Tomas Sala
@falconeerdev.bsky.social
Creator of the Falconeer, BAFTA nominated Artist,passionate about games as Art. Honorable Luddite, Working on Bulwark.
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Tomas Sala
@falconeerdev.bsky.social
· Nov 10
So as off right now the Falconeer is 50% off to celebrate its release. And here's a #howitstarted shot by shot comparison of how the game evolved with the Remaster.
If you enjoyed the game, now is no better time than to leave a review on steam and support!
store.steampowered.com/app/1135260/...
If you enjoyed the game, now is no better time than to leave a review on steam and support!
store.steampowered.com/app/1135260/...
I just bought a switch 2 , and mario party jamboree.
Having not owned a switch ever before, but holy shit I've got three heavily frustrated kids. cuz that's not a kids game.
We haven't even figured out how to get more players in, it takes forever to get to playing. Everything is online?
Having not owned a switch ever before, but holy shit I've got three heavily frustrated kids. cuz that's not a kids game.
We haven't even figured out how to get more players in, it takes forever to get to playing. Everything is online?
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I just bought a switch 2 , and mario party jamboree.
Having not owned a switch ever before, but holy shit I've got three heavily frustrated kids. cuz that's not a kids game.
We haven't even figured out how to get more players in, it takes forever to get to playing. Everything is online?
Having not owned a switch ever before, but holy shit I've got three heavily frustrated kids. cuz that's not a kids game.
We haven't even figured out how to get more players in, it takes forever to get to playing. Everything is online?
A small tease of the hull control gizmos.. and how the hull and its various aspects is generated to conform to the gizmos. Deck, Cross section, Bow and Stern are all controlled via these spinal gizmos.
#indiedev
#indiedev
December 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A small tease of the hull control gizmos.. and how the hull and its various aspects is generated to conform to the gizmos. Deck, Cross section, Bow and Stern are all controlled via these spinal gizmos.
#indiedev
#indiedev
I've played around with some persistent AI environments and its meaningless wobbly shite.
It's what people with no understanding of games imagine games will be, their imagination stretches no further than endless pacman, and they see players as little cash dispensing hamsters.
It's what people with no understanding of games imagine games will be, their imagination stretches no further than endless pacman, and they see players as little cash dispensing hamsters.
When are these genAI people going to understand that human error is the foundation of art. I - and I believe many others - don't need a company that uses insane amounts of water to generate these sterile digital products, and erases the messy reality of creation. www.ft.com/content/9b1b...
AI ‘world models’ promise to reshape $190bn video games industry
Google DeepMind and Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs target gaming with AI-generated 3D environments
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I've played around with some persistent AI environments and its meaningless wobbly shite.
It's what people with no understanding of games imagine games will be, their imagination stretches no further than endless pacman, and they see players as little cash dispensing hamsters.
It's what people with no understanding of games imagine games will be, their imagination stretches no further than endless pacman, and they see players as little cash dispensing hamsters.
This christmas let us tear down the hero's journey in games.
No sacrifice, no loss,no community, no personal growth can survive the neverending power fantasy of hero-games.
You have levelled up, but you are not a hero. Otherwise you would have cured/convinced/avoided the pile corpses at your feet.
No sacrifice, no loss,no community, no personal growth can survive the neverending power fantasy of hero-games.
You have levelled up, but you are not a hero. Otherwise you would have cured/convinced/avoided the pile corpses at your feet.
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This christmas let us tear down the hero's journey in games.
No sacrifice, no loss,no community, no personal growth can survive the neverending power fantasy of hero-games.
You have levelled up, but you are not a hero. Otherwise you would have cured/convinced/avoided the pile corpses at your feet.
No sacrifice, no loss,no community, no personal growth can survive the neverending power fantasy of hero-games.
You have levelled up, but you are not a hero. Otherwise you would have cured/convinced/avoided the pile corpses at your feet.
little Mancer boat for xmas!
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
little Mancer boat for xmas!
precariously stacked items.. check..
December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
precariously stacked items.. check..
