giwake
@giwake.bsky.social
she/they, girlthing
20something game dev
programmer by necessity. trying to get the hang of this posting thing.
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20something game dev
programmer by necessity. trying to get the hang of this posting thing.
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having a voiced reaction from the protagonist to immsim style readables always feels like a buzzkill to me. lemme ruminate on it!
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
having a voiced reaction from the protagonist to immsim style readables always feels like a buzzkill to me. lemme ruminate on it!
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it’s kind of silly but error messages like these always make me a little sad. seeing deactivated services and dead links and the like. why must things die…..
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
it’s kind of silly but error messages like these always make me a little sad. seeing deactivated services and dead links and the like. why must things die…..
two evils of the world:
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
two evils of the world:
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
the 30 second tiktok that explains too much to the point of overwhelming you
vs
the 4 hour video essay that says fucking nothing
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that one video from 2021 that (I think?) gave me the only sliver of cred in quake 1 community that I'm coasting on to this day
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
that one video from 2021 that (I think?) gave me the only sliver of cred in quake 1 community that I'm coasting on to this day
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Yes, MD3 doesn't have vertex wobble. The best thing about it though is that it allows us to show BIBLICALLY ACCURATE QBJ3 WEAPONS
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yes, MD3 doesn't have vertex wobble. The best thing about it though is that it allows us to show BIBLICALLY ACCURATE QBJ3 WEAPONS
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this is how we feel drawing graphics in warioware d.i.y. after meticulously planning it out in paint dot net
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
this is how we feel drawing graphics in warioware d.i.y. after meticulously planning it out in paint dot net
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Australian games outlet Press Start on Media Watch this morning over unreported affiliate links and sponsored content 👀 www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Ep 40 - Tech trouble - Media Watch
A technology journalist pinged for gaming gadgets reviews that are undisclosed ads.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Australian games outlet Press Start on Media Watch this morning over unreported affiliate links and sponsored content 👀 www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
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Four different versions of the original MechWarrior: DOS, PC-98, Sharp X68000, and SNES. Credits / further info in alt text.
May 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Four different versions of the original MechWarrior: DOS, PC-98, Sharp X68000, and SNES. Credits / further info in alt text.
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my biggest issue with it becoming so widespread is that there's a lot of people playing with these themes that don't understand the underlying politics so it just becomes a disneyfied gopnik-land of pure aesthetics without any real ideological backbone, or at worst an explicitly conservative version
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
my biggest issue with it becoming so widespread is that there's a lot of people playing with these themes that don't understand the underlying politics so it just becomes a disneyfied gopnik-land of pure aesthetics without any real ideological backbone, or at worst an explicitly conservative version
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bluesky exclusive, I'm in my OWR break rn and got too nostalgic of this project so I tried making a crude N64-esque test just for fun
spent maybe a collective 2 hours on this lol, I could improve it but we'll see what happens
voiced by one of my friends 5 years ago lol
spent maybe a collective 2 hours on this lol, I could improve it but we'll see what happens
voiced by one of my friends 5 years ago lol
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
bluesky exclusive, I'm in my OWR break rn and got too nostalgic of this project so I tried making a crude N64-esque test just for fun
spent maybe a collective 2 hours on this lol, I could improve it but we'll see what happens
voiced by one of my friends 5 years ago lol
spent maybe a collective 2 hours on this lol, I could improve it but we'll see what happens
voiced by one of my friends 5 years ago lol
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brutalism and similar styles make for extremely gorgeous ruins so there's this sort of hyperabundance of "ah look at this *failed movement*" photos despite the fact that pizza huts close down all the time and become ruins and no one's waxing poetic about them.
well except the backrooms people ig
well except the backrooms people ig
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
brutalism and similar styles make for extremely gorgeous ruins so there's this sort of hyperabundance of "ah look at this *failed movement*" photos despite the fact that pizza huts close down all the time and become ruins and no one's waxing poetic about them.
well except the backrooms people ig
well except the backrooms people ig
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This is the unfortunate fallout of "just kitbash levels from pieces made by 3D artists, yes even the graybox... you want what? something unique? no no no, it's gotta be used at least X times before they make it, otherwise it's not an efficient use of our money" driven development... and it sucks.
it's unbelievable that there aren't decent 3D level editors in active development.
