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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

“Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen.”

Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The limitation is out: unpredictable rules. Which is cool! I was already about doing emergent gameplay so that fits pretty well with this game jam! I hope I can find the time to complete a game itch.io/jam/major-ja...

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Major Jam 7: Wild

A game jam from 2025-05-30 to 2025-06-13 hosted by ZahranW. What is Major Jam? Major Jam is a week-long video game development jam, which is a spinoff of the biweekly game jam Mini Jam. The main focus...

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

What is the universe trying to tell me?

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Last update was Feb 5th, it traveled around 2 hours north and the AirTag is still living near the beach, but not that close anymore. I wonder if it’s happy there and if I’ll ever hear from it again

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Had a great run at the used bookstore

The NES cartridges of The Legend of Zelda and Dragon Warrior

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hello Bluesky! I’m looking for software engineers in the gaming or movie effects business in #Scotland! Please DM me if you’re interested and repost for visibility! #hiring #pipeline #jobs

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

My wife lost her AirTag at Costco last year. It went to San Francisco and now it’s living in Malaysia

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Uma parte legal de ser membro da VES é receber essas cartas pra ver as produções e votar

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 13/01/2025

Power lines. Altadena in the wake of the #EatonFire

Olive Ave & Harriet St, Altadena. Credit: Elliott Browne

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

More info. I also checked how much faster it is when the number of files you match is drastically smaller. I compared two scenarios: a > 95% match and a < 0.6% match. The difference is not huge, but some methods, like glob, have a more significant difference. #profiling #python #filesystem

The image contains four bar charts comparing the performance of different Python methods for finding files, with the bars representing overlapping metrics. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 on the x-axis correspond to the system's file sizes: 1 (45,000 files), 2 (360,000 files), and 3 (3 million files). The bars indicate the time it took to find files with a match range of >95% and <1%.

Top Left: Glob 99% Match vs <1% Match

Two overlapping bars per file size:
The larger bar represents the time taken to find files with >95% match.
The smaller bar represents the time taken to find files with <1% match.
As file size increases, the time for >95% matches increases significantly.
Top Right: OS Walk 99% Match vs <1% Match

Similar overlapping bars per file size:
The taller bar shows the time taken for >95% matches.
The shorter bar shows the time for <1% matches.
The growth in time with increasing file size is evident, but less dramatic than Glob.
Bottom Left: Pathlib 99% Match vs <1% Match

Overlapping bars per file size:
The >95% match bar is consistently taller than the <1% match bar.
The increase in time for larger file sizes is steady but not as steep.
Bottom Right: Listdir 99% Match vs <1% Match

Two overlapping bars per file size:
The bar for >95% matches is tallest, especially for the largest file size (3 million).
The bar for <1% matches is relatively short.

The image is a line chart titled "Speed Improvement When Finding Less Files (95% found vs <1% found)". It compares the percentage speed improvement of four different Python methods for file searching as the number of files increases. The x-axis represents three file sizes: 45k files, 360k files, and 3 million files, while the y-axis shows percentage speed improvement ranging from -10% to 15%.

Key Details:
Lines Representing Methods:

Glob (% faster): A solid blue line that starts near 0% at 45k files, gradually increases, and shows a steep rise to about 15% improvement at 3 million files.
Pathlib (% faster): A dotted orange line that starts slightly above 0% at 45k files and rises steadily but remains below 5% improvement at 3 million files.
OS Walk (% faster): A dashed green line that remains relatively flat, showing a consistent improvement of around 5% across all file sizes.
Listdir (% faster): A dashed blue line that begins slightly below 0% at 45k files, dips further down near -5%, but rises sharply after 360k files to reach around 10% improvement at 3 million files.
Trends Observed:

Glob and Listdir: Show significant speed improvements with larger file sizes, with Glob having the highest improvement at 3 million files.
Pathlib: Steady improvement with smaller gains compared to other methods.
OS Walk: Consistent performance across all file sizes, with moderate gains.
Negative Speeds: At smaller file sizes, Listdir experiences a slight negative speed improvement (around -5%), indicating slower performance compared to other methods when finding <1% matches. This trend reverses for larger datasets.

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I was wondering which method was faster to iterate through files in #python and find all files of a specific extension. So I tried glob, pathlib, os.walk, and a listdir + a recursive function. Here's how long it takes (in second), for different sizes of file systems. os.walk is the fastest method

A graph showing the table

45k Files 360k Files 3mi Files
glob 10.68 100.57 546.61
pathlib 9.79 91.51 486.68
os.walk 6.51 60.9 318.19
listdir + recursive 10.33 89.82 537.34
Found Files 57 450 17919

A table with the data
45k Files 360k Files 3mi Files
glob 10.68 100.57 546.61
pathlib 9.79 91.51 486.68
os.walk 6.51 60.9 318.19
listdir + recursive 10.33 89.82 537.34

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Lars Thießen @larstofus.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

My last article of the year: How to Build an Optimization Toolbox. An overview of the types of tools you should have ready when your game's framerate drops, with specific recommendations of programs I have used in the past. larstofus.com/2024/12/30/h...

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How to build an optimization toolbox

“Optimizing a game” and “developing a game” are two activities that tend to blur together. And while you probably have an elaborate toolbox for developing your game, when it…

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

According to #AI, the #universe is much smaller than I thought.

A Google search of "number of atoms in the universe" shows the following AI answer: The number of atoms in the observable universe is estimated to be between 1078 and 1082 atoms. This number is a rough guess based on a number of assumptions and approximations, but it's unlikely to be too far off the mark.

