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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

that moment when you decide that no one really needs a new laptop.

Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

another plastic loving void, huh? mochi here has been caught in 4k so many times with bits of plastic i'm pretty sure he'd qualify as an environmental crisis.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Literally me at 5.30 every morning. Also literally my cat too I guess.

Our void kitten Mochi. Caught in a not so rare moment of lazy eyed abject love for the brushing he was in the middle of.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

pet store in nz using AI to write copy for a cat bed. AI thinks it's a cushion. "Whether you're using it as a support while sitting or as an accessory to enhance your space's aesthetic... It's not just a cushion; it's a lifestyle choice that promises to bring you endless comfort and satisfaction."

The Brooklands cushion is your perfect companion for comfort and style. Designed with overstuffed sides, it offers exceptional support and relaxation, allowing you to unwind after a long day. The exterior boasts a stylish faux suede material, adding a touch of elegance and sophistication to your home decor. Not only does it look good, but it also feels incredibly soft to the touch, ensuring a cosy experience every time you use it. Measuring 53cm, this cushion is versatile enough to fit into various spaces, from your living room to your bedroom. One of its standout features is the non-slip base, which provides stability and prevents the cushion from sliding out of place, ensuring that you remain comfortable and secure. Whether you're using it as a support while sitting or as an accessory to enhance your space's aesthetic, the Brooklands cushion delivers in both functionality and style. Upgrade your home comfort with this exquisite piece that combines practicality with a modern flair. It's not just a cushion; it's a lifestyle choice that promises to bring you endless comfort and satisfaction.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

today's game of "spot the AI marketing copy". it's Ovani Sound, by the way.

AI marketing copy:

"HERE'S HOW IT WORKS

When something good is coming, a new pack, a flash sale, a limited offer, the *VIP text list hears it first*. Sometimes hours before email. Sometimes before it goes public at all.

By the time it lands in everyone's inbox, VIP already had the jump.

*No spam. No daily noises". Just first access when it actually counts.

Get on the list. Skip the slow lane."

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

whoever at epic designed this genius way of viewing a page on the fab store from the unreal launcher. i mean. ooooh. i just want to shake them by the- well, let's start with wanting to shake them vigorously and go from there. we went from dogfooding to dogshitting, didn't we? details in alt text.

A screenshot of how Unreal Engine launcher users access the Fab.com store by default inside the Unreal Engine launcher - which is where all our assets are. Hark! at the fact that clicking on a page doesn't take you to an asset page, but instead pops up a narrow modal on the right where you can imbue next to no information without scrolling down all the way because it's condensed all the information into a narrow modal! See those three symbols on the top right? Well, just to save you time, the right two do the same fucking thing! Yes, that's right, close and collapse have no functional difference! Because why the fuck would they. No misclicking for you! No, because all OUR buttons have exactly the same purpose!

And don't you worry, game devs! Because if you thought it was a pain having TWO buttons doing exactly the same thing, here's what happens when you click into a screenshot! That's right, now you get NO buttons? How do you get out? Great question? Apparently you just click fucking randomly until it closes or something, because there's no good reason for it to work, and work consistently, right? We don't need consistency in UX design. No, what we need is to throw crumbs to all the people who used the old store FOR A FUCKING DECADE and who asked very nicely for it to go back to how it was an be usable in the launcher. Which, to be fair, they did. But in what could only be described as an Epic fucking power move, they took it upon themselves to make it one quarter as functional as it used to be!

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

ORCA. JUST FUCKING AROUND ON THE SURFACE. YOU FLAP IT MATE. FLAP IT LIKE A FUCKIN MAMMAL.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Hey on the way out of Wellington and this isn’t even the best scenery yet.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

okay here's some gamedev. a non-post-process shader in unreal engine that can highlight only the visible part of clipped objects. uses custom stencils and scene depth comparisons to do it. normally you'd do this in post-process because when objects are rendered you don't know where they are.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

that would be correct and in this case those randos nobody has ever heard of is ubisoft.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is literally the 9th time in the past hour he’s “lost” his bit of Velcro under his wheel…

Void cat searching for a bit of Velcro he’s lost under his wheel accidentally on purpose.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ok well I guess the blanket is staying there now. Cats gonna cat.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

HEY EVERYTHING'S STILL GOING GREAT ON THE EPIC GAMES LAUNCHER

the epic games launcher only it's all really fucked up because why wouldn't it be

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I made that suggestion. He doesn’t see impressed

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

it's the unreal developer's signal that everything's about to shit the bed and you'll be here until 7pm.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

i lost a third of my desk to an experiment.

a little void cat sat in a big pink fluffy bed, on the desk of a game developer. there's the edge of a monitor, a stream deck, a keyboard on the desk, with a colourful desk mat and some audio equipment in the background, as well as two keyboards on a rack behind the cat.

not seen: the audio equipment i moved off the desk to see if he'd prefer being on here with me and calm down a bit.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

hey @github.com just fyi. using someone's data for training doesn't count as a feature.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

here's some slop made copy i got in an email from @gog.com. if you're in marketing, you should be writing copy. not having a bot do it. for a platform with negligible market share, you need to put effort into communicating with customers. not have a bot do it. 30% cut for this GPT ass shit.

image of GPT slop made email subject line from gog.com. it says "This is more than nostalgia. This is impact." followed by two emojis. the form "This is [negation of] x. This is [y]." and over-use of emojis is a clear and known tell that AI has written something.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

i've been disliking twitch lately. this woman beat a puppy on stream. horrific. was arrested, charged with animal cruelty. banned on twitch. and is now back on twitch. still a partner. do you hate this too? twitch only care about money. if you stream, disable midrolls and push people to patreon.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

cancelled a decade long @jetbrains.com subscription because jetbrains removed the registry key that disabled AI autocomplete in comments. maybe we want AI local code completion but it shouldn't be trying to write comments. just, oh, i don't know... code suggestions?

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

we're content light right now because this shit is way more interesting.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

the user tags on Garfield Lasagna Party on Steam are something to aspire to.

User generated tags for Garfield Lasagna Party on Steam: Story Rich, Gore, Nudity, Hentai, Villain Protagonist, 3D.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

this AI cloud code completion should be off by default and @jetbrains.com really need to wind their neck in on default AI features.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

my cat is losing his mind at the sheer excitement of being alive. also it's like an hour out from lunchtime so he'll be doing this for the next 60 minutes.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Fuck IndieGala for sending out this fucking slop in a mailer. Remember, fuck IndieGala and any other pro-AI slop retailer.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

We did lottery secret Santa at family Xmas dinner and my niece wrote out the numbers. This was mine. Gen Alpha’s cooked, man.

It’s the number 6 but she wrote a little 7 next to it.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Epic's new developer assistant for unreal engine refuses to tell you if it's AI. Because telling you it's AI would be bad. Merely knowing it's AI, but not knowing what model it's based on, its training provenance or where it gets its information - that's fine. This isn't the future of gamedev.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

this is my dumb cat mochi he loves paper bags but this time he managed to get his whole body through one the handles before i staged an intervention. and then he done a flop and went all adorable.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

every time i see this in my sidebar i unfollow the streamer. doesn't matter who it is. paying for twitch turbo to remove ads means that i should get no ads. i like being able to support streamers with turbo. but if i get ads anyway. then i may as well just cancel turbo and use adblock, right?

An anonymised image of a promoted streamer from the Twitch sidebar

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

the risks of working from home. i stg this cat is a 10x multiplier on my adhd stat.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

this is the part that stood out. we lost twitch a few years ago to branded content. the advertising push, then partner managers disappeared, then sponsored streams started getting promoted in the sidebar, then push notifications for ads. there's more. but twitch is now a dedicated vehicle for it.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

hey lmk if you think this is fucking stupid

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Before now, only some of the names on this list were feckless, dollar worshipping, toadying fucks you wouldn't expect anything better from, and who spent their entire careers being useful idiots. But hey, if you're doing research on spineless amoral turds in comedy, they just saved you some time.

The extensive list of comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival includes Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Gabriel Iglesias, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K., Andrew Schulz, Pete Davidson, Tom Segura, Chris Tucker, Whitney Cummings, Wayne Brady, Aries Spears, Jack Whitehall, Sugar Sammy, Mo Amer, Ali Siddiq, Ben Hart, Jeff Ross, Omid Djalili, Jimeoin, Jo Koy, Sam Morril, Hannibal Buress, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jimmy Carr, Mark Normand, Russell Peters, and Zarna Garg.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

twitch has always allowed anyone to download your clips but they now reward them for uploading it directly to other platforms. i'm not following this person. they have social sharing disabled. but i can upload it to yt and attribute it to them on twitch. twitch don't own your content. you do.

A screenshot from a Twitch channel showing how anyone who isn't even following a user can download their clips in their entirety for the purpose of uploading it to other platforms without attribution.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

HEY @jetbrains.com AM I USING THE AI ASSISTANT RIGHT? CAN A LONELY TWITCH GAMEDEV GET A SPONSORSHIP NOW?

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

bruh @jetbrains.com ai assistant just told me it had a brain fart. why does this remind of "kids say the funniest things"?

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

as a hardworking gamedev who constantly needs praise for just doing their job, here's some very close to final version screenshots of the entrance bungalow to The Poacher's bunker.

Unreal Engine exterior render of the entrance to Saxby RGHQ bunker in The Poacher, a game by indie dev studio Robots Make Games.

Unreal Engine interior render of the entrance to Saxby RGHQ bunker in The Poacher, a game by indie dev studio Robots Make Games.

Unreal Engine exterior render of the stairwell down to Saxby RGHQ bunker in The Poacher, a game by indie dev studio Robots Make Games.

Unreal Engine exterior render of the stairwell to Saxby RGHQ bunker in The Poacher, a game by indie dev studio Robots Make Games. This shows extensive aging and damage and why all the warning signs are there. You shouldn't go down there.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Thanks everyone for a great gamedev stream today at twitch.tv/finisfine where we did more backend stuff for Unreal's PCG. OUR decals are procedural, how about yours? 😏 Before we raided @sciantsmedia.com, we got raids from @fitforpurpose.tv, thatmanrobin and @the.averagegoob.com!

Damage decals in Unreal Engine placed procedurally using the Procedural Content Generation framework. Environment from The Poacher, a psychological horror game from indie game studio Robots Make Games.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

we did a gamedev stream at twitch.tv/finisfine grinding away on dirtying the environment. it's all coming together. or falling apart. thanks to @fitforpurpose.tv for the raid! we raided @mossygrovegames.bsky.social :)

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

if you stare into the void too long, the void stares back

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah? cat: meow? me: yeah?

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

things to note: - Gameplay Ability System settings are slowly moving from C++ to both project settings and blueprint exposure. - Substrate materials are now out of experimental and into beta. Unreal shaders are closer to BSDF in substrate. - RT bloom looks insane.

Example shot of bloom in Unreal Engine's Lumen lighting system from indie horror game The Poacher by Robots Make Games.

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Robots Make Games @robotsmakegames.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

it worked, by the way. this upgrade is fussy about assets linked to uninstalled plugins. i had to clear out unrecognised asset types. i have no idea what happened to make it look like everything is wrapped in clingfilm though.

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