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this post: www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/on-... along with @galaxykate.bsky.social on Casual Creators and this Kid Pix retrospective: red-green-blue.com/kid-pix-the-...

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on UI design & using UI as a means to tell a story, convey emotion, create personality… an in-depth look…

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 4h

Did a new Patreon blog on how Godot coroutine-equivalents work (backers get it now goes public later this month), but in terms of public posts, a few just popped: One-shot particles: www.patreon.com/glassbottomm... And a tooling thing on sweeping scenes for Stuff: www.patreon.com/glassbottomm...

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Spawning one-shot Godot particles that auto-destruct | Megan Fox

This is one of those things that's really simple, but has a couple of very silly (but also sort of cool) hiccups you might stumble across. F

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Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 2h

Fucked up that the best possible outcome for tool quality is for them to be just barely successful enough to continue to exist. Hit it big enough and any tool’s quality will suddenly decide to plummet one day

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Chris 🧠 talk with humans @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2h

once again reminding everybody here to make sure your irl people know the AI industry just reinvented the crime skeleton. people think they're alone and private, but they're always in a 3-way line chat with cops after the fact *reminder bsky is also a crime skeleton - but we know this isn't private

in 1930 helene adelaide shelby patented an apparatus for obtaining criminal confessions (above image is patent diagram this will describe, gist is person talking to wall with skeleton behind it and someone else behind the skeleton typing or pushing buttons). The police put the suspect into a darkened chamber where they are confronted by a human skeleton with glowing red eyes that questions them with a voice transmitted from the interrogator behind it, through a megaphone in the mouth. A camera concealed in the skull was to record the confessions.
someone replies: what.
third person: CONFESS TO THE CRIME SKELETON.

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Chris 🧠 talk with humans @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2h

people fluent in web development effortlessly using browser developer mode to just delete chunks from the website of ads and email sign in requests and newsletter popup layer and autoplaying corner videos and changing stuff causing the page to jump until text left on the page can be read by a person

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Shaquille O'Neal's No Bad Vibes Dance

Alt: Shaquille O'Neal's jcpenney commercial wearing sweater smiling swatting away floating words like negativity anxiety bad vives drama.

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Squidly @squidly.newgrounds.com · 7h

With the bunny hop emblem, you go faster when you repeatedly jump! Keep hopping so you can get to bopping! #GameDev #IndieDev

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

wowie look at my animated decal so very high tech

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Godot Engine @godotengine.org · 29/09/2026

Our final 4.8 development snapshot has arrived with #GodotEngine 4.8 dev 7! Symbol renaming, runtime CanvasItem manipulation, animated decals, non-allocating physics queries, UI audio events, AccessKit for iOS and Android, and more are ready for testing: godotengine.org/article/dev-...

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.8 dev 7 – Godot Engine

Feature freeze has arrived!

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 7h

I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 21/10/2024

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Toronto Games Week @torontogamesweek.com · 9h

The Academy of Fun + Games takes place from October 23rd-25th, and kicks off with Video Game Appreciation Night running at the AGO from 6-9pm! Dive into a lineup of standout video games as we play, explore, and get lost in the rich worlds and creative magic of video game art!

A crowd of people at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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fanta 🌸🦌🔴🐺🌸 @fantakoi.bsky.social · 8h

i hope so badly that one of them actually takes root and becomes a place for webcomics that also attracts readers. and as bad as this whole tapas thing is, maybe this is a new chance?? i don't know but webtoon never should be the only big platform out there... so i'll try to help as much as i can

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Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io · 8h

20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes (30min) I'm glad FLEB went back to this, it's way better than 20 Small Mazes!! Some great ideas displayed here while following the "game object" design we've seen in Strange Jigsaws. The perfect free game to play before the next major FLEB game 😌

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20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes on Steam

A puzzle game with twenty small mazes.

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Douglas @dmgregory.ca · 6h

I find this with the Nier: Automata soundtrack. They do a lot in that game with dynamically blending between different stems depending on where you are / what's happening, so listening to the OST where it's just one version of the track feels a lot more flat.

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Owen Goss @owengoss.com · 12h

Have you tried Fivefold yet? Today’s daily puzzle is a fun one! Fivefold #324 [Sep 30, 2026] 🔥 0:59 🏆 0 hints fivefold.ca

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Fivefold: Daily Puzzle

A daily Sudoku-inspired logic puzzle where the rules change every day!

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Kitten Cup Studio @kittencupstudio.bsky.social · 10h

reconciliation asks of us beyond today. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has resources and events to begin or continue that learning that you can check out: trw-svr.nctr.ca

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Truth and Reconciliation Week – Taking Truth to Action

The National Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419

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Kitten Cup Studio @kittencupstudio.bsky.social · 10h

Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we honour residential school Survivors, their families & communities, & remember the children who never returned home. As a Toronto-based studio, we’re taking time to learn from Indigenous voices & reflect on the work

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation poster urging support for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026, showing a circular Indigenous-style medallion and the slogan: "Protect the truth. Stand with Survivors. Reconciliation starts with each of us."

Poster promoting the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026 by the University of Manitoba’s National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, showing an orange background with a circular family-and-feather emblem and the message: "Remember them. Honour them. Reconciliation starts with each of us.

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Robby Duguay @robbyduguay.com · 30/09/2026

I’ve played Mario Kart Tour from the week it came out until today, but tonight they’ll turn off the servers and it goes away forever. Going to miss this one.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 21h

Mamdani is 100% right here, despite some people reading into this things that are not said here. Antisemitism is a scourge upon the world. Doesn't need any qualification or quantification or caveats or what-abouts. Any antisemitism is too much antisemitism.

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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 14h

Got a 're-elect me!' newsletter from my city councillor bragging about reviewing a contruction for a women's shelter and then also mentioned, in big bold letters, "THIS IS NOT A SAFE INJECTION SIT AND WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE PHARMACEUDICALS" I gotta say, municipal politics is fucking embarassing

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Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com · 22h

New Exhibit:Play Curation 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀 Curated by @farfama.bsky.social exhibitplay.com/long-stretch... Featuring games from @turbobuttoninc.bsky.social, @warpdigitaluk.bsky.social, @jackboxgames.com (Toot Games), Codyumm, MarkasAis

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 22h

Had an idea in the shower for an algorithm to find the "rough direction of a set of points". Worked beautifully, but now I'm wondering if all I did was derive linear regression from first principles? I'm just creating a matrix of absolute values of dot products. 🤔

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 16h

And this is why we do what we do 🙏😭 Thanks so much to everyone who's exploring and enjoying the people and worlds we wrote for Nivalis Nights (and if you want to know what's next for us – cough cough indie project – follow @boxofgreebles.bsky.social...)

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Rosie T @rtparty.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Update: the non-work guilt is setting in and relaxing is a curse

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 29/09/2026

literally surviving primarily because of the relationships i've made with developers who thankfully want to keep me around for their next releases. no big sprawling rpg with a giant music budget in my future, likely, but a girl can still dream of an industry that wants to take risks again :-)

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Ethan Goldreyer @ethangoldreyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey if anyone wants to try out a prototype of my next game, I'd really appreciate your feedback! It's a tactical deckbuilder kinda thing, so if you're into that, give it a whirl! ethans-byproducts.itch.io/stop-right-w... Password: stop!

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STOP RIGHT WHERE YOU CARD - demo by Ethan's Byproducts

Deckbuilding tactics game where the floor is made of cards! A downloadable game

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Sarah Følina | clikkiesky goes to ØH @subtlefire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

along with this, teach them the power of words like "dude, that's gross"

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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MommyUnit of Beach Therapy, Wine & Super Bowl Wins @mommyunit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In case you hadn’t seen this. They make some fine points.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In the games user research space we've actually had to change how we talk about game systems with playtesters, because while 'NPC/Enemy AI' is common developer jargon that players used to be fine with, the term has been thoroughly poisoned by GenAI and will now elicit negative reactions from many.

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Survival crafter where you're a Mermaid, and you start by nailing the Ecco movement physics, but ONLY THE COOL MOVEMENT not the jesuschrist difficulty, and let me zoom around and build a cutety patooty house under da sea Please Someone make this I want to put hats on my tiny fish friends 😭

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🍁Kevin 🆖 @gamehole.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Fivefold is a good time. Recommended if you like Sudoku but fancy trying something fresh.

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

this ended up with some really interesting thoughtful discussions in the replies, and ends up reflecting a lot of different experiences and perspectives. i wanted to add a few things here which are important to me as a designer.

