Mist ❤️🖤
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Mist / Vi ♢ Edinburgh game dev ♢ silicon witch ♡ music ♡ art ♡ birds ♡ @shamu.bsky.social ❤️ ♢ she/they ♢ dyke ♢ 🏴 ♢ en/it/es ok ♢ Icon by the wonderful @valarkspur.bsky.social
Play my games! mistodon.itch.io
Play my games! mistodon.itch.io
i really shouldn't care what other people think, but the ubiquitous "they fixed yooka laylee!" angle is so depressing. they "fixed" it by cutting the soul out of it and filling the empty space with mario odyssey flavoured slurry.
Like it's _fine_ - but it's also kind of just nothing.
Like it's _fine_ - but it's also kind of just nothing.
October 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
i really shouldn't care what other people think, but the ubiquitous "they fixed yooka laylee!" angle is so depressing. they "fixed" it by cutting the soul out of it and filling the empty space with mario odyssey flavoured slurry.
Like it's _fine_ - but it's also kind of just nothing.
Like it's _fine_ - but it's also kind of just nothing.
Not been using this account much lately but -
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Not been using this account much lately but -
Game dev still on pause while I focus on health stuff.
In news directly opposed to that: today I successfully made chips that surpass Edinburgh chippy quality 😔
In news directly opposed to that: today I successfully made chips that surpass Edinburgh chippy quality 😔
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Game dev still on pause while I focus on health stuff.
In news directly opposed to that: today I successfully made chips that surpass Edinburgh chippy quality 😔
In news directly opposed to that: today I successfully made chips that surpass Edinburgh chippy quality 😔
I just cleaned up all my old youtube subscriptions and... a shocking number of people I was subscribed to stopped uploading more or less exactly 1 year ago. Did something specific like... happen? To youtubers over the past year?
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I just cleaned up all my old youtube subscriptions and... a shocking number of people I was subscribed to stopped uploading more or less exactly 1 year ago. Did something specific like... happen? To youtubers over the past year?
I really dislike the all-or-nothing way that media criticism works at the moment. I saw Weapons and thought it was a little disappointing and flawed - but it's really hard to find any take on it that isn't to one extreme or the other.
August 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I really dislike the all-or-nothing way that media criticism works at the moment. I saw Weapons and thought it was a little disappointing and flawed - but it's really hard to find any take on it that isn't to one extreme or the other.
lmaooo my old Go code comments are very funny to me.
I stand by them all, it is a bad language.
I stand by them all, it is a bad language.
August 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
lmaooo my old Go code comments are very funny to me.
I stand by them all, it is a bad language.
I stand by them all, it is a bad language.
It's absolutely baffling to me that "download a big file without having to start over even if there are network problems" is not a universally solved problem, even though files are getting exponentially bigger.
August 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's absolutely baffling to me that "download a big file without having to start over even if there are network problems" is not a universally solved problem, even though files are getting exponentially bigger.
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this is why the economy is bad
November 11, 2024 at 7:27 PM
this is why the economy is bad
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Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
Had such a fun time at the game showcase! Really good turnout, and it was so cool seeing everyone's games get some well deserved attention 🙏
Thanks to everyone who played my game too ^^ if you couldn't be there (or wanna play again) you can try out the demo here: mistodon.itch.io/questa-fortuna
Thanks to everyone who played my game too ^^ if you couldn't be there (or wanna play again) you can try out the demo here: mistodon.itch.io/questa-fortuna
Questa Fortuna by Mist
A tarot-inspired psychic deckbuilder.
mistodon.itch.io
August 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Had such a fun time at the game showcase! Really good turnout, and it was so cool seeing everyone's games get some well deserved attention 🙏
Thanks to everyone who played my game too ^^ if you couldn't be there (or wanna play again) you can try out the demo here: mistodon.itch.io/questa-fortuna
Thanks to everyone who played my game too ^^ if you couldn't be there (or wanna play again) you can try out the demo here: mistodon.itch.io/questa-fortuna
I'll be at CodeBase today as local dev support ^^
If you're nearby, come and see the student game showcase! As well as some games from local indies, including myself.
I'll be bringing along my current project (in demo state) Questa Fortuna:
If you're nearby, come and see the student game showcase! As well as some games from local indies, including myself.
I'll be bringing along my current project (in demo state) Questa Fortuna:
August 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'll be at CodeBase today as local dev support ^^
If you're nearby, come and see the student game showcase! As well as some games from local indies, including myself.
I'll be bringing along my current project (in demo state) Questa Fortuna:
If you're nearby, come and see the student game showcase! As well as some games from local indies, including myself.
I'll be bringing along my current project (in demo state) Questa Fortuna:
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When you want to go fast, go alone. When you want to go far, go together.
#jingyuan #hsrjingyuan #ceiart #myart
#jingyuan #hsrjingyuan #ceiart #myart
June 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
When you want to go fast, go alone. When you want to go far, go together.
#jingyuan #hsrjingyuan #ceiart #myart
#jingyuan #hsrjingyuan #ceiart #myart
Okay, either everyone on the internet is wrong, or I'm going insane (which is more likely tbh).
But playing flushes in round 1 of Balatro seems like a bad idea! Everyone says to do it! I don't think people should do it!
But playing flushes in round 1 of Balatro seems like a bad idea! Everyone says to do it! I don't think people should do it!
August 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Okay, either everyone on the internet is wrong, or I'm going insane (which is more likely tbh).
But playing flushes in round 1 of Balatro seems like a bad idea! Everyone says to do it! I don't think people should do it!
But playing flushes in round 1 of Balatro seems like a bad idea! Everyone says to do it! I don't think people should do it!
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Also, I'll be showing a pair of my games there too!
We'll have Upfall – a free game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences with audio from a massive underground oil tank.
We'll also have the latest build of CRT7 for people to explore the darkness and light up never-before-seen areas!
We'll have Upfall – a free game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences with audio from a massive underground oil tank.
We'll also have the latest build of CRT7 for people to explore the darkness and light up never-before-seen areas!
August 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Also, I'll be showing a pair of my games there too!
We'll have Upfall – a free game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences with audio from a massive underground oil tank.
We'll also have the latest build of CRT7 for people to explore the darkness and light up never-before-seen areas!
We'll have Upfall – a free game about bouncing, dodging, and near death experiences with audio from a massive underground oil tank.
We'll also have the latest build of CRT7 for people to explore the darkness and light up never-before-seen areas!
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Next up we'll have Turbo 16 (and maybe a mystery game) by Socks Off Studio – a game that blends elements of arcade racing and environmental storytelling!
Investigate Ellis Helsby's room, take part in races to unlock new artefacts, and explore this coming-of-age narrative!
Investigate Ellis Helsby's room, take part in races to unlock new artefacts, and explore this coming-of-age narrative!
August 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Next up we'll have Turbo 16 (and maybe a mystery game) by Socks Off Studio – a game that blends elements of arcade racing and environmental storytelling!
Investigate Ellis Helsby's room, take part in races to unlock new artefacts, and explore this coming-of-age narrative!
Investigate Ellis Helsby's room, take part in races to unlock new artefacts, and explore this coming-of-age narrative!
This is how you know you've designed a good audio API...
August 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is how you know you've designed a good audio API...
So annoying that I've spent 25 years building up good password habits, and developing mnemonics to remember them - and now literally everything has mandatory MFA. I promise you it is much more likely for someone to have my phone than my password!!
August 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So annoying that I've spent 25 years building up good password habits, and developing mnemonics to remember them - and now literally everything has mandatory MFA. I promise you it is much more likely for someone to have my phone than my password!!
Few things in this world feel quite as good as finding out that your game runs first try on all your target platforms 😮💨
August 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Few things in this world feel quite as good as finding out that your game runs first try on all your target platforms 😮💨
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We'll also have Only Sliding by PortPonky (@portponky.bsky.social) – a logic puzzle game with only one mechanic (sliding).
