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Technical Designer / Gameplay Engineer at Question.
Technical Designer / Gameplay Engineer at Question.
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@gcmaybe.bsky.social
· Aug 20
The Killing Stone on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone is a deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining against a series of de...
store.steampowered.com
I can finally let everyone know what I've been working on! store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Snapped this picture at work yesterday.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Snapped this picture at work yesterday.
Feeling this one pretty hard. Today's shower thoughts solved a problem I'll need to work on tomorrow. I'm not at work today. And I feel guilty when I step afk on the clock but sometimes that's the most productive thing I can do.
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Feeling this one pretty hard. Today's shower thoughts solved a problem I'll need to work on tomorrow. I'm not at work today. And I feel guilty when I step afk on the clock but sometimes that's the most productive thing I can do.
I work with these people. They're a riot.
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I work with these people. They're a riot.
I don't think people appreciate exactly how hard this is. Listen to a song you've never heard, without drums, and add a drum part. Ok, fine. Now do it with a song that's allergic to time signatures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaC7...
Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Hears JINJER For The First Time
YouTube video by Drumeo
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I don't think people appreciate exactly how hard this is. Listen to a song you've never heard, without drums, and add a drum part. Ok, fine. Now do it with a song that's allergic to time signatures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaC7...
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I won't lie - I think this is rad as hell and I kinda want to jump in a game with the folks putting it together.
Concord was not a, uh... good... development process... but the game and the team deserved better than how Sony treated 'em. It was fun, and there was so much potential, but alas...
Concord was not a, uh... good... development process... but the game and the team deserved better than how Sony treated 'em. It was fun, and there was so much potential, but alas...
Sony’s Concord Is Playable Again Thanks To Fan-Made Custom Servers
Concord is not completely dead. Community developers have brought Sony's shut-down hero shooter back online with fan-made custom servers, rebuilding its backend API and getting full matches running ag...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I won't lie - I think this is rad as hell and I kinda want to jump in a game with the folks putting it together.
Concord was not a, uh... good... development process... but the game and the team deserved better than how Sony treated 'em. It was fun, and there was so much potential, but alas...
Concord was not a, uh... good... development process... but the game and the team deserved better than how Sony treated 'em. It was fun, and there was so much potential, but alas...
Excellent thread.
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Excellent thread.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
If my memory of you disappears without my knowledge, sorry.
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If my memory of you disappears without my knowledge, sorry.
Nice day to be healthy enough to go for a walk.
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Nice day to be healthy enough to go for a walk.
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remember remember this month is november
halloween's already been
i see no reason why halloween season
couldn't just happen again
halloween's already been
i see no reason why halloween season
couldn't just happen again
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
remember remember this month is november
halloween's already been
i see no reason why halloween season
couldn't just happen again
halloween's already been
i see no reason why halloween season
couldn't just happen again
Any system that makes things happen some of the time by RNG is inherently inferior to a system that approximates the same behavior by doing literally anything else. Fight me.
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Any system that makes things happen some of the time by RNG is inherently inferior to a system that approximates the same behavior by doing literally anything else. Fight me.
This tree finally turned.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This tree finally turned.
Can't sleep. I'm... hopescrolling?
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Can't sleep. I'm... hopescrolling?
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We were going to turn off The Killing Stone demo today now that Next Fest is over. But the feedback has been so positive and helpful, it'll stick around for a little while longer! Check it out if you haven't yet, and please leave a review if you finish it.
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
The Killing Stone Demo on Steam
Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone Demo lets you try out the deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining a...
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We were going to turn off The Killing Stone demo today now that Next Fest is over. But the feedback has been so positive and helpful, it'll stick around for a little while longer! Check it out if you haven't yet, and please leave a review if you finish it.
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...
FFS. Heads up if you have a Ring.
Please turn off your #Ring cameras so that kids/families just trying to participate in #Halloween don't get caught up by ICE. Ring has partnered with them, so we know how this is going to turn out.
