Ian Maclure
@fearian.bsky.social
🎇 Freelance VFX artist: Avaliable for contract work!
☁️ Recently shipped LOST SKIES ☁️
☄️ Indie developing something cool under www.meteorspark.games moniker 👀
☁️ Recently shipped LOST SKIES ☁️
☄️ Indie developing something cool under www.meteorspark.games moniker 👀
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The crazy thing about these google gemini clips, is that it's functionality as a "game" has not improved in the years since its announcement. It's simply faster and higher resolution.
You cannot just make a louder and clearer radio and say it's closer to being a television!
You cannot just make a louder and clearer radio and say it's closer to being a television!
February 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The crazy thing about these google gemini clips, is that it's functionality as a "game" has not improved in the years since its announcement. It's simply faster and higher resolution.
You cannot just make a louder and clearer radio and say it's closer to being a television!
You cannot just make a louder and clearer radio and say it's closer to being a television!
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To be clear, this is not a referendum on the quality of AI content. Markets are spooked because they believe tools like Project Genie will allow anyone to generate a video game. This is not actually possible. If you are a trader and would like to pay me 10 million dollars to explain why, hmu
January 30, 2026 at 5:23 PM
To be clear, this is not a referendum on the quality of AI content. Markets are spooked because they believe tools like Project Genie will allow anyone to generate a video game. This is not actually possible. If you are a trader and would like to pay me 10 million dollars to explain why, hmu
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is that matthew fuckin mercer
On her livestream tonight, #IL09 candidate Kat Abughazaleh teased what appears to be a new 60-second-long campaign ad
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 PM
is that matthew fuckin mercer
I used to buy art books for reference and inspiration. Then to support my favourite artists.
Now, in part, I buy art books so that they can sit on a forgotten shelf, where my daughter or nieces can find them at a formative time in their teenage years and think what the fuck is this?? This rules??
Now, in part, I buy art books so that they can sit on a forgotten shelf, where my daughter or nieces can find them at a formative time in their teenage years and think what the fuck is this?? This rules??
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I used to buy art books for reference and inspiration. Then to support my favourite artists.
Now, in part, I buy art books so that they can sit on a forgotten shelf, where my daughter or nieces can find them at a formative time in their teenage years and think what the fuck is this?? This rules??
Now, in part, I buy art books so that they can sit on a forgotten shelf, where my daughter or nieces can find them at a formative time in their teenage years and think what the fuck is this?? This rules??
I started following a super generic "Gaming" account that just posts engagement/nostalgia bait and low hanging news about incredibly well known AAA games. Nothing toxic, but definitely uninformed.
I just realized how easy it is to become disconnected with what regular people know about games.
I just realized how easy it is to become disconnected with what regular people know about games.
January 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I started following a super generic "Gaming" account that just posts engagement/nostalgia bait and low hanging news about incredibly well known AAA games. Nothing toxic, but definitely uninformed.
I just realized how easy it is to become disconnected with what regular people know about games.
I just realized how easy it is to become disconnected with what regular people know about games.
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Retro Textures 1 is out now! 🎉
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Retro Textures 1 is out now! 🎉
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
Completely free to download and use in any of your projects. Includes 115 textures like walls, floors, windows, doors and much more!
kenney.nl/assets/retro... (no tracking, no ads, no sign-up, etc.)
"Get me things, Daddy robot!"
"Ah! You still have to say please and thankyou to robots, kiddo."
"..Why???"
"Because it wastes their cloud compute."
"Okay. Get me things PLEASE daddy robot!"
"beep boop yess masterr"
"Ah! You still have to say please and thankyou to robots, kiddo."
"..Why???"
"Because it wastes their cloud compute."
"Okay. Get me things PLEASE daddy robot!"
"beep boop yess masterr"
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 AM
"Get me things, Daddy robot!"
"Ah! You still have to say please and thankyou to robots, kiddo."
"..Why???"
"Because it wastes their cloud compute."
"Okay. Get me things PLEASE daddy robot!"
"beep boop yess masterr"
"Ah! You still have to say please and thankyou to robots, kiddo."
"..Why???"
"Because it wastes their cloud compute."
"Okay. Get me things PLEASE daddy robot!"
"beep boop yess masterr"
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If you're not trying to minimize the human cost of your business decisions, then you're not making ethical decisions. End of discussion.
