saluk
@saluk64007.bsky.social
Boardgame designer, programmer, and jack of all trades. Working on 22 projects at once, which is probably 23 too many. By the way its 24 now.
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Hey! I'm developing an adventure game with sci-fi elements set in Egypt, Turkey and the Vatican with pixelart graphics and an amazing soundtrack.
Help me to spread the word about the game!
Link below.👇
#pixelart #indiegame #adventuregame #pointandclick
Help me to spread the word about the game!
Link below.👇
#pixelart #indiegame #adventuregame #pointandclick
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey! I'm developing an adventure game with sci-fi elements set in Egypt, Turkey and the Vatican with pixelart graphics and an amazing soundtrack.
Help me to spread the word about the game!
Link below.👇
#pixelart #indiegame #adventuregame #pointandclick
Help me to spread the word about the game!
Link below.👇
#pixelart #indiegame #adventuregame #pointandclick
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I think about this a lot.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think about this a lot.
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The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
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The unspoken part is that Silicon Valley is hoping that the “vibers” are training the AI to replace them, so they won’t need another generation of programmers after this.
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The unspoken part is that Silicon Valley is hoping that the “vibers” are training the AI to replace them, so they won’t need another generation of programmers after this.
"And the latter is why we have such low expectations of IT systems - they work so badly, instead of so well - nobody cares about the basics - but the basics is what we want to work."
Give me a well organized hiarchical menu every time.
Give me a well organized hiarchical menu every time.
Today's tech stories were so dumb I had to write about them: the tech industry’s flawed model of your brain: a case study in how clever people can be so very stupid steady.page/en/cognitive...
#cognition #techbro #brain #affordances #psyscisky #neuroskyence #memory #learning
#cognition #techbro #brain #affordances #psyscisky #neuroskyence #memory #learning
the tech industry’s flawed model of your brain: a case study in how…
Two news stories today hit a consistent theme of mine: the tech industry has a serious problem - profound, deep, worrisome. BL, UF: they have precisely no idea how…
steady.page
October 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"And the latter is why we have such low expectations of IT systems - they work so badly, instead of so well - nobody cares about the basics - but the basics is what we want to work."
Give me a well organized hiarchical menu every time.
Give me a well organized hiarchical menu every time.
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On the subject of AI and copyright, I've got a piece in the latest issue of Red Pepper Magazine on generative AI as a black box archive, and how the web scraping of OpenAI is a dark mirror to the archival practises of the Internet Archive
December 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
On the subject of AI and copyright, I've got a piece in the latest issue of Red Pepper Magazine on generative AI as a black box archive, and how the web scraping of OpenAI is a dark mirror to the archival practises of the Internet Archive
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WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass
WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you
WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass
WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you
WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you
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who's your favorite Jeffrey? 🖖🏼 mine's Shran
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
who's your favorite Jeffrey? 🖖🏼 mine's Shran
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The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers
Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...
www.gameworkers.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
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Been saying [some version of] this at least since Michael articulated it so well on You're Wrong About... Excluding bigots from cultural and political influence because of their behavior is fundamentally different than bigots excluding people because of their identities and physical attributes...
We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."
Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!
Some say canceling is an act of redress. Others blame it on a mob.
“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”
“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Been saying [some version of] this at least since Michael articulated it so well on You're Wrong About... Excluding bigots from cultural and political influence because of their behavior is fundamentally different than bigots excluding people because of their identities and physical attributes...
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I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best.
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RIP Aaron Swartz 🥺
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
RIP Aaron Swartz 🥺
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When I look at what the Republican Party wants to take from trans people there is no line they won't cross--my speech, my privacy, my body. When I look at the Democratic Party I see no line they're willing to draw.
September 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
When I look at what the Republican Party wants to take from trans people there is no line they won't cross--my speech, my privacy, my body. When I look at the Democratic Party I see no line they're willing to draw.
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It's such a fun game with a lot of heart and incredible VO work. It's also very technically impressive (those closing doors!) and gives players a lot of freedom.
Get it now so on the 5 year anniversary you can say, "I played it when it came out." Give future you some clout in advance.
Get it now so on the 5 year anniversary you can say, "I played it when it came out." Give future you some clout in advance.
Today marks six months since Rosewater’s release! It seems both like it was yesterday and an eternity ago.
If you haven’t played it yet, now’s a great time!
If you haven’t played it yet, now’s a great time!
ROSEWATER IS OUT!
A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.
It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.
It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
September 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's such a fun game with a lot of heart and incredible VO work. It's also very technically impressive (those closing doors!) and gives players a lot of freedom.
Get it now so on the 5 year anniversary you can say, "I played it when it came out." Give future you some clout in advance.
Get it now so on the 5 year anniversary you can say, "I played it when it came out." Give future you some clout in advance.
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An observation on randomness: in many games, as the game gets closer to ending and opportunities to get closer to achieving your goal lose flexibility, moments of input randomness often start to *feel* like output randomness.
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
An observation on randomness: in many games, as the game gets closer to ending and opportunities to get closer to achieving your goal lose flexibility, moments of input randomness often start to *feel* like output randomness.
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But most of the people in power can’t be bothered to do a damn thing when we see literal images of genocide daily and an entire world is traumatized with images on a scale never seen before and so many cry out to have it stopped - so what do I expect? Anyways, Free Palestine. Fuck ICE. Trans Rights
September 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
But most of the people in power can’t be bothered to do a damn thing when we see literal images of genocide daily and an entire world is traumatized with images on a scale never seen before and so many cry out to have it stopped - so what do I expect? Anyways, Free Palestine. Fuck ICE. Trans Rights
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One of the sillier aspects of combating issues like this is that as the corpos start to realize they don’t actually have wide support, they start going silent. CS did the same after about the 3rd week
The lack of feedback can have a pseudo-chilling effect on activists, don’t let it
Do those dailies
The lack of feedback can have a pseudo-chilling effect on activists, don’t let it
Do those dailies
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
One of the sillier aspects of combating issues like this is that as the corpos start to realize they don’t actually have wide support, they start going silent. CS did the same after about the 3rd week
The lack of feedback can have a pseudo-chilling effect on activists, don’t let it
Do those dailies
The lack of feedback can have a pseudo-chilling effect on activists, don’t let it
Do those dailies
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We're welcoming back Back to Black, Feb. 5-8, 2026!!!
Get ready to celebrate Black speedrunning talent alongside @blackinaflash.bsky.social as we raise money for @raceforward.org!!
Learn more about BaF and how to join: gdq.gg/baf
#BlackJoy #blackspeedrunning
Get ready to celebrate Black speedrunning talent alongside @blackinaflash.bsky.social as we raise money for @raceforward.org!!
Learn more about BaF and how to join: gdq.gg/baf
#BlackJoy #blackspeedrunning
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're welcoming back Back to Black, Feb. 5-8, 2026!!!
Get ready to celebrate Black speedrunning talent alongside @blackinaflash.bsky.social as we raise money for @raceforward.org!!
Learn more about BaF and how to join: gdq.gg/baf
#BlackJoy #blackspeedrunning
Get ready to celebrate Black speedrunning talent alongside @blackinaflash.bsky.social as we raise money for @raceforward.org!!
Learn more about BaF and how to join: gdq.gg/baf
#BlackJoy #blackspeedrunning
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Reminds me of when iPads came out and people insisted if a child didn't have an iPad glued to their hands from kindergarten they would be behind for the rest of their lives. It's a sales pitch. Not in the interest of kids at all.
September 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reminds me of when iPads came out and people insisted if a child didn't have an iPad glued to their hands from kindergarten they would be behind for the rest of their lives. It's a sales pitch. Not in the interest of kids at all.
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i think any individual game design element is really difficult to meaningfully discuss outside of the context of the rest of the elements that make up a game.
again, it's like saying "painters nowadays use too much blue". what does that mean? for all paintings? or maybe you personally dislike blue?
again, it's like saying "painters nowadays use too much blue". what does that mean? for all paintings? or maybe you personally dislike blue?
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i think any individual game design element is really difficult to meaningfully discuss outside of the context of the rest of the elements that make up a game.
again, it's like saying "painters nowadays use too much blue". what does that mean? for all paintings? or maybe you personally dislike blue?
again, it's like saying "painters nowadays use too much blue". what does that mean? for all paintings? or maybe you personally dislike blue?
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It all comes down to this. Just one day remains!
🔪 Four gripping murder mysteries.
⛪️ Explore the streets of 19C Leipzig.
🕵️♂️ Link clues to catch the culprit.
🔀 Your choices decide the outcome.
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
s.team/a/1841190
🔪 Four gripping murder mysteries.
⛪️ Explore the streets of 19C Leipzig.
🕵️♂️ Link clues to catch the culprit.
🔀 Your choices decide the outcome.
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
s.team/a/1841190
September 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It all comes down to this. Just one day remains!
🔪 Four gripping murder mysteries.
⛪️ Explore the streets of 19C Leipzig.
🕵️♂️ Link clues to catch the culprit.
🔀 Your choices decide the outcome.
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
s.team/a/1841190
🔪 Four gripping murder mysteries.
⛪️ Explore the streets of 19C Leipzig.
🕵️♂️ Link clues to catch the culprit.
🔀 Your choices decide the outcome.
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders
s.team/a/1841190
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was nodding my way through this story about disgusting software, then saw this at the end. lmao (cc @hypervisible.bsky.social)
August 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
was nodding my way through this story about disgusting software, then saw this at the end. lmao (cc @hypervisible.bsky.social)
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I also get that a lot from people who want to disparate advocacy for continued support for fully remote work.
"people who are still concerned about covid are so unreasonable, they just want us all to go into lockdown again!"
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
literally nobody is asking for that. what people are asking for is stuff like universal masking in healthcare settings and investment in indoor air filtration/clean air infrastructure
August 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I also get that a lot from people who want to disparate advocacy for continued support for fully remote work.
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“Talk to yourself like someone you love.” Brené Brown
It’s easy to forget the basics – kindness, patience, and gentleness with ourselves.
Today’s reminder: be kind to you. You matter, too.
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#kindness #positivity
Picture by hello.shannon
It’s easy to forget the basics – kindness, patience, and gentleness with ourselves.
Today’s reminder: be kind to you. You matter, too.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by hello.shannon
April 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Talk to yourself like someone you love.” Brené Brown
It’s easy to forget the basics – kindness, patience, and gentleness with ourselves.
Today’s reminder: be kind to you. You matter, too.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by hello.shannon
It’s easy to forget the basics – kindness, patience, and gentleness with ourselves.
Today’s reminder: be kind to you. You matter, too.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by hello.shannon