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raventhon @raventhon.com · 09/06/2026

How's everyone doing tonight?

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 01/06/2026

The vibes are, frankly, immaculate.

A view out an open window after dusk. The sky is still faintly glowing.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 15/08/2025

Gorgeous birds out eating sunflower seeds today.

A cute bird stares warily at a person. The bird is chowing down on seeds, perched on a sunflower.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 23/07/2025

@demilardner.bsky.social I am listening to episode 296 - (The inevitable disrespect of the NYC pigeon) and I am wondering if you're willing to share your laksa recipe. It sounds amazing and I want to cook it.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

I bet you freaking communists of Bluesky have some second thoughts about releasing the Epstein lists now that you know it might include your favorite politician of all-time William Jefferson Clinton

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 17/07/2025

in front of you there are two doors, guarded by two Shakiras

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 15/07/2025

Man, testing new features is fun.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 31/05/2025

It's wild when TwitchCon comes to your city.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 19/05/2025

Man, running game events is stressful, and I'm not even in the room for it. Still, nothing gets the adrenaline pumping like 'there's 40 people in a room depending on the game to work smoothly for a competitive experience' and then the servers have a momentary hiccup. #indiedev #gamedev

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 19/05/2025

@boontavista.com The moment when Andrew hard launches "Plapril" in Bonus episode: The Velvet Underground Of Teaching Orangutans To Breastfeed by saying "Give our show a little plug" and Theo says "flared base" under his breath and nobody mentions it. Feedback: You're all beautiful and perfect.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 09/05/2025

My game studio's running a live LAN party in Gardena, CA for Chaos Agents, our upcoming autobattler royale. Free entry, cash prizes, in-game rewards, alpha access, meet the team: popularium.com/events #losangeles #gamedev #indiegames

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Join us for an epic Chaos Agents LAN Party on Saturday, May 10th! Play, compete, and hang with the team IRL. Bring your friends - they get in for free too! We'll be hosting Coast to Coast - Gardena, CA & Boston, MA. Visit the events link in our bio for more info and the RSVP! #LANparty #gamedev

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 04/05/2025

My game studio's running a series of free events in Los Angeles, Boston, and Brooklyn over the next few weeks to showcase the game, get some feedback, and get some interested people into the alpha. It's all free & we're offering prizes, food, etc. - check one out if you can! popularium.com/events

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 02/05/2025

Okay, this is pretty cool - seeing the way the game's progressed is neat. I'll have to see if I can dig up any of the even older footage I have.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 30/04/2025

The year is 2029. @boontavista.com episodes now consist of nothing but 60 straight minutes of tortured segues into original themes for segments. Listenership is in the hundreds of millions.

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Invest in the future of gaming -- Chaos Agents from the creators of Magic: the Gathering and Hearthstone. Visit the link in our Bio to get started! #InvestInGames #ChaosAgents #GameDev #IndieGameDev

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Christopher Schmidt @crschmidt.net · 26/03/2025

the problem with The Signal Chat isn't that they added the editor in chief of the atlantic. the problem with The Signal Chat is WHY WAS THIS INFORMATION ON SIGNAL AT ALL. the fact that none of the 20-odd people in this signal chat said "HEY MAYBE SIGNAL ISN'T RIGHT FOR THIS" is a really bad sign!!

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 25/03/2025

Now I'm just experiencing what I'm more and more aware is a bit in real time thank you @boontavista.com

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 25/03/2025

It is now episode 203 of @boontavista.com and there is another drop-in from Ben to correct an error. At this rate, the podcast will be entirely corrections by roughly episode 217.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 25/03/2025

I have listened to roughly 390 episodes of @boontavista.com and bonus episode "Flamin' Hot Junjo Itos" is the first time I have ever heard a post-record drop-in correction. The correction: 'woman who broke into zoo to feed monkeys Cheetos was not, in fact, an employee of the zoo.' truly staggering.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 22/03/2025

I'm working on this game and it's been a really neat journey so far. Come by if you can - it's going to be a good time. I'd love to also be there myself, but Europe's a long way away. Seems like only yesterday we had a bunch of spheres moving around on a featureless plain.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 22/03/2025

If you're looking for something to do today in the general vicinity of GDC, my game is having an event! popularium.com/home/ Euphnet Cyber Cafe, 612 S Mary Ave, Sunnyvale CA from 1pm to 9pm! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames etc. etc.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 12/03/2025

If you like things that are good, Tom Cashman (of Taskmaster AU fame) has released a special on YouTube. Heartily recommend.

