Tom Halligan
@hallihax.bsky.social
Game dev, programmer, author of Not A Robot https://tomhalligan.substack.com/
Unreasonably excited for Bubsy 4D, given that I am the only person I know who
A) Played Bubsy 3D
and
B) Actually still somehow enjoyed the cartoonishly terrible design, graphics, and gameplay
For my sins, please enjoy Bubsy Visits The James Turrell Retrospective
youtu.be/ueM50O5-hhI?...
A) Played Bubsy 3D
and
B) Actually still somehow enjoyed the cartoonishly terrible design, graphics, and gameplay
For my sins, please enjoy Bubsy Visits The James Turrell Retrospective
youtu.be/ueM50O5-hhI?...
[Vinesauce] Vinny - Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Restrospective
YouTube video by Vinesauce: The Full Sauce
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unreasonably excited for Bubsy 4D, given that I am the only person I know who
A) Played Bubsy 3D
and
B) Actually still somehow enjoyed the cartoonishly terrible design, graphics, and gameplay
For my sins, please enjoy Bubsy Visits The James Turrell Retrospective
youtu.be/ueM50O5-hhI?...
A) Played Bubsy 3D
and
B) Actually still somehow enjoyed the cartoonishly terrible design, graphics, and gameplay
For my sins, please enjoy Bubsy Visits The James Turrell Retrospective
youtu.be/ueM50O5-hhI?...
My government is Protecting The Children by forcing their parents to drop their ID into the Identity Theft Tombola drum, which for business reasons is located in the Seychelles.
July 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My government is Protecting The Children by forcing their parents to drop their ID into the Identity Theft Tombola drum, which for business reasons is located in the Seychelles.
The extra-galactic moat is genuinely one of the top-tier cosmic defences
www.sciencefocus.com/news/earth-t...
www.sciencefocus.com/news/earth-t...
Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Earth and the Milky Way could be floating in a billion lightyear wide void – a discovery that could help decipher one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology
www.sciencefocus.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The extra-galactic moat is genuinely one of the top-tier cosmic defences
www.sciencefocus.com/news/earth-t...
www.sciencefocus.com/news/earth-t...
Unity's code-stripping once again rearing its ugly head and wasting my time
a man in a suit and tie stands with his hands on his hips and says " i hate this so much "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands with his hands on his hips and says " i hate this so much "
media.tenor.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Unity's code-stripping once again rearing its ugly head and wasting my time
There is nothing more infuriating than confidently building a “minimal reproduction” project to sling at a 3rd party library developer in the hopes they'll fix a bug, only for the “minimal reproduction” project to work absolutely flawlessly and reveal that it is, in fact, you whomst is the idiot.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There is nothing more infuriating than confidently building a “minimal reproduction” project to sling at a 3rd party library developer in the hopes they'll fix a bug, only for the “minimal reproduction” project to work absolutely flawlessly and reveal that it is, in fact, you whomst is the idiot.
Don't try to do something in the cleverest way possible until you're absolutely sure you can do it in the dumbest way possible
May 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Don't try to do something in the cleverest way possible until you're absolutely sure you can do it in the dumbest way possible
“This Is the dumbest code I've ever seen. The person who wrote this is both an idiot and a psychopath”
git blame
“Oh”
git blame
“Oh”
May 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“This Is the dumbest code I've ever seen. The person who wrote this is both an idiot and a psychopath”
git blame
“Oh”
git blame
“Oh”
We spent years beating DRY into programmers and now you want me to trick a computer into doing something close to what I want by writing the same thing in fifteen subtly different ways?
May 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We spent years beating DRY into programmers and now you want me to trick a computer into doing something close to what I want by writing the same thing in fifteen subtly different ways?
As your Unity project grows, it can be difficult to keep iteration times down and to ensure that your team's various workflows remain pain-free. With a small investment of time, this quick utility can keep development time down & developer happiness up!
buff.ly/aZh6tDh
#unity3d #unity #gamedev
buff.ly/aZh6tDh
#unity3d #unity #gamedev
Simple Unity Playmode Configuration
Save your team's sanity by implementing a handy configuration helper
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
As your Unity project grows, it can be difficult to keep iteration times down and to ensure that your team's various workflows remain pain-free. With a small investment of time, this quick utility can keep development time down & developer happiness up!
buff.ly/aZh6tDh
#unity3d #unity #gamedev
buff.ly/aZh6tDh
#unity3d #unity #gamedev
"Says here on your CV that you're a Senior Vibe Coder, which sounds like a perfect fit for our Imagineering Department"
April 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Says here on your CV that you're a Senior Vibe Coder, which sounds like a perfect fit for our Imagineering Department"
I will always find it funny that when staff leave OpenAI they always bust out a Torment Nexus tweet:
"I'm sad to announce that I'm leaving OpenAI after working on amazing things with fantastic people. Everything we did is terrifying and will hasten our demise. Looking forward to the next chapter!"
"I'm sad to announce that I'm leaving OpenAI after working on amazing things with fantastic people. Everything we did is terrifying and will hasten our demise. Looking forward to the next chapter!"
January 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I will always find it funny that when staff leave OpenAI they always bust out a Torment Nexus tweet:
"I'm sad to announce that I'm leaving OpenAI after working on amazing things with fantastic people. Everything we did is terrifying and will hasten our demise. Looking forward to the next chapter!"
