Danny Day
@dislekcia.bsky.social
IGF award-winning game developer. BJJ purple belt. Retired online community leader. Inline vert skater in a previous life. Gifted kid to adult ADD pipeline. Leftist, feminist, antiracist, anticolonialist South African. he/him
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Danny Day
@dislekcia.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Short Intro:
Hi, I'm Danny Day, a game designer/programmer/bizdev. In 2005 I accidentally started South Africa's largest game development community. I built QCF Design in 2007, we won an IGF award for Desktop Dungeons in 2011.
I talk about BJJ often and inline skate so well that I met Tony Hawk.
Hi, I'm Danny Day, a game designer/programmer/bizdev. In 2005 I accidentally started South Africa's largest game development community. I built QCF Design in 2007, we won an IGF award for Desktop Dungeons in 2011.
I talk about BJJ often and inline skate so well that I met Tony Hawk.
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"an unholy combination of monty hall and minesweeper" by @spindleyq.information-superhighway.net www.information-superhighway.net/montsweeper/
Montsweeper: Monty Hall IS The Problem Now
www.information-superhighway.net
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"an unholy combination of monty hall and minesweeper" by @spindleyq.information-superhighway.net www.information-superhighway.net/montsweeper/
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"But I have never met misogynist who could outsmart bullet."
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"But I have never met misogynist who could outsmart bullet."
Kid was exploring on the Switch and installed Animal Crossing. Just trying to deal with the horrific way it does menus reminded me how viscerally I hate that fucking game. It *insists* on wasting your time at every turn, for no benefit.
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kid was exploring on the Switch and installed Animal Crossing. Just trying to deal with the horrific way it does menus reminded me how viscerally I hate that fucking game. It *insists* on wasting your time at every turn, for no benefit.
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BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Introduction
We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our th...
secretlives.games
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
Anyone know how to change the default Xcode project name that Unity generates? I'm sick of having all my games called Unity-iPhone :(
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Anyone know how to change the default Xcode project name that Unity generates? I'm sick of having all my games called Unity-iPhone :(
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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There was an old hacker from Stoke
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
There was an old hacker from Stoke
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
Waiting for the class action suits about removing functionality as punishment for disabling unwanted AI intrusions. Pretty sure our Consumer Protection Act might be stretched to cover this, but ofc global south so why should Google give a shit?
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Waiting for the class action suits about removing functionality as punishment for disabling unwanted AI intrusions. Pretty sure our Consumer Protection Act might be stretched to cover this, but ofc global south so why should Google give a shit?
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Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
I have just realised that I can detect players high fiving in my alt ctrl game...
November 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I have just realised that I can detect players high fiving in my alt ctrl game...
Layer "kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi" over all temp audio.
Audio (sound effects, music, and dialogue) has a weird relationship with temp assets, mostly because of issues revolving around human psychology.
Problem #1: How do you communicate that something you're hearing is temp?
Problem #1: How do you communicate that something you're hearing is temp?
The annoying thing about the "oh we left a placeholder" generative AI slop excuse is that that is EXACTLY NOT how you should be using placeholders. Anything "not obviously terrible with a panicked hurried half-awake glance" is getting shipped.
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Layer "kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi" over all temp audio.
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This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
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Been working with the Furcula boyz on this one for about a year now. Adorably weird game made by two superb humans (with support from their equally superb cats).
Morsels is out now!
Capture creatures. Stack upgrades. Take down the feline regime.
Capture creatures. Stack upgrades. Take down the feline regime.
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Been working with the Furcula boyz on this one for about a year now. Adorably weird game made by two superb humans (with support from their equally superb cats).
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Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
WSJ: “.. If the AI market blows up, the blast radius would be wide, hitting not only Wall Street firms, but also pensions, mutual and exchange-traded funds and individual investors, because of how debt is often sliced and resold across the financial landscape.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures
Went through all of the options we added to our sandbox with the director today, lots of "Oh, we have that, great!" And some really good UX customization options emerging from it all.
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Went through all of the options we added to our sandbox with the director today, lots of "Oh, we have that, great!" And some really good UX customization options emerging from it all.
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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I couldn't come up with clever patreon tiers, so I went with weird.
www.patreon.com/4188767/join
www.patreon.com/4188767/join
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I couldn't come up with clever patreon tiers, so I went with weird.
www.patreon.com/4188767/join
www.patreon.com/4188767/join
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Xbox made the certification documents public (this is it takes to ship/pass the checklist/QA to launch a game on Xbox) for everyone; and Nintendo/PS should consider the same. There are a lot of things that if were common knowledge would save hours/money to everyone. developer.microsoft.... #gamedev
Unlocking Access to Game Publishing Documentation for All Developers
We’re removing barriers to learning and making it easier for teams of all sizes to understand what it takes to ship a game on Xbox.
developer.microsoft.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Xbox made the certification documents public (this is it takes to ship/pass the checklist/QA to launch a game on Xbox) for everyone; and Nintendo/PS should consider the same. There are a lot of things that if were common knowledge would save hours/money to everyone. developer.microsoft.... #gamedev
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Localising Cadence made me understand I was influenced by the East more than I consciously realised...
But also we're getting real close to shipped now!
But also we're getting real close to shipped now!
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Localising Cadence made me understand I was influenced by the East more than I consciously realised...
But also we're getting real close to shipped now!
But also we're getting real close to shipped now!
"Samus, be careful of that airlock over there. If that opens and my faceplate's not down it'd be a tricky day for me, haha!"
"Samus, there's something interesting over there. Are you sure we don't need to use that?"
I feel my soul leave my body...
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond delivers the series' trademark gameplay - but one very annoying addition might derail the whole thing:
www.eurogamer.net/metroid-prim...
I feel my soul leave my body...
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond delivers the series' trademark gameplay - but one very annoying addition might derail the whole thing:
www.eurogamer.net/metroid-prim...
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Samus, be careful of that airlock over there. If that opens and my faceplate's not down it'd be a tricky day for me, haha!"
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
Me, feeling smart for watching aggressively more and more boring stuff until my child goes to sleep.
Also me, remembering how much golf my parents seemed to enjoy...
Also me, remembering how much golf my parents seemed to enjoy...
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Me, feeling smart for watching aggressively more and more boring stuff until my child goes to sleep.
Also me, remembering how much golf my parents seemed to enjoy...
Also me, remembering how much golf my parents seemed to enjoy...
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The temperature is getting colder here in London, so this is an excellent time to remind you that every hour, the monster goes out to the weather station in London to check the temperature and sets the price for A Good Snowman is Hard to Build to match the weather.
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build by Draknek & Friends, Benjamin Davis
Pay what the temperature is: 16.3°C = $16.30!
draknek.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The temperature is getting colder here in London, so this is an excellent time to remind you that every hour, the monster goes out to the weather station in London to check the temperature and sets the price for A Good Snowman is Hard to Build to match the weather.
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
Weirds me out that responding to the "why are you wearing a mask" question with "I was on an international flight recently" gets approving nods. Like, folks know it's a good idea, they just don't want to do it themselves.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Weirds me out that responding to the "why are you wearing a mask" question with "I was on an international flight recently" gets approving nods. Like, folks know it's a good idea, they just don't want to do it themselves.