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Tom Cashman — After The Fall (Full Comedy Special) 2025

YouTube video by Tom Cashman

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 12/03/2025

Naming your game "Chaos Agents" and then having 2025 happen really does a number on the google alerts for your game :/ #gamedev

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Twirlin' Curtis @twirlincurtis.com · 06/11/2024

Introducing... //NEGATIVE REVERIE// A retro-inspired, modern-setting game about technology, violence and intelligence. Join Vuota and her allies on her mission to take down the FamilyTech Company in this new RPG! Wishlist now!

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 04/03/2025

Lovely people of #gamedev - what are your thoughts on tutorials? I'm working on an autobattler royale, which has some nuances we'd like to communicate as quickly as possible, but striking a balance between serving up lore, dumping information about mechanics and getting people into their first match

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 03/03/2025

Dealing with Azure is a hassle, but realizing that my game gets a significant performance boost for ~55% of the cost of our current AWS setup is a really unexpected bonus. Friendship ended with c5.4xlarge - now Azure Standard D8as v6 is my best friend. #gamedev

Graph of processing time over time - anything over 20s is bad and creates slowdown for users. Azure has an average of 19.45s compared to AWS's 20.76, but there's a long tail on the AWS calculation where the game state was significantly simpler and required less processing power. The graphs are highlighted in red where processing time exceeds 20s. Azure has some midgame spikes over 20s but AWS is solidly in the red by 5-6s for much of the first half of the game.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 01/03/2025

In before a bunch of upcoming visual improvements and a number of other structural changes, here's a screenshot of some alpha gameplay of Chaos Agents, the autobattler royale I'm working on. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

Early alpha gameplay screenshot of Chaos Agents.

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Ry 🦥 @basedsocialism.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Everyone’s a fan

Star Wars Rogue One poster with the text changed to say “The good guys are militant leftist terrorists”

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 28/02/2025

whatever happened to that person with the beans

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 28/02/2025

I'm just out here wishlisting 95% of the stuff that hits the #gamedev feed - y'all are doin' great!

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 28/02/2025

much of my rekindled existence on shortform internet is based on listening to too much @boontavista.com and wanting to feel like i, too, am laughing while the ship is sinking

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 28/02/2025

I want to love Outer Wilds because apparently everyone else in the world thinks it's amazing. I keep bouncing off of it, though - something about the 3d motion with thrusters just doesn't click for me and it's embarrassing.

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It has come to my attention that not nearly enough of you know about Bernd das Brot, the German children's program about a clinically depressed loaf of bread who enjoys studying his wallpaper and eating gruel and whose catchphrases include "my life is hell" and "I would like to leave this show."

An anthropomorphic loaf of bread with bulging eyeballs and hands that grow directly out of his body, next to his mouth, and look oddly human except that there are only four fingers. The photo is good but I must implore you to check out the video.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 26/02/2025

Going to take a moment to shamelessly promo the stuff I'm working on. I'm very excited to see loads of new people joining the alpha of the game I'm working on, which is an autobattler royale featuring globally-unique units (popularium.com). I love my studio and the stuff we get to work on. #gamedev

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Devi Serene @deviserene.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'd love to get some feedback on my turn based RPG. Honestly, I love what you do. It means so much to indie devs to get some eyes and hands on their games. 💕 store.steampowered.com/app/3140160/...

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Toward Dawn on Steam

Inspired by Welsh mythology, experience a classic fantasy RPG adventure exploring the cycles of abuse. Customise your abilities, craft new equipment and Break your enemies in strategic turn-based comb...

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 26/02/2025

Why is the backend of Steam so incomprehensible? #gamedev

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 24/02/2025

Does anyone actually prefer GA4 to Universal Analytics? If so, can tell me why? I feel like they moved a bunch of the information (specifically around events) that I used to be able to look at within GA to "nowhere". I know it's there because I'm pushing it in via GTM but I can't access it.

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 24/02/2025

I feel like I'd do a lot more skeeting if I stopped thinking 'huh, nobody actually needs to hear this' before I hit post.

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👹 Other Sammy 👹 @swizzard.pizza · 23/02/2025

YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown you can SEE HIM he is playing in town you should go and have a good time

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raventhon @raventhon.com · 24/02/2025

I've been binge listening to @boontavista.com and they've just hit the start of the pandemic. Really looking forward to the "Theo is a Train" intro that's coming up in another hundred episodes or so.

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