Nicolás Jaramillo Ortiz
@njaramillo.itch.io
indie game developer
director / writer / lead programmer ➡️ @ibisinteractive.bsky.social
all my games ➡️ https://njaramillo.itch.io
chileno 🇨🇱 / valdiviano | he/him | ESP/ENG
director / writer / lead programmer ➡️ @ibisinteractive.bsky.social
all my games ➡️ https://njaramillo.itch.io
chileno 🇨🇱 / valdiviano | he/him | ESP/ENG
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Don Pepe y sus globos - Dev Diary #1
YouTube video by Ibis Interactive
www.youtube.com
here's our first dev diary for Don Pepe y sus globos, showing the progress from jam game to in-development prototype and the events we've taken it to!
there's still a ton of work to do before release, but we're happy to share what we've done so far 🙌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHRn...
there's still a ton of work to do before release, but we're happy to share what we've done so far 🙌
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHRn...
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
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You mean purging all data relating to a group of developers from marginalized and underrepresented communities doesn’t make your website load faster?
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You mean purging all data relating to a group of developers from marginalized and underrepresented communities doesn’t make your website load faster?
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Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission
Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!
lonewulfstudio.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
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God flooded the world, but the rainbow never came. 🪽
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG screens nationwide November 19 & 20.
Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wXv9V
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG screens nationwide November 19 & 20.
Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wXv9V
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
God flooded the world, but the rainbow never came. 🪽
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG screens nationwide November 19 & 20.
Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wXv9V
The 4K restoration of Mamoru Oshii's ANGEL'S EGG screens nationwide November 19 & 20.
Get tickets: brnw.ch/21wXv9V
two months later...
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
two months later...
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If your business is only profitable because of crimes then you're a running a crime ring.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If your business is only profitable because of crimes then you're a running a crime ring.
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day 53!!!! woooo Consume Me got nominated for the Games For Impact Awars at #thegameawards this year!!!!! I’M SO EXCITED TO GO BACK TO LA AND EAT PRIME RIB AT TAM O’SHANTER 🤤🤨🙂↕️🥩❤️🔥✨ it’s on my list of top 10 favorite meals i’ve ever eaten in my life #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #tga
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
day 53!!!! woooo Consume Me got nominated for the Games For Impact Awars at #thegameawards this year!!!!! I’M SO EXCITED TO GO BACK TO LA AND EAT PRIME RIB AT TAM O’SHANTER 🤤🤨🙂↕️🥩❤️🔥✨ it’s on my list of top 10 favorite meals i’ve ever eaten in my life #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev #tga
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incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
incredible that for big companies, this is gonna be considered the 'uncompromising take'
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Reposted by Nicolás Jaramillo Ortiz
Two things can be true: 1.) The Game Awards are meaningless and we shouldn't take them all that seriously. 2.) Award shows of its scale DO rewrite the mainstream history of the art form, whether they deserve to or not, and its okay to care that it's so thoughtless despite having that responsibility.
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Two things can be true: 1.) The Game Awards are meaningless and we shouldn't take them all that seriously. 2.) Award shows of its scale DO rewrite the mainstream history of the art form, whether they deserve to or not, and its okay to care that it's so thoughtless despite having that responsibility.
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An even more egregious example in the article: Ubisoft accepted 6 million euros from the German government in some sort of arts fund, only to machine translate the German language option.
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
An even more egregious example in the article: Ubisoft accepted 6 million euros from the German government in some sort of arts fund, only to machine translate the German language option.
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If you want to start making games, instead of trying to make your magnum opus on your first go, please do some game jams. Ludum Dare. Something short with a fixed time limit and specs you need to follow. Learn about developing under restrictions, how to get creative in them, how to scope smartly.
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you want to start making games, instead of trying to make your magnum opus on your first go, please do some game jams. Ludum Dare. Something short with a fixed time limit and specs you need to follow. Learn about developing under restrictions, how to get creative in them, how to scope smartly.
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
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holy crap samus. did you just morph into a freakin ball
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
holy crap samus. did you just morph into a freakin ball
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It will always, ALWAYS fuck me up how MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK predicted this future!
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
It will always, ALWAYS fuck me up how MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK predicted this future!
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
technology that makes people more productive is inherently used to perpetuate capitalism, that’s why I make videogames, technology that makes people less productive
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if you don’t hire VO actors you don’t get to make them laugh, which is one of the great joys in life
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
if you don’t hire VO actors you don’t get to make them laugh, which is one of the great joys in life
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"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
‘We were effectively props’: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Interviewed an audio director recently who told me how an *iconic* character catchphrase came from the voice actor improvising in the booth.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.
Using AI voices robs you of the chance for spontaneous, funny, ad-libbed performances that could help define your game.