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Chrispy
@chrispydev.bsky.social
840 followers 3.4K following 33 posts
He/Him
📆 Producer @ PlaySide Studios
☕ Melbourne, Australia
💓 Magic the Gathering, Board Games, D&D
🧠 I think, therefore my thoughts my own

worked on: Civ 7 VR, Warcraft 3 Reforged, World Boss

discord: chriscrux | linkedin: chrispydev
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alexbestie.com.au
Massive shoutout to @riotgames.com for sending this incredible horde of goodies to celebrate the launch of Riftbound: Origins!✨

Very excited to dive into the game and hopefully pull some epic champ cards👀 #RiftboundOrigins #Gifted
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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nelsanderson.zone
We launched GenExile, our solarpunk city-builder, in Early Access last week. We had ~35k wishlists before launch (not a barnburner but not nothin').

And they said, "Well, there's no way you'll convert literally 0% of your wishlists to sales."

I looked them dead in the eyes and said, "Watch me."
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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deanw.xyz
Photoshoped image not actual promotional material. White quote text on black as the header image: "The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed." -Robert McNamara Lower image: Picture of Robert McNamara combed thinning hair, wearing glasses and giving a thumbs up next to a picture of the KFC Zinger Bánh mì and the KFC Logo
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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mllepilgrim.bsky.social
My heart is heavy & I might have more to say on that later, but I've got news today that my time at Heart Machine will come to an end after POSSESSOR(S) ships.

I'm honestly too busy... literally shipping the game to start actively looking for work, but I'll be looking for my next gig in December. 🥲
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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jeryce.bsky.social
Netease just went straight to my folio to copy/paste elements of my personal work to create their official concept art for their Wakanda map.

I tried to get answers for a while but no replies from them so here we are.

You can check one of them Dm'ing me on X.
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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allyhennessy.bsky.social
Here's the lineup for FREAKON 2025 can you believe this shit lol
www.freakon.com.au/blogs/news/f...
FREAKON 2025: SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED!
Anyway here's the deal we have an absolutely psycho lineup so here it is. FREAKON 2025: SEASON OF DECAY Alexander Perrin The Folkman Brothers Vidya Rajan Marcus Grambau Lucy Mutimer Ruby Innes Shaun B...
www.freakon.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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gigerpunk.bsky.social
Fuck me this is bleak.
But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.
‘Children's book illustrator isn't a job anymore.’ I've been out of work for a while now. I made children's book illustrations, stock art, and took various art commissions. Now I have several maxed out credit cards and use a donation bin for food. I haven't had a steady contract in over a year. two weeks ago, when a client who has switched to AI found out about this he gave me $50 out of "a sense of guilt." Basically pity for the fact that Illustrator, as a job, does not exist anymore. It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore. The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
chrispydev.bsky.social
Mark Zuckerberg wearing some glasses standing in front of a purple and pink background Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, asking someone "Are you challenging me?", from the meme
September 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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jarisrener.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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arivelazquez.com
all these games adding fucking I2W mechanics (improve to win)
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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zander.supertonic.au
"We found your website and saw that you need to improve your SEO" — found it how? FOUND IT HOW?
August 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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adamatomic.bsky.social
new game !! out now ! this one is called

✨ WIZARD'S FOLLY ✨

adamatomic.itch.io/wizards-folly

🏰 Rebuild lost ruins !!
🍄 Create NEW fungus PROBLEMS
📈 HI scores ??? - Refine your builds and your MIND
🧱 Inspired by Falling Block Jam, which didn't start yet !! oops
August 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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nootboxgames.com
Even the smallest trailer slot for Gamescom is unattainable for indies. It'd basically bankrupt us!

So if you wanna help a tiny indie get some visibility, then I'd love if you could check out our awesome game - there's giant capybaras in it!
August 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
chrispydev.bsky.social
Mega Victreebel
Scene from Ant Man (2015). Scott Lang gives his daughter Cassie Lang an ugly doll. She says it's ugly, but also, that she loves it. Mega Victreebel is added to the image to convey the same sentiment about the design of Mega Victreebel.
August 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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unormal.bsky.social
mr beast has 400m subscribers.

office 365 has 400m.

speculatively salesforce might have 15m user seats.
oceanclub.bsky.social Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · Aug 20
OpenAI's $500 billion valuation is based on the assumption they will have 2 billion - yes, 2 billion - paid-up users. www.wired.com/story/openai...
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-valuation-500-billion-skepticism/
August 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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jitspoe.bsky.social
7 seconds of gameplay to convince you to wishlist my game KOOK.

store.steampowered.com/app/2329690/...

