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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · 17h

Jason how do you do these things

Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · 17h

I ordered this one because it listed cucumber and salt and NOT spice, it was a “spa cocktail” which gave zero indication it came with this

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · 17h

I desperately ask that the Tajín salt cocktail trend either die, or for the love of god stop putting it where you hold the glass. That’s going in an unsuspecting eyeball at some point in the evening

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · 4d

Cyan and I did a game jam! The dog is based on my late dog Finn who was the bestest boy. The other dog is my current dog Rey, who barely qualifies as a dog, being mostly catOS.

Anyway you should try it out, its pretty fun and short

cyanlaser.itch.io/walkies

Walkies by CyanLaser, Jen

Walking your dog may be a mundane task, but is an entire adventure for your dog!

cyanlaser.itch.io

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is how I learn he’s still alive?

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · Sep 3

They're doing 25% off of all book preorders at Barnes & Noble, including mine, just use code PREORDER25 in the box at check out. If you want the cheapest possible new copy of Black Box of Doom, preorder the paperback that way, it's out in November:

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/im-startin...

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 24

A creator polgm.bsky.social who I noticed during the GMTK gamejam has a new one out--this is a really engaging way to present complicated historical moments, I highly suggest checking these out if that's your cup of tea: itch.io/c/6194516/en...

Enquête Sensible - Collection by Pol Grasland-Mongrain

A collection by Pol Grasland-Mongrain

itch.io

Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hey you can absolutely work in games! Here's how you do it: Have a career in tech/finance/law for 10+ years and bank your fat salary until your money makes its own money and then start and indie studio and work for free. Worked for me

Oh you want to work in games for MONEY? Ha. HAHAHAHAHAHAA

Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Aug 13

“I want to work in video ga—“ Don’t
“I wanted to ask you about how to get into narrative des—“ Don’t
“I have a job in marketing but I want to switch to games wri—“ Don’t
“I’m thinking of switching careers to work in ga—“ Don’t
“Do you know a good narrative design cou—“ Don’t

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 9

I looked this up just now--they only did that as a promo for a few weeks and don't do that any more. But it was a really good marketing strategy! BingBong himself is also a good feature--do you handicap yourself with him just for the achievement? Clever devs.

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 8

I don't think they can join private sessions, I looked into it and it seems to be a Twitch integration, but still...both delightful and creepy

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 8

Are you aware that if you stream on Twitch, the devs can use Bing Bong to talk to players in game? There's a bunch of clips of it

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 8

This product makes a LOT of sacrifices for pure fashion and everyday acceptance. Paramilitary doesn't need to worry about weight/appearance/fashion.

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 8

And before you come after me, I'm no fan of Meta in this regard. Just let's keep the fearmongering in the right places.

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 8

While we should examine the use of tech in military, this is simply untrue. I was on the team 2019-2021 and focus was VERY much on influencers/consumers. More durable, longer-lasting, higher quality, cheaper tech for this already exists. This dude is wearing his personal sunglasses.

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Lakuza @lakuza.bsky.social · Aug 3

Took part in this years Game Maker's Toolkit game jam with @cyanlaser.bsky.social @fionna.bsky.social @legendsvr.bsky.social
4 days to make a game with theme of "loop".
Play our entry here:
itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...
Appreciate anyone who tries it out & gives a rating to help us🏄#GMTK2025 #indiedev

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 1

Now I'm thinking about how all the NPCs in any video game took to twitter after I visited their towns.

"I can't believe it you guys, someone stole my CHEESE WHEEL in the middle of the day! Anyone on my street have a Ring camera?"

Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Aug 1

Now you know what its like to be an NPC blacksmith in Baldur's Gate

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Jul 5

I wasn’t aware a dog could exude so much aura and nonchalant at the same time

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Jun 22

For those that don't know what that is: A Funkopop and Monchichi had babies

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · Jun 2

They repaved El Camino Real (the main surface street through my town) and its fanTAStic for cycling now, smooth with nice wide brightly colored bike lanes.

In fact, the only time I had to swerve into traffic was the two local cop SUVs parked in the bike lane

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CyanLaser @cyanlaser.bsky.social · May 28

I have released a patch to keep CyanTrigger running for now, because I care about the creators who use it. But long-term, the platform needs to invest in stable, documented, and supported tools. That is not something a solo community dev can patch forever.

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CyanLaser @cyanlaser.bsky.social · May 28

CyanTrigger v4.4.4 Bug Fix

I have always intended to make this fix. I said before that I would keep CyanTrigger maintained for Udon 1. CyanTrigger was designed to be fairly future-proofed based on the architecture of Udon. VRChat introduced an api change that broke CyanTrigger.

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · May 24

bsky.app/profile/fion...

Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · May 24

Were you a #VRChat CyanTrigger user, and want to thank
@cyanlaser.bsky.social
for years of free assets and support? Well the best way to do so now is to purchase ZFighter on the Unity Asset store!

studiocyfi.bsky.social @studiocyfi.bsky.social · Mar 14

ZFighter: Catch z-fighting before your players do!

ZFighter is your new essential tool for Unity development. It helps you find and manage z-fighting in your Unity scenes.

Buy ZFighter now on the Unity Asset Store.
assetstore.unity.com/packages/slu...

#Unity3d #AssetStore #gamedev

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Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · May 24

bsky.app/profile/fion...

Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · May 24

Were you a #VRChat CyanTrigger user, and want to thank
@cyanlaser.bsky.social
for years of free assets and support? Well the best way to do so now is to purchase ZFighter on the Unity Asset store!

studiocyfi.bsky.social @studiocyfi.bsky.social · Mar 14

ZFighter: Catch z-fighting before your players do!

ZFighter is your new essential tool for Unity development. It helps you find and manage z-fighting in your Unity scenes.

Buy ZFighter now on the Unity Asset Store.
assetstore.unity.com/packages/slu...

#Unity3d #AssetStore #gamedev

Fionna / Jen Davis-Wilson @fionna.bsky.social · May 24

Were you a #VRChat CyanTrigger user, and want to thank
@cyanlaser.bsky.social
for years of free assets and support? Well the best way to do so now is to purchase ZFighter on the Unity Asset store!

studiocyfi.bsky.social @studiocyfi.bsky.social · Mar 14

ZFighter: Catch z-fighting before your players do!

ZFighter is your new essential tool for Unity development. It helps you find and manage z-fighting in your Unity scenes.

Buy ZFighter now on the Unity Asset Store.
assetstore.unity.com/packages/slu...

#Unity3d #AssetStore #gamedev

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