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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️

@quadraticink.bsky.social
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Software Engineer specializing in game engines. Former Cryptic, Crystal Dynamics, Blizzard, et al. If I'm posting/sharing code, it's probably cursed. she/her

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h
i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity.
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 15h
I frequently see "AI" boosters implying that LLMs are simply an innate and superior part of coding now, inescapable, and that literally all programmers agree with them. And, well. That, too, is a form of propaganda
Looking at my software peers in 2026 I see fatigued faces, I see frustration, and I see a lot of people looking for a way out of an industry that seems poised on the brink of collapse. LLMs are being pushed on us at every turn, most people seem at best frustrated by them, and ultimately they seem to appeal most to people who see the production of software as a purely mechanical means to an end. They are antithetical, however, to the idea of software as a craft, or something requiring both initial and ongoing care. As an expression of the soul.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 01/10/2026
You can't see the images now, it's temporary, they will fix it. Now imagine people who have to deal with this every day. Use alt text in your media.
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Luna 🦊🇩🇰 @lunafoxgirlvt.foxgirls.gay · 01/10/2026
Homebrew development is predominantly a hobby endeavour, why waste your time regurgitating someone else’s code instead of, y’know, learning something new?
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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️ @quadraticink.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm used to seeing sea otters in CA, but something rather unique to this trip to Alaska has been seeing a couple of otters balled up like cats on a chunk of glacier ice about the size of a surf board. Presumably, just chilling.
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Devin Anderson @surfacepatterns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've looked at some of the discourse on taking iced coffee to interviews, and have come to the conclusion that taking an iced coffee to interviews is an excellent way to filter out companies that have terrible internal work culture.
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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️ @quadraticink.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've mentioned a couple of times that big part of importance of art in culture is that it's a shared experience. This seems to be really clicking for people in context of "personalized AI music," but it's the same problem with paintings, books, games, or movies.
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slicedlime @slicedlime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A second snapshot is here for the next Minecraft Drop without the Ice Caves from Minecraft Live. Instead, stuff fades in nicer now! Here's a video of all the news! #minecraftemployee www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzOHwCcNZTM
A second snapshot is here for the next Minecraft Drop without the Ice Caves from Minecraft Live. Instead, stuff fades in nicer now! Here's a video of all the news! #minecraftemployee
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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
do I know any game composers on here who have written for vocals? I have a few questions 🙏
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NosferaPru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for
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mors @mors.games · 28/09/2026
made a new game form lines of same colored blobs to make them pop. use physics to your advantage! made for the #fallingblockjam mors-games.itch.io/sploob
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𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔇𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 - ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔩 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔢 @therunepony.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So uh, yeah. Dverghold is fuckin radioactive. Just FYI to any CRPG/Dungeon Crawler peeps who might see this.
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Clastic Artistic @clasticartistic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
With the Scanned Textures tagline being "Real textures from real objects for your projects", it does create some absurd situations. Behold hay on a scanner. #artassets #designassets #gameassets #assetpack #indiedev #graphicdesign #textures #design #art
Hay on a scanner.
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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 24/09/2026
i think one big factor (among many) as to why AI has had such a foothold in coding spaces is because the majority of people dont consider programming to be art
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
btw I didn't say it in the post and I somewhat regret it because I hate it when people try to take language away without offering a replacement: either fabrication or confabulation (but I prefer the former) would work completely well for what is being described
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Mrs Ashley Heather Quills 🎙 Voice Acting Vampire @voice-quills.com · 24/09/2026
AND FOR THE CODE TOO IT ISN'T NEEDED AT ALL WHY WOULD I WANNA PLAY A GAME YOU COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO MAKE
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catbaux @catbaux.com · 24/09/2026
oh no i've discovered my synth has breakout and now my gamer brain is trying to beat it instead of working
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earend | making 🐻🛡️⚠️ @earend.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
hi I'm making my game gayer today
A screenshot of a new modifier from my game, Bear Defence Situation.  The modifier is called Bi Flag and it adds a new type of hand called Disaster.  A Disaster can be played with any cards.  All played cards are scored.

The icon for the modifier is, of course, the bisexual pride flag
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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 22/09/2026
If you love stories about queer women helping each other and kicking butt against the forces of inter-dimensional *and* earthly evil while being really gay with each other… Check out the award-winning "Magica Riot" and its meaty and even gayer sequel "Magica Riot: Full Bloom" magicariot.com/buy
Artwork of the book covers of "Magica Riot" and "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," set against a background of purple crystal. Artwork of several main characters - Bloom, Claire, Nova, Hikari, Sara, Iris, Cass, and Hana - surround the book art. Text reads:

Lesbians! Trans girls! Musical magic! Gross monsters! Evil corpos! Cool band van! Portland weird! Agender hacker! Leftist cuties! Drum swears! They're adults! Hope & optimism! Sincerity!

Portland's Gay Magical Girl Rock Band

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
y u m
silly digital doodle of a cartoony mosquito drinking a tall glass of bloody marry with a little lime and celery
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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I was already honored to be a voice in their game, but now I’m DOUBLY grateful to have @doublefine.com’s continued support as they unabashedly celebrate our collab! (And please don’t worry. While my success & public joy seem to be upsetting to some, I feel like I’m getting to live my dream life!)
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
😽😽😽…
A hand-drawn black cat with one eye wide open and the other narrowed raises a paw against a dark background with a dramatic orange glow. White text reads: “I’m wise enough to know better and cat enough to cause trouble anyway.”
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
every trans person in America is basically praying to whatever deity will accept them that the democrats don’t turn into Labour and decide to take turns with republicans throwing us into wood chippers. trans women have like a 30% unemployment rate. everybody fuckin’ Chill Out toward us a little
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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️ @quadraticink.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It had to be done.
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't
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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
and then lastly, my partner @barndone.bsky.social is still looking for full time work as a Programmer. Please share around if you can! Thanks friends ❤️
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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
money is pretty tight right now with the 1 salary thing, so I am announcing that I am opening myself up for some 3D work! I don't have the time for full environments or anything, but if you need: -a game ready Hero mesh or -a specific asset pack/kit send me a message 😀
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comrade @nowarbutclasswar.myatproto.social · 22/04/2026
Drowning meme, showing Bluesky leadership paying attention to AI while the codebase drowns, and why's phone dead at the bottom
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jitspoe @jitspoe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I decided to do a Let's Play KOOK video, so if you want to see what the game looks like right now, raw and uncut, bugs and all, give this a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFlx... #BoomerShooter
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Let's Play KOOK! (Developer Plays - September 2026)
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Niche post but: Blumineck also has a series of archery reference photos available for purchase which are very useful for artists who want to draw characters with bows
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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 16/09/2026
We optimized draw calls by 99% (lol) in Hidden Folks 2 by writing some tools to find all textures used in a level, generate a level-specific atlas, and replace individual texture references with atlas textures. Thread below 🧵👇🏼 #godotengine
Two side-by-side screenshots showing before and after we applied a texture atlas optimization to our game Hidden Folks two, the before showing 13318 draw calls and the after showing 113 draw calls
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Eyeriss 🏳️‍🌈 @eyerissk.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
Magic Riot N64 Fan Demo Update!!! Aw shit, here we go again! It's been about a month. I haven't touched anything in a month because I've needed to do other stuff and then got sick and tbh I'm still recovering. First thing is I have figured out and fixed the retargetting aninmations for Claire!
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Betty - play 🌌AstraX🌌 please @neutronio.games · 16/09/2026
#lowpoly jeepy with full interior. sound on to enjoy audio design 🔊 #gamedev
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 16/09/2026
i don't make custom game engines i make bespoke artisanal game engines thank you very much
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SULLY - POLYPAINT out now! 🎨 @artofsully.com · 15/09/2026
N64 and PSX artists rejoice - my vertex/normal painter tool POLYPAINT is now (finally) live on the Unity Asset Store!! 🎊 Grab it 30% off for the launch week - I can't wait to see what you all do with it! assetstore.unity.com/packages/slu...
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Luther @ironwhale.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ve been the game lead on a project with crunch and I want to say this with full throat: Crunch is a failure of project management, not a failure of workers to get things done. The scope was wrong, the budget was wrong, the release date was wrong, or something else, but management fucked up.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Educating haters (again)
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I do not understand, at minimum, being furious at the 'damage' that anguish does to any candidate's chances, and not furious at the candidate for saying things that will very obviously damage their own chances.
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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️ @quadraticink.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Game's exactly what it says on the tin. Though, controls are way more varied than I would have thought, from opening the doors to help flip the vehicle, to different steering modes in low and high gear. And all of it with its own driver animations. Absolutely worth checking out the demo.
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Jan Gray @jangray.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here is IMO the All Time Best version of the old technical interview question about linear time / constant space determination of a possibly degenerate singly linked list linked list linked list linked … . I asked this question many, many times, back in the day. aphyr.com/posts/341-he... #JVM
“Tim retells an old riddle, though he does not know its origins, and has the words wrong. A group of travelers are lost in the woods, upon a winding mountain path, and worry that they have been traveling in circles. They must know: does their path lead to freedom? Or constrain them to wander forever in the wilderness?”
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Sho | Dora Ingrid @doraingrid.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fellow artists and game devs, Pine Studio is looking for a 3D character artist! I'd appreciate the shares to get the word out and apply if you think you're a good fit! I've had a lovely time here the last 2,5 years (time flies!) and I can confirm that the team is pretty awesome. Come join ussssss!
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Sansa Sandisk @cheatlines.co · 04/01/2024
LOT Polish Airlines gives their pilots a box of chocolates for going around
seen reposted on twitter by @captvilas but might originate in this thread: https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/644277-lot-chocolates-going-around.html 
a white box of chocolates with a jaunty blue ribbon around it: LOT Polish Airlines logo and the message "Dear Flight Crew Member, your professionalism and contribution to safety has been greatly appreciated. Thank you for Going Around"
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Natalie (Tali) Vancouver era ✨ @talidev3d.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
hire Brandon for your video game and I will include ONE (1) free 3D model to use in your game made by yours truly. It could be anything!!* Make it count!! Limited time only!!!! *disclaimer: I am shit at characters
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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So, I am breaking some rules here, but I don't care anymore. I just got off a phone call with my dear friend @ari4ohio.bsky.social and the intent that we are being told is that @equalityohio.bsky.social intends to return Amy ACton's grade to a B. If you think this is a bad call, tell them..
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/09/2026
there is Cursed Lore here so you all get to suffer it too
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Veselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you come to our booth at PAX and play our demo we have a gift for you
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William Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Imagine making Pathfinder and then going "we need a folder full of slop to inspire our future games" this is disappointing. Every artist i know hates being handed genAi references.
"We use AI as a working tool for our future project, which is in the early stages of production right now," said Owlcat, presumably referring to The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, which was under wraps at the time. "AI will be used exclusively for additional work with concepts and speeding up some internal processes (for example, for creative search, inspiration, or vision coordination before starting conceptualisation itself).

"The final version of the game will not have any art generated by the neural networks. The same goes for the final concepts. Everything will be original and drawn by professional artists. On our current projects, Rogue Trader and Pathfinder, AI was not used at all."

Owlcat expanded on that answer to try and cool some heated backlash later on. "We will under no circumstances replace our artists with neural networks," it said. "All art in our games, including concepts, portraits, etc. [are] drawn exclusively by artists. We use a neural network to find direction and inspiration before developing concepts for our upcoming project, which is currently in early development and unannounced." Expanse: Osiris Reborn was eventually announced last summer, more than a year after that X exchange occurred.
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Anthony🏴‍☠️ Wishlist Tales Of Eight 🏴‍☠️ @camembeargames.com · 02/09/2026
I might have found a tentacle related bug 🪼 😅 ? #godot #indiedev
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Max! @littlepolygon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I lose some of the charm from Evan's work (see below) which fills me with sorrow, but this technique means I can draw-out a whole dialogue emote sheet in a single sitting, rather than putting all the design and programming on hold for weeks while I slowly redraw everything dozens of times.
Illustration of Kit from Evan Palmer
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/09/2026
This is exactly why privacy advocates have pushed back against age verification measures. These companies are reckless with their data and it can easily be compromised. It can leave people vulnerable to identity theft, doxing, and targeted harassment.
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