stumbled across a Bea Arthur quote and though I didn't love the woman, I feel deep sympathy: "I wasn't like them. I couldn't be. Blanche and Rose could sling jokes all day long and let them roll off their backs because at the end of the day, Betty wasn't dumb and Rue wasn't promiscuous."
Alex Battaglia
dachsjaeger.bsky.socialAnother Windows 11 unhappy surprise this morning. "Pin to taskbar" is missing suddenly when I try and add it to an .exe. You know the super helpful feature that for some reason is hidden behind 2 mouse clicks... yeah it is gone this morning. No clue why. Windows 11 is villainous.
Bo Thompson
gaudipern.bsky.socialOne small highlight of this period of illness: I honed my salted caramel frappes into a thing of beauty. The secret? Ice cubes made of the right proportion of coffee concentrate and cream. A lot of other stuff tied to getting it smooth and the salt to sugar ratio, but that was the key to "decadent."
Roko's Brocialist
bombsfall.bsky.socialI do not fear any video games because they aren't even real stuff happening. Dead serious. Look it up! I was goofed up for weeks when I first found out and that's actually how you were conceived because your mom spotted my emotional vulnerability from all the way across the Hard Rock Cafe
Megan Fox
glassbottommeg.bsky.socialThe Accountant is an action movie that I'd never have watched randomly, but I'm so glad I did It's like... Reacher with autism? It's a really, really well done action movie that's incidentally about a really earnestly represented guy who's on the spectrum. And they don't "fix" him or any bullshit!
Bo Thompson
gaudipern.bsky.social(1/2) There's a special category of games which I loved introducing students to which I think of as "local maxima." Current modern examples include Balatro and Blue Prince. They are games that appear to have approached a pinnacle of design while also having a super fascinating quirk: A potentially
austin_walker
austinwalker.bsky.socialThere is a ton of Star Wars material--games, books, comics, movies, and even some TV--that isn't exclusively on Disney+. And if the targeted boycott changes, we'll cross that bridge. We know we are good about talking about spaceships and aliens together. There are a lot of spaceships and aliens.
Bo Thompson
gaudipern.bsky.socialWe need a cultural signal that means: "Don't lash out at me, hear this and reflect on your own actions and why they may warrant an apology to the person you wronged." And then we need to get in the habit of shaming people who abuse that signal or who strike out at those who give it to them.
