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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · 1d

Works on my machine

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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ivy 🥚 sly @ivysly.com · 2d

I want to be cubified in a trash compactor

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 13d

I make breakfast. I power up my PC to log on on to write video games. The president says he wants to unleash the military to kill U.S. citizens on American soil. I respond to a few emails. Gotta take inventory of what still needs signoff before script lock on Friday.

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · 14d

EA will now be the property of a literal feudal kingdom ya can’t make this shit up folks

nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · 19d

make bibeo game

nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · 20d

this makes me feel so much better

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21d

every corporate decision comes down to money and clearly the economics for abc/disney outweighed the threats from the fascist government

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 21d

David Lynch from his 8/28/2020 "Weather Report" video, where he is wearing a black button down, black sunglasses, and saying: "what a great time to be alive if you love the theater of the absurd."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGqHREWzwnA

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · 21d

"I voted for common sense"

Pablo Maurer @mlsist.bsky.social · 21d

tfw i come on here to tell everyone i have a new, obscure soccer history deep dive coming soon

nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Sep 1

animal well is everything a game should be

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 31

aw man I was just going to start my schizoid ramblings there and now it too is a padded room

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business

With Substack's latest launch, writers are actually ceding control of the billing relationship to Apple, which now owns and controls the subscription.
These transactions, subscriptions, and customers will no longer be accessible in their Stripe account.

Most importantly, that means that if writers choose to leave Substack, they won't be able to port their paid subscriptions over to another platform like they could previously. This predatory platform lock-in is incredibly dangerous for writers. It strips away data and control, while locking them into the platform.

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Human Computer @human.computer · Aug 28

Neon White is a case study in genre fusion that actually works.

It mixes FPS mechanics with puzzle platforming under a heavy blanket of speedrunning charm — and somehow still leaves room for a romance subplot.

It’s weird, it’s sharp, and kind of brilliant.

(Link to full video in reply)

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ivy 🥚 sly @ivysly.com · Aug 25

Evil Egg comes October 30.
Infinite Twin-Stick Chaos.
100% Free Game.
Wishlist on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3651950/...
Join the discord to play the beta:
discord.gg/sQb5agEYzM

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

the free shit was immaculate I will say, but having standups in a room worth more than I'll likely make in my life was eye opening (radicalizing)

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

one day i'll write an article about the time i spent in 2024 working in a mansion at an "ai incubator" for 4 months, one of the most insanity inducing periods of my life trying to make a video game at the center of the venn diagram of silicon valley venture capital and burning man

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

egg 2

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 21

amazon hyperbolic goon chamber™️, it's complimentary as part of your monthly citizenship subscription

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vlada yaga 👁 ➤ UVW-CWA @vladadraws.bsky.social · Aug 20

I've wanted to keep this incognito for a while as the union launched and grew but the thing I am proudest of making this year is definitely designing the @videogameworkers.bsky.social logo 💪

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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · Aug 17

That's Hugo Award-winning Caves of Qud right there!!

Jason and Brian Bucklew's son receive the Hugo award for Best Game 2025.

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 14

deep state sandwich

Politico @politico.com · Aug 14

The man charged for throwing a sandwich at a federal officer was a DOJ employee.

“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Pam Bondi wrote on X.

Man charged for throwing sandwich at federal officer was a DOJ employee

Attorney General Pam Bondi said he was fired from his position after the incident.

www.politico.com

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ivy 🥚 sly @ivysly.com · Aug 14

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 14

you shoot

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

One day I'd love to make a Manben style show where I travel around to indie devs making shit in their bedrooms that kicks ass, stick some cameras in there for a day or two, then talk about their process and projects.

nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thank you, you too!

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 9

To be clear : you have to UV unwrap these objects for albedo textures anyways, you *can* just re-use that map. It just makes it harder because you need to think more about where you place seams on the islands, if you paint over a seam, if the islands are disjointed your cleaning teleports.

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nico graves @gravesmakesgames.bsky.social · Aug 9

They likely use the UV approach because it looks better on large flat surfaces. If you went vertex color based, you'd need to really awkwardly subdivide what is basically just a big rectangle. Our objects otherhand, are small sometimes complex props, hence the vertex approach.

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