William J. C. Shepherd
@arkainnihx.bsky.social
software & game designer & developer; computer scientist
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What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What if color harmonies were a continuum? Not fixed rules, and you could glide through them just by interpolating?
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So didn't leave much info but I am generating clean single mesh shapes from 3 little sample chunks. So I can generate a base hull for my Ancient Waves shipeditor. This isn't kitbashing but cleanly copying geometry and reconstructing a welded new shape while retaining vertex colors and smoothing.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So didn't leave much info but I am generating clean single mesh shapes from 3 little sample chunks. So I can generate a base hull for my Ancient Waves shipeditor. This isn't kitbashing but cleanly copying geometry and reconstructing a welded new shape while retaining vertex colors and smoothing.
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this is the worst DLC i've ever seen
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
this is the worst DLC i've ever seen
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Want to share this again for no reason in particular;
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
By the way, what’s a AA?
Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...
hushcrasher.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Want to share this again for no reason in particular;
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Indie doesn't mean anything at this point! If your 'indie' category covers both Despelote and Expedition 33 then it's barely useful as a description!
(Also 'Kei' and 'Midi' games are cool names)
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
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Being observed today so I guess I'll go through the slit on the left
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Being observed today so I guess I'll go through the slit on the left
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I wanted to clarify what I mean by fixed vs. dynamic topology. In game graphics meshes can normally be not merged smoothly because the edges and connectivity is static and holes can't be closed or created. Dynamic topology recomputes the connectivity when needed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I wanted to clarify what I mean by fixed vs. dynamic topology. In game graphics meshes can normally be not merged smoothly because the edges and connectivity is static and holes can't be closed or created. Dynamic topology recomputes the connectivity when needed.
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My painting BICYCLE SHADOW.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My painting BICYCLE SHADOW.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
This is a rare self portrait. I love to bike through all the seasons.
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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A weird Star Wars discourse thing is that people decided Mon Mothma was lib coded when she’s the equivalent of a member of the House of Lords using her family fortune to bankroll the IRA
May 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A weird Star Wars discourse thing is that people decided Mon Mothma was lib coded when she’s the equivalent of a member of the House of Lords using her family fortune to bankroll the IRA
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google earth updated their images of gaza. it’s devastating
May 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
google earth updated their images of gaza. it’s devastating
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if a guy says theyre CIA and they want you to DM every girl you ever jacked off to and apologize, Its a scam. Just ruined my life. Thank you
April 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
if a guy says theyre CIA and they want you to DM every girl you ever jacked off to and apologize, Its a scam. Just ruined my life. Thank you
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All I’m reading is “hey be stupid and let a computer cheat for you
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All I’m reading is “hey be stupid and let a computer cheat for you
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
Don’t learn and grow, just let a computer do that. Be dumb so high power ppl can control you better”
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"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone
April 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone
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Unpopular Pete Hegseth Forced To Drink Lunch Alone
Unpopular Pete Hegseth Forced To Drink Lunch Alone
WASHINGTON—Looking around with despair as he searched for an open seat in the Pentagon cafeteria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was reportedly forced to drink his lunch alone Wednesday. Acco...
theonion.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Unpopular Pete Hegseth Forced To Drink Lunch Alone
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i have learned that way too many americans see the concept of 'freedom' simply as the potential to be rich and privileged, even if they aren't, & not things like freedom from dying from a preventable illness if you're poor, or being imprisoned for minor crimes, or persecuted by the police, etc
April 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
i have learned that way too many americans see the concept of 'freedom' simply as the potential to be rich and privileged, even if they aren't, & not things like freedom from dying from a preventable illness if you're poor, or being imprisoned for minor crimes, or persecuted by the police, etc
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This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
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My new essay comic, Antisemitism in a Time of Genocide, is now up at Le Monde Diplomatique in France.
I’ll thread the 8 panels in English here, and link to the French at the end.
I’ll thread the 8 panels in English here, and link to the French at the end.
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My new essay comic, Antisemitism in a Time of Genocide, is now up at Le Monde Diplomatique in France.
I’ll thread the 8 panels in English here, and link to the French at the end.
I’ll thread the 8 panels in English here, and link to the French at the end.