dixonary
@dixonary.co.uk
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Warwick 🏳🌈 {they,he}
Interests: Functional programming; theoretical computer science; Indie games; Gamedev; TTRPGs; Doctor Who (I made whodle! 📺)
Interests: Functional programming; theoretical computer science; Indie games; Gamedev; TTRPGs; Doctor Who (I made whodle! 📺)
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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Good morning, skeeters. I’m super excited for a brand new week of hanging on by a thread.
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Good morning, skeeters. I’m super excited for a brand new week of hanging on by a thread.
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We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
You have to give Great British Railways extra credit for hitting the @xkcd.com "Standards" number right on the nose
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You have to give Great British Railways extra credit for hitting the @xkcd.com "Standards" number right on the nose
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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New article: one thing from every inkle game that we failed to explain clearly enough, and how often we've been made to regret it.
You can’t underestimate everyone
Here is a quick list of features in inkle games which we failed to tutorialise or remind players of enough. The data is empirically backed…
medium.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New article: one thing from every inkle game that we failed to explain clearly enough, and how often we've been made to regret it.
The guardian here playing on the classic Christmas phrase, "ho ho ho tat"
Ho ho … no tat! 15 sustainable Christmas gifts for young children
Ho ho … no tat! 15 sustainable Christmas gifts for young children
Looking for eco-friendly toys, games and presents for little ones that won’t break the bank? We have kits, skittles, crayons, trucks and tractors to add to your list
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The guardian here playing on the classic Christmas phrase, "ho ho ho tat"
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On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.
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Spooky Express has just launched into Halloween and it's the perfect cozy-spooky puzzler for the long nights.
Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
spooky.express
Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
spooky.express
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Spooky Express has just launched into Halloween and it's the perfect cozy-spooky puzzler for the long nights.
Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
spooky.express
Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
spooky.express
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OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE*
WHAT 😱
Mind Diver is our first game. We're a tiny team. I'm crazy proud of our work: an intimate game we dearly wanted to exist.
But we've had almost no press and few streams, so THANK YOU for the words-of-mouth 😭
*in Recent Reviews, but still, wtf🫣
#gamedev #steam #games
WHAT 😱
Mind Diver is our first game. We're a tiny team. I'm crazy proud of our work: an intimate game we dearly wanted to exist.
But we've had almost no press and few streams, so THANK YOU for the words-of-mouth 😭
*in Recent Reviews, but still, wtf🫣
#gamedev #steam #games
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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unsafePerformativeMaleIO
performative male (writes haskell)
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
unsafePerformativeMaleIO
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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[extremely bbc news reporter voice] if you think back to the ever given blocking the suez canal, this is similar to that, but on the information superhighway
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
[extremely bbc news reporter voice] if you think back to the ever given blocking the suez canal, this is similar to that, but on the information superhighway
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
Doctor: get me one CC of testosterone
Other doctor (from ancient rome): whoa dude 200 is way too much
Other doctor (from ancient rome): whoa dude 200 is way too much
October 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Doctor: get me one CC of testosterone
Other doctor (from ancient rome): whoa dude 200 is way too much
Other doctor (from ancient rome): whoa dude 200 is way too much
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It's time to get back to work. Also, we only just found the key for the door again. A new chapter begins...soon.
October 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's time to get back to work. Also, we only just found the key for the door again. A new chapter begins...soon.
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Lazy evaluation means that you won't get raptured until the very moment where Anubis needs to weigh your soul on the scale
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Lazy evaluation means that you won't get raptured until the very moment where Anubis needs to weigh your soul on the scale
A moderately competent person: *exists*
The Guardian: "Watch out, god-emperor alert"
The Guardian: "Watch out, god-emperor alert"
September 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A moderately competent person: *exists*
The Guardian: "Watch out, god-emperor alert"
The Guardian: "Watch out, god-emperor alert"
I coin "Don. T. Derangement Syndrome" (9)
September 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I coin "Don. T. Derangement Syndrome" (9)
Play combinatorial games, win (T(n-1) * n^2) prizes
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Play combinatorial games, win (T(n-1) * n^2) prizes
Starmer sabotaged the one he leaned on! (7)
September 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Starmer sabotaged the one he leaned on! (7)
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it's a common mistake but actually Dr Frankenstein was the monster
September 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
it's a common mistake but actually Dr Frankenstein was the monster