Julian Spillane
@julianspillane.bsky.social
CEO of Komi Games. Worked on Star Wars, King Of Fighters XV and Psychonauts 2! Working on that game you think I'm working on. 😉 Expect video game, wrestling, synth music and horror content. He/him. 日本語OK!
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I'm Julian Spillane. Game developer, musician, horror movie & wrestling enthusiast.
Some Games I've Worked On:
- X-Men Destiny
- Use Your Words
- Mighty Fight Federation
- Psychonauts 2
- The King of Fighters XV
- Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge
- UNANNOUNCED COOL PROJECT
I'm Julian Spillane. Game developer, musician, horror movie & wrestling enthusiast.
Some Games I've Worked On:
- X-Men Destiny
- Use Your Words
- Mighty Fight Federation
- Psychonauts 2
- The King of Fighters XV
- Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge
- UNANNOUNCED COOL PROJECT
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I think this NVIDIA Enron thing might have slightly jokerfied me. I occasionally laugh and mutter "we are NOTHING like ENRON." It's so funny. Like NVIDIA genuinely does not seem to be like Enron! Right? Why did you mention Enron? Why are you trying to "dodge the Enron allegations"?
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I think this NVIDIA Enron thing might have slightly jokerfied me. I occasionally laugh and mutter "we are NOTHING like ENRON." It's so funny. Like NVIDIA genuinely does not seem to be like Enron! Right? Why did you mention Enron? Why are you trying to "dodge the Enron allegations"?
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Wild Blue is now WILD BLUE SKIES!
Check out our logo's ✨GLOW UP✨
Check out our logo's ✨GLOW UP✨
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Wild Blue is now WILD BLUE SKIES!
Check out our logo's ✨GLOW UP✨
Check out our logo's ✨GLOW UP✨
Just played this through with friends. Fantastic demo, great vibes, definitely worth checking out if you're into Alan Wake.
Dear fans and supporters,
A huge milestone has been reached: the DEMO of PINNACLE POINT is now available on Steam.
Head over there and please leave a review to help the algorithm push it to as many people as possible.
Thank you all for being part of this journey!
#indiegamedev #survivalhorror
A huge milestone has been reached: the DEMO of PINNACLE POINT is now available on Steam.
Head over there and please leave a review to help the algorithm push it to as many people as possible.
Thank you all for being part of this journey!
#indiegamedev #survivalhorror
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Just played this through with friends. Fantastic demo, great vibes, definitely worth checking out if you're into Alan Wake.
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Dear fans and supporters,
A huge milestone has been reached: the DEMO of PINNACLE POINT is now available on Steam.
Head over there and please leave a review to help the algorithm push it to as many people as possible.
Thank you all for being part of this journey!
#indiegamedev #survivalhorror
A huge milestone has been reached: the DEMO of PINNACLE POINT is now available on Steam.
Head over there and please leave a review to help the algorithm push it to as many people as possible.
Thank you all for being part of this journey!
#indiegamedev #survivalhorror
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dear fans and supporters,
A huge milestone has been reached: the DEMO of PINNACLE POINT is now available on Steam.
Head over there and please leave a review to help the algorithm push it to as many people as possible.
Thank you all for being part of this journey!
#indiegamedev #survivalhorror
A huge milestone has been reached: the DEMO of PINNACLE POINT is now available on Steam.
Head over there and please leave a review to help the algorithm push it to as many people as possible.
Thank you all for being part of this journey!
#indiegamedev #survivalhorror
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Today I am learning that ppl think the symbol associated with Dedede is a peace sign. did the locs ever claim this? seems obvious it's a rabbit, because Kirby is Of The Stars, and in Japanese culture bunnies are pounding mochi on the moon, and Dedede wields a hammer, and kirby is squishy like mochi
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today I am learning that ppl think the symbol associated with Dedede is a peace sign. did the locs ever claim this? seems obvious it's a rabbit, because Kirby is Of The Stars, and in Japanese culture bunnies are pounding mochi on the moon, and Dedede wields a hammer, and kirby is squishy like mochi
Huge congrats to the @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social team on their launch. I know what a road it's been for them, and I'm so happy for and proud of the entire team for getting it past the finish line. If you love 16-bit JRPGs, give Kingdoms of the Dump a shot.
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
Save 10% on Kingdoms of the Dump on Steam
A SNES styled JRPG set in a fantasy world of garbage, created by two janitors. Join Trash Can Knight, Dustin Binsley, as he fights his way through the Five and a Half Kingdoms of the Dump!
store.steampowered.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Huge congrats to the @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social team on their launch. I know what a road it's been for them, and I'm so happy for and proud of the entire team for getting it past the finish line. If you love 16-bit JRPGs, give Kingdoms of the Dump a shot.
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
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Keeper's morphs are authored as scene-graph or more specifically as a scene-tree, which is evaluated bottom-up. I wrote a “compiler” which turns the tree into a command list which can be executed on the GPU. The compiler does a fair amount of optimization (e.g. dead branch pruning) to minimize cost.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Keeper's morphs are authored as scene-graph or more specifically as a scene-tree, which is evaluated bottom-up. I wrote a “compiler” which turns the tree into a command list which can be executed on the GPU. The compiler does a fair amount of optimization (e.g. dead branch pruning) to minimize cost.
