Simon Cutajar
@sc.mt
Programmer, gamedev, Maltese 🇲🇹 immigrant in Sweden 🇸🇪. (Previously 🇬🇧🇩🇰)
VR/AR game programmer @resolutiongames.bsky.social
PhD in procedurally generated music for games.
Talk to me about games, TTRPGs, folklore, music, film, writing, ice-cream
simon.com.mt
VR/AR game programmer @resolutiongames.bsky.social
PhD in procedurally generated music for games.
Talk to me about games, TTRPGs, folklore, music, film, writing, ice-cream
simon.com.mt
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Simon Cutajar
@sc.mt
· Nov 21
Hi all! I'm Simon, an XR game programmer from Malta 🇲🇹 and currently based in Sweden 🇸🇪!
Professionally, I'm into ethical game AI, procedural content generation, and computational creativity.
Outside of work, I'm into games, folklore, music, tabletop RPGs, film, writing, and making ice-cream.
Professionally, I'm into ethical game AI, procedural content generation, and computational creativity.
Outside of work, I'm into games, folklore, music, tabletop RPGs, film, writing, and making ice-cream.
After so much time, blood, sweat, and tears poured into the game, we finally launched @battlemarked.bsky.social yesterday!
I'm a massive fan of D&D and TTRPGs so it was an honour and a privilege to work with an IP so close to my heart.
I hope players enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!
I'm a massive fan of D&D and TTRPGs so it was an honour and a privilege to work with an IP so close to my heart.
I hope players enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
After so much time, blood, sweat, and tears poured into the game, we finally launched @battlemarked.bsky.social yesterday!
I'm a massive fan of D&D and TTRPGs so it was an honour and a privilege to work with an IP so close to my heart.
I hope players enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!
I'm a massive fan of D&D and TTRPGs so it was an honour and a privilege to work with an IP so close to my heart.
I hope players enjoy the game as much as we enjoyed making it!
Having a kid and interacting with many Swedish parents here has made me so grateful for how patient people can be with my not-so-great Swedish.
Even if I struggle or codeswitch to English if I don't know a word, people will gladly continue to speak Swedish to me if I initiated in Swedish.
Even if I struggle or codeswitch to English if I don't know a word, people will gladly continue to speak Swedish to me if I initiated in Swedish.
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Having a kid and interacting with many Swedish parents here has made me so grateful for how patient people can be with my not-so-great Swedish.
Even if I struggle or codeswitch to English if I don't know a word, people will gladly continue to speak Swedish to me if I initiated in Swedish.
Even if I struggle or codeswitch to English if I don't know a word, people will gladly continue to speak Swedish to me if I initiated in Swedish.
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I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
Ask me anything! Curious about life in Stockholm (or Malta, UK, or Denmark?) What it's like working working as a gamedev? Parenting life in Sweden? Something about books/games/music/RPGs/film/ice-cream? Wanna learn more about me, hopes and dreams, fears and regrets, or affirmations?
Ask away!
Ask away!
October 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ask me anything! Curious about life in Stockholm (or Malta, UK, or Denmark?) What it's like working working as a gamedev? Parenting life in Sweden? Something about books/games/music/RPGs/film/ice-cream? Wanna learn more about me, hopes and dreams, fears and regrets, or affirmations?
Ask away!
Ask away!
Reposted by Simon Cutajar
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Reposted by Simon Cutajar
Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
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If you only take the big names as your inspiration you will inevitably be disappointed. There is no career path in games that involves only making big-time successes. Please find inspiration from making work you enjoy and, ideally, uplifting those who DON'T get attention. Many people could use it
September 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you only take the big names as your inspiration you will inevitably be disappointed. There is no career path in games that involves only making big-time successes. Please find inspiration from making work you enjoy and, ideally, uplifting those who DON'T get attention. Many people could use it
I moved from Malta to Denmark in 2011 for my MSc in Game Technology at @itu.dk. I had an amazing time, met a bunch of awesome people in the Copenhagen games scene, and graduated in 2013. Super happy to see the university celebrate its 25th year in games research!
What have we learned after 25 years of games research and education at ITU? Associate Professors @hwirman.bsky.social and Pawel Grabarczyk share their thoughts 👇
Also, please come celebrate the anniversary with us on 26-27 August! 🥂🥳
#dkgame #spildebat #games #dkforsk
en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Pr...
Also, please come celebrate the anniversary with us on 26-27 August! 🥂🥳
#dkgame #spildebat #games #dkforsk
en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Pr...
25 Years of Games at ITU
This year, games research and education at the IT University of Copenhagen celebrates its 25th anniversary. The anniversary will be celebrated at ITU on 26 and 27 August, with talks and an exhibition ...
en.itu.dk
August 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I moved from Malta to Denmark in 2011 for my MSc in Game Technology at @itu.dk. I had an amazing time, met a bunch of awesome people in the Copenhagen games scene, and graduated in 2013. Super happy to see the university celebrate its 25th year in games research!
Back in Stockholm, and back to my regular routine on parental leave. You can see a snippet of my trip back home in Malta in the quoted thread.
August 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Back in Stockholm, and back to my regular routine on parental leave. You can see a snippet of my trip back home in Malta in the quoted thread.
Found a poor lizard trapped in our carpet this morning. No idea how they got there, but they're now living their best life away from purple carpets.
August 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Found a poor lizard trapped in our carpet this morning. No idea how they got there, but they're now living their best life away from purple carpets.
This might be familiar to anyone in the game AI space, or anyone who's played Creatures 2!
August 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This might be familiar to anyone in the game AI space, or anyone who's played Creatures 2!
