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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 10h

Definetly didn't shove around 8tb of game files today. 👀

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Godot getting OOB Contact Shadows before Unity URP is incredible work. 😄

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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026

if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

LOVED Resident Evil (2026). Much simpler than Cregger's previous movie 'Weapons', but very funny and gore-filled. Decent jump scares and nods to the games!

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Billion dollar idea: IKEA restaurant in airports.

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026

no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Support open source frameworks & tools! Especially ones maintained and improved by excellent people. :) (I've been a platinum monthly donor for 3+ years 😄)

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 16/09/2026

We optimized draw calls by 99% (lol) in Hidden Folks 2 by writing some tools to find all textures used in a level, generate a level-specific atlas, and replace individual texture references with atlas textures. Thread below 🧵👇🏼 #godotengine

Two side-by-side screenshots showing before and after we applied a texture atlas optimization to our game Hidden Folks two, the before showing 13318 draw calls and the after showing 113 draw calls

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Once again, I am campaigning for Moomins to be added to Fortnite.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All things considered, this riff on the new Mastodon album is easily the best riff of 2026. youtube.com/watch?v=GeaW...

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Mastodon - Barbarian's Blood (Audio)

YouTube video by Mastodon

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Genuinely can't believe I made this!

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Out-of-context colleague quote: "If you google a photo of a Human Centipede, that is basically what [Person] had to deal with."

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just remembered that 10 years ago I traveled to Moscow once a year for work. Photo I took in 2014 (first trip) visiting Red Square. Feels like a whole lifetime ago!

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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 08/09/2026

not many people know this but it stand for nine inch nails tendo

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today, I did Glass Blowing for the first time.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My tech-writer hot take is that documentation and written tutorials should have more emojis. 🎉🫡🗡

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Gamescom 2026 Thoughts: - Big studios playing it safe with sequels, remakes, etc - Smaller studios struggling for funding. - Almost zero metaverse, NFT, blockchain, VR/XR - 'Prompt your game/asset' AI tech demos mostly didn't work - Increase in Asia presence: games, IPs, companies, etc

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Packing all the essentials for Gamescom.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Overheard at work: "I hate Claude Code but I hate WinForms more. The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Getting back into photography of various birds. 🦜🐓🐦‍⬛

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Imagine having the amount of narcissism to wear earrings of your own product that has an image on them of yourself wearing earrings of your own product (and repeat this forever).

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Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 28/07/2026

This is a great video about Glacier from ioi, with Henrik and @andytouch.bsky.social: youtu.be/p7B0V_tlFeU?... I especially love the callout of the Glacier folks literally sitting together with the users of the tools. A critical point! (Also check out the Gym at 1:55 and the lighting Zoo at 3:32!)

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007 First Light – Behind the Technology

YouTube video by IO Interactive

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'll reinstall Fortnite if they drop a big-suit David Byrne skin & dance emote. youtube.com/watch?v=Rauu...

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David Byrne dancing in a big suit

YouTube video by Dennis Grosch

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Godot rise up! 🤖🫡 🔜 Global Game Jam

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Thoroughly loved The Odyssey. Mostly because: in an era where so many movies & shows are being made on a very obvious closed stage with a big digital screen behind the actors, it weirdly feels exciting & refreshing to see a movie actually filmed outside, with real lights and real sets.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Finally saw System Of A Down live! They were the band that got me into heavy/metal music when I was 10 and are a fitting last band to tick off on my live music bucketlist 25 years later. 😁 Perfect stadium show. 30 songs with no breaks. Band were locked-in & having fun. Crowd were very hyped. 🤩

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 16/07/2026

“A.I. Movies” www.tiktok.com/@americanbar...

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Everytime I visit London I always think "hmm, maybe I should move back to London".

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Something I have been thinking alot about lately is the sudden wave of AI vibe-coded prototype games; and how its just increasing the number of games started but not helping with the end funnel of games finished, shipped and being successful.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Obsession: Instant Modern Horror Classic. This sits up there comfortably with Weapons and The Substance! Also a $750k budget R-rated film making $400 million+?? Incredible!

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

At Roskilde Festival this week! If given the option, always go front-pit for Napalm Death. 🤩

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Movie Pitch: Star Wars Podracing but in the same style as the Fast And Furious franchise. Obviously starring Vin Diesel as a street-racing Jedi.

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ALT: Toretto

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Went to see Sunn O))) last night! 2 hours of non-stop drone at 120db. Was on the front barrier and my whole skeleton was vibrating. 🫠 Video below; my phone glitched out because of how loud it was. 😄

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Looking for an Unreal Engine 6 specialist with minimum 10 years of Verse experience."

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Fascinating that all the major public engines are seemingly moving away from Visual Scripting. Unity tried to do THREE at the same time and failed them all, Godot removed it and now Epic are sunsetting Blueprints.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

As a super-fan of dreadful cult-classic 2003 movie 'The Room', this has blown my mind.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This will definitely 100% have no problems at all... right?

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I didn't expect to see Unity founder & former CEO David Helgason representing My Chemical Romance in a professional headshot, but here we are anyway.

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

GI is stored in balls

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

As both a cat owner and a MTG collector; I may never financially recover from these upcoming Felix and Garfield drops... 😅

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Just reached 1 year anniversary since joining IO-Interactive's Glacier game engine team. ☺️ Also in the credits for 007 First Light! Was lucky to be able to join the production at the end to add interactive set pieces & help fix bugs. The team did an incredible job on making such a fantastic game!

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Golden Cat with the Golden Gun

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Also, the game is absolutely gorgeous. Moderately conservative, technically, but it aims for great performance and image quality alongside strong art design. I love it.

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Andy Touch @andytouch.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Took some photos at the Medieval Jousting Tournament. 🐎🛡

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Digital Foundry @digitalfoundry.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In the run-up to the release of 007 First Light, @Dachsjaeger talks tech with @IOInteractive on the evolution of the Glacier Engine: 60fps, lighting, game AI and much, much more: youtu.be/m0SJ9i9RtRg #sponsored

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Inside 007 First Light - A Deep Dive Into The Evolved Glacier Engine [Sponsored]

YouTube video by Digital Foundry

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