David

Don't mean to be rude, and only offer this since asked.

There's a common joke that Yanks don't know geography beyond their borders. Ex: m.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUW...

A presumed American criticizing the 2nd largest country for not understanding the width of its southern neighbour seems like irony.

Is this satire?

New York to Cali is like New Brunswick to BC. We're pretty much the same width.

@remapradio.bsky.social
Did the new time code format not stick? The recent episodes are back to the "Keeper - 1:47:21" format that doesn't show up as chapters.

Does that format not work for other people's podcast apps?

"B-But if we don't use AI, how will we storyboard cutscenes--" MOTHERFUCKER MY WIFE LET ME USE HER CROCHET PLUSHIES, WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE

In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:

How do you implement the DSL without a compiler/interpreter? Parts of this look executable and not just a fancy config file.

Zukalous has an article about finding people in subreddits for games similar to yours and offering them a small gift card to playtest here: howtomarketagame.com/2020/03/02/h...

But that's for watching them. For plays, try posting in indie game discords or subreddits (but follow their rules!)

A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

GameDev peeps. Keen to hear your ultimate videogame lit rec:

You're a game director. You have an upcoming, hungry, talented individual on your team that you want to assist in succeeding you in the role of game director at the studio.

You can recommend them only one book. What is it?

What was the level design process like for BIG HOPS and what tools did we use?

Question from Terri V on Bluesky
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops

you can def network vertically, but prioritize networking horizontally

surround yourself with kind, hardworking, and talented friends, and it’s only a matter of time before your careers go places

also: if you can’t take an opportunity, pass it on to a friend who’d do just as well if not better

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:

Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.

Make. Friends.

They should at least ensure new data centres pay the costs of their intense effects on their neighbours. This kind of regulation isn't new or unique to tech.
A huge part of the value of government is to prevent the Tragedy of the Commons through regulation. (Since it's not solved by a free market.)

[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation External Inbox Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org> 5:43 AM (4 hours ago) to me Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village) IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

Vince Zampella, Respawn Co-Founder And Head Of Battlefield Series, Dead At 55 He was killed in a car crash Sunday afternoon.

Oh this is just awful. Rest in peace, mate. Thanks for everything.

gameinformer.com/2025/12/22/v...

Clair Obscur’s now confirmed Gen-AI usage during the development process has caused their IGA debut and GOTY wins to be retracted.

If you're wondering what the Wanderstop team has been up to since the game released: it's this

Learn to Code From Zero with Godot Make your family and friends proud. Learn skills in high demand by creating fun toys and games. Finally become a game developer!

You mentioned gdquest, but for anyone new to programming (or overwhelmed by the other content) I'd specifically recommend their interactive coding lesson built in Godot: gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscri...

Unlike video tutorials, it's constantly quizzing you to help retain what you learned.

Secret Santa Planner - by mael.dev Organize your Secret Santa gift exchange easily and securely. No accounts needed, no emails - just have fun!

I just realized it's the 10-years anniversary of my Secret Santa planner! I hope you'll find it useful this year as well 🎄☃️
mael.dev/secretsanta/

Thanks for making such a nice account-free generator! I use it every year for my kids and their cousins. And thanks especially for still including the text view version so I can paste the same block of names every year.

Sektori - the whole 4.5 years of game development in .gifs Discover topics like ps5, indiedev, indie game, gaming, gamedev, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending mem...

Also, the dev posted a making of gallery with gifs of very early versions of the game:

imgur.com/gallery/sekt...

Screenshot of Sektori showing a battlefield split in two halves with the player jumping between them (I think).

@bradshoemaker.bsky.social
Have you seen Sektori?

2D twin-stick shooter from a former Housemarque dev with a transforming battlefield. Trailer is pretty dope:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGWs...

With your undying love of Geometry Wars, it seems up your alley.

Kinda reminds me of the old Roger Ebert idea that film projection induces a state of reverie while pixelated screens cause something more like hypnosis.

Listening to episode 115 - RNGenius and it worked!
Thanks so much!!!

(I asked the dev awhile back and they said requires the time at the start of a <p> tag to work.)

I have a bunch of podcasts that use this format so I assume there are other podcast players that also autodetect this and display the chapter title to see what topic is being discussed.

Thanks!

Screenshot of timestamps from https://remapradio.com/podcasts/episodes/its-more-of-an-homage/ Each timestamp is on its own line (inside a <p> tag?) and has the time, a hypen, and then the chapter title.

@cado.bsky.social
Could you please use a different format for @remapradio.bsky.social's podcast timestamps? 🥺

Formatting "time - title" with each on a newline is automatically recognized by my podcast player (Podcast Republic). The Episode "It's More of an Homage" used that format and it worked!

I have a question for you. Why did you put the X and Y Buttons on the Super NES control pad instead of C and D or something else? Kyle Milner Warren, TX We went out and got the straight scoop, Kyle. According to Lance Barr, Product Designer for Nintendo of America, the letters X and Y on the Super NES Controller were used to correspond with terms commonly used in CAD design and engineering. On the Controller, the A and B Buttons are considered the "primary" buttons while X and Y can be considered "secondary" Buttons. This is the reason why the X and Y Buttons are a different color and are shaped differently. Even though the Buttons could have been labeled C and D or something else and the fact remains that CAD design and video games don't necessarily go hand-in- hand, the X and Y designation seemed the most fitting

Ever wondered why it's ABXY and not ABCD on SNES controllers? And I presume on any other controller too that inherited this design choice?

One young reader of Nintendo Power in 1993 wrote in to ask.

What a CAD...

Introducing "Dot Noise". This is a super lightweight alternative to 3D Simplex Noise, which in many cases is overkill
shadertoy.com/view/wfsyRX

I'll go one further, get REAL WEIRD with your placeholder assets. Put in the first thing you can think of; get weird and wild with em. You'll be surprised how often they'll inform new decisions.
Best case scenario, you end up keeping them. Worst case, you replace em as you originally planned to

'Lies of P' has officially sold 3M copies worldwide 🎮

To celebrate — all staff received $7,500 bonus pay, two weeks of paid vacation, and a Nintendo Switch 2