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Tom Sandford

@thesnee.bsky.social

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Games, VR, Whatever interests me. https://www.tomrsandford.com/ Making cool stuff in Unreal here: https://www.ideaforgeltd.co.uk/

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Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · Dec 2

It Hunts You was an old experimetal horror game I made for a Haunted PS1 jam. I wanted to emulate those awkward, very early first person games, letting the monster feel otherworldly by not being bound to the same technical constraints as the rest of the world.
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It Hunts You by Tom Sandford

Prototype horror game for #HPS1Jam

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Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 12h

I wish I had more time to do more in it. There crazy stuff to find, intrigue, madness and hope. For my part, I'm opening a museum.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 18h

Seems to be working: TT has some of the best feedback I've seen. The Heavy Kuma is a standout

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 18h

Sweet! If you find the PDCS thread in the blocks there's a Google sheet to add stuff

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 19h

That sounds very, very relevant.
I'm very much looking forward to reading it.

When I have time.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks! Check out the thread in the blocks if you want to contribute

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 20h

I love this!

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 20h

If you're playing and want to get involved, search for the PDCS thread in the Blocks, or contact Spline/BX47

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 20h

So now in #OVER/UNDER I'm making and curating a virtual museum and art gallery in Unreal, to show off some of the amazing things people are creating (and hopefully end up as some kind of artefact of the inevitable chaos to come)

I've somehow got to find time for so many things!

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 20h

They're great! They'd fit well in the Prospero's Dream Cultural Slickworld, if you're interested. There's some details in the clinic but if you search PDCS there's a thread in the Blocks.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 20h

This is great! Would you like it added to the Prospero's Dream Cultural Slickworld? Search PDCS in the blocks for details.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 21h

Awesome! I'd love to put them in an exhibit in the PDCS if you're up for it. I'll prod you in game.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 1d

He realized he was losing the crowd so he dropped a grenade at his feet and ran off the stage using advanced pathfinding that was really impressive at the time.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no one of the grunts he came in with just yelled "You got nothing!"

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 1d

"SHOW. ME. THE. WAY. TO. AM. ER. ILL. OH."

He's not even remotely keeping up with the song.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no it's kareoke night and a HL1 grunt has taken the stage.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 1d

Same here, probably for some of the same reasons! I think it might partially be due to the narrow scope Discords inteface has vs old school forums. You can't get an overview of threads and channels easily.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 3d

You misspelled "feature"

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 4d

This looks very interesting indeed. I loved the presentation and format of CBR+PNK and actually have space on my shelf for a zombie game

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 4d

There's always been a lot of symbolism etc in these shows, which I'm not so good at picking up on myself, so here's a great thread on it.

Alex Bertram-Powell @alexbpart.bsky.social · 6d

Watching Better Call Saul. I'm going to rewrite my old thread on the colour, imagery, and symbolism, which holds great purpose in the series, as I go.

Starting with "Uno": fundamental to the series is an image of two lawyers, with a shaft or spill of light of a particular source.

Better Call Saul screenshot: Jimmy and Kim stand in the parking garage in the dark, illuminated by a single beam of electric light. Kim is smoking. Both look depressed, or tense.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 4d

What? No! He has to remove the curse!

I need to find a shark.

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 4d

Option 1:

Hire the wizard to invert interpretations of the word "Smart"

People in suits gain increased intelligence, and with it, crippling awareness of everything stupid they've done

Millions of devices lose internet connectivity and instead get little top hats

OPTION 2:

Big Sock

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 5d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 5d

It is certainly noisy! I'm just trying to keep track of individual little bits

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 5d

I'm fairly sure @alfredvalley.bsky.social has a character called "The Tickler" which was concerning enough before he started a doomsday cult

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 5d

I've seen detailed recruitment and organisation setups, meat shops, multiple hitmen for hire, union and church literature, pro and anti syndicate protests and I'm only scraping the surface

Tom Sandford @thesnee.bsky.social · 5d

There's some really impressive stuff on here already! People are going wild with RP and faction stuff and it's barely started!

sam “over and under” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 10d

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen

Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for

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