Rodrigo Alem Fernández
@rodf.bsky.social
🎮 Game Dev @ Entrevero Games
📝 Dev, creative drivel and memes
🇺🇾 From Uruguay
🗣️ Posts in english y en español
📝 Dev, creative drivel and memes
🇺🇾 From Uruguay
🗣️ Posts in english y en español
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Rodrigo Alem Fernández
@rodf.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Hi Bluesky gang! I'm Rod from Uruguay 🇺🇾
Been making games for ~15 years now. Lots of web games!
Here some of the latest stuff I've worked on.
Follow me for game dev and other shenanigans.
Se habla español!
Been making games for ~15 years now. Lots of web games!
Here some of the latest stuff I've worked on.
Follow me for game dev and other shenanigans.
Se habla español!
Who would've thought a couple of monkeys could also be the goat?!
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Who would've thought a couple of monkeys could also be the goat?!
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30 years of Donkey Kong Country 2. 🍌
December 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
30 years of Donkey Kong Country 2. 🍌
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Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Hey so no shade here but... is it just my corner of social media that is showing zero interest in the ~series~ finale of Stranger Things or was it that much of a non-event in general?
December 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hey so no shade here but... is it just my corner of social media that is showing zero interest in the ~series~ finale of Stranger Things or was it that much of a non-event in general?
I see no lies here.
And most of the times it overlaps!!
And most of the times it overlaps!!
bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
December 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I see no lies here.
And most of the times it overlaps!!
And most of the times it overlaps!!
No joke, I'm surprised VR didn't have a well funded and high production value of such an obvious immersive power fantasy. Let me do some mecha brawling already. Pacific Rim jaegger competition!
i bet people would pay a lot to get in vr rigs and pilot little cheapish humanoid robots that could just beat the shit out each other to destruction.
a sort of lasertag 2100ad
a sort of lasertag 2100ad
December 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
No joke, I'm surprised VR didn't have a well funded and high production value of such an obvious immersive power fantasy. Let me do some mecha brawling already. Pacific Rim jaegger competition!
One of the purest forms of networking. No lies.
There is another way: I successfully connected with a bunch of well known people from my industry through the medium of unhinged shitposting.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
One of the purest forms of networking. No lies.
90% of how I work is like this.
Morever, I sometimes even say "I had a BAD idea"
Morever, I sometimes even say "I had a BAD idea"
brb I just had a dumb idea
December 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
90% of how I work is like this.
Morever, I sometimes even say "I had a BAD idea"
Morever, I sometimes even say "I had a BAD idea"
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SO, you want to network but don't know where to begin.
1. DON'T. Make friends instead
2. It's not about what they can do for you
3. Famous people are just people first
4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward
1. DON'T. Make friends instead
2. It's not about what they can do for you
3. Famous people are just people first
4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
SO, you want to network but don't know where to begin.
1. DON'T. Make friends instead
2. It's not about what they can do for you
3. Famous people are just people first
4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward
1. DON'T. Make friends instead
2. It's not about what they can do for you
3. Famous people are just people first
4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward
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Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
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merry xmas! I've gained a stupid number of new followers thanks to twitter exodus and rami's starter pack (thanks @ramiismail.com)
what to know: free Palestine, mask indoors, trans rights, unionize, all these struggles are connected
Also I'm sorry in advance, I have posters madness
what to know: free Palestine, mask indoors, trans rights, unionize, all these struggles are connected
Also I'm sorry in advance, I have posters madness
December 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
merry xmas! I've gained a stupid number of new followers thanks to twitter exodus and rami's starter pack (thanks @ramiismail.com)
what to know: free Palestine, mask indoors, trans rights, unionize, all these struggles are connected
Also I'm sorry in advance, I have posters madness
what to know: free Palestine, mask indoors, trans rights, unionize, all these struggles are connected
Also I'm sorry in advance, I have posters madness
This not Netflix's fault, although they've caused other problems in a lot of fronts.
Some of you don't know about the Surf Dracula meme and it shows.
Some of you don't know about the Surf Dracula meme and it shows.
