Lyds
@lydiaschmydia.bsky.social
Indie Game Dev 🌟 I write sometimes 🌟 Creative. Queer. WLW. Aus. Tired
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I never worked at Critical Reflex but in the spirit of being an ally, I will say I can personally corroborate the sexual harassment from a named individual in the article because I experienced it too.
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I never worked at Critical Reflex but in the spirit of being an ally, I will say I can personally corroborate the sexual harassment from a named individual in the article because I experienced it too.
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
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How many times have I been told to give this racist game and its racist creators grace, and second chances? and empathy, and good faith, and and and?
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How many times have I been told to give this racist game and its racist creators grace, and second chances? and empathy, and good faith, and and and?
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
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Why are so many AI people trying to get into hobbies they absolutely despise? "Fuck reading just give me the summary", Fuck art just make it for me", "I got ideas but fuck actually writing" like??? Maybe just find something you enjoy doing and do that?????
August 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Why are so many AI people trying to get into hobbies they absolutely despise? "Fuck reading just give me the summary", Fuck art just make it for me", "I got ideas but fuck actually writing" like??? Maybe just find something you enjoy doing and do that?????
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no disrespect? actually, no- FULL disrespect. fuck those who speak of AI and ChatGPT as if it is something to be normalized
September 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
no disrespect? actually, no- FULL disrespect. fuck those who speak of AI and ChatGPT as if it is something to be normalized
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I just had this conversation with someone last night and they're exact phrase was "I think it could make a lot of mediocre dialog for npc's easier" and my response was "if it's creating something mediocre why are you even make it? What is the purpose exactly?"
Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.
December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just had this conversation with someone last night and they're exact phrase was "I think it could make a lot of mediocre dialog for npc's easier" and my response was "if it's creating something mediocre why are you even make it? What is the purpose exactly?"
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As I say in the pull quote:
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As I say in the pull quote:
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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our game is hand-drawn, pixel by pixel.
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
our game is hand-drawn, pixel by pixel.
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Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
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We have to adopt new tech or else our game will fail, which is why all successful games from a few years ago included blockchain technology
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We have to adopt new tech or else our game will fail, which is why all successful games from a few years ago included blockchain technology
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I've seen lots of acceleration due to the use of AI: acceleration of inequality, acceleration of climate catastrophe, acceleration of slop, acceleration of trust collapse, acceleration of scams, acceleration of model collapsed acceleration of misinformation, acceleration of drought
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I've seen lots of acceleration due to the use of AI: acceleration of inequality, acceleration of climate catastrophe, acceleration of slop, acceleration of trust collapse, acceleration of scams, acceleration of model collapsed acceleration of misinformation, acceleration of drought
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This is very good advice. Spread your bets on which of your favs sucks. Because one of them definitely does.
You don't have to go down swingin for Harry Potter. You can simply become obsessed with something else
There are so many cool things to be obsessed about, you may never run out in your lifetime. Ask people for recs, I dunno
A key to happiness is like... loving 3-5 creative works every few years
There are so many cool things to be obsessed about, you may never run out in your lifetime. Ask people for recs, I dunno
A key to happiness is like... loving 3-5 creative works every few years
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is very good advice. Spread your bets on which of your favs sucks. Because one of them definitely does.
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this is so cart-before-horse to me. i don't accept that people's attention spans are shorter in a way that has to matter. the problem is that we keep thinking that and "complying in advance" with the imagined boogieman of "people not paying attention nowadays". nothing done in that direction helps
You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this is so cart-before-horse to me. i don't accept that people's attention spans are shorter in a way that has to matter. the problem is that we keep thinking that and "complying in advance" with the imagined boogieman of "people not paying attention nowadays". nothing done in that direction helps
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oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
People were talking about yellow paint in games again, and I got thoughts on that and the sorts of things you should do instead, so here's a blog post on that. Imo read my blog post and buy influx redux
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
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angel and devil Bens on each shoulder when I’m trying to decide whether to do a hot take post about the awards
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
angel and devil Bens on each shoulder when I’m trying to decide whether to do a hot take post about the awards
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At least, that’s the plan.
The gods are silent. Rivellon bleeds. New powers stir.
Built by the team who brought you Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios unchains its ambitions to bring you an RPG with greater breadth & depth than ever before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxzy...
Built by the team who brought you Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios unchains its ambitions to bring you an RPG with greater breadth & depth than ever before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxzy...
Divinity - Cinematic Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Larian Studios
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
At least, that’s the plan.
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“I wish there was a game development conference somewhere other than San Francisco.”
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“I wish there was a game development conference somewhere other than San Francisco.”
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The international game developer community has been begging for the conference to move for years. This is the cruelest irony I could have imagined. We are so cooked, folks.
Saudi Arabia's latest overture to the games industry is a new conference, produced by GDC parent Informa, taking place in December 2026
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia to host Kingdom of Gaming conference in 2026
Organisers hope for 20,000 attendees, 500 studios and 200 investors to be in attendance next December
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The international game developer community has been begging for the conference to move for years. This is the cruelest irony I could have imagined. We are so cooked, folks.
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Since Trump is making the border evaluate 5 years of social media history for "anti-Americanness" for anyone trying to enter the US: I am anti US wars, US genocide, US torturing, US human rights abuses, US abuse of the dollar, US interventions, US oligarchy, US media hegemony, basically most of it.
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Since Trump is making the border evaluate 5 years of social media history for "anti-Americanness" for anyone trying to enter the US: I am anti US wars, US genocide, US torturing, US human rights abuses, US abuse of the dollar, US interventions, US oligarchy, US media hegemony, basically most of it.
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No, see, that is both correct and accurately describes the vibe
annoying both weebs and trekkies alike by calling tos “showa era star trek”
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
No, see, that is both correct and accurately describes the vibe
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Overstimulated! at the Meetup
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Overstimulated! at the Meetup
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