Hugo Cortell
@cortellhugo.bsky.social
Born to design, forced to develop.
Best known for delivering underwhelming experiences or not at all.
Best known for delivering underwhelming experiences or not at all.
Besides China, I believe that there's cheaper models in Spain too, if I remember right, the BYD Dolphin was being sold under that price in a nearby dealership.
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Besides China, I believe that there's cheaper models in Spain too, if I remember right, the BYD Dolphin was being sold under that price in a nearby dealership.
Indie game design is mostly a game of hubris, like asking "how hard can it really be to make a poor-man's version of Battlefield's destruction system?" and then trying to find out.
You have to work on exciting and overscoped ideas, or you'll burn out. But you can't actually finish them. 🤔
You have to work on exciting and overscoped ideas, or you'll burn out. But you can't actually finish them. 🤔
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Indie game design is mostly a game of hubris, like asking "how hard can it really be to make a poor-man's version of Battlefield's destruction system?" and then trying to find out.
You have to work on exciting and overscoped ideas, or you'll burn out. But you can't actually finish them. 🤔
You have to work on exciting and overscoped ideas, or you'll burn out. But you can't actually finish them. 🤔
Is that... TAA? Or worse, some kind of frame filtering approach?
It does not look like regular old AA.
It does not look like regular old AA.
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Is that... TAA? Or worse, some kind of frame filtering approach?
It does not look like regular old AA.
It does not look like regular old AA.
So... Apparently #BlueSky used AI(?) to assume my age, and then took away my ability to correct it.
I literally can no longer view half of the posts in this platform (since I'm apparently a child) and have no recourse to change that.
I literally can no longer view half of the posts in this platform (since I'm apparently a child) and have no recourse to change that.
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So... Apparently #BlueSky used AI(?) to assume my age, and then took away my ability to correct it.
I literally can no longer view half of the posts in this platform (since I'm apparently a child) and have no recourse to change that.
I literally can no longer view half of the posts in this platform (since I'm apparently a child) and have no recourse to change that.
Maybe the Chinese version can count as a valid substitute?
October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Maybe the Chinese version can count as a valid substitute?
Relevant image from a trip I took recently:
(Apparently the Swiss don't mind the taste of blood in their fruit)
(Apparently the Swiss don't mind the taste of blood in their fruit)
October 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Relevant image from a trip I took recently:
(Apparently the Swiss don't mind the taste of blood in their fruit)
(Apparently the Swiss don't mind the taste of blood in their fruit)
I was reached out by an AI lab to ask about my opinions on AI as a #gamedev, I thought to share my response to see what other people think. I tried to present a balanced and pragmatic view.
For the record, my game project (which I'm probably cancelling to focus on other stuff) has no AI in it.
For the record, my game project (which I'm probably cancelling to focus on other stuff) has no AI in it.
![[Cutting most of the text and focusing on the last bit due to bsky alt text limits, they HATE the visually impaired!!] My response:
However, the "easy money" AI integrations we see these days are very unlikely to be adopted. LLMs for characters are not only economically unfeasible (small models are too stupid, big models require a server to process data), but they take control from the authors and very quickly create ludonarrative dissonances that can break experiences.
Similarly, directly presenting AI art is bound to create a lot of backlash. It takes away work from an already exploited trade, which most of us as fellow workers can't help but symthathise with. It's in very poor taste to use AI art, and it'll never be accepted until the underlying economic struggle is resolved. Only once art can return to be pure and free from the shackles of capitalism can AI art be accepted by society at large.
Specifically in the context of TTS, I think it's mainly optics. Most TTS models are trained on data that was not obtained in a righteous way, which obviously creates backlash from people who have a spine. The solution is to keep making good TTS models that use ethically sourced data. I don't think there's anything more to it, as TTS is something people already want and like, they just don't want it from a bad source. It's like mangoes, everyone loves mangoes, but nobody wants to eat a mango sourced from Israel.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sxscr72vaqvnssgn5525va3u/bafkreifc2boy47ranlreio2o5klws4xzcxghc6ifxirlnnaoiw4whfoe4e@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I was reached out by an AI lab to ask about my opinions on AI as a #gamedev, I thought to share my response to see what other people think. I tried to present a balanced and pragmatic view.
For the record, my game project (which I'm probably cancelling to focus on other stuff) has no AI in it.
For the record, my game project (which I'm probably cancelling to focus on other stuff) has no AI in it.
And it did... As a mobile game.
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And it did... As a mobile game.
Now have the union meddle in the court case against the original writers by exposing more information
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Now have the union meddle in the court case against the original writers by exposing more information
Me today.
Made something fun :)
Made something fun :)
September 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Me today.
Made something fun :)
Made something fun :)
Unironically. The game used to do this if you pirated it.
September 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Unironically. The game used to do this if you pirated it.
