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Lloyd Summers

@lloydsummers.bsky.social

Puppy papa for Chloe & Cooper, CTO & Co-founder at Red Iron Labs - XR developer, game creator and resident geek :) I like double spaces. I like mismatched socks. I use, so, many, commas... ...and like making creative things.

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Found a fantastic example of #shrinkflation the other day (thanks #postconsumerbrands)

... I used to love my honey bunches of oats. Also, although better for health in the world, is 1/3 of a box still considered "family size"? Hmmm...

28.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They claimed it was the sun (but it was early in the day and the wrong direction). My best guess is it was distracted driving and speeding...

10.10.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So this happened to my car yesterday. 28 seconds after we got out of it and into the house. Thankfully everyone is OK - wishing and hoping everyone stays safe this long weekend. #accident #drivers #calgary

10.10.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ONLY ONE MORE WEEK until Tic Tactic is unleashed to the wild!! βŒπŸ…ΎοΈπŸ”₯

12.09.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rise of the Robots

Excellent, my new EP is now up on Spotify, Apple Music and all those great places. It always feels good to get something new somewhere #music #indie open.spotify.com/album/48MAsj...

26.08.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a friendly reminder, to watch out for Snow Manatees.

20.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spending the evening at the #deerfootinn&casino for #muaythai fights, cheering for my trainer #kellyherrtwich

Muay Thai is pretty new to me, I come from more if a boxing background. Awesome fighters today.

23.03.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So true!

22.02.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn't one of the rich kids :D TVs with spinning dials, rotary phones and TV remotes attached with a wire to the TV FTW.

Although, US cultural influence aside, I suppose we could argue youtube is closer to public TV back in the day.

22.02.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just realized, my generation went from having free TV with commercials to paying for TV with commercials.

Thanks @netflix.com and @amazonprime.bsky.social

22.02.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Having a blast with the #CGDA and learning about #indie #gamedev challenges and opportunities from @iaalberta.bsky.social

Please don't mind my terrible photos, I blame my phone :D

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21.02.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Round 2, working with my second g1 gweike laser engraver #art #crafting

I am seeing some potential here for sure :)

I also redesigned the runestones to have a darker texture and brighter characters, and etched a tree of life on the back.

#runestones

23.01.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I asked #gemini how people would feel about it being added to #gmail.

Yes #google #AI developers knew their tool would be intrusive and tried to code around it. But a lazy second prompt shows even Gemini knows this itself...

16.01.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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And, my topology (left image) is a lot cleaner (3K vs 10K) with a bone rig, individual parts. And that was without me really cleaning it up. But still.

Also, keep in mind, the other 2 characters I tried were completely unusable. It seems to do a lot better with boxy robots.

16.01.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's obviously missing the nuance, like I wanted to give it buck teeth to make it cuter, a shinier metal coat, a bit cleaner. And my topology is obviously much better. I don't think it replaces an artistic view.

But it did turn out better than I expected.

16.01.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Messin with #AI image-to-3D generator, to see how it would create #murderbears characters (versus how I did).

Attached is the reference image from the artist, my 3D model, theirs, their topology

I converted a bunch - this one was the best of the bunch

It actually wasn't completely terrible

16.01.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love you all dearly, and I hope you are having a good day, and taking time you need for yourself!

15.01.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what I was doing today. I think it is better without any context.

#gamedev #dayoff

01.01.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Okay, I think this is the surprise winner. Dark brotherhood etched aluminum cards.

Oh yes, this is fun indeed.

#skyrim #darkbrotherhood

29.12.2024 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally dipped into laser engraving, very interesting indeed!

Next I'm going to try making some imperial coins :D

#laser #cutter #skyrim

29.12.2024 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is pretty much how my day went :D

starring Cooper the puppy.

#gamedev #meme

17.12.2024 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happens in just about every discord I'm in :D #gamedev

15.12.2024 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Actual photo from a car on my walk today :D

#gamedev

13.12.2024 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every time we do a public beta :D

#gamedev

13.12.2024 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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... also, how I ended up making a bunch of memes instead of finishing the work I was "supposed" to do.

#gamedev

13.12.2024 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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True story, I did this my first week as a developer at a startup...

after being told 3 times to make sure to learn git #gamedev and saying "leave me alone Satan!"

13.12.2024 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I swear my dogs aren't crazy

#gamedev #indiedev

12.12.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two dogs staring out a window

Two dogs staring out a window

I think we've all been there. #gamedev #indiedev

12.12.2024 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The end result, is we stopped recommending and using Unity for clients after that - and started moving projects to @unrealengine.bsky.social :)

05.12.2024 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, we paid up, and sent proof of payment. The @unity.com sales person forgot to forward it along - so they disabled our licenses anyway. I had to escalate it through friends at Unity to get out accounts fixed. Sales guy replied a week later without so much as an apology.

05.12.2024 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0