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DcTurner
@dcturner.bsky.social
Award-winning animation director,
Solo Game Dev

15+ yrs exp:
> game / software development
> 2D animation (traditional and motion graphics)
> illustration
> music composition + guitar
> sound design

www.dcturner.co.uk

NO AI
NO CRYPTO
❤️ the best
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Found this Roy Batty comment on a video of a man spinning a bucket full of paint across a huge canvas.

I feel old.
Mythically old.

I remember when the "Old computers" were new.

[explodes into dust]
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
DEV:LOG
Work continues on my first solo game.

I have spent a long time setting up a beautiful development environment which allows me to work like musician: The game is always running and my code changes appear instantly.

Here is me tweaking the bullet / particle system.

( #gamedev | #love2D )
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Music experiment: "THE CONVERSATION"

1) Listen to internet radio from another country
2) Sample some dialogue that you don't understand
3) Chop it up rhythmically
4) Add some supporting instruments

NOTE: I don't know what these two men are talking about, it sounded benign. Apologies if it's not.
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Bubbles ?
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"Set creativity to FIVE"
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Especially THIS video, explaining how the concept is often nested (lots of micro Kishotenketsu to make one MACRO Kishotenketsu)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfi0...

I haven't tried it yet, but it seems like a great foundation to build from.
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Realising what Oscar Isaac's Frankenstein accent reminds me of:
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Non-programmers proclaiming AI can replace programmers.
Non-artists proclaiming AI can replace artists.

Ironically, the one job AI CAN take right now is "Overconfident purveyor of nonsense"
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#SHMUP development - the fun parts:

Designing the sound for the rapid fire miniguns on the player's ship:

The modulation tools in #Bitwig are perfect for this type of sound design exploration. Hook an XY joystick up to a few properties and play the game in your head.
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I was just reading this promo blog from yet-another AI games tech company - this blind assumption that simulation > caricature.

They have the nerve to critique Elden Ring's "static animations", as if clear state isn't vital to action games 🤷‍♂️

www.latent-technology.com/post/next-ge...
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Oh it gets worse!
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Every day on LinkedIn is a new glimpse into a new circle of hell.

I can see how this technology could be useful to make subtle changes and fix production errors, but using Fritz Lang's Metropolis as an example is just tone-deaf.

What's next - use AI to look behind the curtain in the Wizard Of Oz?
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
How do you make a Gremlins movie without

- Joe Dante
- Christopher Lee
- Hulk Hogan

I bet they won't even have a Vegetable Gremlin.

This guy is spinning in his neon grave.
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Saw Frankenstein. Thought I had the whole place to myself, but it filled up during the trailers 😠

Worth seeing on the big screen. A solid retelling of a timeless story.
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Wholesome career ad spotted on Reddit:
“Want a career based on real connection? You sound like a prison officer”

I suppose that’s more aspirational than
“Screw —> You?”
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Remembering this foul Sony advertising software patent:
"Say McDonald's to end commercial"

This is all of us now. Living out our days in the bleak wilderness of the global brandscape.
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My first proper game dev experience was the Puss In Boots Kinect game.

That was a wild time for hardware promises...
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"... nominally a bookshop, but it appears to be run by people who have a deep-seated suspicion of books"
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
sidenote - I thought Derek Acorah was dead?
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“The hard men of Gondor”
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
NOTION tip:
How to make an "Emergent Eisenhower Matrix" to filter your project tasks:

Step 1)
. In your task database, add two properties:
. URGENT? ✅ / ❎
. IMPORTANT? ✅ / ❎

Step 2)
. Make a "Board" view
. Group by "Urgent"
. Sub-Group by "Important"
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
gritty 🤌
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Making bullets / projectiles for my #SHMUP side-project.

Using a 21st century software arsenal to make crunchy 32bit-era pixel art is FUN.

(development blog coming soon)
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Delightfully subtle typo amidst all the absurd pant-shitting nonsense.
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM