The Murmuring
@themurmuring.bsky.social
Solo indie game developer, using Godot 4 and C#. I like birds, especially corvids.
If you're still running COBOL, that's what we in the business call "technical debt." And you've been paying interest on it for 30 years.
“It’s our systems. We have 35 and 40-year-old systems that run COBOL,” MDHS Chief Communications Officer Mark Jones said, explaining the delay in releasing full SNAP benefits.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you're still running COBOL, that's what we in the business call "technical debt." And you've been paying interest on it for 30 years.
If you avoid getting glasses because you don't want to look like a nerd, guess what? You look like an idiot squinting at everything all the time. Just get some damn glasses, my vain guy. If you can't afford glasses, well, make sure you vote appropriately.
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If you avoid getting glasses because you don't want to look like a nerd, guess what? You look like an idiot squinting at everything all the time. Just get some damn glasses, my vain guy. If you can't afford glasses, well, make sure you vote appropriately.
If you can't read and understand the #code you're vibing, you're like a toddler with nitroglycerin. Don't be surprised when it blows up in your face.
a young boy is sitting in a chair with his mouth open .
ALT: a young boy is sitting in a chair with his mouth open .
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November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you can't read and understand the #code you're vibing, you're like a toddler with nitroglycerin. Don't be surprised when it blows up in your face.
Karl's Bittner's talk about rendering large scale vegetation performantly was very interesting. I look forward to watching more of these. #Godot #GodotFest
Finally all(?) GodotFest talks are on Youtube, now with fresh video thumbnails to tell them apart 🍿
www.youtube.com/@GodotFest
www.youtube.com/@GodotFest
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Karl's Bittner's talk about rendering large scale vegetation performantly was very interesting. I look forward to watching more of these. #Godot #GodotFest
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Me adding more containers to build my #GodotEngine UIs:
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Me adding more containers to build my #GodotEngine UIs:
What are some ways we can teach people through #gamedev how not to be bigots, how not to be prejudiced? So much of the world is sick in the head, it makes me sad and angry. Sangry.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What are some ways we can teach people through #gamedev how not to be bigots, how not to be prejudiced? So much of the world is sick in the head, it makes me sad and angry. Sangry.
Oh yeah, this noise is looking pretty good. The water isn't completely realistic when looking at the whole map, because it doesn't flow, but each region looks pretty organic in context. I may have to bevel the banks for the mesh to look more natural; we'll see. #Godot #gamedev
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@lordkemp.bsky.social *Points at your avatar*
a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
ALT: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
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November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@lordkemp.bsky.social *Points at your avatar*
Back on my stuff again. New #Godot project, going to be a top-down strategy/base-builder sim similar to Going Medieval. I get about 1200 fps uncapped for 512x512x16 bloxels (16x16x1 = 256 chunks), but it's very early days. Deets on screen. No greedy meshing yet. #GodotEngine #GameDev #indiedev
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Back on my stuff again. New #Godot project, going to be a top-down strategy/base-builder sim similar to Going Medieval. I get about 1200 fps uncapped for 512x512x16 bloxels (16x16x1 = 256 chunks), but it's very early days. Deets on screen. No greedy meshing yet. #GodotEngine #GameDev #indiedev
Vsync isn't busted in #Godot 4.5.1 is it? I can't seem to disable it. Turned it off in Project and Editor settings, and set Max Fps to 0 as well. Have also disabled via code and made sure it's not forced on in Nvidia control panel. No joy, still stuck at 60fps on a 144hz monitor. #GodotEngine
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Vsync isn't busted in #Godot 4.5.1 is it? I can't seem to disable it. Turned it off in Project and Editor settings, and set Max Fps to 0 as well. Have also disabled via code and made sure it's not forced on in Nvidia control panel. No joy, still stuck at 60fps on a 144hz monitor. #GodotEngine
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Good news! Even if you couldn’t make it to #GodotFest this year, all the recorded talks are now gradually being uploaded to our YouTube channel.
If you’d like to support the speakers (and us!) in reaching a wider audience, a like and sub would be awesome!
youtube.com/@GodotFest
If you’d like to support the speakers (and us!) in reaching a wider audience, a like and sub would be awesome!
youtube.com/@GodotFest
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Good news! Even if you couldn’t make it to #GodotFest this year, all the recorded talks are now gradually being uploaded to our YouTube channel.
If you’d like to support the speakers (and us!) in reaching a wider audience, a like and sub would be awesome!
youtube.com/@GodotFest
If you’d like to support the speakers (and us!) in reaching a wider audience, a like and sub would be awesome!
youtube.com/@GodotFest
Most of what we experience of pain is the memory of it. It's a survival mechanism to encourage us to do our best to avoid pain in the future. The memory of pleasure fades quickly; not only that, but we need more and more pleasure to re-experience similar heights. It's TANJ unfair.
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Most of what we experience of pain is the memory of it. It's a survival mechanism to encourage us to do our best to avoid pain in the future. The memory of pleasure fades quickly; not only that, but we need more and more pleasure to re-experience similar heights. It's TANJ unfair.
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Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams
Most puzzles break down into three categories: math, letter substitution, and Tower of Hanoi.
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Most puzzles break down into three categories: math, letter substitution, and Tower of Hanoi.
I tried #FarthestFrontier and was immediately turned off. I've tried a number of games like it & one thing I really dislike is when they throw a lot of new concepts at you with a very busy user interface. It's overwhelming. I immediately have to consider every variable? No thanks, this is not fun.
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I tried #FarthestFrontier and was immediately turned off. I've tried a number of games like it & one thing I really dislike is when they throw a lot of new concepts at you with a very busy user interface. It's overwhelming. I immediately have to consider every variable? No thanks, this is not fun.
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Hai o/ I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone a bit more and actually promote and post the art I make. So here it is :D Free for the month of October, a 42x62 pixel art playing card asset pack!
#pixelart #gamedev #itchio
💜 ellzebee.itch.io/pixel-art-pl... 💜
#pixelart #gamedev #itchio
💜 ellzebee.itch.io/pixel-art-pl... 💜
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hai o/ I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone a bit more and actually promote and post the art I make. So here it is :D Free for the month of October, a 42x62 pixel art playing card asset pack!
#pixelart #gamedev #itchio
💜 ellzebee.itch.io/pixel-art-pl... 💜
#pixelart #gamedev #itchio
💜 ellzebee.itch.io/pixel-art-pl... 💜
Yikes, $45 shipped to the US for the #GodotEngine plushie. That's a bit pricey.
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Yikes, $45 shipped to the US for the #GodotEngine plushie. That's a bit pricey.
I feel like such a pancake sometimes. I've had problems with my PC since I reinstalled, so I asked an AI, with a very detailed question. And it helped me fix it.
I've been using computers since the 80s and I would consider myself very skilled with them. And yet. #confession
I've been using computers since the 80s and I would consider myself very skilled with them. And yet. #confession
October 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I feel like such a pancake sometimes. I've had problems with my PC since I reinstalled, so I asked an AI, with a very detailed question. And it helped me fix it.
I've been using computers since the 80s and I would consider myself very skilled with them. And yet. #confession
I've been using computers since the 80s and I would consider myself very skilled with them. And yet. #confession
I love #TheGreatNorth. It's such a wholesome, sweet show.
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I love #TheGreatNorth. It's such a wholesome, sweet show.
"How can we make Unity worse than ever?"
Unity forms AI Council to 'accelerate AI product Innovation'
Unity forms AI Council to 'accelerate AI product Innovation'
The first two members of the council are LiveX co-founder Jia Li and modl.ai co-founder Julian Togelius.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"How can we make Unity worse than ever?"
I really wanted to like Cronos; the story seemed interesting, but I don't find that gameplay fun. Squinting to see even when gamma is high gives me a headache. Combine that with shuffling slowly through clunky paths even while sprinting and beating on bullet-sponge enemies. Tedious. Uninstalled.
September 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I really wanted to like Cronos; the story seemed interesting, but I don't find that gameplay fun. Squinting to see even when gamma is high gives me a headache. Combine that with shuffling slowly through clunky paths even while sprinting and beating on bullet-sponge enemies. Tedious. Uninstalled.
So much is broken about #Windows 10, still. Yeah I know, I should use 11, right? The one where they keep taking more and more settings away from user control, and keep trying to shove more ads in it, and force you to run AI, and keep screenshots of everything you do without asking you? That one?
September 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So much is broken about #Windows 10, still. Yeah I know, I should use 11, right? The one where they keep taking more and more settings away from user control, and keep trying to shove more ads in it, and force you to run AI, and keep screenshots of everything you do without asking you? That one?