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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 14h

I'll say more when it's all ready. I can't wait to share but I don't want to say anything until i know it's ready cause it's a lot. It'll probably end up being another wall of text if I don't have gameplay footage cause it's hard to explain in pictures when that time comes.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 14h

Anything that reinforces they aren't from Earth, don't abide by our laws of physics, are apex predators, and is fair in gaming is exactly what I'm after. A little extra time is no big deal. Clean rigs and meshes are worth the extra work when they enable stuff like this.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 14h

No one close to me thought it was funny though. The only nephew who's actually played it just wanted better combat. They were cool with the rest, but it all looks better and performs about as well as before anyway. and the best part is that this is still consistent with folklore.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 14h

Plus the comments I got via DM on Reddit about it looking like a middle school project no one would buy and how I'd die broke and alone. My ex probably saw that and reached out and unblocked me on FB cause of it too, but she's said and done some vile stuff.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 14h

Man, I can't believe how cool the idea is. I'm already working on the meshes needed. I'll need about 3 or so I figure. If you count non-animal meshes as characters easily puts me in the 11-12 character count. This wouldn't have happened if I hadn't started reworking my workflow..

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 15h

Man, I'm so excited. Can't believe it didn't occur to me. Might come up in the devlog, but damn that thing is gonna be so long I'll need it broken down into sections. I'll try to put down pictures where I can. IDEK what I'll cover when I drop one now. So much to go over.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 15h

I was thinking I was basically done with my characters, right? Nah. My oldest nephew came up with a fucking brilliant idea to increase character/model count. Won't add humans either, and really gives the Wendigos another layer. I've already demonstrated it's possible too in an old devlog.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 21h

Definitely, let’s punish the actual criminals and people who hurt others instead of saddling people just trying to survive with trauma. Leave futures full of possibilities only for the ones who work hard, don’t rape people, and do their best to be decent people

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 22h

If I wasn’t dealing with so many issues brought on by mental illness and other stuff, I totally would. Appreciate all those who do stand up to the bullshit though

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara, 1949. Coloured Woodblock.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 29/09/2026

If I can push an ungodly amount of tris with a few small tweaks to my approach I can probably do cool shit with AI too.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 29/09/2026

Then this one is a bridge. I'm gonna have more fun creating more Wendigo variants though. Got some ideas that go beyond outfits that fit a particular biome. I was planning on more human enemies, but the game needs to feel isolated. Plus more enemies means I can vary attack styles a little.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 29/09/2026

Finally getting back to character design. Think I'm gonna take a little pivot. This'll be the last supporting NPC. Kinda combining two characters in concept and purpose. I don't want to overdo it with supporting NPCs. One handles a tutorial and has a few people in the field. Helps advance things.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Oh and Grimes here describes philosophical zombies, not consciousness but TF do I know? plato.stanford.edu/entries/zomb... All the attributes of consciousness and mirroring consciousness without any actual qualia. plato.stanford.edu/entries/qual... www.linkedin.com/posts/fortun...

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Grimes on AI Consciousness at Fortune BrainstormTech | Fortune posted on the topic | LinkedIn

“There are instances of AI that I think are conscious.” At Fortune #BrainstormTech, Grimes shared her view that some AI systems may already exhibit something resembling consciousness, particularly wh...

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Just encourage people to quietly dig a fucking hole until they reach China and then wonder why they fucked up their life so badly or lecture them on how they should've done things differently because that's the fucking answer.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

and you got amazing people who'd tell me to keep walking away and ignoring this stuff. Maybe try to get another 5 jobs that I'll quit within a month. Maybe TWO if I really like the company and boss. Because that's definitely sustainable and working. That's equality. That's progress.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

However, when an engineer puts too much weight into these ideas - and they do esp in regards to neural networks and llms - they're somehow taken seriously on discord or reddit. Shits fucking ridiculous and why can't it be a useful group like the government who'd cut me a monthly check?

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

and you got robots like Rick Beato who can analyze Dave Grohl's music and probably tell him every chord he's playing even if/when Dave can't. But obviously if I put too much weight into what Dave said when he talked about writing Everlong I'm being stupid.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

The government and everyone else (not me) also needs to understand that broken calculators are inherently conscious. 2 + 2 = 5 isn't mathematically incorrect, it's a conclusion that only a conscious mathematical instrument could make. Obviously. Could really use that disability.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Also wish people would tell the government that matrices aren't mathematical structs, they're black magic that like statistical models cannot be measured or traced as they're transformed and applied. Variable selection is completely random and doesn't require any thought at all either.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Much like Aristotle and Descartes tf would I know? I just got a GED, BSc, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Progress still moving slow obviously, but I got all the character base models down. Gotta rig them and make another pass or two so I'll be happy with them.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

I had to get on bosses to get a creamer machine replaced because it was freezing creamer and causing inventory problems. It had been a problem for a year and replacing the damn machine when we had extras was cheaper than trying to let the frozen creamer thaw before it got thrown out.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Really wish people would speak up since we're clearly still savages. It'd help me out. My tribe casino doesn't know the first thing about continuous improvement/kaizen or Six Sigma. The casinos are a mess administratively, and my per cap isn't very high.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

They'd totally waste their time on subjective concepts like consciousness which is why we don't have or use Aristotelian Logic or Cartesian Planes ever. Not at all. Totally isolated from engineering and math. They were such idiots.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Besides, what do Aristotle or Descartes know? Chalmers and others use one or both of them to approach The Hard Problem of Consciousness, but all they ever did was write words. Not like we use their ideas in math or engineering or anything.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

