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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 5h

we are good at video games

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 14d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 16h

A custom solution to #VR text in #godot killing perfomance. #gamedev claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/08...

VR Text Was Killing Performance, So I Took a Hatchet to Godot's Label3D

I hit two massive problems a few months back. First, my simple text menus were absolutely destroying performance in VR, especially when adding nodes to the scene tree. Second, the font quality looke...

claire-blackshaw.com

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David Nowak @davidnowak.me · 3d

North Korean hackers just cracked something disturbing: they're hiding malware on blockchains where nobody can remove it. It costs them under $2 and creates permanent, untouchable infrastructure for cybercrime. Here's what this means... 🧵
arstechnica.com/security/202...

Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains

Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.

arstechnica.com

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 4d

The improved SSR in godot 4.6

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 5d

front cover of Peter Sims' book Little Bets

a page from the book Little Bets by Peter Sims

InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 5d

Great advice for any creative endeavor from @juniperdev.bsky.social . What Peter Sims might call making little bets - iterate, experiment, fail fast, learn from your mistakes, rinse repeat.. #gamedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytyl...

Make Tiny Games.

YouTube video by Juniper Dev

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 9d

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/e...

faff

1. something that takes a lot of effort or causes slight problems: 2…

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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 21d

What happens when you layer 1000s of hand drawn elements to build video games? This!

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment #shroomandgloom

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 13d

"..the different ways we dress the naked PRNG .. for the player's consumption: as card draws, rolls of the dice, and so on." #gamedev #narrativedesign #gamedesign azhdarchid.com/randomness-i...

Randomness in Narrative Video Games: Aesthetics of Different Random Systems

On virtual dice, cards, and other alternatives.

azhdarchid.com

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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 13d

The classic 1999 version of System Shock 2 is set to be pulled from sale on Steam later this week. https://bit.ly/4pWkLNn

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 13d

Installed Blender 5.0, scatter on surface is now a built-in node ❤️

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · Nov 16

Miss Deluxe Paint? Steffest has reimpleented it in Javascript, for easy pixel art animation, used by id Software and LucasArts alike. Come on back and draw like it's 1989!

DPaint.js

stef.be

www.stef.be

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 14d

love digging back into these old archives: "A simple technique for first-person narrative design" #gamedev #gaming archive.org/details/GDM_...

a double spread screenshot from developer magazine about writing first person narratives

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Sinclair Research @sinclairresearch.bsky.social · 18d

TGIF

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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 22d

Messenger is an absurdly slick, perfectly lovely free pocket world exploration game you can play in a browser

People who like A Short Hike and vibes-heavy games at large should enjoy this slick, cute delivery sim from a mysterious developer.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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René | Bippinbits @bippinbits.bsky.social · Aug 16

Right before Gamescom @landervr.bsky.social blesses us with the sixth PVKK devlog! He explains how the graphical scene is constructed and what's the reasoning behind this, as well as showing very recent improvements he has done to the lighting. Enjoy :D

store.steampowered.com/news/app/295...

PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant - Devlog #6: Graphics Deep Dive - Steam News

Lander shares some deep insight into how the graphical side of PVKK is structured and what his recent improvements were.

store.steampowered.com

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School of Video Game Audio @sovga.bsky.social · 22d

Osirus by The Usual Suspects is a free VST, VST3, AU, CLAP, LV2 for Windows, macOS, Linux "emulation of an Access Virus B/C, code ported to function exactly as the hardware using the DSP56300 emulator" dsp56300.wordpress.com/osirus/

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 22d

the music ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_a9HY_6Oc&list=RDUb_a9HY_6Oc&start_radio=1

Defcon (game) - Music/Atmosphere

YouTube video by Vulmen

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 26d

pretty exciting!

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Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 26d

de_dust2 in BF6 with Portal, level design with Godot: youtu.be/f6RGo76uyTk?...

Battlefield 6 Portal Gameplay and Impressions...

YouTube video by jackfrags

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 27d

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine ad circa 2000 #videogame #retrogaming

an advert for the video game Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine showing how to break in a fedora

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snow-kiss @snow-kiss.bsky.social · Aug 9

1D-PACMAN

"Run, chase, and devour" — a minimalist twist on the arcade classic.

No install needed — play instantly on iPhone, Android, or desktop:

➡️ beep8.org

#IndieGame #GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGames #IndieLove #PixelArt #beep8

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InkeystringGames @inkeystringgames.bsky.social · 29d

Mixed Reality Game Where You Can Insert Real Objects Is Looking for Playtesters #AR #gamedev #gaming 80.lv/articles/mix...

Mixed Reality Game Where You Explore Real World Needs Playtesters

Enjoy Picto and help the developer.

80.lv

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Sep 20

Elite was released (circa) 41 years ago today!

This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.

Box art by Philip Castle.

The image is dominated by the game's title, "ELITE," rendered in a bold, golden 3D font with large, stylized wings, resembling a prestigious pilot's insignia. The scene depicts key elements from the game:

The Cobra Mk III: The sleek, saucer-shaped ship in the foreground is the player's starting vessel, the legendary Cobra Mk III.

Coriolis Station: The massive, geometric structure is a Coriolis space station, the rotating hubs of trade and commerce where players would dock.

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · Sep 20

And lastly... with help from CGWMuseum.org, we've made the entire run of Computer Gaming World full-text searchable! All 268 issues, plus the 17 issues of Games for Windows magazine.

archive.gamehistory.org/folder/1de5c...

The cover of the first issue of Computer Gaming World depicts a dragon breathing fire out of a computer monitor.

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