Robert Yang
@radiatoryang.bsky.social
gay artist, game dev in nz // my website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
making Tryhard, a tactics RPG about rugby https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
making Tryhard, a tactics RPG about rugby https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
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Notes on level design workflow for the 3D platformer Big Hops
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the tooling, level design methods, and metrics use for this cartoony 3D exploration game I helped make.
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us
new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...
are anti-drone emp scrambler cannons widely available / cheap yet? I don’t want to have to rent an eagle
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 AM
are anti-drone emp scrambler cannons widely available / cheap yet? I don’t want to have to rent an eagle
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🧵 Big Hops Sewer Exit Level Design Deep Dive Thread 🧵
Inspired by @radiatoryang.bsky.social's excellent Big Hops level design blog post and encouraged by Chris @luckshotgames.com, here's a thread where I dove back through the commits to look at our iterations on a single level in Big Hops.
Inspired by @radiatoryang.bsky.social's excellent Big Hops level design blog post and encouraged by Chris @luckshotgames.com, here's a thread where I dove back through the commits to look at our iterations on a single level in Big Hops.
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 AM
🧵 Big Hops Sewer Exit Level Design Deep Dive Thread 🧵
Inspired by @radiatoryang.bsky.social's excellent Big Hops level design blog post and encouraged by Chris @luckshotgames.com, here's a thread where I dove back through the commits to look at our iterations on a single level in Big Hops.
Inspired by @radiatoryang.bsky.social's excellent Big Hops level design blog post and encouraged by Chris @luckshotgames.com, here's a thread where I dove back through the commits to look at our iterations on a single level in Big Hops.
going outside is great because you can eavesdrop on peoples dates and hear the worst takes on everything imaginable
February 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM
going outside is great because you can eavesdrop on peoples dates and hear the worst takes on everything imaginable
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Happy to have another excuse to write about Final Fantasy 11, which recently broke in the exact right way to force its Games Masters into doing something extremely funny:
After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they're really dead: 'God personally stepping in to correct the world...
Sometimes there's only one way to be sure.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Happy to have another excuse to write about Final Fantasy 11, which recently broke in the exact right way to force its Games Masters into doing something extremely funny:
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"The line in the sand continues to shift...We don't know how these rules might evolve, and what type of online content might be next."
A great article on debanking by @raxsha.bsky.social ft @publicpubics.bsky.social (qtd above), @internetmaggie.com & @acvalens.com
mashable.com/article/adul...
A great article on debanking by @raxsha.bsky.social ft @publicpubics.bsky.social (qtd above), @internetmaggie.com & @acvalens.com
mashable.com/article/adul...
Adult creators are still getting debanked — and so are others
"The line in the sand continues to shift."
mashable.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"The line in the sand continues to shift...We don't know how these rules might evolve, and what type of online content might be next."
A great article on debanking by @raxsha.bsky.social ft @publicpubics.bsky.social (qtd above), @internetmaggie.com & @acvalens.com
mashable.com/article/adul...
A great article on debanking by @raxsha.bsky.social ft @publicpubics.bsky.social (qtd above), @internetmaggie.com & @acvalens.com
mashable.com/article/adul...
really nice painterly stylized character art breakdowns for Rematch by Morgane Perrin www.artstation.com/artwork/L4d6AR
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 AM
really nice painterly stylized character art breakdowns for Rematch by Morgane Perrin www.artstation.com/artwork/L4d6AR
lol
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:59 AM
lol
7 is too many for an s club
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 AM
7 is too many for an s club
new vlog: surreal car rental story vt.tiktok.com/ZSa9pE3B7/
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 AM
new vlog: surreal car rental story vt.tiktok.com/ZSa9pE3B7/
watched the hot gay biker movie Pillion... it was nice and OK -- I suspect the problem is that alexander skarsgard is just way too hot, it overwhelms his acting ability, he can't sell this very implausible infatuation with a musical nerd idk
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
watched the hot gay biker movie Pillion... it was nice and OK -- I suspect the problem is that alexander skarsgard is just way too hot, it overwhelms his acting ability, he can't sell this very implausible infatuation with a musical nerd idk
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new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...
