Gerard Delaney
@lemurconspires.bsky.social
Game developer
Vactics: http://tinyurl.com/vactics
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/vactics/id1561887778
Game Pile Newsletter: https://gamepile.substack.com/subscribe
Vactics: http://tinyurl.com/vactics
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/vactics/id1561887778
Game Pile Newsletter: https://gamepile.substack.com/subscribe
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Vast Journey by The Lemur Conspiracy
Use your imagination
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io
Vast Journey - an experimental game about needing to use your imagination for the 30 minute drive to a local national park.
I wrote scripts to generate the json level data for this. Hand building the level in the wareware editor was not feasible.
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/a-vast-journey
I wrote scripts to generate the json level data for this. Hand building the level in the wareware editor was not feasible.
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/a-vast-journey
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These are good credits. Ultimately credits are just going to be (basically) a blob of text in your game resources. It should not be hard to add detail.
If I ever manage to move on from my current job working for tha' man and get back to making my own games, I would start doing credits like this.
If I ever manage to move on from my current job working for tha' man and get back to making my own games, I would start doing credits like this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
These are good credits. Ultimately credits are just going to be (basically) a blob of text in your game resources. It should not be hard to add detail.
If I ever manage to move on from my current job working for tha' man and get back to making my own games, I would start doing credits like this.
If I ever manage to move on from my current job working for tha' man and get back to making my own games, I would start doing credits like this.
too many property bludgers in this country
www.smh.com.au/national/the...
www.smh.com.au/national/the...
The safest way to build wealth in Australia is to do nothing
We were creating something new – but the profits were flowing to the people who owned something old: property.
www.smh.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
too many property bludgers in this country
www.smh.com.au/national/the...
www.smh.com.au/national/the...
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
Bloody hell - how do I get rid of Gmail?
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Bloody hell - how do I get rid of Gmail?
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FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
Another pile of games that I've seen and/or played recently
open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...
open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...
Game Pile #8
New and old, all in the pile
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Another pile of games that I've seen and/or played recently
open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...
open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...
Reminder that Thinky Games is an amazing resource for finding your next favourite game. Really nice resources and game categories that actually make sense for puzzle games of all stripes
thinkygames.com
thinkygames.com
Thinky Games
Discover games you'll love to solve. Join a community of puzzle fans and problem solvers - read news and reviews, find great games, watch streams, and more.
thinkygames.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reminder that Thinky Games is an amazing resource for finding your next favourite game. Really nice resources and game categories that actually make sense for puzzle games of all stripes
thinkygames.com
thinkygames.com
Metal Garden: a good short time moody game. ~2hrs to play.
store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...
Metal Garden on Steam
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
store.steampowered.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Metal Garden: a good short time moody game. ~2hrs to play.
store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3539440/...
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
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Adam Curtis' brief postmortem of it in HyperNormalisation (2016) as a failed push to ape the impotent attempts at a Utopian Internet still feels like the most prescient analysis.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Adam Curtis' brief postmortem of it in HyperNormalisation (2016) as a failed push to ape the impotent attempts at a Utopian Internet still feels like the most prescient analysis.
Vast Journey - an experimental game about needing to use your imagination for the 30 minute drive to a local national park.
I wrote scripts to generate the json level data for this. Hand building the level in the wareware editor was not feasible.
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/a-vast-journey
I wrote scripts to generate the json level data for this. Hand building the level in the wareware editor was not feasible.
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/a-vast-journey
Vast Journey by The Lemur Conspiracy
Use your imagination
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Vast Journey - an experimental game about needing to use your imagination for the 30 minute drive to a local national park.
I wrote scripts to generate the json level data for this. Hand building the level in the wareware editor was not feasible.
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/a-vast-journey
I wrote scripts to generate the json level data for this. Hand building the level in the wareware editor was not feasible.
thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/a-vast-journey
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Desert Bus 2025
A charity fundraising marathon in support of Child's Play Charity.
desertbus.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
Screen Currency 2025 — Screen and Games Industry Survey
survey.alchemer.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
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WHAT. Give me that, you jerks!!!!!!
An e-ink display can be used as the front panel on a Steam Machine (used for testing by Valve, will not be for sale) youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
WHAT. Give me that, you jerks!!!!!!
So small and weak a group that every AFL club paying membership could form a national political party before they can.
Far-right figure who visited ‘motherland’ Germany is close to forming national party
Sydney man Jack Eltis said the National Socialist Network “was about 90 per cent” of the way to forming state and national parties.
www.smh.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So small and weak a group that every AFL club paying membership could form a national political party before they can.
Another good indie game source
virtualmoose.org
virtualmoose.org
The Virtual Moose
virtualmoose.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Another good indie game source
virtualmoose.org
virtualmoose.org
players
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
players
Define jealousy
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Define jealousy
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