Also, please consider removing Ring entirely or AT LEAST turn on the e2e encryption.
RING=ICE
Also, please consider removing Ring entirely or AT LEAST turn on the e2e encryption.
RING=ICE
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
FFS. Heads up if you have a Ring.
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It's Halloween and Wordy Rain got a Halloween-themed update this month! If you missed it, check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3767020/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's Halloween and Wordy Rain got a Halloween-themed update this month! If you missed it, check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3767020/...
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We've got some games on sale for Halloween in Steam's Scream Fest!
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
Save 90% on Eldritch on Steam
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
store.steampowered.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We've got some games on sale for Halloween in Steam's Scream Fest!
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
Eldritch is 90% off:
store.steampowered.com/app/252630/E...
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okay, update: i have had this question answered, and I am now looking to speak to game QA testers ON the record about the weirdest, silliest-sounding things they've had to do to make sure games work. the wackier the better. happy to keep folks anon if they prefer. DMs open, email/Signal in bio
would anyone who works in or adjacent to game testing/QA be willing to answer a couple questions for me? off the record, not to be quoted - just need some background info on automations to know whether a scenario someone described in a talk is common or unusual.
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
okay, update: i have had this question answered, and I am now looking to speak to game QA testers ON the record about the weirdest, silliest-sounding things they've had to do to make sure games work. the wackier the better. happy to keep folks anon if they prefer. DMs open, email/Signal in bio
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
☠Forbidden Solitaire is coming to @gog.com ☠
📀 1995: A game launches, then vanishes. Pulled from shelves.
🕰 2019: You find a copy in a thrift store.
👁 You install it, despite the sinister warning: 'Do not play this game.'
Wishlist : www.gog.com/en/game/forb...
☠Forbidden Solitaire is coming to @gog.com ☠
📀 1995: A game launches, then vanishes. Pulled from shelves.
🕰 2019: You find a copy in a thrift store.
👁 You install it, despite the sinister warning: 'Do not play this game.'
Wishlist : www.gog.com/en/game/forb...
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT:
☠Forbidden Solitaire is coming to @gog.com ☠
📀 1995: A game launches, then vanishes. Pulled from shelves.
🕰 2019: You find a copy in a thrift store.
👁 You install it, despite the sinister warning: 'Do not play this game.'
Wishlist : www.gog.com/en/game/forb...
☠Forbidden Solitaire is coming to @gog.com ☠
📀 1995: A game launches, then vanishes. Pulled from shelves.
🕰 2019: You find a copy in a thrift store.
👁 You install it, despite the sinister warning: 'Do not play this game.'
Wishlist : www.gog.com/en/game/forb...
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me in unreal engine
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 AM
me in unreal engine
My friend sent me this and now I can't unsee it.
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
My friend sent me this and now I can't unsee it.
Remember as a kid, if you got sick on the weekend you felt kinda cheated because you had to be sick, but you didn't even get to skip school? Well, I'm an adult now and being sick on the weekend is what it is. But I swear if I'm sick on Halloween, I'm not sure I'll hold onto my maturity.
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Remember as a kid, if you got sick on the weekend you felt kinda cheated because you had to be sick, but you didn't even get to skip school? Well, I'm an adult now and being sick on the weekend is what it is. But I swear if I'm sick on Halloween, I'm not sure I'll hold onto my maturity.
This is that game I will not shut up about. The coolest thing anyone has ever made. And yeah, I now work at the studio that made it, but YOU get to play for half price, so who's really winning?
Now through November 3, The Blackout Club is 50% off as a part of the Steam Scream Fest IV.
Return to Redacre and face your fears.
It's time to scream.
store.steampowered.com/app/599080/?...
Return to Redacre and face your fears.
It's time to scream.
store.steampowered.com/app/599080/?...
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is that game I will not shut up about. The coolest thing anyone has ever made. And yeah, I now work at the studio that made it, but YOU get to play for half price, so who's really winning?