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Bitter Game Dev
@bitter.outofthebit.com
​A bitter programmer sharing sarcastic truths about game development, one bug fix at a time. Definitely not affiliated with @outofthebit.com
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🕹️Welcome to the REAL behind-the-scenes of game development!🕹️
While everyone's drooling over "pretty pixels" and "fancy animations", I’m here sweating over algorithms no one notices.
Prepare for hot takes, sarcastic rants, and the truth about making video games...
Tonight at the Game Awards:

Best Art Direction 🎨
Best Music 🎵
Best Narrative ✍️
But where's Best Programmer Who Fixed a Showstopper Bug at 3am While Eating Cold Pizza? 🍕
No respect. 🙃💻 #GameAwards
December 12, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Happy 30th birthday, PlayStation! 🎉 🕹️

Here’s to three decades of breathtaking games, "revolutionary graphics" and... oh yeah, the programmers quietly fixing a million bugs behind the scenes to make it all possible.

We see you, code warriors. 💻🙌
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Visual Studio: "We're adding AI to help you code, predict your next move, and maybe even make you coffee!"
Me: "Cool, but can F12 just reliably take me to the right function first?

visualstudio.microsoft.com/github-copil...
Visual Studio With GitHub Copilot - AI Pair Programming
GitHub Copilot’s latest experience is integrated into Visual Studio and combines the capabilities of Copilot and Copilot Chat into one package.
visualstudio.microsoft.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Artist: "Here are the assets! Just drop them in the game."
File names: final_final2.png, grass_SMALL.png, tree_but_bigv2new.jpg, untitled2.psd
Me: "Oh yes, absolutely. Just spent half a day renaming files so the game doesn’t implode. But sure, your job is the hard one."
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
🕹️Welcome to the REAL behind-the-scenes of game development!🕹️
While everyone's drooling over "pretty pixels" and "fancy animations", I’m here sweating over algorithms no one notices.
Prepare for hot takes, sarcastic rants, and the truth about making video games...
November 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM