Samperson
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@samperson.bsky.social
· Feb 9
i'm trying to make the best-sounding game trailer of all time. think i got pretty close
godspeed sexy cg mermaid woman
the economy is in your hands
the economy is in your hands
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
godspeed sexy cg mermaid woman
the economy is in your hands
the economy is in your hands
thinking about that time i accidentally left the ratatoullie theme song 'le festin' looping for 2 hours while working, but didn't consciously register it until after i closed the window, and felt its absence more deeply than i ever noticed its presence
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
thinking about that time i accidentally left the ratatoullie theme song 'le festin' looping for 2 hours while working, but didn't consciously register it until after i closed the window, and felt its absence more deeply than i ever noticed its presence
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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level design book update: little cleanup of the tools page (book.leveldesignbook.com/appendix/tools) and trenchbroom page (book.leveldesignbook.com/appendix/too...)
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
level design book update: little cleanup of the tools page (book.leveldesignbook.com/appendix/tools) and trenchbroom page (book.leveldesignbook.com/appendix/too...)
a during-hiatus final v3 episode? some are saying it's true
new hiatus episode OUT for patrons. coming to the rest of you later.
www.patreon.com/posts/144082...
www.patreon.com/posts/144082...
[NEW EPISODE] you will (not) hate this media - QnA | FinalV3
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November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
a during-hiatus final v3 episode? some are saying it's true
show me what you're making NOW (again)
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
show me what you're making NOW (again)
also- if there's any good reading about implementing dynamic, good-feeling brushes like CSP or Photoshop (potentially factoring in pen pressure, and stroke curves or velocity), I'm always down to collect reference material
i have ideas about how to handle this already, but i'm super curious
i have ideas about how to handle this already, but i'm super curious
hey artist people, what're your favorite public domain (redistributable) brush textures
i'm working on a doodle tool for a thing
i'm working on a doodle tool for a thing
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
also- if there's any good reading about implementing dynamic, good-feeling brushes like CSP or Photoshop (potentially factoring in pen pressure, and stroke curves or velocity), I'm always down to collect reference material
i have ideas about how to handle this already, but i'm super curious
i have ideas about how to handle this already, but i'm super curious
hey artist people, what're your favorite public domain (redistributable) brush textures
i'm working on a doodle tool for a thing
i'm working on a doodle tool for a thing
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
hey artist people, what're your favorite public domain (redistributable) brush textures
i'm working on a doodle tool for a thing
i'm working on a doodle tool for a thing
the endpoint of this is artists surfacing their process and craft more heavily than ever before, and people supporting artists for those reasons
if i wanted to know what grok thought a renaissance painting looked like, i would just ask it to generate one for me
if i wanted to know what grok thought a renaissance painting looked like, i would just ask it to generate one for me
Ubisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
the endpoint of this is artists surfacing their process and craft more heavily than ever before, and people supporting artists for those reasons
if i wanted to know what grok thought a renaissance painting looked like, i would just ask it to generate one for me
if i wanted to know what grok thought a renaissance painting looked like, i would just ask it to generate one for me
are there any great drum-heavy shooter soundtracks?
feels like we avoid it, given that they live in the same sound space as gunshot SFX
feels like we avoid it, given that they live in the same sound space as gunshot SFX
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
are there any great drum-heavy shooter soundtracks?
feels like we avoid it, given that they live in the same sound space as gunshot SFX
feels like we avoid it, given that they live in the same sound space as gunshot SFX
i am going to start screaming
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
i am going to start screaming
it's unbelievable that there aren't decent 3D level editors in active development.
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more high-impact, highly-historically-explored, yet under-served problem space in gamedev tooling today
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more high-impact, highly-historically-explored, yet under-served problem space in gamedev tooling today
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
it's unbelievable that there aren't decent 3D level editors in active development.
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more high-impact, highly-historically-explored, yet under-served problem space in gamedev tooling today
you'd be hard-pressed to find a more high-impact, highly-historically-explored, yet under-served problem space in gamedev tooling today
show me what you're making. NOW
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
show me what you're making. NOW
I've seen plenty of awesome shit faking volumetric light with meshes and billboards
I do wonder if anyone's run experiments in baking volumetric light *meshes* for complex scenarios (e.g. casting through a window, behind a pillar, etc)?
It's probably not worth it vs. stacking billboards, but dunno.
I do wonder if anyone's run experiments in baking volumetric light *meshes* for complex scenarios (e.g. casting through a window, behind a pillar, etc)?
It's probably not worth it vs. stacking billboards, but dunno.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I've seen plenty of awesome shit faking volumetric light with meshes and billboards
I do wonder if anyone's run experiments in baking volumetric light *meshes* for complex scenarios (e.g. casting through a window, behind a pillar, etc)?
