Nifflas
@nifflas.bsky.social
Game developer and adaptive music specialist
nifflas.itch.io
nifflas.itch.io
Another Rob Braxman video about how dodgy Windows is getting.
I don't regret installing Linux (Mint/Cinnamon) on my potato laptop and starting to learn the things. My main PC is gonna run Windows a bit longer (I don't change my workflow mid-project), but can recommend start planning the switch.
I don't regret installing Linux (Mint/Cinnamon) on my potato laptop and starting to learn the things. My main PC is gonna run Windows a bit longer (I don't change my workflow mid-project), but can recommend start planning the switch.
Your Windows 11 Computer’s Hidden Spy: The Dark Truth About TPM Chips
YouTube video by Rob Braxman Tech
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Another Rob Braxman video about how dodgy Windows is getting.
I don't regret installing Linux (Mint/Cinnamon) on my potato laptop and starting to learn the things. My main PC is gonna run Windows a bit longer (I don't change my workflow mid-project), but can recommend start planning the switch.
I don't regret installing Linux (Mint/Cinnamon) on my potato laptop and starting to learn the things. My main PC is gonna run Windows a bit longer (I don't change my workflow mid-project), but can recommend start planning the switch.
Suddenly thought of Deluxe Horoscopes for some reason, I have no idea why these speak to me so much
Your Deluxe Horoscopes for September
YouTube video by Jam2go
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Suddenly thought of Deluxe Horoscopes for some reason, I have no idea why these speak to me so much
I do miss my old friend "Should not be capturing when there is a hotcontrol"
I have a new friend now: "[Worker1] Import Error Code:(4)"
I have a new friend now: "[Worker1] Import Error Code:(4)"
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I do miss my old friend "Should not be capturing when there is a hotcontrol"
I have a new friend now: "[Worker1] Import Error Code:(4)"
I have a new friend now: "[Worker1] Import Error Code:(4)"
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
What the discourse tells me is, a lot of people really want to play an atmospheric "show, don't tell" sorta game with no or minimal NPC interaction, where it's just the player and a dangerous possibly alien world to make sense out of
Let's ignore Prime 4 for a moment. Got cool recommendations?
Let's ignore Prime 4 for a moment. Got cool recommendations?
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
What the discourse tells me is, a lot of people really want to play an atmospheric "show, don't tell" sorta game with no or minimal NPC interaction, where it's just the player and a dangerous possibly alien world to make sense out of
Let's ignore Prime 4 for a moment. Got cool recommendations?
Let's ignore Prime 4 for a moment. Got cool recommendations?
Speaking of games on alien planets where people talk a lot, Blippo+ is super good!
Blippo+ on Steam
Blippo+ is a live-action, off-cable TV simulator. Channel-surf the stars and discover the staticky, radical world of Planet Blip through its soaps, sitcoms, news, weather, and talk shows. But don’t to...
store.steampowered.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Speaking of games on alien planets where people talk a lot, Blippo+ is super good!
The worst thing about life is, it's just too damn short. There's no way I'm gonna learn everything I want to learn in just a bunch of more decades.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The worst thing about life is, it's just too damn short. There's no way I'm gonna learn everything I want to learn in just a bunch of more decades.
Say I'm traveling from Copenhagen to Belgium by train, and will stop for a night on the way
What's a cool place to check out? Makes most sense in the Netherlands or west of Germany
What's a cool place to check out? Makes most sense in the Netherlands or west of Germany
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Say I'm traveling from Copenhagen to Belgium by train, and will stop for a night on the way
What's a cool place to check out? Makes most sense in the Netherlands or west of Germany
What's a cool place to check out? Makes most sense in the Netherlands or west of Germany
Competition! The person with the most uses of goto in your current project wins. Only gotos you personally added counts
I have 8
I have 8
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Competition! The person with the most uses of goto in your current project wins. Only gotos you personally added counts
I have 8
I have 8
So, vampires don't have reflections, right?
Has this been a game mechanic? It'd be kinda awesome in a game about either vampire hunting or survival where you don't know who's a vampire and they're trying to blend in.
Has this been a game mechanic? It'd be kinda awesome in a game about either vampire hunting or survival where you don't know who's a vampire and they're trying to blend in.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So, vampires don't have reflections, right?
