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Lead Programmer @FuturLab working on PowerWash Simulator 2 ๐Ÿ’ฆ. Previously worked on PWS VR ๐Ÿ’ง, on a mental health & wellbeing study in PWS 1 with Oxford University ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฌ and on Onward (VR) ๐Ÿ”ซ Opinions are my own. He/Him

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Photo of a small plush fluffy creature being held. It has blue fur and is wearing a Santa hat

Photo of a small plush fluffy creature being held. It has blue fur and is wearing a Santa hat

Mini Fluffy Creature ornaments are now available in my shop! ๐ŸŽ…
www.hannahcomstock.com/store

23.11.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game devs DESPERATELY need to look further afield if they want a rewarding career that uses their skills.

We are launching 'Beyond Games' from January - a series of online events that each explore games and how they intersect with another sector.

See below for free tix to the first 4 below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

25.11.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not at all terrifying

25.11.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The dad from Coraline, sitting at his computer and looking like the most tired and disheveled person who has ever existed.

The dad from Coraline, sitting at his computer and looking like the most tired and disheveled person who has ever existed.

Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!

24.11.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1956    ๐Ÿ” 425    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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pew pew

24.11.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1408    ๐Ÿ” 218    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a  pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.

Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.

We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.

24.11.2025 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5941    ๐Ÿ” 1803    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 116    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5โ€™+ hood heights so that if youโ€™re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like theyโ€™re supposed to be.

25.11.2025 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4649    ๐Ÿ” 759    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

It also misses a HUGE opportunity for dev whimsy.

I remember working on Magic: Duels and badly photoshopping tropical print shirts onto placeholder planeswalkers key art while waiting for the full-res files to come in. Because, y'know, we wanted it to be VERY OBVIOUS it wasn't final

25.11.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 812    ๐Ÿ” 241    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

24.11.2025 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15587    ๐Ÿ” 6131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 699    ๐Ÿ“Œ 605

Well well. Well well well.

24.11.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 407    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.

24.11.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2986    ๐Ÿ” 969    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
illustration of a catacomb saint standing on a pile of skulls
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#kimgakaku

illustration of a catacomb saint standing on a pile of skulls __ #kimgakaku

๐Ÿ’€โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ’ซ

24.11.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7832    ๐Ÿ” 2102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Glad you found work dude! Hope you're able to keep it going and/or find something stable in the future! ๐Ÿคž Such a tough time for game dev folk ๐Ÿ˜”

24.11.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly there's not much bigger a sign of capitalism being fundamentally broken than someone like this having the most money. Everything he does and says is a detriment to humanity.

He could literally solve world hunger but chooses to try to make the most hateful virtual chatbot he possibly can.

24.11.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A colorful, predominantly yellow illustration of a blue Alien, the top of his all pointy, spikey down his back and neck

A colorful, predominantly yellow illustration of a blue Alien, the top of his all pointy, spikey down his back and neck

Day 24 of #zenovember and still on my Deacon bullshit

24.11.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 224    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yo whatโ€™s up chat. Itโ€™s ya boy Sisyphus, back again with another Eternal Boulder Any% run. If youโ€™re new here, smash that follow button like Zeus smashed my hopes and dreams.

23.11.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1727    ๐Ÿ” 305    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Tiny Tires Steam Trailer
YouTube video by Jรณn Kristinsson Tiny Tires Steam Trailer

Tiny Tires by @jonkk.bsky.social is looking super slick and satisfying! Definitely late to the party with this one but it looks like it'll scratch the itch that Micro Machines left me with. ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿค๐Ÿคฉ

Can wishlist here if you too like the look of it! - store.steampowered.com/app/2433790/...

23.11.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿค”

22.11.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2170    ๐Ÿ” 755    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

I'm tempted to pin this one. Nail on the fucking head.

22.11.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot of the Australian version of Taste Christmas, a recipe magazine, showing a recipe for a gingerbread house made of something known as "crack", which I think is some kind of mixture of chocolate and salty ingredients like crackers or pretzels. so they've called it "festive crack house"

a screenshot of the Australian version of Taste Christmas, a recipe magazine, showing a recipe for a gingerbread house made of something known as "crack", which I think is some kind of mixture of chocolate and salty ingredients like crackers or pretzels. so they've called it "festive crack house"

oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that

21.11.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1456    ๐Ÿ” 536    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

Well that was fucking incredible. He cast a charm spell on the most odious man alive.

21.11.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5611    ๐Ÿ” 428    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.

21.11.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1967    ๐Ÿ” 461    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 128
21.11.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6859    ๐Ÿ” 1269    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
an alien looking orange kitten with a googly eye placed in between his eyes on his forehead

an alien looking orange kitten with a googly eye placed in between his eyes on his forehead

he sees all

21.11.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1941    ๐Ÿ” 366    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Aye

21.11.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5725    ๐Ÿ” 2340    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 131
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she's had the same bed for 9 years

22.11.2025 01:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 173    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll be the fun police.

Don't play Arc Raiders. Do better. Play a game with real voice acting.

08.11.2025 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1446    ๐Ÿ” 871    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Oh look

22.11.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Quite the contrary. Socialism is incredibly popular with the average American voter. It's the word "socialism" that's unpopular. Tell them that the government is taking away Medicare, the fire department, the Army, their social security benefits... and see what they say.

This is a branding problem.

21.11.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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