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I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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there is literally no circumstance where i would not take a video game on its own terms
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
there is literally no circumstance where i would not take a video game on its own terms
RIP "Burger" Becky Heineman. You were so friendly, sweet and welcoming to a young Canadian whelp who didn't know anyone and just wanted to make video games.
Please play an Interplay game and eat an affordable cheeseburger in her honour.
Please play an Interplay game and eat an affordable cheeseburger in her honour.
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
RIP "Burger" Becky Heineman. You were so friendly, sweet and welcoming to a young Canadian whelp who didn't know anyone and just wanted to make video games.
Please play an Interplay game and eat an affordable cheeseburger in her honour.
Please play an Interplay game and eat an affordable cheeseburger in her honour.
It's been awhile, but Use Your Words 2 is out on PC, Xbox & PlayStation! While I didn't have as much to do with it this time around, Vellocet Games worked hard to bring new life to my & @brentalfloss.bsky.social's baby
So if you fancy yourself a comedian (or an unfunny friend), go give UYW2 a whirl
So if you fancy yourself a comedian (or an unfunny friend), go give UYW2 a whirl
Use Your Words 2
“The party game for funny people and their unfunny friends” is back
store.playstation.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It's been awhile, but Use Your Words 2 is out on PC, Xbox & PlayStation! While I didn't have as much to do with it this time around, Vellocet Games worked hard to bring new life to my & @brentalfloss.bsky.social's baby
So if you fancy yourself a comedian (or an unfunny friend), go give UYW2 a whirl
So if you fancy yourself a comedian (or an unfunny friend), go give UYW2 a whirl
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
post you from a different era
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
post you from a different era
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Here we go again. PREDATOR: BADLANDS is awesome, yet I see a bunch of people talking about box office numbers rather than about the movie itself--which is what really matters. Fucking brain rot, seriously. You fuckers don't deserve movies, fucking bean counters.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Here we go again. PREDATOR: BADLANDS is awesome, yet I see a bunch of people talking about box office numbers rather than about the movie itself--which is what really matters. Fucking brain rot, seriously. You fuckers don't deserve movies, fucking bean counters.
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the power of friendship is when a couple buddies have a sleepover and then go play baseball together and one of them hits a grand slam in the world series
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
the power of friendship is when a couple buddies have a sleepover and then go play baseball together and one of them hits a grand slam in the world series
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america must be humbled. it must be taught the meaning of defeat
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
america must be humbled. it must be taught the meaning of defeat
If I wasn't already so enamored, Jeremy Davies literally wearing his heart on his sleeve has won me over.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If I wasn't already so enamored, Jeremy Davies literally wearing his heart on his sleeve has won me over.
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Kingdoms of the Dump releases November on Steam!
wishlist now to help us out for launch
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
wishlist now to help us out for launch
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
September 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Kingdoms of the Dump releases November on Steam!
wishlist now to help us out for launch
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
wishlist now to help us out for launch
store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/...
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John Carpenter's Being John Malkovich
*huge breath in*
JOHN CARPENTER'S FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
JOHN CARPENTER'S FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:
John Carpenter’s Cars
John Carpenter’s Cars
October 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
John Carpenter's Being John Malkovich
In a rare YouTube algorithm win, tonight I got recommended the videos of @lauriewired.bsky.social, and I am absolutely hooked.
I'm three videos in and I don't think there's a more entertaining, interesting, or charismatic coding YouTuber out there.
Her recent IOCCC video is a standout!
I'm three videos in and I don't think there's a more entertaining, interesting, or charismatic coding YouTuber out there.
Her recent IOCCC video is a standout!
October 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
In a rare YouTube algorithm win, tonight I got recommended the videos of @lauriewired.bsky.social, and I am absolutely hooked.
I'm three videos in and I don't think there's a more entertaining, interesting, or charismatic coding YouTuber out there.
Her recent IOCCC video is a standout!
I'm three videos in and I don't think there's a more entertaining, interesting, or charismatic coding YouTuber out there.
Her recent IOCCC video is a standout!
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1. Work expands to fill the time.
2. Every task has a minimum time.
3. Creatives need room to explore and play.
4. Creatives need deadlines.
2. Every task has a minimum time.
3. Creatives need room to explore and play.
4. Creatives need deadlines.
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
1. Work expands to fill the time.
2. Every task has a minimum time.
3. Creatives need room to explore and play.
4. Creatives need deadlines.
2. Every task has a minimum time.
3. Creatives need room to explore and play.
4. Creatives need deadlines.
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The job of being a game Producer, a GOOD Producer, looks very difficult to me.
You have to make room for several contradictory things all to be true at the same time:
You have to make room for several contradictory things all to be true at the same time:
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The job of being a game Producer, a GOOD Producer, looks very difficult to me.
You have to make room for several contradictory things all to be true at the same time:
You have to make room for several contradictory things all to be true at the same time:
