Dylan Bishop
@dylbyl.com
senior software engineer, hobby game dev and artist ▴ working on a Pokemon-inspired roguelike ▴ he/him
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Dylan Bishop
@dylbyl.com
· Feb 14
This week’s fresh game dev hell involves creating a save system. I thought it’d be easy - serialize some booleans and objects, write to a file, read them later.
Nested objects throw a wrench in it all, bloating my save time or making things too complex. I may need to write 20 custom serializers.
Nested objects throw a wrench in it all, bloating my save time or making things too complex. I may need to write 20 custom serializers.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This week’s fresh game dev hell involves creating a save system. I thought it’d be easy - serialize some booleans and objects, write to a file, read them later.
Nested objects throw a wrench in it all, bloating my save time or making things too complex. I may need to write 20 custom serializers.
Nested objects throw a wrench in it all, bloating my save time or making things too complex. I may need to write 20 custom serializers.
I’m a proud owner of a Jojo pose Barbaracle banner
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’m a proud owner of a Jojo pose Barbaracle banner
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
mario yoshi? yes. yoshi the deadlock dev? no cause infernus still exists
alright new discourse topic: is Yoshi capable of feeling love?
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
mario yoshi? yes. yoshi the deadlock dev? no cause infernus still exists
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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game development is just a series of writing json deserialization code with periodic breaks to do game design
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
game development is just a series of writing json deserialization code with periodic breaks to do game design
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HOW CAN A CUBE PLAY GAMES IF GAMES ARE MADE OF TRIANGLES. WAKE UP.
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
HOW CAN A CUBE PLAY GAMES IF GAMES ARE MADE OF TRIANGLES. WAKE UP.
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Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
The Mario Galaxy sparkles now spell “He Mr Gay”
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Mario Galaxy sparkles now spell “He Mr Gay”
Such a good thread
The bad news is that we're on our own, but the good news is that we have each other. As this last week showed us, better things are possible, but the people who currently hold the power aren't the ones who are going to make those things come true. We have to seize power for ourselves and each other.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Such a good thread
If you show me a fight between Establishment Dems and a paper bag, I’m putting money on the bag
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If you show me a fight between Establishment Dems and a paper bag, I’m putting money on the bag
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BREAKING: Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has said: "Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced"
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
BREAKING: Democratic Representative Ro Khanna has said: "Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced"
Vote out literally every Democrat senator when you can. The Republicans owned the shutdown until one hour ago. Now we all suffered for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vote out literally every Democrat senator when you can. The Republicans owned the shutdown until one hour ago. Now we all suffered for nothing.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
George Carlin, who played Mr Conductor in Shining Time Station/Thomas the Tank Engine
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
George Carlin, who played Mr Conductor in Shining Time Station/Thomas the Tank Engine
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The ultimate guide to not work on your game:
1. Work on a part you don't like working on
2. Feel unmotivated
[Optional] 2b. Have an exhausted 9-to-5 to pay the bills
3. Find a videogame to play and sink your time into
That's it! Great job, you can feel guilty now!
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev
1. Work on a part you don't like working on
2. Feel unmotivated
[Optional] 2b. Have an exhausted 9-to-5 to pay the bills
3. Find a videogame to play and sink your time into
That's it! Great job, you can feel guilty now!
#indiedev #gamedev #solodev
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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creep by radiohead except all the lyrics are replaced with variations of "I'm a tired"
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
creep by radiohead except all the lyrics are replaced with variations of "I'm a tired"
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reverse hallmark movie where an easygoing country guy moves to the big city and meets a city girl who teaches him the joy of being stressed out all the time and neglecting things in favor of work
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
reverse hallmark movie where an easygoing country guy moves to the big city and meets a city girl who teaches him the joy of being stressed out all the time and neglecting things in favor of work
Barchetta and I are ready for night time #PokemonLegendsZA
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Barchetta and I are ready for night time #PokemonLegendsZA
this post has made me a believer. languages and frameworks are TOO GOOD now. it’s too easy to do things the complex, suboptimal way that “feels” right. rather than being forced to find a creative solution that often works better.
In Yoshi's Island, a cave background sparkles, but only when Yoshi moves. This is achieved in an inventive way by making many 1-pixel "pinholes" in the background through which a field of stars is visible. The parallax motion shows the stars intermittently, creating sparkles.
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
this post has made me a believer. languages and frameworks are TOO GOOD now. it’s too easy to do things the complex, suboptimal way that “feels” right. rather than being forced to find a creative solution that often works better.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.