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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈

@occularmalice.bsky.social
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Indie app and game developer, zombie wrangler, pixel pusher, and part-time time traveler. My software is 100% organic, gluten-free and may or may not contain magic. Ask for Bil Simser if you're feeling lucky.

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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Fun fact: The original King Kong cost about $600k in 1933 (about $15M today) and has made $10M which translates to about $250M in modern ticket sales.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There are so many "The Day Before" clones out there. Survival zombie games set in an urban area with crafting. Imagine if all of us got together and made a single game rather than 20 mediocre ones?
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Looking for a 2D pixel artist to do some GUI work for a game I'm working on. Please DM me with a message and portfolio, rates, etc. Thanks! #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Aliens. Multiplayer. Survival. Escape. #indiegame #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The "AAA" gaming industry is currently trapped in a cycle of "financialized" short-termism. With 3,200 layoffs announced at Xbox today, thousands of developers are losing their livelihoods to boost shareholder value, while executives remain insulated by bonuses. #GamingIndustry #TechLayoffs #GameDev
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@mikejmika.bsky.social Hey Mike, have a question about your involvement with The War of the Worlds game you worked on at Other Ocean. Would you be available for DM about it? Thanks.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It would take you 90 straight days non-stop to play each of Steam Next Fest's demos for just 30 minutes each.
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Gaben Gabe Newell Jamming to Music
ALT: Gaben Gabe Newell Jamming to Music
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Epic published the source code for UE6 but it's a beast. You'll need the following to build the entire system from source: * VS2026 (they say VS2022 but you need .NET 10) * 6+ hours on a beefy machine (128GB+) * 1TB space github.com/EpicGames/Un...
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I think the major revelation I had with Resident Evil Requiem is that Grace is locked in a hospital with monsters and with Leon, the monsters are locked in the hospital with him.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This looks like a ton of fun. Hopefully they'll be a demo soon. Go wishlist it and kick some fascist butt!
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Mellow_Online1 @mellowonline1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
New @steamsentinels.bsky.social article! @sirviolentdeath.bsky.social dives headfirst into @steampowered.com's store tags, discussing how they work, the benefits and issues with the system, and how Steam could fix them. steamcommunity.com/groups/Senti...
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Steam's Store Tags
Intro Hey folks, SirViolentDeath here with a short article while our fearless leader, Mellow, is busy reorganizing his tea collection. This week I wanted to talk about Valve’s Steam Store tags, since ...
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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 28/05/2026
Most game trailers are just bad at showing what the heck the game is—often for the sake of "cinematic" presentation or fast cutting in an attempt to hack their way to retention. Fast cuts do not equal retention if the shots aren't well thought out. Fast cuts often just make the trailer confusing!
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." -Albert Einstein
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Indie Devs & Games @indiedevgames.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Good day, #IndieDev #GameDev. Tell me about your #IndieGame... ...BUT KEEP IT SHORT! (so you can submit to this #Steam festival) ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Short Games 2026 - Steam Event
Short Games Showcase is an event organized by Ogre Pixel dedicated to celebrating short video games on Steam. The showcase highlights titles that deliver a complete and satisfying experience in under ...
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Please do *NOT* install or play this game. It's a fake Unity game with an embedded trojan in a fake UnityPlayer.dll that will search your browser extensions and crypto wallets. Report and delete immediately. This "FREE" Steam Game steals your data youtu.be/oC78inB5bZ4?... via @YouTube
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This "FREE" Steam Game steals your data
YouTube video by Eric Parker
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Leave it me to lock my computer by trying to do what I perceive as three simple things. Got cloned (command line), git checkout (gui), folder rename (windows explorer). Am I asking for that much?
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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 11/05/2026
I need AI to burn to the fucking ground already. Professional writers being paid to train AI rather than being paid to write is so depressing to hear about. The article itself is a good read because of aforementioned professional writer.
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I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
So you enjoyed the game so much you BEAT IT then SAT THROUGH THE CREDITS and only *then* did you find out she was involved and got mad? Sounds like you don't actually care about games just about if your politics are being catered to.
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Stumbled over this little gem from @scott.hanselman.com where you can include the new GitHub Copilot CLI's statusline in your Oh My Posh command prompt. Very useful for the nerds in the room. gist.github.com/shanselman/9...
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Use Oh My Posh for the GitHub Copilot CLI statusline
Use Oh My Posh for the GitHub Copilot CLI statusline - copilot-cli-oh-my-posh-statusline.md
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Mellow_Online1 @mellowonline1.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW @steamsentinels.bsky.social ARTICLE! Hard Shark Games were exposed last year for stolen content and review manipulation. Some games were removed. The developer wasn’t. And now they’re continuing to abuse @steampowered.com's Early Access system. steamcommunity.com/groups/Senti...
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SteamWatch - One Year Later, Nothing Stopped Hard Shark Games
Back in March 2025, we published an article on Hard Shark Games , the current alias of Johnny Ginard, a developer we had previously covered in 2021 . At the time, the situation was already extreme: do...
