Qay
@qaylikekay.bsky.social
32 year old practitioner of the dork arts.
I program, draw, and work on lots of various projects.
(They/Them)
I program, draw, and work on lots of various projects.
(They/Them)
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Was burnt out on my other project, so I've been mocking up a point and click game with a retro look.
I wanted to add a dither via shaders, and long story short it was a lot more effort than I was expecting. After figuring out how to add my own render pass, I also had to write my own distortion
I wanted to add a dither via shaders, and long story short it was a lot more effort than I was expecting. After figuring out how to add my own render pass, I also had to write my own distortion
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Was burnt out on my other project, so I've been mocking up a point and click game with a retro look.
I wanted to add a dither via shaders, and long story short it was a lot more effort than I was expecting. After figuring out how to add my own render pass, I also had to write my own distortion
I wanted to add a dither via shaders, and long story short it was a lot more effort than I was expecting. After figuring out how to add my own render pass, I also had to write my own distortion
(As single player games)
Quake > Quake 4 > Quake III (perplexingly) > Quake 2
Admittedly haven't played through Quake 4 in over a decade, but the body horror man-as-machine stuff was cool.
Quake > Quake 4 > Quake III (perplexingly) > Quake 2
Admittedly haven't played through Quake 4 in over a decade, but the body horror man-as-machine stuff was cool.
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
(As single player games)
Quake > Quake 4 > Quake III (perplexingly) > Quake 2
Admittedly haven't played through Quake 4 in over a decade, but the body horror man-as-machine stuff was cool.
Quake > Quake 4 > Quake III (perplexingly) > Quake 2
Admittedly haven't played through Quake 4 in over a decade, but the body horror man-as-machine stuff was cool.
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Just a smashing wormed corpse on this 16th century grave I spotted the other day in the cemetery of St. Peter in Salzburg's old town. Check out the toad detail...
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Just a smashing wormed corpse on this 16th century grave I spotted the other day in the cemetery of St. Peter in Salzburg's old town. Check out the toad detail...
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It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
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Finished a proper HUD for The Autumnal King.
I was messing with some color filters and got this cool corroded metal look. Unfortunately it left a bunch of white pixels around the edges, so I've been watching X-Files with friends while I clean it up.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
I was messing with some color filters and got this cool corroded metal look. Unfortunately it left a bunch of white pixels around the edges, so I've been watching X-Files with friends while I clean it up.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Finished a proper HUD for The Autumnal King.
I was messing with some color filters and got this cool corroded metal look. Unfortunately it left a bunch of white pixels around the edges, so I've been watching X-Files with friends while I clean it up.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
I was messing with some color filters and got this cool corroded metal look. Unfortunately it left a bunch of white pixels around the edges, so I've been watching X-Files with friends while I clean it up.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
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this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
And finished up the outside of the keep in the canyon.
I was struggling with the design of it for a while, because I thought it would be cool to work in some art deco influences, but everything kept coming out looking like a sky scraper or a casino lol.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
I was struggling with the design of it for a while, because I thought it would be cool to work in some art deco influences, but everything kept coming out looking like a sky scraper or a casino lol.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
And finished up the outside of the keep in the canyon.
I was struggling with the design of it for a while, because I thought it would be cool to work in some art deco influences, but everything kept coming out looking like a sky scraper or a casino lol.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
I was struggling with the design of it for a while, because I thought it would be cool to work in some art deco influences, but everything kept coming out looking like a sky scraper or a casino lol.
#TheAutumnalKing #gamedev #indiedev
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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A little talked about symptom of ADHD is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD).
This is an intense feeling that everyone hates you.
RSD comes in waves, and does not require events to trigger it. You can be walking along with friends having a great time and suddenly you feel an outsider.
This is an intense feeling that everyone hates you.
RSD comes in waves, and does not require events to trigger it. You can be walking along with friends having a great time and suddenly you feel an outsider.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A little talked about symptom of ADHD is Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD).
This is an intense feeling that everyone hates you.
RSD comes in waves, and does not require events to trigger it. You can be walking along with friends having a great time and suddenly you feel an outsider.
This is an intense feeling that everyone hates you.
RSD comes in waves, and does not require events to trigger it. You can be walking along with friends having a great time and suddenly you feel an outsider.
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biosniper capricorn
August 2, 2024 at 7:25 PM
biosniper capricorn
Along that theme, was blocking out a level and have most of the terrain done now. The first pic is just cubes in Unity to get a feel for the layout.
