Mike Cook

I couldn’t bring myself to click it and I’m now glad I didn’t, god alive

It sounds like it's less explicitly guiding in Cat's case and more of a general aesthetic, but in my use of it I try to pick a range of examples that will force me to think about the level of generalisation I need, or challenge assumptions I had about the generator's structure.

Yes! It originally comes from Graeme Ritchie's iconic 2007 paper which formed the basis for a lot of computational creativity thinking: homepages.abdn.ac.uk/g.ritchie/pa...

god this is amazing. i know literally two things about this company now and they're both terrible. amazing PR.

Come to London’s best and friendliest live coding night!

Can you, though

videogames allow us to explore complex issues through interactive systems, embedded in beautiful virtual worlds.

Southbank, London. October 2025. I took these with a janky £20 camera that prints onto thermal paper. A little post-processing to convert to B&W and tweak the levels. #photos #street #london

Hell yeah can’t wait

Earth Must Die Demo on Steam These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

WAIT WHAT'S THIS?

💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!

🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.

Enjoy!

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friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

I’m assuming this is going to intensify massively over the next twelve months as they attempt to wriggle out of their contract with Microsoft.

ai is here to stay - www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/h...

Took me a second to realise that this is now a road! I walk over that section of bridge most days I go into work.

Yeah it’s very clear from the end of the article that he’s trying to hedge his bets and is just there for the money. It’s odd.

Hi if you all could stop saying and doing dumb shit about AI for the next ten days until I give my talk that would really be great, I do not want to edit my slides any more.

'Night and the City' by Chris Donlan remains one of the finest online articles on game urbanism ever. Somehow simultaneously personal, historical, and objective it is an excellent read, and a reminder that L.A. Noir remains truly unique.

Find it here: www.eurogamer.net/night-and-th...

YouTube video by Switch Angel Creating Beats & Rhythms in STRUDEL

This is switch_angel! She’s a live coder who often uses Strudel, a browser based tool for livecoding music. She’s great: youtu.be/sefJz9biLCY?...

The generated dice are one of the best examples of procedural rules working and being interesting in games I think.

I will craft the most beautiful 4x4 sprite you’ve ever seen

I bet Taylor Swift gets as many trombones as she wants.

Someone is making a Tiny Bookshop-like/sequel right now but it’s set in a local videogame store in the early 90s and it’s going to sell a hundred million copies.

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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God imagine conference tamagotchis

Many people wonder in 2025, how to deactivate the torment nexus. Well in this tutorial you are sure to find an answer for your question, and learn how to deactivate the torment nexus in 2025. We're going to get right to it but first I am excited to tell you about this video's sponsor, TormNex Pro

This year has tested me in amazing new ways though I gotta say.