iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think soon I'll be showing some speed paints... In my suite that _I made_! What could be a better test flight?

Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I once asked Claude about some code "Why did you decide to do it this way?" and it answered "I don't know, you're right, that's not the right way to do that." That's a story of me cautiously testing out how an LLM can code. But by all means fire up agents to write entire modules unsupervised.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hrm, of all the things "the young folk" do on the internet, I enjoyed that one at least a little. I guess the world doesn't need "audio emojis" though.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A follow up question could be "why make a game when I could also not do that either?"

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A pickup line that's just underwater gurgles and bubbles is probably an upgrade from most pickup artist techniques.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You missed the glory days by nearly 20 years.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@danjohnston.uk hey, I'd love to be added to the No AI indie games list. I'm working on AI-less games, and custom dev tools in the hope that the accessibility AI apologists crave can be demonstrated other ways. Thanks for considering me!

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi! I just launched a new three month DOS jam! Don't have enough free time to contribute to a standard game jam? This one's E X T E N D E D. Please feel free to join in, even (especially!) if you have no experience! It's a very casual vibe, and there are even a few assets to help start you off!

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MS-TRES

A game jam from 2026-08-31 to 2026-12-01 hosted by Emmfoolery. It's time for another three month DOS jam! This is a casual, lighthearted jam, to encourage skill-building, community links, and the crea...

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

English NEVER deviates from it's strict rules... which differ vastly word to word based on who we stole them from.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Read this thread right here. This is the damage, this is the price. Wounds inflicted directly on the type of person who TRAINS (unwillingly) your fucking models. Where will your slop machines be when the rest of us refuse to feed them our talents?

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've been devoted to a pact of non-violence in all things in all ways, but I'm thinking about changing that-- FOR SPORT that is! (don't put me on a list.) I'm getting more interested in fitness and the healthier I get the more I wanna get up and... swing weapons like old times. #HEMA #fencing

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I pray the left won't turn into "Roughly five people do my thinking for me" the way the right lives.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Debunked? You're not a friggin cryptid... (Are you?)

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Flat Earthers think CG artists work tirelessly to fake footage from the ISS and NASA. Man I wish that were true. I could have a cushy government job and consistent work.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Technical Artist: The cup you have in mind might seem really simple, but there's basically no way to fill it without imposing some extremely counterintuitive limitations on the shape of the cup, or melting your GPU.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

But that childish energy of picking up a Cool Stick, and wondering how many ninja you could fend off... It's within all of us.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I mean, it's really good. You work crazy hard on it, cut no corners, it's inspired and unique. ...that's what happens.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Popped over to Twitter to half assedly promote something, and the feed is nearly 100% people I do not follow and do not know using grok to undress people. I guess everyone I followed left. But Holy shit what a catastrophic crater it became.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@humblemudgames.bsky.social gives the upcoming Poulet A+ for #Arduboy a shout out! (And documents all the best stuff in the Arduboy library!-- if you're new to #Arduboy this vid is a perfect introduction.) youtu.be/_TZnPKsxbY0?... #1bit #lowspec #platformer

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I Played the World's THINNEST Handheld Console | Arduboy FX-C Review

YouTube video by humblemud

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The Ghost of Jeff @jeffpennington.art · 25/07/2026

I’M FINALLY OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS AGAIN! After a cat cancer scare, surgery, infection, and heal-up and then a horrible inner ear infection of my own I NEED INCOME (BADLY) and can make some dope art for you in exchange! No NSFW, no AI ever Email or DM me to discuss what you’d like 👍

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

They spent their money. Now they sit with their fingers crossed that it'll come back.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The timing would be auspicious, since this year's SIGGRAPH had almost zero showing of AI generated slop visuals... So they are gonna need artists again!

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So, Justin is still at large. Everyone be safe.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I think devs I respect use UE to some degree of success, but when you use FAB store stuff, it's got undocumented "features" that are hard to reverse engineer, you can't tell why your edits don't work, etc etc. If I did a true project in Unreal perhaps I'd like it, but this asset flip project? blah.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Three straight days of debugging someone else's UE asset has come to a close. FML. #ue

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I always make my own assets but I will shank any Slopper who comes for our man Kenney.

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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 22/07/2026

Shigeru Miyamoto says the games that resonate most with players all around the world aren’t those deliberately designed for global appeal, but those based on a developer’s personal interests. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamot...

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Miyamoto: Games based on developers’ personal interests resonate around the world, not those aiming for global appeal | VGC

If developers try to make something the world will like, it becomes generic…

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Final Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"The newly appointed Minister for AI is expected to meet with the Minister for NFTs, Lord Blockchain and the Secretary of State for Pogs this afternoon."

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Ellie @elliesprites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

PYROMANCER is out NOW!!! Download it for free on itch!!! elliesprites.itch.io/pyromancer

An 8-bit style video game screenshot showing a dark skinned woman with fire powers shooting a fireball at a skeleton monster.

Another screenshot of the same game, in which the protagonist deflects an attack from a floating skull enemy that shoots bone projectiles.

The protagonist, now running through a dungeon full of spike obstacles.

The protagonist is kneeling on the floor, next to a woman enveloped in mystical power who holds a mysterious object.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Oh man, I don't know if Arduboy will punch you in the Autism the way it does me-- but it's a credit card sized game console. Takes real skill to cram tiny games into memory... So it needed a Poulet! Been working on it off and on. Making a sprint to finish it off so it can be off my mind!

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I thought Poulet on the #Arduboy would reach too small an audience, but #Anbernic owners using #Knulli can get in on it! #1bit #rom #retrogame

An Arduboy running Poulet A+ lays next to an Anbernic RG40XX H, running the same thing.

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The Ghost of Jeff @jeffpennington.art · 14/07/2026

Hey #PortfolioDay I’m Jeff, an illustrator and comic artist with a vibrant chameleon style looking for work in comics, publishing, video games, and more! I also create the webcomic HAMMERHEAD 🎨 jeffpennington.art 🔗 jeffpennington.carrd.co 📫 contact@jeffpennington.art 🍖 hammerhead.webcomic.ws

The cover to my webcomic Hammerhead #1, digital illustration. The titular protagonist caveman Hammerhead holds a gigantic boulder up above his head with one hand casually with a big smile on his face while a small blue pteranodon Ptops perched on his shoulder pointing into the distance. Behind him his two traveling compatriots include his little sister with the pigtails and poncho Cutter, and the high blonde pompadour and gemstone spectacles coward Orin. In the island background in the distance various flying saucers, eye walkers, and dinosaurs mill about. Art be me!

Digital illustration of Undyne from Undertale standing in full Royal Guard armor, her helmet tucked beneath her arm and her other hand grasping onto a glowing spear which highlights along her reflective armor. She has a gigantic, janky maniacal smile on her face and her ponytail is whipping in the wind. A lightning bolt crashes dramatically in the background, highlighting her figure from behind. Art by me!

A black and white digital painting of Captain Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation dressed as his Holodeck counterpart, hard boiled 1940’s detective Dixon Hill. He wears a classic detective’s outfit of fedora, overcoat, suit and tie. He’s illuminated by a light source coming through Venetian blinds off screen in a mostly black dark room otherwise. “The Big Goodbye by Tracy Torme”, the title of both the episode this is homaging and the fictional book the episode is based on, resides to the right of Picard in stylized lettering. Art by me!

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I was discussing this with gameDev meetup people in Toronto, and we noted-- it's mostly older guys who love this shit.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Nothing you can do about it" George there are people bending over backwards to make AI work in film and it hasn't yet.

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 15/07/2026

Stupid fucking kid not able to make a proper illustration on their own... what a fucking idiot. This is the real problem today, shitty kid's art that isn't ready for the publishing world.

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Advent @adventureislands.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Stack cats and soar to whole new heights! Wishlist Copy Cats on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4700300/... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #puzzlegame #cats

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Alec S // Renegade Sector Games @renegadesector.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Journey of the Garden Rose is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/3692110/...

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Preventing CSAM material from being conjured into existence equates to "going after political opponents" is what he said. ...that's only true if your political opponents love CSAM... And, well... Heh...

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Being sick sucks! I gotta kick in!

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Everyone and their aunt has implemented a Voxel Engine. This one is #godotengine with #csharp. I needed a break from #ThunderAxis ! #sideproject #minecraft #voxels #gamedev

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I am working on stuff constantly, it just isn't producing visuals or otherwise publishables. I am still here!

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

You guys are getting an audience?

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Nerve damage actually often has stories like this. It's weird and not well understood.

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

This makes me so Happy! I don't know how many people enjoy my game on the regular, but it's not a lot. Big thanks to @mwdashadow.bsky.social ! I also never imagined times like this.

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MwdaShadow @mwdashadow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I got Poulet Poulet down to a 32:09, with my first deathless run. I'm leaving it here for now, and I plan to come back to this game in the future. A sub-30 is definitely possible with what I know now, and there may be more to discover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ79...

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Poulet Poulet Any% PB as of 2026-06-18 in 32:09 (Current World Record)

YouTube video by MwdaShadow

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today I saw beautiful cartoon animation in a VFX film. Waste of a great animator on the wrong job. People will call it "bad VFX" in spite of it being beautiful- just because it doesn't read as real. And they would be right, really. I never call out the film or studio as a rule. #animation #vfx

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Mattzo Retsyn @retsyn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Working in CG I've seen leaps and bounds in deformers and rigs in my 13 years. And lo, the complexity and timelines just keeps up, or indeed overtakes any time we win.

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