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Major League Balatro @majorleaguebalatro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

MLBA! IN-PERSON! LIVE!

Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/07/2026

There was a slightly different hardware configuration and the machine running the graphics was chugging/maxing out resources as a result. Once it got noticed the tech team got everything sorted 👍

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 12/07/2026

That's all I have for now. Going to get back to the stream room and cheer on these last few runs. Go watch! Please donate! LET'S HIT THAT 2 MILLION www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6g0...

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SGDQ 2026 benefiting Doctors Without Borders — Super Mario 64 !donate !schedule

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 12/07/2026

So yeah, this will definitely be one of the biggest challenges we've ever taken on. This week has largely been meeting with staff and getting input on features/improvements and frankly a lot of brainstorming.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

We have grand designs (heh) for the new system, but this will definitely be a complete rework of our overlays, graphics, and how we tackle the design challenge of showcasing amazing speedrunners and maximize our ability to raise money for great causes.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Building a new overlay system AND updating the underlying framework is, frankly, a MAJOR undertaking, so we've taken a chunk of the dev time we normally would put into SGDQ and 'banked' it for this upcoming cycle. We are going to be extremely busy.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

A prospectus has been shared by @hoishin.bsky.social on the NodeCG github repo for the community to pore over and share feedback, with the hope that we can get started on 3.0 and have something ready by the end of the year. bsky.app/profile/chri...

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Since we joined GDQ in 2015, our layouts have run on NodeCG, an open source framework for rendering and controlling broadcast overlays, and it's been a vital aspect of our work. With that in mind, we are helping to spearhead an effort to develop NodeCG 3.0, a major endeavor!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

But software life cycles are not infinite, and we are once again running into the limitations of our current setup. And not just on Pratchett's side either.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Since that time, we've continued to add to Pratchett, and made huge strides behind the scenes in how we're able to automate our run of show, simplify tasks, and allow our production value to rise without a ton of time sink.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Pratchett was created during COVID lockdown after our previous design iteration had run its course. Additionally, the control systems were not keeping up with the needs of the production team and other departments across GDQ.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Now, beyond new layouts, our deliverables were actually pretty light this event, and there's a big reason for that... ...this will (HOPEFULLY) be the last event that we are using the Pratchett design system. It's time for a reboot.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Extra special thanks to Yobi, the Nestris Champs dev, for doing a QA pass on the layout and ensuring everything was set up properly and we were in line community expectations!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Nestris Champs has its own system for creating layouts and so I made a new one specifically for our finals, and then made a new Pratchett layout to encapsulate it. I think it's spiffy, personally.

A screenshot of the Tetris finals at SGDQ 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

So, the Tetris run was an adventure! For those not in the know, for Classic Tetris the community has developed an application to capture game states and re-render them as a high quality overlay called Nestris Champs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuq2...

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Tetris by meme and huff 36:00 - Summer Games Done Quick 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Also can't make this thread without giving a shoutout to the Total Nuclear Annihilation pinball run, which required a lot of forethought on the layout and camera composition. I ended up jumping into help with camera angles because it was so vital to the view quality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FHv...

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Total Nuclear Annihilation by Ryan McSquid in 18:45 - Summer Games Done Quick 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Also just a bit ago our Kingdom Hearts 2 Co-Op Hitlist run needed a boss tracker that I incorporated into the camera frame to make more efficient use of the screen space. Worked out great!

A Screenshot of the KH2 Hitlist co-op run at SGDQ 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

We had a few rando trackers as well! Really pleased with how this Wind Waker tracker turned out, especially because 2 player runs where each player has their own game state makes for a design challenge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA6-...

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker by Tomomodachi and gymnast86- Summer Games Done Quick 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

The nature of this run was perfect for this attempt: All four players were more or less on their own routes, all playing independently, and we could cut to each boss fight and use the audio indicator to flag which player you were watching. This ended up being a big hit with viewers.

A screenshot of Elden Ring being run at SGDQ 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

First, It's not a new layout per se, but the Elden Ring run did something we'd avoided until now: Switching from multiple gameplay feeds to a single player throughout the run to make things easier to follow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0kR...

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Elden Ring by Mitchriz, LilAggy, YoJosherino, star0chris in 3:13:32 - Summer Games Done Quick 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

This event has been simultaneously chill AND stressful in parallel, for reasons I (Chris) will be getting into, but we ended up making some cool new layouts for a few of the runs this time around. Let's do a quick tour:

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 11/07/2026

Friends... IT IS TIME FOR THE #SGDQ2026 BROADCAST GRAPHICS MEGATHREAD ARE YOU READY TO LEARN ABOUT COOL STUFF

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 25/06/2026

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Dillon Pentz @hatetosayit.com · 14/01/2026

There are very good reasons we're moving away from this approach, but I'm still quite proud we managed to pull off these morphs mostly seamlessly. This was a test I built for when we redid the layout and morphing logic for AGDQ 2023, and this isn't even showing the method we ended up going with!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Here's Dillon explaining how the PVW/PGM system used to work before we changed it for this event: bsky.app/profile/hate...

