Oakum Studio
@oakumstudio.bsky.social
Indie game developer and tech enthusiast.
Developer of ButcherLand
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.OakumStudiO.Butcherland
https://wyntek.itch.io/butcherland
Developer of ButcherLand
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.OakumStudiO.Butcherland
https://wyntek.itch.io/butcherland
One of my favorites has always been:
"So long and thanks for the fish"
"So long and thanks for the fish"
February 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
One of my favorites has always been:
"So long and thanks for the fish"
"So long and thanks for the fish"
I've never seen this either and I've lived in the Mt St Helens area for 30 years. I have been where the picture was taken, Yale Reservoir. The view looks correct and the skiing equipment for that time of year is also correct (very cold water).
Here's a another view north from Yale Reservoir.
Here's a another view north from Yale Reservoir.
February 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've never seen this either and I've lived in the Mt St Helens area for 30 years. I have been where the picture was taken, Yale Reservoir. The view looks correct and the skiing equipment for that time of year is also correct (very cold water).
Here's a another view north from Yale Reservoir.
Here's a another view north from Yale Reservoir.
Sad news -- both in terms of layoffs and the direction they are going by trying to integrate more with the ironsource teams.... ick.
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Sad news -- both in terms of layoffs and the direction they are going by trying to integrate more with the ironsource teams.... ick.
What's up, Chuck?
January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What's up, Chuck?
Doom 2.
I was 8 years old with a brand new computer setup in the basement. I finally finished installing the game (3.5" floppies) and drivers for the joystick (yep, no mouse) around 10PM.
About 90 minutes later, an imp scared me so bad I screamed and broke the joystick in half.
I was 8 years old with a brand new computer setup in the basement. I finally finished installing the game (3.5" floppies) and drivers for the joystick (yep, no mouse) around 10PM.
About 90 minutes later, an imp scared me so bad I screamed and broke the joystick in half.
January 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Doom 2.
I was 8 years old with a brand new computer setup in the basement. I finally finished installing the game (3.5" floppies) and drivers for the joystick (yep, no mouse) around 10PM.
About 90 minutes later, an imp scared me so bad I screamed and broke the joystick in half.
I was 8 years old with a brand new computer setup in the basement. I finally finished installing the game (3.5" floppies) and drivers for the joystick (yep, no mouse) around 10PM.
About 90 minutes later, an imp scared me so bad I screamed and broke the joystick in half.
Interplay's splash screen used to include their logo of "By Gamers for Gamers".
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Interplay's splash screen used to include their logo of "By Gamers for Gamers".
I seem to remember Idiocracy having a Masturbation Network on TV where people would just cook/eat food and talk about the news.
January 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I seem to remember Idiocracy having a Masturbation Network on TV where people would just cook/eat food and talk about the news.
I'd love to be included - thanks!
January 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'd love to be included - thanks!
I would love a deep dive into the 8 years during the XP -> Vista-> Win7 progression. I actually consulted briefly at MS during this period (2006) and it was very <ahem> interesting. Some of the stories I could share are bananas.
January 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I would love a deep dive into the 8 years during the XP -> Vista-> Win7 progression. I actually consulted briefly at MS during this period (2006) and it was very <ahem> interesting. Some of the stories I could share are bananas.
Watching A New Hope with my 4 year old daughter was perhaps the best movie experience I ever had.
January 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Watching A New Hope with my 4 year old daughter was perhaps the best movie experience I ever had.
I tend to measure "skillset" progress in terms of game mechanics. Have you implemented any kind of inventory system? Or how about a save game system? Fast travel to a different scene? Etc...
Now "progress" for the business side of game dev is a whole other animal.... ;)
Now "progress" for the business side of game dev is a whole other animal.... ;)
January 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I tend to measure "skillset" progress in terms of game mechanics. Have you implemented any kind of inventory system? Or how about a save game system? Fast travel to a different scene? Etc...
Now "progress" for the business side of game dev is a whole other animal.... ;)
Now "progress" for the business side of game dev is a whole other animal.... ;)
I agree.
The dull stuff gets a free pass and only REAL art is criticized. ;)
The dull stuff gets a free pass and only REAL art is criticized. ;)
January 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I agree.
The dull stuff gets a free pass and only REAL art is criticized. ;)
The dull stuff gets a free pass and only REAL art is criticized. ;)
That's a famous Bill Hicks bit about a waffle waitress asking him "why you reading?".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAz...
Bill Hicks Waffle Waitress
YouTube video by Austin1982
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
That's a famous Bill Hicks bit about a waffle waitress asking him "why you reading?".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=soAz...
Elbows too pointy.
January 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Elbows too pointy.
Winamp was the best. It supported streaming music from college campuses all the way back in early 2000's maybe 1999(?). Nobody else was doing anything like that then.
Chronix Aggression anybody?
Chronix Aggression anybody?
January 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Winamp was the best. It supported streaming music from college campuses all the way back in early 2000's maybe 1999(?). Nobody else was doing anything like that then.
Chronix Aggression anybody?
Chronix Aggression anybody?
I built for my first computer in 1998. It was a K6 with voodoo2 graphics card. IIRC all the components, including a 19" CRT monitor weighing 60 pounds, were around $1500.
January 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I built for my first computer in 1998. It was a K6 with voodoo2 graphics card. IIRC all the components, including a 19" CRT monitor weighing 60 pounds, were around $1500.
Even just downloading and rating mobile games helps new people so very much. That is to say folks who are really attempting to make a game and not a copy-pasta job to sell ads.
January 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Even just downloading and rating mobile games helps new people so very much. That is to say folks who are really attempting to make a game and not a copy-pasta job to sell ads.
If there's ever a Sekiro DLC, I'll be disappointed if this guy isn't guarding a bridge waiting to kill me 3,4, or 58 times.... ;)
January 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If there's ever a Sekiro DLC, I'll be disappointed if this guy isn't guarding a bridge waiting to kill me 3,4, or 58 times.... ;)
Please let this be the truck owner:
January 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Please let this be the truck owner:
I once spent a year building a C# reporting app for a group of chemists who built 100's of reports using excel VBA and VB6.
Those were dark, dark times in my SDE career.... (shudder).
Those were dark, dark times in my SDE career.... (shudder).
January 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I once spent a year building a C# reporting app for a group of chemists who built 100's of reports using excel VBA and VB6.
Those were dark, dark times in my SDE career.... (shudder).
Those were dark, dark times in my SDE career.... (shudder).
I only had a retainer for a couple years but used to have a lot of unpleasant dreams about teeth falling out.
You're not alone. ;)
You're not alone. ;)
January 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I only had a retainer for a couple years but used to have a lot of unpleasant dreams about teeth falling out.
You're not alone. ;)
You're not alone. ;)
We released Butcherland this year. Technically its still in open beta but the first chapter is complete.
Would love to be considered for the list !
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Would love to be considered for the list !
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
ButcherLand - Offline RPG - Apps on Google Play
A cartoon 2D platforming adventure with RPG elements.
play.google.com
January 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We released Butcherland this year. Technically its still in open beta but the first chapter is complete.
Would love to be considered for the list !
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Would love to be considered for the list !
play.google.com/store/apps/d...