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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Today's my birthday! I went out for high tea at an Indonesian cafe with my wife and family. It was very good.

A picture of a high tea menu that says "Happy Birthday Mitch!" There's a tea pot and tea cup next to it.

High tea food stacked on several platters.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Half fulfilling my promise to paint reflective balls, here's the Chicago Bean im gouache

A small gouache painting of the Cloud Gate public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoo.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

I've been dipping my toes into gouache painting (figuratively, I assure you). I had an idea for a study that could be fun and cross over two of my interests: paint spheres with varying level of roughness and metallic, like I'm testing a PBR rendering […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

A grid of spheres. one axis is smoothness and the other is amount of metal

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

This bundle has almost 150 games for $10, so a great deal for a good cause! You can also set the price above $10. A trailer and more info about how the money raised will help out of work or under-employed game developers is on the linked page […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Image of a dog recovering from an injury with a cone on its head and its left fore arm bandaged. Title text says "game industry hardship fund." Subtitle says "Bundle to support Game Workers." A list of two bullets say "over 100 games" and "funds distributed by United videogame workers, UVW-CWA Local 9433."

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

Finished a jam with some friends over the last week! Decided the last thing I'd do was paint a scene for the main menu background. Came out pretty nice!

A digital painting of kobold bracing for a fight as a minotaur approaches them.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

Having some fun with gradient mapping and vertex colors for a game jam #gameart #b3d

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

For fun I added some juice. There's now a ball drop and the ball explodes when you score. Back to bot behavior because if the ball comes straight at the bot player, it will never redirect the ball.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Getting keyboard and gamepad UI navigation going. You know how much search results only talk about gamepad menu controls for Unreal, Unity, and Godot? Goodness

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Ok that's much closer in skill now lmao

A screenshot of a pong video game. The score is 10 for player 1 and 8 for the bot player 2. The game says Player wins!

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

Did some line intersection math to make the bot a little more accurate with it's positioning. It also flicks itself in the direction opposite the side the player is on to try and direct the ball to the other corner 👀

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

Check out this event by UVW 👀 "The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the Game Workers Conference. May 22-23, 2026. GWC is an entirely new game industry event, made by and for […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

Ay look I got a menu, (fake) loading screens, and a game loop! I even playtested with a friend and they found an issue with the bot's positioning.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Still cooking. I've got goals. score counters and pausing when someone scores. I've been thinking about how I'm going to add game feel and have been trying to keep that in mind as I set things up. Like what system is going to be watching for score […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

I'm building my own games now "from scratch" to learn more and for the independence. I've gotten far enough with this Pong clone that I feel it's worth sharing updates. I've been using RayLib (raylib-cs) and MoonTools.ECS, and it's been a lot of fun! […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

So here's Planet Jellyham, the movement focused metroidvania game I've been doing VFX and shaders for with a team of friends. We're ramping up for release to release this early next year, and for free! #gamedev #metroidvania

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025

Wow I don't think I've had such a visceral reaction to a new UI design as I've had to the Android 16 brightness and volume bars. Just straight up bad.

A settings bar with an inexplicably large head indicator thing.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

Reposting for Fedi 👀. "Each October, the VFX Apprentice community joins the fun in a daily challenge called Flipbooktober. There are no requirements to participate every single day, but it's a great way to challenge yourself to create a flipbook […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

Flipbooktober 2025 hosted by VFX Apprentice.

Rules:
- 1 prompt per day
- 8 frames min.
- 16 frames tops
- Have FUN!!

The topics for Flipbooktober 2025:
1. Swoosh
2. Poisonous
3. Arcs of thunder
4. Campfire
5. Splash
6. Clouds
7. Ripple
8. Lens flare

9. Sticky
10. Bubbles
11. Dust
12. Magic potion
13. Snow
14. Shield
15. Steamy
16. Lightning strike

17. Witchcraft
18. Lovely
19. Slimy ooze
20. Shatter
21. Beam of light
22. Tech-y
23. Chemplosion
24. Smoke

25. Void
26. Chill
27. Fireball
28. Stone
29. Droplets
30. Arcane
31. Halloween

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2025

Re implementing missing features from my half done prototype and I accidentally made Super Hot but only for gravity lol Also spot my remade health bar

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2025

I'm tearing up. I completed the basics of the swap over of my project over to ECS, right. Then today, I went to make it so the camera locks on to a target if there's an entity with a Target component. It surprised me by automatically swapping to the […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

Here's some pics from my trip to Đà Nẵng, Vietnam last month! Taken on my 3DS 👀 #3DS #3DSphotos #retrophotography

A grainy picture of the Lady Buddha at the Linh Ung Pagoda in Da Nang, Vietnam taken on a 3DS from the base of the statue.

A grainy picture of Da Nang Bay and the city of Da Nang, Vietnam taken on a 3DS from the side of Sơn Trà Mountain.

A grainy picture of a Vietnamese Dragon statue at the Linh Ung Pagoda in Da Nang, Vietnam taken on a 3DS.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025

Hey Gamedevs! A student at Georgia Tech is conducting a study on "the perception and use of Generative Al tools." From the discussion I've seen, it's an earnest survey attempting to gauge the opinions of and impact on game developers. Link below and […] [Original post on mastodon.gamedev.place]

A screenshot of a Discord message saying:

I asked about this in the questions discord channel earlier, but I'm conducting a human research study asking game devs some questions and I'd love to hear from you all! I'll put the recruitment script and survey in the message after this one.

Greetings!

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology is looking to better understand the perception and use of Generative AI tools by Game Devs situated in North America. If you qualify, we ask that you fill out the following survey about yourself and your past experience. If possible, we will ask you to follow up with an interview with more questions about your perspective and history with development in general and your view on burgeoning technologies.

There is a lot of discussion on Generative AI, but not as many direct conversations with people who would be asked to use these tools. Your participation will help technology designers better understand your unique needs.

The survey will be conducted via qualtrics: https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2XI95obF7BG9GS

Thank you for your time!

We will do our best to compensate you for your time.

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2024

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Remember to exorcise your normal maps! 👻 #gamedev

Two video games textures are pictured. The first one depicts bumpy concentric rings, labeled "Normal Map." The second one depicts a ghost, labeled "Paranormal Map."

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2024

Over 11 years, I've now street passed people 500 times! #3ds #nintendo3ds #streetpass

A blue 3ds with a screen saying:

"Congratulations! You've tagged people with Street pass 500 times!"

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Mitch M @iamhand.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2024

Pretty cool event a friend of mine is putting on this weekend 👀. I'll be going Saturday afternoon. www.avantbeetle.com avantbeetle.ticketleap.com/queer #Atlanta #queergames

$A poster for an event with the text: AvantBeetle Presents An Experimental Videogame Showcase Queer Games Featured Artists Robert Yang Taylor McCue Fantasia Malware Jonathan Coryn Noe Arnold Jack Heart Oma Keeling Vincent Moulinet Lorenzo Redaelli Easton Self The Supermarket 638 N Highland Ave NE Atlanta, GA Opening July 26 \\ 5PM - 10PM July 27-28 \\ 10AM - 10PM$

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