I've spend a week iterating over gizmos, trying to reduce them to the minimal function. and it's worked quite well. I've even been able to add more control. With lots of custom deformable objects, (like stretching the conning tower), or using the stretch gizmo as a rotation handle,
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I've spend a week iterating over gizmos, trying to reduce them to the minimal function. and it's worked quite well. I've even been able to add more control. With lots of custom deformable objects, (like stretching the conning tower), or using the stretch gizmo as a rotation handle,
That AI and ProcGen debate again, this one kinda hurts cuz I love proc-gen, It's like an artform to deconstruct and find the hidden relations in what you are creating. It's a deliberate deconstruction.
Not randomly stacking bricks of random shite together until it becomes a house.
Not randomly stacking bricks of random shite together until it becomes a house.
December 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
That AI and ProcGen debate again, this one kinda hurts cuz I love proc-gen, It's like an artform to deconstruct and find the hidden relations in what you are creating. It's a deliberate deconstruction.
Not randomly stacking bricks of random shite together until it becomes a house.
Not randomly stacking bricks of random shite together until it becomes a house.
Gizmos.. I have a few
December 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Gizmos.. I have a few
So this ingame ship creator is at the very early stage. But it already has that Bulwark flaw: Its fast and near effortless, so you tend to get somewhere cool in literally minutes , but that won't click for some grind addicted gamers.
It seems I am gonna roll that boat uphill over and over again.
It seems I am gonna roll that boat uphill over and over again.
December 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So this ingame ship creator is at the very early stage. But it already has that Bulwark flaw: Its fast and near effortless, so you tend to get somewhere cool in literally minutes , but that won't click for some grind addicted gamers.
It seems I am gonna roll that boat uphill over and over again.
It seems I am gonna roll that boat uphill over and over again.
Hahah my kids got a hold of the build...
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hahah my kids got a hold of the build...
hmmm I feel this could be an addictive little editor.
December 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
hmmm I feel this could be an addictive little editor.
ooh finally AI made me laugh.. brilliant
They really nailed the parody of commercials "produced" by genAI vm.tiktok.com/ZGdmdpKRx/
December 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ooh finally AI made me laugh.. brilliant
#screenshotsaturday. It seems I've moved beyond the TestHull and gone down to actually having a decent toolset on this Ship design editor. #Ancientwaves #Bulwark
For those tuning in on the boats.. psss it's a secret ;)
For those tuning in on the boats.. psss it's a secret ;)
December 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#screenshotsaturday. It seems I've moved beyond the TestHull and gone down to actually having a decent toolset on this Ship design editor. #Ancientwaves #Bulwark
For those tuning in on the boats.. psss it's a secret ;)
For those tuning in on the boats.. psss it's a secret ;)
What's truly funny is that when using Claude AI,, the app itself, the interface to this future changing tech, is goddamn awful.
poorly designed,a buggy mess that cannot even refresh its window properly, will lose inputs you write, and generally is a cheaply made, poorly designed Slop.
poorly designed,a buggy mess that cannot even refresh its window properly, will lose inputs you write, and generally is a cheaply made, poorly designed Slop.
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What's truly funny is that when using Claude AI,, the app itself, the interface to this future changing tech, is goddamn awful.
poorly designed,a buggy mess that cannot even refresh its window properly, will lose inputs you write, and generally is a cheaply made, poorly designed Slop.
poorly designed,a buggy mess that cannot even refresh its window properly, will lose inputs you write, and generally is a cheaply made, poorly designed Slop.
When applying known solutions, you are interested in a short path to testable result.
When you need that which doesn't exist and you cannot yet quantify, then you are going to iterate and search, the journey becomes the process of creation, AI becomes less useful.
That is what concept art is!
When you need that which doesn't exist and you cannot yet quantify, then you are going to iterate and search, the journey becomes the process of creation, AI becomes less useful.
That is what concept art is!
December 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When applying known solutions, you are interested in a short path to testable result.
When you need that which doesn't exist and you cannot yet quantify, then you are going to iterate and search, the journey becomes the process of creation, AI becomes less useful.
That is what concept art is!
When you need that which doesn't exist and you cannot yet quantify, then you are going to iterate and search, the journey becomes the process of creation, AI becomes less useful.
That is what concept art is!
It's so cute, with its wittle guns..
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's so cute, with its wittle guns..
It's a blend between the dutch and french ships.. also I made it even dumber @tim-popelier.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It's a blend between the dutch and french ships.. also I made it even dumber @tim-popelier.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@megacrit.com my eldest is now improving his reading skills cuz slay the spire is in Dutch!.
