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Romain Barrilliot

@skacky.bsky.social
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Level Designer @ Arkane Lyon | Previously 3D Realms, Streumon Studio | Project Director on The Black Parade for Thief | Opinions are my own | Immersive Sims forever!

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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Asshole of the day
A lorry is parked on the crosswalk, like right in the middle of it
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wycha @wycha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#art #oekaki
Fanart of a haunt from Thief the Dark Project. The subject is skeleton in plate armor with red hammer emblem on the chestplate. It is facing left to the canvas holding ridiculously draped red clothing in one hand, and on the other hammer but the viewer can only see the handle of it. The background is dark and painted in digital attempt of impasto. Color palette is limited to grays and strong red, and lightning is  style of tenebrism or chiarroscuro, where there is strong light and shapes are being emerged from shadow. Drawn in browser based art software shi painter better known to old internet people as oekaki.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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SeverLink - Wishlist NOW! @severlink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
SeverLink crowdfunding campaign is LIVE We have a playable prototype - just grab it at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... If you long for early 2000s stealth revival and you like what you see in our build - GO FUND US and make it happen! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #lowpoly #y2k
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I adored Resident Evil. The take on it was fresh and risky, and it pays off amazingly. Very very gruesome as well.
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Jane Thrace @ladyjanethrace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A look at a new menu background map for SIGNAL LOST, inspired by the Very Large Array. A proper development update on ModDB is coming soon, hang tight. There's some big things coming.💙
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I played two demos today. The first was The Hollowing, a horror flight-sim set in a megastructure, where you are task with flying to various points across a vast expanse of spooky nothingness. I liked it a lot, though it is quite short. It's by the creator of Lorn's Lure, which I also enjoyed a lot.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I played 40 minutes of DERELIKT's playtest. I've been waiting for years for this game, and these 40 minutes absolutely did not disappoint. I couldn't make it further because I can't get out of the door codes UI screen unfortunately.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Call it morbid curiosity because I said I ejected, but it is funny to see that the same person who consistently plays devil's advocate no matter the subject did it for a racist slur in an old Thief mission a while ago, and now does it for an obviously homophobic review posted on ThiefGuild.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tonight I have Reacher’s S4 finale and Slow Horses’ S6 debut to watch. Good stuff.
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Sinnoware 🔶 Immersive Sim @sinnoware.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cat people, unite! 🐱 The Citadel Project, a dark fantasy stealth game, had to release early due to a massive €6,000 vet bill. A red-light runner fucker hit their cat, Snoopy, and fled. Miraculously, Snoopy survived thanks to his incredible strength and will to live.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ed Sheeran cancelled Macklemore by kicking him off the tour over his support of Palestine. Within 48 hours, all of Sheeran’s support acts had cancelled him. This is how it’s done.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Youth Valley has rapidly become one of my favorite bands recently. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjuF...
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Youth Valley - cerberus (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fine! Records
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HANNAH CRAWFORD @embyr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
SPRAWL zero is out now! The culmination of so much blood sweat and tears, who would have thought a random interaction on the Quake Mapping discord would have lead to this? store.steampowered.com/app/3748520/...
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Save 20% on SPRAWL zero on Steam
SPRAWL zero is a fast-paced shooter inspired by the Golden Age of 2000s FPS. Survive a brutal cyberpunk city collapsing under military rule and cult fanaticism. Use your Gravity-Gloves, augments, and ...
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I had forgotten how it feels like to wear pants after I wore shorts for 4 months straight.
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SPRAWL zero @sprawlfps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
SPRAWL zero is out now! Available on PC via Steam, Steam Deck & Epic Store - Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2. Thank you to all our supporters for making this possible, we owe you the world! store.steampowered.com/app/3748520/...
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is my front bike brake cable.
A picture of my front bike brake cable, it only hangs by a thread. Looks very safe!
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I feel so vindicated in never having liked this guy nor any of his films lol
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jnw-artstudio.bsky.social @jnw-artstudio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I just want to see what the engagement I would get for traditional pen and ink. These things can take over 20 hours and up to 60 hours.This is city scape I did 5 years ago (2021). #art #traditionalart #inkart #cityscape
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the Carrie / ADC_AX @adc-ax.itch.io · 06/09/2026
map making
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Call of Saregnar @callofsaregnar.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This vista reminds me of the landscapes found in Slovenia, Earth, a parallel dimension to Merrentar, Danephe.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You can tell I have dyslexia when I butchered not one but two titles 🫠
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Bandcamp Friday haul: Buried in Roses - Buried in Roses Feyleux - Mdnight Hearts Angel's Arcana - The Reveries of Solutide Youth Valley - Lullabies for Adults The City Gates - Age of Resilience
