Reposted by David SpeckTommy Thompson @tommy.aiandgames.com · 29/09/2026I've always felt the games industry started crashing in 2018 but the money being pumped into it (especially during COVID) was a Hail Mary to push a broken model over the line. I'm now convinced GenAI is in the same boat. These idiots think you can defy gravity by just pumping more money into it. 4276
David Speck @saduras.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great read! And share a lot of the sentiment. What got me excited about “AI” back then is definitely nothing like what the common understanding of the term is today… 030
Reposted by David SpeckMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New Post: Why I Love AI Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists. www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i... 31539160
Reposted by David SpeckAmy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026everyone should watch this. nothing that works this way is conscious. 723793
Reposted by David SpeckIron Pineapple @ironpineapple.bsky.social · 03/09/2026topic was GTA 6, but this applies to basically all games and the type of discourse/criticism you might see 161460232
Reposted by David SpeckShouXin手訫 @shouxin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It’s the weekend! Let’s stretch a little with these cats. Cats seem to know better than we do how to truly relax. Stretch your legs, loosen up, and let go of the week’s tiredness. I hope these little cats bring a bit of ease and a good mood to your weekend😊 #shouxinsketch #cat #sketch #sketchdaily 193583955
Reposted by David SpeckFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 25/08/2026this is what I've been working on lately!! 🐼🎪 2870230
Reposted by David SpeckSpelkollektivet @handle.invalid · 18/08/2026Just 70 hours after launching our campaign, we reached our goal of 750,000 SEK! But we’re not stopping there. Every contribution from here helps us secure better loan terms, or potentially even purchasing the building outright. Thank you to everyone who has donated or shared our campaign so far. ❤️ 0319
Reposted by David SpeckKenney @kenney.nl · 16/08/2026Thank you for the positive comments on Little Troubles in Spooky Town so far! 🙇♂️ I'd like to share a few tips for those looking to create a similar polished game in just a short time! 🧵 219527
Reposted by David SpeckSpelkollektivet @handle.invalid · 14/08/2026Help Save the Home for Indie Game Developers For 9 years Spelkollektivet has had more than 700 game developers stay at the co-living & co-working hub, but due to new directives in the local area, the future may be at risk. Read more: gofund.me/f4244d6de #gamedev #indiegames #gofundme 2180164
Reposted by David Speckmaybe: annie rauwerda @annierau.bsky.social · 29/07/2026starting a collection of quotes like this 8168531425
Reposted by David SpeckKenney @kenney.nl · 29/07/2026Someone asked me for the Armor Games intro I made back in 2008 and it made me curious if @ArmorGames still uses this... YES THEY DO! Anyway here it is in 4K (or whatever socials compress it to) 851466253
Reposted by David SpeckEdd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This is probably the biggest moment of my life 😭 After 4 years, the Game UI Bible has finally launched for all the world to see. A 400+ page tome of Game UI/UX goodness, celebrating all the weird and wonderful intricacies of this field. I'm SO proud of this book, and for you all to read it! 40925302
Reposted by David SpeckFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 23/07/2026it's winter in quaternion space! you can see the gravitational field this way (unless the video compression gods are angry with me) 540628
Reposted by David SpeckDavis Bickford @davis.social · 14/07/2026My first #PortfolioDay with the carousel! I hope you all are having a great day looking at all the pretty art! I'm Davis 👋 I'm an artist and game dev. So nice to meet you ☺️ 251251312
Reposted by David SpeckBen Bergman (he/him) @benbergman.ca · 05/07/2026I'm playing around with some @kenney.nl train assets in @godotengine.org. Should I make a simple train track sandbox toy/game? 5846
Reposted by David SpeckBlack Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 30/06/2026 362949800
Reposted by David SpeckZi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 28/06/2026It wasn't long before I realized *exactly* where I can leverage this new-found knowledge. Fired up a quick test in Desmos, and holy shit. 😤☁️ #gamedev #indiedev 422927
Reposted by David SpeckRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 25/06/2026Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry. 1544151245
Reposted by David SpeckCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Bungie friends, I am so, so sorry. You deserve better. 432250
Reposted by David SpeckJay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social · 11/06/2026for the best part of this year, I've been speaking to former Maxis developers to put together this: a near-6000 word oral history of Spore 🦠 www.designroom.site/spore-an-ora...designroom.siteSpore: An oral historyA wild bet in development for the better part of a decade, Spore reached for the stars — and, at times, got there. We recently spoke to eight team members, including chief designer Will Wright, to loo... 28873282
Reposted by David SpeckRichard Meredith @rtm223.me · 12/06/2026"We're shipping so much more code with AI!" "Good, stable code?" "Oh heavens no. No no no. not at all. We couldn't possibly" 7453172202
Reposted by David SpeckAI and Games Conference @conference.aiandgames.com · 08/06/2026Talk submissions for the conference are now open If you have solved a hard problem, built something that works, or learned something the community needs to hear, we want to hear from you. Deadline: 23:59 BST Sunday August 2. www.aiandgamesconference.com/talk-submiss... 032
Reposted by David SpeckDr Matt Mahmoudi @docmattmoudi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne... 11899462
Reposted by David SpeckMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026oh no, i don't use the ai for <thing that i am paid to do> it's terrible at that. it's great for <thing you are paid to do> though. 41131306
Reposted by David SpeckMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Shoutout to the very senior professor in HCI who gave a talk last month about how AI can do qualitative data analysis better than people now. 11387187
Reposted by David SpeckWillie Agnew @willie-agnew.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Our work on how gen ai is impacting the labor conditions and power of professional visual artists got a great writeup from Brian Merchant! www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-inf...bloodinthemachine.comThe AI-inflected crisis artists are facing, in 4 chartsAn alarming new study reveals the dire impact AI is having on artists' livelihoods. It does offer some hope, too. 04221
Reposted by David SpeckMyzreal @myzreal.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Working hard on the Godot Fluid Simulation blog post! It's much harder to make a proper write-up than I thought lol. Here's a sort of "flare" effect I achieved while fiddling with the parameters #gamedev #indiedev #godot 0284
Reposted by David SpeckCaptain Pacito @captainpacito.bsky.social · 09/12/2025THE MERCHANT 105175675428
David Speck @saduras.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Finally got around to watch the latest video from AI and Games. Very good stuff! Can’t wait for the next parts (I know the articles are already out there) 062
Reposted by David SpeckStefan Reinalter @molecularmusing.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Gave a talk at Guerrilla Games this morning (slides coming on Monday). Met a bunch of very welcoming, fun and smart people and the tech they built is nothing short of amazing! Had lots of fun hanging out with you folks, thanks so much @jeremy.laumon.name for inviting me! 3334
Reposted by David SpeckGlaireDaggers🍉🏳️⚧️🎄 @glairedaggers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026.... I see. 1192490348
Reposted by David SpeckCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 29/03/2026most of the time you don’t want true randomness and/or simulation in a game. you think you do but you’re wrong and will get mad at us if you get it. 661828268
Reposted by David SpeckEla Bambust 🏳️⚧️ (alleged transsexual) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 29/03/2026ideas are cheap 115524
Reposted by David SpeckEmily Hunt @emily.space · 25/03/2026If this verdict holds, I can see this lawsuit being a landmark case: if social media companies are liable for making addictive apps, then it could massively limit the extent to which they can use algorithms to harm people.bbc.comMeta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trialA woman has been awarded $3m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US. 1348
Reposted by David SpeckJason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 24/03/2026BREAKING: Epic Games is laying off more than 1,000 workers today, sources tell Bloomberg News. Story hitting shortly 772552580
Reposted by David Speckjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/12/2025meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years. we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this?? between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright 1047991538
Reposted by David SpeckNynne ☁️ @beanynne.bsky.social · 27/12/2025favourite spell #frieren #art 4057111596
Reposted by David SpeckSteven Lumpkin @silent0siris.bsky.social · 26/12/2025“We’re going to ship lower quality stuff, faster” seems like an exceptionally clear sighted and honest explication of AI’s value proposition, I’m just not convinced that a) people will want the lower quality stuff, or b) that it will actually be faster 108717
Reposted by David SpeckClair Obscur: Expedition 33 @expedition33.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Wishing you all the happiest of holidays, from our painted family to yours ❤️❤️ - The Expedition 33 Team!! Artwork made by Nicholas Maxson-Francombe, Art Director. 171490372
Reposted by David SpeckTaconite @taconite.bsky.social · 24/12/2025I guess this a game about rum running now... Taking some time to setup systems appropriately can have some significant benefits; these NPC drivers are just steering by offset to player! They're bunching up rn, but that's nothing that boids can't solve 🤔 #gamedev #indiegame #solodev #unity3d 1378
Reposted by David SpeckCelesse ✿ @celesse.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Home for Christmas 🌿💋🎁 #art #christmas #christmasart #bunnies 132361727
Reposted by David SpeckKenney @kenney.nl · 22/12/2025I just learned something that I want to share; 1. Create an invisible box with an outer shadow 2. Create an invisible box with an inner shadow 3. Place randomly... TA-DA. Free depth in your texture! 13672106