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I wonder if Santa can move his workshop to a boat

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

And to add a note here, when you have a table of tasks and dependencies you can make a critical path. Once you have a critical path, then you most likely be able to parallelize tasks and start naturally getting floats or slack times that you can use to avoid having to do crunching

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I’m learning about optimal stopping. It’s a great way to know when to stop looking and start choosing things. What things? Well, any things! A relationship, an employee, a house, which game to develop, which publisher to choose from, etc. And there are variations! sites.cs.ucsb.edu/~suri/ccs130...

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Random Tip 005 on #UnrealEngine #DearImGui is awesome and there's a plugin: github.com/segross/Unre... However, it's not updated for a while. It has version 1.74 while the latest on DearImGui is 1.91.6 So until a hero updates this lib to UE 5.x you're going to have to make some changes yourself!

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GitHub - segross/UnrealImGui: Unreal plug-in that integrates Dear ImGui framework into Unreal Engine 4.

Unreal plug-in that integrates Dear ImGui framework into Unreal Engine 4. - segross/UnrealImGui

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Random Tip 004 for #UnrealEngine In #VisualStudio, you might find a file you need and want to check adjacent files, but the solution explorer doesn't update. Make sure you check the "Track Active Item In Solution Explorer" under Tools > Options > Project and Solutions > General

Screenshot of the Options dialog in Visual Studio with the option "Track Active Item in Solution Explorer" highlighted with a red square

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

<sarcasmo>Não, mas a temperatura tá normal, não tem aquecimento global</sarcasmo>

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Random Tip 003 on #UnrealEngine Still on the topic of asset discoverability. With a custom filter, you can quickly find those Data Assets you created in C++, and there's no way to show just them quickly

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Random tip 002 on #UnrealEngine Collections, on your content browser, are like, groups of bookmarks of your favorite assets. AND you can share those collections on the project with other people. It's a great way to onboard folks. "Where do I get stuff for the main level?" - check the collection!

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Do you like reverse engineering stuff as much as I do? It's like a huge sudoku puzzle

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Post a picture YOU took. Just a pic. No description.

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Hey, #gamedev on my network! Epic's Unreal Fellowship #GameCourse is open to the public until January 15th! Get in there to watch and download the class files to learn how to make games in #UnrealEngine! dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

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Unreal Fellowship: Games | Talks and demos

The Unreal Fellowship: Games will focus entirely on building games in UE. If you already work on video games or you want to start your journey and you’r...

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Colliding galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 (MIRI image). 🔭 🧪

Two spiral galaxies take up almost the entire view and appear to be overlapping. They are angled from top left to bottom right. The galaxy at left, IC 2163, is smaller and more compact than the galaxy at right, NGC 2207. The background of space is black, dotted with tiny foreground stars and extremely distant galaxies.

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head

Nintendo Faxanadu title screen screenshot

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Conway’s Law is the idea that people will design systems that copy their communication structure. So small distributed teams will generate software that is modular and large teams working together will generate a monolithic architecture. Is this the case in #gamedev?

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Parece produto dos Sobrinhos do Ataíde, depois do pastel de maionese agora vem a suco de maionese

Screenshot de um artigo falando sobre um novo tipo de maionese que pode ser bebida

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Literalmente o motivo da gente ainda ter o nosso Wii U em casa

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The replies to Brian Thompson’s last post on LinkedIn — all from before the shooting — are a horror show

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We created a virtual accelerometer in Maya for the previs artists to visualize how much g-force was being applied to the actors in some scenes. I’m really curious to see how it turned out! m.youtube.com/watch?v=NOhD...

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Teaser Trailer (2025 Movie) - Tom Cruise

YouTube video by Paramount Pictures

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Is there any social network with weighted likes? I mean, the more someone matters to you the higher the amount of likes you will see in a post that person liked. Might create even more bubbles and divisions, but at least it would be configurable and not something an AI model does it for you

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I found out that Paul Pedriana, one of my mentors in computer science and software engineering, passed away three years ago. He taught me a lot when I was at EA; he was one of the core developers at Maxis and wrote foundation code at EA, such as the memory manager.

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Em termos de limpeza, qualidade do atendimento e (óbvio) preço, o hospital público de Praia Grande da um pau em todos que eu fui em Los Angeles

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Flávia Al Gazi 🖋️📜 @flaviagasi.com.br · 30/11/2024

Vem algo aí (hq online) ano que vem / @fhc.bsky.social

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

There's been a LOAD of new folks on Bluesky since I created the 'Indie Game Publisher' starter pack as a resource for indie devs, so time for an update. If you're an indie game *publisher* then reply and I'll add you 👍🏻 Reposts welcome folks. go.bsky.app/DAoKtHj

A banner for the Indie Game Publisher starter pack. It shows the logos of various indie game publishers

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Morrigan walking away with the most generic animation cycle after telling you some deep lore gossip in Dragon Age Veilguard

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Fabian @trick17.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I started this as my first isometric #pixelart in 2020 and enventually made a small series out of it.

Pixelart of a temple in isometric projection.

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Rogério Tavares Gasi @rodja.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Interesting article about how our culture have been moving away from art and entertainment and towards to distraction and addiction What would games be if it has its own row here? www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-...

A table with the columns: slow traditional culture, fast modern culture and dopamine culture.

With rowss: athletics, journalism, video, music, images, communication and relationships.

It shows how culture have been going from slow and large to short and small. For example, music goes from albums to tracks then to TikToks

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