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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Jak demanded all art made for their 2D platformer was in 8K and uncompressed. Why? Well, they thought it would make more people want to buy it. What they got was 30 seconds of gameplay in a 5GB package. Don't be like Jak.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bummer, I had feeling I wouldn't be able to get into the new Castlevania. I played the demo with an open mind but just couldn't pick up what it was putting down.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

People keep telling me to work on my drip, so I did. This is what they meant right? #gamedev

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No, you are absolutely allowed to use that lovecraftian hotkey horror.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Exactly right! or should I say depressingly right.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is nothing wrong with free tools. Using Audcaity for sound work? go for it. MS Paint for art? more power to you. Don't let people shame you for using a free tool. If it does what you want then who cares.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Speaking of Super Metroid, none of them had ever played it....

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's no surprise that 70% of the Jaks I've dealt with in the past were making hand drawn Metroidvanias. They were all looking to cash out on the trend of the time. The real bummer is it soured me on a genre I've been in love with since first playing Super Metroid.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Expected a wall of DKC2? BAH! I have grown as a human.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wait wait wait, super intelligence? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh man, I needed a good laugh today.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Life is to be lived, not endured. Somehow that statement has the power to offend many. The corpos freak out because they fear the effect it will have on their bottom line, stupid but understandable. The regular folk that scream when someone demands a better work life balance makes no damn sense.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I would like to take a moment to thank the person that uploaded the 10 hour loop of Aquatic Ambience from Donkey Kong Country to Youtube.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Jak stands for 'Just Another Knobhead'. So when I say Jak had to use AI to write an if statement even though they considered themselves an intermediate to advance programmer, the Jak in this scenario is one of many people I have had the pleasure of dealing with. As always, don't be like Jak.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Have I mentioned I miss the Nintendo era Rare in the last 6 minutes? I miss the Nintendo era Rare.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hmmmmmmmmm, that probably shouldn't happen. Or maybe… no, that definitely shouldn't happen.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have come to terms with the idea of having years of being poor as dirt if it means I get to do what I love doing. I haven't come to terms with the years in between where I need to do things I don't enjoy to survive. That's life? Yeah right.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Was adding SFX to the elevator a high priority task? Nope. Was it the quick win I so badly needed today? Yup. Always keep a couple of quick wins nearby for when you need them most, folks. #gamedev

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Spiderman beating the crap out of a nazi is both the best and saddest thing I've seen for a while. The best because, well, you've all seen it. The saddest because nazis are still a thing in this day and age.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

OK, the basis of the arcade machine is there. All you can do at the moment is spin some meat, but there'll be a game there soon. Also get your minds out of the gutter. My mind is very territorial about said gutter. #gamedev

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I love playing a game where it feels like you are having a direct interaction with its creators mind. Playing The Binding of Isaac feels like Edmund McMillen is sitting in the room with you. A game should be an extension of it's creator.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just what I needed to hear on a Monday morning! Thanks!

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Yeah, not to mention the rampant AI use.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Remember the "I made X game in X time" or "I made X game with X experience" videos out there are purely for entertainment. Don't let them bring you down or give you any ideas that making a game is easy. Everyone is different and so is their game dev journey.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Time for me to complain more about Blender.... No, it's my fault for using it once a month, if that. I should really find some fun, cool things that need different techniques to just model each day. Can't get good at something if you don't do it.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I can't help myself. Every time there's dialogue, I need to add Animal Crossing style voices. This time round every letter has its own unique sound rather than just a single sound that I change depending on the letter. How did I do? Feedback is always appreciated. #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hey AI companies, how's that cure for cancer coming along? What's that? You're too busy consuming and destroying everything? OK, cool, and you're still confused why people hate you?

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Beauty is subjective, yet society has set an objective framework to which we all measure ourselves. Whether it's art, writing, music, or your own body, you feel judged. Long story short, everything you make and everything you are is beautiful, and screw those who tell you otherwise.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I had that happen to a friend once, so we all as a group made sure we ordered nothing but the "girliest" and complicated to make drinks on the menu all night. Forget the fool and may your spells never be countered.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Noted! I'm getting old which means even one wayward sneeze can mess me up.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

100% agree with that one. Own all weaknesses because they are the raw materials for building strengths.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

That is brilliant. We all tend to get caught up in stuff and completely miss something as simple as that. Thanks for sharing! It legitimately stopped me dead in my tracks hahahahaha.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'm just over a year away from attempting full time game dev again. I've continued to live lean, so I'm ready for that. I've learned to trust my gut when I sense someone is full of shit. Anyone else have any advice on things I should work on to better prepare myself?

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

AH! That must be it! I can finally rest! You have my eternal thanks.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Look, I don't know why I'm so obsessed with this at the moment, so I'm hoping one of you guys can watch it and report back. I've already tested the theory that all the skull makeup reminds me of Ghost, but that wasn't it. Maybe the Rammstein crossover? Nope that's not it. HELP!

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Broken Peach - Tainted Love (Halloween Special)

YouTube video by Broken Peach

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thank you for the kind words! and I'm sending you a fist bump through the universe for spotting that hahahahaha.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

That is a fantastic use of the gameboy palette! Well done, keep it up!

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Building the mundane and learning to appreciate it. Elevators are the new entry on the list of things I will no longer take for granted in video games. How did I do? Rate my elevator. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Ah, yes, this is my post Janurary 2028 Playstation collection display. Quite a sight to behold...

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It is criminal that we live in a society where inspiration goes to waste. One can feel immense levels of inspiration and then be told to drop it to return to being a cog in the machine. When you feel inspired grab on to it and don't let it go for no one or no thing.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Looksmaxing? More like whattheactualfuckiswrongwiththesepeoplepleasestoptheplanetIwouldliketogetoffmaxing.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I have heard there is some black magic out there to make it work with the client.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

That's exactly right. The cloudier the market gets, the more transparent we as devs need to be.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Welcome to the modern day Salem witch trials... There's no clean way of handling this mess without an innocent person being dragged through the mud sadly.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Ugh, at least they are being honest, I guess. It's such a conflicting situation where you know what they did sucked but you also know telling the truth is important and shouldn't be punished. I know devs *cough*Jak*cough* that straight up lie to people about their use of AI.

The top of the steam new releases list showing that a vast majority of new games have some sort of gen AI content in them.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It stings that's for sure but you'll figure it out and have the answer for the next time a poor soul is looking for it.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We will soon have a generation of people that have never felt the pain of finding a post on a forum of the exact question they have that hasn't been answered in 6 years. That pain taught us that maybe we were heading down the wrong path and made us rethink our direction. It made us stronger.

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Flying Free Studios @flyingfreestudios.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey, to all you coders out there. If you share a snippet of code you are proud of or find funny, I will appreciate it and so would others. Don't feel like just because it's not a pretty picture that you can't share it with the world. Code is art in its own special way.

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