iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Saw #TheOdyssey in 70mm tonight at a local independent theatre and it was rad. Some lucky patron got a piece of the film on 70mm to take home as a souvenir too! I'm actually happy for them but wish it was me.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Why wouldn't they VAR check that just to be sure anyways? #WorldCup

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

On a whim we went to the Venezuelan Comedy Gala Fundraiser and it's rad and for such a good cause. I've got to go to more comedy shows for shiggles.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Claps for Cabo Verde from everyone at Melbourne International Departures. Atmosphere was great. They did amazingly well #WorldCup

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Having used Domino, Havok, Box 2D, my own crap + more this is very exciting from Erin! Even if you have a middling interest in Physics please go read. Also glad to see friends @bobbyanguelov.bsky.social + @mas-bandwidth.bsky.social already on the bandwagon. Great extra seal of approval.

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Jake Simpson @justjakesimpson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Right, but right now, all the MSFT silos are considered 'on their own' - they own all the P&L's and have to survive/flourish just on that. While this works for Azure, Windows, Office etc, it does NOT work for a hit based economy, as games are. Fundamental misunderstanding of the biz they are in.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

When I speak with my family vs my friends.

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Alex Tardif @longbool.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The Cost of AI alextardif.com/AI.html

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Alex Tardif: Graphics Programmer

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This is Oscar. He's not dead and there's nothing wrong with him except that he's just so bloody handsome.

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Joe T @animboy90.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Mixtape is 100% hand keyed animation created by myself and my small team of animators (4 including me). I'm VERY proud of what we were able to accomplish.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

We're #hiring an engineer with a focus on Rendering. Come work with the lovely legends at Gravity Well! We are: 🔥Making rad new IP ❤️An empathetic AAA Team 💸Have profit sharing and focused on being sustainable long term Interested? Please apply! gravitywell.games #gamedev #gamedevjobs

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

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Will Kerslake @wkerslake.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

1 hour of 1m people playing a big released game is as much testing time as 100 internal testers playing 8hr a day for 1250 straight days.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I regret to inform everyone that during the AI bubble with extremely high PC prices, I've decided to become a Home Lab / Home Server guy. Very excited to learn some cool stuff!

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

If I ever get screw you money I'm going fund all of The Arts

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Lol, the kids are alright

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 17/03/2026

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I know someone who was a "Senior Associate Engineer" (junior role) and got hired as a "Senior Engineer" elsewhere because the title confused the other company.

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Daniel J. Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 13/03/2026

Be sure to tell all your friends where they can get 1200+ commercial use fonts for all their game dev and graphic design needs ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

Trade offer meme - I get $19 and my bills paid, you get over 1200 fonts for commercial use with 90% off

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Jack Kirby Crosby🌹👨‍🎨 @jkcrosbyfun.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I had the immense pleasure of putting together an illustration for this new australian Magazine, very humbled that that @serrels.bsky.social and @jacksonwryan.com chose me to scribble on their first cover. Please consider backing local australian journalism. there are stories here worth telling.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Sometimes it pays to be scrappy. What a novel way to help make the green screen process for film so much better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Plo...

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It Took Me 30 Years to Solve this VFX Problem

YouTube video by Corridor Crew

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our next game is Verminsteel! You're a bird with a broadsword, kicking thousands of fascists so hard they fly into the sun PLEASE go wishlist it, it'll make me really happy and help me stop low-key panicking and stuff: store.steampowered.com/app/4352280/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

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Ben Britten @benbritten.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

To be fair to GenAI, it is not _useless_ like NFTs, it is more akin IMHO to the metaverse. It has its use cases, but the actual usability of the tech is around 0.001% of what is being sold. The bullshit hype train pump and dump cash grab is 100% analogous to NFTs tho.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

No I'm not worried on missing the boat on AI. I'm not the one who's offloading my critical thinking skills to a sycophant.

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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Reminder to other indie dev teams especially new teams. Most of us are happy to share advice and give feedback on publisher/funding/platform deals and terms. There are some shady predatory biz weasels that will take advantage of you as soon as your game starts to pop off. Please reach out.

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pocklecool @igrat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

My jaw dropped when I got to the twist that Ars Technica then published an LLM-generated article about this whole mess full of hallucinated quotes from Shambaugh that he did not ever actually say Douglas Adams couldn't have written this

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

With the amount of gambling ads on YouTube, I can't leave my dog alone anymore with "Dog TV - 9 HOURS of Sheep Relaxation" because she just ends up on Sportsbet blowing our life savings away.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

AI / LLM's are just a reverse compression tool. The average worker is using it to expand their dot points into a longer email. The recipient is using it to summarise the long email back to dot points. Guzzle some water and burn a forest along the way.

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What the fuck did I just read? I'm not sure who's hallucinating harder - the AIs or the humans using the AI. Into the sea with all of them...

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 21/01/2026

In today's episode of 'everyone THINKS they can be a game designer'.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Me when I see @teanah.bsky.social, or when Tina and I see anything dinosaur related.

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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

crunch in games is reckless, it’s running a car without oil or care, watching sparks fly and smoke billow and going “that’s what maximum efficiency sounds like, when parts fail I’ll replace them knowing I squeezed 110% from them” except the parts are people so the driver is evil as well as stupid

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We're #hiring a bunch of roles in 2026, including Engineers! Come work with the lovely legends at @gravitywell.games We are: 🔥Making rad new IP ❤️An empathetic AAA Team 💸Have profit sharing and focused on being sustainable long term Interested? Please apply! gravitywell.games #gamedev #gamedevjobs

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I had the most Aussie day yesterday: - Tyre blowout on the highway due to extreme heat from the bushfires - Did a mild ocean rescue when our nephew got caught in a rip at the beach - Got stung by an insect or something in bed while trying to sleep Still love it though. Strayaaaaaaaaaaa

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Lisy Kane @lisykane.com · 09/01/2026

45C heat 90km/h winds. Stay safe everyone.

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Lis @thewritegame.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Hey, if you’re in the game industry and have a literature degree, would you please comment? We got a family friend over here who insists my having a career in games while holding a literature degree is a one-off aberration and per usual, I’m not letting it go.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I wished for job security as a game developer who's good at writing fast, high performance code. Not like this though. Monkey Paw. (Lemme press the button)

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Rayme @rayme.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I was hired on as an intern for what became CoD4, and two years later was paying off car & student loans - because Vince & Jason had set us up to rightly share in our successes. The industry still hasn't caught up. Vince has always been around, and I kind of thought he always would be. Awful stuff.

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Josh Caratelli @joshcaratelli.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

PSA to get your dogs lumps checked. As with most Staffy's our girl gets skin tags and lumps. There was a tiny one that wouldn't go away and turns out it was cancerous. Caught it early thankfully!

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Bat-Tali 🦇🎃 (Vancouver era ✨) @talidev3d.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This is incredibly painful for me. I have never asked for help like this before. But I have had people reach out to me asking if they can help, so I am sharing my story and finally asking for help. I've been lucky to have a lovely group of followers here, please share if you can, anything helps <3

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Donate to Help Natalie Recover From Medical Costs After Layoff, organized by Natalie Spitzel

Hi everyone, For those who don't know me, my name is Nat… Natalie Spitzel needs your support for Help Natalie Recover From Medical Costs After Layoff

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Luis Illingworth @heyraguio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

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