Tom Happ
@axiomverge.bsky.social
Solo dev who made Axiom Verge. Likes too many things and tries to do them all.
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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connecting caverns
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
connecting caverns
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The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
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Anyway, play Alien Isolation
I feel like however one might land on Metroid prime 1 wrt gameplay it at least understood that the core emotional experience was tension, isolation, and a brooding ominousness, and the further they moved from sci-fi towards science fantasy space opera the more it felt like they lost that
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Anyway, play Alien Isolation
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Kotaku wants to get in touch with developers about how AI is being used in your studio.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Kotaku wants to get in touch with developers about how AI is being used in your studio.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
Was there more drama at the other place recently?
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Was there more drama at the other place recently?
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i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
The strength of Super Metroid's soundtrack is in its silences
Super Metroid's music is crucial to the game's unsettling, hostile atmosphere--and especially the way that soundtrack uses silence.
www.avclub.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
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To be fair though, a lot of people make this mistake. His name isn't Bladerunner, it's Bladerunner's Monster
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
To be fair though, a lot of people make this mistake. His name isn't Bladerunner, it's Bladerunner's Monster
Crap, I forgot to uncheck the "please mail me your spam" box in the Shop checkout.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Crap, I forgot to uncheck the "please mail me your spam" box in the Shop checkout.
These guys found a way to combine recycled cardboard and dirt to replace concrete. Pretty cool!
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
Cardboard and earth reshape sustainable construction
Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete’s carbon footprint, while reducing waste going to landfill
www.rmit.edu.au
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
These guys found a way to combine recycled cardboard and dirt to replace concrete. Pretty cool!
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-new...
The best I got is "freedom of speech"
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The best I got is "freedom of speech"
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when your pet frog is missing, you do whatever it takes, damn it, even if it requires you getting in a kick-ass futuretank and go on an incredible adventure into the vast and wondrous subterranean world lurking right underneath your house.
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
when your pet frog is missing, you do whatever it takes, damn it, even if it requires you getting in a kick-ass futuretank and go on an incredible adventure into the vast and wondrous subterranean world lurking right underneath your house.
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It’s funny catching wind that my posts against generative ai have raised a few eyebrows and pissed a few people off. I’d love to be able to give a fuck, but first I’d need to steal a million fucks from other people, and have a machine randomly assemble small parts of those fucks together for me
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s funny catching wind that my posts against generative ai have raised a few eyebrows and pissed a few people off. I’d love to be able to give a fuck, but first I’d need to steal a million fucks from other people, and have a machine randomly assemble small parts of those fucks together for me
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I'm happy to reveal that WARP ZONES will be in Super Sunny World 🌞 (my upcoming NES platformer).
They are hard to find, but easy to reach again once you know where they are (similar to Mario Bros). This should make the limited-lives style of gameplay more enjoyable.
#nesdev
They are hard to find, but easy to reach again once you know where they are (similar to Mario Bros). This should make the limited-lives style of gameplay more enjoyable.
#nesdev
November 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I'm happy to reveal that WARP ZONES will be in Super Sunny World 🌞 (my upcoming NES platformer).
They are hard to find, but easy to reach again once you know where they are (similar to Mario Bros). This should make the limited-lives style of gameplay more enjoyable.
#nesdev
They are hard to find, but easy to reach again once you know where they are (similar to Mario Bros). This should make the limited-lives style of gameplay more enjoyable.
#nesdev
Ah, that feeling when you discover a bunch of stuff is broke just before bed
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Ah, that feeling when you discover a bunch of stuff is broke just before bed
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Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Today we just got 100 new followers and a bunch of people saying "whoa I've never heard of this" re: the game we have been thumping into the ground for the last 3 years by posting one gif from our earliest demo. If you think you post too much about your game: you probably don't!
This is a pretty cool advertisement for a vst plugin.
youtu.be/c4lxxxLyNdE?...
youtu.be/c4lxxxLyNdE?...
Introducing Cataclysm
YouTube video by Aberrant DSP
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November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is a pretty cool advertisement for a vst plugin.
youtu.be/c4lxxxLyNdE?...
youtu.be/c4lxxxLyNdE?...
old stuff from 10+ years ago... fun fact: i almost quit my job because of these fruits💀
some annoying top management guy was micromanaging and made me do like 50 iteration of that fucking watermelon, it was for an Ice-Age match 3 game on mobile, it drove me mad
some annoying top management guy was micromanaging and made me do like 50 iteration of that fucking watermelon, it was for an Ice-Age match 3 game on mobile, it drove me mad
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I really appreciate when people share how to disable AI sharing your data in commonly used apps after it gets sneakily added to a deep down settings menu.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I really appreciate when people share how to disable AI sharing your data in commonly used apps after it gets sneakily added to a deep down settings menu.
It was unexpected that when filing a claim with @geeksquad.bsky.social protection plan, I still needed to pay $200 to repair the phone. (The phone is still under warranty but warranty claims take longer than I can afford to wait right now).
October 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It was unexpected that when filing a claim with @geeksquad.bsky.social protection plan, I still needed to pay $200 to repair the phone. (The phone is still under warranty but warranty claims take longer than I can afford to wait right now).
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really my problem with the traditional game industry is it feels like everything gets put on two poles, both of which are unquestioned: the grimdark fantasies of violence and conquest and the cartoony family-friendly fantasy that's just pure escapism and we don't have to think about anything.
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
really my problem with the traditional game industry is it feels like everything gets put on two poles, both of which are unquestioned: the grimdark fantasies of violence and conquest and the cartoony family-friendly fantasy that's just pure escapism and we don't have to think about anything.
EA always gonna EA
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
EA always gonna EA