Is inexcusable. We now fully know how important it is to have systems to automatically keep the panels clean to ensure they are always operating at acceptable efficiency levels.
Seriously you guys. Put up a water hose or something to clean the panels. Or use a drone if it's too late.
Seriously you guys. Put up a water hose or something to clean the panels. Or use a drone if it's too late.
September 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Is inexcusable. We now fully know how important it is to have systems to automatically keep the panels clean to ensure they are always operating at acceptable efficiency levels.
Seriously you guys. Put up a water hose or something to clean the panels. Or use a drone if it's too late.
Seriously you guys. Put up a water hose or something to clean the panels. Or use a drone if it's too late.
Japan has surprisingly few anti-censorship, pro extensive human-rights politicians, so anyone helping on that front is good, but something worth mentioning...
Bluesky's character limit is stupid small, so I'm leaving the reply as an image with alt-text instead of spamming a three-post-long chain.
Bluesky's character limit is stupid small, so I'm leaving the reply as an image with alt-text instead of spamming a three-post-long chain.
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Japan has surprisingly few anti-censorship, pro extensive human-rights politicians, so anyone helping on that front is good, but something worth mentioning...
Bluesky's character limit is stupid small, so I'm leaving the reply as an image with alt-text instead of spamming a three-post-long chain.
Bluesky's character limit is stupid small, so I'm leaving the reply as an image with alt-text instead of spamming a three-post-long chain.
I don't know, last time someone tried to make digital knowledge free for human consumption, he was made an example of by the feds.
All that those books and papers from universities should only be accessible to private companies for the exclusive purpose of training their plagiarism machines!
All that those books and papers from universities should only be accessible to private companies for the exclusive purpose of training their plagiarism machines!
August 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I don't know, last time someone tried to make digital knowledge free for human consumption, he was made an example of by the feds.
All that those books and papers from universities should only be accessible to private companies for the exclusive purpose of training their plagiarism machines!
All that those books and papers from universities should only be accessible to private companies for the exclusive purpose of training their plagiarism machines!
Remember him? This is him now.
Still not perfect, but an improvement (single-player view because I could not be bothered to wait for a second editor instance to load).
Still not perfect, but an improvement (single-player view because I could not be bothered to wait for a second editor instance to load).
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Remember him? This is him now.
Still not perfect, but an improvement (single-player view because I could not be bothered to wait for a second editor instance to load).
Still not perfect, but an improvement (single-player view because I could not be bothered to wait for a second editor instance to load).
When I think of AAA games, I immediately think of a game that was released 13 years ago.
Because I can't earnestly say that AAA games have improved in any meaningful way since then, my mind automatically remembers a game that is not significantly different from what is still released today.
Because I can't earnestly say that AAA games have improved in any meaningful way since then, my mind automatically remembers a game that is not significantly different from what is still released today.
August 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I think of AAA games, I immediately think of a game that was released 13 years ago.
Because I can't earnestly say that AAA games have improved in any meaningful way since then, my mind automatically remembers a game that is not significantly different from what is still released today.
Because I can't earnestly say that AAA games have improved in any meaningful way since then, my mind automatically remembers a game that is not significantly different from what is still released today.
Damn, this IK physics animation over the network stuff is easy.
Works perfectly on the first try. #gamedev
Me at 5am trying to find the bathroom in the dark:
Works perfectly on the first try. #gamedev
Me at 5am trying to find the bathroom in the dark:
August 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Damn, this IK physics animation over the network stuff is easy.
Works perfectly on the first try. #gamedev
Me at 5am trying to find the bathroom in the dark:
Works perfectly on the first try. #gamedev
Me at 5am trying to find the bathroom in the dark:
Some of my code is too ugly for this world.
August 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Some of my code is too ugly for this world.
I've paused development on my karaoke software to focus on a third mysterious project (unrelated to the boids RTS thing, that was mostly a prototype).
It's been a while since I've written a character controller. It feels good.
Misc: Regions are such a nice little addition.
It's been a while since I've written a character controller. It feels good.
Misc: Regions are such a nice little addition.
August 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've paused development on my karaoke software to focus on a third mysterious project (unrelated to the boids RTS thing, that was mostly a prototype).
It's been a while since I've written a character controller. It feels good.
Misc: Regions are such a nice little addition.
It's been a while since I've written a character controller. It feels good.
Misc: Regions are such a nice little addition.
Not the worst name I've heard, honestly.
Can you guess what character I'm thinking of based on the attached image?
Can you guess what character I'm thinking of based on the attached image?
August 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Not the worst name I've heard, honestly.
Can you guess what character I'm thinking of based on the attached image?
Can you guess what character I'm thinking of based on the attached image?
At 50000 units I get 8 fps.
It also looks like this:
It also looks like this:
August 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
At 50000 units I get 8 fps.
It also looks like this:
It also looks like this: