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Damien Mayance (valryon)

@dmayance.com.bsky.social

Co-founder & gamedev @pixelnest.io Projects: - CTHULOOT: https://cthuloot.games - Steredenn, Flipon., 2DOOM - Night Call, Flat Eye - Ex Amplitude

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Panels one and two: 
Two white mice make their way through a maze.

Panel three:
Having completed the maze, the two mice are rewarded with some fruit. Two scientists watch them. One says:
 “Poor little things: all that thought and effort just to earn themselves a little treat.”
 
The second scientist looks at a clock and says: “Coffee time!”

Panels four and five:
The two scientists make their way through a maze of corridors to a door marked “Canteen”

Panel six:
The scientists look at the food on offer. One says: “Ooh, Donuts!”

Panels one and two: Two white mice make their way through a maze. Panel three: Having completed the maze, the two mice are rewarded with some fruit. Two scientists watch them. One says: “Poor little things: all that thought and effort just to earn themselves a little treat.” The second scientist looks at a clock and says: “Coffee time!” Panels four and five: The two scientists make their way through a maze of corridors to a door marked “Canteen” Panel six: The scientists look at the food on offer. One says: “Ooh, Donuts!”

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

11.08.2025 09:42 — 👍 3131    🔁 930    💬 17    📌 27

📌 thanks!

11.08.2025 07:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I think this lip sync tutorial can still help many, so here you go :)

10.08.2025 17:02 — 👍 5921    🔁 1557    💬 60    📌 8
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Demain sera une journée historique. Les températures devraient dépasser les 42°C sur une large zone du sud-ouest. Oui, vous ne rêvez pas, il fera + de 40°C sur l'intégralité de la région.
Les scénarios de ce matin repoussent la fin de la canicule pour le sud de la France. A dérouler.
1/6

10.08.2025 09:08 — 👍 485    🔁 310    💬 11    📌 28
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GitHub - chsxf/CiderKit.Tween: A pure Swift tweening library that complies with Swift 6 Strict Concurrency A pure Swift tweening library that complies with Swift 6 Strict Concurrency - chsxf/CiderKit.Tween

Just released the first (early) version of a new tweening package written entirely in #swift, which supports Swift 6 Strict Concurrency:

CiderKit.Tween

Full documentation and sample project available.

More info here: github.com/chsxf/CiderK...

#gamedev #swift6 #ciderkit

09.08.2025 20:45 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Guerre à Gaza : Microsoft stocke des données de renseignement israéliennes utilisées pour cibler les Palestiniens

➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/g37

07.08.2025 13:00 — 👍 37    🔁 29    💬 3    📌 2

Le jeu sur lequel je bosse depuis un moment est enfin annoncé :
💀 Instruments of Power !

✨ Craftez vos propres sorts
👥 Invoquez des avatars de vous-même
⚔️ Survivez aux combats tactiques

Il reste du boulot, mais le jeu est déjà wishlistable 👇

07.08.2025 07:16 — 👍 9    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿
Don’t just cast spells — 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 them.

🔮Build custom spells
👥 Summon echoes of yourself
⚔️Fight shadows in tactical combat
☠️ Can you save your soul?

🎮 Wishlist on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3791850/...

07.08.2025 06:28 — 👍 12    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

06.08.2025 21:01 — 👍 5097    🔁 4152    💬 23    📌 79
Pie chart. Title reads "2025. Game engines used to create 9724 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 41%. Godot has 39%. Other has 11%. Game Maker has 5%. Unreal has 4%.

Pie chart. Title reads "2025. Game engines used to create 9724 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 41%. Godot has 39%. Other has 11%. Game Maker has 5%. Unreal has 4%.

These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025!

1️⃣ Unity - 41%
2️⃣ Godot - 39%
3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11%
4️⃣ Game Maker - 5%
5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%

04.08.2025 08:35 — 👍 1307    🔁 213    💬 44    📌 89

Alors quel dossier ?
Les plaintes pour viol ?
Les accusations de plagiat ?
Le financement opaque de sa Cité du Cinéma et son école ?
Ou tout simplement tous les étudiants et étudiantes qui ont bossé pour ses films et qui ont jamais vu la couleur de l'argent promis ?

04.08.2025 08:34 — 👍 396    🔁 145    💬 14    📌 2
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Nintendo released a survey asking for feedback on physical and digital games.

This is definitely the chance to make your voice heard about Switch 2 Game Key Cards.

