Richard Meredith
@rtm223.me
Game developer @foldedfox.games | Previously: Bad North, Little Nightmares, LittleBigPlanet | He/Him
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Richard Meredith
@rtm223.me
· Sep 26
RTM Blueprint Exceptions
A plugin providing a clean and easy way to implement Blueprint Exceptions in your UE5 codebase, from Blueprints or cpp code, with automatic breakpointing on errors and integration with the Message Log...
www.fab.com
Also in exciting news: I've published my little blueprint exceptions plugin on the Fab store. It lets you raise blueprint exceptions from Blueprints and CPP using Assert and Verify behaviors. With support for auto-breakpointing on errors and custom diagnostic messages
www.fab.com/listings/e3a...
www.fab.com/listings/e3a...
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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Wait till you read how he was fucking hired
December 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Wait till you read how he was fucking hired
The UX for entering alt text on the android version of this app is so fucking broken that its not uncommon for me to just not post silly/fun/cute things because having to enter the alt text for the third time because the process broke twice already feels like too much effort
December 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The UX for entering alt text on the android version of this app is so fucking broken that its not uncommon for me to just not post silly/fun/cute things because having to enter the alt text for the third time because the process broke twice already feels like too much effort
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The secret to networking in video games is to meet lots of peers at a similar stage in their careers. Identify one who's really talented; you must then kill them and bury their heart under a crossroad. A thing wearing their face will contact you in 7 days and offer to elevate you, at a price.
December 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The secret to networking in video games is to meet lots of peers at a similar stage in their careers. Identify one who's really talented; you must then kill them and bury their heart under a crossroad. A thing wearing their face will contact you in 7 days and offer to elevate you, at a price.
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I just don’t like the word networking and refuse to use it. I try to just go gatherings and not make a tit of my self and hope others notice that and respect the attempt. But that’s not as catchy a name for it.
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I just don’t like the word networking and refuse to use it. I try to just go gatherings and not make a tit of my self and hope others notice that and respect the attempt. But that’s not as catchy a name for it.
I sit down for 5 minutes to take a little rest from my cleaning and there's immediately a baby asleep on me. She's so very clingy
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I sit down for 5 minutes to take a little rest from my cleaning and there's immediately a baby asleep on me. She's so very clingy
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
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Artists, quote with your faces ✨
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Artists, quote with your faces ✨
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That is not dead which can eternal lie,
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
December 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
Like Tiny Tim, who did NOT die
Real apex predator over here #cat #CatsOfBluesky
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Real apex predator over here #cat #CatsOfBluesky
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In the past week, I've seen stories of AI:
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In the past week, I've seen stories of AI:
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
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My response to much of the AI-based doom and gloom going around can be summarized as: Yes, if everything happened as these CEOs are claiming, it would be catastrophic
But they're also as credible as the CEOs (often the same guys) claiming that every game would be on The Blockchain with shared items
But they're also as credible as the CEOs (often the same guys) claiming that every game would be on The Blockchain with shared items
December 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My response to much of the AI-based doom and gloom going around can be summarized as: Yes, if everything happened as these CEOs are claiming, it would be catastrophic
But they're also as credible as the CEOs (often the same guys) claiming that every game would be on The Blockchain with shared items
But they're also as credible as the CEOs (often the same guys) claiming that every game would be on The Blockchain with shared items
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it would actually cost SO MUCH LESS to just do this instead of throwing trillions of dollars at technofascists too, who would've thought
they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
December 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
it would actually cost SO MUCH LESS to just do this instead of throwing trillions of dollars at technofascists too, who would've thought
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logging onto limewire under dark of night to download 60 minutes
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
logging onto limewire under dark of night to download 60 minutes
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If anything the nonsense AI hype has only increased the amount of work I'm doing.
There's so many established and applied usages of AI in game development - including generative models - that don't compromise ethics or degrade product.
And so our job is fighting to keep that message out there.
There's so many established and applied usages of AI in game development - including generative models - that don't compromise ethics or degrade product.
And so our job is fighting to keep that message out there.
I cannot imagine how much harder your job in particular has gotten over the last couple of years.