Solve puzzles in discrete areas to unlock pieces that can slide about the world you're moving through. Very clever, definitely tricky, and liable to give your brain a workout!
Solve puzzles in discrete areas to unlock pieces that can slide about the world you're moving through. Very clever, definitely tricky, and liable to give your brain a workout!
August 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We'll also have Only Sliding by PortPonky (@portponky.bsky.social) – a logic puzzle game with only one mechanic (sliding).
Solve puzzles in discrete areas to unlock pieces that can slide about the world you're moving through. Very clever, definitely tricky, and liable to give your brain a workout!
Solve puzzles in discrete areas to unlock pieces that can slide about the world you're moving through. Very clever, definitely tricky, and liable to give your brain a workout!
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Next we have Breadleg by Mary Tallontire (@marytallontire.bsky.social) – an absurdist, comedy game about running round a Scottish village as a piece of bread with legs. No, seriously it's as bonkers and fun as it sounds!
Collect socks, cause mischief, and escape without being eaten 🧦
Collect socks, cause mischief, and escape without being eaten 🧦
August 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Next we have Breadleg by Mary Tallontire (@marytallontire.bsky.social) – an absurdist, comedy game about running round a Scottish village as a piece of bread with legs. No, seriously it's as bonkers and fun as it sounds!
Collect socks, cause mischief, and escape without being eaten 🧦
Collect socks, cause mischief, and escape without being eaten 🧦
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Next up we will be showing Questa Fortuna by mistodon (@mistodon.com)!
This is a single-player, tarot-inspired psychic deckbuilder where you use a combination of luck, strategy, and learning the whims of the deck to match cards and evade misfortune!
Come play 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
This is a single-player, tarot-inspired psychic deckbuilder where you use a combination of luck, strategy, and learning the whims of the deck to match cards and evade misfortune!
Come play 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
August 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Next up we will be showing Questa Fortuna by mistodon (@mistodon.com)!
This is a single-player, tarot-inspired psychic deckbuilder where you use a combination of luck, strategy, and learning the whims of the deck to match cards and evade misfortune!
Come play 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
This is a single-player, tarot-inspired psychic deckbuilder where you use a combination of luck, strategy, and learning the whims of the deck to match cards and evade misfortune!
Come play 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/mdesi...
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So what developers are showing their work at the MDes Showcase?
First off we have the latest version of Rare Episteme | Museum of Dead Card Games by Fallible Things!
An "Anti-Trading Trading Card Game" where you design your own cards and bring them to a shared deck to fight with an opponent! 🃏🎴
First off we have the latest version of Rare Episteme | Museum of Dead Card Games by Fallible Things!
An "Anti-Trading Trading Card Game" where you design your own cards and bring them to a shared deck to fight with an opponent! 🃏🎴
July 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So what developers are showing their work at the MDes Showcase?
First off we have the latest version of Rare Episteme | Museum of Dead Card Games by Fallible Things!
An "Anti-Trading Trading Card Game" where you design your own cards and bring them to a shared deck to fight with an opponent! 🃏🎴
First off we have the latest version of Rare Episteme | Museum of Dead Card Games by Fallible Things!
An "Anti-Trading Trading Card Game" where you design your own cards and bring them to a shared deck to fight with an opponent! 🃏🎴
I think my parrot has renamed me 😭 whenever he sees me or wants my attention, he sort of sings one operatic note, like a vocal warmup
It's so sweet that the main thing he associates me with is my singing 🥺
It's so sweet that the main thing he associates me with is my singing 🥺
August 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I think my parrot has renamed me 😭 whenever he sees me or wants my attention, he sort of sings one operatic note, like a vocal warmup
It's so sweet that the main thing he associates me with is my singing 🥺
It's so sweet that the main thing he associates me with is my singing 🥺
Would vampires bypass facial recognition software?
July 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Would vampires bypass facial recognition software?
Blazingly fast linear interpolation function
July 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Blazingly fast linear interpolation function