sanctumsys
@sanctumsys.itch.io
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VR enthusiast (Valve Index). also a writer
i love my wife and girlfriends
please DM if you want to talk more personally. i'm always open to more friends or arch-nemesis..es? archnemeses
https://seaboundsanctuary.bandcamp.com/
23
VR enthusiast (Valve Index). also a writer
i love my wife and girlfriends
please DM if you want to talk more personally. i'm always open to more friends or arch-nemesis..es? archnemeses
https://seaboundsanctuary.bandcamp.com/
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Speaking as someone who was responsible for hiring actors in 3 big AAA video games, VO is one of the cheapest assets in the game. Gargantuan bang for buck. I think we spent as much on a single character model as we did on all the VO for the whole game.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Speaking as someone who was responsible for hiring actors in 3 big AAA video games, VO is one of the cheapest assets in the game. Gargantuan bang for buck. I think we spent as much on a single character model as we did on all the VO for the whole game.
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This is the correct framing.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is the correct framing.
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3:19am I believe in us. We will be okay. We will see communism in our lifetimes. I love you.
3:44am Burning all my paintings. My art is a waste I am sorry for wasting so much time I will never be good enough
4:31am if kirby swallowed a pirate he would be Scurby
3:44am Burning all my paintings. My art is a waste I am sorry for wasting so much time I will never be good enough
4:31am if kirby swallowed a pirate he would be Scurby
February 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
3:19am I believe in us. We will be okay. We will see communism in our lifetimes. I love you.
3:44am Burning all my paintings. My art is a waste I am sorry for wasting so much time I will never be good enough
4:31am if kirby swallowed a pirate he would be Scurby
3:44am Burning all my paintings. My art is a waste I am sorry for wasting so much time I will never be good enough
4:31am if kirby swallowed a pirate he would be Scurby
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I'm not saying being on Steam is a magic Sell Games button, VERY far from it, but I don't think there's anyone who would tell you to skip the MASSIVE JUGGERNAUT ALL-ENCOMPASSING PLATFORM Steam for any reason, much less a controversy that wasn't guaranteed to catch eyes.
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm not saying being on Steam is a magic Sell Games button, VERY far from it, but I don't think there's anyone who would tell you to skip the MASSIVE JUGGERNAUT ALL-ENCOMPASSING PLATFORM Steam for any reason, much less a controversy that wasn't guaranteed to catch eyes.
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I've seen some takes suggesting that this was all a marketing stunt and this would not have sold nearly this well if it was on Steam sans controversy. Look, discoverability is fucked, true, but the idea that a dev would forego Steam and Epic on a lark is a ridiculous take.
the good news is that the media attention and support from an audience has helped Horses do well enough that Santa Ragione has been able to pay all its owed royalties and loans. so it's not in debt.
the bad news is it's still not enough to keep the studio together.
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
the bad news is it's still not enough to keep the studio together.
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses Sells Over 18k Copies, Pays Back Loans and Royalties Despite Removal From Steam and Epic - IGN
Horses, the indie horror game that was banned from both Steam and the Epic Games Store ahead of its launch two weeks ago, has nonetheless managed to sell over 18,000 copies, says publisher Santa Ragio...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I've seen some takes suggesting that this was all a marketing stunt and this would not have sold nearly this well if it was on Steam sans controversy. Look, discoverability is fucked, true, but the idea that a dev would forego Steam and Epic on a lark is a ridiculous take.
my internet hot take is that i don't find those parody accounts that have a similar username to actual accounts funny
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
my internet hot take is that i don't find those parody accounts that have a similar username to actual accounts funny
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wow, it's Shonisaurus, the giant Triassic ichthyosaur!
December 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
wow, it's Shonisaurus, the giant Triassic ichthyosaur!
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I'm not mad at any low level devs trapped in the machine or anything. I'm just not gonna buy the thing, it's that easy.
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm not mad at any low level devs trapped in the machine or anything. I'm just not gonna buy the thing, it's that easy.
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I will simply never buy anything I know was made with AI. the best we can do from a consumer POV is make AI shameful and embarrassing to admit to using while we wait for the machine to explode as soon as it tries to turn a profit.
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I will simply never buy anything I know was made with AI. the best we can do from a consumer POV is make AI shameful and embarrassing to admit to using while we wait for the machine to explode as soon as it tries to turn a profit.
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if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade
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Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)
being dismissive of vr as a medium because a tech company mishandled it is idiotic
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
being dismissive of vr as a medium because a tech company mishandled it is idiotic
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My most radical take: games should have fixed aspect ratios!! Let us compose our shots, your ultra-widescreen monitor be damned.
Man, the video game hangar skeuomorphism interface or whatever the proper term is something we're seriously missing more of. There was so many amazing games with things like this on dos.
December 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My most radical take: games should have fixed aspect ratios!! Let us compose our shots, your ultra-widescreen monitor be damned.
