Michael Walter Van Der Velden
@mikevdv.dev
Find out more about me at mikevdv.dev
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Staff Software Engineer
Posts are 100% my own, in no way represent my employer and as such the value may vary wildly...
#rustlang #backend #dev #webdev #gamedev
Twitch affiliate over at twitch.tv/mikevdev
Staff Software Engineer
Posts are 100% my own, in no way represent my employer and as such the value may vary wildly...
#rustlang #backend #dev #webdev #gamedev
While I typically hate trash TV, my guilty pleasure is crappy police consultant procedurals.
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
While I typically hate trash TV, my guilty pleasure is crappy police consultant procedurals.
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
However, as someone who works in tech, whenever the - somehow compulsory - topical tech episode comes up I immediately glaze over...
Added the ability to check any player's stats on the in progress website.
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Added the ability to check any player's stats on the in progress website.
Today is my first day back at work after the wedding. That means I won't be doing any game dev probably until Monday evening.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Today is my first day back at work after the wedding. That means I won't be doing any game dev probably until Monday evening.
Getting married tomorrow. Ain't that an interesting turn of events. Only 2 years of planning with my best friend and love of my life to get to this point.
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Getting married tomorrow. Ain't that an interesting turn of events. Only 2 years of planning with my best friend and love of my life to get to this point.
Really think that designing the website for 4/3 is a great idea for my retro online rpg.
First time doing a website exclusively using rust too so that's been interesting.
Yes I'm getting married on saturday, im staying calm.
#mirrorstone #rpg #mmo #mmorpg #gamedev #indiedev #rust #rustlang
First time doing a website exclusively using rust too so that's been interesting.
Yes I'm getting married on saturday, im staying calm.
#mirrorstone #rpg #mmo #mmorpg #gamedev #indiedev #rust #rustlang
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Decided I'm going to use Dioxus for the mirrorstone site so i can have it share some code with the game for stuff like avatar rendering and authentication.
dioxuslabs.com
dioxuslabs.com
Dioxus | Fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust
A fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust. Supports Web, Desktop, SSR, Liveview, and Mobile.
dioxuslabs.com
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Decided I'm going to use Dioxus for the mirrorstone site so i can have it share some code with the game for stuff like avatar rendering and authentication.
dioxuslabs.com
dioxuslabs.com
Using public transport for school trips should be considered a war crime. What do you mean there's 30 kids on a train carriage on a peak time train...
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Using public transport for school trips should be considered a war crime. What do you mean there's 30 kids on a train carriage on a peak time train...
And that's it. I'm off work for my wedding next week 👋🏻
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And that's it. I'm off work for my wedding next week 👋🏻
I feel like a kid who's counting down to their birthday 🎈
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I feel like a kid who's counting down to their birthday 🎈
It's so close. Only 13 more days till I marry the most incredible person ❤️
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's so close. Only 13 more days till I marry the most incredible person ❤️
Exactly 2 weeks till I get married ❤️🥹
October 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exactly 2 weeks till I get married ❤️🥹
We fucking warned you. Every person involved with technology even remotely called this a mile off...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
Hack of age verification firm may have exposed 70,000 Discord users’ ID photos
Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been taken
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We fucking warned you. Every person involved with technology even remotely called this a mile off...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
I think one of my biggest frustrations on mirrorstone is knowing my own limitations when it comes to pixel art.
I work at improving my skills but there's only so much time in a day and I put most of my skill points in programming 😂
I work at improving my skills but there's only so much time in a day and I put most of my skill points in programming 😂
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I think one of my biggest frustrations on mirrorstone is knowing my own limitations when it comes to pixel art.
I work at improving my skills but there's only so much time in a day and I put most of my skill points in programming 😂
I work at improving my skills but there's only so much time in a day and I put most of my skill points in programming 😂
Stringable Bows. #mirrorstone #rust #rpg #mmo #mmorpg #rustlang #bevy #bevyengine #pixelart #isometric #indiedev #gamedev #crafting
October 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Stringable Bows. #mirrorstone #rust #rpg #mmo #mmorpg #rustlang #bevy #bevyengine #pixelart #isometric #indiedev #gamedev #crafting
Doing a little experiment to have intro logos. Honestly not sure how I feel about it tbh...
October 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Doing a little experiment to have intro logos. Honestly not sure how I feel about it tbh...
It's fucking happening already. Of all the moronic outcomes of the Online Safety Act. The fact there's now obvious targets of you want to gain unauthorised access to a large number of government IDs...
Eurogamer.net share.google/rx8yo4CqRgOh...
Eurogamer.net share.google/rx8yo4CqRgOh...
Eurogamer.net
Your trusted source for video game news, reviews and guides, since 1999.
Eurogamer.net
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It's fucking happening already. Of all the moronic outcomes of the Online Safety Act. The fact there's now obvious targets of you want to gain unauthorised access to a large number of government IDs...
Eurogamer.net share.google/rx8yo4CqRgOh...
Eurogamer.net share.google/rx8yo4CqRgOh...
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm wondering if I should just say fuck it and pay the steam licence fee for mirrorstone so I can start getting wishlists
October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm wondering if I should just say fuck it and pay the steam licence fee for mirrorstone so I can start getting wishlists
Alongside some pretty heavy reworks to the scripting engine, Items can now be combined using the MVP of the crafting system. See the example below of me combining to half loafs of bread into a full loaf.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #mirrorstone #bevyengine #rustlang #lua #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #mirrorstone #bevyengine #rustlang #lua #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
October 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Alongside some pretty heavy reworks to the scripting engine, Items can now be combined using the MVP of the crafting system. See the example below of me combining to half loafs of bread into a full loaf.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #mirrorstone #bevyengine #rustlang #lua #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #mirrorstone #bevyengine #rustlang #lua #mmo #rpg #mmorpg
Started buying soap for the house from Bed Bath & Beyond. I don't know what the Americans are putting in this shit but it smells so fucking good.
September 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Started buying soap for the house from Bed Bath & Beyond. I don't know what the Americans are putting in this shit but it smells so fucking good.
My fiancée just described the taste of "sweet" as "like soft salt" and I don't know how to respond to this...
September 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My fiancée just described the taste of "sweet" as "like soft salt" and I don't know how to respond to this...
Last weekend was my stag do, and I had the pleasure of seeing the statue of the goodest boy.
September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Last weekend was my stag do, and I had the pleasure of seeing the statue of the goodest boy.
2 different Ubers with only the last letter different. We got in the wrong one, got out and then witnessed the guy who's taxi we just got out of confidently walk over to ours and get into it and then out again 15 seconds later.
Glad we're not the only idiots 😂
Glad we're not the only idiots 😂
August 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
2 different Ubers with only the last letter different. We got in the wrong one, got out and then witnessed the guy who's taxi we just got out of confidently walk over to ours and get into it and then out again 15 seconds later.
Glad we're not the only idiots 😂
Glad we're not the only idiots 😂