Joe Hocking
@joehocking.bsky.social
I'm a software engineer who develops games and XR using technologies like C#/Unity and JavaScript/WebGL (while increasingly Godot-curious). I wrote the book Unity in Action!
website: www.newarteest.com
website: www.newarteest.com
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Joe Hocking
@joehocking.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Character Customization with Unity 6
jettelly.com
I'm currently writing a book about programming a character customization system in Unity. Both 3D characters and 2D animated in Spine!
Includes UI development, saving JSON data, loading Addressables, etc. jettelly.com/store/charac...
#unity3d #spine2d #gameprogramming
Includes UI development, saving JSON data, loading Addressables, etc. jettelly.com/store/charac...
#unity3d #spine2d #gameprogramming
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Truth! A service isn’t a business. How much “profit” did the military post? Maybe judging the success of government services the same way we judge Capitalist success is inherently stupid. Maybe almost as stupid as “we need a businessman to be president.” That was obviously wrong as hell.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Truth! A service isn’t a business. How much “profit” did the military post? Maybe judging the success of government services the same way we judge Capitalist success is inherently stupid. Maybe almost as stupid as “we need a businessman to be president.” That was obviously wrong as hell.
Everyone stop what you're doing and watch this right now (sound up)
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Everyone stop what you're doing and watch this right now (sound up)
It's a tangent, but god damn is this true in software engineering.
true, we increasingly value speed over thoughtfulness in all aspects of life
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's a tangent, but god damn is this true in software engineering.
This comment hits so much for me as a parent. This thread is about older/adult children, but the same mindset and related problems apply to young children. Like that stat I once saw where a depressing percentage of school age children aren't allowed alone in their own front yard.
Yeah, it seems rather unfair to deliberately infantilise your children then complain that they're too dependent.
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This comment hits so much for me as a parent. This thread is about older/adult children, but the same mindset and related problems apply to young children. Like that stat I once saw where a depressing percentage of school age children aren't allowed alone in their own front yard.
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bang out couple thousand words in one hour then spend three hours trying to figure out what to name a restaurant the characters go to one time
JUST WRITING THINGS
JUST WRITING THINGS
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
bang out couple thousand words in one hour then spend three hours trying to figure out what to name a restaurant the characters go to one time
JUST WRITING THINGS
JUST WRITING THINGS
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Teleological interpretations of evolution, my old nemesis.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Teleological interpretations of evolution, my old nemesis.
This has always been the biggest issue for AI: people may like to use it for free, but they won't pay for it.
People might *like* having an easier way to ask “where is the dentist?” than typing it out, but is it worth £8 a query, a premium business subscription, boiling hot server farms and the death of grass?
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This has always been the biggest issue for AI: people may like to use it for free, but they won't pay for it.
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Trump calling for the release of the Epstein files.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Trump calling for the release of the Epstein files.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Wikipedia article does a good job explaining how insane some men have become.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_...
The #gacha game Stella Sora had to do a public apology for animating a character doing a gesture that’s similar to 🤏 because it’s weaponised as offensive by Korean men (uncles)
Korea is completely insane and this has happened to multiple things now
Korea is completely insane and this has happened to multiple things now
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wikipedia article does a good job explaining how insane some men have become.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_...
wtf is this response
I mean, I suppose pointing at a reporter and calling her piggy isn't as bad as being in the Epstein files, but it sure adds some more shit to the pile.
I mean, I suppose pointing at a reporter and calling her piggy isn't as bad as being in the Epstein files, but it sure adds some more shit to the pile.
When asked on Air Force One if there was anything "incriminating" in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger at the female reporter's face and said “Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
wtf is this response
I mean, I suppose pointing at a reporter and calling her piggy isn't as bad as being in the Epstein files, but it sure adds some more shit to the pile.
I mean, I suppose pointing at a reporter and calling her piggy isn't as bad as being in the Epstein files, but it sure adds some more shit to the pile.
lol I worked on a game where my boss put in some obnoxious gangsta rap to force us to replace it with a real soundtrack, but then his plan backfired when we all got in the habit of turning the sound off so we forgot about the music until the next publisher presentation.
I'm interested in posting a whole thread about temp audio in this topic and how it has a whole different set of problems attached due to human psychology, but I'm not sure anyone will find it as interesting as I do...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
lol I worked on a game where my boss put in some obnoxious gangsta rap to force us to replace it with a real soundtrack, but then his plan backfired when we all got in the habit of turning the sound off so we forgot about the music until the next publisher presentation.
what a line 0:21 "making a game... changes you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHC...
