John Lethbridge
@archaicjohn.bsky.social
Dad x3 ¤ Game Dev ¤ Storyteller ¤ Musician ¤ Old Man VideoGames ¤ Tired ¤ 🏴🇨🇦 ¤ Neach-ionnsachaidh Gàidhlig ¤
🚢 Some Games 🚧 Secrets
Design Thoughts at: https://www.norightanswers.net/
Elsewhere: https://grumble.social/@ArchaicJohn
🚢 Some Games 🚧 Secrets
Design Thoughts at: https://www.norightanswers.net/
Elsewhere: https://grumble.social/@ArchaicJohn
If you've never done the work but you're sure that there are shortcuts that people should be taking, you're just wrong. Full stop.
If you want to use those those shortcuts because you don't like doing the work, you should find something else to do with your time.
If you want to use those those shortcuts because you don't like doing the work, you should find something else to do with your time.
December 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you've never done the work but you're sure that there are shortcuts that people should be taking, you're just wrong. Full stop.
If you want to use those those shortcuts because you don't like doing the work, you should find something else to do with your time.
If you want to use those those shortcuts because you don't like doing the work, you should find something else to do with your time.
Playing Tingus Goose
a woman in a suit is holding a black box and looking at it .
Alt: a woman in a suit is holding a black box and looking at it .
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Playing Tingus Goose
Started concepting out the first enemy for my encounter system. Pushed some pixels around and am relatively pleased with the results so far.
Of course animating it will be something else entirely...
Of course animating it will be something else entirely...
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Started concepting out the first enemy for my encounter system. Pushed some pixels around and am relatively pleased with the results so far.
Of course animating it will be something else entirely...
Of course animating it will be something else entirely...
People reacting to Larian's CEO talking about AI is, much as I hate to say it, a filter. They don't want people who don't want to do it their way. He knows what he was saying in the interview. Mining your outrge was entirely the point.
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
People reacting to Larian's CEO talking about AI is, much as I hate to say it, a filter. They don't want people who don't want to do it their way. He knows what he was saying in the interview. Mining your outrge was entirely the point.
Well just everything about this is just an unmitigated disaster.
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company | The Mozilla Blog
Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil
blog.mozilla.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Well just everything about this is just an unmitigated disaster.
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
video games be like
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
video games be like
The best pixel art tool just keeps getting even better!
New Aseprite v1.3.16 & v1.3.17-beta1 available right now! // Featuring @eremapixel.bsky.social 🎨
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The best pixel art tool just keeps getting even better!
Vd ams
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Vd ams
Obviously no, the idea is ghoulish. Part of being alive is creating new connections and we have huge amounts of data that mental stagnation leads to decline.
Sorry Grandma, you were great, but you're gone.
Sorry Grandma, you were great, but you're gone.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Obviously no, the idea is ghoulish. Part of being alive is creating new connections and we have huge amounts of data that mental stagnation leads to decline.
Sorry Grandma, you were great, but you're gone.
Sorry Grandma, you were great, but you're gone.
I am so tired of "Announcement of and announcement" posts. It makes me not want to even hear about your announcement when it happens.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I am so tired of "Announcement of and announcement" posts. It makes me not want to even hear about your announcement when it happens.
Been making solid progress on my side project these last 2 weeks, which is excellent, but it'll be a bit longer before the next article for No Right Answers gets written.
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Been making solid progress on my side project these last 2 weeks, which is excellent, but it'll be a bit longer before the next article for No Right Answers gets written.
So while I've been enjoying the spectacle of the Fallout TV show as I watch it with my son, I am eternally disappointed that, at every turn, it is determined to suck the weird mystery out of the entire experience.
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So while I've been enjoying the spectacle of the Fallout TV show as I watch it with my son, I am eternally disappointed that, at every turn, it is determined to suck the weird mystery out of the entire experience.
This is indeed very silly. Highly recommended!
I made a tiny game for PicoSteveMo with @dicey.bsky.social !
➡️ It's called King Stephen
➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154)
➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game
➡️ I did the writing + portraits
➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam
➡️ It's very silly
dicey.itch.io/king-stephen
➡️ It's called King Stephen
➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154)
➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game
➡️ I did the writing + portraits
➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam
➡️ It's very silly
dicey.itch.io/king-stephen
King Stephen by dicey
Thou shalt play as his majesty.
dicey.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is indeed very silly. Highly recommended!
