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martin pichlmair
@martinpi.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Let's Play: Sparrow Warfare (Beta)
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There've been a couple of streams of Sparrow Warfare by now but Mike explains the rules and analyses the design decisions like no one else. Watch it to get good and mostly actually true theories about why I things are how they are. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_U...
Our game has saving but doesn't have loading just yet. People out there don't even know how difficult the latter is compared to the former.
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Our game has saving but doesn't have loading just yet. People out there don't even know how difficult the latter is compared to the former.
Jacek Dukaj’s novel Ice (a title that has aged badly) is maybe the best alternative history book I’ve ever read. Somewhere between Pynchon, Tokarczuk and Strugatsky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(Du...
Ice (Dukaj novel) - Wikipedia
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February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Jacek Dukaj’s novel Ice (a title that has aged badly) is maybe the best alternative history book I’ve ever read. Somewhere between Pynchon, Tokarczuk and Strugatsky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_(Du...
Can confirm. I've been one of those bike riders trailing a snow plough once in a while and if you look at the street you can see that this happens before the car-part of the road is cleared. Best cycling town!
In Kopenhagen gibt es die Vorschrift, dass alle wichtigen Radwege bei Schneefall bis spätestens 08:00 Uhr morgens geräumt sein müssen, damit die Menschen sicher mit dem Fahrrad zur Arbeit fahren können. So sieht dass dann aus❤️😀
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Can confirm. I've been one of those bike riders trailing a snow plough once in a while and if you look at the street you can see that this happens before the car-part of the road is cleared. Best cycling town!
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We were super happy to host #TurnBasedThursday last week - check out the hashtag to find lots of awesome turn-based games to add to your wishlist! ✨
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
We were super happy to host #TurnBasedThursday last week - check out the hashtag to find lots of awesome turn-based games to add to your wishlist! ✨
I have been exposed as the evil German-speaking scientist I am! www.twitch.tv/thegamemaste...
TheGamemasterBrown - A wild Martin appears!
Watch TheGamemasterBrown's clip titled
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February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I have been exposed as the evil German-speaking scientist I am! www.twitch.tv/thegamemaste...
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I'm making SPARROW WARFARE with @martinpi.bsky.social (together we are @neonaurelius.bsky.social)!
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Free the birds in fierce strategic deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine sets of tiles to progress. Unlock wildtiles to make crazy combos. And lead your magnificent bird army to freedom!
store.steampowered.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I'm making SPARROW WARFARE with @martinpi.bsky.social (together we are @neonaurelius.bsky.social)!
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
It's a strategic deckbuilder with elements of mahjong & crazy combos & BIRDS! So. Many. Birds.
Wishlist & get notified when our demo goes live in a few weeks:
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
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I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I am so honoured to officially host this week's #TurnBasedThursday on Bluesky!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
🗣
INDIE DEVS!
Show off your turn-based games in this thread with the hashtag!
PLAYERS!
Come on in & 💬comment, ❤️like, 🔁repost & ✨wishlist all the great games in the thread!
Bold to declare that 76% of leading researchers are wrong but we live in the age of vibe-based anything, so let's just brush away critical thinking.
A pretty bold comment in Nature written by linguists, computer scientists and philosophers declaring that AGI has been achieved.
"By reasonable standards, including Turing’s own, we have artificial systems that are generally intelligent. The long-standing problem of creating AGI has been solved."
"By reasonable standards, including Turing’s own, we have artificial systems that are generally intelligent. The long-standing problem of creating AGI has been solved."
February 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Bold to declare that 76% of leading researchers are wrong but we live in the age of vibe-based anything, so let's just brush away critical thinking.
Game development is compiling ffmpeg from source with ogg theora support in order to transcode a video to ogv format and then realising that 3 images in a transition-coat will do the trick nicely.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Game development is compiling ffmpeg from source with ogg theora support in order to transcode a video to ogv format and then realising that 3 images in a transition-coat will do the trick nicely.
Yes this video also shows my desperate sticker game on the much-hated Windows machine. The stickers themselves are great though. Thanks Triband, David Lynch and @beingbrin.bsky.social!
We're playing lots of demos as we get our own one ready to launch for Sparrow Warfare, and we want to share the best ones along the way.
Here's @martinpi.bsky.social playing PLUTO - a weird and wild demo with a super unique mechanic. Give it a try!
#indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev #pluto #demo
Here's @martinpi.bsky.social playing PLUTO - a weird and wild demo with a super unique mechanic. Give it a try!
#indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev #pluto #demo
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Yes this video also shows my desperate sticker game on the much-hated Windows machine. The stickers themselves are great though. Thanks Triband, David Lynch and @beingbrin.bsky.social!
Fun new word game alert! Breaking news from ✨The Daily Spell✨! I solved the Monday, January 26 puzzle in 3m 59s.
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Fun new word game alert! Breaking news from ✨The Daily Spell✨! I solved the Monday, January 26 puzzle in 3m 59s.
Speaking of upgrading – here's a thing that other engines do too but I just like how nimble the approach in Godot is.
What engine are you folks using out there to make your indie games?
#gamedev #indiedev #godot #godotengine
#gamedev #indiedev #godot #godotengine
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Speaking of upgrading – here's a thing that other engines do too but I just like how nimble the approach in Godot is.
Very good thread about how RETVRN-shaped vapid AI art is nothing we have to fear more than other forms of reactionary entertainment. A lot of hope there that I appreciate.
to explain in detail what i want to say would take too long, but fundamentally, people are shaped by these messages but a bulk of people are also naturally creative, innovative, boundary-pushing and countercultural
natural-born creatives are wired to reject old & make new.
natural-born creatives are wired to reject old & make new.
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Very good thread about how RETVRN-shaped vapid AI art is nothing we have to fear more than other forms of reactionary entertainment. A lot of hope there that I appreciate.
One interesting change from Unity to Godot is that I'm upgrading the engine during a project. With Unity, you usually stick to an LTS version for the whole project duration (if your games are as small as mine). With Godot you move to each new build as there's more focus on continuity.
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM
One interesting change from Unity to Godot is that I'm upgrading the engine during a project. With Unity, you usually stick to an LTS version for the whole project duration (if your games are as small as mine). With Godot you move to each new build as there's more focus on continuity.
Finally had to drop by in code signing hell for a bit today. Not a nice place. Couldn't resolve it but I can assure you that the ugliness of the glass interface is not the main reason not to upgrade to Tahoe.
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Finally had to drop by in code signing hell for a bit today. Not a nice place. Couldn't resolve it but I can assure you that the ugliness of the glass interface is not the main reason not to upgrade to Tahoe.
We have a theory about Macron’s sunglasses.
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
We have a theory about Macron’s sunglasses.
Tempted to scream some politics into this here void but everyone who agrees with me already does. I just say one thing: two party systems are proto-democracies at best. You should have updated your government's firmware a long time ago.
January 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Tempted to scream some politics into this here void but everyone who agrees with me already does. I just say one thing: two party systems are proto-democracies at best. You should have updated your government's firmware a long time ago.
There's a proposal to create a reduced emissions zone right around the area where I live and while my house is on the border of it I would still find it amazing. Hope it goes through. Electric mobility for the win.
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
There's a proposal to create a reduced emissions zone right around the area where I live and while my house is on the border of it I would still find it amazing. Hope it goes through. Electric mobility for the win.
Excellent text on AI in the classroom that, as a bonus, taught me the word "logorrheic" which I will make ample use of in the future.
One of the best AI critiques I’ve seen read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/...
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Excellent text on AI in the classroom that, as a bonus, taught me the word "logorrheic" which I will make ample use of in the future.
Your boy got a sticker from the accountant for good bookkeeping and will now swoon the rest of the day.
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Your boy got a sticker from the accountant for good bookkeeping and will now swoon the rest of the day.
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Sparrow Warfare now has a wiki! Thanks to the kindness of @wiki.gg for hosting us, you can now explore all current wildtiles, daily flight modifiers, and tips & tricks right here:
sparrowwarfare.wiki.gg
sparrowwarfare.wiki.gg
January 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Sparrow Warfare now has a wiki! Thanks to the kindness of @wiki.gg for hosting us, you can now explore all current wildtiles, daily flight modifiers, and tips & tricks right here:
sparrowwarfare.wiki.gg
sparrowwarfare.wiki.gg
11 years in Denmark today. When I moved here this was a cosy place that the rest of the world pretty much ignored. I miss those simpler times.
January 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM
11 years in Denmark today. When I moved here this was a cosy place that the rest of the world pretty much ignored. I miss those simpler times.
This is a must buy situation. Forget everything else. Yes that was a spoiler.
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION ebook is discounted to £1.99 for one day only, get in there 🐆
There Is No Antimemetics Division: The thrilling new sci-fi horror novel, 'mind-bendingly brilliant' Guardian
There Is No Antimemetics Division: The thrilling new sci-fi horror novel, 'mind-bendingly brilliant' Guardian eBook : qntm: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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January 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
This is a must buy situation. Forget everything else. Yes that was a spoiler.