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Brendon @brendonbouzard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This exchange is so good.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wungus says it better than me but the crux of the issue with genAI in Thief (and in other communities) is that the consumer mindset has fully taken hold even in DIY circles like modding. Who cares if you're using technology that destroys the environment and relies on theft. bsky.app/profile/wung...
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Quake Map of the Day @motd.cataclysmal.org · 31/08/2026
Author(s): mist Title: Ancient Compact koohoo-themed cave map. www.slipseer.com/index.php?resource… #aztec #cave #copper #deathmatch #interconnected #koohoo #small #source #speedmap #underground #slipseer #quake
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I never thought lack of pushback against AIgen in Thief would be what would drive me out of the community but here we are. I will not return unless they take a firm stand against it.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.
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FrogCass @frogcass.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy 30th anniversary to Quake ᵕ̈
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Taffer King @tafferking451.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The city aristocracy converted much of the grounds of an old monastery to build their grand bank, but some of the original structures and tunnels remain on the premises. What could they be hiding? #gloomwood #screenshotsaturday
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: people standing at the barrier for a race track, watching as the cars race around the bend toward them. A man says, “here he comes… MACH 5 MONKEY!” Panel 2: in a split second moment which feels like an eternity, Mach 5 Monkey (a mandrill wearing sunglasses, steering the car with his foot) passes by and glances over his shades at an attractive young woman in the crowd. Panel 3: as the cars veer away, kicking up wind and dust, the crowd goes bananas. The young woman blushes and thinks, “he looked at me…”
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 22/08/2026
Okay, yeah, Vholume has The Sauce. The demo was very good but the full game immediately has me discovering esoteric secrets way off the beaten path in racetrack maps. Looks like the game's big for £5.40, too. 30 main maps, hidden B-sides, plus Steam Workshop support! And it feels so GOOD to move in
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Save 10% on VHOLUME on Steam
VHOLUME is a melancholic first-person parkour adventure set in a dystopian brutalist city where bureaucracy turns a simple task into an odyssey.
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Nathalie F @loopyyylupe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Goon Sanctuary #FallenAces
Picture of the goons from Fallen Aces out in a pasture, grazing gabbagool. I struggle to kill them, they are beautiful cattle to me
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Played The Scorched City today over my lunch break. Beautiful, if vicious map. There's one bit that caught me entirely off-guard, getting a nice guffaw out of me. www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Played and completed the N64 Jam 2 for Quake 2 over a few lunch breaks. A very nice collection of maps overall, which make good use of the N64 style. The final fight was too difficult for me however. 😩 www.moddb.com/mods/n64-jam...
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Gim @bestyoutuber69.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And now everyone will do the meme one last time
IGN staff: 
"There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a hand to a single person" says Warren Spector, creator of thief and Deus ex
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I have two favorite songs with Monday. One of them is Blue Monday naturally. The other is this little gem by Lycia. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVAw...
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Monday Is Here
YouTube video by Lycia - Topic
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Currently doing boring stuff while listening to a neighbor playing the flute. They’re currently playing the Addams Family theme.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Haikids @haikids.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Making a Quake Spyro map with some textures i found on the internet (Spyro 1 textures). I am also trying to get the style right so it almost looks identical to Spyro 1. #quake #gamedev #leveldesign #indiegame #mapping
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Some more cool bands I discovered: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0FE...
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You Reap What You Sow
YouTube video by Angel's Arcana - Topic
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Little bastion.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Little bastion.
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loicsecheresse @loicsecheresse.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Souviens-toi l'été 2026.
Dessin reprenant le mème "this is fine" : le chien y est remplacé par Macron, assis sur son scooter des mers et faisant un regard caméra en souriant.
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We Are Many Mouths And We Must Feed 😀 @lulz.network · 15/08/2026
There you have it.
so, (barely) reading between the lines of what Twitch's staff said:

1) they were forced by Amazon to add the AI training setting and to make it opt-out, because the overlords know perfectly well there's no reason anyone would ever opt-in

2) the actual Twitch staff who run Twitch do not like this and are of the same mind about it as all of you

3) Taking the time to opt-out, even if you don't really stream, gives them data to take to meetings with their overlords to prove that Twitch users dislike AI and pushing it too hard will drive people from the site. 

Settings > Security and Privacy > Training for Generative AI
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
help I fell into the Quake mapping rabbit hole again.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Really enjoying this band I discovered today, Feyleux. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lipb...
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Feyleux - “The Empress” Official Video
YouTube video by Feyleux
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Rogue Transmission is a very very good id+ikbase map. I am definitely a sucker for these radar dishes, they're not easy to make.
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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It took 6 years but the new Horror Vacui album was definitely worth the wait. This is another banger out of a banger discography with not a single mid song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzjj...
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Another Sleepless Night
YouTube video by Horror Vacui - Topic
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