Alice 🌈
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(She/Her) 🩷💜💙 Artist:Musician:Writer:Game Designer. Proud mother of my cats and my dog. I also love books.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I guess I'll be using #godot after all. I can't wait until the AI bubble bursts. Maybe once they realise that the 10 something nuclear powerplants they need for their 10 gigawatt datacenter isn't gonna appear out of thin air by 2027 it'll burst.
I guess I'll be using #godot after all. I can't wait until the AI bubble bursts. Maybe once they realise that the 10 something nuclear powerplants they need for their 10 gigawatt datacenter isn't gonna appear out of thin air by 2027 it'll burst.
Epic boss Tim Sweeney is right to call genAI a political topic - it's a mechanism of class war
Epic's Tim Sweeney has challenged a review of Arc Raiders that marked the game down for its generative AI elements, calling genAI a politicised subject.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I guess I'll be using #godot after all. I can't wait until the AI bubble bursts. Maybe once they realise that the 10 something nuclear powerplants they need for their 10 gigawatt datacenter isn't gonna appear out of thin air by 2027 it'll burst.
I guess I'll be using #godot after all. I can't wait until the AI bubble bursts. Maybe once they realise that the 10 something nuclear powerplants they need for their 10 gigawatt datacenter isn't gonna appear out of thin air by 2027 it'll burst.
no i don't want ai to browse the internet for me, no i don't want it to do my art, no i don't want it to think for me. I want a robot that does household chores so I have more time doing those things not the other way around. What a weird little dystopia we found ourselves in
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
no i don't want ai to browse the internet for me, no i don't want it to do my art, no i don't want it to think for me. I want a robot that does household chores so I have more time doing those things not the other way around. What a weird little dystopia we found ourselves in
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Die hard disney fans have better standards than god damn harry potter fans
September 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Die hard disney fans have better standards than god damn harry potter fans
I mean Fedora and other Linux distros are removing 32-bit support too. Considering valve has it's own linux distro too it makes sense. 2038 isn't that far away either
Steam is dropping Windows 32-bit support in 2026. The irony is that the current Steam app is 32-bit on any Windows installs, but it looks like that's about to change too www.theverge.com/news/780806/...
Steam is dropping Windows 32-bit support in 2026
Future versions of Steam will run on 64-bit versions of Windows only.
www.theverge.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I mean Fedora and other Linux distros are removing 32-bit support too. Considering valve has it's own linux distro too it makes sense. 2038 isn't that far away either
Happy Pride Month 🌈 Love will always win. Don't give up
June 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happy Pride Month 🌈 Love will always win. Don't give up
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Generative 3D models aren't seen as often as generative 2D art, so here's a thread on how to spot them.
November 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Generative 3D models aren't seen as often as generative 2D art, so here's a thread on how to spot them.
Why can't it be treated like books, where if you publish a book you give a copy to the national library etc? They'd rather have old games die than anyone dare to enjoy a product they no longer make money with
April 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Why can't it be treated like books, where if you publish a book you give a copy to the national library etc? They'd rather have old games die than anyone dare to enjoy a product they no longer make money with
Hot take, it should be possible to disable endless scrolling.
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hot take, it should be possible to disable endless scrolling.
Fuck it I am going to do this and make a prediction.
Switch 2 price cut in 6-12 months due to unexpectedly low sales.
Switch 2 price cut in 6-12 months due to unexpectedly low sales.
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Fuck it I am going to do this and make a prediction.
Switch 2 price cut in 6-12 months due to unexpectedly low sales.
Switch 2 price cut in 6-12 months due to unexpectedly low sales.
It always confuses me when people go and defend corporations as if they are their own personal friends and as if their identity is reliant on it and get angry if someone disagrees with said corpos business practices
April 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It always confuses me when people go and defend corporations as if they are their own personal friends and as if their identity is reliant on it and get angry if someone disagrees with said corpos business practices
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Pretty much this. Gamedevs are notoriously underpaid compared to peers of similar skill, even now. And that's if they still have their job in this time of mass layoffs.
None of these price increases will actually help the people making the games. It hasn't before and it shows no signs of doing so.
None of these price increases will actually help the people making the games. It hasn't before and it shows no signs of doing so.
April 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Pretty much this. Gamedevs are notoriously underpaid compared to peers of similar skill, even now. And that's if they still have their job in this time of mass layoffs.
None of these price increases will actually help the people making the games. It hasn't before and it shows no signs of doing so.
None of these price increases will actually help the people making the games. It hasn't before and it shows no signs of doing so.
Bought this book to help me on my C++ learning journey
March 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Bought this book to help me on my C++ learning journey
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You want to know if gpt/llms are useful for gamedev? Look at the GDC talks on AI. Where are the retrospectives from the teams shipping successful games with the order of magnitude efficiency bonus we've been promised? I've scoured the schedule and I don't see them.
February 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You want to know if gpt/llms are useful for gamedev? Look at the GDC talks on AI. Where are the retrospectives from the teams shipping successful games with the order of magnitude efficiency bonus we've been promised? I've scoured the schedule and I don't see them.
Currently learning C++ in unreal
February 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Currently learning C++ in unreal
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30,000 layoffs means a third of the US games industry has lost a job in the last 2 years.
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
August 1, 2024 at 6:43 AM
30,000 layoffs means a third of the US games industry has lost a job in the last 2 years.
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
My Grandpas old Kodak Retina IIa, it seems to still work but I haven't shot any film with it yet. My plan is to use it on my cousins wedding so even though our grandpa isn't alive anymore he can still be there in a way and gift her the developed pictures as a wedding gift
#analog #photography
#analog #photography
July 31, 2024 at 5:25 AM
My Grandpas old Kodak Retina IIa, it seems to still work but I haven't shot any film with it yet. My plan is to use it on my cousins wedding so even though our grandpa isn't alive anymore he can still be there in a way and gift her the developed pictures as a wedding gift
#analog #photography
#analog #photography
I signed up for a Japanese class that will start in October. I am looking forward to one day being able to converse in japanese and watch/read japanese media in its original language. And since I want to train karate in okinawa eventually, it will make that experience easier as well
July 30, 2024 at 11:43 AM
I signed up for a Japanese class that will start in October. I am looking forward to one day being able to converse in japanese and watch/read japanese media in its original language. And since I want to train karate in okinawa eventually, it will make that experience easier as well
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Another great talk from Jeff Vogel who is my role model when it comes to indie game dev
#indiedev
#gamedev
Another great talk from Jeff Vogel who is my role model when it comes to indie game dev
#indiedev
#gamedev
Jeff Vogel Pricing, Sales, and Bundles: Building a Sustainable Business.
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July 30, 2024 at 8:52 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ82...
Another great talk from Jeff Vogel who is my role model when it comes to indie game dev
#indiedev
#gamedev
Another great talk from Jeff Vogel who is my role model when it comes to indie game dev
#indiedev
#gamedev
Recently got Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 on the DS and Dragon Quest V on android (would have gotten it on DS but the western release is overpriced af). In my quest to play a good variety of non pokemon monster tamer games.
July 27, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Recently got Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 on the DS and Dragon Quest V on android (would have gotten it on DS but the western release is overpriced af). In my quest to play a good variety of non pokemon monster tamer games.