Jean-Baptiste Siraudin
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Jean-Baptiste Siraudin
@jbsiraudin.bsky.social
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Game design at Ubisoft (Sabacc on SWO)
Video guy on Youtube (Scinema)

Also here: jbsiraudin.github.io
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I thought about this a lot today. Sad to see how it's gotten so much worse.
A bicycle for the mind, redux an interview with Alan Kay, by Judy Schuster Electronic Learning, April 1994 Q: Looking back to your days at Xerox PARC, and from from your current vantage point at Apple, what do you find most surprising about the way technology is being used in the classroom? Kay: I think the thing that surprised me is that computers are treated much more like toasters, [with] predefined functions mainly having to do with word processing and spreadsheets or running packaged software, and less as a material to be shaped by students and teachers. Q: What's the matter with predefined functions? Kay: Put a prosthetic on a healthy limb and it withers. Using the logic of current day education, we could say that since students are going to be drivers as adults, at age two we should put them in a little motorized vehicle and they will just stay there and learn how to be much better drivers. Now, we would think that was pretty horrible. But what if we gave the same person a bike? We're not going to feel so badly [because] the bike allows that person to go flat out with his body and it amplifies that. [The bike is] one of the great force amplifiers of all time because it doesn't detract from us—it takes everything we've got and amplifies it. Most computers today are sold like cars, where as many things as possible are done for you. You don't have to understand how it works and, in fact, you don't have to understand how to think because the most popular stuff is prepackaged solutions for this and that. When you put a person into a car, their muscles wither. You put a person into an information car, and their thinking ability withers. I wouldn't put a person within 15 yards of a computer unless I was absolutely sure that it was a kind of a bike for them.
June 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Getting 'The Devil' for the 1000th win on Fortune's Foundation is some next level Barnum effect shit. Thank you gods of Solitaire.
May 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I love typography, which is why I'll spend 3 hours just cycling through fonts to make sure I selected the right one. This is getting ridiculous.
May 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Excited to share I'll be speaking at @officialgdc.bsky.social for 2 short talks on the design of Sabacc in #StarWarsOutlaws! See you there :)
#gamedev #GDC2025
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Reopening powerpoint but it's for preparing GDC so...
February 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Finally played through Sparks of Hope (loved Kingdom Battle) during the holiday and it's a very very interesting game. Not in love with everything here but I admire its unique tactical flavor. The soundtrack is also the best I've heard in quite a while. I'll remember it fondly :)
January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Rewatch of the night. Blessed by Willis rim and eye lighting.
December 20, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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Still kinda crazy to see all the physical sets made out of Sabacc shared online. Some creative solutions to translate some of our UI to cards too (way better than the taped out paper stuff I made).
Super wholesome and rewarding for the team!
October 19, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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Forever in love with Isle of Dogs science-y production design.
October 17, 2024 at 7:03 PM