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@kiranjv.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hey! I'm Kiran
I am an 'aspiring' game designer focusing on narrative and level design. I've been trying to get into the industry for some time 🥲
I'll share my projects here sooooon
I look forward to connecting with more gamedevs here on bluesky
#GameDev #LevelDesign #GameDesign
I am an 'aspiring' game designer focusing on narrative and level design. I've been trying to get into the industry for some time 🥲
I'll share my projects here sooooon
I look forward to connecting with more gamedevs here on bluesky
#GameDev #LevelDesign #GameDesign
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
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🐧 New Trailer w/ @vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social ! 🎉
Thrilled to be showing off gameplay and more of the penguin town! Cannot wait for y'all to be part of the festivities.
➜ PC VR | Fall 2026
➜ PICO + SideQuest | Post-launch
✨ Wishlist: bit.ly/penguinfests...
#vr #indiegames #cozygames #godotengine
Thrilled to be showing off gameplay and more of the penguin town! Cannot wait for y'all to be part of the festivities.
➜ PC VR | Fall 2026
➜ PICO + SideQuest | Post-launch
✨ Wishlist: bit.ly/penguinfests...
#vr #indiegames #cozygames #godotengine
Gameplay + Release Window Trailer | Penguin Festival 🐧
YouTube video by Cozy Cube Games
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🐧 New Trailer w/ @vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social ! 🎉
Thrilled to be showing off gameplay and more of the penguin town! Cannot wait for y'all to be part of the festivities.
➜ PC VR | Fall 2026
➜ PICO + SideQuest | Post-launch
✨ Wishlist: bit.ly/penguinfests...
#vr #indiegames #cozygames #godotengine
Thrilled to be showing off gameplay and more of the penguin town! Cannot wait for y'all to be part of the festivities.
➜ PC VR | Fall 2026
➜ PICO + SideQuest | Post-launch
✨ Wishlist: bit.ly/penguinfests...
#vr #indiegames #cozygames #godotengine
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November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Scientists from over a dozen countries from China to Chile cooperate to study a supernova in real time bit.ly/4i0QlG4 a break from the febrile news of politics and war. Humans can be so great. And so dreadful.
First glimpse of exploding star reveals how a supernova is born
When a giant star dies, a vast explosion erupts from its surface. For the first time, astronomers have observed this ‘shock breakout’ moment
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Scientists from over a dozen countries from China to Chile cooperate to study a supernova in real time bit.ly/4i0QlG4 a break from the febrile news of politics and war. Humans can be so great. And so dreadful.
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Vince Gilligan (Pluribus): “It’s harder than it’s ever been to get something made that’s not based on a previous movie or comic book or video game. Every generation deserves its own stories, instead of just the stories of their grandparents.”
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn on What ‘Pluribus’ Is Really About, Why Hollywood ‘Needs More Heroes’ and How Silicon Valley Has ‘F—ed Up the World’
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn unpack the first two episodes of 'Pluribus' and slam AI: 'Silicon Valley' has 'f---ed up the world.'
variety.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Vince Gilligan (Pluribus): “It’s harder than it’s ever been to get something made that’s not based on a previous movie or comic book or video game. Every generation deserves its own stories, instead of just the stories of their grandparents.”
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New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Right-Wing Attack on Wikipedia
The free internet encyclopedia is widely used to train AI. That’s why conservatives are trying to dethrone it.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New from me: “working the refs” has come for Wikipedia. The same type of attacks alleging anti-conservative bias that right wing politicians have make about social media are coming for the encyclopedia — because of its critical role in shaping AI answer engines.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Steam verified program is expanding to include Steam Machine and Steam Frame. If games are already Steam Deck verified, they'll automatically be verified on Steam Machine steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Steam verified program is expanding to include Steam Machine and Steam Frame. If games are already Steam Deck verified, they'll automatically be verified on Steam Machine steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
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Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Morgan Freeman is taking legal action over AI clones of his voice
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
"I'm a little pissed off ... don’t mimic me with falseness. I don’t appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that, so if you’re gonna do it without me, you're robbing me"
(via Guardian)
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⚠️ this has happened to an alarming amount of people I know. remember that when you open a random .blend file there's the risk that it'll execute unwanted code.
more details on how to prevent it/mitigate the damage in the quoted thread, as well as in this post: www.reddit.com/r/blender/co...
more details on how to prevent it/mitigate the damage in the quoted thread, as well as in this post: www.reddit.com/r/blender/co...
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
⚠️ this has happened to an alarming amount of people I know. remember that when you open a random .blend file there's the risk that it'll execute unwanted code.
more details on how to prevent it/mitigate the damage in the quoted thread, as well as in this post: www.reddit.com/r/blender/co...
more details on how to prevent it/mitigate the damage in the quoted thread, as well as in this post: www.reddit.com/r/blender/co...
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Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
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My #godotfest talk is online! Check it out to see how I do the lofi graphics style of Reconfigure and add juice by enabling all the effects in the post-processing system, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfip...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfip...
Antti Tiihonen: Less is More: Modern Approaches to Low-Fi Visuals #GodotFest2025
YouTube video by GodotFest
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
My #godotfest talk is online! Check it out to see how I do the lofi graphics style of Reconfigure and add juice by enabling all the effects in the post-processing system, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfip...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfip...
