Sean Flannigan
@radnom.bsky.social
Game developer (programmer, designer, etc.) most recently worked on The Plucky Squire.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 09,1946
November 09,1946
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 09,1946
November 09,1946
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I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
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Do smaller indies/devs still prefer to work in a fixed framerate? It used to be prevalent in my circles. I felt like not many were working with delta timing, which I guess makes more sense if you're actually working at a pixel resolution for the codebase as well
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Do smaller indies/devs still prefer to work in a fixed framerate? It used to be prevalent in my circles. I felt like not many were working with delta timing, which I guess makes more sense if you're actually working at a pixel resolution for the codebase as well
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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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This will only be bad. I was confused by nonsense text in a Weird Al video and didn’t even realize it could be non-intentional and just upscaling.
The YouTube version of Weird Al’s UHF video has a business name obscured with some distracting (artificial?) digital effect. I pulled out my rip of the video from DVD and you can barely make it out—Thomas somebody? Somebody with lawyers, I guess.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This will only be bad. I was confused by nonsense text in a Weird Al video and didn’t even realize it could be non-intentional and just upscaling.
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hi, looking for game programming or related work. primarily experienced in unity dev and c++. been looking for work for two years now even outside games/tech and won’t have a place to stay soon. i’m in los angeles / US
my portfolio eslee.dev/portfolio/ | [email protected]
my portfolio eslee.dev/portfolio/ | [email protected]
Eslee / Portfolio
eslee.dev
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
hi, looking for game programming or related work. primarily experienced in unity dev and c++. been looking for work for two years now even outside games/tech and won’t have a place to stay soon. i’m in los angeles / US
my portfolio eslee.dev/portfolio/ | [email protected]
my portfolio eslee.dev/portfolio/ | [email protected]
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Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.
Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”
The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.
comicbookclublive.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.
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many gamers have this inexplicable urge to yell at people who go against the consensus. i don't need to hear anyone tell me why super metroid is good, i know that already. i want someone to tell me why balan wonderworld is good. bring a little something to the conversation.
September 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
many gamers have this inexplicable urge to yell at people who go against the consensus. i don't need to hear anyone tell me why super metroid is good, i know that already. i want someone to tell me why balan wonderworld is good. bring a little something to the conversation.
A game 'respecting the player's time' has no bearing on objective quality, it's all personal preference.
September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A game 'respecting the player's time' has no bearing on objective quality, it's all personal preference.
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This is genuinely what a Labour government thinks terrorism looks like in the UK right now and I'm losing my god damn mind
September 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is genuinely what a Labour government thinks terrorism looks like in the UK right now and I'm losing my god damn mind
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Happy Birthday Heathcliff!
September 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Happy Birthday Heathcliff!
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
August 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
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i thought we cared about kids. so maybe we make sure they don't get sick all the time, and their parents don't get sick from them all the time
and we know air filters work and we know uv-c above drop-ceilings work. hell, even fucking ceiling mounted fans work! but instead we're not doing anything
and we know air filters work and we know uv-c above drop-ceilings work. hell, even fucking ceiling mounted fans work! but instead we're not doing anything
August 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i thought we cared about kids. so maybe we make sure they don't get sick all the time, and their parents don't get sick from them all the time
and we know air filters work and we know uv-c above drop-ceilings work. hell, even fucking ceiling mounted fans work! but instead we're not doing anything
and we know air filters work and we know uv-c above drop-ceilings work. hell, even fucking ceiling mounted fans work! but instead we're not doing anything
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This is in the replies and it demonstrates a real issue which is if you find profundity from an AI, you’re responding to something profound a human being wrote that was vacuumed up and what ends up happening is you thank AI and not only don’t thank the person, you have no idea they were involved
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is in the replies and it demonstrates a real issue which is if you find profundity from an AI, you’re responding to something profound a human being wrote that was vacuumed up and what ends up happening is you thank AI and not only don’t thank the person, you have no idea they were involved
Dinosaur Regular
i am done slightly diminishing bands. we must increase bands. the mountain range goats
August 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Dinosaur Regular
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Due to a bizarre code interdepency in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario can gain permanent aggression to durians. While normally, he can handle them gently, if Mario enters a sewer and jumps once, he will become incapable of kicking them with anything except full force.