All those people who say I don't know what I'm talking about on the consciousness of AI should speak up and tell the government. Maybe they'd be more willing to put me on disability. IDK, never got the letter, but I assume it's my degree + tech background.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Insanely socially isolated too, but that's a total mystery as to why. It's always been a mystery why weakening and white washing history of people like Chief Joseph or Chief Crazy Horse or Chief Sitting Bull or Chief Tecumseh or so many others could possibly be a problem. Who knows? It's a mystery.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Just saw the person's post, saw them take it down, and saw them complaining about rude people on Bluesky/The internet. Figured why not. What's this stuff gonna hurt? I'm already basically unemployable due to my PTSD and unable to get disability. Can't really make things worse than they are.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

It contributes to sticky professional and academic environments where people feel like they're tiptoeing through a minefield. At best exhausting, and at worst it ends up feeling futile. Not really gonna say more because in my experience there's no point.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Don't agree with that person's opinion either, but it was mundane compared to this stuff Reddit has been letting fly for literally over a decade. It contributes to uncomfortable situations where people need a GED to get into college despite always having a high GPA.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Sadly you can't always take people at their word. This is a "global platform" still cool with a centuries old slur. Also kinda why I'm not always interested in talking to people and appreciate people who just let me post blindly.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

But it is a horror first, combat/shooter second. However, should have a better combat system that builds on what I was doing while improving it and adding a little depth. Not gonna say this’ll be the greatest thing ever, but hopefully when I’m done it’s cool.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Also just don’t want a ton of the same enemy. Playing through KOTOR the final sequence is kinda painful with all the sith that ran to their deaths. I used a min-max build so I could spam force wave and stasis field. A little variety helps. Even in isolation.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

“Light” as in you can technically ignore it, but it will impact narrative if you do later on. I’ll probably do the same with two female characters I have in mind that by all means could be one.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

Plus the lighthouse and lakeshore provide more of a physical guide. I like the vibes more too. But I also want more characters than the four I had because they can help guide the character. I am going to combine two male characters into one so the tutorial also starts a light rescue quest.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 28/09/2026

So I’ve been going through some stuff lately, and disability always makes things harder. Trying to do my best. I’ll be back to making progress on this soon enough. I added stuff to and changed the first level a little. I added a frozen lake and lighthouse. It gives more rural Michigan vibes.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fragment of a face, Teotihuacan, Mexico, 0-650 CE, clay, 7 x 4.6 x 2 cm, National Museums of Berlin, Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 25/09/2026

Also, just wanted to say that it looks like I've got a job with an org that helps people who have had issues with employment in the past. They sent a request for a background check. It's part time so it shouldn't slow this down an might help me maintain some stability.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 25/09/2026

Been playing way too much KotOR 1, but finally getting back into character modeling. KotOR 1 kinda slows down around where I'm at anyway. Anyway, back to finishing up the character models. I'll probably at some point write some code too.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 24/09/2026

I'll finish up the characters and work on moving that code over at some point soon. I've got a local build that I know compiles so everything should work okay. Thanks

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 24/09/2026

So, I played around in Stride. Didn't do anything major. It's impressive software though. To feel productive I put a few seeds down to start growing my systems from Unity in a way that's more easily reusable than empty objects and monobehavior scripts.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 23/09/2026

So I’m about done with my 7th and 8th characters. I’ve got to finish face/head meshes and then rig them. Almost done with the character work. The originals look and work better, and the new ones aren’t generic. Totally worth the extra work. Can’t wait to share them all

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 22/09/2026

Since college wasn't Reddit there were classmates who spoke up about the prof. Not just me. It's very possible Sheridan said and denied it. Different person, but in Wandering Stars Tommy Orange paints Richard Henry Pratt with a lot of nuance. Great read btw, along with There There.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 22/09/2026

However, this article I found via pubmed paints a different picture. While it doesn't back up Ward Churchill's claim directly, it does support the idea that smallpox was a biological weapon, especially during events such as Pontiac's War/Rebellion. www.medicinabuenosaires.com/PMID/4110929...

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 22/09/2026

Like my English professor who once said we're all liars because Ward Churchill told lies and associated with some natives. Some of his "lies" aren't even fully straightforward anyway. Here's the one he mentioned though in class w/ paper from UMich: quod.lib.umich.edu/p/plag/52404...

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 22/09/2026

The USA Army's mantra was "kill the indian, save the man" And here we have an academic source only stating that Sheridan later denied saying it. Denying you said something later on is good enough though, right? I'm sure that person really, really, really tried though. ehillerman.unm.edu/1597

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General Sheridan | The Tony Hillerman Portal

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 21/09/2026

Poverty and isolation is something that neither side really cares nearly enough about when they aren't forced to face their views in public. Even then it's mostly performative. The ADA is sadly more progressive than a lot of countries' take on disability, and can fall super short too.

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 21/09/2026

Even many who call themselves open minded don't really get isolation. Maybe especially them. Jokes like living in your mom's basement is somehow funny. Schizophrenia is somehow funny. I'm not schizophrenic, but I do have ptsd. No one cares.

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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊

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Bullrush Studios, LLC @bullrushgames.com · 20/09/2026

Butt, CBT is all about grounding your perspective in reality. That means not being overly positive or negative. It means being realistic. Just sayin' cause a lot of people throw out therapy as a solution for everything without understanding CBT. It's annoying. That's all.

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