Has this been a game mechanic? It'd be kinda awesome in a game about either vampire hunting or survival where you don't know who's a vampire and they're trying to blend in.
Has this been a game mechanic? It'd be kinda awesome in a game about either vampire hunting or survival where you don't know who's a vampire and they're trying to blend in.
Wait, there's a Steam Machine now?
How well do you reckon SteamOS 3 on a Steam Machine works as a general purpose Linux distro, if one wants to use it as a PC? 'cause sounds like it could make Linux more popular in a time when Windows is going an ugly direction
How well do you reckon SteamOS 3 on a Steam Machine works as a general purpose Linux distro, if one wants to use it as a PC? 'cause sounds like it could make Linux more popular in a time when Windows is going an ugly direction
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Wait, there's a Steam Machine now?
How well do you reckon SteamOS 3 on a Steam Machine works as a general purpose Linux distro, if one wants to use it as a PC? 'cause sounds like it could make Linux more popular in a time when Windows is going an ugly direction
How well do you reckon SteamOS 3 on a Steam Machine works as a general purpose Linux distro, if one wants to use it as a PC? 'cause sounds like it could make Linux more popular in a time when Windows is going an ugly direction
I think I'm phasing out File 1, 2, 3 and replacing it with File A, B, C
My code is 0-based and I need to get rid of that annoying UI/code mismatch
My code is 0-based and I need to get rid of that annoying UI/code mismatch
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I think I'm phasing out File 1, 2, 3 and replacing it with File A, B, C
My code is 0-based and I need to get rid of that annoying UI/code mismatch
My code is 0-based and I need to get rid of that annoying UI/code mismatch
xkcd is very "Not Just Bikes" today, and I'm here for it
Car Size
xkcd.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
xkcd is very "Not Just Bikes" today, and I'm here for it
whew, doing major refactoring of my game's UI code
Going surprisingly smooth though. A nice thing about being on the experienced side of programming is, I can revisit earlier code and understand it well
Going surprisingly smooth though. A nice thing about being on the experienced side of programming is, I can revisit earlier code and understand it well
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
whew, doing major refactoring of my game's UI code
Going surprisingly smooth though. A nice thing about being on the experienced side of programming is, I can revisit earlier code and understand it well
Going surprisingly smooth though. A nice thing about being on the experienced side of programming is, I can revisit earlier code and understand it well
Now a few weeks of boring work coming up for my game. Menu UI, menu code, menu stuff, more menu stuff, fallback text renderers, input customization. Oh god.
I move away from Unity, I hope to build a solution for this where it's part of my engine, rather than implemented per-game.
I move away from Unity, I hope to build a solution for this where it's part of my engine, rather than implemented per-game.
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Now a few weeks of boring work coming up for my game. Menu UI, menu code, menu stuff, more menu stuff, fallback text renderers, input customization. Oh god.
I move away from Unity, I hope to build a solution for this where it's part of my engine, rather than implemented per-game.
I move away from Unity, I hope to build a solution for this where it's part of my engine, rather than implemented per-game.
For two days I've been like "It's so weird, it's like my game has gotten quieter and I need to increase the system volume further to hear it"
I finally found the answer! I had reduced the volume in the game's menu
I finally found the answer! I had reduced the volume in the game's menu
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
For two days I've been like "It's so weird, it's like my game has gotten quieter and I need to increase the system volume further to hear it"
I finally found the answer! I had reduced the volume in the game's menu
I finally found the answer! I had reduced the volume in the game's menu
The Rhythm Doggo trailer is now up on Youtube too and the game's steam page is store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/... - wishlisting is super appreciated
Key art by @1neila1.bsky.social
Key art by @1neila1.bsky.social
Rhythm Doggo Trailer
YouTube video by Nifflas
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Rhythm Doggo trailer is now up on Youtube too and the game's steam page is store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/... - wishlisting is super appreciated
Key art by @1neila1.bsky.social
Key art by @1neila1.bsky.social
NPC dog traversal algorithm worked! The calculated jump vector to get the correct jump arc was flawless!
