iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This was 23 years ago and I couldn’t recreate this today if you held a gun to my head.

Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Had to reach into the vault for this #blocktober post. My OpenGL coursework from uni. Wrote my own heightmap editor. Eventually added texturing based on height and a first person camera with ground collision so you could walk around. It nearly killed me.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Only in this dark corner of Bluesky can I admit that I’m proud of a dev for being the first to break this cycle.

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Gamma -> Goreticulture @gammagames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

as #blocktober begins, I'm getting distracted by ceilings #indiegame #gamedev

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Big fan of the favela style verticality!

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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A fun part of development on Highguard was building bases. They were relatively quick to stand up and could support a lot of personality in the theme and gameplay. Here's an early one I made as we were figuring out the gameplay needs and metrics. Not our concept art. This didn't ship. #blocktober

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My da sends me at least 1 AI Generated image a day of fake The Last of Us sequel rumours wi the message “true?”

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I guarantee they are better than the posts LinkedIn actually pushes to me, I'd take an animation blog any day

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

LinkedIn: “You came here to connect with colleagues and industry professionals but how do you feel about the absolute worst takes imaginable from people you’d never want to work with as well?”

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They’re removing that part that makes me like Nickelback

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

WoW Forever reminds me of advice my art director pal gave me at an old job once: "A great 3D model with bad lighting will look shit but any 3D model with great lighting can look incredible". Be kind to your lighting artists <3

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In the name of some wee hoose… Incredible

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

WoW Forever beta got me downloading linkin park mp4s from limewire

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Standing up at my desk to see who wants to go for a pub lunch

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hope they show some Rock n Roll Racing

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Agreed. I’ll bring more Scottish people anaw

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Watching my pals go to Blizzcon while I forgot to get a ticket

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yeah, my brain wants to figure out the best way to do things but my heart is just jumping into what looks cool. Lovely stuff.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Playing through Megaman X for the first time ever, Chill Penguin my favourite so far. The art is just incredible, such a gorgeous game.

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can’t wait for the next episode

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Level designers watching EP 4 of Lanterns

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Man spends 2 years working on game no one will play” describes the first half of my career. 🪦

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Enjoying games as a game dev is essentially being in this state.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“That’s scripted, it’s not a true simulation”. My friend, take a seat…

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Can’t get over them GTA 6 visuals. Tremendous.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In Scotland it’s illegal to be more than 3 miles from the most beautiful scenery you’ve ever seen in yer puff

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ll come see yer Marvel when this guy is announced as Doom

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Wearing this + shouting BERSERKER BARRAGE before demolishing 8 hotdogs in the Costco car park

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I was in Scotland doing all the good stuff like visiting graveyards and taking photos of old buildings with nice clamber metrics.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Big Walk has that Bowsers Fury style open world design that I love. Very good game.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Playing Big Walk with @arnaldolicea.bsky.social and we lost a little blue peg down a hill for about 30 minutes. Finding it was like defeating Malenia in Elden Ring.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Touch down in LA, 22 degrees at night, right to a cab on World Way, sushi ordered to arrive when I get in. A magic city.

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I’ve spotted the jam and the journalism but I think Dennis jacket might be made of jute

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Obsessed wi realistic Dennis and Gnasher in this mural at the local cinema at home in Dundee by 2000AD artist Anna Morozova

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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Forget these lads are real sometimes, pure fantasy land.

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