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Great game franchises ruined by their publishers: - Duke Nukem - Mass Effect - Batman: Arkham - Unreal - Rainbow Six - Thief - Prince of Persia - Ultima - Star Wars: Battlefront C'mon AAA, you can do better.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you're looking for stupid-delightful open source tools (and games) make sure you check out @scott.hanselman.com's Tiny Tool Town! You'll never know what you find! www.tinytooltown.com
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Tiny Tool Town 🏘️
A delightful showcase for free, fun & open source tiny tools. Stupid-delightful software made with love.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The number one reason you should always use a service account for this stuff.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I am Canadian! I apologize to inanimate objects when I bump into them. "Eh" is a natural part of my sentence structure. I understand what "double-double" means. I measure distance in hours not kilometers. I've seen a moose in the wild, and it's just another Tuesday.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Americans: I use miles and pounds Europeans: I use kilometres and kilograms Canadians: I'm 5'11", I weigh 180lbs, horses weight 1000kgs, my house is an hour away and I drive 80 km/h to get there and I borrow my flour by the cup and by my milk by the litre.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I float somewhere between level 5 and 6. Where are you?
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Exclusive images from the Moon's surface captured by Artemis II
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Now that Artemis II has launched, we have 9 days to get everyone on Earth to get a Planet of the Apes costume for when the astronauts return.
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Mellow_Online1 @mellowonline1.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A monthly behind-the-scenes look at Steam Sentinels, including ongoing investigations, article insights, and work we don’t always share publicly. First issue is live now! If you aren't a patron yet, it's a great time to join and enjoy more bonuses than ever before! www.patreon.com/posts/sentin...
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Sentinel Log - Issue #1 (March 2026) | Steam Sentinels
Get more from Steam Sentinels on Patreon
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Mellow_Online1 @mellowonline1.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The FTC has issued warning letters to PayPal, Visa, Mastercard & Stripe over concerns of “debanking” consumers. This follows last year’s situation, where payment processor pressure led to removals on Steam. Is this the start of regulatory pushback? Read more: steamcommunity.com/groups/Senti...
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SteamWatch - FTC Warns Payment Processors Over ‘Debanking’ Concerns
As some of you may be aware, back in August 2025 we published a couple of articles covering the fallout between Steam & major payment processors including Paypal, Visa & Mastercard. For those ...
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Claude Code leak is the equivalent of a Unity game dev including the "BackUpThisFolder_ButDontShipItWithYourGame" folder.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
1. Don’t check in production code on Fridays. Really. 2. Use namespaces for your own code, even in game jams and prototypes. 3. Once you’ve used a snippet of code three times, refactor it into a function. 4. Pick a coding style and stick to it. Doesn’t matter what it is, just be consistent.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Just a reminder, Asset flip games != games using assets.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Simple tilemap to PNG exporter for Unity tilemaps. Maybe you have an old project you want to move to Godot or another engine or just want an image of your entire map? This snippet will export each tilemap to a PNG file along with non-tilemap sprites. Enjoy! gist.github.com/bsimser/0081...
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Unity Tilemap to PNG Exporter
Unity Tilemap to PNG Exporter. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New game I did this week for a game jam. Playable in your browser. Enjoy! bsimser.itch.io/doomed #unity #indiedev #gamedev
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Doomed by Occular Malice
Every action you take shows 0% success. You do it anyway.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A good breakdown of DLSS in general and why you shouldn't freak out about DLSS 5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q5t...
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Everyone is Wrong about DLSS 5
YouTube video by Dallas Drapeau
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Being a game developer is basically signing up for a daily group chat with your own anxiety.
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a cartoon of a baby sitting in a bed with a bloody worm on the floor
ALT: a cartoon of a baby sitting in a bed with a bloody worm on the floor
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I don't 100% agree on all of the points he makes but it mostly aligns with my experiences. If you're a Gen-Xer this might resonate with you and if you're not maybe you'll learn something. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6IO...
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The Psychology Of Gen X (Raised Without Applause)
YouTube video by Big Brain Explains
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Happy Pi Day!
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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Canada needs this desperately CMF is a joke in comparison
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Pro Tip: Just because you can connect to your neighbor's bluetooth speaker and play ghost noises doesn't mean you should.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dear Unity Asset developers, stop polluting the global namespace with your stuff. Everyone has a class named Pedestrian. Everyone has a class named Door. Everyone has a class named Player. Just use a namespace. Is that too much to task?
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Alfred is the most dangerous man in Gotham City who knows the secret identity of all of Gotham's biggest crime fighters
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a man with glasses and suspenders is talking on a telephone
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ahh, the evolution of programming languages. 1949: Assembler 1957: FORTRAN 1959: COBOL 1964: BASIC 1970: Pascal 1972: C 1983: C++ 1993: Ruby 1995: Java 1995: JavaScript 1995: PHP 2000: C# 2009: Go 2010: Rust 2012: TypeScript 2014: Swift 2026: English
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I am a marketing teams wet dream.
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Great interview with Markiplier about Iron Lung. Props to @duskdev.bsky.social for the inspiration for this and huge props to the entire crew for such a awesome success. Indie devs meet indie filmmakers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k29Y...
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Markiplier Shares the Big Life Moment That Led to His Viral Horror Hit
YouTube video by Slate
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The devs game was flagged by some AI system (is that a thing) and could use a little help to get back onto Steam. Tracer.ai is apparently a company that uses AI to file DMCAs, which never ends well. Boosting this for my game dev friends to help out where they can!
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Occular Malice 🏳️‍🌈 @occularmalice.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Excellent blog post (yes, we still do these) from @scott.hanselman.com on signing Windows exe files (we still have those too) with Azure and GitHub Actions. Great for indie devs to sign your games. www.hanselman.com/blog/automat...
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Automatically Signing a Windows EXE with Azure Trusted Signing, dotnet sign, and GitHub Actions
Mac Tahoe (in Beta as of the time of this writing) has this new feature called ...
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