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Alex from LWS Studio
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solo indie game dev, etc, etc.

https://blog.longwintershadows.com
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Turns out, austerity means we can’t have nice things
You can like or dislike fireworks, enjoy the post-show exodus from downtown or abhor the crowds, but the Celebration of Light is probably the biggest event that celebrates Vancouver's Vancouverness.

Traditions die, but this one hits bigger than most.
Vancouver's Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely | CBC News
Organizers of a public fireworks festival, which has brought millions of people to Vancouver's English Bay over the past three decades, says it can’t go ahead without long-term government and private-...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Last day to add your voice to the most opposed city budget in Vancouver history!

ABC's slash-and-burn budget harms the whole city, including:

-the Equity Office
-Climate and Sustainability Department
-Britannia Community Centre
-Vancouver Public Library
-Parks Board.

All to help the filthy rich.
It's our last chance to stop Ken Sim's plan to slash city services to give a hand-out to the super-rich.

Send a letter to City Council to join your neighbours in fighting back:
votecope.ca/stopsim
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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this is such a depressing read. studios are happy to exploit the labour and creativity of women & queer people & poc but then turn around and sacrifice them to a baying mob of bad actors who they believe are their core audience. did we learn no lessons from gamergate?
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The new ONP (Tranquilizer) is so good, it’s so emotional and magical, man. Probably among my favourite albums this year, along with Bicep’s latest. We’ve been eating really good lately ngl
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:

- Right-click
- Unpin

Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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F1 is pain
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Brush Burial: Gutter World is OUT NOW.
it's a lite immersive sim with tightly interconnected levels, a melee combat system based on positioning and counterattacks, and almost a hundred cosmetics to unlock.
you can get it on Steam, and play the demo there as well.
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've been cooking something...
#godot #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #fps
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Testing
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Another layer to this joke is that all games in the picture also have pretty average turn based combat by the genre standards, not the best
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Gonna be careful with the visibility
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Demonschool is OUT NOW!

It's time to dive into a critically-acclaimed new-style tactics RPG, where motion equals action!

Available on PC, Mac, Linux, Steam Deck (Verified), Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox!

store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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It was great to have @clayjohn.bsky.social today on the stream! If you are interested in knowing more about rendering in Godot, he answer to many questions in this Q&A
Rendering Q&A with Clayjohn – Godot Tomorrow #11
YouTube video by Godot Engine
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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this is what video games should be about
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚

store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I just realized that Birdcage releases tomorrow… Hell yeah
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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❌ A/I can’t replace real skills
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy

✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis

🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Forever Winter
Mask Man
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Reminder: Ken Sim’s budget will make food trucks more expensive.

Or with a 25x increase in permit fees, put your favourite one out of business.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Post the last four games you played.
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Okay, I kinda really disrespect eurogamer for this. They lowered arc’s score for using AI (justified), but then they didn’t even mention fugly AI assets(and there’s a ton of them) in their review of yearly dumbass COD-slop? Zero integrity
A shift away from single-player leaves Call of Duty with its most lopsided and homogenous entry in decades, though what it does offer is consistently good fun when accepted on its own terms.

Our Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review:

www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty...
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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some quick colourways I did for fun taking a break from actual detailing/refining. It's a weird one cause I want to hit at some hard surface functionality while still making it feels like an abstract/grown thing
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME BLUESKY
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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The Dominus Book Sale 📚
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM