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Taylan K - Indie dev

@taylank.bsky.social
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Solo indie dev making Eilands, a game about creating and exploring your own islands. store.steampowered.com/app/4410930/… Likes to support fellow devs. Occasionally a music composer.

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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Boss, it's also the fact that all creative endeavours you cherished and staked your livelihood on are under assault by generative AI, leaving an apocalyptic wasteland where jobs used to be, with no sign of letting up and no room for a sliver of hope about the future.
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CozyTreeLeaf | Avoidy Virus out now! @cozytreeleaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just casually plugging our game here 🌻 A big update is coming soon too with new themes (handcrafted by yours truly) #indiegame #pixelart #voxelart
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Getting harder and harder to escape this conclusion about the industry and one's place in it as a creative.
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Bill Paxton: Game Over, Man! (Aliens)
Alt: Bill Paxton: Game Over, Man! (Aliens)
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is anyone keeping a list games that have been copied by AI sloppers? I’m wondering if there is a pattern to the kind of games they target.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There’s never been a better time to leave this industry and go become a trades person.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My release radar
Zelda Ocarina of Time logo but the text says "Will I have a job 6 months from now?"
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The great thing about AI is that it’s a machine that can comprehend… that you’re swearing at it. Which is, as tech workers, all we ever wanted.
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The state of the industry is such that they will still get tons of applications.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What they don’t tell you about the torment nexus is that your kids will say things like “all my friends are on the torment nexus, I feel left out! You’d let me on the torment nexus if you cared!”
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Ailantd Sikowsky @ailantd.com · 10/09/2026
IDF drone operator: "I asked to meet with the intelligence officer so I could enter targets into the computer, and he told me, ‘You have two million targets in Gaza.' The trigger was pulled extremely easily. People lost their humanity." www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazin...
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מפעיל כטב"ם: "הבנתי שבעזה כל אחד יכול להרוג את מי שהוא רוצה"
ההרג השרירותי, שחיקת המוסר, היעדר החוקים: ניר הגיע למלחמת 7 באוקטובר קצין מנוסה ומוערך בחיל האוויר, ויצא ממנה פצוע מוסרית, מכור לסמים, מבודד מחבריו ליחידה – ויודע שנותר לגמרי לבד
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Another day, another non-consensual Windows update
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The kids wanted to watch the Terminator movie so I let them. They are upset with me now because it was too scary. I’m like, it’s called The Terminator, what did you think it was gonna be?
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If I'm ever elected to public office, my first act will be to ban influencer reaction faces from all media.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Trust the Japanese to turn anything into an art form.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh man, so many. Halo, Souls, Zelda, GTA, the list goes on
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In breaking news: A space game made by people who find space inherently boring fails to capture the imagination of people interested in space.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but do not trust AI summaries of emails. I had my first case of Gemini summarizing my email messages to someone and presenting a 100% opposing idea of what I actually said. Now they are mad at me because of what the AI told them I said.
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Man Rubbing Eyes in Frustration
Alt: Man Rubbing Eyes in Frustration
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Not an artist and don't have the money to hire one, so I came up with my own poorly drawn icons! haven't tested them in game yet, hope they don't look too awful.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Guys, guys! The Guardian got to the bottom of who’s responsible for climate change!
News headline “Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens”
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
How's your day going?
Screenshot from video game Eilands, where a character is stuck headfirst in the terrain and their limbs dangling off the edge of a cliff
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Anyone got interesting/funny #gamedev bugs to share today? Here's mine... I like that she's still making an effort to reach the handlebar.
Screenshot of a bicycle riding bug in the game Eilands, where the player is standing on top of the seat instead of sitting on it.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In my mind, to this day, Blade has the best character intro of all time in any movie.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Money is wasted on the rich.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“I fed the report to an LLM and it wrote this post for me. That’s not an accident. That’s policy.”
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Well, to be fair PNW nature is pretty magical
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Back in high school we had a very religious phys-ed teacher who srsly told us that if boys hung out with girls they would become girly.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I might end up creating a Discord for this game. Have been adding a lot lately. Will need people to playtest with me!
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I am available for sports forecaster roles.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
People lamenting internet is dying because of AI. Buddy, the internet you know today is already the undead husk of the one that used to exist decades ago.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
After carefully examining and analyzing all the data, I can confidently say either Spain or Argentina is gonna win this World Cup.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“I AM RELAXED”
Herbal tea pack reads “I AM RELAXED”
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Brandon Eiler @barndone.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Most of my experience lies with Unity and Unreal (as well as doing smaller projects Raylib projects using the C# and C++ wrappers) but am open (and excited) about learning new engines!
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uncle leyla (scary) 🎃 @leylses.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
✨hello bsky game devs: i am once again actively job hunting // reposts appreciated✨ i am an experienced (8 yrs) producer (ex-xbox/ZOS) who specializes in creative pipelines. i come very highly recommended. i can work in big orgs or scale startups. i'm also funny. my slack posts rack up reacts.
my specialties (beyond the standard production/PM responsibilities): 
✨ creative pipeline design, management, and remediation
✨ specifically, pipeline management for complex creative pipes (like cinematics!) 
✨ teambuilding rooted in research and experience 
✨ and i can be your shotgrid whisperer! 

