Katherine 🏳️⚧️
@quadraticink.bsky.social
Software Engineer specializing in game engines. Former Cryptic, Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, et al.
If I'm posting/sharing code, it's probably cursed.
she/her
If I'm posting/sharing code, it's probably cursed.
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Our first development snapshot for #GodotEngine 4.7 has arrived!
Virtual joysticks, drawable textures, Windows HDR support, Vulkan raytracing groundwork, and more are ripe for testing:
godotengine.org/article/dev-...
Virtual joysticks, drawable textures, Windows HDR support, Vulkan raytracing groundwork, and more are ripe for testing:
godotengine.org/article/dev-...
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 1 – Godot Engine
All the colors of the rainbow (and more?)
godotengine.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Our first development snapshot for #GodotEngine 4.7 has arrived!
Virtual joysticks, drawable textures, Windows HDR support, Vulkan raytracing groundwork, and more are ripe for testing:
godotengine.org/article/dev-...
Virtual joysticks, drawable textures, Windows HDR support, Vulkan raytracing groundwork, and more are ripe for testing:
godotengine.org/article/dev-...
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Abolish the DHS and repeal the PATRIOT act. These are now the moderate positions.
February 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Abolish the DHS and repeal the PATRIOT act. These are now the moderate positions.
Got the game we're working on actually running in multiplayer today. Immediately lost to my wife. Feeling humbled.
(No need to worry, though. I'm sure that's temporary.)
(No need to worry, though. I'm sure that's temporary.)
February 14, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Got the game we're working on actually running in multiplayer today. Immediately lost to my wife. Feeling humbled.
(No need to worry, though. I'm sure that's temporary.)
(No need to worry, though. I'm sure that's temporary.)
I don't think it'd be first party. But it'd probably be in colab with. They already said they're open to working with 3rd parties on both Steam Machines and Frames. Phone that can run Android apps or Steam games using same Proton/FEX layer as Frame seems like an obvious next step.
February 14, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I don't think it'd be first party. But it'd probably be in colab with. They already said they're open to working with 3rd parties on both Steam Machines and Frames. Phone that can run Android apps or Steam games using same Proton/FEX layer as Frame seems like an obvious next step.
IMO, the fact that Android still managed to become a dominant operating system is just a testament to how greedy and controlling Apple are with iOS, and absolutely not a credit to Android.
I genuinely hope that with release of FEX, we're about to break the trend. SteamOS-based phone is last hope.
I genuinely hope that with release of FEX, we're about to break the trend. SteamOS-based phone is last hope.
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 AM
IMO, the fact that Android still managed to become a dominant operating system is just a testament to how greedy and controlling Apple are with iOS, and absolutely not a credit to Android.
I genuinely hope that with release of FEX, we're about to break the trend. SteamOS-based phone is last hope.
I genuinely hope that with release of FEX, we're about to break the trend. SteamOS-based phone is last hope.
But Google didn't want to make the best phone. They wanted to own the ecosystem the way Apple does with iPhone, so they needed something way more proprietary and didn't want to take time to develop it. Hence they acquired Android. It's really an example of how not to do it.
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 AM
But Google didn't want to make the best phone. They wanted to own the ecosystem the way Apple does with iPhone, so they needed something way more proprietary and didn't want to take time to develop it. Hence they acquired Android. It's really an example of how not to do it.
IMO, the biggest mistake was going Java. Google should have just leaned heavy into a Linux on ARM with a sleek, mobile-friendly UI framework thrown over it. Casual user wouldn't know the difference, early Android phones wouldn't have such a slow start, and there would be good branches for enthusiast
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 AM
IMO, the biggest mistake was going Java. Google should have just leaned heavy into a Linux on ARM with a sleek, mobile-friendly UI framework thrown over it. Casual user wouldn't know the difference, early Android phones wouldn't have such a slow start, and there would be good branches for enthusiast
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
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Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
I would have preferred significantly less, "Founded by the Nazis," but given the current economic and political environment, I suppose fat chance for that with anything larger than an indy project, so maybe that really is the best comparison to make at the moment.