It's a series of cliffs and plateaus high above the canyons below. Still more to be done, but the all of the paths are in. #TheAutumnalKing #gamedev
It's a series of cliffs and plateaus high above the canyons below. Still more to be done, but the all of the paths are in. #TheAutumnalKing #gamedev
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Along that theme, was blocking out a level and have most of the terrain done now. The first pic is just cubes in Unity to get a feel for the layout.
It's a series of cliffs and plateaus high above the canyons below. Still more to be done, but the all of the paths are in. #TheAutumnalKing #gamedev
It's a series of cliffs and plateaus high above the canyons below. Still more to be done, but the all of the paths are in. #TheAutumnalKing #gamedev
Sometimes I'll be roughing stuff out and get kinda down about it, like "this'll never work out what am I doing" (e.g. first pic). But then I remember stuff like the second pic that I'm happy with and it was just a bunch of cubes in unity to start out
#theautumnalking #gamedev
#theautumnalking #gamedev
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sometimes I'll be roughing stuff out and get kinda down about it, like "this'll never work out what am I doing" (e.g. first pic). But then I remember stuff like the second pic that I'm happy with and it was just a bunch of cubes in unity to start out
#theautumnalking #gamedev
#theautumnalking #gamedev
Just saw an ad for a smart fridge with ai vision inside. wtf are we smoking, what value can that possibly add to the magic keep shit cold box
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Just saw an ad for a smart fridge with ai vision inside. wtf are we smoking, what value can that possibly add to the magic keep shit cold box
just one more data center bro. ai will totally be good this time, just one more center bro
The company already has two data centers in the state and is looking to bolster its presence amid competition from competing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Google Announces $40 Billion Texas Data Center Project—The State’s Latest AI Infrastructure
The company already has two data centers in the state and is looking to bolster its presence amid competition from competing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
just one more data center bro. ai will totally be good this time, just one more center bro
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More musings from the Deity series. A more canine variant of a previous Sphinx design, thanks for looking!
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
More musings from the Deity series. A more canine variant of a previous Sphinx design, thanks for looking!
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God forbid some old bloke has a hobby
The alleged leader of the scheme, a 77-year-old German man from Bavaria, also tried to sell counterfeit works supposedly by Frida Kahlo, Amadeo Modigliani and Peter Paul Rubens, authorities say. n.pr/4oGSI35
German police bust an art forgery ring trying to sell fake Picasso, Rembrandt works
The alleged leader of the scheme, a 77-year-old German man from Bavaria, also tried to sell counterfeit works supposedly by Frida Kahlo, Amadeo Modigliani and Peter Paul Rubens, authorities say.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
God forbid some old bloke has a hobby
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Shrimps, after some more developing and testing I will be releasing a SHRIMP GAME Steam demo soon with a stupid amount of content 🍤
stay tuned bros
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
stay tuned bros
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Shrimps, after some more developing and testing I will be releasing a SHRIMP GAME Steam demo soon with a stupid amount of content 🍤
stay tuned bros
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
stay tuned bros
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev
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Writing my own physics detection wasn't enough. That part seems to be fine now, but it still chugs. So okay, I say, I'll switch to an instanced mesh.
...Nope, if the cube is as dense as in the second clip, it still chugs once you've revealed enough faces. Gonna have to do some runtime mesh stuff.
...Nope, if the cube is as dense as in the second clip, it still chugs once you've revealed enough faces. Gonna have to do some runtime mesh stuff.
Working on some building destruction stuff, and figured I'd see if I could get away with just using built-in collision boxes. It works okay with a few boxes (first clip), but when you make the building out of many small boxes (second clip) it hitches and stops working correctly.
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Writing my own physics detection wasn't enough. That part seems to be fine now, but it still chugs. So okay, I say, I'll switch to an instanced mesh.
...Nope, if the cube is as dense as in the second clip, it still chugs once you've revealed enough faces. Gonna have to do some runtime mesh stuff.
...Nope, if the cube is as dense as in the second clip, it still chugs once you've revealed enough faces. Gonna have to do some runtime mesh stuff.
Hate writing large math functions.
If it doesn't work, it's a pain to debug and fix.
If it does work... well there's no way in hell I nailed it the first time, there's some horribly nuanced problem that's going to bite me in the ass down the road.
If it doesn't work, it's a pain to debug and fix.
If it does work... well there's no way in hell I nailed it the first time, there's some horribly nuanced problem that's going to bite me in the ass down the road.
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hate writing large math functions.
If it doesn't work, it's a pain to debug and fix.
If it does work... well there's no way in hell I nailed it the first time, there's some horribly nuanced problem that's going to bite me in the ass down the road.
If it doesn't work, it's a pain to debug and fix.
If it does work... well there's no way in hell I nailed it the first time, there's some horribly nuanced problem that's going to bite me in the ass down the road.