Holden Link
@holdenlink.bsky.social
Making silly games at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. Opinions and content posted here are bad and should be ignored by everyone. (he/him)
everything going to plan
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
everything going to plan
Samus: [scans plant]
Plant: "AYYY LADY, MIND YA OWN BUSINESS"
Plant: "AYYY LADY, MIND YA OWN BUSINESS"
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Samus: [scans plant]
Plant: "AYYY LADY, MIND YA OWN BUSINESS"
Plant: "AYYY LADY, MIND YA OWN BUSINESS"
this is still the closest thing we've done to using AI at our studio
bsky.app/profile/turb...
bsky.app/profile/turb...
Nobody at Turbo Button could figure out how to make an AI-generated greeting card. But we heard studios like us are expected to use AI for everything now, so we commissioned some of our favorite artists to hand draw what they think those cards might have looked like.
Here's what they came up with.
Here's what they came up with.
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
this is still the closest thing we've done to using AI at our studio
bsky.app/profile/turb...
bsky.app/profile/turb...
Tons of stuff broke from 2019 to 2021 and then again from 2021 to 2022. We published on 7 different platforms with massively different specs, and it was a *huge* pain, I can empathize!
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tons of stuff broke from 2019 to 2021 and then again from 2021 to 2022. We published on 7 different platforms with massively different specs, and it was a *huge* pain, I can empathize!
"EA Sports. It's Indie Game."
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"EA Sports. It's Indie Game."
We have gotten good at controlling it over the years with VR, where hitches meant a cert fail from the platforms. It's a huge pain in the ass to deal with, but it's possible!
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We have gotten good at controlling it over the years with VR, where hitches meant a cert fail from the platforms. It's a huge pain in the ass to deal with, but it's possible!
(and you're not wrong about the GC or other things that make Unity uniquely slow - it's less about Unity getting faster and more about everything else getting slower)
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
(and you're not wrong about the GC or other things that make Unity uniquely slow - it's less about Unity getting faster and more about everything else getting slower)
Dunno how recently you've looked, but Unity is significantly more performant than Unreal 5 or other off-the-shelf engine solutions for the majority of use cases now. We evaluated UE5 and Godot and had to stick with Unity because of performance.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Dunno how recently you've looked, but Unity is significantly more performant than Unreal 5 or other off-the-shelf engine solutions for the majority of use cases now. We evaluated UE5 and Godot and had to stick with Unity because of performance.
My best guess is that the brightness contrast in VR created an effect similar to when everything looks like it's slowly moving down after playing Rock Band / Guitar Hero too long, and your eyes are just taking time to de-adjust from it?
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My best guess is that the brightness contrast in VR created an effect similar to when everything looks like it's slowly moving down after playing Rock Band / Guitar Hero too long, and your eyes are just taking time to de-adjust from it?
Reposted by Holden Link
Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
This is rad, congrats!
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is rad, congrats!
This is great! Just a little hard to see the Extra Points logo, though :)
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is great! Just a little hard to see the Extra Points logo, though :)