kaynSD
@kaynsd.itch.io
Technical Designer & Game Developer. [he/him/his]
C# Programmer and Systems Architect.
Procedural Generator Generator.
RPG Layout Typesetter.
Dilettante and Dabbler. Possibly a Wizard.
Mastodon: [@[email protected]]
Itch: [kaynsd.itch.io]
C# Programmer and Systems Architect.
Procedural Generator Generator.
RPG Layout Typesetter.
Dilettante and Dabbler. Possibly a Wizard.
Mastodon: [@[email protected]]
Itch: [kaynsd.itch.io]
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kaynSD
@kaynsd.itch.io
· Dec 24
I'm Keith.
I am a computer programmer with a focus in #ProceduralGeneration / #ProcGen, a game designer for board and computer games, an RPG Textbook Layout artist, a wargaming terrain builder, and a drummer.
I am a computer programmer with a focus in #ProceduralGeneration / #ProcGen, a game designer for board and computer games, an RPG Textbook Layout artist, a wargaming terrain builder, and a drummer.
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drawing parkour/menus on one axis and mystlike/skinner box on the other
all games are either mystlikes or skinner boxes
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
drawing parkour/menus on one axis and mystlike/skinner box on the other
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Some close friends to be get a little frustrated in my tendency to priortise luck in my own career, as they know how I work. I try to explain that work just is buying a lottery ticket. It's necessary, but certainly not sufficient. I know many folks who've worked as hard but the dice have been cruel.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Some close friends to be get a little frustrated in my tendency to priortise luck in my own career, as they know how I work. I try to explain that work just is buying a lottery ticket. It's necessary, but certainly not sufficient. I know many folks who've worked as hard but the dice have been cruel.
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Me, ten years ago: "I love technology! It enables such incredible things, and it's only going to create more wonders in the future!"
Me, now:
Me, now:
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Me, ten years ago: "I love technology! It enables such incredible things, and it's only going to create more wonders in the future!"
Me, now:
Me, now:
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I might have mentioned this before, but I'd better remind you that I am teaching a class on the history of video games (over 4 live sessions).
It's titled *History of Video Games: a tale of tech and game design*, and lessons start this Monday, Dec 1.
More info ⇢ www.d6learning.com/course/dec-g...
It's titled *History of Video Games: a tale of tech and game design*, and lessons start this Monday, Dec 1.
More info ⇢ www.d6learning.com/course/dec-g...
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I might have mentioned this before, but I'd better remind you that I am teaching a class on the history of video games (over 4 live sessions).
It's titled *History of Video Games: a tale of tech and game design*, and lessons start this Monday, Dec 1.
More info ⇢ www.d6learning.com/course/dec-g...
It's titled *History of Video Games: a tale of tech and game design*, and lessons start this Monday, Dec 1.
More info ⇢ www.d6learning.com/course/dec-g...
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Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
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Alright, a little late for Monday's lunch hour in most parts of the world, but here's the first part of a five-part video series about making a text-generating bluesky bot. It's quick, assumes almost no knowledge, and is (hopefully) fun. #procjam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPJ...
Make A Bot In Your Lunch Hour - Part 1/5
YouTube video by Ill Omens
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Alright, a little late for Monday's lunch hour in most parts of the world, but here's the first part of a five-part video series about making a text-generating bluesky bot. It's quick, assumes almost no knowledge, and is (hopefully) fun. #procjam
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvPJ...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Imagine getting to about the end of your childhood and not having any idea what to do with your life, to the point of choosing "I dunno, Maths and English and Science I guess" as your advanced studies and then realising computer games are your thing. And then fail your way into never making them.
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Imagine getting to about the end of your childhood and not having any idea what to do with your life, to the point of choosing "I dunno, Maths and English and Science I guess" as your advanced studies and then realising computer games are your thing. And then fail your way into never making them.
