ravyn
@ravyn.ca
pronounced like the bird. |
she/her. |
cs msc student @ ualberta. |
creator of hodan rivals of aether. |
indie game dev, modder, & tabletop designer. |
❤️ @solaberry.bsky.social
she/her. |
cs msc student @ ualberta. |
creator of hodan rivals of aether. |
indie game dev, modder, & tabletop designer. |
❤️ @solaberry.bsky.social
shoutout alberta
La Reina, The Crowd Magnet, returns to the ring on 1/6/26! Check out her reveal trailer here if you missed it live during the 2026 Evo Announcement Show 👀 🐜
La Reina: The Crowd Magnet | Official Character Trailer - Rivals of Aether II
La Reina joins the roster in our 5th free character update for Rivals II on January 6th 2026! See the first look here in her official reveal trailer #rivalsofaether #rivalsofaetherii #rivals2 …
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December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
shoutout alberta
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La Reina, The Crowd Magnet, returns to the ring on 1/6/26! Check out her reveal trailer here if you missed it live during the 2026 Evo Announcement Show 👀 🐜
La Reina: The Crowd Magnet | Official Character Trailer - Rivals of Aether II
La Reina joins the roster in our 5th free character update for Rivals II on January 6th 2026! See the first look here in her official reveal trailer #rivalsofaether #rivalsofaetherii #rivals2 …
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December 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
La Reina, The Crowd Magnet, returns to the ring on 1/6/26! Check out her reveal trailer here if you missed it live during the 2026 Evo Announcement Show 👀 🐜
im playing replanted (admittedly with this texture pack: gamebanana.com/mods/635468) and ... huh??? how??
why is there a pvz2 cabbage on my roof??? how did that even happen???
why is there a pvz2 cabbage on my roof??? how did that even happen???
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
im playing replanted (admittedly with this texture pack: gamebanana.com/mods/635468) and ... huh??? how??
why is there a pvz2 cabbage on my roof??? how did that even happen???
why is there a pvz2 cabbage on my roof??? how did that even happen???
last year, i remember thinking "yeah, things are different from last year when not that many people used genai, and now its commonplace"
these days if i see someone on a laptop its like a 40% chance chatgpt is open
next year am i gonna be like 'dammmn nobody used genai in 2025' yet again
these days if i see someone on a laptop its like a 40% chance chatgpt is open
next year am i gonna be like 'dammmn nobody used genai in 2025' yet again
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
last year, i remember thinking "yeah, things are different from last year when not that many people used genai, and now its commonplace"
these days if i see someone on a laptop its like a 40% chance chatgpt is open
next year am i gonna be like 'dammmn nobody used genai in 2025' yet again
these days if i see someone on a laptop its like a 40% chance chatgpt is open
next year am i gonna be like 'dammmn nobody used genai in 2025' yet again
finally settled in back at home after aiide
i've deleted and rewrote my thoughts on aiide probably a hundred times at this point
aiide was a life-changing experience for me. i'm positive that, as i begin my journey into academia, this conference will remain a formative memory forever.
i've deleted and rewrote my thoughts on aiide probably a hundred times at this point
aiide was a life-changing experience for me. i'm positive that, as i begin my journey into academia, this conference will remain a formative memory forever.
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
finally settled in back at home after aiide
i've deleted and rewrote my thoughts on aiide probably a hundred times at this point
aiide was a life-changing experience for me. i'm positive that, as i begin my journey into academia, this conference will remain a formative memory forever.
i've deleted and rewrote my thoughts on aiide probably a hundred times at this point
aiide was a life-changing experience for me. i'm positive that, as i begin my journey into academia, this conference will remain a formative memory forever.
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New Paper: Game Design is Generative Design. Designing a procedural generator and designing a game share a lot of skills, problems and philosophies, even if we think of them as distinct. I try to connect them here, for good!
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New Paper: Game Design is Generative Design. Designing a procedural generator and designing a game share a lot of skills, problems and philosophies, even if we think of them as distinct. I try to connect them here, for good!
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
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New Paper: Pixie: Code-Level Mechanic Generation for Game Designers. How do you connect automatic game design to real games? Pixie is a mechanic generation system for Unity games, as an example framework for how to build AGD systems into real game platforms.
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New Paper: Pixie: Code-Level Mechanic Generation for Game Designers. How do you connect automatic game design to real games? Pixie is a mechanic generation system for Unity games, as an example framework for how to build AGD systems into real game platforms.
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Read here: ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
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I'm back with the last day of AIIDE 2025 live posting!
We're back to live (almost, because I was so engrossed I couldn't post during the talk) with Jonathan Schaeffer's keynote on the past, present, and potential future of Game AI.
What an amazing retrospective with insight into the future! I'll be thinking about this one for a while.
What an amazing retrospective with insight into the future! I'll be thinking about this one for a while.
