ArcLyn
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ArcLyn
@arclyn.bsky.social
· Jan 30
I'm making a versus physics puzzler called Color Capsules! It's a multiplayer game in the style of Suika Game with a focus on knocking things around and unlockable cosmetics
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
demonschool meaningfully iterates on the persona formula by making the protagonist awesome
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
demonschool meaningfully iterates on the persona formula by making the protagonist awesome
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normalize calling the ui designer michiko sakurai and calling the director "sakurai's husband"
i rly like how clear michiko sakurai's "phases" are. it's lovely tbh
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
normalize calling the ui designer michiko sakurai and calling the director "sakurai's husband"
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I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD NOMINATE THE HIGHLY RATED CYBERPUNK DETECTIVE VISUAL NOVEL 'OF THE DEVIL' FOR THE STEAM AWARDS ON STEAM RIGHT NOW
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD NOMINATE THE HIGHLY RATED CYBERPUNK DETECTIVE VISUAL NOVEL 'OF THE DEVIL' FOR THE STEAM AWARDS ON STEAM RIGHT NOW
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i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
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i realized my main problem with overusage of AI is that the world is chock full of sights and sounds and smells and tactile sensations and people are choosing to ignore it or downplay it. you were born and there was already a millenia of art for you to look at. enough that you can't see it all
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
i realized my main problem with overusage of AI is that the world is chock full of sights and sounds and smells and tactile sensations and people are choosing to ignore it or downplay it. you were born and there was already a millenia of art for you to look at. enough that you can't see it all
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my hot take on video games is that they don't need to (and shouldn't) always strive to be "fun". it's ok for games to have some friction and evoke negative emotions. something with highs and lows is more memorable and impactful than something uniform the whole way through.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
my hot take on video games is that they don't need to (and shouldn't) always strive to be "fun". it's ok for games to have some friction and evoke negative emotions. something with highs and lows is more memorable and impactful than something uniform the whole way through.
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"I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people."
Hero modder who started the Thomas the Tank Engine meme with Skyrim thumbs his nose at 'legal threats' and 'black vans with the Mattel logo' by modding Thomas into Morrowind: 'I have issues with autho...
Choo choo!
www.pcgamer.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people."
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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I do not understand why software developers hate what they do so much, beautiful well written deterministic code is lovely, it’s art in many ways, why are you all relying on a random stochastic system to do what i assume you once enjoyed, are you just that capitalism pilled.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I do not understand why software developers hate what they do so much, beautiful well written deterministic code is lovely, it’s art in many ways, why are you all relying on a random stochastic system to do what i assume you once enjoyed, are you just that capitalism pilled.
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Gotta love how lives are being wrecked, industries are being stripmined, and the world is being torched, just so a few warped executives can tug their milky little twiglets over the impossible fantasy of a world where products are made for free and sold for thousands to unemployed people.
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Gotta love how lives are being wrecked, industries are being stripmined, and the world is being torched, just so a few warped executives can tug their milky little twiglets over the impossible fantasy of a world where products are made for free and sold for thousands to unemployed people.
i just got told to use gemini to write code that creates a markdown link (looks like [link text](link url)) i'm going to quit my job
as a software developer i'm watching LLMs stripmine the field that I love. I'm watching all my coworkers trade creative connection with their peers for the instant responses of a chatbot, and the clarity and purpose of documentation and design for (temporary! destructive!) speed.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
i just got told to use gemini to write code that creates a markdown link (looks like [link text](link url)) i'm going to quit my job
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dirtbag MAHJONG is out now!! s.team/a/3488460/
come play a single-party riichi mahjong game with party elements, a story mode featuring bespoke challenges of various difficulties, and cute pixel art. comes with a tutorial if you're new to mahjong!
#indiedev #pixelart
come play a single-party riichi mahjong game with party elements, a story mode featuring bespoke challenges of various difficulties, and cute pixel art. comes with a tutorial if you're new to mahjong!
#indiedev #pixelart
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
dirtbag MAHJONG is out now!! s.team/a/3488460/
come play a single-party riichi mahjong game with party elements, a story mode featuring bespoke challenges of various difficulties, and cute pixel art. comes with a tutorial if you're new to mahjong!
#indiedev #pixelart
come play a single-party riichi mahjong game with party elements, a story mode featuring bespoke challenges of various difficulties, and cute pixel art. comes with a tutorial if you're new to mahjong!
#indiedev #pixelart
as a software developer i'm watching LLMs stripmine the field that I love. I'm watching all my coworkers trade creative connection with their peers for the instant responses of a chatbot, and the clarity and purpose of documentation and design for (temporary! destructive!) speed.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
as a software developer i'm watching LLMs stripmine the field that I love. I'm watching all my coworkers trade creative connection with their peers for the instant responses of a chatbot, and the clarity and purpose of documentation and design for (temporary! destructive!) speed.
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It has been 20 years since the release of "Charlie the Unicorn," a cartoon I created as a birthday gift for my mom. To celebrate Charlie's 20th anniversary I recorded a conversation with my mom about the cartoon and its unexpected success.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itoa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itoa...
Charlie the Unicorn: 20th Anniversary
YouTube video by FilmCow
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November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It has been 20 years since the release of "Charlie the Unicorn," a cartoon I created as a birthday gift for my mom. To celebrate Charlie's 20th anniversary I recorded a conversation with my mom about the cartoon and its unexpected success.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itoa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itoa...
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My friends, I present to you, my boy Nemo.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My friends, I present to you, my boy Nemo.
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
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Silicon Valley wants to believe in science fiction so badly that a cohort of people actually view these systems as real-life, highly knowledgeable "superintelligences" that occasionally make mistakes—attributing intent, understanding, and anthropomorphic traits where none exist. LLMs do not think!
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Silicon Valley wants to believe in science fiction so badly that a cohort of people actually view these systems as real-life, highly knowledgeable "superintelligences" that occasionally make mistakes—attributing intent, understanding, and anthropomorphic traits where none exist. LLMs do not think!
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.