Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com
Product & UX Designer for Tools, Freelance Consultant @ https://rystorm.com/
Previously Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
Gets really excited about workflows.
Previously Apple, Guerrilla, IO-Interactive, and more. Organizes the Tool Design & OpenUSD Roundtables at GDC.
Gets really excited about workflows.
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Robin-Yann Storm
@rystorm.com
· Aug 31
Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, ingame trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse
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New video! Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, in-game trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse
Why are game developers so adverse to these technologies? The best way to find out is by asking folks who have lived through the history of game development.
youtu.be/CeZ_rcDQg6Q
Why are game developers so adverse to these technologies? The best way to find out is by asking folks who have lived through the history of game development.
youtu.be/CeZ_rcDQg6Q
Welcome to GodotFest 2025!
A 2 day conference in Munich, Germany.
It is great to see many folks from around the world, using, developing, publishing, and promoting Godot, all in one place!
A 2 day conference in Munich, Germany.
It is great to see many folks from around the world, using, developing, publishing, and promoting Godot, all in one place!
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Welcome to GodotFest 2025!
A 2 day conference in Munich, Germany.
It is great to see many folks from around the world, using, developing, publishing, and promoting Godot, all in one place!
A 2 day conference in Munich, Germany.
It is great to see many folks from around the world, using, developing, publishing, and promoting Godot, all in one place!
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When people use Agile and yet the project is not what users want nor did it get delivered on time.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When people use Agile and yet the project is not what users want nor did it get delivered on time.
I will be in Munich / München for @godotfest.com the next 3 days, and I am wondering:
Are there any great buttondown shirt shops in München? I'd love to add to my collection, especially if there are particularly crazy German patterns on them.
Are there any great buttondown shirt shops in München? I'd love to add to my collection, especially if there are particularly crazy German patterns on them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I will be in Munich / München for @godotfest.com the next 3 days, and I am wondering:
Are there any great buttondown shirt shops in München? I'd love to add to my collection, especially if there are particularly crazy German patterns on them.
Are there any great buttondown shirt shops in München? I'd love to add to my collection, especially if there are particularly crazy German patterns on them.
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Interesting that all the big companies still retain control of their technology stack by building in-house engines. In my opinion open source engines like Godot, LÖVE and Luxe are more similar to those than Unity. They are just communally developed engines with source code access for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interesting that all the big companies still retain control of their technology stack by building in-house engines. In my opinion open source engines like Godot, LÖVE and Luxe are more similar to those than Unity. They are just communally developed engines with source code access for everyone.
When people use Agile and yet the project is not what users want nor did it get delivered on time.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
When people use Agile and yet the project is not what users want nor did it get delivered on time.
It's been 9 years since I talked at GDC about 3D level editors being critical for game development, as it's where all content comes together: youtu.be/brByJ5EVBn4?...
And yet sadly, not much has changed. Though companies now do hire 'Tool Designers', which I count as a success from this talk.
And yet sadly, not much has changed. Though companies now do hire 'Tool Designers', which I count as a success from this talk.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It's been 9 years since I talked at GDC about 3D level editors being critical for game development, as it's where all content comes together: youtu.be/brByJ5EVBn4?...
And yet sadly, not much has changed. Though companies now do hire 'Tool Designers', which I count as a success from this talk.
And yet sadly, not much has changed. Though companies now do hire 'Tool Designers', which I count as a success from this talk.
Check this talk out for a great view into an Indiana Jones gym used for testing item pickups.
NEW INDIGO 2025 TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Zeke Virant (@godzekesatan.bsky.social) - Lead Game Designer at MachineGames
Talk: Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Video: youtu.be/n3vUWo3qsbU
Recorded at INDIGO 2025!
#techtalk #gamedev #gameevent #gamedesign #indianajones
Zeke Virant (@godzekesatan.bsky.social) - Lead Game Designer at MachineGames
Talk: Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Video: youtu.be/n3vUWo3qsbU
Recorded at INDIGO 2025!
#techtalk #gamedev #gameevent #gamedesign #indianajones
Zeke Virant - Picking Up Things in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - INDIGO 2025
YouTube video by INDIGO Showcase
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Check this talk out for a great view into an Indiana Jones gym used for testing item pickups.
Reposted by Robin-Yann Storm
Reposted by Robin-Yann Storm
Edges can now be extruded with rotate and scale!
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Edges can now be extruded with rotate and scale!
Folks, I am enjoying things in my life so much lately that I am worried about what is going to happen next.
It's as if I am playing a JRPG and suddenly looting a chest with 5 elixers in it, next to a save point.
It's as if I am playing a JRPG and suddenly looting a chest with 5 elixers in it, next to a save point.
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Folks, I am enjoying things in my life so much lately that I am worried about what is going to happen next.
It's as if I am playing a JRPG and suddenly looting a chest with 5 elixers in it, next to a save point.
