Niels NTG 🍅✊🇳🇱🇪🇺
@niels-ntg.bsky.social
Senior Developer at Learnbeat.nl + Researcher of PCG & Computational Creativity. Passion for art, technology, games and science.
Personal website: nielspoldervaart.nl
Personal website: nielspoldervaart.nl
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Some images from this year's @gendesignmc.bsky.social Minecraft settlement PCG challenge. We got submissions from both new and returning teams, using a variety of techniques conventional and new. Results will be announced at IEEE Conference of Games, which is held in Lisbon 🇵🇹 later this August.
What if we kissed on the couch of the power bank rental machine van?
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November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What if we kissed on the couch of the power bank rental machine van?
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I had no idea. This is delightful.
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I had no idea. This is delightful.
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
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it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
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Toeslagenaffaire, Groningers kapot, zorg kapot, onderwijs gesloopt, wooncrisis veroorzaakt, mensen de armoede ingewerkt, PVV groot gemaakt, PVV nog groter gemaakt, PVV de grootste gemaakt, in een flutkabinet met nul oplossingen gestapt.
En nóg verliest de VVD slechts één zetel. Wat een land.
En nóg verliest de VVD slechts één zetel. Wat een land.
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Toeslagenaffaire, Groningers kapot, zorg kapot, onderwijs gesloopt, wooncrisis veroorzaakt, mensen de armoede ingewerkt, PVV groot gemaakt, PVV nog groter gemaakt, PVV de grootste gemaakt, in een flutkabinet met nul oplossingen gestapt.
En nóg verliest de VVD slechts één zetel. Wat een land.
En nóg verliest de VVD slechts één zetel. Wat een land.
"StOp tHE cOUnT!"
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"StOp tHE cOUnT!"
Ik ben opgelucht maar vooral teleurgesteld
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Ik ben opgelucht maar vooral teleurgesteld
I hope that @zdfde.bsky.social has realised that the decorative floodlights at the Hofvijver won't turn on after sunset due to the ongoing renovation works. The background will be quite dark by the time the 🇳🇱🗳️exit polls results come in.
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I hope that @zdfde.bsky.social has realised that the decorative floodlights at the Hofvijver won't turn on after sunset due to the ongoing renovation works. The background will be quite dark by the time the 🇳🇱🗳️exit polls results come in.
Grappig om te zien dat zelfs al bij de verkiezingen van 1956 er een “uitslagenavond” was www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGi9...
📽️Tweede Kamerverkiezingen #1956
YouTube video by Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Grappig om te zien dat zelfs al bij de verkiezingen van 1956 er een “uitslagenavond” was www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGi9...
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I worked on the Torment Nexus for five years. Here’s why the project has lost its way. | New York Times (Gift Link)
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I worked on the Torment Nexus for five years. Here’s why the project has lost its way. | New York Times (Gift Link)
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PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative coding jam about making things that make things. This normally...
itch.io
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
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Het is tijd voor Wonen zonder winst, het grote woonplan van de SP. Wij willen huurbevriezing en 1 miljoen betaalbare woningen erbij!
Stem Supersociaal.
Stem SP.
Stem Supersociaal.
Stem SP.
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Het is tijd voor Wonen zonder winst, het grote woonplan van de SP. Wij willen huurbevriezing en 1 miljoen betaalbare woningen erbij!
Stem Supersociaal.
Stem SP.
Stem Supersociaal.
Stem SP.
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Don't say you're an "aspiring game developer". I've seen this a lot and it's just impostor syndrome. 😶🌫️
You've either made/contributed to games, which makes you a game developer. Or you haven't. The only way you'd be an "aspiring game developer" is if you want to make games but haven't yet tried it.
You've either made/contributed to games, which makes you a game developer. Or you haven't. The only way you'd be an "aspiring game developer" is if you want to make games but haven't yet tried it.
October 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Don't say you're an "aspiring game developer". I've seen this a lot and it's just impostor syndrome. 😶🌫️
You've either made/contributed to games, which makes you a game developer. Or you haven't. The only way you'd be an "aspiring game developer" is if you want to make games but haven't yet tried it.
You've either made/contributed to games, which makes you a game developer. Or you haven't. The only way you'd be an "aspiring game developer" is if you want to make games but haven't yet tried it.
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A wonderful alt-movie poster for 1979’s “Alien” by Laszlo Nagy.
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A wonderful alt-movie poster for 1979’s “Alien” by Laszlo Nagy.
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
TL;DW: Yes, the Witcher III (and also The Witcher II) is surprisingly very hydrologically realistic. But watch the video anyway. It’s delightful.
New video. late night hydrology hours. Witcher 3: youtu.be/5QI5byXtxcQ
I Tried To Make Sense of The Witcher 3's Rivers
YouTube video by Any Austin
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
TL;DW: Yes, the Witcher III (and also The Witcher II) is surprisingly very hydrologically realistic. But watch the video anyway. It’s delightful.
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Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer
YouTube video by Joe Lynch
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
The other week while I was sick in bed I watched the entirety of @tomlazan.bsky.social ‘s REFFOID (Review Every Final Fantasy Or I Die). It has very cosy early 2010’s YT review vibes (without the snark) and has criminally low view numbers www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Final Fantasy Reviews (REFFOID) - YouTube
The quest to review every piece of Final Fantasy media....or I die
www.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The other week while I was sick in bed I watched the entirety of @tomlazan.bsky.social ‘s REFFOID (Review Every Final Fantasy Or I Die). It has very cosy early 2010’s YT review vibes (without the snark) and has criminally low view numbers www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
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People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.
September 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.
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I’ve been training my cat to play ambient music.
Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4
Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4
September 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’ve been training my cat to play ambient music.
Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4
Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4
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Very happy Stanislav Petrov day - the man who saved every last one of us from becoming thermonuclear barbecue in '83.
September 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Very happy Stanislav Petrov day - the man who saved every last one of us from becoming thermonuclear barbecue in '83.
@konstantinosd.bsky.social do you know of any city building game that does a good job with mixed-use zoning?
September 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@konstantinosd.bsky.social do you know of any city building game that does a good job with mixed-use zoning?