And he is having a great time doing it!
Thx!
And he is having a great time doing it!
Thx!
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@megacrit.com my eldest is now improving his reading skills cuz slay the spire is in Dutch!.
And he is having a great time doing it!
Thx!
And he is having a great time doing it!
Thx!
Alright so I won't be posting a lot of this the coming months cuz I'll be hard at work creating the best ship creation tool/game design around.
But this is what my generative code can produce as of now.
I mean I can bemoan all the failures in this industry, but this is what its about. #gamedev
But this is what my generative code can produce as of now.
I mean I can bemoan all the failures in this industry, but this is what its about. #gamedev
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Alright so I won't be posting a lot of this the coming months cuz I'll be hard at work creating the best ship creation tool/game design around.
But this is what my generative code can produce as of now.
I mean I can bemoan all the failures in this industry, but this is what its about. #gamedev
But this is what my generative code can produce as of now.
I mean I can bemoan all the failures in this industry, but this is what its about. #gamedev
Alright less complaining. Back to making games.
Let the corporations figure it out. Who am I eh..
(Deleted some threads about corporations sinking cash into bad ideas, when there is a world of scalable succesful indiegames out there to support).
Frustration isn't what I need today.
Let the corporations figure it out. Who am I eh..
(Deleted some threads about corporations sinking cash into bad ideas, when there is a world of scalable succesful indiegames out there to support).
Frustration isn't what I need today.
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Alright less complaining. Back to making games.
Let the corporations figure it out. Who am I eh..
(Deleted some threads about corporations sinking cash into bad ideas, when there is a world of scalable succesful indiegames out there to support).
Frustration isn't what I need today.
Let the corporations figure it out. Who am I eh..
(Deleted some threads about corporations sinking cash into bad ideas, when there is a world of scalable succesful indiegames out there to support).
Frustration isn't what I need today.
Sometimes you see a game that so nails this retro look so well. It makes the visuals more appealing , make the restrictions work for the visuals and it just looks so incredible. I mean this oozes style and mood.
Stunning #indiegame
Stunning #indiegame
We're publishing Queens Domain!
Inspired by Dark Souls progenitor King’s Field, it's a damn brutal and stylish retro-fantasy RPG
DEMO OUT NOW
- Fly with your Holy Sword
- 50+ melee weapons
- Eat delicious food
- 100+ enemies, mini bosses & bosses to defeat
- Explore a mysterious labyrinth island
Inspired by Dark Souls progenitor King’s Field, it's a damn brutal and stylish retro-fantasy RPG
DEMO OUT NOW
- Fly with your Holy Sword
- 50+ melee weapons
- Eat delicious food
- 100+ enemies, mini bosses & bosses to defeat
- Explore a mysterious labyrinth island
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Sometimes you see a game that so nails this retro look so well. It makes the visuals more appealing , make the restrictions work for the visuals and it just looks so incredible. I mean this oozes style and mood.
Stunning #indiegame
Stunning #indiegame
This is is getting kids hooked thru gambling mechanics. These are all the same tricks used by online gambling. Coded for kids.
Its fucking the grossest thing. It makes me be ashamed to be in the same industry.
Burn it with fire.
Its fucking the grossest thing. It makes me be ashamed to be in the same industry.
Burn it with fire.
In case you were wondering what it’s like to boot a free to play mobile game in 2025
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is is getting kids hooked thru gambling mechanics. These are all the same tricks used by online gambling. Coded for kids.
Its fucking the grossest thing. It makes me be ashamed to be in the same industry.
Burn it with fire.
Its fucking the grossest thing. It makes me be ashamed to be in the same industry.
Burn it with fire.
So I did some evaluating of AI coding tools again, trying to keep up.
I tried Claude this time, which is indeed a lot more capable. But it's kinda freaky how much it still makes the same mistakes and get stuck in the same loops.
I tried Claude this time, which is indeed a lot more capable. But it's kinda freaky how much it still makes the same mistakes and get stuck in the same loops.
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
So I did some evaluating of AI coding tools again, trying to keep up.
I tried Claude this time, which is indeed a lot more capable. But it's kinda freaky how much it still makes the same mistakes and get stuck in the same loops.
I tried Claude this time, which is indeed a lot more capable. But it's kinda freaky how much it still makes the same mistakes and get stuck in the same loops.