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ATTENTION SPEEDRUN FANS‼️
I accidentally bought AGDQ tickets on the same day I'm supposed to get married & they cost me $2,000 (plane, registration, hotel, etc.) If anyone wants to go take my place for FREE it's going to be at the St. Marys church his name is John he's 5'10 super nice guy
I accidentally bought AGDQ tickets on the same day I'm supposed to get married & they cost me $2,000 (plane, registration, hotel, etc.) If anyone wants to go take my place for FREE it's going to be at the St. Marys church his name is John he's 5'10 super nice guy
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ATTENTION SPEEDRUN FANS‼️
I accidentally bought AGDQ tickets on the same day I'm supposed to get married & they cost me $2,000 (plane, registration, hotel, etc.) If anyone wants to go take my place for FREE it's going to be at the St. Marys church his name is John he's 5'10 super nice guy
I accidentally bought AGDQ tickets on the same day I'm supposed to get married & they cost me $2,000 (plane, registration, hotel, etc.) If anyone wants to go take my place for FREE it's going to be at the St. Marys church his name is John he's 5'10 super nice guy
ooo. A Lindsay Ellis video AND a Super Bunnyhop video AND a Super Eyepatch Wolf video all within 24 hours. That's my watching for the afternoon then.
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ooo. A Lindsay Ellis video AND a Super Bunnyhop video AND a Super Eyepatch Wolf video all within 24 hours. That's my watching for the afternoon then.
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The theme for #PROCJAM 2025 is:
❄️ ☃️ COLD PLACES ☃️ ❄️
Brr! We selected this theme using a new method: I asked community members to send in theme suggestions, then we turned them into word vectors, found the average, and looked at the words nearest to that! A little bit of unpredictability. 🔮
❄️ ☃️ COLD PLACES ☃️ ❄️
Brr! We selected this theme using a new method: I asked community members to send in theme suggestions, then we turned them into word vectors, found the average, and looked at the words nearest to that! A little bit of unpredictability. 🔮
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The theme for #PROCJAM 2025 is:
❄️ ☃️ COLD PLACES ☃️ ❄️
Brr! We selected this theme using a new method: I asked community members to send in theme suggestions, then we turned them into word vectors, found the average, and looked at the words nearest to that! A little bit of unpredictability. 🔮
❄️ ☃️ COLD PLACES ☃️ ❄️
Brr! We selected this theme using a new method: I asked community members to send in theme suggestions, then we turned them into word vectors, found the average, and looked at the words nearest to that! A little bit of unpredictability. 🔮
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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An outright freeze on the industry like Atari saw in the 80s before Nintendo moved in is functionally impossible now.
But I think we're going to see making games become a riskier business proposition and a slightly more niche creative outlet for a while before things stabilize and can recover.
But I think we're going to see making games become a riskier business proposition and a slightly more niche creative outlet for a while before things stabilize and can recover.
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
An outright freeze on the industry like Atari saw in the 80s before Nintendo moved in is functionally impossible now.
But I think we're going to see making games become a riskier business proposition and a slightly more niche creative outlet for a while before things stabilize and can recover.
But I think we're going to see making games become a riskier business proposition and a slightly more niche creative outlet for a while before things stabilize and can recover.
No Lancer this week; team Ruthless Efficiency are having their end of level combat next week instead.
So let's continue to make a game, maybe mess about with some world generation stuff or some battle mechanics. #livecoding some #gamedev on twitch
www.twitch.tv/kaynsd
So let's continue to make a game, maybe mess about with some world generation stuff or some battle mechanics. #livecoding some #gamedev on twitch
www.twitch.tv/kaynsd
kaynSD - Twitch
/* livecoding */ - no lancer this week. lets make games
www.twitch.tv
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No Lancer this week; team Ruthless Efficiency are having their end of level combat next week instead.
So let's continue to make a game, maybe mess about with some world generation stuff or some battle mechanics. #livecoding some #gamedev on twitch
www.twitch.tv/kaynsd
So let's continue to make a game, maybe mess about with some world generation stuff or some battle mechanics. #livecoding some #gamedev on twitch
www.twitch.tv/kaynsd
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#procjam starts tomorrow! As a reminder: you can bring an old project, you can start early, you can finish late, you can do whatever you want (except use generative AI). Come make something that makes something, and make new friends in our wonderful community too.
PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative coding jam about making things that make things. This normally...
itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#procjam starts tomorrow! As a reminder: you can bring an old project, you can start early, you can finish late, you can do whatever you want (except use generative AI). Come make something that makes something, and make new friends in our wonderful community too.
I've met Hall and I've got friends that met Romero. All of this post 2010 but it sounds like they're just both the most lovely of people and it's a shame the whole of id doesn't seem to be that way.
funny that hall and romero are here on bluesky but carmack and petersen aren't
I just learned that John Carmack misgendered and deadnamed Rebecca Heineman in his "tribute" over on Twitter. He probably thinks it's okay when talking pre-transition days, but FYI, most trans people hate that. Worse, he never calls her "she," switching to "they" for recent memories. Fuck that guy.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I've met Hall and I've got friends that met Romero. All of this post 2010 but it sounds like they're just both the most lovely of people and it's a shame the whole of id doesn't seem to be that way.
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Starting the rattling sniper kill team that's been on my shelf for a bit. Not sure what colour uniform I want to give them so just starting with the leather for now. #nerdlings #warhammer #killteam
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Starting the rattling sniper kill team that's been on my shelf for a bit. Not sure what colour uniform I want to give them so just starting with the leather for now. #nerdlings #warhammer #killteam
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Demonschool is OUT NOW!
It's time to dive into a critically-acclaimed new-style tactics RPG, where motion equals action!
Available on PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck (Verified), Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox!
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
It's time to dive into a critically-acclaimed new-style tactics RPG, where motion equals action!
Available on PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck (Verified), Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox!
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Demonschool is OUT NOW!
It's time to dive into a critically-acclaimed new-style tactics RPG, where motion equals action!
Available on PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck (Verified), Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox!
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
It's time to dive into a critically-acclaimed new-style tactics RPG, where motion equals action!
Available on PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck (Verified), Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox!
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
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Between today and tomorrow, we get four great games that in the late 2000s would have been guaranteed GOTY contenders. It's a brutal time to sell a game; it's an age of miracles for people who play them:
Demonschool
News Tower
Kingdom of the Dump
Birdcage
PLUS, Moonlighter 2 hits Early Access
Demonschool
News Tower
Kingdom of the Dump
Birdcage
PLUS, Moonlighter 2 hits Early Access
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Between today and tomorrow, we get four great games that in the late 2000s would have been guaranteed GOTY contenders. It's a brutal time to sell a game; it's an age of miracles for people who play them:
Demonschool
News Tower
Kingdom of the Dump
Birdcage
PLUS, Moonlighter 2 hits Early Access
Demonschool
News Tower
Kingdom of the Dump
Birdcage
PLUS, Moonlighter 2 hits Early Access
"Keith are you really going to make another iteration of the fractal world generator... again?"
"Yes but this time in hexagon form"
Might need help with how best to place patterns of hexes, especially as when you go for even sized patterns they look real weird and have weird symmetries
#procgen
"Yes but this time in hexagon form"
Might need help with how best to place patterns of hexes, especially as when you go for even sized patterns they look real weird and have weird symmetries
#procgen
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Keith are you really going to make another iteration of the fractal world generator... again?"
"Yes but this time in hexagon form"
Might need help with how best to place patterns of hexes, especially as when you go for even sized patterns they look real weird and have weird symmetries
#procgen
"Yes but this time in hexagon form"
Might need help with how best to place patterns of hexes, especially as when you go for even sized patterns they look real weird and have weird symmetries
#procgen
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I was reading this apple-based TTRPG and found it pretty indigestible, but then I realised it was the core set.
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I was reading this apple-based TTRPG and found it pretty indigestible, but then I realised it was the core set.
Question for the 40K #nerdlings out there. What's the most famous Ultramarines successor chapter who have predominantly bright red armour?
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Question for the 40K #nerdlings out there. What's the most famous Ultramarines successor chapter who have predominantly bright red armour?