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"Oh it's just inflation"
No jackass, they used to fucking mark down these consoles. The PS3 launched at $599 US Dollars and five years later I got mine for about $300.
Five years ago the PS5 launched around $500 and without the current holiday sales it's $550 with the disc drive.
This is stupid.
No jackass, they used to fucking mark down these consoles. The PS3 launched at $599 US Dollars and five years later I got mine for about $300.
Five years ago the PS5 launched around $500 and without the current holiday sales it's $550 with the disc drive.
This is stupid.
US video game hardware total units sold and average price paid, Nov 1995 through Nov 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Oh it's just inflation"
No jackass, they used to fucking mark down these consoles. The PS3 launched at $599 US Dollars and five years later I got mine for about $300.
Five years ago the PS5 launched around $500 and without the current holiday sales it's $550 with the disc drive.
This is stupid.
No jackass, they used to fucking mark down these consoles. The PS3 launched at $599 US Dollars and five years later I got mine for about $300.
Five years ago the PS5 launched around $500 and without the current holiday sales it's $550 with the disc drive.
This is stupid.
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Gonna be real, you dont need AI at all. Not with references, not with ideas, not to help you brainstorm, nothin. Not in games and especially NOT animation.
You dont need an ass-pat machine to help you and your brain. Ask someone who you trust to give you proper feedback without crushing you.
You dont need an ass-pat machine to help you and your brain. Ask someone who you trust to give you proper feedback without crushing you.
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Gonna be real, you dont need AI at all. Not with references, not with ideas, not to help you brainstorm, nothin. Not in games and especially NOT animation.
You dont need an ass-pat machine to help you and your brain. Ask someone who you trust to give you proper feedback without crushing you.
You dont need an ass-pat machine to help you and your brain. Ask someone who you trust to give you proper feedback without crushing you.
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...I can't believe professional wrestling is a Homestuck.
December 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
...I can't believe professional wrestling is a Homestuck.
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AdNauseam is just uBlock, but instead of blocking everything, it clicks every single ad silently. The intent is to pollute ad networks with noise. The outcome is that the ad companies can track your browsing very easily, and you waste bandwidth on telling *everyone* what you're doing.
December 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
AdNauseam is just uBlock, but instead of blocking everything, it clicks every single ad silently. The intent is to pollute ad networks with noise. The outcome is that the ad companies can track your browsing very easily, and you waste bandwidth on telling *everyone* what you're doing.
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I like holding tools like I've equipped them in a videogame
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I like holding tools like I've equipped them in a videogame
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“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
I asked what I should use instead of firefox and someone said “floorp” and I legitimately thought it was a bit for like five minutes. tech has gone beyond making the torment nexus real to making poob real.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
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So reverse course now, start respecting your employees, stop spouting lies (and, again, we KNOW they're lies thanks to your ex-employees), and let your absolutely wonderful artists work in peace with the tools that they WANT to use.
Or, you know, prove the theory that all CEOs have brain damage.
Or, you know, prove the theory that all CEOs have brain damage.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So reverse course now, start respecting your employees, stop spouting lies (and, again, we KNOW they're lies thanks to your ex-employees), and let your absolutely wonderful artists work in peace with the tools that they WANT to use.
Or, you know, prove the theory that all CEOs have brain damage.
Or, you know, prove the theory that all CEOs have brain damage.
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We know that now, and nothing you can say can change that. Your employees hate this shit.
BG3 became big thanks to word of mouth and you next game can become irrelevant thanks to word of mouth, too. The sooner you admit that AI is a mark of shame, the higher your chance to salvage it.
BG3 became big thanks to word of mouth and you next game can become irrelevant thanks to word of mouth, too. The sooner you admit that AI is a mark of shame, the higher your chance to salvage it.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
We know that now, and nothing you can say can change that. Your employees hate this shit.
BG3 became big thanks to word of mouth and you next game can become irrelevant thanks to word of mouth, too. The sooner you admit that AI is a mark of shame, the higher your chance to salvage it.
BG3 became big thanks to word of mouth and you next game can become irrelevant thanks to word of mouth, too. The sooner you admit that AI is a mark of shame, the higher your chance to salvage it.
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I didn't want to say anything in the heat of the moment but hours later my opinion has not changed.
@larianstudios.com reverse this abysmal dogshit. As you AI sloppers like to say, the cat is out of the bag: We've heard from your ex-employees. We know that you're lying and your employees hate this.
@larianstudios.com reverse this abysmal dogshit. As you AI sloppers like to say, the cat is out of the bag: We've heard from your ex-employees. We know that you're lying and your employees hate this.
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I didn't want to say anything in the heat of the moment but hours later my opinion has not changed.
@larianstudios.com reverse this abysmal dogshit. As you AI sloppers like to say, the cat is out of the bag: We've heard from your ex-employees. We know that you're lying and your employees hate this.
@larianstudios.com reverse this abysmal dogshit. As you AI sloppers like to say, the cat is out of the bag: We've heard from your ex-employees. We know that you're lying and your employees hate this.
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.