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Byron Atkinson-Jones

@xiotex.bsky.social

Byron Atkinson-Jones. Developer Relations & Principal engineer at PlayStation. All views are my own and do not represent my employer, in any way imaginable.

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Goes to the Airport now - definitely didnโ€™t do that when I lived here.

11.08.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s changed a lot since I was here, a lot more high risers. Apart from Canada place, I havenโ€™t recognised anything.

11.08.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who are you???? ;)

11.08.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A small offset was all that was needed, as the bike tilted one way or the other, keeping the wheel looking flush with the ground when up close. #GameDev #IndieDev #Codeac

10.08.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working hard on Arena mode for my game @positrongame.com this weekend. Hoping to have an update ready for Steam Early Access in the coming weeks with some big changes to the game! #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #ScreenshotSaturday

steam.positrongame.com

09.08.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This used to be EA Blackbox in Downtown Vancouver where I used to work at in 2004โ€™ish

09.08.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally made it to Vancouver where Iโ€™ll be attending SIGGRAPH all week - shout out if youโ€™re here too!

09.08.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s all a bit โ€œlast of usโ€

09.08.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On a train from Montreal to Toronto.

07.08.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Poutine with n Montrรฉal now. This one is Vegan. Very tasty except the fries are saturated in oil - which seems to be common here?

05.08.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚

04.08.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Quebec and finally managed to satisfy a craving Iโ€™ve had for months!

04.08.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will do!

03.08.2025 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Vancouver.

03.08.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looking forward to copious amounts of Poutine ๐Ÿ˜‚

03.08.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Currently flying to Canada on PlayStation business trip. Like all the other trips I brought drawing supplies. Unlike all the other trips, I actually used them. My skills still suck however, thatโ€™s still a universal truth.

03.08.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Visualising reflection complexity in my game @positrongame :

Here I show rendering the stencil-masked reflections 0,4,8,12, and 16 blocks from the camera, with matching depth in the reflections.

#GameDev #IndieDev #Graphics #Rendering #IndieGame

02.08.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Fun, wasnโ€™t it :)

01.08.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was my ambition as a kid. So jealous!

30.07.2025 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s a lot of good stuff here!

29.07.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same. I do the odd education contract and Kickstarter.

28.07.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s nuts isnโ€™t it.

28.07.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did my end of year accounts and self assessment today. Business just ticks over due to working at PlayStation so they were too hard - biggest expenditure? The accountants.

28.07.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for backing it!

28.07.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ thanks again for backing it!

28.07.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's...WAR! Awesome, the table top game I backed has just arrived, can't wait to play this. Great Kickstarter campaign by @xiotex.bsky.social very well managed! #tabletop #ks

25.07.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Only just remembered, new game WAR arrived on Friday just as I was heading out to go to Nottingham for the weekend. Looking forward to playing this :) @xiotex.bsky.social

28.07.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For my new followers (Hi there!), a thread - about me, what I do, and - if you're minded - where you can buy prints and/or digital copies of my book, Weird Field World.

18.07.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Natureโ€™s toothpick!

13.07.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Made some new friends today. One of them is only 3 weeks old โค๏ธ

12.07.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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