Prof
@wertle.bsky.social
Gen X/millennial cusper. I've been a Game Designer for 17 years! Also I self-published a fantasy novel.
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Prof
@wertle.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Replying to @TayrannosaurusRexx It’s….TIMMMMEEE!!! ⏰👹🎃💀#spookylakemonth
TikTok video by Geo
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October is tomorrow and it's time for Halloween Activities!
I'll kick off the thread with one of my favorite seasonal events, Spooky Lake Month.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM6JVewH/
I'll kick off the thread with one of my favorite seasonal events, Spooky Lake Month.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM6JVewH/
I remember when that original comic was posted. It was so chilling. I'm happy to see 15 years have already passed!
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I remember when that original comic was posted. It was so chilling. I'm happy to see 15 years have already passed!
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Here's how it looks with generic emissive white test-particles. Was thinking of using this for energy-shields, dash after-images, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Here's how it looks with generic emissive white test-particles. Was thinking of using this for energy-shields, dash after-images, etc.
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#UE5 Niagara tip: the default "Initialize Mesh Reproduction Sprite" module uses random triangle coordinates, so it's not uniform if your topology isn't uniform. I fixed this for my low-poly models by duping & patching it to use GetTriangleCoordAtUV instead with my surface-uniform baked-UVs.
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#UE5 Niagara tip: the default "Initialize Mesh Reproduction Sprite" module uses random triangle coordinates, so it's not uniform if your topology isn't uniform. I fixed this for my low-poly models by duping & patching it to use GetTriangleCoordAtUV instead with my surface-uniform baked-UVs.
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this is a real indie dev horror story
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
this is a real indie dev horror story
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere
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Our launch trailer, btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYew...
HORSES Launch Date Trailer
YouTube video by Santa Ragione
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November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our launch trailer, btw! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYew...
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
After 20 years, at the age of 43, I finally have a frame for my bed instead of sleeping on a mattress directly on the floor.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
After 20 years, at the age of 43, I finally have a frame for my bed instead of sleeping on a mattress directly on the floor.
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
I'm starting my holiday bat sale today! This includes 3 new winter themed bats.
Every bat is 30% off!
Share with your friends!
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Every bat is 30% off!
Share with your friends!
wertle.bigcartel.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm starting my holiday bat sale today! This includes 3 new winter themed bats.
Every bat is 30% off!
Share with your friends!
wertle.bigcartel.com
Every bat is 30% off!
Share with your friends!
wertle.bigcartel.com
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Listing any one of her accomplishments feels like it it does it justice, and listing all of them would take hours. What a legend, what a loss.
Obituary: Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman has passed away at 62
Obituary: Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman has passed away at 62
The ground-breaking programmer and game designer heralded as the 'first-ever video game champion' has passed away.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Listing any one of her accomplishments feels like it it does it justice, and listing all of them would take hours. What a legend, what a loss.
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one of batman's famous catchphrases
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
one of batman's famous catchphrases
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in the early 2000s Rebecca took the time to chat over IRC with a teenaged and gender-confused Me on the practicalities of transition - in a time where being out as trans online was something that could get you socially ostracized. I owe her a lot for that and only hope I can pay it forward.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
in the early 2000s Rebecca took the time to chat over IRC with a teenaged and gender-confused Me on the practicalities of transition - in a time where being out as trans online was something that could get you socially ostracized. I owe her a lot for that and only hope I can pay it forward.
I remember 2013 being the last time I read about significant research on fibromyalgia linking it to "central nervous system don't work right," so it's really exciting to see more progress! Hopefully the peer reviews are enlightening.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I remember 2013 being the last time I read about significant research on fibromyalgia linking it to "central nervous system don't work right," so it's really exciting to see more progress! Hopefully the peer reviews are enlightening.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Looking for recommendations on earbuds that can survive accidentally being run through the wash. Wired with USB-C connection is preferred but I'll do wireless too if it comes down to it.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Looking for recommendations on earbuds that can survive accidentally being run through the wash. Wired with USB-C connection is preferred but I'll do wireless too if it comes down to it.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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“average gamedev makes $142,000 a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average gamedev makes $0 per year. Executives Georg, who lives in cave & makes over $10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“average gamedev makes $142,000 a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average gamedev makes $0 per year. Executives Georg, who lives in cave & makes over $10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
"People always hold more resentment for the strike breakers than the bosses...."
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvjqhUw/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvjqhUw/
TikTok video by Preacher from the Black Lagoon
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November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"People always hold more resentment for the strike breakers than the bosses...."
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvjqhUw/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMvjqhUw/
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even if you know your dem senator would *never* call them anyway and tell them how much you appreciate that they would *never* and their dedication and integrity is why they have your vote
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
even if you know your dem senator would *never* call them anyway and tell them how much you appreciate that they would *never* and their dedication and integrity is why they have your vote
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This is a great read.
Also: important to realise that this industry has become *persistently terrifying* for your favourite devs, and that is no atmosphere in which to be creative.
Try to buy games, if you're able. Buy lots of games. Review and share them if you love them. Talk about them.
Also: important to realise that this industry has become *persistently terrifying* for your favourite devs, and that is no atmosphere in which to be creative.
Try to buy games, if you're able. Buy lots of games. Review and share them if you love them. Talk about them.
Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
As viral hits like Escape from Duckov and Megabonk change the industry, Falconeer developer Tomas Sala has found another way to survive
What if you didn't have to spin the roulette wheel every time you released a new game, hoping for it to find an audience? What if there was a better way?
www.eurogamer.net
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is a great read.
Also: important to realise that this industry has become *persistently terrifying* for your favourite devs, and that is no atmosphere in which to be creative.
Try to buy games, if you're able. Buy lots of games. Review and share them if you love them. Talk about them.
Also: important to realise that this industry has become *persistently terrifying* for your favourite devs, and that is no atmosphere in which to be creative.
Try to buy games, if you're able. Buy lots of games. Review and share them if you love them. Talk about them.
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This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I know it's not - I trust wired photo credit - but the symmetry, flames placement, whole sky is smoke - if I saw that image elsewhere I'd assume it was AI. a friend paid a local artist to make a logo people guess is AI from its layout and colors, he's still gotta replace it. AI is ruining real stuff
In September, violent protests erupted in Nepal. What happened next was unprecedented, as activists used Discord to help choose the country's interim leader.
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
Today on @wired.com we're publishing this deep dive into what actually happened, and what might come next.
www.wired.com/story/nepal-...
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord
The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I know it's not - I trust wired photo credit - but the symmetry, flames placement, whole sky is smoke - if I saw that image elsewhere I'd assume it was AI. a friend paid a local artist to make a logo people guess is AI from its layout and colors, he's still gotta replace it. AI is ruining real stuff
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This. Your vote in today’s elections will carry 2x-10x more weight than in an “on” year containing a presidential election.
Go vote!
Go vote!
US friends, please go vote today in local elections (I voted early by mail already). Fewer people turnout in smaller elections so your engagement really matters.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This. Your vote in today’s elections will carry 2x-10x more weight than in an “on” year containing a presidential election.
Go vote!
Go vote!