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Etienne Pouvreau

@smolware.dev
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🌐 www.smolware.dev itch : smolware.itch.io Volition: I know there's not much to say, but if nothing helps, just remember that you've made it this far, and it's just a bit farther now. Let's finish this.

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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 28/09/2026
That's... actually helpful thank you very much! I probably need some time to let my brain assimilate what I learned with this project but when I come back to it I'll check this out for sure
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 28/09/2026
That's what I ended up doing ! Matrices are just too alien to me since I got no formal education in math or programming. On the other hand I've been using vectors constantly in gamedev. But most resources about graphics programming take for principle that you understand them...
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 28/09/2026
I'm shelving this experiment for now. 3d is too big of a rabbit hole even for me. I love re-inventing the wheel (that's how you get to know how wheels are made) but it was too many headaches. Also: deleting code feels SO much better than writing it. AND fck matrix math bsky.app/profile/smol...
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 23/09/2026
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 23/09/2026
Making the 3d camera system almost broke me 😭
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Kae Kolormore @kaekolormore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
my mysterious debut game "foole's world" is now available for free on steam and itchio please spend the night with the one and only astronomical foole
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 18/09/2026
testing stuff...
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 18/09/2026
random bs go !
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 18/09/2026
Thank you Jonny !
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 18/09/2026
how do you even write captions for this ?
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 18/09/2026
Thanks ! a shame I have zero idea where I'm going with this tho..
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 18/09/2026
testing stuff...
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 10/09/2026
You're welcome, it was a five minute play but it really caught me off guard. It's very original and the music gave it a very special mood. I smiled through the whole thing. (I'd rather not say how long it took me to figure out the alternating walls level ^^)
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 10/09/2026
Go play this, its short, tight and frankly just a cool little game bsky.app/profile/not-...
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 10/09/2026
Happy Birthday !
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Julia 🦊 Woodo is OUT on Steam & consoles! 🐸 @juliaprokhorova.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📢Calling all Content Creators! 📢 Woodo is finally releasing on September 16, and we are offering review keys to content creators! 👇Aply here tally.so/r/obPJAM Tag a creator who needs to play this! 💛
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 04/09/2026
what the fucking fuck www.whitehouse.gov/arcade/
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Arcade
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 07/08/2026
I've been making games for a few years now. As a self taught dev I must admit I've been using these formulas without really understanding what I could use them for. Thank you Dave! A quick and dirty recording of me putting this video to "good" use in my own engine:
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 06/08/2026
I wouldn't know...
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Matthew McConaughey Smoking Intensely
ALT: Matthew McConaughey Smoking Intensely
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 06/08/2026
really cool ! Is it just me or the spaceship(?) looks like a lit cigarette ?
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 31/07/2026
omg rain wahl (berg) ! no seriously can't wait to see what comes out of this
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 28/07/2026
"I used Claude to make.." -> "I asked Antopic to make me a.." "Using ChatGPT I did ..." -> "I asked openAi to.." You're not a maker. You're not even a user you're just a client.
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Not Jam @not-jam.itch.io · 26/07/2026
If you've entered/are entering GMTK Jam leave your games in the comments! Going to play as many as I can after work once the rating period opens :)
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Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
stop saying “this looks like it was made by AI” or “was this written by chatgpt?!” when you don’t like something. devaluing human effort like that sucks. I don’t care if it’s bad cgi or a formulaic script. if it’s made by a human you show it some fucking respect and just say it’s dogshit.
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tante @tante.cc · 15/07/2026
"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-s…
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"Useful" is not sufficient
So Linus Torvalds, head of the Linux kernel development, put his foot down on the Linux Kernel development mailing list when someone was bringing up criticism of LLMs: “Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issueswith that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it. Or just walk away. […]
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 13/07/2026
right ? to me it feels like now the "algorithm" hasn't just become visible but is always in your face. Can't feel good inside a rat hole, even if it's tailored for you.
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 11/07/2026
I found some old drawings of mine I had saved on Pinterest. Now you get to look at them too, yay. (sorry)
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Previously, I posted about how Yoshi's Island bosses are shaped dynamically from cones. It turns out there is a way to see this in-game. If the cartridge is pulled out during a boss battle (PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS), the boss will revert back into its true cone form.
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 06/07/2026
Woops ! kind of forgot that I had a discount setup on steam 🤷 Well there's 3 days left if you'd like to support a smol dev ! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #steam store.steampowered.com/app/3906680/...
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Save 30% on Sweepminer on Steam
A collection of 7 bite-sized Minesweeper-inspired games. Relax, click around, and enjoy some lighthearted spins on a classic.
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 06/07/2026
Woops ! kind of forgot that I had a discount setup on steam 🤷 Well there's 3 days left if you'd like to support a smol dev ! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #steam store.steampowered.com/app/3906680/...
store.steampowered.com
Save 30% on Sweepminer on Steam
A collection of 7 bite-sized Minesweeper-inspired games. Relax, click around, and enjoy some lighthearted spins on a classic.
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 03/07/2026
I guess it's repost Friday or smt.. #pixelart
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 03/07/2026
I guess it's repost Friday or smt.. #pixelart
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 30/06/2026
I'm re-writing my engine's renderer and accidentally made this. #gamedev
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 30/06/2026
I'm re-writing my engine's renderer and accidentally made this. #gamedev
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 27/06/2026
Volition: The road to healing is going to be a long one. Stay the course. You will make it. Someday. I know there's not much to say, but if nothing helps, just remember that you've made it this far, and it's just a bit farther now. Let's finish this.
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Werxzy @werxzy.itch.io · 25/06/2026
All my games are 35% off for the itchio summer sale. or $6.50 for all 3 of them. itch.io/s/188086/sum...
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Summer Sale 2026 by Werxzy
A bundle by Werxzy, $6.50 for SokoCode, Infinimoes, Can of Words
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 17/06/2026
These damn pixelers are up to something, I'm telling ya... @franekk.bsky.social @noionart.bsky.social
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 03/06/2026
I haven't made a game in far too long, so I just picked the most simple, dumbest idea I had. Lets see where that goes! #gamedev
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 03/06/2026
I love it. I find these extremely inspiring, please keep em coming!
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 29/05/2026
simple experiment about generating an alien text. Step 1: glyphs #procgen
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 29/05/2026
simple experiment about generating an alien text. Step 1: glyphs #procgen
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
💥 Soulbound Re-Cursed is out now on #pico8! 🏛 Explore an ancient temple! 💎 Get the space-warping gem! 🧠 Solve mind-bending puzzles! 🐍 Mind the snakes! Play now for free on punkcake.itch.io/soulbound !!
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Not Jam @not-jam.itch.io · 26/05/2026
hey I'm Not Jam I make games fonts and music not-jam.itch.io
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 22/05/2026
yo! gamedev (engine and language dev too) here, if you think I'm worthy I'd like being included. Also I suggest: @sirmilkman.bsky.social @lokistriker.bsky.social @werxzy.itch.io @makham.itch.io @benjaminsoule.bsky.social as I love seeing them on my tl, and are "hidden gem" accounts.
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 01/05/2026
As a test, I remade my game (snake + rope =) Snope with my custom language, in my engine. It seems decently stable at this point... it's time I start making games again ! #gamedev
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 13/05/2026
I really want to make writing more of a habit. I had this idea for explaining 0 based index in programming in non technical terms. smolware.dev/smolblog/pos...
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zero_index
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Amy-Leigh Shaw @diveamydive.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Actually you know what, let me just
A still of the character Chihiro in the film “Spirited Away”. A character called No Face is offering her a pile of false gold that has been edited and overlayed with the logos of Claude, OpenAI and Grok. She is saying, “I don’t want any. I don’t need any.”
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My Little Computer Friends @computerfriends.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New logo and trailer for Klifur! Wishlist on Steam now! Coming very soon! 😎😎😎🧗‍♀️🧗‍♂️🎉
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 01/05/2026
Thanks ! that's actually a game i did some times ago, it's free btw: smolware.itch.io/snope
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Snope by Etienne Pouvreau
snake + rope = SNOPE
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Etienne Pouvreau @smolware.dev · 01/05/2026
dear god its absolutely stunning I opened bsky, stumbled on this, said "wow" out loud
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