Forever burned into my young mind
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Forever burned into my young mind
I've actually told bits and pieces of the story so many times, I wrote an article about it!
www.norightanswers.net/posts/there-...
www.norightanswers.net/posts/there-...
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I've actually told bits and pieces of the story so many times, I wrote an article about it!
www.norightanswers.net/posts/there-...
www.norightanswers.net/posts/there-...
In case anyone hasn't caught on yet, CEOs saying words means nothing.
They don't understand or care about the basic principles of what they're talking about. They're there to pump stock prices for investors.
Reality need not apply.
They don't understand or care about the basic principles of what they're talking about. They're there to pump stock prices for investors.
Reality need not apply.
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
In case anyone hasn't caught on yet, CEOs saying words means nothing.
They don't understand or care about the basic principles of what they're talking about. They're there to pump stock prices for investors.
Reality need not apply.
They don't understand or care about the basic principles of what they're talking about. They're there to pump stock prices for investors.
Reality need not apply.
New article on No Right Answers - Game Design Framework: Gameplay Challenge Types
This is a methodology for defining common challenge vectors and terms while crafting gameplay with easily tunable intensity.
www.norightanswers.net/posts/gamepl...
#gamedesign #gamedevelopment #norightanswers
This is a methodology for defining common challenge vectors and terms while crafting gameplay with easily tunable intensity.
www.norightanswers.net/posts/gamepl...
#gamedesign #gamedevelopment #norightanswers
Game Design Framework: Gameplay Challenge Types
A way to define gameplay factors that are measurable, tunable and provides a common language for challenges.
www.norightanswers.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
New article on No Right Answers - Game Design Framework: Gameplay Challenge Types
This is a methodology for defining common challenge vectors and terms while crafting gameplay with easily tunable intensity.
www.norightanswers.net/posts/gamepl...
#gamedesign #gamedevelopment #norightanswers
This is a methodology for defining common challenge vectors and terms while crafting gameplay with easily tunable intensity.
www.norightanswers.net/posts/gamepl...
#gamedesign #gamedevelopment #norightanswers
Started rewatching DS9 and have hit the original scene this was made from, so I had to rewatch it.
Absolutely in tears laughing again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlX...
Absolutely in tears laughing again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlX...
garak introduces himself but with wii music
YouTube video by wellsbering
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Started rewatching DS9 and have hit the original scene this was made from, so I had to rewatch it.
Absolutely in tears laughing again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlX...
Absolutely in tears laughing again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdlX...
As long as an AI/LLM model is trained on stolen data, replicates the learning of a model trained on stolen data, significantly contributes to resource depletion/climate change or is used to displace/replace human workers, there is no ethical use.
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
As long as an AI/LLM model is trained on stolen data, replicates the learning of a model trained on stolen data, significantly contributes to resource depletion/climate change or is used to displace/replace human workers, there is no ethical use.
This morning's outages are yet another example of why having a single point of failure is real bad. It's always been hell to get the budget to support diverse network paths with fail-over and I feel for all the IT folks who are up to their necks in it this morning...
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This morning's outages are yet another example of why having a single point of failure is real bad. It's always been hell to get the budget to support diverse network paths with fail-over and I feel for all the IT folks who are up to their necks in it this morning...
If AI could make games, or make games get made faster, it would have happened already. There's no way the thing holding it back is humans not asking for things to be done.
The truth is that it's flat out not capable. AI is a grift for CEOs to syphon cash from people they've lied to for magic beans.
The truth is that it's flat out not capable. AI is a grift for CEOs to syphon cash from people they've lied to for magic beans.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If AI could make games, or make games get made faster, it would have happened already. There's no way the thing holding it back is humans not asking for things to be done.
The truth is that it's flat out not capable. AI is a grift for CEOs to syphon cash from people they've lied to for magic beans.
The truth is that it's flat out not capable. AI is a grift for CEOs to syphon cash from people they've lied to for magic beans.
Imagine how many other games, which would have already shipped, this money could have funded.
I've been reminded that we're way ahead of schedule - Star Citizen funding rapidly approaching the $900 Million mark. Its very possible we even hit that this year given the acceleration we've seen. What date do you want to predict we hit that milestone? Take your guesses here!
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Imagine how many other games, which would have already shipped, this money could have funded.
Shader compilation took so long I lost interest in playing a game.
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Shader compilation took so long I lost interest in playing a game.