It's as if I am playing a JRPG and suddenly looting a chest with 5 elixers in it, next to a save point.
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Wrap Texture to Different Mesh: Until I get multi-mesh selection in, I've added in a solution to wrap to a different mesh. Lifting a Material with Shift + RMB will now also pick up extra data that can be applied to another mesh's hovered face with Alt + RMB if no face is selected
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wrap Texture to Different Mesh: Until I get multi-mesh selection in, I've added in a solution to wrap to a different mesh. Lifting a Material with Shift + RMB will now also pick up extra data that can be applied to another mesh's hovered face with Alt + RMB if no face is selected
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You may not know about the mayonnaise implication in The Netherlands, so let me explain:
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You may not know about the mayonnaise implication in The Netherlands, so let me explain:
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
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I’m preparing for my Tool Design Workshop at @godotfest.com next week.
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I’m preparing for my Tool Design Workshop at @godotfest.com next week.
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
Reposted by Robin-Yann Storm
As someone who speaks at a lot of conferences: Don’t use Google Slides.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As someone who speaks at a lot of conferences: Don’t use Google Slides.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
You may not know about the mayonnaise implication in The Netherlands, so let me explain:
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You may not know about the mayonnaise implication in The Netherlands, so let me explain:
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
When you order fries here, you say ‘friet met’, which literally translates to ‘fries with’. If you order that, you will get fries with mayonnaise. Everyone understands this mayonnaise implication.
I’m preparing for my Tool Design Workshop at @godotfest.com next week.
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I’m preparing for my Tool Design Workshop at @godotfest.com next week.
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
What is a workflow that every indie has to go through, yet hates doing?
We will be doing an exercise about it!
Props to @eurogamer.bsky.social for appending NFTs and Metaverse to this list.
It’s the right thing to do, and I’ve explained why before: rystorm.com/blog/this-is...
Once you look through the history of these technologies, you see the same loops happen over and over.
It’s the right thing to do, and I’ve explained why before: rystorm.com/blog/this-is...
Once you look through the history of these technologies, you see the same loops happen over and over.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Props to @eurogamer.bsky.social for appending NFTs and Metaverse to this list.
It’s the right thing to do, and I’ve explained why before: rystorm.com/blog/this-is...
Once you look through the history of these technologies, you see the same loops happen over and over.
It’s the right thing to do, and I’ve explained why before: rystorm.com/blog/this-is...
Once you look through the history of these technologies, you see the same loops happen over and over.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
As someone who speaks at a lot of conferences: Don’t use Google Slides.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As someone who speaks at a lot of conferences: Don’t use Google Slides.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
99.99% of the time it will be better to use Keynote or PowerPoint.
It’s nuts the amount of times I’ve seen Google Slides fail, not load video, and flashbang the audience with a completely white frame after every slide.
Something I keep seeing happen with millennials: Happy they're making 'a lot' of money, but sad that they're still scraping by each month without saving much.
The reality is that 'a lot' of money back in the 2000s isn't a lot of money now. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't. Costs have risen faster
The reality is that 'a lot' of money back in the 2000s isn't a lot of money now. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't. Costs have risen faster
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Something I keep seeing happen with millennials: Happy they're making 'a lot' of money, but sad that they're still scraping by each month without saving much.
The reality is that 'a lot' of money back in the 2000s isn't a lot of money now. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't. Costs have risen faster
The reality is that 'a lot' of money back in the 2000s isn't a lot of money now. It sounds like a lot, but it isn't. Costs have risen faster
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Zohran undermining the Democratic brand of doing nothing & losing, by winning and actually using that power
The funny thing is that Democrats often say they want to tax the rich and expand social services - Mamdani is “aggressive” and not “conciliatory” bc he apparently was not lying and actually wants to accomplish these goals
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Zohran undermining the Democratic brand of doing nothing & losing, by winning and actually using that power
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Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !
I was at a Houdini meetup today in Amsterdam, seeing something I’ve never seen before: A Houdini battle!
They got a prompt: “Ethereal Ship of Stones” and then had to build anything in Houdini that fit that description. With the audience voting afterwards on the best creation
So neat!
They got a prompt: “Ethereal Ship of Stones” and then had to build anything in Houdini that fit that description. With the audience voting afterwards on the best creation
So neat!
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was at a Houdini meetup today in Amsterdam, seeing something I’ve never seen before: A Houdini battle!
They got a prompt: “Ethereal Ship of Stones” and then had to build anything in Houdini that fit that description. With the audience voting afterwards on the best creation
So neat!
They got a prompt: “Ethereal Ship of Stones” and then had to build anything in Houdini that fit that description. With the audience voting afterwards on the best creation
So neat!
Good UI, making good UX possible
This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.
Clear and easy to understand.
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Good UI, making good UX possible