Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
@hey.paris
Game Dev? Producer? Writer? Historian? Programmer? Chihuahua butler?
Co-founder @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev
Pres @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
📍lutruwita 🚫 no crypto/AI
Co-founder @secretlab.games (Night in the Woods, I Feel Fine, Leonardo’s Moon Ship) + @yarnspinner.dev
Pres @TasGameMakers.com
@themartianlife.com’s husband.
📍lutruwita 🚫 no crypto/AI
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Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
@hey.paris
· Oct 21
Our two businesses, @yarnspinner.dev and @secretlab.games are here now. Give us a follow?
Adelaide Writers' Week -> Adelaide Writer's Week -> Adelaide Week -> Adelaide
Adelaide Writers' Week? More like Adelaide Writer's Week at this rate.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Adelaide Writers' Week -> Adelaide Writer's Week -> Adelaide Week -> Adelaide
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This was a joke about his inability to eat tacos, but OF COURSE he's said something shit since then
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This was a joke about his inability to eat tacos, but OF COURSE he's said something shit since then
Adelaide Writers' Week? More like Adelaide Writer's Week at this rate.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Almost 50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
Helen Garner and Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser among 47 people who have pulled out of annual writers’ festival to protest Abdel-Fattah’s axing
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Adelaide Writers' Week? More like Adelaide Writer's Week at this rate.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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If you loved the gay hockey series, you might also enjoy every other book by queer and trans authors that's received zero marketing push. Especially books by queer BIPOC authors who were told, "sorry we already have a book like yours on our list."
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
If you loved the gay hockey series, you might also enjoy every other book by queer and trans authors that's received zero marketing push. Especially books by queer BIPOC authors who were told, "sorry we already have a book like yours on our list."
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I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I cannot stress this enough: this is not possible
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
in a literal technological sense: you cannot train an AI and expect even comprehensible results with under ~1 million pieces of data, nobody can supply all that with the variance needed. You can only achieve it through wanton scraping
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new all time reaction image just dropped
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
new all time reaction image just dropped
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My favorite thing about getting into hockey is when they cut to players on the bench and they look like they are so haunted. These poor men are being plagued by ghosts or demons or concepts.
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My favorite thing about getting into hockey is when they cut to players on the bench and they look like they are so haunted. These poor men are being plagued by ghosts or demons or concepts.
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Game development tip!
If you’re unsure which direction to take your project, try making Halo 3. That game was very good.
If you’re unsure which direction to take your project, try making Halo 3. That game was very good.
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Game development tip!
If you’re unsure which direction to take your project, try making Halo 3. That game was very good.
If you’re unsure which direction to take your project, try making Halo 3. That game was very good.
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Mamdani’s New York is out of control
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Mamdani’s New York is out of control
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CES is always just a big “why is nobody doing anything remotely interesting with HCI except for people making instruments and midi controllers”
I’m sick of voice and capacitive screens
I’m sick of voice and capacitive screens
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 AM
CES is always just a big “why is nobody doing anything remotely interesting with HCI except for people making instruments and midi controllers”
I’m sick of voice and capacitive screens
I’m sick of voice and capacitive screens
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in another world they should've queened out together
January 7, 2026 at 5:04 AM
in another world they should've queened out together
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I've said it a lot lately: the problem with nonconsensual deepfake porn of adults isn't the "porn" part, it's the "nonconsensual" part. That HAS to be accounted for when regulating, otherwise you're just banning legal porn, which is (1) unconstitutional but (2) what the Heritage Foundation wants.
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I've said it a lot lately: the problem with nonconsensual deepfake porn of adults isn't the "porn" part, it's the "nonconsensual" part. That HAS to be accounted for when regulating, otherwise you're just banning legal porn, which is (1) unconstitutional but (2) what the Heritage Foundation wants.
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when google docs keeps trying to complete my sentences for me
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
when google docs keeps trying to complete my sentences for me
thank you Christopher.
January 5, 2026 at 6:36 AM
thank you Christopher.
where you staying?
January 5, 2026 at 6:34 AM
where you staying?
How long ya in town for?
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
How long ya in town for?
today the washing machine flooded, the dog has been throwing up all day (so: expensive vet), and none of my software is working properly.
sigh.
sigh.
January 5, 2026 at 5:06 AM
today the washing machine flooded, the dog has been throwing up all day (so: expensive vet), and none of my software is working properly.
sigh.
sigh.
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Awesome Yarn Spinner-powered game, BIG HOPS, by @luckshotgames.com is about to come out! Get excited!
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/big...
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/big...
Big Hops is powered by Yarn Spinner
Big Hops is a 3D platformer, action adventure with deep movement, fresh frog-tongue gameplay, where you can grow veggies to build paths forward!
yarnspinner.dev
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Awesome Yarn Spinner-powered game, BIG HOPS, by @luckshotgames.com is about to come out! Get excited!
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/big...
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/big...
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Working on something.
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Working on something.
Pretty sure we’re gonna receive one letter per stolen book we wrote…
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Pretty sure we’re gonna receive one letter per stolen book we wrote…
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The way that sales on the Asset Store work is that the better you do, the longer you’re on sale for! We’re still on sale, so I can only conclude that Yarn Spinner is the greatest asset of all time and you should buy it immediately and get cool exclusive features: assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...
Yarn Spinner for Unity, the friendly dialogue and narrative tool | Behavior AI | Unity Asset Store
Get the Yarn Spinner for Unity, the friendly dialogue and narrative tool package from Yarn Spinner and speed up your game development process. Find this & other Behavior AI options on the Unity Asset Store.
assetstore.unity.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The way that sales on the Asset Store work is that the better you do, the longer you’re on sale for! We’re still on sale, so I can only conclude that Yarn Spinner is the greatest asset of all time and you should buy it immediately and get cool exclusive features: assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...
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help us populate the Showcase of Yarn Spinner Games?!
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/
Submit your game here: yarnspinner.dev/tell-us/
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/
Submit your game here: yarnspinner.dev/tell-us/
Yarn Spinner Showcase
Explore games built with Yarn Spinner—from indie darlings to major studio releases.
yarnspinner.dev
December 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
help us populate the Showcase of Yarn Spinner Games?!
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/
Submit your game here: yarnspinner.dev/tell-us/
yarnspinner.dev/showcase/
Submit your game here: yarnspinner.dev/tell-us/
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Duncan's Idaho Potatoes, so good you'll keep coming back for them
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Duncan's Idaho Potatoes, so good you'll keep coming back for them
ive written a lot of typescript the last two weeks
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
ive written a lot of typescript the last two weeks