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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 31/08/2026

📜 A new article has landed on my blog! Where I rediscovered truth tables and used them as lookup tables to make a complex problem space... trivial 😅 blog.dtaralla.ca/blog/2026/co... #programming #gamedevelopment #personalBlog

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🫩 Combinatorial logic branching

The one where I banged my head so hard on RPG inventory drag & drop because I kept missing obscure cases.

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 20/08/2026

My game dev blog is live, and with it my first few articles 🎉 1st highlight: Should I defend my functions against bad input, or simply assert and crash? Why? Check it out 👀🍿 blog.dtaralla.ca/blog/2026/de... #programming #gamedevelopment #personalBlog

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❓ Defensive Programming or Crashing?

The one where I vomit every time I see defensive checks instead of assertions.

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 12/08/2026

Hey @kenney.nl ! Were you aware of/do you know how to fix this flickering on your materials in the Pirate Kit (here in blender, but same appears in Godot with all default import settings)? Seems related to the 0px-wide UVs 👀 Thanks for everything you do btw, proud donator already <3

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 18/05/2026

> Also: We have probably had about a million emails about #Everhaven. People were HYPED for that game. 🥹

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 08/05/2026

Everhaven was such a beautiful game. Every day thanks to this account, I'm reminded of the pride I had working on it with such talented and caring folks. For those who come after, friends 🥹

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 16/02/2026

In today's episode of AI is ruining the thing you love; Godot could really use some extra funding just to judge if something is slop because they're getting overwhelmed

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Eric Buchholz @ebuch.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

New video for those looking to try out the newest metasound feature to hit ue5-main

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UE 5.8 Experimental - MetaSound Document Configuration Sneak Peek

YouTube video by Eric Buchholz

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 30/11/2025

Props to the UI artist(s) on #Runescape: #Dragonwilds. It's so pleasing to watch and interact with! Rarely are menus so beautiful. And the game's great too, ofc 🎉The building UX is great, especially the idea of a building spell to get in flying camera mode :)

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 20/11/2025

Coming soon™️ in UE5🎉 ✅ Recently Used category for MetaSounds nodes ✅ Favorite category for MetaSounds nodes (like BPs) ✅ MetaSounds Interface tooltips ✅ Sound Class graph search tab ✅ Sound Class graph auto-zoom on opened class ✅ Find in CB & View References from SC graph For those who come after 💌

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Fortnite News & Updates @newsfortnite.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7 (In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite) #Fortnite #FortniteNews

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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

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The official home of the Python Programming Language

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃 🌒 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 06/10/2025

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
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other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 23/09/2025

I'll refer to this article a lot from now on, for folks who asks me "but how do you do it?". Feels natural to some of us, others need convincing... TLDR: You're not developing in a vacuum. Think of your users more!! We're not researchers, we're game devs 🥹 rystorm.com/blog/waterme...

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The Dangerous Watermelons 🍉 in your Software — Robin-Yann Storm, Product & UX Designer for Tools

What are watermelons, and what are they doing in your software?

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 11/09/2025

Yup, it's that simple. On any engine. Btw, did you know there are ways to instrument Godot with Tracy? It's amazing!

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 09/09/2025

Because you shouldn't have to think about "coin" or "Bernoulli gate" to find a metasound node that triggers with a chance... Renamed the Trigger Filter node to be Trigger Chance and rephrased tooltips to make it clearer. Coming in UE5.7! It's the little things... :) github.com/EpicGames/Un...

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 27/08/2025

Our Drafts Collides is so good it should be illegal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxfR... #clairobscur #expedition33

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Our Drafts Collides

YouTube video by Lorien Testard - Topic

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 13/08/2025

#MusicBee makes it so simple to play "all my music library in shuffle, but without any OST music". This is peak UX - right click Music, expand Filters, Manage... create a "Non-OST" filter based on the Genre metadata, poof. All in under 3min, and no loading. Damn, it's so good when tech just works!!!

