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Giorgio Pomettini

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Used to make games for a living, now I make games for fun! ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Biromantic ace, neurodivergent ๐Ÿฆ€ He/him Propic by @nannasaurus.bsky.social https://www.giorgiopomettini.eu/

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was gonna mic-drop there but actually i just thought:
34) finishing creative projects is a skill in and of itself. if you want to be able to finish large, complex projects, you have to _practice finishing things_. which usually means doing smaller projects.

25.07.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 209    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman Iโ€™m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creatโ€ฆ Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

Iโ€™ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

04.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1306    ๐Ÿ” 1514    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 86

Autism is: fine, common, normal
The problem is a world where only some brains are valuable/able to succeed.
If we are concerned about Autism as a "problem," there are real tangible things we could be doing to make the world better for everyone instead of pretending we can prevent neurodiversity.

26.09.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 915    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
a bald stick figure in a chair with his arms out in front like heโ€™s typing on a keyboard, and heโ€™s got the biggest angry frown imaginable and eyebrows that express frustrated bemusement

a bald stick figure in a chair with his arms out in front like heโ€™s typing on a keyboard, and heโ€™s got the biggest angry frown imaginable and eyebrows that express frustrated bemusement

my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me โ€œat workโ€

25.09.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11666    ๐Ÿ” 1306    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 235    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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A quick guide on "How to fall downstairs":

Step 1

Step 6

Step 8, 9, 10, 11.

23.09.2025 05:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1205    ๐Ÿ” 360    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
The title screen of Virtual League Baseball 2 for Virtual Boy.

The title screen of Virtual League Baseball 2 for Virtual Boy.

Gameplay screenshot of Virtual League Baseball 2 for Virtual Boy.

Gameplay screenshot of Virtual League Baseball 2 for Virtual Boy.

The ROM for the unreleased Virtual Boy game Virtual League Baseball 2 has surfaced online. It was planned to be released in 1996 but was ultimately shelved.
About 3 decades later and we can now play this once lost game. Play ball!

19.09.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 198    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Beautiful โค๏ธ

12.09.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Profile.

11.09.2025 07:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 792    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

The first one kinda reminds me of the Beavis and Butthead DOS game, also set in a school ๐Ÿ‘€

07.09.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

Itโ€™s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

06.09.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7635    ๐Ÿ” 1966    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 173
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Some shaders and tools Iโ€™ve created while writing technical art books with Unity ๐Ÿ™‚

#unity3d #indiedev #gamedev

26.08.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1218    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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โ€œI want to work in video gaโ€”โ€œ Donโ€™t
โ€œI wanted to ask you about how to get into narrative desโ€”โ€œ Donโ€™t
โ€œI have a job in marketing but I want to switch to games wriโ€”โ€œ Donโ€™t
โ€œIโ€™m thinking of switching careers to work in gaโ€”โ€œ Donโ€™t
โ€œDo you know a good narrative design couโ€”โ€œ Donโ€™t

13.08.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 970    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Tried to participate a bit more in the open source space and started doing some PR for Godot.

Expectation: Being ridiculed (I'm not super good at C++)

Reality: Super kind and chill contributors pointing out some mistakes and having constructive feedback. I even got my first PR merged :>!

07.08.2025 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 271    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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more billboard 3D fakery :) The ground is just a repeating .gif.
#pixelart

07.08.2025 11:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1288    ๐Ÿ” 183    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Time to port all the Playdate games ๐Ÿ”ฅ

07.08.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kura5's Final Patch is OUT! BOKTAI FANGAME 11 YEARS HAND CODED!!! NOW 100% DONE!!!!!

This update includes...
โšฐ๏ธCostumes
โšฐ๏ธTitles
โšฐ๏ธDifficulty Mode Selects
โšฐ๏ธSilly Bonus Dungeon
โšฐ๏ธAnd More!

Get the update here ๐Ÿ‘‰ chickenhat.itch.io/kura5-bonds-...
Patch notes are here ๐Ÿ‘‰ chickenhat.itch.io/kura5-bonds-...

03.08.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 151    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Just wrapped up my first jam game using #Godot for the #GMTK #GameJam 2025 and had an absolute blast working on it! Would love to hear what you think โค๏ธ

jsmash-salted.itch.io/izakaya-rush

05.08.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very happy to have contributed to the graph on Godot's side ๐Ÿ™Œ

04.08.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It costs a mere 9k to ask him to record a business video on Cameo. Mr. Wozniak, respectfully, is it worth it?

04.08.2025 00:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Day

02.08.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2567    ๐Ÿ” 591    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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when this happens this is my fav thing btw

01.08.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2098    ๐Ÿ” 311    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

Think I've found my spirit animal ๐Ÿฅน

28.07.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ozzy

23.07.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5176    ๐Ÿ” 1247    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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From the OpenAI community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...

