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Taylan K - Indie dev

@taylank.bsky.social

2.2K followers 1.6K following 1.1K posts

Solo indie dev making Eilands, a game about creating and exploring your own islands. Likes to support fellow devs. Occasionally a music composer.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · Nov 7

Feel like retreating to your own island away from the chaos and heartbreak of these days?

I have the game for you: Eilands.

It’s along the lines of Tiny Glade and Townscaper, but the focus is on nature.
Still in early development. Stay in touch for more info!
#indiegame #cozygame

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 23m

Rider: The AI assistant plugin is not compatible with the version of Rider you are using.

Me: Good.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 25m

Fiasco?

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 1h

Optimistic prediction, tbh. I'm betting on that great debate being "So if cockroaches are radiation resistant, does that mean it's safe to eat them?"

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 5h

“We are going to make them pay their fair share in taxes to fund our school, to fund jobs, to fund healthcare, to fund transportation.”

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

www.huffpost.com

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 2h

Aside from the nuclear codes, living with autocrats (some installed by the US) who routinely shit the bed is a common experience in many parts of the world. Honestly it's scarier to think there is no longer any great power that's at least on paper committed to democracy.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 17h

Man this was depressing to read

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 1d

Why would one even need genAI for terrain generation? It’s not like there’s a lack of procedural techniques.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly not in the sense that everyone's busy making cool impactful indie games.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

We are becoming a “papers, please” country, and no one should want that.

A tweet from Roy Drones Jr reads: “Remember when the right wing got upset about a vaccine card.” Below it, a retweeted post from Majority Report says: “ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair… I’m a resident.’” The image shows a man outdoors holding up a yellow citation ticket toward the camera, his face partially obscured. He appears to be wearing a dark jacket and sunglasses, with buildings and a bright blue sky in the background.

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 3d

Layoffs imminent then?

Insider Gaming @insider-gaming.com · 4d

Battlefield 6 Has The Biggest Launch In Series History

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Battlefield 6 Has The Biggest Launch In Series History

Electronic Arts (EA) has announced that Battlefield 6 was the biggest launch in the history of the long-running series.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 3d

The vehicle

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 4d

Incidentally, I don't think I'd use any communal holodecks in the future.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

You know, one possible explanation of the Fermi Paradox is that aliens just end up building virtual worlds that are more compelling than space exploration, so they don't even bother...

It just never had occurred to me that particular compulsion could be gooning to AI slop.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

No worries, hope the game does well!

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

Reddit: “ChatGPT says it has killed 20 people and photographed the evidence, but I can’t seem to download the pics. Help me out!”

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: OpenAI will soon allow verified accounts to use ChatGPT hire contract killers on the dark web.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

Behind you!

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

"...updated our build hours before Next Fest"
Haha yeah this will go well

Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social · 6d

Well since this is doing numbers on TikTok, might as well share it here. Watch me crash out over a bug found on steam next fest launch day 🫠

Give our game a pity Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3802470/...

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 5d

I see "OpenAI Ethics" in trending. Yeah right, I say to myself. I click on it and am instantly and infinitely validated.

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 7d

No need to prototype

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 11d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 8d

Look I'm sure Jerry is a cool person, but isn't it weird that over 100K ppl have decided that one man's stream of consciousness is so much more interesting than anyone else's? It's like people have a need to make totems out of people.

Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 10d

You should be, this looks good!

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 10d

Reddit alternative on AT.

Went ahead and reserved IndieGames for us all:

nooki.me/c/IndieGames

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Kenn @ Pinebox Games @pineboxgames.bsky.social · 10d

Mockup of the timeline UI for my wip narrative adventure game ◀Future Ghost▶

It will fill in as the player character experiences or learns about the events included in the timeline. Most will have cutscenes, but not all.

#indiegamedev #ui #retro #comics #storygame

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 10d

Yikes! One time I was viewing a rental unit, and the owner kept denying anything needed to be fixed, no matter how blatant the issue. When it was time to leave, he tried closing the front door several times until it came off its hinges. I did not rent it.

Hope you manage to get outta there!

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 11d

Makes you understand while people believe in “justice in the afterlife,” when there is little of it in this one.