Tony Albrecht
@tonyalbrecht.bsky.social
Aussie Game Dev of 25+ years.
Principal Engineer at Riot Games.
Brews beer, plays games, lives life.
he/him
Principal Engineer at Riot Games.
Brews beer, plays games, lives life.
he/him
One of the early Aussie Game Dec conference bags. (Early 2000s)
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
One of the early Aussie Game Dec conference bags. (Early 2000s)
Getting back to my roots, doing some weekend programming..
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Getting back to my roots, doing some weekend programming..
Guess who's talking at GCAP 2025?
I'll be talking about rewriting a particle system which has been modified by dozens (100+?) of people over 15 years and is a critical part of a game that ships every 2 weeks to millions of players. Lessons learnt, problems found, solutions created.
It's a journey.
I'll be talking about rewriting a particle system which has been modified by dozens (100+?) of people over 15 years and is a critical part of a game that ships every 2 weeks to millions of players. Lessons learnt, problems found, solutions created.
It's a journey.
August 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Guess who's talking at GCAP 2025?
I'll be talking about rewriting a particle system which has been modified by dozens (100+?) of people over 15 years and is a critical part of a game that ships every 2 weeks to millions of players. Lessons learnt, problems found, solutions created.
It's a journey.
I'll be talking about rewriting a particle system which has been modified by dozens (100+?) of people over 15 years and is a critical part of a game that ships every 2 weeks to millions of players. Lessons learnt, problems found, solutions created.
It's a journey.
Me At Work 2 weeks ago:
"This system has been stagnating for years. It seriously needs a refactor. I'll just change a few things..."
Me today:
"This system has been stagnating for years. It seriously needs a refactor. I'll just change a few things..."
Me today:
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Me At Work 2 weeks ago:
"This system has been stagnating for years. It seriously needs a refactor. I'll just change a few things..."
Me today:
"This system has been stagnating for years. It seriously needs a refactor. I'll just change a few things..."
Me today:
Bloody hell Paris, what are you doing?
July 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Bloody hell Paris, what are you doing?
This one is Massive!
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This one is Massive!
Last time I was in Paris I saw a lot of tiled Space Invader graffiti. Looks like the artists have upgraded to 16 bit now.
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Last time I was in Paris I saw a lot of tiled Space Invader graffiti. Looks like the artists have upgraded to 16 bit now.
Paris is quite pretty.
June 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Paris is quite pretty.
And it gave me this.
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
And it gave me this.
Great. Thanks. Then I noticed i could add annotations. So I tried for the fence again.
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Great. Thanks. Then I noticed i could add annotations. So I tried for the fence again.
“Okay, scrap that. Instead of a fence, can you replace the lawn with a natural Australian garden?”
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“Okay, scrap that. Instead of a fence, can you replace the lawn with a natural Australian garden?”
Which was closer but still useless. So I tried again with
“That's wrong too. The fence needs to be on the brick wall, not across it, on it.”
And it gave me this
“That's wrong too. The fence needs to be on the brick wall, not across it, on it.”
And it gave me this
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Which was closer but still useless. So I tried again with
“That's wrong too. The fence needs to be on the brick wall, not across it, on it.”
And it gave me this
“That's wrong too. The fence needs to be on the brick wall, not across it, on it.”
And it gave me this
I responded
That's completely wrong. The fence needs to be on the brick fence that is already there.
And it gave me this
That's completely wrong. The fence needs to be on the brick fence that is already there.
And it gave me this
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I responded
That's completely wrong. The fence needs to be on the brick fence that is already there.
And it gave me this
That's completely wrong. The fence needs to be on the brick fence that is already there.
And it gave me this
I was watching The YouTubes today and one of the faces mentioned using ChatGPT to help with renovation planning. That sounded like a great idea so I decided to give it a shot. I uploaded a photo of my front yard and asked it to put a black fence on top of the existing brick one and sent this photo
April 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I was watching The YouTubes today and one of the faces mentioned using ChatGPT to help with renovation planning. That sounded like a great idea so I decided to give it a shot. I uploaded a photo of my front yard and asked it to put a black fence on top of the existing brick one and sent this photo
Post your favourite Dr Who. Wrong answers only.
March 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Post your favourite Dr Who. Wrong answers only.
You can have one of mine
March 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
You can have one of mine