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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 53m

I take it as an action meant to harm or cause fear & where as much as this was idiotic it seems to have been neither even though it could have

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 1h

I’m not sure about the terrorism charge TBH What he did was blatantly dangerous & could have caused mass harm but that in & of it self doesn’t make something terrorism the reason behind it does, the word will lose its meaning if it’s applied to anything 🤷‍♂️

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lil tit-bit I made the prototype the hard way with a 1D array for the blocks thinking if it needed to I could turn to a DynamicBuffet using the same system (wasn’t that easy but was easier)

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not much to share this week, ported the Protoss to DOTS as had issues with larger puzzles It can now do puzzles with 100k+ blocks np (they won’t be that big, just nice that it can 😂) That said the idea has evolved update incoming 😅 #indiedev #gamedev

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Indeed, got to have the geo to expand/shrink where you want it too so it doesn’t affect the bits you don’t 🙂

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nicely done, sussing where geo is and isn’t needed is half the battle!

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks, It’s a simple idea & not too hard to prototype so figured the easiest way to see if it works as a game is to make it 😅

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Made a mockup of this, but not sold on it yet, will toy with it & try & find the fun 🤷‍♂️ Demo video in comment 👇 Oh excuse it using blocks & not 🐑 😂 #indiedev #gamedev

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My guess is they would rather they stayed there as shields 🤷‍♂️

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is just suspect! NASA has been reneging on deals for current projects with the ESA (LISA, etc) & cancelling funding for current working space assets all in the name of cost saving but then has 1$b for this??? It’s either BS or has a dual military purpose with how Trump has been “Space force”

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I did put on weight myself, not a silly amount but I needed to at that time so idk if that was lifestyle change or the not smoking 🤷‍♂️ But giving up smoking is just that, money saved means more money to eat better, lungs work better making activity easier, etc, it’s a first step to a life change 🙂

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know it’s not easy but just give up, 8yrs since I gave up & had been smoking for 20+ at that time Best decision I ever made, first few months are the hardest, then the smoke smell is nice when passing for a yr or so just gotta stay strong

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you struggle to sleep don’t think of sheep! Think of how those sheep would migrate to the centre of multi piece cube when spaces were made due to sheep removal (Welcome to my past 3 days laid up on the sofa 🤣) (New puzzle game incoming) #indiedev #gamedev

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Variable/Method naming is one of the hardest things 🤷‍♂️😅

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Entities in charge of & tasking an “AI agent” at the time of a hack like this should be held to the same standard & laws any normal individual would

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No update on the Ball Robot 😕 Been a rough week & spent most of it on the sofa trying to get my back to calm down 😞

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just finished a replay of it myself only for them to release this latest update with starbases, etc

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The grammar part is what got me, been having to google things outside of Duo & even then not completely sure on the reasoning eg when/why to use no vs jin after a country, what the deal with o is, etc

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Because we already know the answer 🤷‍♂️

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Saw this in an Ars comment earlier today & thought it was too good not to share (Has crossed my mind a few times since hence the share 😅) Well worth the watch!! #sci-fi #noai #ai #shortfilm (8mins)

m.youtube.com

Sci-Fi Short Film “Slaughterbots” | DUST

YouTube video by DUST

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks, going to be rigging it next 🤞

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Update on the Ball Robot Mostly done now (few tweaks I want to do) Making everything so it can fold up inside has been a real faff tho! 😂🤷‍♂️ #blender3d #indiedev

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are getting to the point even devs that don’t intentionally use AI will have stuff tagged as AI due to Malicious Compliance It’s all part of their play to mainstream it 🤷‍♂️

arstechnica.com

Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible—for now

The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited.

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m in the UK & I’m jealous too🤷‍♂️

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If it works, & tbh if it triangulates ok is a non-issue Been making some wonky looking wireframes myself, decided to favour low poly over edge flow as it’s a robot and pieces won’t be deforming 🤷‍♂️ Prob be sharing it tomorrow, not sure if I’m brave enough to include the reduced wireframe 😂

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s the only way to get it here, you pay 80% of a bundle if you try getting just a single part like broadband, obv about data harvesting but what you gonna do 🤷‍♂️

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Realised I left that in a way you might not wanna ask even if interested? 50£ gets me 500mbs Broadband,200+ channels (with Netflix subs included) & a landline with free mins for some when IDK It is a deal offer but can get a new one each time it runs out

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Only reason I have it now is having a TV, Broadband, & Landline (I don’t use) including it as part of the package (you probably don’t want to know how much & specs 😅🤷‍♂️)

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That’s why you smuggle them in a lump of peanut butter and give in one go for a swift swallow, and tacky mouth lick/chonps 🤷‍♂️😅

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Not saying it isn’t pedantic but it’s also misleading, it’s 236 hundredths not 2 (0.23 not 0.02)

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ooo a fellow Ars reader! 😄 I was just spitballing things that could possibly be within the same realms without being so normalised, intention wasn’t to trivialise the idea just give options 😅

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Agreed if <10% is likely to pirate so if that’s a meaningful number you did good 🤷‍♂️

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So they can get AI to make games but not fix the engine or finish DOTS, pass…

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nice, don’t limit to the obvious though, many options with Sci-Fi 😁 Exotic Matter Energisers Gravitational Wave Coalessers Quantum Vacuum Generators 😅

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Not the worst idea but terrible implementation, it has a consistent movement, would need a 2nd rock/roll input on a different axis with a different time length to give a better approximation of randomness

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Nah, custom Boolean operations using a geometry node setup that transfers normals to the different parts of the mesh depending on if it should be the original or cutter objects (scripted in python as an add-on using the same key map as Bool Tools 😅) Then manually fixing the n-gons with vert joins

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Alan Watton @alanwatton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not posted much lately so figured I’d share a perfect normals robot ball I’m working on It has been quite a faff getting to the point I could do Boolean operations without wrecking the normals 😅 #gamedev #indiedev #blender3d