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Chris Pioli

@cpioli.bsky.social
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Gameplay Engineer and Game Designer. Loves Nintendo, Square-Enix, Sony, Jedi, Muppets, and cooking! Opinions are my own and do not represent my employers!

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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ever since we first heard about the Cornell rapists I've been reading womens responses; their opinions, their testimonies, their stories. I do this because their pleas for help fall on deaf ears. They want to be heard. And what I hear makes me absolutely furious.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I came back here to say something very important. I hate rapists. They are the scum of the Earth. They violate peoples' boundaries and consent, then turn their lives into living hell. If you defend rapists, I hate you, too. And if you doxx an accuser, oh I definitely hate you.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yeah I'm talking about Hayden...
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Oh god... finally had that "mourning dream" where a woman I had intense limerence over became the centerpoint of my dream, and in this dream I go back in time to warn her what's going to happen. She still dies, so we make a clone of her. It was an awful dream.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I do not know who made you feel miserable Chantal, but you get all the pets.
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Robert De Niro pets Jinx in Meet The Parents
Alt: Robert De Niro pets Jinx in Meet The Parents
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
If the void has no light, does it matter? We can't see it anyway.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Even if I store these effects in the subsystem, these sounds, actors, and pfx are already ticking elsewhere in Unreal's source code. I would have to halt those calls then have my subsystem make those calls. That is way out-of-scope for this plugin.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Did some research on using Data-Oriented-Design for my #UnrealEngine plugin. The way I coded the plugin, I can gather all the effects into arrays in the subsystem, but that's about it.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Right to Jail Meme
Alt: Right to Jail Meme
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 11/07/2026
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Levelling the Playing Field - Courses by Rami Ismail
Practical, focused courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - by Rami Ismail.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Closer to Outer Wilds. Have you played Blue Prince yet Freya? It's really really really good. My game of the year 2025 :)
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
What the unrepentant hell!? I had no idea they laid off over 300 from Bethesda. This industry is hemorrhaging jobs in America like crazy.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Mmmffff
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If the game industry were a city, it's starting to feel more and more like the US district is becoming a ghost town...
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David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com · 07/07/2026
My best advice for any game devs recently laid off is to keep in touch with your closest coworker friends, do a group call at least once a week, share job postings in the chat, hype each other up, and just generally look out for each other.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I usually hang on a streamer's broadcast with a bunch of ppl, but omg I can't right now with everything that's happening in the American section of the video game industry (and UbiSoft). It's the worst.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I've been internally screaming all day today.
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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yes I wrote that reply not knowing Op was one of three tweets.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
That is fascinating! How are you implementing this? What tools/engine/language are you using?
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So it's like if a certain condition (time-of-day, previous event, weather, etc.) occurs, it will modify the probability a subset of events will occur.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Let me rephrase bc I am not good at communicating right now. This stuff 👇🏻 "the experiences and outcomes are procedurally generated there's also a layer of procedurally generated language on top, which ensures NPPs speak consistently within their personality and linguistic style + preferences"
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I would love to hear more about this...
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Riiiiiiiiight
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Resistor Sister @sistergf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
How about forcing social media to ban dark patterns? Get them to finally make their apps unaddictive. Why can't they make good decisions?
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I agree. I enjoyed hanging with the Chocobros, exploring Altissia, and the game was a total 100+ hour vibe
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This industry makes me sad. I am very very sad, Jason.
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 27/06/2026
every closure and layoff is a tragedy, but seeing bungie people with 20+ years experience affected is hitting extra hard twenty years! people who worked on reach, and halo 2! and you just throw that in the bin? fuck off!
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The length of a Star Fox 64 playthrough is about the same as the average (successful) Hades playthtough. ...huh...
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Man, the American game industry... this really sucks... I mean it's absolutely terrible right now. I'm very angry. I'd love to curse and rage at all the people who brought us here, but it's meaningless in the face of all the layoffs and studio closures.
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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
90% of modern media criticism just sounds like this
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Engagement: The Snowplow sounds like a great time, too!
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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Fuck the reflecting pool. This has not gotten nearly enough coverage or generated the proper outrage. People thrown in prison for 30-50 years for the "crime" ofmaking zines and belonging to a book club!! This is straight-up totalitarian atrocity. Political prisoners thrown in a gulag to rot.
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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Been away for a while. The app logged me out and didn't want to find my password until now ^^;;
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Sorry, this is... a huge problem for me...
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
But in general, there are no "third spaces" in America but churches, bars, and intramural sports leagues.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I have severe social anxiety, there are few attractive single women in my town, and I am not even sure I deserve to be loved. My therapist literally told me I am an incel (NO NOT LIKE THAT!) I literally don't think any woman I am attracted to would reciprocate. I've got many women friends. Really!
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Feels like we should just go back to real life dating, if our dating pool wasn't just found at bars and fan conventions.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I've been burned on these apps. It sucks when you match with someone and get the runaround. Thanks for being awesome.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The idea I have for my game requires a way to rapidly add/modify/localize this text. It's not something that should be displayed in a "text box", it has to exist in the world. I'm not even sure I am using the correct terminology to describe what I want.
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I wonder if there is a way to procedurally generate diagetic text in a game world by providing textures, shaders, typeface, text data, and modifier data? Normally an artist would paint unique images for every piece of text they'd want the character to see in-game, but that's not feasible
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I saw one of those tiny macs at Costco the other day and just stared at it thinking it would be a great tool for testing online games 🤤 But I don't want to make those...
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I one time dreamed an undisclosed gov't org was attempting to abduct me, and due to some unfortunate incident I was naked, paralyzed, and had to be smuggled out by the straw hat pirates. Live action! Nami saw my junk and my belly, it was so embarassing! 😭😭🥱
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
#Pokopia needs a "perma spray" item that prevents objects from being modified by players or the environment. I want crystal formations and stalagmites that won't break, dry dead trees that won't get healthy in the rain, etc. That would be really helpful...?
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Littering, to me, means putting down the toys, decorations, plants, trees, fencing, etc. To make the place feel enchanting. Look at that vid in my first post! I hardly have a square of tall grass in the thing! I also must build housing for Pokemon comfortable with dark environments. :D
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I can't add a habitat to the immediate right like OP did in their build because that's where the path to Suicune's ancient altar is located. *That* thing still needs a lot of work. The path needs water and columns and stone and moss. Anyway the dark forest is missing two things: litter and habitats
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I've completed the biggest part of the huge dark forest environment in Withered Wasteland, a lot like it's done here, but with some differences. I increased the height of the right cliff, moved some trees, and embiggened the lake. www.reddit.com/r/Pokopia/co...
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From the Pokopia community on Reddit: Shaded Forest for ghost and dark-loving pokemon 🌳
Explore this post and more from the Pokopia community
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Cesar Sayoc, a Trump super fan & obsessive Fox viewer, sent pipe bombs in 2018 to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, & many other top Dems. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. In the wake of the attacks, Trump said about his rhetoric: "Tone down, no. Could tone up."
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Chris Pioli @cpioli.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Update: downloaded the app. It won't let me lurk w/out my account credentials and the dumb hover thing won't go away.
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