mal of colm
@ma.lloc.ca
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giving a talk inside a talk inside a talk, come learn what inside the games inside the games.
I'm running a panel at GDC!
"Games about Games Microtalks", features dev talks on:
- Ufo50
- Titanic II
- Forbidden Solitaire/Insert Disk
- Desktop Explorer
- The Plunderludics Working Group
- No Players Online
- The Remake of The End of the Greatest RPG of All Time
See you there!
"Games about Games Microtalks", features dev talks on:
- Ufo50
- Titanic II
- Forbidden Solitaire/Insert Disk
- Desktop Explorer
- The Plunderludics Working Group
- No Players Online
- The Remake of The End of the Greatest RPG of All Time
See you there!
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
giving a talk inside a talk inside a talk, come learn what inside the games inside the games.
IMO this is the foundational truth of the act of coding all together! Coding is the act of turning implicit context into explicit context.
Documentation, like this, is performing the same action but the output is an intermediate product that will eventually create code.
Documentation, like this, is performing the same action but the output is an intermediate product that will eventually create code.
i think some projects have a lot of "implicit" context that exists but only in people's heads or in places like commit messages that aren't easy to reconstruct into a high-level picture or to query
it makes sense for that context to literally become "context"
it makes sense for that context to literally become "context"
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
IMO this is the foundational truth of the act of coding all together! Coding is the act of turning implicit context into explicit context.
Documentation, like this, is performing the same action but the output is an intermediate product that will eventually create code.
Documentation, like this, is performing the same action but the output is an intermediate product that will eventually create code.
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I've overhauled my puzzle level generation so a level is now "grown" like cell tissue in a triangle tessellation. New elements can be inserted anywhere, and the whole level deforms to make room. This makes it easier to control topology and create paths that loops around areas.
#ProcGen #GameDev
#ProcGen #GameDev
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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made this weird building/farming game in 15 minutes where you interact with the world by typing
elij.dev/experiments/...
elij.dev/experiments/...
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
made this weird building/farming game in 15 minutes where you interact with the world by typing
elij.dev/experiments/...
elij.dev/experiments/...
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The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish - Release Date Trailer
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxG...
#indiegame #indiedev #indiegames #videogame
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxG...
#indiegame #indiedev #indiegames #videogame
The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish - Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by ZIPIT! g a m e s
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish - Release Date Trailer
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxG...
#indiegame #indiedev #indiegames #videogame
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxG...
#indiegame #indiedev #indiegames #videogame
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quake brutalism jam update. starting playtests now (grab it in the discord if you want to help) and then gonna squeeze in a final polish / set dressing pass before the deadline
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
quake brutalism jam update. starting playtests now (grab it in the discord if you want to help) and then gonna squeeze in a final polish / set dressing pass before the deadline
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the algorithm has me pegged
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
the algorithm has me pegged
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Here's a crossword
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Here's a crossword
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The tournament deserves a full analysis but the semifinals between @boshis.place's Little Baby Apples and @wonderville.nyc was ELECTRIC!
Luckily @ma.lloc.ca clipped the final moment feat iconic commentary by @lainenooney.bsky.social: "WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY BABY!"
www.twitch.tv/nyugamecente...
Luckily @ma.lloc.ca clipped the final moment feat iconic commentary by @lainenooney.bsky.social: "WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY BABY!"
www.twitch.tv/nyugamecente...
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The tournament deserves a full analysis but the semifinals between @boshis.place's Little Baby Apples and @wonderville.nyc was ELECTRIC!
Luckily @ma.lloc.ca clipped the final moment feat iconic commentary by @lainenooney.bsky.social: "WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY BABY!"
www.twitch.tv/nyugamecente...
Luckily @ma.lloc.ca clipped the final moment feat iconic commentary by @lainenooney.bsky.social: "WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY BABY!"
www.twitch.tv/nyugamecente...
In October I got obsessed with importing Deadlock's map into Unity to use as a playground for coding experiments. Here's some pics from that journey!
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
In October I got obsessed with importing Deadlock's map into Unity to use as a playground for coding experiments. Here's some pics from that journey!