"I'm sad to announce that I'm leaving OpenAI after working on amazing things with fantastic people. Everything we did is terrifying and will hasten our demise. Looking forward to the next chapter!"
Unity Build Profiles are exactly what a company that builds a game engine, but crucially *not* games, would offer in response to demand for more flexible build configurations. #unity3d
January 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Unity Build Profiles are exactly what a company that builds a game engine, but crucially *not* games, would offer in response to demand for more flexible build configurations. #unity3d
Isn't the defining feature of potholes that they are, in fact, *incredibly* easy to find?
January 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Isn't the defining feature of potholes that they are, in fact, *incredibly* easy to find?
Can you imagine a world without "AI powered brand protection software"?
December 9, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Can you imagine a world without "AI powered brand protection software"?
If your dev team has a decent writer, then you will rarely regret fostering their talent! #programming #development #gamedev https://buff.ly/4igRjxx
December 1, 2024 at 12:47 AM
If your dev team has a decent writer, then you will rarely regret fostering their talent! #programming #development #gamedev https://buff.ly/4igRjxx
It's a long-shot in a crowded field, but please lend us a hand in nominating our silly futuristic robot game for the Steam Awards 2024! #BBVR #SteamAwards #SteamAwards2024
Border Bots VR - Nominate Border Bots VR in the Steam Awards 2024! - Steam News
Vote for us for 'VR Game of the Year' 🤖❤️
buff.ly
November 30, 2024 at 11:49 AM
It's a long-shot in a crowded field, but please lend us a hand in nominating our silly futuristic robot game for the Steam Awards 2024! #BBVR #SteamAwards #SteamAwards2024
Though we might hire programmers primarily for their coding skills, it's worth keeping an eye out for other natural strengths and innate tendencies that can provide an enormous benefit to your team #programming #coding https://buff.ly/4g6DFuX
Code Is Only Part Of The Story
Empathy might be the best programming hack
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Though we might hire programmers primarily for their coding skills, it's worth keeping an eye out for other natural strengths and innate tendencies that can provide an enormous benefit to your team #programming #coding https://buff.ly/4g6DFuX
November 22, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Reflection Probes IRL
Ok found a reflective convex surface to take a photo of me with so this ref walk is complete.
November 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Reflection Probes IRL
I'm happy to report that as of Unity Behavior v1.0.4 - the FindClosestWithTag node is now fixed and behaves as expected. Kudos to the devs for a quick turnaround! #unity3d #game-dev
https://buff.ly/3YSfzOS
https://buff.ly/3YSfzOS
Unity: Behave Yourself
Frustrating beginners with style and grace
buff.ly
November 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I'm happy to report that as of Unity Behavior v1.0.4 - the FindClosestWithTag node is now fixed and behaves as expected. Kudos to the devs for a quick turnaround! #unity3d #game-dev
https://buff.ly/3YSfzOS
https://buff.ly/3YSfzOS
My appetite for learning how to make videos is incredibly small, but Shorts I can manage, and if I get an excuse to use gource too, then you better believe I'll take it ❤️
tomhalligan.substack.com/p/dear-stude...
#programming #gamedev
tomhalligan.substack.com/p/dear-stude...
#programming #gamedev
November 15, 2024 at 7:19 PM
My appetite for learning how to make videos is incredibly small, but Shorts I can manage, and if I get an excuse to use gource too, then you better believe I'll take it ❤️
tomhalligan.substack.com/p/dear-stude...
#programming #gamedev
tomhalligan.substack.com/p/dear-stude...
#programming #gamedev
No idea what I'm doing with video, but nonetheless, I made a thing!
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM
No idea what I'm doing with video, but nonetheless, I made a thing!
The more I use Addressables, the more I remember the hell involved in managing Resources, StreamingAssets, and AssetBundles downloaded from a server, and the happier I am that I now no longer need to care about where anything lives #gamedev #unity3d tomhalligan.substack.com/p/bootstrapp...
Bootstrapping your Unity game with Addressables
A quick method to ensure you can 'Play From Anywhere' and code with confidence!
tomhalligan.substack.com
November 10, 2024 at 4:11 PM
The more I use Addressables, the more I remember the hell involved in managing Resources, StreamingAssets, and AssetBundles downloaded from a server, and the happier I am that I now no longer need to care about where anything lives #gamedev #unity3d tomhalligan.substack.com/p/bootstrapp...
Excited to start playing with timeline markers on Steam’s new Game Recording functionality - letting developers specify key / interesting events you might want to clip is a lovely little feature store.steampowered.com/gamerecording
Steam Game Recording
A new built-in system for creating and sharing your gameplay footage
store.steampowered.com
November 9, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Excited to start playing with timeline markers on Steam’s new Game Recording functionality - letting developers specify key / interesting events you might want to clip is a lovely little feature store.steampowered.com/gamerecording
Today, I spent an absurd amount of time debugging a failing automated process that turned out to be caused by Powershell’s 2GB size limit on the Compress-Archive command, and now I'm wondering how on earth I've managed to avoid hitting it so far 🙈
November 8, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Today, I spent an absurd amount of time debugging a failing automated process that turned out to be caused by Powershell’s 2GB size limit on the Compress-Archive command, and now I'm wondering how on earth I've managed to avoid hitting it so far 🙈