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm back with the last day of AIIDE 2025 live posting!
yet another day goes by and i continue to be swindled by the rl hype train
this talk was so fun, schaefer is simply an amazing amazing speaker and has so much energy and charisma to his words
this talk was so fun, schaefer is simply an amazing amazing speaker and has so much energy and charisma to his words
Absolutely delighted by this last #aiide keynote by Jonathan Schaefer. It’s about the history of computer chess but you may know him as the guy who “solved” Checkers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
yet another day goes by and i continue to be swindled by the rl hype train
this talk was so fun, schaefer is simply an amazing amazing speaker and has so much energy and charisma to his words
this talk was so fun, schaefer is simply an amazing amazing speaker and has so much energy and charisma to his words
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Absolutely delighted by this last #aiide keynote by Jonathan Schaefer. It’s about the history of computer chess but you may know him as the guy who “solved” Checkers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Absolutely delighted by this last #aiide keynote by Jonathan Schaefer. It’s about the history of computer chess but you may know him as the guy who “solved” Checkers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonatha...
one day left for aiide. looking forward to this last one! the last couple days were so sick, ill probably make a post with my feelings at the end of things
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
one day left for aiide. looking forward to this last one! the last couple days were so sick, ill probably make a post with my feelings at the end of things
wordle but for game mechanics when
Next up is a case study presented by Brooke Szajda on GameGoogle, a search engine that can be used to locate mechanics within games, such as searching for the concept of "basketball" within a game.
Very cool stuff, I wonder about the potential for designing an association game using the system!
Very cool stuff, I wonder about the potential for designing an association game using the system!
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
wordle but for game mechanics when
this talk was very good and my favourite part about it was definitely the "i spent 10 minutes finding the cohost font someone please help me with time management" comment hidden in one of the slides.
such a relatable struggle
such a relatable struggle
The first paper session of the day is on Mechanics and Design, and we're starting off with a Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social talk arguing that Game Design is Generative Design.
Thinking through the argument here was really compelling, and makes me want to read the paper right this instant!
Thinking through the argument here was really compelling, and makes me want to read the paper right this instant!
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
this talk was very good and my favourite part about it was definitely the "i spent 10 minutes finding the cohost font someone please help me with time management" comment hidden in one of the slides.
such a relatable struggle
such a relatable struggle
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Once again live posting AIIDE 2025 Day 2!
And we're back live with AIIDE 2025 day 2! We're starting off with a very exciting keynote from Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social and Nadine Perez titled 'An Algorithm is Just the Start'.
Looking forward to getting some insight into the challenges in applying academic research to industry!
Looking forward to getting some insight into the challenges in applying academic research to industry!
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Once again live posting AIIDE 2025 Day 2!
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and it's running live??????? and inference only takes a couple seconds!!!!!???? this is wild
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
and it's running live??????? and inference only takes a couple seconds!!!!!???? this is wild
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I was so so happy to give an invited talk today at EXAG, a workshop I co-founded over ten years ago! It was quite a personal talk about how research communities grow and change (and die sometimes), what generative AI means for our community today, and the value of weird, pointless research.
Starting off Day 2 of EXAG with Mike Cook's @mtrc.bsky.social amazingly titled keynote 'Being Weird at the End of the World'. Really looking forward to this talk!
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I was so so happy to give an invited talk today at EXAG, a workshop I co-founded over ten years ago! It was quite a personal talk about how research communities grow and change (and die sometimes), what generative AI means for our community today, and the value of weird, pointless research.
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Starting off Day 2 of EXAG with Mike Cook's @mtrc.bsky.social amazingly titled keynote 'Being Weird at the End of the World'. Really looking forward to this talk!
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Starting off Day 2 of EXAG with Mike Cook's @mtrc.bsky.social amazingly titled keynote 'Being Weird at the End of the World'. Really looking forward to this talk!
exag day 1 went very well. i #slayed with my new hair colour but i am realising that my profile picture no longer matches my appearance... perhap it is time for a new commission
also i loved all the presentations, and it was so hype to meet so many new peeps! im hyped for the rest of this week :3
also i loved all the presentations, and it was so hype to meet so many new peeps! im hyped for the rest of this week :3
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
exag day 1 went very well. i #slayed with my new hair colour but i am realising that my profile picture no longer matches my appearance... perhap it is time for a new commission
also i loved all the presentations, and it was so hype to meet so many new peeps! im hyped for the rest of this week :3
also i loved all the presentations, and it was so hype to meet so many new peeps! im hyped for the rest of this week :3
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We're back with an EXAG speculative game jam! We do be speculating (I am not a fan of the technologies we have been tasked with discussing, but I liked the idea of the jam!)
Our group came up with a game dev simulator type game, except you're an evil AI company
Our group came up with a game dev simulator type game, except you're an evil AI company
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We're back with an EXAG speculative game jam! We do be speculating (I am not a fan of the technologies we have been tasked with discussing, but I liked the idea of the jam!)
Our group came up with a game dev simulator type game, except you're an evil AI company
Our group came up with a game dev simulator type game, except you're an evil AI company
by the way, for any oomfies that dont know about my research work that are confused why im suddenly tweeting about ai please understand i'm referring to ai as in smash cpus (or like, level generation), not as in chatgpt.
yes. it is very confusing that they use the same term. i do not support genai.
yes. it is very confusing that they use the same term. i do not support genai.
November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
by the way, for any oomfies that dont know about my research work that are confused why im suddenly tweeting about ai please understand i'm referring to ai as in smash cpus (or like, level generation), not as in chatgpt.
yes. it is very confusing that they use the same term. i do not support genai.
yes. it is very confusing that they use the same term. i do not support genai.
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Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Edmonton this week for AIIDE! I'll be trying my hand at live tweeting the paper sessions at both the main conference and EXAG/INT, which I'll try to keep in this big reply thread (starting off tomorrow). @aiide.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Edmonton this week for AIIDE! I'll be trying my hand at live tweeting the paper sessions at both the main conference and EXAG/INT, which I'll try to keep in this big reply thread (starting off tomorrow). @aiide.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social
