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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 14d

My boys and I had a blast playing the Kex port split screen!

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 19d

You probably shouldn’t dig stra.. aaaah!

Love seeing the progress on this project.

Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 19d

ladies, gents, and all those with genders bent

i have created: The Sun

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 21d

What I find beautiful about old technology are the places where it begins to come apart at the seams. Wobbly triangles on the PlayStation, tracking lines on a VCR.

That sweet spot where ambition and constraint begin to have friction.

Ori-Warui @oleivarrudi.bsky.social · 21d

Not gonna lie, as someone who grew up in the snes/mega drive era every time we develop a new custom engine tool my first tought after figuring out how to control what it's meant too do, is 'good. Now let's see if we can abuse it in memorable ways'

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 22d

I don’t know, you could chuck up a small whisk in that baby and really scramble some eggs.

Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 22d

Is this position on-site or remote? I happen to be a senior technical artist looking for my next thing.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 24d

Living your best life I see.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 25d

I too am jealous of people who feel “energized” or “good” when they wake up.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 27d

Oooh. Is that a midi controller with custom key caps? Or what am I spying?

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · 29d

You ever get totally decimated by your child completely by accident?

“Hey Dad. Do you remember when you were a kid? You know, back in the 1900s?”

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Sep 6

If you’re an indie dev mutual of mine and I haven’t followed you back it’s not because you aren’t amazing. It’s because I’m _very_ bad at social media.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Sep 3

Happy to report the Spire has been Slain

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you ask me to fix up vibe coded software, my rate just doubled.

angela yang @angelayang.bsky.social · Sep 2

The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy

In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.

www.nbcnews.com

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yesterday, along with half of the entire company at Rec Room, I was laid off. While having a stable job in the games industry for seven year is rare, it is also bittersweet.

I think the thing that I will miss most is working with so many talented artists and helping them shine.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 25

The first home computer I remember was my Dad’s Kaypro II. I was way too young to use it myself, but I fondly remember the green glow of the screen.

Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 22

Maybe not the first game that comes to mind, but I appreciate the deep cut Wikipedia.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 20

My heart says yes! But I’d need to find folks to work with.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 20

In my 20s I’d attempt to do it all myself, but I’m not that person anymore. Sadly I’ve been out of the indie dev scene since Covid and haven’t gotten back into the community.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 20

I’ve so badly wanted to do one of these! I’ve purpose built my custom game engine for stuff like this.

Is this the year?

Polyducks @polyducks.co.uk · Aug 20

GBJam 13 is starting next month! Get your coding keyboards and your pixel pushing fingers ready for September the 12th!

itch.io/jam/gbjam-13

#GBJam #gamejam #gbstudio

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 18

Holy moly! @dan5sch.bsky.social has been COOKING

Daniel Schroeder @dan5sch.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here's an update on my small-voxel renderer, inspired by the look of games like Doom and Quake. The work I shared last year focused on handling simpler environment geometry. Since then, I've greatly expanded the scope of what I can depict in this art style. More info in thread.

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Reposted by Joshua Skelton

Daniel Schroeder @dan5sch.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here's an update on my small-voxel renderer, inspired by the look of games like Doom and Quake. The work I shared last year focused on handling simpler environment geometry. Since then, I've greatly expanded the scope of what I can depict in this art style. More info in thread.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 18

It turned out to be a one line fix (as these things often do). But my biggest struggle is that none of my Google searches surfaced this fix.

I somehow stumbled across ericwa's PR into SDL about this issue and just figured I'd ask them directly.

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 18

The blurry pixel issue has been fixed!* Thanks to the infamous ericwa for pointing me in the right direction.

*Only on Windows. 😭

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 18

Weird. Pasting images int Bluesky shows the preview correctly, but they show up black in the actual post?

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Joshua Skelton @joshuaskelly.bsky.social · Aug 17

LIMDE

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