iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 10/09/2026

Since it's my 50th time round the sun, would you care to share my art around? That would be a splendid gift, thank you! 🥰 emilyhare.com #dragons #fantasyart #watercolour #creatureart #unicorns

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'd love to buy comics from Humble Bundle but its so messy. Downloading all content takes forever and hundreds of mouse clicks, issue 3 of 6 is in a different file format, some are zipped, some have internal IDs as a name, some issues don't include the issue number. Takes a day to organize the files

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Chatted with @nimsodev.bsky.social at #Gamescom, a delightful fellow working solo on Shallow Pond. Very impressed by the quality of this platformer. Charming, filled with wonder. Sounds good? Go and wishlist Reposts more than welcome. This deserves love. s.team/a/2950750/

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Shallow Pond on Steam

A cozy 3d platformer full of secrets where you explore vibrant worlds across land and water. Developed by solo developer Nimso.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Mostly invisible progress, I thought it'd be great to emulate a design constraint and have the world molded out of 32x32px blocks, as old games had save space. I no longer paint the palette separately, colors are extracted from the tileset so palettes are cooked not hardcoded. #ScreenshotSaturday

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I decided to update my laptop. A little story. sudo apt update, upgrade, dist-upgrade, autoremove, and a reboot. All seems well but ownCloud was confused, didn’t seem to connect. My ownCloud runs on a raspberry, I haven’t updated that in ages. Let’s ssh into it and do the same.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

How do I create a Jira ticket for the world? Shadows are funky.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For a student project I made a game where you played against two AI. Team IDs were stored in a char_t, player was 0, the AI 1 and 2. My AI code would print debug information so I could inspect it. By coincidence the console showed code page 437 characters. These smileys showed up instead of digits.

Characters from the 437 code page. These start with a black and white smiley, and the four suits used in a deck of cards.

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

2018: based on tracking we’re serving ads in a language you don’t understand as we figured out your location. 2026: Tracking is better now, here is an English ad, dubbed into German by the production company, and then AI-dubbed back to English. It sounds terrible and none of it was needed.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It’s cooler now, at only 33 degrees it’s very much survivable. I’m still not putting on a shirt, no not yet 😂

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

GTA5 running on a PS3 with 256MB RAM and 256MB VRAM. Try and boot an OS with those specs. Explain to me why a website easily pulls 100MB for showing text and the occasional image. Let Rockstar reinvent the web - oh, they already have! Give me eyefind.info, and I'll see you later on lifeinvader.com

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Anyone know a tool for huge tilemaps on iPad? Ideally the whole world is in one map. Pixquare and Pixaki seem restrained on a maximum size, I could make vignettes and later make the world on PC but switching programs is a hassle. #pixelart #gamedev

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Rune Skovbo Johansen @runevision.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

In gamedev, we're used to sound coming from single points in space, but how do we handle sound coming from an irregular shape? In this article (with plenty code snippets), I go into details with the Point Cloud Sound technique I'm using for water and foliage: blog.runevision.com/2026/06/poin...

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Point Cloud Sound for irregular shaped audio sources

In video game development, we're used to sound coming from single positions in space, but how do we handle sound coming from an irregular sh...

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Solo dev recreating 90s style in C++, that sounds familiar 😂 Lovely article, enjoyed the section on color, and the asset pipeline. Sometimes it feels counter-productive to have Kinari render to a Gameboy-esque PPU but I’m holding on to idea!

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I’ve spent last week in Slovenia at my new job. Great to get to know my new colleagues a little bit, but very much looking forward to getting back home! I’m very surprised by how much English everyone’s speaking. It’s also a place to buy English books. I’m considering for next time to rent a bike.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I commission creatures for Kinari. Some design notes are more purposeful, others were rushed and uninspired. Luckily the artist knows how to convert both good and bad ideas into awesome sprites! Made by @jarmesan.bsky.social #screenshotsaturday #indiedev

A page of my design request document. Text and a photo of a poppy plant.

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I'm very lazy, perhaps this poppy plant has potential. Put some legs on 'em and have it shoot seeds from the tip of their head.

Two creature designs, front and back sprite for the poppy creature. A young dainty poppy creature and a darker grown variant.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Woke up early to play some Yakuza, mowed the back lawn, pulled weeds, game programming, more weed pulling, mowed the front lawn (battery is charged again), installed two NICs and benchmarked them, went exploring with my toddler, setup Pi-hole, and setup Wireguard on my tablet.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I’ve been watching King of the Hill consistently for a while now. I’ve never seen it before but I love it. “Peggy Hill in Fortnite” was not on my bingo card, but if I ever start playing there’s nobody I’d rather be playing as

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Question: how good would the Playdate be for someone who has a 3yo son? The device is appealing but the price is a bit steep. If I can justify it as a device for two people then it’s okay but we need suitable games. play.date

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Playdate. Order now!

It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. There’s a crank. It comes with 24 free games to get you started. Say hi to Playdate from Panic.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I really love reading public reviews. It shows a strange side of humanity. Today’s kind words were for a public park, 3/5 stars. Applauding the facilities, options, and ambiance. “My only complaint is that almost exclusively foreign neighbors use the place - a bit more diversity would be nice!” 😂

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I've been free to work on my solo project. Comfy on my laptop, mostly my own code (lol ImGUI and SDL2). Full rebuild is 3.685s, run without debugger takes 0.2s and I can move. Pic irrelevant to what I worked on, but I haven't posted anything in a long time. #ScreenshotSaturday

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Fran Vergara フラン @franvergara.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

...and my website is live now \o/ I've been trying to showcase my work in the best way and I got a blog!, the most important feature here to talk about gamedev✨ My photography is here too📷 More updates are coming!☠️ Available soon for short-term or small projects, by the way😄 www.franvergara.com

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Fran Vergara

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I wish more blogs existed. People having more of an identity than just a series of short messages. People’s inspiration, their random interests, their passions, I want to click on someone’s profile and just check out their thoughts

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I’m trying to buy something small and common online. First site didn’t accept my money unless I added 20 euros worth of product. A box was 8.- and contains 50 things, honestly I only needed 5, and I need nothing else, so can’t use that site. Second site required me to make an account. No thanks.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

My phone is 5+ years old. I’d want a new one for the battery but Apple only makes iPhones that are bigger in size than what I own now. 6 minutes of Safari is 15% battery life! Incredible numbers from Bluesky. Looking at more stats Bsky consumes consistently 50% less than browsing or retail apps.

A screenshot of my phone showing various apps and how much power they consume. Safari consumed 15% in 6m while Bluesky consumed 14% in 34 minutes.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Today I watched The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). It still holds up incredibly well, beautifully shot, and genuinely entertaining. Highly recommend.

Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still. It features of robot holding up a woman while shooting a laser beam from its eye socket, a hand holding their grasp over the planet Earth, and a list of actors who have worked on the movie Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlow.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I got my hands on a 2560x1080 monitor. When I boot my PC the screen does one of the following: - S̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶r̶e̶c̶t̶l̶y̶ - 2560x1080 squished to 1920 - 2560x1080 with padding on all four sides? - 1920x1080, leaving the sides empty - 1080x2560 The last one is ideal as I can rotate it, and it’ll be correct

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Just spent way too much time building a tool to figure out the stripe size of my RAID0 disks so I could rebuild the volume. Turns out the only thing on that 2TB drive was my Prison Architect saves. Worth it?

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Having a coffee moment with my wife, put on some Mario gameplay on YouTube to keep our son busy. Suddenly Bowser appears, except Bowser is replaced with a giant Peach, with huge boobs, that jiggle when she jumps. 🙃🙃🙃

Image of New Super Mario Bros YouTube video where the 3D model of Bowser is replaced with a red Princess Peach with huge breasts. Mario’s model is replaced with a Yoshi model.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

When I was a kid I made crappy games. One thing I did to make them more legitimate was add fake loading screens. I also tried wrapping them into an installer, but the free installer creators had a watermark, which wasn’t very legitimate, so I dropped that idea 😂 Anyone else did this?

