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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Two of these were done by my goat @modflyalters.bsky.social unfortunately I've never been able to find who did the art for my stoneforge mystic since I picked it up at an auction.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Game Dev Progress coming along great!
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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There are ways to trim your videogame development budget, and then there are *ways* to trim your videogame development budget.
Screenshot from the videogame Grey Skies. A female character stands in front of an indoor swimming pool. A sign by the pool says PLEASE DO NOT SWIM, and, in smaller letters, "There isn't an animation for it."
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Modfly Alters @modflyalters.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Kess Dissident Mage | Liara T'Soni - Mass Effect Ref. Game Cinematic Not for sale.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Excited that one of my game prototypes is finally ready for feedback. Took a little longer than I wanted but I wanted to give some aspects some polish.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Since I started working on a FPS prototype one thing I didn't expect I would be doing so early is really building a foundational quality enemy AI system. It's amazing how this system has also helped inform the level design requirements and goals, audio systems and mechanics.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Great feeling when you find a optimization win that reduces loading times from 15 seconds down to 100 ms...
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
One of my biggest challenges for my RPG game is having to develop a card game with its own rules and design and another RPG layer on top of it for roleplaying and customization. I feels like a spiritual successor to some of the old GBA yugioh RPGs.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Balancing two projects of different genres is a interesting challenge, but I haven't lost my mind yet. Strangely enough, I find that switching between them kind of helps me reset and rethink the design of the other. They have a very strange level of symbiosis with each other.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
On my second project which is a FPS, making massive strides with game feel. Gunplay is coming together really nice and already feels solid. I even set up a dynamic weapon system so I can easily prototype and tweak every detail of each weapon. Overall 10/10 blast this wkn in development.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Progress update. I have finished all the card content for the prototype and everything looks functional. Next I gotta setup some dialogue, UI and sound. A little polish to go and should be ready for first test.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm personally struggling to separate the prototyping from the vertical slice stage and I'm trying to make it easier for me when I move to that stage of development to avoid having to redo a lot of work. It's a different approach than my time working on samurai zero so curious to see the results.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Stuck in this dev pattern where I'm close to finishing up a massive refactor and small features and every time I go to merge it I keep finding little things that I need to fix or improve. Then once I fix those said things I go deeper into a rabbit hole to do some smaller QOL.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Now entering March, my goal is to get my prototype finalized for playtesting with a small group of friends and ppl who I feel can give me specialized insight. Just gotta finish implementing the last group of content and some tutorial polish
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I've been really obsessed with how older games had a bunch of features in their game that were hidden from players. Old pokemon games are truly fascinating to learn about their design process. Makes we want to do the same with my next project.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I hateeeeeee programming gameplay cameras. 😡
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Technical pipelines will be the death of me.
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Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨 NEW TRAILER DROP 🚨 We just dropped a new trailer for Rogue Eclipse as a part of Six One Indie! - Think Starfox x Armoured Core - Tight controls - Customize & master your starfighter - Take on merciless armadas - Roguelike structure - Destructible environments - Story with a full voice cast!
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Internally I've been calling this tool Persona. The inspiration was what if your rival in Pokemon was way more dynamic with how they developed their party based off of their interactions with you? What would that look like?
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I've also developed what I like to call memory nodes where strategies you use are memorized by the AI and through their own decision making, can decide to find new tools that can be used to take you down.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Big breakthrough with my games' AI. Had success at testing an enemy who is not only able to figure out the best options available to itself at any time during gameplay but also dynamically learns from its mistakes along with a personality matrix that can manipulate its decision making.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
YES FIXED 2 BIG BUGS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLING ME ALL WEEK! PROGRESS!
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I never want to try programming a personality matrix EVER AGAIN. I broke so many other systems just to get it to interact properly.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
the past couple of hours have been coding hell.......im going to sleep and letting future me figure it out.
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Guy Dupont @guydupont.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Introducing 🔄 CaptchaStash 🔄 When the machines rise, we'll need the ultimate digital security to protect our physical goods. This beautiful box uses everybody's favorite - reCAPTCHA - to keep the bots OUT. DMs open for investors only.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Why yes Ethos, you would love to innovate on a Dialogue System as a stand out new feature. No Ethos, you didn't think about how many hours it would take to actually develop such a system....
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Oh thank God this is fan art I almost had a heart attack 😂
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Found a dope artist who is assisting me in character design and finally finished some more UI technical work. Now I just need to prototype one last main feature that is pretty complex and depending on how that turns out I'll lock in the current feature list and core mechanics of the game.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I was finally able to figure out the art style for my prototype. Moving faster than my own expectations & might have a first playable done before Q4. I got most of the core mechanics set. I think now I want to focus more on world building,characters and story scenario.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Making internal dev tools to help speed up your dev pipeline and scalable for production is so rewarding when you get it just right. I'm so glad everything I learned working on samurai zero is paying off in dividends.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Finally had a breakthrough over the weekend with some gameplay elements that I just couldn't figure out for the longest. Gotta playtest it but if it works out I'll be able to reach my personal goal before the end of the summer.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Interesting place to be in where your programming is progressing at such a pace, that design is now what is slowing you down. I never have had to deal with this before...
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
who would of guessed just like everything with game development, making screen transitions is a challenge lol
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Almost had a stroke yesterday programming trying to figure out why I couldn't get a plug-in to work and it was all because I didn't use an underscore for a function....
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
brewing some commander decks for final fantasy #MTG #MTGCommander twitch.tv/gamingethos
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Andre Garcia @artofandregarcia.com · 07/04/2025
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Got some nice hits from dragonstorm. 🙏🏾 #MTG #dragonstorm
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
NICOL BOLAS!
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
say less we on it lol
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Awesome work!
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Finally bit the bullet and made my first #MTG video on a card from the upcoming dragonstorm set! Feel free to like and sub gonna do more vids on the near future. youtu.be/gYf0CzvQ9NA?...
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This POWERFUL Dragon is being Slept On! | Tarkir: Dragonstorm #MTG
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Been learning a new game engine and coding for the past week and this is the most rewarding feeling I have felt in the past year. This finally might get me out of the depressive slump I've been stuck in for a while.
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Jamma”J” @jmsim.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Paradise might be one of them ones. Shoutout to @gamingethos.bsky.social for putting me on to peak television
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
yesssirrrrr
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Gunlance and long sword.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Loving Monster Hunter Wilds so far. Been doing high end content and it's scratching that itch.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Finally caught up on Silo and Severance. My god this is a lot to unpack.
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
🎊 My Goals for 2025 🎊 -Drop one to two videos a month -Launch my MTG channel -Fully taking over the family business -game dev.....things -more consulting work -mentor more -FINISH MY BACKLOG OF MODELS KITS 😭😭😭
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas everyone!
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ETHOS @gamingethos.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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