Someone โ€œworked on a book with ChatGPTโ€ for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldnโ€™t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/bookโ€ฆ

16.07.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8169    ๐Ÿ” 1956    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 256    ๐Ÿ“Œ 691
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

14.07.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6445    ๐Ÿ” 3436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 205    ๐Ÿ“Œ 968
screenshot of GDScript profiler in Godot showing Script Functions took 83ms this frame

screenshot of GDScript profiler in Godot showing Script Functions took 83ms this frame

screenshot of GDScript profiler in Godot showing Script Functions took 9ms this frame

screenshot of GDScript profiler in Godot showing Script Functions took 9ms this frame

in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

#gamedev #godotengine

14.07.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 578    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Post from Matt Turnbull:

These are really challenging times, and if youโ€™re navigating a layoff or even quietly preparing for one, youโ€™re not alone and you donโ€™t have to go it alone.

I know these types of tools engender strong feelings in people, but I'd be remiss in not trying to offer the best advice I can under the circumstances. Iโ€™ve been experimenting with ways to use LLM AI tools (like ChatGPT or Copilot) to help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss.

Here are some prompt ideas and use cases that might help if you're feeling overwhelmed:

Career Planning Prompts:
โ€œAct as a career coach. Iโ€™ve been laid off from a [role] in the game industry. Help me build a 30-day plan to regroup, research new roles, and start applying without burning out.โ€
โ€œWhat kinds of game industry jobs could I pivot to with experience in [Production/Narrative/LiveOps/etc.]?โ€

Resume & LinkedIn Help
โ€œHereโ€™s my current resume. Give me three tailored versions: one for AAA, one for platform/publishing roles, and one for startup/small studio leadership.โ€
โ€œRewrite this resume bullet to highlight impact and metrics.โ€
โ€œDraft a new LinkedIn โ€˜About Meโ€™ section that focuses on my leadership style, shipped titles, and vision for game development.โ€

Networking & Outreach
โ€œDraft a friendly message I can send to old coworkers letting them know Iโ€™m exploring new opportunities.โ€
โ€œWrite a warm intro message for reaching out to someone at [studio name] about a job posting.โ€

Emotional Clarity & Confidence
โ€œIโ€™m struggling with imposter syndrome after being laid off. Can you help me reframe this experience in a way that reminds me what Iโ€™m good at?โ€

No AI tool is a replacement for your voice or your lived experience. But at a time when mental energy is scarce, these tools can help get you unstuck faster, calmer, and with more clarity.

If this helps, feel free to share with others in your network. 

Stay kind, stay smart, stay connected.

Post from Matt Turnbull: These are really challenging times, and if youโ€™re navigating a layoff or even quietly preparing for one, youโ€™re not alone and you donโ€™t have to go it alone. I know these types of tools engender strong feelings in people, but I'd be remiss in not trying to offer the best advice I can under the circumstances. Iโ€™ve been experimenting with ways to use LLM AI tools (like ChatGPT or Copilot) to help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss. Here are some prompt ideas and use cases that might help if you're feeling overwhelmed: Career Planning Prompts: โ€œAct as a career coach. Iโ€™ve been laid off from a [role] in the game industry. Help me build a 30-day plan to regroup, research new roles, and start applying without burning out.โ€ โ€œWhat kinds of game industry jobs could I pivot to with experience in [Production/Narrative/LiveOps/etc.]?โ€ Resume & LinkedIn Help โ€œHereโ€™s my current resume. Give me three tailored versions: one for AAA, one for platform/publishing roles, and one for startup/small studio leadership.โ€ โ€œRewrite this resume bullet to highlight impact and metrics.โ€ โ€œDraft a new LinkedIn โ€˜About Meโ€™ section that focuses on my leadership style, shipped titles, and vision for game development.โ€ Networking & Outreach โ€œDraft a friendly message I can send to old coworkers letting them know Iโ€™m exploring new opportunities.โ€ โ€œWrite a warm intro message for reaching out to someone at [studio name] about a job posting.โ€ Emotional Clarity & Confidence โ€œIโ€™m struggling with imposter syndrome after being laid off. Can you help me reframe this experience in a way that reminds me what Iโ€™m good at?โ€ No AI tool is a replacement for your voice or your lived experience. But at a time when mental energy is scarce, these tools can help get you unstuck faster, calmer, and with more clarity. If this helps, feel free to share with others in your network. Stay kind, stay smart, stay connected.

Matt Turnbull, Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing - after the Microsoft layoffs - suggesting on Linkedin that may maybe people who have been let go should turn to AI for help. He seriously thought posting this would be a good idea.

04.07.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2969    ๐Ÿ” 807    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 180    ๐Ÿ“Œ 448

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