Mika / MHGames
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Mika Halttunen - Indie Game Developer since late-90s (on mobile since 2009). Posts about games, movies, metal music, etc. Made Oddhop, Jewels, Ultimate Steroids, I Have No Tomatoes + more.
https://mhgames.org | Finland
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· Mar 12
Godot engine first impressions
Godot engine first impressions. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Now that #Godot 4.4 has solved many of my niggles, might be time to post these "1st impressions & observations" on Godot, from a perspective of Unity-user ("recently"==since 2014 😅) and custom engines/frameworks (earlier). Comments / corrections welcome! 👍️ #gamedev gist.github.com/mh114/592f2e...
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Windows 11 continues to be
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Windows 11 continues to be
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I took a bit of time and put together a compact summary of the 4.5 years of Sektori (from the devlog gifs you've seen if you've followed me). 3 weeks until release! #indiedev #gamedev
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imgur.com/gallery/sekt...
Sektori - the whole 4.5 years of game development in .gifs
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October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I took a bit of time and put together a compact summary of the 4.5 years of Sektori (from the devlog gifs you've seen if you've followed me). 3 weeks until release! #indiedev #gamedev
imgur.com/gallery/sekt...
imgur.com/gallery/sekt...
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updated version for modern device sizes
October 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
updated version for modern device sizes
Nice, seems like #GodotEngine 4.6 will solve this gripe with Control pivots (didn't test yet): github.com/godotengine/... 👍️
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Nice, seems like #GodotEngine 4.6 will solve this gripe with Control pivots (didn't test yet): github.com/godotengine/... 👍️
Get out while you still can! 🥲
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Get out while you still can! 🥲
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A story in three parts
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A story in three parts
Been updating my #GodotEngine impressions list. One recent annoyance: to me, it feels counter-intuitive *not* having UI Control pivots as proportional to the control size. E.g. could set pivot_offset (0.5, 0.5) to always center, no matter the size. But need to set pivot_offset = size * 0.5 instead..
Now that #Godot 4.4 has solved many of my niggles, might be time to post these "1st impressions & observations" on Godot, from a perspective of Unity-user ("recently"==since 2014 😅) and custom engines/frameworks (earlier). Comments / corrections welcome! 👍️ #gamedev gist.github.com/mh114/592f2e...
Godot engine first impressions
Godot engine first impressions. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Been updating my #GodotEngine impressions list. One recent annoyance: to me, it feels counter-intuitive *not* having UI Control pivots as proportional to the control size. E.g. could set pivot_offset (0.5, 0.5) to always center, no matter the size. But need to set pivot_offset = size * 0.5 instead..
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RIP Renato Casaro, an Italian artist known for his film posters.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
RIP Renato Casaro, an Italian artist known for his film posters.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
He passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
Got more #gamedev done this weekend! 💪 Working on terrain generation (instead of game mechanics), as one does at the very beginning of a prototype! 😅 Might make terrain destructible, too. 🤔 Incidentally, seems that #GodotEngine TileMapLayer does not support instanced shader uniforms, wonder why?
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Got more #gamedev done this weekend! 💪 Working on terrain generation (instead of game mechanics), as one does at the very beginning of a prototype! 😅 Might make terrain destructible, too. 🤔 Incidentally, seems that #GodotEngine TileMapLayer does not support instanced shader uniforms, wonder why?
Did some #gamedev on my (very early) prototype, last time was 6 months ago! Was fun, again! Pictured is a quick placeholder character I made last year. My daughter took a liking to it, so guess I'll have to keep it around! 😅 She also demanded I finish the game.. I'll try. #GodotEngine
September 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Did some #gamedev on my (very early) prototype, last time was 6 months ago! Was fun, again! Pictured is a quick placeholder character I made last year. My daughter took a liking to it, so guess I'll have to keep it around! 😅 She also demanded I finish the game.. I'll try. #GodotEngine
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Support for Windows 10 is ending next month, making it a great time to switch to Linux! There's no need to throw away your old computer. If you primarily use your PC for social media, shopping, or banking, you can save money and help the environment. Which disto would you recommend? Mint or Ubuntu?