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

the idea of games with a single difficulty level is so weird. it just doesn't make sense. how are devs supposed to magically target you, perfectly, sight unseen? people have all kinds of individual strengths and habits and weaknesses and accessibility needs? that's just not how it works.

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

only 20% of gamers are in NA+EU combined.

Newzoo 2026 global games market report showing Global players by region.

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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This seems like a reasonable change to me, given how many small sales my games have been in that were hidden away in a nested page after ~4 other sales events. Also seems a better chance at getting small games in front of people vs. expecting them to dig through pages to find it (on paper at least)

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seranine @seranine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"If a person had done this they'd be arrested. But when a tech giant's piece of code does it, all the tech giant gets is a sad face from the Prime Minister?" it's giving till theft vs. wage theft

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anthony @panecasio.com · 29/09/2026

this isn’t even the half of it. play jusant to see where this /really/ goes.

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Dave Kosak @thefargo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A teen on Reddit was lamenting about the state of the world and options for the future. My response only got 16 views - did it even reach the OP? - but I feel so strongly about it I'll repost it here. I hope this finds anyone who needs to hear it.

Reddit post in r/economy entitled "Im in highschool... i dont see a future" with the text: "It may not happen but I believe in that the economy will crash with everything going on. What are the possible outcomes of this? Is there light at the end kf [sic] the tunnel?"

Answer to the previous post from "TheFargo". It reads:
"Hello friend! It’s understandable to feel this way. Our media environment doesn’t help; things that are shocking or upsetting are promoted in our social media feeds because terror drives “engagement.” To be sure, we’re in a period of transition - political things are happening that I never thought I’d see in my lifetime. A “realignment” is happening across everything, from politics to work. Something old is dying and something new is being born. That is ALWAYS scary. But as others have pointed out, realignments happen every few generations. Whenever things change, there’s an opportunity to change them for the better. And in the long arc of history, things HAVE been getting better.

My advice would be to focus not on the dying of the old but the birth of the new. Your generation will shape the world to come. Don’t let your worldview be defined by an engagement algorithm; look to your neighbors and friends, build real communities, solve problems, learn to use the new tools at your disposal, and never stop fighting for a better world. These are scary times… but also the most amazing time to be alive. Be strong, and draw strength from your community. We’re going to get through this, and if we do it right, the world will be far better than the one you were born into."

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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 29/09/2026

Delighted to contribute a few words to this excellent piece, along with loads more wonderful composers 💖

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🎃 Dave Proctor, the GRAVE DOCTOR 🎃 @positivelaser.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The promise of an independent double fine making small, weird games, is the most exciting thing. Layoffs made to keep the company stable are heartbreaking, but watching companies make smaller bets is a better path for everyone.

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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 29/09/2026

A kid asked if his friend could have extra health for his first game. One of our developers wondered how often anyone would use that. ...anyway, it’s a feature now. The child will not be taking further questions. store.steampowered.com/news/app/465...

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Knuckle Creek - Introducing health customisation - Steam News

Hello all! I'd like to introduce a new feature today: Health Customisation. When setting up a battle game you can now tweak each player's health individually. This lets you add handicaps for friends j...

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theraot.bsky.social @theraot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do not forget zero allocation physic queries were also merged. What I need is to get better at compute shaders. Given the marshal overhead of GDExtension, sometimes using compute shaders makes sense. Godot needs an unified type system. And I wish I could use blend spaces without animation trees.

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passivestar @passivestar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

4.8 will be the strongest godot release in a while texture streaming, contact shadows, multi-bounce AO, lightmap specular, 3d trails, mesh buffers on gpu, visual shader groups, label text fitting, symbol renaming, more flexible editor layout and a lot of ui improvements what are you still missing?

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joon @joonturbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

worked on this a bit but have been playtesting and OH MY get ready folks

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Milkbag Games @milkbaggames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our full app version of Fivefold is now available! Fivefold is a Sudoku-inspired game where the rules change every puzzle. It's a free download, NO ADS, tons of free puzzles, and a puzzle pack if you want more. That's it! iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/fivef... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

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Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reminder: If you wanna see #gamedev stuff on Bsky, I made this feed. Includes all posts with relevant keywords like "game dev", or #gamedev, filters out certain spam-related keywords, then shows any posts above 3+ likes sorted by a combination of age and like count: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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