Mattzo Retsyn

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

It's more like "Indies have every reason to start doing great right now!" with a big smouldering "..." following it, and a lot of questions.

What does it mean that most people I butt heads with in this industry have "#open to work" on their linkedins?

I'm down to gloat and enjoy schadenfreude but also-- what could it mean? Any force making jobs vanish is concerning.

Interesting; So not only do bullets lack stacking of the ship velocity, but something else is happening?
Even if velocity doesn't stack from the ship movement, moving forward should clump them anyways, so what did you discover as the mechanic behind this effect?
(I'm embroiled in making a shmup!)

Need Help killing Eikthyr?

Don't Geedis on me and tell me it's Scrunt.

CEO: *Sees weird mushy lifeless garbage*
CEO: Is this a videogame? Did we make a free videogame without paying people? Invest more!

If I hurt a human, I'll stay up all night with anxiety, shame and regret.

If I hurt a robot, I'll stay up all night rather hyped, thinking "That was really fucking cool, actually. I'd do that again."

I should not have put bubble in quotes. The bubble is real. GenApocalypse is just about to happen.

These use cases were quietly explored to great success before the "bubble", and maybe will have a continued life after.

if you’re in line to hate AI, STAY IN LINE!

Someone on my feed said something very salient and smart. When I clicked on it to see the reaction, I see "Post not found".

As usual, speaking fuckin' truth is punished by scared peers.

On my lunch-break I finished this "Wave Editor" for foes in my upcoming #shmup is finally feature complete. Took ages to realize all the things that I need, and I could do more still to make it cozier.

This means my time can be spent on the actual game, which means more streams.

Are you ready for it? #shmups #stg #arcade #retro #gamedev

YouTube video by WeFX WeFX Studio Reel

In the early 2000s, proto "tech bros" fawned over the tiniest drop of realism in their graphics. In the age of gen AI slop, suddenly that doesn't matter? I think this proves that some people have an eye for visuals and some don't.

Related- My teams' work, 100% AI free: youtu.be/W6FO84CBpqA?...

This game (and cover art) also shows us that _black lasers_ should be a thing and they are cool af.

The cover of Ikaruga-- showing subtly the game's black/white theme through bright sunlight on the ship and a super dark shadow beneath.

This cover very subtly hints at the "light/dark" mechanics the game has with the ultra bright sunlit upper half of the ship contrasting with the exaggerated shadow beneath.
It's somehow a busy image with a clean and elegant "top layer" to contrast the chaotic detail behind it.

A reminder to all the copy editors who choose "was fatally shot" instead of "was murdered":
You're looking for the tenth bolgia - when you get to the eighth circle, turn right at the thieves and go down three more levels.

Time for the yearly ritual -- binging @mclasspodcast.bsky.social to defeat travel anxiety.

Join the Miles (O'Brien) High club.

Let me try again...

Join the Mile B'Thai Club.

You know what, this is harder than I thought.

Wonder if Expedition 33 would have still won the awards if they didn't patch out their gen-ai crap.

Getting to the pew-pew part in now that the experimental exploration stuff is done.
That flash shader was actually very confusing to implement due to the wacky shading techniques I used to make it look pixelly and crunchy.

#lowpoly #shmup #godotengine #indiedev

It does feel like I'm paying a "Sarah Tax"

Syntax Error.
#gamedev

New game idea SO GOOD it threatens my brain space.
But I will finish Thunder Axis.

YouTube video by WeFX Wednesday S2 WeFX Reel

This is my teams work!
youtu.be/QFDgVebB_60?...

I don't do shots anymore, I build and support pipeline! The creature team I support forges ahead and kicks ass whether my tools are ready or not though!

--Because those who understood it moved on.
When I worked there, I was met with "why is it so slow? It used to be so fast."

The people who profited most didn't know what happened under their roof.

I worked at a particular studio in the Toronto VFX scene for a year and a bit. I later let amazing riggers and TDs who were there before my time, and they mentioned the tech they set up.

There was no evidence of that tech remaining. Hours of investment in rig propagation and pipeline evaporated--

Saw a cringey rigging bug in a major trailer for something cool.
But I didn't say anything. Rigging is hard enough.

Please! Justify our investment! Please! We spent _so much money on servers_... People who make more in a day than you do in a year are really scared right now!

Looking like the protagonist of some barely localized 90's Genesis game that young me would rent on a weekend, then be confused by.