Buttery Awesome
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Buttery Awesome
@butteryawesome.bsky.social
Extra-Independent game developer spawned from a lifetime of AAA game development. Creating odd, quirky and wonderfully joyous interactive toys for weirdos.
Submissions to the Experimental Games Showcase at GDC are now OPEN through October 24, 2025! Please send us the weird shit you're working on! More info about the session and where to submit can be found on our NEW website here www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com
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September 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hey! I love telling rambly Sims dev stories, so I'm doing an AMA on The Sims 3 (and Sims 2 and a bit of Sims 4 I suppose).

Come hang out and chat Sunday May 11th @11am PDT!

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#TheSims3 #Sims3 #TheSims #GameDev #AMA
May 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Here's a short one concerning a simple silly Sims 3 prototype about imperiled sheep.

Next, I'll probably take a brief break from Sims Bits and share some deep cuts from FIFA or Overwatch/Titan that have never been seen 🙃.

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#TheSims3 #Sims3 #TheSims #GameDev
Senseless Sims Prototyping: Do Sims Dream of Electric Sheep?
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March 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hey again! I put together a little fireside designer chat about the origins and inner workings of the Story Progression system in The Sims 3. It's long, but I find me fascinating.

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#TheSims3 #Sims3 #TheSims #StoryProgression #GameDev #AI #NPCStories
The Secret Lives of Sims: Simulating Closets and Skeletons in The Sims 3
YouTube video by Buttery Awesome
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February 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hey all! Have an inside look at one of the abstract (and entirely too silly) prototypes created during the first "Senseless Prototyping Monday" early in the development of The Sims 3.

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Senseless Sims Prototyping: Meet Duckwood... One of the Earliest Sims 3 Prototypes
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February 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And So It Begins... Kicking off my questionable corner of the internet with random prototypes, development progress and questionable game design rants.

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And So It Begins...
Hey all!  I'll do formal introductions in a bit, but since I'm going to make this live now, I figured at least an explanation was in order. I'm Matt Brown.  I spent nearly 30 years creating and...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM