Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i used to be obsessed with the computer. now the computer is obsessed with me 325737
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 23/06/2026i love how Fable's approach to "the game world reacts to your choices" is to have NPCs walk up to you and list some of your character traits 51526
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 29/05/2026(looking at pre-2023 soulless corporate artwork) (eyes misty with fond reminiscence) they paid a person to draw that 7992306
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 21/05/2026(unfamiliar with Sir Mix-a-lot) I am pleased to hear your baby returned safely 431981
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 17/04/2026inversion of the idle genre would be to make a game where you micromanage absolutely everything. it's a turn-based simulation game and if you don't instruct a character to breathe during their turn they just die 2544085
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 15/04/2026always interesting when i see a french person online engaged in the traditional french art of webcomic blogging. other artists occasionally indulge in this too (hourly comics etc) but drawing regular webcomics about your life has been enduringly endemic to France since at least 2003. i was there 41445
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/04/2026visiting florida for the first time was a period of constant wonderment for me. people here really drink sarsaparilla? like from the smurfs? 090
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/04/2026one day i'll put some plain french bakery or perhaps a café in one of my games and someone somewhere will go "holy shit. holy shit," 62686
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/04/2026part of why we need diversity in game development btw. one person's unremarkable everyday life can be another's "whoah this worldbuilding is insane" 101586476
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 02/04/2026hey i made this in 2 days for april fool's. check it out orteil.dashnet.org/emojigacha/ 514932
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 27/02/2026make the fire dog bipedal on its first evo. next evo remove the legs entirely 823852
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 23/02/2026probably not a controversial opinion but my favorite game by far in UFO50 was Mini & Max. go my mold spore 0949
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 13/02/2026simply uninterested in a castlevania game that's not pixel art. sorry 31084
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 11/02/2026don't trust anything they call "centaurs" in a horror setting it's always some fucked up shit 520334
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/02/2026that's so cool!! always got Donjon vibes from it but didn't know there was an actual connection 040
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/02/2026i think whatever replaces Discord should let us move little avatars around. this has nothing to do with my "bring physicality to social media" agenda i just think it'd be a good rational sensible thing to have. oh yeah and give them little pixel art outfits & items too (my breath gets heavier,) 1846478
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 24/01/2026a while back i used a bracketed substitution system fairly close to yours to make a universe generator! later on i refined the syntax to make a random generator maker: orteil.dashnet.org/randomgen/?d...orteil.dashnet.orgRandomGenA tool to create your own random generators, by Orteil. 130
Reposted by OrteilLee CroNina's The Mummymoto 💀 @spacecoyote.com · 13/01/2026they asked me to design a Cookie Clicker shirt. I said are you sure?? www.fangamer.com/collections/... 332552
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 13/01/2026if you've ever wanted a little Cookie Clicker cookie keychain that really clicks or a really badass shirt with an old lady on it, then you're in luck because Fangamer happens to have released JUST THAT fanga.me/r/cookie-cli...fanga.meCookie ClickerShop official Cookie Clicker t-shirts and keychains at Fangamer 817526
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 31/12/2025i'm having a lovely last day of the year and everything is exploding outside so i coded some fireworks today! absolutely no concern for performance this WILL make your phone heat up orteil.dashnet.org/fireworks.html 114330
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/12/2025i really really do not believe everything should be an electron app, especially not OS elements. leave javascript to us freaks we know the evil we're dealing with 423535
Reposted by OrteilTomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · 08/12/2025This is is getting kids hooked thru gambling mechanics. These are all the same tricks used by online gambling. Coded for kids. Its fucking the grossest thing. It makes me be ashamed to be in the same industry. Burn it with fire. 7466151
Reposted by OrteilEurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025"One of the most brilliant programmers around" - tributes pour in as Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman passes away www.eurogamer.net/one-of-the-m... 221570
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 10/11/2025we lost our way when disk space started allowing for fully-voiced game protagonists. the only things i want to hear out of my character's mouth is "uhmf" (jumping) or "oueurghh" (mauled by bear) 13521137
Reposted by OrteilRebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3gofund.meDonate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca HeinemanI’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer 3315181691
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 13/07/2025animation seems hard i deadass can't tell the difference 1149373
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 24/06/2025if you're in Europe PLEASE consider signing the Stop Destroying Games initiative. the deadline is July 31st 2025. it aims to create legislation for publishers to stop killing the games you pay for and to provide an end-of-life plan for live-service products. thanks! eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...eci.ec.europa.euEuropean Citizens' InitiativeGive your support ! 1414531177
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 15/05/2025wahoo www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DAl...youtube.comCookie Clicker - Official Console Announcement TrailerYouTube video by Playsaurus 2026439
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Cookie Clicker is an idle game for browsers, desktop, android, nintendo switch, xbox and playstation 926927
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 13/05/2025imagine if sandwiches got invented by any other earl than Sandwich. yeah i'm eating a cucumber shrewsbury 511142107
Reposted by OrteilDeadkat 🥐 @deadkat.bsky.social · 10/05/2025The european citizens' initiative to ban conversion therapies in the EU only has 250k signatures and needs to amass 1 million in the next 7 days... If you live in the EU, please sign it (you can't otherwise); if you don't, please share it around. 3232664549
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 19/04/2025it's easter so if you play cookie clicker on android you get to see me in the rabbit fursuit right now 722925
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 31/03/2025they don't talk about "blogosphere" or "netizens" anymore we're all just hapless companions of shit 826639
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 27/03/2025i carefully test my posts on tumblr first to make sure i only serve you guys the best 1634720
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 26/03/2025learning music theory taking me places i don't feel safe in 1237181
Orteil @orteil42.bsky.social · 24/03/2025there are so many europe-exclusive shrimps probably... you could also just bring all your US shrimps and bugs with you i'm sure that'd be a good environmentally sensible thing to do 050