February 14, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I would have preferred significantly less, "Founded by the Nazis," but given the current economic and political environment, I suppose fat chance for that with anything larger than an indy project, so maybe that really is the best comparison to make at the moment.
The, "Wait, why did the music change?" right before you find out why the music changed.
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The, "Wait, why did the music change?" right before you find out why the music changed.
Easy fix either way, though. So I wouldn't count it against the place.
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Easy fix either way, though. So I wouldn't count it against the place.
This photo is in a seemingly contradictory state of having too much gamer lighting while also not having nearly enough gamer lighting.
February 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
This photo is in a seemingly contradictory state of having too much gamer lighting while also not having nearly enough gamer lighting.
M.C. Hammer's long lost twin?
February 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
M.C. Hammer's long lost twin?
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I will never forget my old lead designer at Turbine, Chris Clay, who had a rule:
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
I had an hour long meeting today about doing a thing, a thing I would have been doing if I didn’t have an hour long meeting.
December 10, 2024 at 2:59 AM
I will never forget my old lead designer at Turbine, Chris Clay, who had a rule:
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
You're going all sorts of extra with that aerodynamic shell over a narrowing command module body.
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
You're going all sorts of extra with that aerodynamic shell over a narrowing command module body.
Making a game? I'll show you something interesting. The two types of game developer are Jigsaw and Slartibartfast. All game developers fall into these two categories. Kojima? Jigsaw. Todd Howard? Slartibartfast. Despite making open world games, Hidetaka Miyazaki is Jigsaw.
increasingly realizing that i've learned gamedev skillsets not because i particularly like game design as a field so much as because of the basic impulse to put ppl in some kind of fucked up labyrinth
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Making a game? I'll show you something interesting. The two types of game developer are Jigsaw and Slartibartfast. All game developers fall into these two categories. Kojima? Jigsaw. Todd Howard? Slartibartfast. Despite making open world games, Hidetaka Miyazaki is Jigsaw.
Look, I know that's a better explanation, but it's still fun to picture Obi Wan trying to keep it low profile as a hermit, but accidentally starting a fashion trend, and now the entire planet is cosplaying as the Jedi, with Obi Wan counting his blessings that the Empire is too incompetent to notice.
February 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Look, I know that's a better explanation, but it's still fun to picture Obi Wan trying to keep it low profile as a hermit, but accidentally starting a fashion trend, and now the entire planet is cosplaying as the Jedi, with Obi Wan counting his blessings that the Empire is too incompetent to notice.
Hm. If we use one of the Disney park attraction queues to keep it organized, and arrange travel times around that, there's just barely enough time to get everyone in in 3 years. But we already have to be running this around the clock, so better start moving on this.
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Hm. If we use one of the Disney park attraction queues to keep it organized, and arrange travel times around that, there's just barely enough time to get everyone in in 3 years. But we already have to be running this around the clock, so better start moving on this.
I don't think I like math anymore. Numbers are fake, and subtraction was invented by sadists.
February 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I don't think I like math anymore. Numbers are fake, and subtraction was invented by sadists.
Yeah, I didn't want to jinx it since someone was already looking at it, but if the fridge is still turning on and keeping things cool, but failing to get the freezer cold enough, it's very likely to be a problem with refrigerant or compressor. 😿
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Yeah, I didn't want to jinx it since someone was already looking at it, but if the fridge is still turning on and keeping things cool, but failing to get the freezer cold enough, it's very likely to be a problem with refrigerant or compressor. 😿
Perhaps, he thinks Russians are too busy to spare a couple of FSB agents at the moment.
February 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Perhaps, he thinks Russians are too busy to spare a couple of FSB agents at the moment.
The step at the back of the boat body is also crucial for plane's ability to peel itself away from water, and it gives flying boats a very characteristic profile that's hard to mistake for anything else.
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
The step at the back of the boat body is also crucial for plane's ability to peel itself away from water, and it gives flying boats a very characteristic profile that's hard to mistake for anything else.
Little Prince is the first association that popped into my head.
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Little Prince is the first association that popped into my head.
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