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Indie game dev gremlin. Making The Last Exterminator: www.thelastexterminator.com

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hey all! I'm that weird gremlin dude that's making The Last Exterminator, a retro FPS written on a custom engine. Up on Steam for wishlistin'!

www.thelastexterminator.com

The Last Exterminator on Steam

You're an exterminator. You kill things for a living. When a hostile invasion of alien cockroaches rocks your city, you've got a job to do. A high-octane retro-FPS inspired by some of the best games o...

www.thelastexterminator.com

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 19h

Walking into PAX: oh fuck me

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 20h

I never want to ‘discover a brand’. Please keep all brands away from me

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 1d

(I am being facetious, suffering is only the core part of any experience in some very, very select circles)

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 1d

(That and the Energy Star logo)

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 1d

But suffering is a critical part of the experience!

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 1d

(Also felt kinda nice to dust off my ancient autoexec.bat and config.sys skills)

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 1d

I've been using PCem for all my Win95/98 needs. Also a huge fan of how it's such an accurate emulator you have do go through the whole process of setting the BIOS, going through the POST screens, and installing stuff from disk images. Wonderful nostalgia trip!

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 2d

"Hey check out how hard I can Grack"

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 2d

I 100% agree but mostly because it's fuckin adorable

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 2d

"You could say no to things"

what are you some kinda narc

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 2d

The more I say "I'm not doing anything for Games Week", the more I seem to do during Games Week

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck me that's a sad state of affairs

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 4d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) @agdas.bsky.social · 4d

The #AGDAs25 Winner For Game of the Year is...

The Drifter by Powerhoof

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 5d

the doctor told me to tell you that my heart now has fully sick beats

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 5d

AI via LLM is like someone did a party trick of making a coin disappear and reappear somewhere else, and then someone who saw it was so amazed they staked the entire economy on this new wonderous teleportation technology

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 5d

there's a catchy chorus stuck in my aorta, please send help

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 5d

I tried ChatGPT for a short while, and can confidently state that it's very much a 'seems capable if you don't have the capacity to correct it' machine

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 6d

jeez dude how many birthdays do you have

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 6d

lol I always have some kind of sweets hanging around, because I am the pinnacle of health!

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 6d

Same, but also "Holy crap I do not have the energy to do anything"

My birthday present to myself would be a nice quiet night in, if I didn't have an important meeting at 9am the next day >:(

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 6d

You ever look at your rapidly approaching birthday and think "Ah fuck, not again"

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 7d

sorry

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 7d

"Please don't apologize"

Look, I need you to understand that this is just how I communicate

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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 7d

S’alright it’s Melbourne, you’ve only gotta wait 5 mins and it’ll be boiling hot