September 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Support for Windows 10 is ending next month, making it a great time to switch to Linux! There's no need to throw away your old computer. If you primarily use your PC for social media, shopping, or banking, you can save money and help the environment. Which disto would you recommend? Mint or Ubuntu?
Upgraded three machines to #LinuxMint 22.2 Zara (from 22.1) today, went smoothly without any issues (as expected for a minor update)! 👌 Also switched them to 6.14 kernel.
I'll probably wait a bit before upgrading my main desktop, just in case. 🤔 #linux
I'll probably wait a bit before upgrading my main desktop, just in case. 🤔 #linux
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Upgraded three machines to #LinuxMint 22.2 Zara (from 22.1) today, went smoothly without any issues (as expected for a minor update)! 👌 Also switched them to 6.14 kernel.
I'll probably wait a bit before upgrading my main desktop, just in case. 🤔 #linux
I'll probably wait a bit before upgrading my main desktop, just in case. 🤔 #linux
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I hate how it’s tainted the term “AI” as it was previously established in game development, and how annoying it’ll be to talk about automated pathfinding, behaviour trees and NPC decision-making even long after the LLM bubble has burst.
That mud’s gonna stick, “not AI-AI, actual AI” until we die
That mud’s gonna stick, “not AI-AI, actual AI” until we die
What do you hate the most about AI?
August 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I hate how it’s tainted the term “AI” as it was previously established in game development, and how annoying it’ll be to talk about automated pathfinding, behaviour trees and NPC decision-making even long after the LLM bubble has burst.
That mud’s gonna stick, “not AI-AI, actual AI” until we die
That mud’s gonna stick, “not AI-AI, actual AI” until we die
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New blog post: "Switching (back) to Linux" is up! 🪟➡️🐧
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New blog post: "Switching (back) to Linux" is up! 🪟➡️🐧
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
New blog post: "Switching (back) to Linux" is up! 🪟➡️🐧
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New blog post: "Switching (back) to Linux" is up! 🪟➡️🐧
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
mhgames.org/2025/08/swit...
Could I switch to Linux and still keep doing my work, personal projects — maybe even gaming? 🤔
Details and motivation of my "Linux experiment". SPOILER: it's going pretty well, actually! 😄👍 #linux #windows #endof10
Writing a new blog post, should be finished soon(ish).. 🪟🐧👀
August 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Writing a new blog post, should be finished soon(ish).. 🪟🐧👀
RIP Ozzy! 🤘
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Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne · Bark At The Moon (Expanded Edition) · Song · 1983
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July 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
RIP Ozzy! 🤘
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And now #DoomEternal beaten. Didn't play on UV this time though (scared of Marauders 😅).. Awesome game! Never played this one before, because I was not too keen (no pun intended) on the platforming. Wasn't too bad. Soundtrack is excellent!🤘 Ray-tracing was nice too. Now onto the Ancient Gods DLCs.
July 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
And now #DoomEternal beaten. Didn't play on UV this time though (scared of Marauders 😅).. Awesome game! Never played this one before, because I was not too keen (no pun intended) on the platforming. Wasn't too bad. Soundtrack is excellent!🤘 Ray-tracing was nice too. Now onto the Ancient Gods DLCs.
More #Linux gaming testing.. Replayed #DOOM 2016, last time on PS4 at launch. Didn't fully appreciate the game back then, but now at rock solid 180 fps w/ mouse & keyboard I really enjoyed it. Played on ultra-violence, previously switched to lower difficulty after the start.. 😅 Next up Doom Eternal!
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
More #Linux gaming testing.. Replayed #DOOM 2016, last time on PS4 at launch. Didn't fully appreciate the game back then, but now at rock solid 180 fps w/ mouse & keyboard I really enjoyed it. Played on ultra-violence, previously switched to lower difficulty after the start.. 😅 Next up Doom Eternal!
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Finally a show about Boolean logic operators
June 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Finally a show about Boolean logic operators