Will “Available for Contracts” Smith
@willsmith.fun
(he/him) I make podcasts and help people build and launch their indie games. https://techpod.content.town | Newsletter @ https://next.content.town
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We did the jack-o-lanterns!
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
We did the jack-o-lanterns!
Look, the gun should just look like this, it’s easy. Put it in the game.
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Look, the gun should just look like this, it’s easy. Put it in the game.
It's a pretty rare glimpse inside a cutting-edge fab. Here's a few pictures of me in the bunny suits that they let us try on in the waiting area (we weren't allowed to bring cameras into the areas where we were wearing the actual real bunny suits, so you don't get pictures of me wearing a beard net.
October 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's a pretty rare glimpse inside a cutting-edge fab. Here's a few pictures of me in the bunny suits that they let us try on in the waiting area (we weren't allowed to bring cameras into the areas where we were wearing the actual real bunny suits, so you don't get pictures of me wearing a beard net.
Secure Boot up and running on the desktop linux box. This feels good.
![An image of a terminal output from a Linux machine. It says
"sudo sbctl status
[sudo] password for will:
Installed: sbctl is installed
Owner GUID: <redacted>
Setup Mode: Disabled
Secure Boot: Enabled
Vendor Keys: microsoft](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i67fzbbid7mbk2qlxc4m3lyb/bafkreic2mlzwxdavj4idpqckv3ccwopeow6mim727cxv726sukuipoi27a@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Secure Boot up and running on the desktop linux box. This feels good.
I took the kiddo to Bay Area Maker Faire yesterday and had a lovely time. We learned about making fireworks, took a felting lesson, saw R2-D2, and saw what it’s like to be inside an enormous beach ball. You can still go today and tomorrow!
September 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I took the kiddo to Bay Area Maker Faire yesterday and had a lovely time. We learned about making fireworks, took a felting lesson, saw R2-D2, and saw what it’s like to be inside an enormous beach ball. You can still go today and tomorrow!
I wonder if the celebrity flavored Oreos are like the McRib. They only appear when the celebrity is famous enough and then once their star wanes, they go back into the vault.
September 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I wonder if the celebrity flavored Oreos are like the McRib. They only appear when the celebrity is famous enough and then once their star wanes, they go back into the vault.
Playing this is a metaphor for parenting a pre-teen.
July 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Playing this is a metaphor for parenting a pre-teen.
I'm playing Peak with my daughter. I will be roasted. twitch.tv/notthatwills...
July 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I'm playing Peak with my daughter. I will be roasted. twitch.tv/notthatwills...
It’s really fucking hard to make games that create Looney Tunes-ass moments like this with your friends.
These work because of a million simple-seeming things like figuring out the right timing on the geyser gurgle > eruption event in these games. Every single one of them are hard-earned.
These work because of a million simple-seeming things like figuring out the right timing on the geyser gurgle > eruption event in these games. Every single one of them are hard-earned.
July 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s really fucking hard to make games that create Looney Tunes-ass moments like this with your friends.
These work because of a million simple-seeming things like figuring out the right timing on the geyser gurgle > eruption event in these games. Every single one of them are hard-earned.
These work because of a million simple-seeming things like figuring out the right timing on the geyser gurgle > eruption event in these games. Every single one of them are hard-earned.
I'm late, but here's a photo match. That was Tempest. We had a black version at my arcade. www.aceamusements.us/tempest-arca...
July 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I'm late, but here's a photo match. That was Tempest. We had a black version at my arcade. www.aceamusements.us/tempest-arca...
It helps that he has a more-than-passing resemblance to Chloe Bananas:
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It helps that he has a more-than-passing resemblance to Chloe Bananas:
I've been slandered here, and I will not stand for it. If I do this kind of crime, it's always v3_final_final_final_frfr, not this _1_1 amateur hour business.
This is the last version of that folder I checked in:
This is the last version of that folder I checked in:
July 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I've been slandered here, and I will not stand for it. If I do this kind of crime, it's always v3_final_final_final_frfr, not this _1_1 amateur hour business.
This is the last version of that folder I checked in:
This is the last version of that folder I checked in:
The only file in my backup of that folder is End Credits_2023.prproj, from the last time I synced at the start of 2024. Seems like you're the one who did the crime, Chet.
July 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The only file in my backup of that folder is End Credits_2023.prproj, from the last time I synced at the start of 2024. Seems like you're the one who did the crime, Chet.
If you're looking for more peak Peak gameplay, I'm playing with my 12-year-old tonight. I expect to get fully roasted. twitch.tv/notthatwills...
July 9, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you're looking for more peak Peak gameplay, I'm playing with my 12-year-old tonight. I expect to get fully roasted. twitch.tv/notthatwills...
This is the nonsense I'm talking about. When you search for Update, making Discord the first result and Windows Update the fourth is bonkers.
July 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is the nonsense I'm talking about. When you search for Update, making Discord the first result and Windows Update the fourth is bonkers.
I loved the Three Investigators books as a kid. They were hard to find in the 80s, but a bunch of nerds who had a secret hideout in a junkyard and solved crimes by building machines was my jam.
July 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I loved the Three Investigators books as a kid. They were hard to find in the 80s, but a bunch of nerds who had a secret hideout in a junkyard and solved crimes by building machines was my jam.
If you look at concurrent player charts for successful, long-lasting co-op games, they grow over time. They rarely pop on day 1, instead they're slow burns over months or years. Deep Rock is a classic slow burn, but it's a much more accessible game than GTFO (Note: GTFO launched without matchmaking)
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you look at concurrent player charts for successful, long-lasting co-op games, they grow over time. They rarely pop on day 1, instead they're slow burns over months or years. Deep Rock is a classic slow burn, but it's a much more accessible game than GTFO (Note: GTFO launched without matchmaking)
And your SteamDB numbers will be terrible, because they won't reflect the Game Pass players. Then you'll get this lovely interaction in your Steam forums (where people who want to spend money on your game actually go to decide if they're going to spend $$).
June 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And your SteamDB numbers will be terrible, because they won't reflect the Game Pass players. Then you'll get this lovely interaction in your Steam forums (where people who want to spend money on your game actually go to decide if they're going to spend $$).
This is what peak performance looks like:
June 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is what peak performance looks like:
Nintendo Switch 2 launch at the new Nintendo store in SF!
June 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Nintendo Switch 2 launch at the new Nintendo store in SF!
A new edition of What's Next? is queued to send tomorrow morning. It's about learning to write code using games, and you can get it in your inbox if you sign up now: next.content.town/subscribe
May 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A new edition of What's Next? is queued to send tomorrow morning. It's about learning to write code using games, and you can get it in your inbox if you sign up now: next.content.town/subscribe