Post a non-religious photo you think of as Holy
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as Holy
Almost got run over by a car today... I was crossing an empty road when a car comes hurtling round the corner, almost knocks me over and speeds up the hill, swearing at me for simply existing
I've been so hesitant to rent a car while in Malta because of how much more dangerous the roads have become
I've been so hesitant to rent a car while in Malta because of how much more dangerous the roads have become
August 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Almost got run over by a car today... I was crossing an empty road when a car comes hurtling round the corner, almost knocks me over and speeds up the hill, swearing at me for simply existing
I've been so hesitant to rent a car while in Malta because of how much more dangerous the roads have become
I've been so hesitant to rent a car while in Malta because of how much more dangerous the roads have become
I am sitting at the National Library of Malta with unpublished manuscripts for a project I'm working on at the moment, and I'm practically vibrating with excitement. Can't wait to look through them!
No photos allowed here, so you'll have to take my word for it.
No photos allowed here, so you'll have to take my word for it.
August 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I am sitting at the National Library of Malta with unpublished manuscripts for a project I'm working on at the moment, and I'm practically vibrating with excitement. Can't wait to look through them!
No photos allowed here, so you'll have to take my word for it.
No photos allowed here, so you'll have to take my word for it.
I'm literally sitting in the National Library of Malta looking through old books and manuscripts as I type this. None of which AI has access to.
AI will never locate a new archive. It will never uncover a new source. It will never find a small, privately held collection of papers that can upend what we think we know about the past. It can never work with undigitized sources. It can never do real oral history or ethnography.
AI can only replace historians in the sense that it can spit out mediocre, plagiarized narrative that vaguely resembles history. It will never replace *good* historians. Unfortunately, many university presidents and CEOs don’t seem to care about the quality of work being done, only the quantity- 1/2
August 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I'm literally sitting in the National Library of Malta looking through old books and manuscripts as I type this. None of which AI has access to.
Back on the rock! Hello Malta! 🇲🇹
July 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Back on the rock! Hello Malta! 🇲🇹
Reposted by Simon Cutajar
I know I keep on banging on about this, but the stifling of access to online archives is hugely in the interests of OpenAI et al. Many people already rely on chatgpt as a search engine but its only going to get worse if other sources are suppressed
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I know I keep on banging on about this, but the stifling of access to online archives is hugely in the interests of OpenAI et al. Many people already rely on chatgpt as a search engine but its only going to get worse if other sources are suppressed
I thought I'd try an experiment, so I made imqaret ice-cream this weekend! Imqaret are a Maltese street food/dessert consisting of fried date pastries. I took the date filling and turned it into an ice-cream. It certainly has potential!
July 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I thought I'd try an experiment, so I made imqaret ice-cream this weekend! Imqaret are a Maltese street food/dessert consisting of fried date pastries. I took the date filling and turned it into an ice-cream. It certainly has potential!
Reposted by Simon Cutajar
📢 ISO of Devs Affected by Itch 📢
If your game got:
• Deindexed
• Removed
• Payouts turned off
Especially if you make Adult &/or LGBTQ+ #IndieGame or #VisualNovel, I want to talk to you.
🗣️ Please reply below with how you were affected. This is for a #Journalism piece.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
If your game got:
• Deindexed
• Removed
• Payouts turned off
Especially if you make Adult &/or LGBTQ+ #IndieGame or #VisualNovel, I want to talk to you.
🗣️ Please reply below with how you were affected. This is for a #Journalism piece.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
July 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
📢 ISO of Devs Affected by Itch 📢
If your game got:
• Deindexed
• Removed
• Payouts turned off
Especially if you make Adult &/or LGBTQ+ #IndieGame or #VisualNovel, I want to talk to you.
🗣️ Please reply below with how you were affected. This is for a #Journalism piece.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
If your game got:
• Deindexed
• Removed
• Payouts turned off
Especially if you make Adult &/or LGBTQ+ #IndieGame or #VisualNovel, I want to talk to you.
🗣️ Please reply below with how you were affected. This is for a #Journalism piece.
🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
Not many chances to dress up while on parental leave, but attending a wedding is as good a reason as any!
July 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Not many chances to dress up while on parental leave, but attending a wedding is as good a reason as any!
Reposted by Simon Cutajar
July 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, on Sweden's national day, we went to the Stockholm City Hall to join 6900 brand new citizens and celebrate becoming Swedish in an afternoon of speeches, music, and fika. We were even given free museum tickets and a kid's book about nature for our son!
Proud to be dual Maltese-Swedish! 🇲🇹🇸🇪
Proud to be dual Maltese-Swedish! 🇲🇹🇸🇪
June 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today, on Sweden's national day, we went to the Stockholm City Hall to join 6900 brand new citizens and celebrate becoming Swedish in an afternoon of speeches, music, and fika. We were even given free museum tickets and a kid's book about nature for our son!
Proud to be dual Maltese-Swedish! 🇲🇹🇸🇪
Proud to be dual Maltese-Swedish! 🇲🇹🇸🇪
Reposted by Simon Cutajar
There are many reasons why AI slop has become the aesthetic of current digital fascism, but one may lie in the competitive and selective logic of AI training itself: GenAI amplifies the presence of those who are already highly visible – while rendering invisible those who are already marginalized
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June 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
There are many reasons why AI slop has become the aesthetic of current digital fascism, but one may lie in the competitive and selective logic of AI training itself: GenAI amplifies the presence of those who are already highly visible – while rendering invisible those who are already marginalized
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I don't have as much time to make ice-cream anymore with a toddler on the loose in the house, but everything lined up this weekend so I could make homemade strawberry ice-cream! 🍓🍦
June 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I don't have as much time to make ice-cream anymore with a toddler on the loose in the house, but everything lined up this weekend so I could make homemade strawberry ice-cream! 🍓🍦