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
If you're not trying to minimize the human cost of your business decisions, then you're not making ethical decisions. End of discussion.
...Field 6
Slightly diminish a game
Wipe 2097
Wipe 2097
Slightly diminish a game.
Chatty Hill
Chatty Hill
January 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
...Field 6
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happening soon
store.steampowered.com/app/4110830/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4110830/...
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
happening soon
store.steampowered.com/app/4110830/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4110830/...
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This is the most concise encapsulation of the game industry heading into 2026 I’ve seen.
PlayStation's top five most-played games of 2025 are exactly the same as 2024's
www.eurogamer.net/playstations...
www.eurogamer.net/playstations...
January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
This is the most concise encapsulation of the game industry heading into 2026 I’ve seen.
Stalker 2 is not scaling well into the mid-game and I couldn't care less. Walking through haunted woodland with a geiger counter and a SVD in the rain is just such a mood.
January 7, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Stalker 2 is not scaling well into the mid-game and I couldn't care less. Walking through haunted woodland with a geiger counter and a SVD in the rain is just such a mood.
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I'm a badge-carrying Reddit disliker.
I sometimes drop a video in one indie game channel or another, then get a 200 word chastisement for not formatting it right or whatever.
So I started a no-nonsense, "normal" indie game Subreddit where people can post indie game videos, podcasts, reviews etc.
I sometimes drop a video in one indie game channel or another, then get a 200 word chastisement for not formatting it right or whatever.
So I started a no-nonsense, "normal" indie game Subreddit where people can post indie game videos, podcasts, reviews etc.
indiegametube
A chill place for indie game videos, podcast, reviews — share your stuff, and check out what others are posting!
www.reddit.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I'm a badge-carrying Reddit disliker.
I sometimes drop a video in one indie game channel or another, then get a 200 word chastisement for not formatting it right or whatever.
So I started a no-nonsense, "normal" indie game Subreddit where people can post indie game videos, podcasts, reviews etc.
I sometimes drop a video in one indie game channel or another, then get a 200 word chastisement for not formatting it right or whatever.
So I started a no-nonsense, "normal" indie game Subreddit where people can post indie game videos, podcasts, reviews etc.
Unity developer comfort blueprint:
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Unity developer comfort blueprint:
Some of my favorite foley is the anachronistic sounds that have become a shorthand. I like that when Carol switches off a flatscreen TV in Pluribus it makes a Cathode TV *schwip*. What other noise means a TV turning off!
January 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Some of my favorite foley is the anachronistic sounds that have become a shorthand. I like that when Carol switches off a flatscreen TV in Pluribus it makes a Cathode TV *schwip*. What other noise means a TV turning off!
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Beach Battle Scenario (Brave Story: New Traveler, PSP, Game Republic, 2006)
January 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Beach Battle Scenario (Brave Story: New Traveler, PSP, Game Republic, 2006)
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had to wait until the servers weren't so overloaded, but I'm proud to announce that Quake Brutalist Jam 3 is out now!
there's a standalone version that works like a game for those who don't own quake too!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
this was a tremendous group effort, I couldn't be happier!
there's a standalone version that works like a game for those who don't own quake too!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
this was a tremendous group effort, I couldn't be happier!
Jam - Quake Brutalist Jam III
Quake Brutalist Jam III is a megalithic community project more than a year in the making. It features an entirely new arsenal, a set of new monsters, new powerups, and a complete visual overhaul of Qu...
www.slipseer.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:39 AM
had to wait until the servers weren't so overloaded, but I'm proud to announce that Quake Brutalist Jam 3 is out now!
there's a standalone version that works like a game for those who don't own quake too!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
this was a tremendous group effort, I couldn't be happier!
there's a standalone version that works like a game for those who don't own quake too!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
this was a tremendous group effort, I couldn't be happier!
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Watchtower
Painting study
Painting study
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Watchtower
Painting study
Painting study
I've been in the games industry for about 15 years, and given how challenging I fully understand game development to be after ~5 shipped games, I feel like my opinions on how to design a game successfully only get more naive over time, and all the complexity lies in the business end.
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I've been in the games industry for about 15 years, and given how challenging I fully understand game development to be after ~5 shipped games, I feel like my opinions on how to design a game successfully only get more naive over time, and all the complexity lies in the business end.
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What? You've never seen an ASW Harrier before?
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What? You've never seen an ASW Harrier before?