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@klightgrove.bsky.social

Engineer in the startup space with almost a decade of running online communities under his belt. Talking about #gamedev, #unity, and #indie games when I'm not drowning under my tickets. Supporting indie creators is our greatest charge.

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I replayed it because I was curious how the game difference by class and companion, and your choices too. Theres so much complexity though that its hard to routinely replay the game without the wiki on hand.

15.10.2025 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pro #gamedev tip: donโ€™t ask a dev why they want GDC [Festival of Gaming] moved to another city.

29.09.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Run Shiba Run! by Generalisk, XeKat, Er3te, Abdullah33, Kheeto, ravenshore, Hidden_Tree, NitroBuilder101, Ryba, SteveJones92, Pseudo_deity, Sherwatt, Bonsix, Kasteo, SwendVideo, LeViciouS, Gooneytunes... Your owner is distracted! Gorge yourself on as many biscuits as you can before time runs out!

You like #indie games? We had 50 devs work on a submission for #brackeys this year and are now hard at work preparing for the Steam release. Don't let people tell you that the ideal team size is 4, they are hiding the truth from you. Bigger is better.

generalisk.itch.io/run-shiba-run

09.09.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Discovered the best team size for a #gamejam is 50. Why arenโ€™t more gamedevs doing this?

09.09.2025 04:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really should post more, guess Iโ€™ll do deep dives into cool jam games I find

16.08.2025 04:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

tfw you are almost 6 months into the year and havent done a game yet

29.05.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An anthropomorphic hammerhead shark in an underwater scene

An anthropomorphic hammerhead shark in an underwater scene

A sandy environment with rugged cliffs, a grassy park with a lone tree surrounded by small rocks, a house with a garage surrounded by grass, and an interior environment with a table and seating around it

A sandy environment with rugged cliffs, a grassy park with a lone tree surrounded by small rocks, a house with a garage surrounded by grass, and an interior environment with a table and seating around it

seven windows icons made out of sushi: google chrome, folder, photos, mail, full recycle bin, txt file, empty recycle bin

seven windows icons made out of sushi: google chrome, folder, photos, mail, full recycle bin, txt file, empty recycle bin

A half-full martini glass with an olive on a toothpick in it

A half-full martini glass with an olive on a toothpick in it

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Olive and I do pixel art & animation :3

I do a lot of gameboy-compatible stuff but I also like experimenting with my style!

08.04.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 257    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He co-founded Red 5 Studios after working 8 years at Blizzard as a producer.

At Red 5 he infamously destroyed his career by spending the studio budget on an e-sports bus for marketing material, worth $3 million.

He was then forced out of the company in 2013.

30.03.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

where did you get it then

30.03.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

where does one acquire an unreal engine 2 these days

30.03.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wait seth rogen was supposed to have presented at gdc????

28.03.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this about GTA V

because that meditation was anything but lol

25.03.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some of the most successful games of all time build long-term playerbases through exploration. Wonder what makes people think this is no longer relevant.

25.03.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the absence of twitter is finally having an impact as people take their dev drama to linkedin now

25.03.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

or use the GDC tag / posts to find new people too

25.03.2025 03:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the same vein, we don't go as hard on devs for casually using media they don't own in prototypes or jams. For prototyping, anything should be fair game imo.

The point of prototyping is that you don't use production quality assets and that you are both fast and cheap.

24.03.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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> no experience with gamedev
> under the Game Dev category

24.03.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had no idea we can even get ribbons ๐Ÿ˜ญ

24.03.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As studios invest in these solutions and they under deliver, we will see the bubble slowly break until the remnants of these startups get absorbed by Epic, Unity, or another company to have their tech become a small part of the pipeline.

Hopefully sooner than later, or they don't invest at all.

24.03.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As for which parts of the bubble will burst? Web3 is on its last legs along with blockchain. NFTs are a relic of the past. It's all GenAI now.

Virtual NPCs for your game, creating models from photos, generated animations, localization services, and of course art.

24.03.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've chatted with folks at GDC about the AI bubble. The consensus is that regardless of your area, to get venture capital you have to pitch your product as involving AI. It's such a boilerplate word now but context should give away which AI we are discussing imo.

24.03.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When the bathrooms only have 3 sinks and half the hand sanitizer stations are empty ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

24.03.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

gonna need a portable air fryer to hand out all those fried pickles

24.03.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The questions now are

1, how will AAA circumvent this
2. how can indies adapt

24.03.2025 05:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@notgdc.io

24.03.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i was trying to think of a clever joke about why are you watching Pittsburgh but then i look up the show and thats literally it

24.03.2025 02:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

fun fact! the flight time from sfo to dfw is only slightly longer than if you were in the gdc crepe line at the expo hall.

24.03.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and as im nearing almost a decade of volunteer work ive been thinking about criticisms people have. obviously it takes privilege to do this, but the fulfillment of helping inclusive communities grow makes it worthwhile

23.03.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

something I do for funsies is being a casting agent for a content creator. and wow, the sheer amount of spam emails is ludicrous. might need to just make another email dedicated to this and add extra hoops for people to contact me lol.

23.03.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chappell Roan game coming 2025?

23.03.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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