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Alex Austin

@crypticsea.bsky.social
2.1K followers 290 following 751 posts

Designer/Programmer of Bridge Builder, Pontifex, Gish, Golf?, A New Zero, Sub Rosa, Skate or Don't!, Stunt Derby

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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 1h
dunks and tackles
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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 14h
Only 18 hours left to back this crazy thing! 18 hours left to bet on which prototype we polish up and ship! 18 hours to get more tahirts!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
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Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot
A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 22h
ouch
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
industry standard dunk test: passed
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
sometimes people make really cool player symbols for skate or don't
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Ken Shirriff @righto.com · 26/09/2026
How do computers calculate complicated trig functions such as tangent? I took a look at Intel's 8087 floating-point chip under the microscope to find out. The chip combines two techniques to evaluate the tan function quickly and accurately: polynomials and an algorithm called CORDIC...
A die photo of the 8087 chip under a microscope shows complex patterns from its transistors and wiring. The middle of the chip holds the microcode ROM, while the bottom half of the chip is the datapath that performs calculations. Zooming in on the datapath shows various functional blocks, which appear as rectangles with different textures. Important functional blocks are labeled: exponent ROM, constant ROM, shifter, adder, registers, and so forth.
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the random number generator that we hooked up to a gun went rogue and shot someone, billions of dollars in investments please!
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
flying tackles
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
jump tackle
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
good hits
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
how to pass with the van
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
wrong texture
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 23/09/2026
RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
still needs some tuning but I think I have most of the systems figured out
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
one of the best songs I've written, played poorly www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCl8...
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solo #2 take 1
YouTube video by crypticsea
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I always test out new movement physics with some tackling
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the random number generator that we hooked up to a gun went rogue and shot someone, billions of dollars in investments please!
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
whenever I'm working on human movement physics
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
another riff I've been working on www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-JO...
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glint
YouTube video by crypticsea
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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The fantastic @lucyjames.games is on our Amnesia Fortnight livestream! Right now! And I'm going to go crash it. Also right now. And probably crash some busses while we're at it! twitch.tv/doublefine
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
my ex-girlfriend (who broke up with me for ethical reasons) is warning that sex with me was so good that it could end humanity by 2030. while i believe there's a >10% chance of this happening i am working on safeguards to prevent it
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
old vs new
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
finally got this working
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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looking for someone to help with a Nidhogg console update. Anyone out there like using Game Maker and console networking?
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
apparently when most coders joked that all they did all day was copy and paste code from stack overflow they weren't actually joking
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Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 06/09/2026
We're doing another Team Tag playtest this afternoon (in about 5 hours) -- tune in to get a sneak peak at N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! :D www.twitch.tv/metanet_soft...
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metanet_software - Twitch
Small game developer based in Montreal, QC, Canada. We just announced N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO! Wishlist it on Steam now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3040020/N_PLUS_INFINITY_TIMES_TWO/ You pro...
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
kick it
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
straight up jump
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
whenever I'm working on human movement physics
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
attempted backflip
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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
WE ARE L I V E ! ! ! Game Jams and Kickstarter go together like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Did I get that song stuck in your head? Good, because it’s also a 2pp documentary! THANKS FOR BACKING!!!
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
higher jump
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
more jump tests
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Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 30/08/2026
👀 @futuregamesshow.bsky.social #futuregamesshow
FGS Best Of Gamescom 2026 frame containing the N+ INFINITY x2 logo, and the info: Sunday Aug 30, 10am PDT /  1pm EDT / 6pm BST / 7pm CEST
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Omar @ocornut.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
AI assisted PR/issues appears to be quickly damaging what’s remaining of good energy and interactions in open source software maintenance. An extra year of this trajectory toward laziness in interactions and I can picture communities switching to invite-only or paying-only.
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
back on this bullshit
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
time for a good ol' atan2
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
torque tests
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Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 27/08/2026
N PLUS INFINITY TIMES GAMESCOM 2026! Hall 10.2, Indies of the Americas booth. If you're there, you gotta get your hands on this. Go early, we've heard there may be a line! ;) Big thanks to Otto and Leo for doing such an incredible job showing the game off to the crowds :D #gamescom #indiegames
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Devolver Digital @devolverdigital.com · 27/08/2026
Hey we got the full Netflix special on DVD if you wanna come over and watch it.
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
underrated deftones album www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IXI...
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Minerva
YouTube video by Deftones - Topic
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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Blood Dungeon is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox Series, Windows Store, Game Pass, Switch 1+2, and PlayStation 5! RTs very much welcome. I love you. #boneup blooddungeon.com youtu.be/rmbXDEdb6Y0
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Blood Dungeon: Release Trailer
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
they already do this, accidentally
tweet saying: Tech companies should run a "day without data centers" to fight backHeadline: AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
something looks off here
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
just retreating in time and space right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjXF...
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You Retreat In Time And Space
YouTube video by Boards of Canada - Topic
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
foot tackle
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
sometimes the high note you end on is just fixing something you broke earlier
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Alex Austin @crypticsea.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
they already do this, accidentally
tweet saying: Tech companies should run a "day without data centers" to fight backHeadline: AWS Outage That Took Down Internet Came After Amazon Fired Tons of Workers in Favor of AI
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Metanet Software Inc. @metanetsoftware.com · 21/08/2026
We're live now! come join us as we do some more level testing of N PLUS INFINITY TIMES TWO 🎉
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