Spencer KR
@spencerkr.bsky.social
Technical Sound Designer, topic hopping hobby junkie, absolutely no taste, queermo from outer space
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Spencer KR
@spencerkr.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Because of being a NASA-Apollo nerd, I pronounce BSKY “BIS-kee”
Anyone who's ever paid attention to gamer communities knows that budgeting a game based on the ability to generate content with AI will be fraught at best.
Players will call a game an "asset flip" for using a single pre-existing prop. They value games based on the perceived people hours.
Players will call a game an "asset flip" for using a single pre-existing prop. They value games based on the perceived people hours.
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Anyone who's ever paid attention to gamer communities knows that budgeting a game based on the ability to generate content with AI will be fraught at best.
Players will call a game an "asset flip" for using a single pre-existing prop. They value games based on the perceived people hours.
Players will call a game an "asset flip" for using a single pre-existing prop. They value games based on the perceived people hours.
Reposted by Spencer KR
People are always encouraging me to make investments. They’re always saying to ignore short term volatility and look at the long term trends.
Right now, if you could put America’s soul on a graph, it would look like the side of kindness, compassion, and truth is in freefall.
Right now, if you could put America’s soul on a graph, it would look like the side of kindness, compassion, and truth is in freefall.
January 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
People are always encouraging me to make investments. They’re always saying to ignore short term volatility and look at the long term trends.
Right now, if you could put America’s soul on a graph, it would look like the side of kindness, compassion, and truth is in freefall.
Right now, if you could put America’s soul on a graph, it would look like the side of kindness, compassion, and truth is in freefall.
So much of what we as creatives want to do is mired in draconian copyright laws, but AI gets it all for free.
Okay.
Okay.
October 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
So much of what we as creatives want to do is mired in draconian copyright laws, but AI gets it all for free.
Okay.
Okay.
“You have to start using LLMs to make games now or you’ll get left behind!”
Counterpoint: in a future where anyone can type “awesome FPS game” into a box, it won’t matter who was an early adopter.
Counterpoint: in a future where anyone can type “awesome FPS game” into a box, it won’t matter who was an early adopter.
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“You have to start using LLMs to make games now or you’ll get left behind!”
Counterpoint: in a future where anyone can type “awesome FPS game” into a box, it won’t matter who was an early adopter.
Counterpoint: in a future where anyone can type “awesome FPS game” into a box, it won’t matter who was an early adopter.
So, the hippies were probably incorrect that all conflicts around the world could evaporate in a single moment of raised consciousness.
But
They were correct that peace, love, and coexistence are possible. And they were correct that the barriers to those things are contrivances of society.
But
They were correct that peace, love, and coexistence are possible. And they were correct that the barriers to those things are contrivances of society.
August 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
So, the hippies were probably incorrect that all conflicts around the world could evaporate in a single moment of raised consciousness.
But
They were correct that peace, love, and coexistence are possible. And they were correct that the barriers to those things are contrivances of society.
But
They were correct that peace, love, and coexistence are possible. And they were correct that the barriers to those things are contrivances of society.
Don Norman says (and I’m paraphrasing) that engineers solve problems, but designers identify what the real problem is. The difficulty with tech #audio folks is that we have to do both. And part of growth in our craft means learning to resist our amazingly cool solutions to the wrong problems.
July 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Don Norman says (and I’m paraphrasing) that engineers solve problems, but designers identify what the real problem is. The difficulty with tech #audio folks is that we have to do both. And part of growth in our craft means learning to resist our amazingly cool solutions to the wrong problems.
There's a neat company called Make Sunsets that makes clouds of Sulfur Dioxide to offset the warming effects of man-made #climatechange. 5 dollars offsets the effect of 1 ton of CO2
And the fun part is that if you sponsor a payload, you get to see it launched! Here's mine: x.com/MakeSunsets/...
And the fun part is that if you sponsor a payload, you get to see it launched! Here's mine: x.com/MakeSunsets/...
Make Sunsets on X: "4th of 5 Balloons Launch Date: July 11th, 2025 Weight of balloon: 1,520 grams SO2 payload: 1,551 grams Altitude of injection: 31,030 meters Delivery method: Kaymont HAB-TX-1500 weather balloon https://t.co/kD9z1hsCHi" / X
4th of 5 Balloons Launch Date: July 11th, 2025 Weight of balloon: 1,520 grams SO2 payload: 1,551 grams Altitude of injection: 31,030 meters Delivery method: Kaymont HAB-TX-1500 weather balloon https://t.co/kD9z1hsCHi
x.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There's a neat company called Make Sunsets that makes clouds of Sulfur Dioxide to offset the warming effects of man-made #climatechange. 5 dollars offsets the effect of 1 ton of CO2
And the fun part is that if you sponsor a payload, you get to see it launched! Here's mine: x.com/MakeSunsets/...
And the fun part is that if you sponsor a payload, you get to see it launched! Here's mine: x.com/MakeSunsets/...
Every social media site now has some version of youtube’s “click the bell” because they all went for algorithmic feeds. But lo and be-flippin-hold, people like seeing stuff from who they follow. So now we have a second layer of following to make up for the fact that the first one got ruined.
July 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Every social media site now has some version of youtube’s “click the bell” because they all went for algorithmic feeds. But lo and be-flippin-hold, people like seeing stuff from who they follow. So now we have a second layer of following to make up for the fact that the first one got ruined.
The road to memorability is paved with people insisting you’re doing everything wrong
June 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The road to memorability is paved with people insisting you’re doing everything wrong
Reposted by Spencer KR
question: if you know, you already know but if you don't know, I do a podcast called Beards, Cats, And Indie Game Audio. I'm currently looking for ideas for guests to talk to. Who would you like to hear me have on the podcast?
indiegameaudio.podbean.com
#gameaudio
indiegameaudio.podbean.com
#gameaudio
Beards, Cats and Indie Game Audio | Matthew Marteinsson
A monthly podcast covering game audio development for indie games.
indiegameaudio.podbean.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
question: if you know, you already know but if you don't know, I do a podcast called Beards, Cats, And Indie Game Audio. I'm currently looking for ideas for guests to talk to. Who would you like to hear me have on the podcast?
indiegameaudio.podbean.com
#gameaudio
indiegameaudio.podbean.com
#gameaudio
I was reflecting today on what a massive conceptual leap it was from the world of music to the world of game design. Game design aims to produce systems that are immediately graspable on intuition, whereas…
June 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I was reflecting today on what a massive conceptual leap it was from the world of music to the world of game design. Game design aims to produce systems that are immediately graspable on intuition, whereas…
From Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
June 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
From Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
If everything we made turned out exactly as we imagined, there wouldn't be any need to make it, we could just imagine it and that would be enough.
May 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
If everything we made turned out exactly as we imagined, there wouldn't be any need to make it, we could just imagine it and that would be enough.
One of the most amazing things about 3D printing is that there's almost no nostalgia whatsoever for the old ones
For any other technology on earth, you can find a community of people who restore and futz with them
For 3D printers, everyone basically agrees they were horrible until a few years ago
For any other technology on earth, you can find a community of people who restore and futz with them
For 3D printers, everyone basically agrees they were horrible until a few years ago
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One of the most amazing things about 3D printing is that there's almost no nostalgia whatsoever for the old ones
For any other technology on earth, you can find a community of people who restore and futz with them
For 3D printers, everyone basically agrees they were horrible until a few years ago
For any other technology on earth, you can find a community of people who restore and futz with them
For 3D printers, everyone basically agrees they were horrible until a few years ago
This is something I composed for a project a long time ago, it remains one of my favorite things I've ever done in spite of some naive mixing and overwhelming quirkiness
soundcloud.com/spencer-ried...
soundcloud.com/spencer-ried...
Fleder - Spaceport Sabotage
Listen to Fleder - Spaceport Sabotage by Spencer KR #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is something I composed for a project a long time ago, it remains one of my favorite things I've ever done in spite of some naive mixing and overwhelming quirkiness
soundcloud.com/spencer-ried...
soundcloud.com/spencer-ried...
April 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
@kcmyoung.bsky.social caught your name in the credits of Day the Earth Blew Up! Super loved that film, and the sound was choice throughout
March 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
@kcmyoung.bsky.social caught your name in the credits of Day the Earth Blew Up! Super loved that film, and the sound was choice throughout
Is there anything more annoying than realizing that you have to do something correctly?
March 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Is there anything more annoying than realizing that you have to do something correctly?
March 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM