Simon | Indie Game Dev 🎮
@zhymon.bsky.social
Senior DevOps Eng. @[REDACTED] // Director @agentsofswarm.com
90's kid | #adhd | I'm a multi-disciplined developer with a focus in #gamedev, devops, and web development. I mostly work in #UnrealEngine, JavaScript, Next.js & Rust.
Signal: @zhym0n.42
90's kid | #adhd | I'm a multi-disciplined developer with a focus in #gamedev, devops, and web development. I mostly work in #UnrealEngine, JavaScript, Next.js & Rust.
Signal: @zhym0n.42
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To the LGBTQ+, migrant, and BIPOC communities:
my sword, and my help; always and forever will be yours.
Be kind to yourself today get offline if you need too ❤️
my sword, and my help; always and forever will be yours.
Be kind to yourself today get offline if you need too ❤️
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PSX Mecha Vampire Survivors anyone?
January 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
PSX Mecha Vampire Survivors anyone?
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adding alt text
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
adding alt text
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That's what I'm talking about.
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
That's what I'm talking about.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Happy #ShowcaseThursday! Here's a look at my game, which is a mix of SpellBreak and Avatar: TLA!
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Happy #ShowcaseThursday! Here's a look at my game, which is a mix of SpellBreak and Avatar: TLA!
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev
Don't really have words or even know what I'm feeling right now but this is a start….
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Don't really have words or even know what I'm feeling right now but this is a start….
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so glad i switched to @proton.me for biz mail stuff over a year ago
So I have only just discovered at some vague point in the next couple weeks Google is going to break the way my work email works, and the company has done nothing to alert people to it.
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/g...
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
www.theregister.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
so glad i switched to @proton.me for biz mail stuff over a year ago
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DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
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I've just released the newest update to my Unreal Engine level editor called Scythe. Here's what's new... 🧵
January 7, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I've just released the newest update to my Unreal Engine level editor called Scythe. Here's what's new... 🧵
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Libre Office is fantastic.
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Libre Office is fantastic.
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Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.
January 5, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.
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oh no who could've seen this coming
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
oh no who could've seen this coming
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Thoughts and prayers for all gamedev producers today as they plead with their teams to update their Jiras after the holidays 😔 🙏🏼
a man wearing glasses and a blue vest says i 'm sure it will be fine
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a blue vest says i 'm sure it will be fine
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Thoughts and prayers for all gamedev producers today as they plead with their teams to update their Jiras after the holidays 😔 🙏🏼
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The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
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I promised to show you a way I came up with to make glowing text in the UI, a very simple Unreal Engine material imitation, because there is no glow in the widget. I used SpiralBlur - Texture node ;) #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
January 5, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I promised to show you a way I came up with to make glowing text in the UI, a very simple Unreal Engine material imitation, because there is no glow in the widget. I used SpiralBlur - Texture node ;) #UnrealEngine #UE5 #gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7d...
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January 5, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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BYD needs a car shaped like a 2003 Subaru Outback so future generations have something to put 17 “Keep Honking” bumper stickers on.
January 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
BYD needs a car shaped like a 2003 Subaru Outback so future generations have something to put 17 “Keep Honking” bumper stickers on.
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Sometimes i like to go on wayback and browse Planet Half-Life, a site that i checked every single day from when i was like 9 for years, so i know i have seen everyone of these posts. So much media from long-forgotten mods and sites. Even the ones that came out and got played are mostly lost now
January 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Sometimes i like to go on wayback and browse Planet Half-Life, a site that i checked every single day from when i was like 9 for years, so i know i have seen everyone of these posts. So much media from long-forgotten mods and sites. Even the ones that came out and got played are mostly lost now
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live