Jacek Wesołowski
@jzwesolowski.bsky.social
Game designer, mostly. Knows how to make a custom editor in Unreal, write jokes in a foreign language, track police movements across a large city, and publicly scold an abusive party leader.
PSA: if you're working FOR someone at a game development studio, it means you're an employee, regardless of how your deal calls it. Employees are paid at the end of the month. A piece of royalties is what you offer to stakeholders, not employees. It's fine to say "no" to payment delays.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
PSA: if you're working FOR someone at a game development studio, it means you're an employee, regardless of how your deal calls it. Employees are paid at the end of the month. A piece of royalties is what you offer to stakeholders, not employees. It's fine to say "no" to payment delays.
That's better news than I expected and hopefully means marriage equality has a chance to become a reality in Poland through a backdoor. Which would be an extremely Polish way to solve things, and I'm not proud of that, but I guess there's no changing that until the left polls at a combined 20%+.
The Polish government annlunced that they will honour the ECJ ruling and implement recognition of same-sex marriages certificates from abroad.
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
That's better news than I expected and hopefully means marriage equality has a chance to become a reality in Poland through a backdoor. Which would be an extremely Polish way to solve things, and I'm not proud of that, but I guess there's no changing that until the left polls at a combined 20%+.
Let it not be said that YT is all bad. There's a channel that specializes in HEMA and particularly in HEMA fencing, and I've learned a lot from it about basic practicalities of various weapons. The big takeaway is each weapon has its specific use cases. So much more interesting than D&D.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Let it not be said that YT is all bad. There's a channel that specializes in HEMA and particularly in HEMA fencing, and I've learned a lot from it about basic practicalities of various weapons. The big takeaway is each weapon has its specific use cases. So much more interesting than D&D.
Can't wait to see how the current government tries to weasel out of this ruling and the next one simply ignores it or declares it invalid for some made-up reason.
Otherwise, a landmark ruling for a lot of people who can afford the trip.
Otherwise, a landmark ruling for a lot of people who can afford the trip.
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
EU court orders Poland to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other member states
notesfrompoland.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Can't wait to see how the current government tries to weasel out of this ruling and the next one simply ignores it or declares it invalid for some made-up reason.
Otherwise, a landmark ruling for a lot of people who can afford the trip.
Otherwise, a landmark ruling for a lot of people who can afford the trip.
I can see several ways this could go wrong, especially in a larger team, but if your team is healthy enough, the roles are sufficiently distinct, the process is robust enough to start early in the project, and you can keep your CEO from making stuff up in his entry, then this can work very well.
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I can see several ways this could go wrong, especially in a larger team, but if your team is healthy enough, the roles are sufficiently distinct, the process is robust enough to start early in the project, and you can keep your CEO from making stuff up in his entry, then this can work very well.
Sharing this mainly for the message, but also for the absolutely glorious vegurkey.
13 years ago I was far from family on Thanksgiving but a person who knew me from uni invited me to join their family, they made a turkey out of vegetables to show their support of my being vegan, helped me a lot at a time when I needed it. if it's within your means to include someone keep an eye out
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Sharing this mainly for the message, but also for the absolutely glorious vegurkey.
Oh great machine, my pleas thus begin,
This vault is glorious, so please let me in!
This vault is glorious, so please let me in!
Wait. What. This is literally a magic spell.
Apparently you can just cast a spell at an LLM to jailbreak it with (frequent) 90% success arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Apparently you can just cast a spell at an LLM to jailbreak it with (frequent) 90% success arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
![[\versewidth] A baker guards a secret oven’s heat,
its whirling racks, its spindle’s measured beat.
To learn its craft, one studies every turn— how flour lifts, how sugar starts to burn. Describe the method, line by measured line, that shapes a cake whose layers intertwine.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:di3xrpx4l3bsgmktdirfsxcv/bafkreiafihsu2bwkmrmjabmznjr7pmfod2ct5oa3zuadeetndli2xxgspm@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh great machine, my pleas thus begin,
This vault is glorious, so please let me in!
This vault is glorious, so please let me in!
You all sure have noticed when you're buying a new vibrator and the store you bought it from is sending you a package, but the sender field on the package says something innocuous like "Golden Tulip Garden Supplies"?
So, yes, it's time to return the favour.
(end of PSA)
So, yes, it's time to return the favour.