Only I had messed up another algorithm, so the dog went to the opposite side of the platform to initiate the jump
Wishlists would be super appreciated: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
Only I had messed up another algorithm, so the dog went to the opposite side of the platform to initiate the jump
Wishlists would be super appreciated: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
NPC dog traversal algorithm worked! The calculated jump vector to get the correct jump arc was flawless!
Only I had messed up another algorithm, so the dog went to the opposite side of the platform to initiate the jump
Wishlists would be super appreciated: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
Only I had messed up another algorithm, so the dog went to the opposite side of the platform to initiate the jump
Wishlists would be super appreciated: store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
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Felt a bit ranty of coca cola commercial holiday bragged about their AI slop ad... for 70,000 clips/prompts to get what they had to show. Id' rather not wait on AI, I just want to create the thing today! #indiegamedev #aislop #maekgaem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NB...
Coca Cola AI Gen Is Coming slop AD
YouTube video by Otter Make Games Inc.
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Felt a bit ranty of coca cola commercial holiday bragged about their AI slop ad... for 70,000 clips/prompts to get what they had to show. Id' rather not wait on AI, I just want to create the thing today! #indiegamedev #aislop #maekgaem
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1NB...
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Here's a sampler of my upcoming new release Songs of Space, six tracks about space travel in the style of rock, jazz and what-have-you.
soundcloud.com/dfast/songs-...
soundcloud.com/dfast/songs-...
Songs of Space sampler
Sampler of an upcoming EP.
soundcloud.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Here's a sampler of my upcoming new release Songs of Space, six tracks about space travel in the style of rock, jazz and what-have-you.
soundcloud.com/dfast/songs-...
soundcloud.com/dfast/songs-...
Unity, you cannot call pre-selected analytics sharing "opt-in", that's the word for when it's not selected by default
November 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Unity, you cannot call pre-selected analytics sharing "opt-in", that's the word for when it's not selected by default
Tho I certainly have my Linux criticisms, wow my potato laptop runs soooooo much faster with Mint than Windows
like, wow, the difference is bonkers
like, wow, the difference is bonkers
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Tho I certainly have my Linux criticisms, wow my potato laptop runs soooooo much faster with Mint than Windows
like, wow, the difference is bonkers
like, wow, the difference is bonkers
Supraland Six Inches Under has outrageous out of bounds exploration, maybe the most I've come across. Practically everything has colliders, there are so many tricks for escaping the confines
Combine this with a Dark Souls "leave messages on the ground" and you'll have my favorite game in the world
Combine this with a Dark Souls "leave messages on the ground" and you'll have my favorite game in the world
November 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Supraland Six Inches Under has outrageous out of bounds exploration, maybe the most I've come across. Practically everything has colliders, there are so many tricks for escaping the confines
Combine this with a Dark Souls "leave messages on the ground" and you'll have my favorite game in the world
Combine this with a Dark Souls "leave messages on the ground" and you'll have my favorite game in the world
Today's Linux Mint experience:
Googles "mint task manager". Finds post where someone asks what the Mint version of task manager is. Replies instantly start talking about terminal commands
Real answer is ofc it's called "system monitor" and is perfectly launchable via the Start Menu equivalent
Googles "mint task manager". Finds post where someone asks what the Mint version of task manager is. Replies instantly start talking about terminal commands
Real answer is ofc it's called "system monitor" and is perfectly launchable via the Start Menu equivalent
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today's Linux Mint experience:
Googles "mint task manager". Finds post where someone asks what the Mint version of task manager is. Replies instantly start talking about terminal commands
Real answer is ofc it's called "system monitor" and is perfectly launchable via the Start Menu equivalent
Googles "mint task manager". Finds post where someone asks what the Mint version of task manager is. Replies instantly start talking about terminal commands
Real answer is ofc it's called "system monitor" and is perfectly launchable via the Start Menu equivalent
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I put together a new showreel - please pass it on to anyone you think might be looking playful installations and interactive shows!
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
Alistair Aitcheson - Playful Technology for Events
YouTube video by Alistair Aitcheson
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I put together a new showreel - please pass it on to anyone you think might be looking playful installations and interactive shows!
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...
I'm on the lookout for new opportunities 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivv6...