Source: theWellRedMage

Survey: nintendoofamerica.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

03.08.2025 21:57 — 👍 4721    🔁 3513    💬 133    📌 364

Bad Guys 2 was so good 🥰
Loved the Mission Impossible/Fast n furious vibe, animation was gorgeous, good rythm, good jokes.
And kids loved it too!

03.08.2025 21:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No Plan B - 🚨 Update 1.2 is Live! 🧟‍♂️ “No Plan Z” DLC is Out! 💥 Plus a 30% Discount! - Steam News New Skirmish Missions, Bug Fixes and Zombies... lots of them

🚨 No Plan B 1.2 is Live!
🧟‍♂️ “No Plan Z” DLC is Out!!
💥 Plus a 30% Discount!!!

Details here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...

01.08.2025 17:10 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Cloudy Valley Prepare your bag for a peaceful adventure

🏝️ Cloudy Valley, the cozy exploration game from @su-gamedev.bsky.social is now available on Nintendo Switch.

🎉 To celebrate, enjoy a 30% discount during the launch period.

☀️ It’s summer camp! Discover the Cloudy Valley archipelago !

www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...

01.08.2025 13:41 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

Je sais qu'on est en plein été, mais un milliardaire français qui projette d'investir 150 millions pour porter le RN au pouvoir vient d'assumer que son objectif n°1 était que la France ait « plus de bébés de souche européenne ».

Ça devrait être dans tous les médias. Ça n'est quasiment nulle part.

31.07.2025 15:04 — 👍 1441    🔁 912    💬 58    📌 18

Ça, et si tu attends un peu ils t’offriront des mois premiums.
Par contre : pas de dossiers 🥲

01.08.2025 07:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I love the fact that you can wipe the level entirely on DK Bananza 😍
Even entires floors of lava.
I was looking for a crystal guy and of course it was… up!

31.07.2025 11:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wake up. It's 2007.
• Games don’t have in-app purchases
• Software isn’t sold as a subscription
• GenAI art doesn’t exist
• Desktop apps look like this

29.07.2025 19:29 — 👍 579    🔁 144    💬 22    📌 10
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I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.

Save the png and repost as widely as you can

26.07.2025 23:37 — 👍 11296    🔁 8868    💬 77    📌 86
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Mistral’s new “environmental audit” shows how much AI is hurting the planet Individual prompts don’t cost much, but billions together can have aggregate impact.
25.07.2025 17:13 — 👍 166    🔁 89    💬 5    📌 4
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🎉 Echoes of the Architects is out now on Steam!

🛠️ Modular, programmable units
⚔️ Real-time tactics
🧠 Outsmart, not outclick

🛒 Get it now: store.steampowered.com/app/3136490/...

#RTS #IndieGame

25.07.2025 16:39 — 👍 15    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached.

They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others.

Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further.

#UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

24.07.2025 14:09 — 👍 8698    🔁 3324    💬 142    📌 561

Boss. I'm tired boss. We been doing these experiments and studies since the 60s and 70s and the outcome has been the same in them all.

The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.

24.07.2025 21:17 — 👍 6263    🔁 2923    💬 73    📌 26

Call them anyway.
Ignore their directive.

Email them as well.

Flood them.
They wouldn't even be trying to redirect all of these complaints if the pressure wasn't making them uncomfortable.

24.07.2025 17:37 — 👍 3120    🔁 2286    💬 17    📌 19
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are you fucking kidding me. the lens flares in DK Bananza are in the shape of a bunch of bananas

23.07.2025 21:56 — 👍 6634    🔁 1616    💬 62    📌 121
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Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

the research showing Google AI Overview is stopping people from clicking links is a huge huge huge problem not just for websites but for people's brains which are about to be absolutely mangled www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...

23.07.2025 19:05 — 👍 383    🔁 155    💬 9    📌 16

🎂 The Operator is now 1️⃣ year old.

📈 More than 125K copies sold on Steam!
🎉 Free for a week on the Epic Games Store!
🎮 The game released on Nintendo Switch!

All of this thanks to the wonderful people who helped me and, of course, the players!

Thank you, everyone 🫶

PS: Yes, a sequel is coming 👀

22.07.2025 19:13 — 👍 163    🔁 36    💬 6    📌 4
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DK is such a gem ❤️

Kids are loving it too, very family friendly.

22.07.2025 08:30 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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