Notes on level design workflow for the 3D platformer Big Hops
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the tooling, level design methods, and metrics use for this cartoony 3D exploration game I helped make.
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...
Reposted by Robert Yang
I bring you Horsey Game
store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...
Horsey Game on Steam
Collect Horses. Breed Horses. Race Horses. Genetically Modify Horses. Create a Horse paradise or just get rich!
store.steampowered.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I bring you Horsey Game
store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3602570/...
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EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Save 25% on Earth Must Die on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
store.steampowered.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW.
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people.
It's cheap | good | funny, check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Reposted by Robert Yang
A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...
Notes on level design workflow for the 3D platformer Big Hops
A behind-the-scenes look at some of the tooling, level design methods, and metrics use for this cartoony 3D exploration game I helped make.
www.blog.radiator.debacle.us
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 AM
new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...
if I was still teaching I’d definitely be on the professor crashout clips tiktok
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
if I was still teaching I’d definitely be on the professor crashout clips tiktok
we got some new cheapo cutlery and the fucking butter knife is so sharp it sliced my finger wtf ikea trying to kill me
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
we got some new cheapo cutlery and the fucking butter knife is so sharp it sliced my finger wtf ikea trying to kill me
if anyone was waiting for karma to strike me, you’ll be happy to know I just rubbed my eyes with some chili oil still on my fingers… please call off the karma now, you win
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 AM
if anyone was waiting for karma to strike me, you’ll be happy to know I just rubbed my eyes with some chili oil still on my fingers… please call off the karma now, you win
can any gamers tell me if there's a mode where I can just walk around the deadlock city without having to actually play or anything
January 24, 2026 at 2:37 AM
can any gamers tell me if there's a mode where I can just walk around the deadlock city without having to actually play or anything
it’s funny how chess is like a jock thing now
January 24, 2026 at 1:02 AM
it’s funny how chess is like a jock thing now
thanks to @ricklane.bsky.social for talking to me and other modders. sorry not-sorry for the ludicrous headline quote
btw credit to @asponge.bsky.social who coined “concrete murderzones” years ago to describe QBJ1 and it stuck in my head all these years
btw credit to @asponge.bsky.social who coined “concrete murderzones” years ago to describe QBJ1 and it stuck in my head all these years
‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam
Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own right
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
thanks to @ricklane.bsky.social for talking to me and other modders. sorry not-sorry for the ludicrous headline quote
btw credit to @asponge.bsky.social who coined “concrete murderzones” years ago to describe QBJ1 and it stuck in my head all these years
btw credit to @asponge.bsky.social who coined “concrete murderzones” years ago to describe QBJ1 and it stuck in my head all these years
here’s a free joke, I hereby release this joke into public domain: “faye wong?? more like faye WROnG”
January 22, 2026 at 12:18 AM
here’s a free joke, I hereby release this joke into public domain: “faye wong?? more like faye WROnG”
I feel bad going to sleep when the british are in their peak posting hours but I'm just going to have to fav you when I wake up ok
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I feel bad going to sleep when the british are in their peak posting hours but I'm just going to have to fav you when I wake up ok
Reposted by Robert Yang
QBJ3 has been updated!
lots of map fixes and updates, and weapon tweaks.
go grab it!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
lots of map fixes and updates, and weapon tweaks.
go grab it!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 AM
QBJ3 has been updated!
lots of map fixes and updates, and weapon tweaks.
go grab it!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
lots of map fixes and updates, and weapon tweaks.
go grab it!
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
research for a little gay hockey game maybe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-bod... // www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
January 20, 2026 at 4:49 AM
research for a little gay hockey game maybe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-bod... // www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...