my experience: 
🌟 8 yrs exp across TV animation and games 
🌟 full-cycle games production 
🌟 live service exp
🌟 outsource management 
🌟 both indie and AAA environments 
🌟 both licensed and original IP 
🌟 worked with UE4/5 setups, as well as custom engines
🌟 bonuses: former professional animator/illustrator, operations exp, fluent in russian

what i'm looking for: 
🌠 full-time or contract production/PM work 
🌠 remote or hybrid out of the baltimore county area 
it's op with a fall out boy short, bandana, and chunky jewelry. her dog is flat in the background.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Look I'm a blacksmith and I'm pretty excited about this machine that can make 10X horseshoes. I imagine a future where this thing autonomously churns out millions of horseshoes and I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams. I might never hold a hammer again but HORSES are not going anywhere.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In Soviet Russia, you are the LLM.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Gamedev folks, are there any sites or discord groups for professional dev collabs? Like pros looking for partners to start a studio with? I know there are a whole bunch for the general dev audience but feels like they are all 99% hobbyist oriented (not that there is anything wrong with that).
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP Sam Neill. 😢
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
People still buying Black Flag at full price despite the layoffs is why they can pull crap like this. In entertainment *anything* will be forgiven as long as people are entertained.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A fellow dev just sent me a job application for my solo indie "studio"...
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Tobey Maguire's Emotional Grimace
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Forget Love Island. How about TENTACLE ISLAND? This is probably the most visually distressing bug of my career.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So far I've sold 19 new copies of my old game during the Steam Summer Sale. I'm $21 closer to having "F U money"!
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Leonardo DiCaprio Makes It Rain Money
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So you're saying these people ran into each other, noticed their dogs were the same breed and coloration, and they were like "Your place or my place?"
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@unity.com you need to add a way to filter out AI generated/assisted assetstore packages ASAP. Certain categories are already getting flooded with those.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Kids, back in the day this was where we kept our download codes for our games.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Gotta admire the innocence of keeping your data safe by putting a literal lock on it.
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Do you ever play silly games with yourself like “if I don’t put the teabag in the cup before the water boils, I’ll die”? Yeah, me neither. Also I’m dead now so can’t talk, k bye.
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silverspookgames.bsky.social @silverspookgames.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Neofeud 2 is RELEASED on Steam! A #cyberpunk game where robo-marines, immigrant goth hacktivists, & an ex-trillionaire princess fight world-ending post-human CEO / Kings. Grab it now! store.steampowered.com/app/4611140/... #artist #art #scifi #visualnovel #indiegame #noai #scifiart #steam
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Turns out there is a decent chance I might get laid off in the months ahead. So if you ever wondered what it’d be like to work with me (a dev/designer/composer combo), I’m open to inquiries!
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Taylan K - Indie dev @taylank.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
And the whole project is abandoned after an hour of chargen. A tactical retreat by the frustrated DM.
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