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more high-impact, highly-historically-explored, yet under-served problem space in gamedev tooling today
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more high-impact, highly-historically-explored, yet under-served problem space in gamedev tooling today
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is the unfortunate fallout of "just kitbash levels from pieces made by 3D artists, yes even the graybox... you want what? something unique? no no no, it's gotta be used at least X times before they make it, otherwise it's not an efficient use of our money" driven development... and it sucks.
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The old Double Dragon movie is very silly and has lots of completely dumb stuff, but my personal favorite is the official police record for Abobo. Imagining a cop pulling this up and getting the animations and sounds is just incredible.
(Thanks @marksoupial.bsky.social for looping this for me)
(Thanks @marksoupial.bsky.social for looping this for me)
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The old Double Dragon movie is very silly and has lots of completely dumb stuff, but my personal favorite is the official police record for Abobo. Imagining a cop pulling this up and getting the animations and sounds is just incredible.
(Thanks @marksoupial.bsky.social for looping this for me)
(Thanks @marksoupial.bsky.social for looping this for me)
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Thinking about this again.
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Thinking about this again.
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i played king's quest 8 pretty close to launch and let me tell you. they didn't make em like that back then either. surreal game. uses a ww1 dogfighting game's engine so internally the hero is a fighter plane
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
i played king's quest 8 pretty close to launch and let me tell you. they didn't make em like that back then either. surreal game. uses a ww1 dogfighting game's engine so internally the hero is a fighter plane
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sv_cheats = 1
noclip
noclip
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
sv_cheats = 1
noclip
noclip
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People will, but I can't imagine getting excited for HL3 at this point. The thrilling conclusion to an story that never had any plans, or answers, like a JJ Abrams story, held up by a type of innovation that does not happen anymore, made by a company who now only seems to make games on accident.
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
People will, but I can't imagine getting excited for HL3 at this point. The thrilling conclusion to an story that never had any plans, or answers, like a JJ Abrams story, held up by a type of innovation that does not happen anymore, made by a company who now only seems to make games on accident.
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For all Interplay was doing with their marketing around 1995, there are a few things they could have committed harder to.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
For all Interplay was doing with their marketing around 1995, there are a few things they could have committed harder to.
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Thomas Pynchon's appearance on the Simpsons
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thomas Pynchon's appearance on the Simpsons
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Ami has sent me so many fucked up insta reels recently but this might be my favorite because this is how a dream works
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ami has sent me so many fucked up insta reels recently but this might be my favorite because this is how a dream works
found a cool video 8 camcorder, but the batteries are dead and there's no charger :(
there's a thingy that lets you replace the battery with a direct line to the charger, but it requires... the charger :(
there's a thingy that lets you replace the battery with a direct line to the charger, but it requires... the charger :(
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
found a cool video 8 camcorder, but the batteries are dead and there's no charger :(
there's a thingy that lets you replace the battery with a direct line to the charger, but it requires... the charger :(
there's a thingy that lets you replace the battery with a direct line to the charger, but it requires... the charger :(
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If you want to chuckle about odd/delightful corners of wikipedia and hear a bunch of very funny lore behind the scenes, you should come to my show Monday in NYC! Hasn't sold out yet and anything could happen—maybe years of practicing the worm will pay off, truly who knows!!!
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you want to chuckle about odd/delightful corners of wikipedia and hear a bunch of very funny lore behind the scenes, you should come to my show Monday in NYC! Hasn't sold out yet and anything could happen—maybe years of practicing the worm will pay off, truly who knows!!!
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