Why you should make a video game (even if nobody plays it)
YouTube video by Tim Ruswick
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
what a line 0:21 "making a game... changes you" www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHC...
#ScreenshotSaturday
I'm writing a book explaining how to customize characters in Unity. As these screenshots show, the book covers both 3D and 2D (animated in #Spine!) characters. Here's a blog post explaining all the topics covered (UI, data saving, etc.)
jettelly.com/blog/charact...
I'm writing a book explaining how to customize characters in Unity. As these screenshots show, the book covers both 3D and 2D (animated in #Spine!) characters. Here's a blog post explaining all the topics covered (UI, data saving, etc.)
jettelly.com/blog/charact...
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#ScreenshotSaturday
I'm writing a book explaining how to customize characters in Unity. As these screenshots show, the book covers both 3D and 2D (animated in #Spine!) characters. Here's a blog post explaining all the topics covered (UI, data saving, etc.)
jettelly.com/blog/charact...
I'm writing a book explaining how to customize characters in Unity. As these screenshots show, the book covers both 3D and 2D (animated in #Spine!) characters. Here's a blog post explaining all the topics covered (UI, data saving, etc.)
jettelly.com/blog/charact...
This basically looks like Shaolin Soccer: The Game.
SWEET
SWEET
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This basically looks like Shaolin Soccer: The Game.
SWEET
SWEET
My daughter just said we are living in the 20s.
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My daughter just said we are living in the 20s.
News about my upcoming book! I wrote a blog post to explain the topics covered and teaching approach jettelly.com/blog/charact...
Character Customization: What’s next?
Our author Joseph Hocking shares some words about his time finishing up the 3D part of his book, and what's next for the 2D section.
jettelly.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
News about my upcoming book! I wrote a blog post to explain the topics covered and teaching approach jettelly.com/blog/charact...
wait, there are *50* year loans?!? At that point it's an interest-only loan by another name.
For folks saying 50 year loans aren't a scam... this is why they are. The difference in payment between 30 and 50 is pretty small, while the difference in interest is enormous.
in terms of interest 30 years is fairly close to "forever" such that 50 years barely changes what you pay.
in terms of interest 30 years is fairly close to "forever" such that 50 years barely changes what you pay.
$400,000 loan at 6.5 percent:
• 30 year. Payment $2,528. Total interest about $510,000.
• 50 year. Payment $2,255. Total interest about $953,000.
You save about $273 per month, but pay about $443,000 more interest over the life of the loan. 28 years to start paying more principle than interest.
• 30 year. Payment $2,528. Total interest about $510,000.
• 50 year. Payment $2,255. Total interest about $953,000.
You save about $273 per month, but pay about $443,000 more interest over the life of the loan. 28 years to start paying more principle than interest.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
wait, there are *50* year loans?!? At that point it's an interest-only loan by another name.
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Alan Dershowitz mentions going hard tonight too
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Alan Dershowitz mentions going hard tonight too
This is a good one, but c'mon "twelve hangry men" was right there
twelve hungry men
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is a good one, but c'mon "twelve hangry men" was right there
My daughter roasts me all the time. Today she handed me her Etch-a-sketch to put away.
I didn't know where it goes so I asked "What do I do with this?"
She responded "Well you turn the knobs."
#technicallycorrect
I didn't know where it goes so I asked "What do I do with this?"
She responded "Well you turn the knobs."
#technicallycorrect
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My daughter roasts me all the time. Today she handed me her Etch-a-sketch to put away.
I didn't know where it goes so I asked "What do I do with this?"
She responded "Well you turn the knobs."
#technicallycorrect
I didn't know where it goes so I asked "What do I do with this?"
She responded "Well you turn the knobs."
#technicallycorrect
hm I wonder how widely known this tradition is? Like, I'm guessing there's a lot of people who'd be tickled to know that most married Koreans have a pair of wooden ducks somewhere in their house.
I have a question for any Koreans who see this: are you supposed to display wedding ducks in the home a certain way? Since I'm only half-Korean I'm not that familiar with the tradition. I know they are displayed beak-to-beak during the wedding ceremony, but at home mine are just sitting like this:
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
hm I wonder how widely known this tradition is? Like, I'm guessing there's a lot of people who'd be tickled to know that most married Koreans have a pair of wooden ducks somewhere in their house.
oh no he's caught in a new scandal
"Mamdani once offered me a 'Kleenex,' but it was actually a store-brand facial tissue."
October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
oh no he's caught in a new scandal