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@louisthings.bsky.social
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A mild man from south london, just trying to keep busy | he\him louisthings.com

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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Starting to talk more about the game I’ve been noodling on in my free time. Meldodrama Drive is the working title - I’ve found making little posters every once in a while is a nice way to check in with myself on tone/presentation. These are from a couple months ago and still lines up, I think.
A smokey 3d render of a car at night, title in large type reads ‘melodrama drive’ small text reads ‘a miserable video game by Louis about being alone & being really good at it.’A smokey 3d render of road markings and an autumn leaf, small text reads ‘a miserable video game by Louis about being alone & being really good at it.’A smokey 3d render of a car at night, title in large type reads ‘melodrama drive’ small text reads ‘a miserable video game by Louis about being alone & being really good at it.’A smokey 3d render of a car at night. small text reads ‘a miserable video game by Louis about being alone & being really good at it.’
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had a written brief from a client for a branding gig recently and it felt a little off, and about halfway through, the document just starts explaining basic design concepts to me - and i realised they used ai to generate the brief. And it bums me ouuuttt man.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m starting to talk about the game I’ve been making a lil bit. Car and room included.
Old grey car in a concrete room with a green carpet that slides up the wall behind. Sound deading foam is hung on the walls on either side of the car
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Dan Callan @danjamin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In my experience the only way to make a good game is if there is some element of joy that can be found in the act of the work of making it that translates to the player in a meaningful way TL;DR I'm expecting a lot of miserable-ass games in the next few years from certain parts of the industry
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Wrote up a lil post mortem thing on Monuments for this!
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Same buddy
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Cut this bench cos I couldn't figure out how to show it in a museum. Do I include the ground it's set in irl? Do I model out the bits sunk into the ground and show those? Do i cast it into a kind of plinth? All options felt like too much work to explain, or too much brain work for the visitor.
Screenshot of a odd looking bench in a video game. One half is set into the ground, the other is peeled and bent back to make a seat. I think it's real life version is in Newcastle, or Manchester? I forget.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
This is neat x thijsoid.itch.io/benches
thijsoid.itch.io
Benches by thijsoid
Can I sit here?
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Still thinking about powerpoint using 71GB of ram on my 16GB macbook the other day
Force Quit window showing three applications running, Powerpoint in the middle reporting 71.06 GB being used.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
digitised my lude
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Well that’s a shame because I was hoping to mulch here
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Existential coffee cup for my next project
3d model of a take-away coffee cup. Text printed on the cup reads 'You've been here before - coffee for everyday - eco-friendly paper cup'
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Back in the early 2010s I had a plugin for chrome that would replace every instance of the phrase ‘the cloud’ with ‘my butt’.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is unnecessarily negative of me but - I keep thinking ‘that cannot be the final logo’ and clearly I need to share that with 4 strangers on the internet.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
On reflection, this was a terrible idea but it felt like a good one before I started so I'm just going to [explodes]
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I wish one of my clients would pay my outstanding invoices so I could buy a modded psp already.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
One of the other frustrating side effects of all the gen ai shit is it's making my clients even lazier at giving briefs. I've got a few bits of direction that read exactly like an image prompt and it is infuriating. I design for corporations a lot, it's not art, I know - but fuck me, I exist.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Video games! Love em.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I heard if you try hard enough no one with give a shit
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Chunk Jump
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This is exciting!
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
got a junk email from a company that sells reference materials for food safety regulations (I think?) and I'm hooked.
Website listing for Peanut butter. Price is £1390Website listing for 'Domestic Sludge'. Price is £1100Website listing for 'Meat Homogenate'
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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Seriously pull your music from Soundcloud ASAP.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
eee. the game thing i'm making is miserable and cool. i hope i can share it one day.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Get outta town that’s exciting
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I made an additional website to log the bench models that didn't make it into the final release of Monuments To Guilt as well as a few I've seen since. Probs the most accesible/low key way to see a bunch of ugly benches today, without going outside at least. tinyurl.com/guiltcatalogue
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Lofi music to chill out/devalue art with
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
the main upside of being english is you can go through a devastating depressive episode and when asked about it in the future you can describe it as a 'bit of a wobbly' and no one will push you on it.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
im an artist working with only the finest topologies
screenshot of a mesh in blender with topology so buggered I don't even know how to describe.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Bought music
Ps1 box spine with the title ‘MUSIC’
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Just prayed so good my crit chance temporarily increased
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Christopher Hastings @drhastings.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
DO NOT TURN OFF THE BUS
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
A puzzle of a plastic garden…………
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Some nice layers of paint for you
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Going outside. Anyone got any tips/advice?
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
the year is 2025 and i still cannot get over the magic of baking high to low.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
UK Artists/art fans upset about the government's AI copyright legislation plans that throw creatives under the bus, please see this document and fill out the linked government survey by the 25th!!! That's Tuesday!!!! Go go go! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
Comprehensive Guide to UK's AI Consultation
Introduction This document is intended to be an all-encompassing guide on actions you can take to speak out against the UK’s proposed plans to make a broad copyright exception for AI training. This d...
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
ok maybe making my 3D portfolio breakdowns look like album art is not the best use of my time but...
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Can someone tell me what this computer is? Featured in xfiles s1 ep7. I must know so I can add it to my list of old computers I’ll never own.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ya know some people actually enjoy making things. The value is in the process, in the discovery.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s car seat Sunday! Post your work in prog car seat models!!!
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
God I love 3d modelling it sucks ass
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Found my happy place - turns out it’s three Minitels drawing letters and shapes
Three small terminals (Minitels) on white gallery stands displaying simple coloured shapes.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Lara has potentially the slowest block pushing animation ever and I’ve got all the time in the world for it.
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Valentin Serri @khipow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
yes!!! don’t leave game design to game designers
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Oh my fucking lord I should make Monuments to Guilt in The Sims.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
heh, I loaded up Sims 4 and found a bunch of the modernist buildings I built & uploaded like 10 years ago. Ridiculous how long it took me to realise I wanted to learn 3d modeling.
A screenshot of the uploaded 3d houses I made in the sims 4. All of them basically look the same - modernist - glass windows - grey and brown.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
In the middle of a nazi filled warzone, going out of my way to find the 5th comic book of the day. ‘This shit sucks… but I’ll hold on to it……..?’
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I love how every-time I pick up a collectible comic book in Indiana jones he mutters to himself about how he would never read this shit but his students might. Mate you’re the one collecting them, I dunno what to tell you. Maybe you wanna read the comics, live a little.
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Louis @louisthings.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I can make my outlook lesbian now.
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