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Also the first time you meet the thing that eye is attached to, and you're like a tiny lil guy with all of one stick to fight with.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 04/10/2026

If we learned today sacrificing a blood relative to an eldritch god will give programmers 10% increased productivity: a lot of them would post about how great it is, but what to watch out for, and btw they sacrificed their mothers to Chunyalubothep so they can make their employers wealthier faster.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 03/10/2026

I was reading an article called "Coding is NOT Solved" and it has a section mentioning cases where genAI should not be used and one of them was "where ethics are important" - when is it not? Why is ethics always an afterthought in these discussions? It's always barely a consideration.

"Anywhere ethics are important and you're supposed to set a role model. The truth is that the AI labs did not own the right to a significant chunk of their training data."

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 28/09/2026

I spent a large portion of my day preparing for a job interview/practical exam (it has special requirements). That's all done for now, and I can go back to working on Pitchfork Perfect tomorrow and I feel so happy about the prospect of working on my own thing again.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 14/09/2026

omg you got that one! yeeeee

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Kill Your Darlings Games @kydgames.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A DEMO sneak peak? 👀 A huge thanks to all who's been showing excitement over the demo -- but did you know that wishlisting it makes the demo come out FASTER? 😈😈😈 Wishlist us on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/app/4612510/... #indiegames #wishlistonsteam #roguelite #rhythmgame #bulletheaven

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 25/08/2026

Just did a True Pacifist Undertake run! I was going to say "it was nice to play something different after playing a bunch of horde survival/bullet heaven games" and then realized that would be a silly thing to say haha 🙃

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 21/08/2026

The basic challenges that horde survival games present to the player: - Positioning and navigation to avoid danger and to hit enemies at the right distance - Building a collection of things that cull enemies effectively, giving the player more safe positions There's play to be had here! #gamedev

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Kill Your Darlings Games @kydgames.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We're ready to show you what we've been cooking! 😈😈😈 Pitchfork Perfect is a rhythm-powered rogue-lite bullet heaven where you fight, dodge, and build your way through increasingly waves of enemies — all to the beat of your own guitar. 🎵🔥 youtu.be/_s864POH4Y0

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Pitchfork Perfect 😈 - Game Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by Kill Your Darlings Games

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 18/08/2026

I wish I did indie stuff sooner. I was in game dev a year after college, but I spent way to long being content as an employee. I should have made and released my own games way back.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 13/08/2026

I think as long as you can validate that it is fun and promising with friends, family, peers, and randos, maybe it'll be ok? I spent like a year iterating on the progression mechanics for my on-hiatus tactics game and it's just not working haha. No one else gets is. So that's one year gone.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 12/08/2026

Imagining that the jellyfish one is bioluminescent heh

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 12/08/2026

For my fellow programmers (in game development or otherwise) who refuse to use clanker 💩 I just wanted to share this video (not mine) in case you haven't seen it yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZU3...

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I'm done coding with AI

YouTube video by Brett Codes

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 10/08/2026

I don't even want to use Viber - I'm only here because other people I have to talk to are here. So now I've gone from tolerating its imposition on my life to HATING it.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 10/08/2026

Fucking Viber forcing ChatGPT on me by making it eat up 20% of the window. I DON'T CARE HOW BIG IT IS, THAT'S NOT WHY I HAVE YOUR GARBAGE CHAT APP.

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Kill Your Darlings Games @kydgames.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Hey guys!! The Pitchfork Perfect team will be guesting at PODCAST today at 9PM 🇵🇭 time 🎉 Please support our small indie devs team by sharing and attending!! 💕 www.facebook.com/share/p/1MQK...

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 07/08/2026

Bugs that only *sometimes* happen with (currently) mysterious replication conditions are some of the worst.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 06/08/2026

I wrote a bit about dealing with audiovisual desync, running Pitchfork Perfect on a Retroid Pocket, and signed distance fields (SDFs) over one of the recurring threads at Tildes: tildes.net/~comp/1vgn/w... #gamedev #indiegames #indiedev

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Omni Systems - Eufloria 2 in Development Now! @omnisystems.gg · 05/08/2026

A starter pack? With cool devs and other cool people? With room for more? Sound great right? 😁 There's still room in our starter pack so comment if you'd like to be added or have any suggestions on who to add!! 🙌✨ #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #Gamedev #Indiedev go.bsky.app/9LLrBM4

