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Vontre

@vontre.bsky.social
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Technical game designer and indie/professional dev, with a specialty in online multiplayer and rollback netcode. Creator of Cards and Castles ULTIMATE for mobile and PC!

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 7h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No AI for kids. Full stop.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Never ever voting for this scumbag. Fuck Gavin Newsome.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yeah you not old. Of course 30 feels like a big milestone but yeah theres a reason 18-35 is considered a single marketing demographic. None of the real declines have started yet unless you’re unlucky.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This is just frankly not even remotely possible to achieve, regardless of how much certain businesses may want it.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026
All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yeah it's revealing innumeracy but in the opposite direction. Variance is a really important factor in decision making!
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.
Man yelling into bored woman's ear in nightclub meme captioned 

I can summarize that for you
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Clara 🌟 wishlist Pelikeeper! @trendywalnut.dev · 16/07/2026
CALLING ALL LOW BUDGET INDIE GAMES‼️ We're gathering games interested in participating in a "Low Budget, Big Heart" Steam Festival! 💰Self Published, Self Funded 🤏Under ~50k budget 🚫NO AI if you're interested in the festival sign up here: forms.gle/cndDrEf4rxiL... rts appreciated :)
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Low Budget, Big Heart Steam Festival interest form
We're looking for interested developers of low budget games to participate in our potential steam festival! Self published/self funded games are also welcome. If your game had a development budget ov...
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I make and maintain a digital tactical CCG, we do not use any AI for coding or otherwise. AI coding is gross, I program everything myself. We have a nice little long term community, it's fun to make things. store.steampowered.com/app/3684810/...
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Cards and Castles Ultimate on Steam
Collectible cards meets tactical strategy! Collect cards, build decks, and challenge players head to head on a Tactical Game Board. Play as Vikings, Pirates, Ninjas and more!
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yeah it is really not difficult for a child to be primarily interested in Nintendo games if you, you know, actually have them.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
They were hardly used for anything anyway. Games just saved to the carts. Really niche accessory for some specific thing.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Getting ready for a game launch. :D
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The problem is less likely direct technical acumen and more just arrogance. You don't make good engineering decisions when you consider some customers to be beneath your concern.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is a guy who actually told his own playerbase not to play his game on a wifi router. A thing that basically everyone has. Because his network transmission design didn't have any real fallback methods to cover packet loss. -_-
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Acquisition contracts explicitly disallow this sort of thing.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Feels like it never occurred to anyone that the MCU of the 2010s succeeded not because all the movies were interconnected, but in spite of it.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Nope, nope, hell no, I'm out.
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tired-all-day.bsky.social @tired-all-day.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
*bullets flying overhead* Frasier: Well Niles…seems they intercepted your radio call, and now the VC KNOWS WHERE WE ARE! Niles: *scoff* I was code talking! How was I supposed to know they could speak French? Frasier: THEY WERE A COLONY
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NPR @npr.org · 24/06/2026
All three progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — including two who took on Democratic incumbents — won their primaries in safe seats almost guaranteeing their election in November. n.pr/4ahbysP
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Mamdani's political gamble pays off as his endorsed candidates sweep their primaries
All three progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — including two who took on Democratic incumbents — won their primaries in safe seats almost guaranteeing their election in November.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Noooooo!
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Bass is incredibly unpopular in this city. It's a genuine contest.
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Castlers! Cards and Castles Ultimate is the Game of the Day on the App Store in Canada! We're excited to be #OnTheAppStore and are ecstatic to be Game of the Day in Canada! Thank you for the continuous support from both the App Store Team and our community. #CardsandCastles #indiegame
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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A piece of Tears of the Kingdom key art with the caption “Weapon degradation is good, actually. Learn to value purposeful friction in games.”
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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 24/05/2026
I have (well, had) more than 10K followers on Twitter, and once he took over, my tweets started getting two orders of magnitude less visibility. Saying we should be saying what we have to say on Twitter/X is ignoring the point that doing so is absolutely futile anyway.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Cool. That's an awesome thing to do, very helpful.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It's probably just another kid doing this.
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Pizza Rachel 🍕👨🏻 @dftbarachel.dftba.social · 01/05/2026
Despair Is Not Wisdom
colorful sparkly poster with the quote “I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A MIND WHERE
EVERY PIECE OF GOOD NEWS HAS TO BE IMIMEDIATELY ESCORTED OUT OF THE ROOM BY A COMMITTEE OF CAVEATS”
- HANK GREEN
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Cards and Castles ULTIMATE's first expansion, Journey Through Time, is officially out! Fight with ancient vampires, prehistoric dinosaurs, famous historical figures, and new combo mechanics. Log in now and claim 3 free packs of the expansion! #cardsandcastles #cardsandcastlesultimate #indiegame
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Me when I visit my friends:
I would like to see the baby.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Truth is, Orbán is just the latest in long list of authoritarians to be defeated by anti-corruption politics. A Democratic landslide is possible if they can credibly take up the anti-corruption mantle. But that can’t happen if voters see them as corrupt and beholden to wealthy donors.
This pattern holds a crucial lesson for America’s current moment. As democratic norms erode and elections become increasingly tilted, anti-corruption movements offer what partisan politics cannot: the moral authority to unite society against a rigged system. When traditional opposition fails, these movements succeed because they transcend party lines, mobilizing citizens around a cause larger than any candidate: the fundamental fairness of the system itself.
Research shows that in polarized societies, the most effective opposition doesn’t fight on the traditional left-right battlefield where positions are entrenched. Instead, it creates an entirely new axis of conflict.1 Framing the stakes as clean versus corrupt shifts debate from rigid ideological divisions to a universally resonant moral question: are you on the side of the people or a corrupt elite?
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I wonder how much this intersects with autism. Reduced ability to detect vibes in others and/or to understand your own mannerisms.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/04/2026
Black text on white background:

If corporations allow you to sign up with one click, you should be able to cancel with one click too.

Subscription traps, whether from an app or gym membership, are just another way corporations take advantage of working people. 

We've already put hundreds of companies on notice. This week, we proposed a rule that would make NYC a national leader in cracking down on abusive practices that nickel-and-dime New Yorkers.
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Castlers! Join us in the first expansion for Cards and Castles Ultimate, Journey Through Time, releasing May 1st this year. To celebrate, we're giving all players who log in right now to Cards and Castles Ultimate a new card called Shakespeare, Lost in Time from the upcoming set. #cardsandcastles
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
trump: the strait of hormuz is safe to cross the strait of hormuz:
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
NL was supposed to be my escape country. :(
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 12/03/2026
This is why education is extremely important because it allows people to understand how the economy and power actually work and shape outcomes, through a materialist framework. Otherwise you just end up believing every conspiracy theory because of pre conceived notions or social media brainrot slop
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
clinton's plan to beat trump was to elevate him above the rest of the republican field and then coast to an easy victory. i don't think she was right about that
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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Skateboard stop-motion
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/02/2026
The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
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Skittles_Witch @skittleswitch.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Today is the big day! I am very honored to celebrate the debut of @cardsandcastles.bsky.social brand new game Cards and Castles: Ultimate I've been very fortunate to be a part of playtesting for this phenomenal experience. If you are a TCG fan this game is for you! The battle begins 3:30pm CST!!!
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Cards and Castles Ultimate on Steam
Collectible cards meets tactical strategy! Build decks, uncover crazy combos, and battle friends and rivals in TACTICAL CARD-BOARD COMBAT. Bring your cards to life and dominate the grid!
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Cards and Castles Ultimate is now officially out! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3684810/... Apple: apps.apple.com/app/cards-an... Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #cardsandcastles #cardsandcastlesultimate #indiegame
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
They kinda used to, but I guess it doesnt make for good content.
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Right, but there is no way to actually monopolize this sector; between PCs and consoles there is way too much already existing hardware in consumer hands. They have to compete with that. They also have to compete with social media and streaming. Gaming will not grow by offering a worse service.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
She fucking nailed it. 😆
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