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I'm going to start putting together some free info and resources for indie game devs looking to self-publish. I see a lot of people making simple mistakes, and hear a lot about being overwhelmed by what they need to do.
Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?
Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm going to start putting together some free info and resources for indie game devs looking to self-publish. I see a lot of people making simple mistakes, and hear a lot about being overwhelmed by what they need to do.
Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?
Do folk have specific self-publishing questions they'd want answered?
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Just coded up mirroring animations. Good for one-sided actions like punching. Will be in the next release of Mesh2Motion. #gamedev #threejs #animation3d
#Godot hasn't added this yet. Maybe will be useful. tinyurl.com/yd544jby
#Godot hasn't added this yet. Maybe will be useful. tinyurl.com/yd544jby
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just coded up mirroring animations. Good for one-sided actions like punching. Will be in the next release of Mesh2Motion. #gamedev #threejs #animation3d
#Godot hasn't added this yet. Maybe will be useful. tinyurl.com/yd544jby
#Godot hasn't added this yet. Maybe will be useful. tinyurl.com/yd544jby
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German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
🧵 1/5
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Vince Gilligan says he will never use ChatGPT and wasn't thinking about AI when he wrote 'Pluribus'
The only way he'd use ChatGPT is if someone 'held a shotgun to my head and made me do it'
(via Polygon)
The only way he'd use ChatGPT is if someone 'held a shotgun to my head and made me do it'
(via Polygon)
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Vince Gilligan says he will never use ChatGPT and wasn't thinking about AI when he wrote 'Pluribus'
The only way he'd use ChatGPT is if someone 'held a shotgun to my head and made me do it'
(via Polygon)
The only way he'd use ChatGPT is if someone 'held a shotgun to my head and made me do it'
(via Polygon)
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btw if you need a proper introduction to PBR texturing with ucupaint I wrote a very detailed guide a few month ago in case you missed it:
Texturing in blender with ucupaint
What is ucupaint? Ucupaint is a free and open-source layering and baking addon for blender. It abstracts away the shader graph into a layer stack to allow texturing with layers rather than nodes:
The ...
passivestar.xyz
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
btw if you need a proper introduction to PBR texturing with ucupaint I wrote a very detailed guide a few month ago in case you missed it:
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Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vince Gilligan had the 'Pluribus' credits include 'this show was made by humans'
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
"I hate AI. AI is the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism machine. I think there’s a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit"
(via Variety)
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The store page for Stack Prootocol is now live! 🎉
Wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3937000/...
The game has come a long way since its game jam days and I am really looking forward to its full release! :D
#indiedev #gamedev #godotengine
Wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3937000/...
The game has come a long way since its game jam days and I am really looking forward to its full release! :D
#indiedev #gamedev #godotengine
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The store page for Stack Prootocol is now live! 🎉
Wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3937000/...
The game has come a long way since its game jam days and I am really looking forward to its full release! :D
#indiedev #gamedev #godotengine
Wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3937000/...
The game has come a long way since its game jam days and I am really looking forward to its full release! :D
#indiedev #gamedev #godotengine
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Godot auto-switches between 3D/2D views when you select nodes. This is great usually, but sometimes you need to see the 3D view while editing 2D properties, or vice versa. I made a little addon which lets me lock the auto-switch. Manual switching is still allowed.
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Godot auto-switches between 3D/2D views when you select nodes. This is great usually, but sometimes you need to see the 3D view while editing 2D properties, or vice versa. I made a little addon which lets me lock the auto-switch. Manual switching is still allowed.
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
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Alright everybody its time to start collecting nominations.
Who should be included in nominations for the award for BEST "LITTLE GUY" introduced in a game in 2025?
Nominations close end of November.
For a refresher you can see some of last year's nominations here; bsky.app/profile/raji...
Who should be included in nominations for the award for BEST "LITTLE GUY" introduced in a game in 2025?
Nominations close end of November.
For a refresher you can see some of last year's nominations here; bsky.app/profile/raji...
Who should be included in nominations for the award for best "little guy" introduced in a game in 2024?
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Alright everybody its time to start collecting nominations.
Who should be included in nominations for the award for BEST "LITTLE GUY" introduced in a game in 2025?
Nominations close end of November.
For a refresher you can see some of last year's nominations here; bsky.app/profile/raji...
Who should be included in nominations for the award for BEST "LITTLE GUY" introduced in a game in 2025?
Nominations close end of November.
For a refresher you can see some of last year's nominations here; bsky.app/profile/raji...
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India’s Longest-Running Game Developer Conference Dropped an AI Slop Rap Video
highchaosrun.com/2025/11/05/i... #GDAI #IGDC2025 #IGDC #GameDev
highchaosrun.com/2025/11/05/i... #GDAI #IGDC2025 #IGDC #GameDev
India's Longest-Running Game Developer Conference Dropped an AI Slop Rap Video
With IGDC 2025 on the way, GDAI dropped an AI slop rap video.
highchaosrun.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
India’s Longest-Running Game Developer Conference Dropped an AI Slop Rap Video
highchaosrun.com/2025/11/05/i... #GDAI #IGDC2025 #IGDC #GameDev
highchaosrun.com/2025/11/05/i... #GDAI #IGDC2025 #IGDC #GameDev