I recently built a tool in the Unity Editor for managing my Magic the Gathering commander deck which has a special constraint:
No two creatures in my 99 cards can share a creature type, but it's themed around Anthem effects.
youtu.be/Vu42EDeBjpU
No two creatures in my 99 cards can share a creature type, but it's themed around Anthem effects.
youtu.be/Vu42EDeBjpU
MTG Euler Diagram in Unity Editor
YouTube video by Malcolm MacDonald
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I recently built a tool in the Unity Editor for managing my Magic the Gathering commander deck which has a special constraint:
No two creatures in my 99 cards can share a creature type, but it's themed around Anthem effects.
youtu.be/Vu42EDeBjpU
No two creatures in my 99 cards can share a creature type, but it's themed around Anthem effects.
youtu.be/Vu42EDeBjpU
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Excited to be working w/ @tigershungry.co.uk & the NYU crew to make an intramural, bsports tournament for NO QUARTER 2025!
To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6
@boshis.place 11/7
@wonderville.nyc 11/8
To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6
@boshis.place 11/7
@wonderville.nyc 11/8
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excited to be working w/ @tigershungry.co.uk & the NYU crew to make an intramural, bsports tournament for NO QUARTER 2025!
To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6
@boshis.place 11/7
@wonderville.nyc 11/8
To recruit teams @chouxsalad.bsky.social & I will show the HEXADECIPAD, a 16-player NES controller, at
@nyugamecenter.bsky.social 11/6
@boshis.place 11/7
@wonderville.nyc 11/8
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sorting misc images on my laptop and
![meme screenshot from The Dark Knight with a guy in a bar saying "Let me get this straight, you think [rest of the text blacked out] ?", and below it a picture of descartes pasted in with the text "I do. And I'm [text also blacked out]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6wb6fwqnssysmgnny4o4hymi/bafkreidjdnvmgiz6b2nddnsj47temz3243j45vewvzhugto2kjbcq6i75a@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
sorting misc images on my laptop and
I’m at siggraph and I live here! Hit me up if you’re in Vancouver!
August 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I’m at siggraph and I live here! Hit me up if you’re in Vancouver!
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Making my slides for a lesson on normals:
July 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Making my slides for a lesson on normals:
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and @ma.lloc.ca’s boarding paradise which has an awesome control scheme
July 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
and @ma.lloc.ca’s boarding paradise which has an awesome control scheme
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some news from my computer: i spent too much time figuring out the math to do this
July 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
some news from my computer: i spent too much time figuring out the math to do this
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Heres another post of some fun stuff @ma.lloc.ca & I have beeen cooking up! If yall want to play shoot me a DM
July 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Heres another post of some fun stuff @ma.lloc.ca & I have beeen cooking up! If yall want to play shoot me a DM
Hit me up if you’ll be at SIGGRAPH!
I’ve got an Experience ticket but I also live here and I’m happy to show folks around!
I’ve got an Experience ticket but I also live here and I’m happy to show folks around!
July 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hit me up if you’ll be at SIGGRAPH!
I’ve got an Experience ticket but I also live here and I’m happy to show folks around!
I’ve got an Experience ticket but I also live here and I’m happy to show folks around!
The Accountant is a good movie because you can tell exactly when he’s about to Account. This is also true of The Equalizer.
June 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Accountant is a good movie because you can tell exactly when he’s about to Account. This is also true of The Equalizer.
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Total appearances of secondary intercardinal direction entries in the New York Times crossword
March 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Total appearances of secondary intercardinal direction entries in the New York Times crossword
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I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Internet Roadtrip
Let's take a streetview roadtrip
neal.fun
May 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made a streetview roadtrip simulator where we all vote on a direction every 10 seconds
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
Also we have to vote to change the radio station. Enjoy!
> neal.fun/internet-roa...
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The inhabitants now move from the habitat to nearby farms. It used to be random.
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
April 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The inhabitants now move from the habitat to nearby farms. It used to be random.
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev
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We've implemented music and it feels like a whole new game. Check it out for yourself! store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #catfishgame #wideopensky
April 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We've implemented music and it feels like a whole new game. Check it out for yourself! store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #catfishgame #wideopensky