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

It wasn't *different*, per se, it was just a larger headache to ensure you were in the right state, and would be harder to have a complete picture rather than infer what the full comp would be once you threw to it

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

As always, thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone on GDQ's production team that makes this work worthwhile. Being in the stream room watching all of this come together is like seeing an impossible magic trick, and it never gets old.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Other than a few other bits and bobs (interview scorebugs! More Rive data binding in the omnibar! Bug fixing!), that's the main stuff worth discussing. I'm happy to answer any questions, but I think that have just been the longest iteration of the broadcast megathread yet!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

And then I got sick! I'm not as happy as I wanted to be with the final product of the motion graphics themselves because of my condition, but based on the live audience reaction, we got the desired response. I'll take it. (Link goes to post-credits scene) youtu.be/mxV-3XJy2WI?...

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Pokémon Emerald by adef in 3:12:18 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

I came up with a concept, wrote a script, got Trey Dexter (who filmed/edited the finale) and @adef.bsky.social on board, got approval for the concept, and then we filmed the segment fairly early in the week, with the intent that I would do all the motion graphics once I flew home on Wednesday.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Final big story: Since I'd done the animation to close out SGDQ 2025, I was asked if I'd be up for doing something similar this time as well, because we wanted to reveal AGDQ's move to Atlanta for 2027. And in typical fashion, I turned it into a sizeable project almost immediately.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

And then the final closing animation was mostly thanks to the help of @vaporgabe.com who was kind enough to share some MoGRTs he'd already made for another project and I had an easy time modifying.

An animation of flying through a time wormhole. Text: AAAAAAND... TIME!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

And then I made a dynamic graphic controlled by the interview crew for the time machine. (Built in @rive.app and within a single day, too) ...screenshot chosen purely for the Brutal Melo drip

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

The final 'feature' I can talk about isn't so much about Pratchett itself, but I ended up getting to work a lot more with the interview team this go-round and help with the pre-show! First, we repurposed the animation I did for the close of SGDQ2025 as a fun callback to open the show...

An animated shot of a futuristic skyline with a neon "GDQ" sign in the foreground. Titles say "THE YEAR: 3026"

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

We also made a new randomizer tracker for Donkey Kong 64, colorized to match the runner's shirts. This one was built by @mesosupe.bsky.social, who has more less become "the randomizer/bingo guy" on our dev team. 😂

Screenshot of the Donkey Kong 64 Randomizer run at AGDQ 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Sadly the hotel's network crapped out mid-run, causing Pratchett to be unable to display runner L3's for a few minutes. Two runners didn't get their names shown, which was aggravating. Also, I think if we do something like this in the future, we'll probably choose to keep names up a tad longer.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

For the Super Mario 64 70 Star/70 Runner relay, @hatetosayit.com built a custom lower third grpahic so that we could have every runner's name on screen without constantly just changing the 'runner nameplate', which would have been hard to notice.

A screenshot from the Super Mario 64 70 Star Relay at AGDQ 2026. The runner 'Tomomodachi' has their name in a lower third over the gameplay

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Huge credit to @kirbycatcher.bsky.social, @starrodkirby86.bsky.social, and their entire crew for their collaboration/input. Also to Jon Egeland, who is GDQ's Head of Event Production. Just about every boost in production value you've seen (camera, lighting, etc.) is his doing!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

There was an early version of this where the concept was more or less the same, but the size ratios were way off. And within 20 minutes of talking through it and some simple tweaks, it was a vastly superior viewing experience.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

I mentioned this in the reddit AMA, but having an active dialogue with the runners was vital to getting this right. What's a good camera angle? How important is a clean game feed? What scale can we have it at? What info is the scoring element conveying?

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

From a tech standpoint, it's not complex: We're receiving a game feed, splitting it into two pieces, and then applying masks using png's to each. I then made a decorative background to help marry it back together. This is also evidence that good cinematography is HUGE for runs like these.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Okay, let's talk about the Maimai DX run, because this was definitely the thing I heard about the most from people. You really liked this presentation and layout!

A screenshot of the Maimai DX Prism Plus run from AGDQ 2026

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

I think we're going to talk about whether both should be manually controlled (or tweak data polling to make its timing more granular), but overall I'm pretty happy with its addition to our presentation.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

We had one animation that would display automatically when a bid war was closed on a donation tracker, and then a second to reveal the winner of the bid war that could be triggered by the host in order to give it a big reveal.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Moving onto new things! Probably my favorite new addition were the animations added to the omnibar for bid war announcements.

A graphic that looks like a pixellated metal door with red lights. The text in front says "BIDS CLOSED"

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

That's only going to be the first of multiple big changes, because as you might guess, the 3D panels are going to need to go as well. What does that mean? We haven't decided yet, but we're not getting the payoff that was hoped for. And sometimes that's just how it goes.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

So for #AGDQ2026, we undid a lot of that, returning to a traditional OBS scene list, with every layout getting its own scene. There's still plenty of fun nesting tricks and dynamic source management, especially with the game/camera feeds, but it's one less source of anxiety for tech crew.

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

Our setup was making it much harder to work on things in Preview, which was a pain for stream techs and producers. It could also sometimes be hard to understand just what state OBS and Pratchett were in, what state they _thought_ they were in, and whether those things agreed. That's not tenable!

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Support Class @supportclass.net · 13/01/2026

And sadly, a lot of the concepts we had in mind for how to capitalize on this just never got to where I had hoped. The transitions are neat. I'm proud of them. But are they worth this huge technical hurdle? No. (example at start of vid) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cirr...

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Blue Prince by BobbyBurm and RadRingtail in 1:14:30 - Summer Games Done Quick 2025

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