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I had to do a bunch of plumbing around the house. Never did any plumbing so had the full Dunning-Kruger Effect from start till a light slope on the path of enlightenment. My next plumbing job is probably in 2 years so ample time to forget what I learned. Just get a plumber.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

C++ is sometimes "it works on my machine". Kinari runs on Windows and Ubuntu, and I'm flipping between MSVC and clang. I switched to Debian and my project wouldn't run due to segfaults. I found the problem and fixed it. What I can't understand is how it worked on Windows and Ubuntu at all??

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Anti-American sentiment is growing. More data breaches with companies that specialize in not leaking your data, surveillance software embedded without knowledge in products, US companies able to shut down essential services at the whim of a manic president. 1/2

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My son doesn’t know the difference between “do you like the book?” and “lick the book”. He proudly licked the book. The shopkeeper laughed, we bought it, brought it home, and he won’t even read from it 😂

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I setup a VPN on the Raspberry Pi at home. There were a few curveballs but I got it working in the end. This allows me to reach my local drives and services while at any WiFi spot. Very happy with it!

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

For the past 1.5 years we’ve been looking for affordable housing in the Netherlands. Our search has finally concluded and I can happily announce that we just finished moving. Oh we live in Germany now btw, the closest available and affordable housing is here 🇩🇪

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I saw a YouTube ad where a lady told me to keep a secret, showed me her butt, and told me call her. I reported the ad and Google’s response is they’re not going to do anything as it didn’t violate anything. Please, not my living room tv at noon with my kid around 🙃

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I used my PDF maker for the first time to actually send out an invoice. I can proudly claim that my new invoices are 95% smaller in size than prior invoices. Yes our computers are fast and bulky, but I still think it's nice if we can waste less resources.

A screenshot of file explorer showing invoices dating from September till December. The file sizes are 131.1 kB, 131.9 kB, 132.5 kB, and 6.5 kB

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Moving away from Windows on my main PC I needed a new tool to generate PDF invoices. Did I need to implement kerning and justify the text? No. Was it the best part of the project? Yes. Sometimes you need a poor excuse for a fun project.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I took my son (2yo) to the zoo. He saw animals known and unknown to him. He mislabeled the following animals which was amusing ☺️ Tapirs are pandas (lol) Emus are gray flamingos (I can’t unsee) All fish are sharks (blame baby shark) Polar bears are whales (???) Okapis are zebras (he did hesitate)

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

There’s some discourse on Discord’s wrap up privacy policy. The data they have is nothing new. Request your data and see for yourself. Go through what they have. Timestamps when you open and close your mouth. The apps you run, including non-games, even when you toggle the privacy setting. 1/2

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

IKEA targeting the right audience with their standing desks ❤️

Photo taken in an IKEA showroom. A prop monitor on a standing desk shows the Unreal Editor open.

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VEXED (commissions OPEN) @v3x3d.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

15 Hours Remain!!! 🕓 itch.io/s/119323/dem... Black Friday discounts end soon, some of my best prices ever! 👆😀 Hope you enjoy!!! ❤️ #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Dear iPhone, I love you, but I have a Turkish friend named Çan, now Çan you please stop autocorrecting Çan to Çan? I want to use the very common English word Çan more than I want to mention my friend 🙇

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

It’s looking grim for Microsoft. Wanna browse the web? Get a Chromebook. Wanna game and occasionally you need a desktop? Get a SteamBox. Feeling fancy? Apple is coming out with lightweight MacBooks in 2026.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Downside of living in Europe is that when YouTube tells me the good news that a musician has two concerts NEAR MY CITY, it could still mean I have to cross two country borders to get there.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Life has been quite busy. Productivity is down and I am focusing on our racing game (more info coming soon!) However I do keep making concepts and commissioning new sprite work for the monster tamer project! Here’s a sneak peek! I absolutely adore this mouse design! #gamedev #pixelart

A cropped and blurred photo revealing creatures for my game. The primary subject is sharp and legible. It is a dark lanky mouse.

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Hurrdurr @devhurrdurr.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The 80s were a strange time for computers

A cropped advertisement for a product that highlights compatibility with a "large minicomputer"

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