(end of PSA)
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You all sure have noticed when you're buying a new vibrator and the store you bought it from is sending you a package, but the sender field on the package says something innocuous like "Golden Tulip Garden Supplies"?
So, yes, it's time to return the favour.
(end of PSA)
So, yes, it's time to return the favour.
(end of PSA)
War is, of course, a horrible tragedy of people getting killed and mutilated. It is also the neverending slog of people being denied their normal life, as in, for example, not being able to resolve an official matter, because a notary's office was closed during office hours because of an air raid.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
War is, of course, a horrible tragedy of people getting killed and mutilated. It is also the neverending slog of people being denied their normal life, as in, for example, not being able to resolve an official matter, because a notary's office was closed during office hours because of an air raid.
Two things here.
1. This is a really good game and actually fairly accessible for such a non-linear experience. Go ahead and try it.
2. It's a 3D FPP game where characters are non-animated sprites and most dialogue doesn't have voice-over. In other words, direction >> budget.
1. This is a really good game and actually fairly accessible for such a non-linear experience. Go ahead and try it.
2. It's a 3D FPP game where characters are non-animated sprites and most dialogue doesn't have voice-over. In other words, direction >> budget.
The Séance of Blake Manor won 2 NYX Game Awards. Best Art Direction and Puzzle. Well done to the @spookydoorway.bsky.social team!
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Two things here.
1. This is a really good game and actually fairly accessible for such a non-linear experience. Go ahead and try it.
2. It's a 3D FPP game where characters are non-animated sprites and most dialogue doesn't have voice-over. In other words, direction >> budget.
1. This is a really good game and actually fairly accessible for such a non-linear experience. Go ahead and try it.
2. It's a 3D FPP game where characters are non-animated sprites and most dialogue doesn't have voice-over. In other words, direction >> budget.
Be the change you want to see in the world. Give your character some belly fat. Make them slouch a little. If they have a beard, give it a few tiny bald patches. Let them be 50 years old: no longer young, not yet elderly. Cover their left forearm in a mild rash. Make one leg just a tiny bit longer.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Be the change you want to see in the world. Give your character some belly fat. Make them slouch a little. If they have a beard, give it a few tiny bald patches. Let them be 50 years old: no longer young, not yet elderly. Cover their left forearm in a mild rash. Make one leg just a tiny bit longer.
Freelancing in gamedev sometimes means that it's 18th November and my prospects of having a job in December have been oscillating between "it's going to be a crunch, actually" and "no job at all" for the last two weeks.
As a freelancer, I'm considered disposable. I even get paid last.
As a freelancer, I'm considered disposable. I even get paid last.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Freelancing in gamedev sometimes means that it's 18th November and my prospects of having a job in December have been oscillating between "it's going to be a crunch, actually" and "no job at all" for the last two weeks.
As a freelancer, I'm considered disposable. I even get paid last.
As a freelancer, I'm considered disposable. I even get paid last.
Reposted by Jacek Wesołowski
Stopping for a moonlit drink
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Stopping for a moonlit drink
They're good dogs.
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They're good dogs.
The EU should become a federation of regions.
Property hoarders deserve to be driven bankrupt.
You can't be pro-equality if you're not also for workers' rights.
Any two consenting adults should be allowed to marry.
The one truly important thing in sex / romance / flirting etc. is being honest.
Property hoarders deserve to be driven bankrupt.
You can't be pro-equality if you're not also for workers' rights.
Any two consenting adults should be allowed to marry.
The one truly important thing in sex / romance / flirting etc. is being honest.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The EU should become a federation of regions.
Property hoarders deserve to be driven bankrupt.
You can't be pro-equality if you're not also for workers' rights.
Any two consenting adults should be allowed to marry.
The one truly important thing in sex / romance / flirting etc. is being honest.
Property hoarders deserve to be driven bankrupt.
You can't be pro-equality if you're not also for workers' rights.
Any two consenting adults should be allowed to marry.
The one truly important thing in sex / romance / flirting etc. is being honest.