It's probably not worth it vs. stacking billboards, but dunno.
I do wonder if anyone's run experiments in baking volumetric light *meshes* for complex scenarios (e.g. casting through a window, behind a pillar, etc)?
It's probably not worth it vs. stacking billboards, but dunno.
any artists out there designing fucked up guns?
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
any artists out there designing fucked up guns?
for 3 years i have been advised to stick with patreon instead of starting a website, and i'm starting to think that's stupid
it feels like you Can actually, more or less, do a wordpress/stripe about it
it feels like you Can actually, more or less, do a wordpress/stripe about it
October 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
for 3 years i have been advised to stick with patreon instead of starting a website, and i'm starting to think that's stupid
it feels like you Can actually, more or less, do a wordpress/stripe about it
it feels like you Can actually, more or less, do a wordpress/stripe about it
game developers please let me into your walls so i can help optimize your video games before they release
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
game developers please let me into your walls so i can help optimize your video games before they release
fun stupid trick for stupid programmers- if you don't wanna think about how you'll localize your game, just make a class/struct that just wraps a single string class + term ID
later, you can add a simple helper function that mass installs them into your future loc database
later, you can add a simple helper function that mass installs them into your future loc database
To every young or aspiring dev out there, look, some free advice. (Older devs, you know better. 💀)
For any game you are going to work on that has any GLIMMER of possible localization. Or editing. Or anything involving writing really...
DO NOT HARD-CODE THE VO/NON-VO/UI TEXT STRINGS.
For any game you are going to work on that has any GLIMMER of possible localization. Or editing. Or anything involving writing really...
DO NOT HARD-CODE THE VO/NON-VO/UI TEXT STRINGS.
"Hard coded text strings."
(My villain origin story.)
(My villain origin story.)
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
fun stupid trick for stupid programmers- if you don't wanna think about how you'll localize your game, just make a class/struct that just wraps a single string class + term ID
later, you can add a simple helper function that mass installs them into your future loc database
later, you can add a simple helper function that mass installs them into your future loc database
i'm going to show my ass a bit here: i've never understood the point of dynamic typing in a programming language
it simply feels like a net negative every single time i try it
what resources would you use to help someone understand the allure
it simply feels like a net negative every single time i try it
what resources would you use to help someone understand the allure
October 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
i'm going to show my ass a bit here: i've never understood the point of dynamic typing in a programming language
it simply feels like a net negative every single time i try it
what resources would you use to help someone understand the allure
it simply feels like a net negative every single time i try it
what resources would you use to help someone understand the allure
"there's new technological horrors" and yet i find room in my heart for wonder
October 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"there's new technological horrors" and yet i find room in my heart for wonder
i'm doing Research, and- do any web people know why Wordle on Discord takes so long to load?
that's a fake progress bar, right
it has the fakest movement i've ever seen
it has to just be some anti-DDoS thing, right?
that's a fake progress bar, right
it has the fakest movement i've ever seen
it has to just be some anti-DDoS thing, right?
October 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
i'm doing Research, and- do any web people know why Wordle on Discord takes so long to load?
that's a fake progress bar, right
it has the fakest movement i've ever seen
it has to just be some anti-DDoS thing, right?
that's a fake progress bar, right
it has the fakest movement i've ever seen
it has to just be some anti-DDoS thing, right?
hey gamedevs
what's your preferred way to categorize/sorting logs or gizmos for different game systems
like what's the stupidest, cleanest way you've ever gone about that
what's your preferred way to categorize/sorting logs or gizmos for different game systems
like what's the stupidest, cleanest way you've ever gone about that
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
hey gamedevs
what's your preferred way to categorize/sorting logs or gizmos for different game systems
like what's the stupidest, cleanest way you've ever gone about that
what's your preferred way to categorize/sorting logs or gizmos for different game systems
like what's the stupidest, cleanest way you've ever gone about that
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just spotted that cyberpunk does doom-style sprites for distant cars and characters... amazing
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
just spotted that cyberpunk does doom-style sprites for distant cars and characters... amazing
hey artists: how do you deal with merch (specifically small things like pins) given the Everything rn
i'm pondering a project
do you handle distribution yourself, or go through a partner? and who Doesn't Suck in this space?
(if someone says redbubble i'm canceling the project)
i'm pondering a project
do you handle distribution yourself, or go through a partner? and who Doesn't Suck in this space?
(if someone says redbubble i'm canceling the project)
October 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
hey artists: how do you deal with merch (specifically small things like pins) given the Everything rn
i'm pondering a project
do you handle distribution yourself, or go through a partner? and who Doesn't Suck in this space?
(if someone says redbubble i'm canceling the project)
i'm pondering a project
do you handle distribution yourself, or go through a partner? and who Doesn't Suck in this space?
(if someone says redbubble i'm canceling the project)