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Maddy Thorson
@maddymakesgames.com
Madeline Stephanie Thorson
makes games ~ Celeste, TowerFall, etc
🏳️‍⚧️ gender criminal
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Celeste Developer Crashes Out Over Metroid
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
reminding myself that I already knew that metroid will never feel as thematically powerful as it did with Super Metroid & Fusion, both of which still inspire me. I go through this with every new metroid game lol. the series' universe feels paradoxically smaller and smaller the more they expand it
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
the jokeman in prime 4 is disconcerting, but I just saw a scan message that said "standing on this platform requires psychic boots" and the idea of psychic boots is amazing
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
oh no... -_-
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.

It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
just another day makin video games
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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😌
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
the levels are designing once more
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
Adam Saltsman joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "CorgiSpace, or, short legs on purpose, or, my approach to making small games" Talk description: I've made and released 14 games in the last 12 months, all in my very limited free time, and had a super fun time doing it, even though I al
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In C# you can make your own non-allocating enumerators by declaring them as struct types. I wish we could use the "yield return" syntax and write an enumerator in a method ergonomically, using no captures beyond the method parameters, to also result in non-allocating enumeration
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
repeating my mantra as i work: "DKC3 is the best one"
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
bvideo game
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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people say making video games is easy but i'm gonna be the one to go out and say i don't think it's that easy
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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pretending i know how to make a 3d game
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
make video game
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Had to share this from twitter just because
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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reminder to all my trans friends that a man who campaigned with this much support and love for us just destroyed the most machine politician to ever exist in spite of all odds. turns out vocally caring about us is a winning strategy!!
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
daylight savings time is kicking my buns today
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
forgot to post "comb room" on halloween 😔
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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how wonderful to have a section of your source code which is fully legible sprite data
gladiator, type-in listing, excerpt, zx81 (1983) archive.org/details/cavg...
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
make video game
October 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
we have 3 ongoing prototypes and today i am starting a fourth. embrace chaos
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM