sanctumsys
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VR enthusiast (Valve Index). also a writer
i love my wife
please DM if you want to talk more personally. i'm always open to more friends or arch-nemesis..es? archnemeses
https://seaboundsanctuary.bandcamp.com/
23
VR enthusiast (Valve Index). also a writer
i love my wife
please DM if you want to talk more personally. i'm always open to more friends or arch-nemesis..es? archnemeses
https://seaboundsanctuary.bandcamp.com/
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I also want to note as an addendum that "pushing tutorializaton on players" and "having no resources at all" are not the same thing. I'm dating myself here but a LOT of 90s adventure games had an NPC you could _ask_ for hints but who would not typically volunteer them and many are beloved characters
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I also want to note as an addendum that "pushing tutorializaton on players" and "having no resources at all" are not the same thing. I'm dating myself here but a LOT of 90s adventure games had an NPC you could _ask_ for hints but who would not typically volunteer them and many are beloved characters
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maybe I just have to settle for acknowledging that this is why I'm not the target audience for a lot of mainstream games. I want games that reward me for being thoughtful about them and expect it of me, not ones that are terrified I'm looking over at youtube on the side
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
maybe I just have to settle for acknowledging that this is why I'm not the target audience for a lot of mainstream games. I want games that reward me for being thoughtful about them and expect it of me, not ones that are terrified I'm looking over at youtube on the side
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I'll be honest: dunno that I'm willing to buy a "we HAVE to force tutorialization down players' throats" argument in a period where games like counterstrike, dota, minecraft, roblox et al are some of the most popular games in the world
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'll be honest: dunno that I'm willing to buy a "we HAVE to force tutorialization down players' throats" argument in a period where games like counterstrike, dota, minecraft, roblox et al are some of the most popular games in the world
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You've got to give it to Capitalism in how efficiently hell has been commoditized to make it more accessible to everyone
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
You've got to give it to Capitalism in how efficiently hell has been commoditized to make it more accessible to everyone
i really, really want a 3D display but they're fucking impossible to find these days
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
i really, really want a 3D display but they're fucking impossible to find these days
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YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
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and this is why he's in my pantheon of game devs
tetsuya mizuguchi truly, earnestly believes, with his whole heart and whole mind, that generic vocal trance from 2003 has the power to awaken humanity's shared consciousness and guide us to universal peace. The strength of his conviction is so powerful that it might actually cause this to be true
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
and this is why he's in my pantheon of game devs
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tetsuya mizuguchi truly, earnestly believes, with his whole heart and whole mind, that generic vocal trance from 2003 has the power to awaken humanity's shared consciousness and guide us to universal peace. The strength of his conviction is so powerful that it might actually cause this to be true
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
tetsuya mizuguchi truly, earnestly believes, with his whole heart and whole mind, that generic vocal trance from 2003 has the power to awaken humanity's shared consciousness and guide us to universal peace. The strength of his conviction is so powerful that it might actually cause this to be true
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If you ever fall in love with an arcade game that doesn't fit into one of the small handful of existing big genres, prepare to spend the rest of your days being frustrated about the fact that nobody will ever make a successor to it or develop it in any way
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
If you ever fall in love with an arcade game that doesn't fit into one of the small handful of existing big genres, prepare to spend the rest of your days being frustrated about the fact that nobody will ever make a successor to it or develop it in any way
try sam altman for murder
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
try sam altman for murder
Shatter is the euroshmup of breakout clones
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shatter is the euroshmup of breakout clones
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I have had this in my head for a solid day now and can finally go to sleep
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I have had this in my head for a solid day now and can finally go to sleep
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wow, fuck her
now that shes not up for election she grows a fuckin concsience
she never once broke with biden on illegally sending extra bombs and bullets to israel under the table, or sending cops to rough up these same protestors
too little too late fuck off
now that shes not up for election she grows a fuckin concsience
she never once broke with biden on illegally sending extra bombs and bullets to israel under the table, or sending cops to rough up these same protestors
too little too late fuck off
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
wow, fuck her
now that shes not up for election she grows a fuckin concsience
she never once broke with biden on illegally sending extra bombs and bullets to israel under the table, or sending cops to rough up these same protestors
too little too late fuck off
now that shes not up for election she grows a fuckin concsience
she never once broke with biden on illegally sending extra bombs and bullets to israel under the table, or sending cops to rough up these same protestors
too little too late fuck off
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i feel like a lot of gamers use 'game design speak' in the same kind of maladaptive unhealthy way that people tend to use 'therapy speak'. It actually balances your humours to sometimes just say that some shit you hate is fucking dogshit
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i feel like a lot of gamers use 'game design speak' in the same kind of maladaptive unhealthy way that people tend to use 'therapy speak'. It actually balances your humours to sometimes just say that some shit you hate is fucking dogshit
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Gamer Nexus stated that valve had told them they wanted to sell it cheaper than the Index
youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
Valve Steam Machine, Desktop SteamOS, Steam Frame VR, & Controller | ft. Engineering Discussion
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Gamer Nexus stated that valve had told them they wanted to sell it cheaper than the Index
youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
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also saying dyslexia does not exist makes me wish things on the man i may not say
"I just kinda guessed it based on anecdotal evidence, fuck everyone else, I'm right, or my entire life's work will go down in flames"
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
also saying dyslexia does not exist makes me wish things on the man i may not say
an underrated cool function of the new valve hardware is the fact that the steam controller can be tracked by the steam frame. i'd love to see shenanigans like astro bot rescue mission come back for this format, where the controller is tracked in the game world and can shoot out tightropes and such
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
an underrated cool function of the new valve hardware is the fact that the steam controller can be tracked by the steam frame. i'd love to see shenanigans like astro bot rescue mission come back for this format, where the controller is tracked in the game world and can shoot out tightropes and such
wow that new valve hardware lineup looks legitimately amazing
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
wow that new valve hardware lineup looks legitimately amazing
it's a shame that the new guy that runs gobo linux is a cryptocurrency guy with an obviously ai-generated github profile image because gobo seems like the only distro with a filesystem that would suit my purposes
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
it's a shame that the new guy that runs gobo linux is a cryptocurrency guy with an obviously ai-generated github profile image because gobo seems like the only distro with a filesystem that would suit my purposes
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What's more interesting is that the few I have run into who are using it try to hide it like it's some deep shame they'd rather outsiders not discover. I now make it a contractual condition of working with me: no AI. This has yet to lose me any work worth doing.
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What's more interesting is that the few I have run into who are using it try to hide it like it's some deep shame they'd rather outsiders not discover. I now make it a contractual condition of working with me: no AI. This has yet to lose me any work worth doing.
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As a guy who skips gently across the surface of hundreds of studios, I can say this is absolutely untrue. I've met more that are ardently against AI than I have people who use it.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
As a guy who skips gently across the surface of hundreds of studios, I can say this is absolutely untrue. I've met more that are ardently against AI than I have people who use it.
maybe part of the reason i'm not having the readability problems other people are in lumines arise is because i'm using vr mode? everything seems pretty clearly defined though so that doesn't feel like it's it
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
maybe part of the reason i'm not having the readability problems other people are in lumines arise is because i'm using vr mode? everything seems pretty clearly defined though so that doesn't feel like it's it
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No joke, I think video games are the main reason I ended up being good at this stuff because the games I played required reading to understand the story and play the game.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
No joke, I think video games are the main reason I ended up being good at this stuff because the games I played required reading to understand the story and play the game.
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my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said