Karl Mörtberg

It's been a long time since i was publicly whining about something on social media, but today is not the day to start. But believe me i have so many things in my life and in the world, that i want to whine about.

But I'm keeping it all inside for now.

Cuba next. After that i suppose we could circle over to Africa and claim some countries there owe usa some oil because they recieve aid. And at that point we are ready to go threaten Canada again.

All while not releasing the Epstein files, against his own laws

I'm loving it. Happy to sit down and watch something that is allowed to build up slowly instead of instant gratification and cliffhangers every other week.

2026 kinda mid ngl

Here's a squirrel i saw

I wouldn't be mad

Normalize: Instead of saying "The AI thinks i'm stupid"

Say: "I made the AI say i'm stupid"

2026 better be a better year

There is also this document which they forgot to redact his name in (read it at your own risk, TW). It is disgusting:

‘I don’t think prompting is art.’ The Last of Us director tees off on generative AI Bruce Straley doesn't think gen AI has a place in game development

If you need some catharsis today, I talked to Bruce Straley about generative AI in gaming:

"I don’t know who wants it, I don’t know who’s asking for it, I don’t know who’s pushing for it, but I don’t think it’s the way as a human species we need to be evolving.” www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...

My Arc Raiders character represents my inner self.

Today is national pickle day

How poor leadership slows down game development No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.

This article should be painted on the walls and used as criteria for every Execs performance review with bonuses tied to performance
www.gamedeveloper.com/production/h...

Gamedev friends, this is more proof that we are not to blame for the current state of our industry.

These are the same executives that follow every trend blindly and ignorantly.

Aggressive MTX, everything is a live service, DRM that only punish paying players, NFTs, and now AI.

What a shitshow.

The Switch 2 has about 2 hours of battery life. Am i crazy to see that as a feature? I've had multiple 2 hour sessions, intentionally not charging it while playing and i don't feel any fatigue and i feel like I've accomplished a lot while playing. Maybe the perfect play session duration is 2 hours..

A donkey on the red carpet

How often do i need to interact in the chat to not be a lurker? Like.. and emoji every 10 minutes?

What is the required EPM (Emoji Per Minute)?

Designed a new look for my portfolio.. Still need to fill in some content but it's a lot more readable now I think, compared to the mess that I made 5 years ago as a student. karlmortberg.com

As i become older and have less time i found watching other people play games experiencing them for the first time is more enjoyable for me than re-playing them myself.

The only way I get that first time experience again and see all the emotions and reactions to big story moments etc.

Someone just said game dev is like "competetive art" and it makes a bit of sense..

Also why isn't it marketed as Crossfire: Rainbow in the west? Surely it's a well known enough IP? 🤔

Project Spectrum

Me when another survival horror, souls-like or dark fantasy game is announced

Getting hit by the big depress. Hope it heals a lot faster this time.

Last summer i injured my knee on the last week of vacation and hopped ok crutches for 7 months. This summer i injured my foot on the last week of vacation and I am back ln crutches again.

Both times because i WALK bad. I am so bad at walking i hurt myself from walking normally.

/Lost Ark rant over, and for the record i will be done with the game in a week or two when i realize how far behind i am if i don't spend more money.

Still fun though. There's a lot of non-endgame things that are worthwhile.

YouTube video by TKG Lost Arkㅣ《Concert》 Astalgia Of Phantasm 《ENG SubㅣLyrics》

And good old epic boss music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=23r8...

Just good old fantasy sci-fi design.. where we go for the rule of cool and not practicality

The minigames, the collectilbes, the story and worldbuilding. The raids which can both be accessed in a group or solo (light versions), the character customization, the progression systems and the smooth combat. And all the classic damn hot and edgy boys and gals everywhere!! 😱

I really wish Lost Ark was more accessible. It's gotten a lot better recently but it's still a huge time investment, and if you want to catch up to the endgame huge monetary investment (you sort of need to p2w to reach it in a reasonable timeframe).

But the game has so much amazing content.