August 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Due to a bizarre code interdepency in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario can gain permanent aggression to durians. While normally, he can handle them gently, if Mario enters a sewer and jumps once, he will become incapable of kicking them with anything except full force.
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I've been broadly skeptical BF6 for various reasons but apparently it's shipping with a bespoke version of Godot as a user map editor?
That's like, genuinely sick as hell.
That's like, genuinely sick as hell.
July 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've been broadly skeptical BF6 for various reasons but apparently it's shipping with a bespoke version of Godot as a user map editor?
That's like, genuinely sick as hell.
That's like, genuinely sick as hell.
I definitely recommend giving characters descriptive filenames like "TutorialLady" or "MainVillain" right off the bat to avoid this inevitability 😆 Worst is when you onboard someone new and have to explain "Filenames before April use Francis, after then it's Didier - good luck"
July 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I definitely recommend giving characters descriptive filenames like "TutorialLady" or "MainVillain" right off the bat to avoid this inevitability 😆 Worst is when you onboard someone new and have to explain "Filenames before April use Francis, after then it's Didier - good luck"
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July 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. 🧵👇🏼
#gamedev #godotengine
#gamedev #godotengine
July 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
in-depth thread: optimizing GDScript performance from ~83ms to ~9ms in a scene our tower defense game Rift Riff, made in Godot, with 1000 enemies. 🧵👇🏼
#gamedev #godotengine
#gamedev #godotengine
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Oh, another Toy Story related one: The PC port was a slapdash effort done by one programmer who was only given the SNES version graphics. No source code. He had to eyeball everything else and replicate by hand.
Here's his account on the experience.
Here's his account on the experience.
July 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Oh, another Toy Story related one: The PC port was a slapdash effort done by one programmer who was only given the SNES version graphics. No source code. He had to eyeball everything else and replicate by hand.
Here's his account on the experience.
Here's his account on the experience.
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The games business is about games. If you’re in the games business, and somehow (as often happens) your company somehow is now focused on something else (AI, XR, “IP,” acquisitions, etc.) you’re in for a period of struggle. Everyone will wonder what’s wrong. But you know. It’s about games. Gameplay.
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The games business is about games. If you’re in the games business, and somehow (as often happens) your company somehow is now focused on something else (AI, XR, “IP,” acquisitions, etc.) you’re in for a period of struggle. Everyone will wonder what’s wrong. But you know. It’s about games. Gameplay.
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Worms is part of a genre of “artillery” computer games that we thought went back to the 70s, until we discovered it actually went back to the 60s. In this thread, Kevin Bunch reveals he’s unearthed long forgotten footage of the lost game that started it all.
July 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Worms is part of a genre of “artillery” computer games that we thought went back to the 70s, until we discovered it actually went back to the 60s. In this thread, Kevin Bunch reveals he’s unearthed long forgotten footage of the lost game that started it all.
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⚔️ Introducing The Challenge Update! ⚔️
A huge free update that transforms your Plucky Squire experience with:
💥 Challenge Mode
💪 Iron Squire Mode
😈 New enemies & variants
🎯 Minigame updates
Think it was too easy? This update might just change your mind...
A huge free update that transforms your Plucky Squire experience with:
💥 Challenge Mode
💪 Iron Squire Mode
😈 New enemies & variants
🎯 Minigame updates
Think it was too easy? This update might just change your mind...
June 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
⚔️ Introducing The Challenge Update! ⚔️
A huge free update that transforms your Plucky Squire experience with:
💥 Challenge Mode
💪 Iron Squire Mode
😈 New enemies & variants
🎯 Minigame updates
Think it was too easy? This update might just change your mind...
A huge free update that transforms your Plucky Squire experience with:
💥 Challenge Mode
💪 Iron Squire Mode
😈 New enemies & variants
🎯 Minigame updates
Think it was too easy? This update might just change your mind...