December 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If anything the nonsense AI hype has only increased the amount of work I'm doing.
There's so many established and applied usages of AI in game development - including generative models - that don't compromise ethics or degrade product.
And so our job is fighting to keep that message out there.
There's so many established and applied usages of AI in game development - including generative models - that don't compromise ethics or degrade product.
And so our job is fighting to keep that message out there.
Loppan has started tolerating Ester sleeping next to her now, which Ester is extremely happy about
Ester is asleep as well now - I accidentally woke her up for this picture because I'm not used to a cat that can hear me
Ester is asleep as well now - I accidentally woke her up for this picture because I'm not used to a cat that can hear me
December 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Loppan has started tolerating Ester sleeping next to her now, which Ester is extremely happy about
Ester is asleep as well now - I accidentally woke her up for this picture because I'm not used to a cat that can hear me
Ester is asleep as well now - I accidentally woke her up for this picture because I'm not used to a cat that can hear me
We won't put GenAI in the assets, where people can see it and complain. Instead we'll use it to build the entire foundation of our project, creatively and organisationally, and never, ever ship the damn thing
Can't complain if there's no game to complain about 🧠
Can't complain if there's no game to complain about 🧠
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 7:01 PM
We won't put GenAI in the assets, where people can see it and complain. Instead we'll use it to build the entire foundation of our project, creatively and organisationally, and never, ever ship the damn thing
Can't complain if there's no game to complain about 🧠
Can't complain if there's no game to complain about 🧠
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Older gamers are generally more favorable to AI-generated content in games than younger gamers, but the majority across all age groups remain negative.
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Older gamers are generally more favorable to AI-generated content in games than younger gamers, but the majority across all age groups remain negative.
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
Kitten update: she has invented fetch from first principles. Makes playtime a lot lower effort for me
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Kitten update: she has invented fetch from first principles. Makes playtime a lot lower effort for me
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the big difference between procgen and "ai" is that procgen is straightforwardly a creative/authoring process like any other, whereas "ai" by its nature precludes both things. but even with procgen you can approach it from a cynical direction and fuck yourself
www.joewintergreen.com/an-insult-to...
www.joewintergreen.com/an-insult-to...
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
the big difference between procgen and "ai" is that procgen is straightforwardly a creative/authoring process like any other, whereas "ai" by its nature precludes both things. but even with procgen you can approach it from a cynical direction and fuck yourself
www.joewintergreen.com/an-insult-to...
www.joewintergreen.com/an-insult-to...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Tiny Glade, on vinyl!!
Thank you sooo much @stumpyfrog.bsky.social for reaching out to collaborate on this, I’m so excited 💖
Thank you sooo much @stumpyfrog.bsky.social for reaching out to collaborate on this, I’m so excited 💖
Hullo! We have a musical announcement for you today :3
Our composer, @odaodaoda.bsky.social made a new version of the soundtrack, especially for vinyl. It’s more ambient than the original album, channeling the peaceful vibes of Tiny Glade 🍃
Our composer, @odaodaoda.bsky.social made a new version of the soundtrack, especially for vinyl. It’s more ambient than the original album, channeling the peaceful vibes of Tiny Glade 🍃
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Tiny Glade, on vinyl!!
Thank you sooo much @stumpyfrog.bsky.social for reaching out to collaborate on this, I’m so excited 💖
Thank you sooo much @stumpyfrog.bsky.social for reaching out to collaborate on this, I’m so excited 💖
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"[Elon probably] knew it would be horrifying to others. But he decided that it was a better approach to shut it down, fire everybody, shut them out, and then go rebuild."
A test of whether the U.S. can recover its moral health after all this is whether we hold Elon Musk, genocidaire, accountable.
A test of whether the U.S. can recover its moral health after all this is whether we hold Elon Musk, genocidaire, accountable.
This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"[Elon probably] knew it would be horrifying to others. But he decided that it was a better approach to shut it down, fire everybody, shut them out, and then go rebuild."
A test of whether the U.S. can recover its moral health after all this is whether we hold Elon Musk, genocidaire, accountable.
A test of whether the U.S. can recover its moral health after all this is whether we hold Elon Musk, genocidaire, accountable.