#retrofps #boomershooter
August 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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nicholasmc1.bsky.social
7 seconds of gameplay to convince you to wishlist my game Crabmeat.

store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...

#crab
August 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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kierongillen.bsky.social
I'll admit that the AI features in PDF reader have fundamentally changed my experience - I now have to angrily click past a pop up before I can read the PDF I need to.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Aug 19
As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past.
The AI-Powered PDF Marks the End of an Era
As Adobe rolls out more generative AI features for the PDF, the era of chatbot-less software is firmly a thing of the past.
wrd.cm
August 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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slack2thefuture.bsky.social
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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insertdisc5.com
this just in: im an abusive gamedev for (checks notes) making you feel things
negative steam review: Scripted death right in the beginning of the game, no way to avoid, no way to remove the 'achievement' stain from your play history when it happens And the game dev and their crony community call this 'a pivotal part of gameplay mechanics' and not what it actually is, a direct, coded betrayal of player trust. Why should I bother investing any further time in this title when the dev just seems comfortable arbitrarily killing you whenever with no recourse to fit their childish metaexamination of savegame mechanics? Life is too short to be a script kiddie's emotional punching bag. Even worse I have no idea how many more 'omg you died teehee' little moments and 'achievements' they've created to litter my profile with unerasable proof of failure. But since the art is pretty and it's about friends, everyone will just ignore how emotionally abusive insertdisc5 is and how casually they just dismiss all criticism Last and most bitter to me, the game is paced that you don't get the gutpunch till JUUUUST after the refund window. I kind of feel that was deliberate on the dev's part to even more severely punish people like me who don't enjoy being railroaded into character death. Toby Fox did the same motherloving thing with their ;uwu omg toriel scripted crit,; and the community defended his abusive actions then just as I expect insertdisc5's will do here. I am so motherloving tired of indie game devs being emotionally abusive and calling it cheeky fun
August 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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deemoncove.neocities.org
You're laughing. The no-death run is ruined, the screen caused feelings, the gamer-ego is DESTROYED, and you're laughing
insertdisc5.com adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper ➡ MIGS! @insertdisc5.com · Aug 17
this just in: im an abusive gamedev for (checks notes) making you feel things
negative steam review: Scripted death right in the beginning of the game, no way to avoid, no way to remove the 'achievement' stain from your play history when it happens And the game dev and their crony community call this 'a pivotal part of gameplay mechanics' and not what it actually is, a direct, coded betrayal of player trust. Why should I bother investing any further time in this title when the dev just seems comfortable arbitrarily killing you whenever with no recourse to fit their childish metaexamination of savegame mechanics? Life is too short to be a script kiddie's emotional punching bag. Even worse I have no idea how many more 'omg you died teehee' little moments and 'achievements' they've created to litter my profile with unerasable proof of failure. But since the art is pretty and it's about friends, everyone will just ignore how emotionally abusive insertdisc5 is and how casually they just dismiss all criticism Last and most bitter to me, the game is paced that you don't get the gutpunch till JUUUUST after the refund window. I kind of feel that was deliberate on the dev's part to even more severely punish people like me who don't enjoy being railroaded into character death. Toby Fox did the same motherloving thing with their ;uwu omg toriel scripted crit,; and the community defended his abusive actions then just as I expect insertdisc5's will do here. I am so motherloving tired of indie game devs being emotionally abusive and calling it cheeky fun
August 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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gabino.bsky.social
Fuck this and fuck this festival.
August 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
Fallout 3 (2008)
merrittk.com merritt @merrittk.com · Jul 30
Doctor: Great job, you've been born. You're a natural. Now, press [A] repeatedly to cry. Right, just like that. As a baby, crying is one of your most useful abilities
August 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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merrittk.com
Doctor: Great job, you've been born. You're a natural. Now, press [A] repeatedly to cry. Right, just like that. As a baby, crying is one of your most useful abilities
July 30, 2023 at 9:56 PM
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toestee.itch.io
I haven't even started recolouring yet, but I'm so so happy with how these little mock ups for Bug Brains' new playdough art style are turning out
A mock up card from Bug Brains, every element of the card design, aside from the text, has been made out of playdough. The card is named 'Feisty' and has a little orange and yellow symbol which looks like a flame or a meteorite. The card is split into three segments, each ending in an arrow pointing off the right-hand side of the card. Each segment contains some placeholder dice symbols, all showing a single pip for now.
August 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM