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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 8h

Money making scheme:
1. Become a vibe coder
2. Get paid/fired quickly and partner with a skilled programmer and get them hired to fixed the broken code
3. Profit
Win/Win. Only AI suckers lose.

(I'm not actually doing this, I just remembered a chat I had with @arndreth.bsky.social )

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 1d

Yeaaah, more art books!

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 2d

Have you ever seen the complete Doom keyart? I never knew it extended so far left and right. But this particular crop also hides more of the gun at the bottom, shown on the second pic.

The Doom key art, showing more than the typical crop. In the centre we have Doom guy fighting demons, but far left and right there's a more barren mountainous area.

This crop shows a little more of the demon gun at the bottom of the picture

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 3d

These are great. Even green Amy. (Maybe she should just be green now?)

Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 3d

We're going for the gold.

We're excited to announce our upcoming "Olympic Rings" licensing collaboration with the International Olympic Committee celebrating the Olympic Brand and Sonic the Hedgehog!

Stay tuned for more info in 2026!

Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Amy, and Knuckles with the text, "Olympic Dream"

Sonic speeds to the left in Olympic colors with the text, "Going for gold"

A silhouetted Sonic snowboards with a trail of Olympic colors behind him

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 4d

Agreed, it’s too abstract on its own. Not loving the overall aesthetic but at least it’s not ios7 flat :)

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 5d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 5d

I believe the price is a problem point. I know I’m holding off for a sale, but mostly because I don’t have time for it right now. The game itself seems to be great though!

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 6d

Useful for summer! Is yours as tinted as this?

Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 6d

An update on this: I finally put the UV film on and the difference is night and day… literally! This is the lightest tint but now it looks like my windows are wearing shades like a cool guy.

It might not last long…

One window covered with the film. It’s noticeably darker than the windows without film

All windows with the tinted uv film applied. It’s much darker in here now!

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 6d

A great find! What game is it from?

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 6d

I DID IT. It took four years, but I finally completed the Phoenix Wright Trilogy... (The 3rd game was really good!)

Spoiler-free highlights include this Final Fantasy reference and a reminder that AI is rubbish. Now I can finally play the ye-olde prequels!

Save screen for the Trilogy. First game was completed in 2021, second game completed in 2023 and the third game completed in 2025...

The judge sayings "I-I'm a spoon!? I'm no spooky bard, I'll have you know!"

Phoenix telling Maya "Computers are only as smart as the humans who use them, Maya"

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Ashley Gwinnell @ashleygwinnell.bsky.social · 7d

I've put together a checklist for "things you should be doing before, during and after Steam Next Fest" if you're an indie developer.

Check it out here and pls share if helpful! 👉 impress.games/steam-next-f...

#indiedev #gamedev

a pink cat (press kitty) and a small green robot (coverage bot) jump with joy holding balloons outside the steam festival tent. there are fireworks in the background and bunting up front because those are the vibes.

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 8d

Very nice! Great idea too, I might see if I can do some at some point

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 8d

If that were an official item it would sell like, erm, chilli dogs (which I think means it'll sell really well?)

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 8d

Get that crisp $5 bill out, here's another: store.steampowered.com/app/1239660/...

Save 75% on Formula Retro Racing on Steam

Formula Retro Racing is a retro style arcade racing game that’s influenced by the classic arcade racing games of the early 90’s.

store.steampowered.com

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 9d

I like it, I also like that Tails has a Sonic animated movie reference. Strange, isn't it?!

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 10d

Worth it for the pastries. The meeting? So-so. ;)

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11d

EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 11d

I installed MacOS Tahoe and instantly regretted it. Reinstall time!
(My old Mac wasn’t ready for all that nasty glass effect)

Screenshot of me Erasing my Mac hard disk for a clean install

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 11d

I still have pizza envy so it clearly worked out well ;)

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 11d

I suspect some camera trickery ;)

a group of black and white cows standing next to each other with the words okay one last time written on the bottom

ALT: a group of black and white cows standing next to each other with the words okay one last time written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 11d

Spare a thought for those of us using all Apple products... MacOS is also the same now, with the stupid glass effect slowing things down. They used to be very good at combining style and function...

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 12d

Amazing, thank you very much!

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Shiva - shynra @shynra.bsky.social · 12d

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Zashiki Warashi. I like it too!

TGS2025 Main Visual & Exhibitors Revealed, Overseas Ticket S | Game News | Tokyo Otaku Mode (TOM) Shop: Figures & Merch From Japan

TGS2025 Main Visual & Exhibitors Revealed, Overseas Ticket Sales Start

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Tom Waterhouse @2dforever.com · 12d

I really like this TGS banner they're using on Steam. Does anyone know who the original artist is? I couldn't find it

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