December 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This not Netflix's fault, although they've caused other problems in a lot of fronts.
Some of you don't know about the Surf Dracula meme and it shows.
Some of you don't know about the Surf Dracula meme and it shows.
"radio" never radiated so yeah what OP says about the quoted article is true.
It's "podcast" and it will be forever because it's how we all understand it.
You think the word "car" makes sense too? Gtfo!
It's "podcast" and it will be forever because it's how we all understand it.
You think the word "car" makes sense too? Gtfo!
This is dumb shit because we still say "film" but everything is digital and we say "video games" but VHS is a quaint curiosity for many.
Stop trying to reinvent the world we live in to sound smarter than everyone else and enjoy random terminologies.
Stop trying to reinvent the world we live in to sound smarter than everyone else and enjoy random terminologies.
It’s finally time to retire the word ‘podcast’
December 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"radio" never radiated so yeah what OP says about the quoted article is true.
It's "podcast" and it will be forever because it's how we all understand it.
You think the word "car" makes sense too? Gtfo!
It's "podcast" and it will be forever because it's how we all understand it.
You think the word "car" makes sense too? Gtfo!
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Me seeing anything Pacific Rim related after the first film.
a man in a suit and tie is crying in a dark room and says `` look at how they did my boy '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is crying in a dark room and says `` look at how they did my boy '' .
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Me seeing anything Pacific Rim related after the first film.
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Task difficulty tier list of game development
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Task difficulty tier list of game development
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your free press is dead
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
your free press is dead
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Doing your budgets or schedules with a technology that routinely hallucinates is a terrible idea (as is contracts, legal advice, etc.).
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets?
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Doing your budgets or schedules with a technology that routinely hallucinates is a terrible idea (as is contracts, legal advice, etc.).
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
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everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
Gamers Are Overwhelmingly Negative About Gen AI in Video Games, but Attitudes Vary by Gender, Age, and Gaming Motivations.
Learn about how gender, age, and gaming motivations shape the perception of Gen AI in video games.
quanticfoundry.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
everyone dislikes genai in games, but kids and story-focused players the most.
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
sounds like we'll be ok. just have to stay the course here and the "inevitable" new technology nobody likes will die. again.
quanticfoundry.com/2025/12/18/g...
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Our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour is fully 2D, but with some neat tricks we’ve made it look 3D. Ethan, our environment artist, did this with a special type of texture called a Normal Map. (Thread! 1/7)
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour is fully 2D, but with some neat tricks we’ve made it look 3D. Ethan, our environment artist, did this with a special type of texture called a Normal Map. (Thread! 1/7)
Do I have to watch Monster High to understand Monsters University?
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Do I have to watch Monster High to understand Monsters University?
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After years, this still seems to be my most popular blog post about game development - how to develop an input buffer for a fighting game! It required a lot of work to get right and I'm happy it's still so well liked and referenced!
andrea-jens.medium.com/i-wanna-make...
andrea-jens.medium.com/i-wanna-make...
I wanna make a fighting game! A practical guide for beginners — part 6
Input buffers — or how to read and make sense of that list of mashed buttons.
andrea-jens.medium.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
After years, this still seems to be my most popular blog post about game development - how to develop an input buffer for a fighting game! It required a lot of work to get right and I'm happy it's still so well liked and referenced!
andrea-jens.medium.com/i-wanna-make...
andrea-jens.medium.com/i-wanna-make...
I find myself having to browse on LinkedIn lately and every time I go there I ask myself: "are people OK?"
90% reads like something one would write while being held at gunpoint.... ransom video levels of fake insight.
Or the most corpo-speak AI slop...
90% reads like something one would write while being held at gunpoint.... ransom video levels of fake insight.
Or the most corpo-speak AI slop...
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I find myself having to browse on LinkedIn lately and every time I go there I ask myself: "are people OK?"
90% reads like something one would write while being held at gunpoint.... ransom video levels of fake insight.
Or the most corpo-speak AI slop...
90% reads like something one would write while being held at gunpoint.... ransom video levels of fake insight.
Or the most corpo-speak AI slop...
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"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good