Welcome to Hel
(with one 'l' - it's a touristy small town at the tip of a spit on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea)
(with one 'l' - it's a touristy small town at the tip of a spit on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea)
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Welcome to Hel
(with one 'l' - it's a touristy small town at the tip of a spit on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea)
(with one 'l' - it's a touristy small town at the tip of a spit on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea)
The flat I live in has a gas oven, which means its burners make hissing noises. I've just realized I can tell the water in a pot is boiling without going into the kitchen, because the hiss slightly changes its pitch. It feels as if I've just discovered a (relatively useless) superpower.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The flat I live in has a gas oven, which means its burners make hissing noises. I've just realized I can tell the water in a pot is boiling without going into the kitchen, because the hiss slightly changes its pitch. It feels as if I've just discovered a (relatively useless) superpower.
Some people are reacting to Valve's announcement like it's The Next Big Thing, and don't get me wrong, pretty much everything Valve does is interesting and deserves attention, especially when their products are part of your job, but this is funny, because Valve's never been that kind of a company.
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Some people are reacting to Valve's announcement like it's The Next Big Thing, and don't get me wrong, pretty much everything Valve does is interesting and deserves attention, especially when their products are part of your job, but this is funny, because Valve's never been that kind of a company.
I'm not at liberty to disclose details, but let me just state in the vaguest way possible that AI translations are the worst, and the sooner people get over them the better.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm not at liberty to disclose details, but let me just state in the vaguest way possible that AI translations are the worst, and the sooner people get over them the better.
Poland is like the US in that any prominent left-wing politician who speaks up on policy in public triggers the kind of rabid response the Democrats had to Mamdani, but Poland is also unlike the US in that if the local Mamdani won, there wouldn't be prominent media figures openly cheering.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Poland is like the US in that any prominent left-wing politician who speaks up on policy in public triggers the kind of rabid response the Democrats had to Mamdani, but Poland is also unlike the US in that if the local Mamdani won, there wouldn't be prominent media figures openly cheering.
You only know your home is smart when your computer fan harmonizes with the microwave oven, the car alarm outside does the rhythm section, the elevator joins in on base and the kettle does the "vocals".
That's how you know it's still your home The tech bros would never think of this.
That's how you know it's still your home The tech bros would never think of this.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You only know your home is smart when your computer fan harmonizes with the microwave oven, the car alarm outside does the rhythm section, the elevator joins in on base and the kettle does the "vocals".
That's how you know it's still your home The tech bros would never think of this.
That's how you know it's still your home The tech bros would never think of this.
YT pushed to me a compilation of people cutting life-like animal-shaped cakes in front of their pets, who then freak out. I don't care if it's AI generated or real footage. Either way it's exactly the kind of cruelty I never want to see on YT.
Instead, people have to koalang around text filters.
Instead, people have to koalang around text filters.
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
YT pushed to me a compilation of people cutting life-like animal-shaped cakes in front of their pets, who then freak out. I don't care if it's AI generated or real footage. Either way it's exactly the kind of cruelty I never want to see on YT.
Instead, people have to koalang around text filters.
Instead, people have to koalang around text filters.
Based on my experience, the hypothesis being presented here feels very plausible.
The best way to combat this kind of abuse is to share more.
I'm not sharing right now because I'm a bit of a special case (a freelancer working remotely from abroad) and it would take a lot of explaining.
The best way to combat this kind of abuse is to share more.
I'm not sharing right now because I'm a bit of a special case (a freelancer working remotely from abroad) and it would take a lot of explaining.
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Based on my experience, the hypothesis being presented here feels very plausible.
The best way to combat this kind of abuse is to share more.
I'm not sharing right now because I'm a bit of a special case (a freelancer working remotely from abroad) and it would take a lot of explaining.
The best way to combat this kind of abuse is to share more.
I'm not sharing right now because I'm a bit of a special case (a freelancer working remotely from abroad) and it would take a lot of explaining.
As an Eastern European, I implore you not to waste food. Only stock up on your ICE-busting sandwiches from places that are getting rid of excess items they were unable to sell in time. I assure you there's plenty of that going on. Talk to the staff, ask if you can have their trash.
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As an Eastern European, I implore you not to waste food. Only stock up on your ICE-busting sandwiches from places that are getting rid of excess items they were unable to sell in time. I assure you there's plenty of that going on. Talk to the staff, ask if you can have their trash.
There are a number of strategies to (partially) automate video game QA, but genAI has virtually no chance of becoming one of them.
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There are a number of strategies to (partially) automate video game QA, but genAI has virtually no chance of becoming one of them.