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Syama Mishra

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Strategic Technologist · CTO · Pipeline TD Game Dev · Composer · Photographer Creator of @todayonsteam.com https://twitter.com/SyamaMishra mastodon.gamedev.place/@SyamaMishra

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Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · Oct 17

Good to see more ex-twitter folk move over here, where the best version of @todayonsteam.com runs.

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Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 4d

Woohoo!

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

The #AGDAs25 Winner For Excellence in Accessibility is...

Tempopo by Witch Beam

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Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 4d

Woohoo!

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

The #AGDAs25 Winner For Excellence in Music is...

Tempopo by Witch Beam

Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 4d

The letters A to Z, best known for their role in the destruction of the corner book store.

Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 5d

Love FFT

Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 10d

This is halloween

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 14d

They removed a sing word that broke my div selector. The prefix "col" was removed from the div "search_released responsive_secondrow". Fixed.

Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 14d

Steam's web UI update finally broke the @todayonsteam.com scraper...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 25d

Nvidia’s chips are no longer welcome in China

Alibaba, ByteDance, and other Chinese technology companies cannot purchase and test NVIDIA’s latest RTX Pro 6000D chips, the Financial Times reported.

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Tempopo 🌷🎶 is OUT NOW @tempopogame.com · Sep 11

What an honour it is to be nominated not just for one but three AGDAs! We're so proud of what we've made and are thrilled to be acknowledged for our Accessibility, Music, and Sound Design 💚🩷💚

Tempopo Gallery Art by our Concept Artist, Jessica Smith @jessmeixing.bsky.social

Tempopo Gallery Art by Jessica Smith https://www.artofjess.com/
This piece shows Hana with a Tempopo sitting on top of a gigantic jellyfish floating in the clouds at night, gazing upon the moon while a shooting star goes by. There are 3 other jellyfish in the scene.
Edited on top of the art are the AGDA (Australian Game Developer Awards) Finalist Laurels:
- Finalist, Excellence in Accessibility, 2025
- Finalist, Excellence in Music, 2025
- Finalist, Excellence in Sound Design, 2025

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 26d

Valve just made it easier for Steam devs to assess the impact of discounts

Discount history pages have been updated to integrate revenue and unit data for individual price cuts.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 29d

40 year old Mario stayed up past his bedtime and paid the price

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WIRED @wired.com · 29d

Leaked documents show that Geedge Networks, a company with ties to the founder of China’s “Great Firewall” mass censorship infrastructure, is selling its censorship and surveillance systems to at least four other countries in Asia and Africa.

Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World

Geedge Networks, a company with ties to the founder of China’s mass censorship infrastructure, is selling its censorship and surveillance systems to at least four other countries in Asia and Africa.

wrd.cm

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Erik Robson @erikrobson.net · 29d

UE5: Has anyone found a solution when you turn Nanite on for a mesh and it does this?

Boulder mesh with seemingly random triangles rendering unshaded.

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Syama Mishra @syamamishra.bsky.social · 29d

I hope we get some midlife crisis Mario games now he’s 40

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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · Sep 12

IT'S OUR NINTH BIRTHDAY 🎉

So we're launching a brand new channel - dedicated to discovering new games that push our industry forward, previews of exciting new titles and reporting on the issues that face gaming today.

welcome to noclip_2

TRAILER: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7lf...

Welcome to noclip_2 - Launch Trailer

YouTube video by noclip_2

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · Sep 12

Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 is $69.99 on US eShop buff.ly/StRhpTt

Save* on Super Mario Galaxy™ and Super Mario Galaxy™ 2 when you purchase the bundle!