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Matt Yang - Wishlist The Royal Restoration Society! @debaser1215.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Well this is a first: Someone made a wiki for a game I worked on that was cancelled. Really makes me happy to see Everhaven live on in some form ❤️ everhaven.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page #bringbackprojectdragon #gamedev

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Everhaven Wiki

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 04/08/2025

Despite the sad state of the world, there are still beautiful things. Thanks #TinyGlade 🥲❣️

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 31/07/2025

Forgot I did this, but damn this game looks good 🙏 Heroes V Haven faction's town in #TinyGlade 💖 @pouncelight.bsky.social

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 24/07/2025

My cat is meowing like crazy when I sing "Une vie à t'aimer" from Clair-Obscur while working. She even bites my face if I do as if she wasn't there. Is my cat the only cat that does that? Or is it because I sing so bad? xD www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kMb...

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Une vie à t'aimer

YouTube video by Lorien Testard - Topic

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 16/07/2025

A lot of people come into the games industry and pretty soon develop a cynical attitude that the industry is largely run by business guys who don't know a thing about video games. It's only after a few years and some seniority that you realize that those guys don't know shit about business either.

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 06/07/2025

Can somebody tell me why tf AI is so revolutionary for tech and already changes coders lives, while we can still not have Google AI predict the weather for the current day without enormous errors? I can look at the sky and have a better preditciton. AI is the future... yeah sure

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 29/06/2025

So, Expedition 33. WTF IT'S SO GOOD HOW TF!! I almost stopped playing before the 3h mark, because it felt clunky, ugly, super punitive gameplay. But boy am I happy to have continued. The story is really original, and can we talk about the music please?! Both are SO good and different from the... 1/N

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Ari Arnbjörnsson @flassari.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

When hunting hitches in your games, you'll need the tools of the trade. And any hitch-hunter worth their salt carries with them a Lantern of Insights at all times. See this mystical lantern in action in "The Great Hitch Hunt" at Unreal Fest Orlando on June 4th, 3:30 PM ET in North Session Room 5!

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Airborn Studios @airbornstudios.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

G'day! As some of you know, it's been a year since the axe came down on #ProjectDragon (aka #Everhaven). While we remain sad about the game not making it to the finish line, we're grateful that we later got to show some of the #gameart we got to contribute over the course of 3 years. If... 1/7

A screenshot of all portfolio thumbnails in our ArtStation gallery for Project Dragon (Everhaven). To be found at: https://www.artstation.com/airbornstudios/albums/13589430

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Today's a melancholy anniversary- 1 year ago today, the devs on Project Dragon (aka Everhaven) were let go and the project canned. Going to celebrate by waking this thread back up and posting more from the concept art archives, click thru to catch up 💜

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Alb3rt0 (2 days til 🎂) @albst3r.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Zelda Williams (the daughter of the great Robin Williams) sure had a lot to say about the “Studio Ghibli style” AI images that have been trending recently. I think those people should read these posts and really think about what they’re doing.

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Matt Yang - Wishlist The Royal Restoration Society! @debaser1215.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Our first game, Tales of the Forgotten, comes out in TWO WEEKS. I'm really excited for y'all to be able to play our little spooky stories. #indiegame #horrorgame #indiehorrorgame #gamedev store.steampowered.com/app/3157310/...

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 17/02/2025

Excited like a little child about #SeaofThieves next season! I'm so glad this game exists, thank you @rare.co.uk :') Buying the plunder pass 1000%, this is so much fun and new content <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJ6...

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Sea of Thieves Season 15: Official Content Update Video

YouTube video by Sea of Thieves

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 27/01/2025

Another sad day today for Phoenix Labs. Corporate overlords doing corporate overlords things, who could have guessed. They corrupt everything they touch, chickens without head running around. #gamedev #bringbackprojectdragon

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 27/01/2025

Not really a band, more like a troupe... but I'd love, LOVE to see this live with the same cast :') youtu.be/xJuqOXcMdzE?...

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Schitt's Creek-Stevie's breath-taking performance

YouTube video by T Dolma

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 08/12/2024

One hour deep in #PoE2... it's so good! Didn't play the original extensively, but amazed by the "true Diablo", no, better-than-diablo feel it has to it. And COME ON, who thinks to make a UI getting specular reflections from the "light" of the cursor?! Such a nice touch. So much polish already 🙏

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DavidT @dtaralla.ca · 29/11/2024

Hello bsky! As my first post here, I'd like to pay homage to my previous team and project ☺️

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