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 06/08/2026

I deleted a line of code that was resulting in a bug. I don't know why I wrote that line of code in the first place. Everything appears to be working fine without it. What the heck was me-of-the-past trying to do lol.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 06/08/2026

There's an opportunity to allow the player to adopt a more punishing parry window in exchange for better payoff, like something they can un/equip.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 05/08/2026

Halls of Torment has midboss/elite enemies that have mild bullet helliness to them. They show up like one or two at a time so doesn't get overwhelming in spite of all the mobs onscreen that are also asking for the player's attention.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 05/08/2026

I really enjoyed the Loot Frog demo! Please check it out at store.steampowered.com/app/4534390/... It's a little slow at the start but once it ramps up it's super fun! #games

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 05/08/2026

it doesn't! makes their spells fail. we put a red blip, play a little animation, play a little sound, and show the word "miss". so yeah gotta maybe make them all more obvious and do more.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 04/08/2026

Our rhythm game has visual aids to help the player tap to the beat, but during playtests, some players still spam their clicks. I think our visual aid isn't communicating well enough that hey you're not doing it right. So I wanna revisit the feature again for curious players who need more help.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 02/08/2026

Spawn indicators look great!

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 01/08/2026

I'm hoping that's how the players would feel about it!

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 01/08/2026

Now that I've gotten this out of my system, I can get started on stuff I should be working on HAHAHA

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 31/07/2026

I think it paid off! Our game has a "constellation" weapon that works like a tripwire, and I wasn't happy with how random the shapes were... so instead, we can now have actual constellation shapes! (the game is Pitchfork Perfect on Steam) #indiegame #indiedev #games #rhythmgame

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Kill Your Darlings Games @kydgames.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Thank you again for having us, #PGDX! Last weekend was a whirlwind of craziness, we appreciate everyone who came over to support us and give good, honest feedback 🙇‍♀️💜 ▶ WISHLIST PITCHFORK PERFECT ON @steampowered.com : store.steampowered.com/app/4612510/... #indiegamedev #indiegame #roguelite

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Kill Your Darlings Games @kydgames.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Such an honor to be nominated at #PGDX for something still in development.. Imagine what the full game will be like! This is actually just the vertical slice, guys! WE WILL RETURN! 😈🔥🔥🔥 Can't wait to show you what we can really do! 🤘 #indiegame #roguelite #indiegamedev #rhythmgame #bulletheaven

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 27/07/2026

I haven't checked for it explicitly, but it hasn't shown up on the profiler so it doesn't seem like it's had a negative impact on performance.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 27/07/2026

I love making tools for my teammates. It takes integration load off my back, there's nothing lost in translation by having the programmer as the middleman, and they can work directly in-engine without intervention. Everyone wins. I make them for myself too! I'm still doing the work, just faster!

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 27/07/2026

If there was ever a case for universal basic income

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 27/07/2026

I was initially tracking beats through just logic/math. Worked OK for a while under perfect conditions, but lag spikes are nasty. Eventually I gave up and just started listening for FMOD beat events - this way, I can recalibrate my beat clock each time there's a beat!

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 27/07/2026

My Retroid Pocket survived its first game convention this year (at #pgdx2026)! I was finally able to fix the audio desync issues while running Pitchfork Perfect via GameHub. We were able to accommodate 3 people at a time in our booth (Retroid Pocket, Steam Deck and a laptop)! #indiegame #gamedev

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 24/07/2026

I'll look for your booth tomorrow!

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 23/07/2026

Aw yeeee thank you! I'm glad you think so!

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 23/07/2026

I'll be at booth 129 with my teammates from @kydgames.bsky.social If you're attending #pgdx please drop by and try our game! #indiegames #gamedev

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 23/07/2026

I think I'm going to rot in Windows 10 until I have the mental bandwidth to switch to begin migrating to some Linux distro

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 23/07/2026

Not corrupted, just empowered.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 22/07/2026

If it's not full and not strictly for individuals, please add @kydgames.bsky.social (it's a team I'm part of, we're working on a horde survival rhythm game)

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 21/07/2026

Old guilty pleasure: automating what I can finish manually with less time. New guilty pleasure: doing something manually that I feel could be sped up by automating something. TBF some automations were reusable and today's manual work won't have a reusable automation.

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hourglasseye @hourglasseye.com · 20/07/2026

Been tryina cook something... Let's hope it pays off. #indiegame #gamedev

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