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Zak Frank

@zaktothebasics.bsky.social
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Games Enablement at Unity3D | Podcast Host - Some Patches Required | Host - Unity User Group | Worldbuilder | Karaoke Try Hard | My opinions are my own Podcast: www.patchesrequired.com

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Austo @austofrosto.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
you like animal parts dont you squid bobo bay comes out in 2 days!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Yo! Where did you get those cloths? Love the fit!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I'm definitely Mamdani pilled tonight. Feeling hopeful. apnews.com/article/andr...
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Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes
The race’s ultimate outcome will still be decided by a ranked choice count. But Mamdani was in a commanding position after polls closed Tuesday night.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Posting this for no specific reason. Stay strong LA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuZh...
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Incubus - Megalomaniac (Video Version)
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Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 08/06/2025
NYC I’m begging you to elect this man
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Don't want to pay for an expensive 27x40 mass-produced poster? Why not make your own? Had fun making this for my new apartment. #2D #Illustrator #poster
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Austo @austofrosto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Remember Chao Garden? me neither, but here is a game that lets you collect little creatures and put them in competitions. BOBO BAY. #PitchYaGame
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
👀
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New "ick" unlocked: Using ChatGPT as a source of validation for opinions you share online. . . Don't ask AI to fight your battles for you. Do the critical thinking on your own.
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a man is wearing a black sweater and making a funny face .
ALT: a man is wearing a black sweater and making a funny face .
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🎮 Trying to break into the #GamesIndustry? Are you in games and wondering how to get that promotion? If you answered yes to either of these questions and are in Austin, definitely check out this Games Industry panel. Excited to see you there. #Unity #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieDev
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Cameron does great work and is a wonderful person! Make sure to check him out!!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Do you like boats? Do you like battling with boats? If so, you should 100% check out Sirocco on Steam! The amazing team at Lunchbox Entertainment just released this game into early access. #GameDev #Gaming #Boats store.steampowered.com/app/2790090/...
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Sirocco on Steam
MOBA meets Vampire Survivors in a dynamic 5v5 arena inspired by the legendary Warcraft 3 mod: Battleships. Rally your team as you swap abilities mid-match, load up auto-firing weapons, and craft strat...
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wild news! I wonder if this will encourage devs to really push players to buy on EGS. I'd guess this will mostly be a big deal for smaller teams. I feel like the problem is still that most players buy games on Steam... hard issue to overcome.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Hearing Wales is tropical wasn't on my 2025 bucket list. We can barely keep tropical plants alive in Texas it feels like. Backyard looks great!!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I just referenced that Matthew Ball presentation in a podcast episode small world. Good call out on the "we aren't making enough new gamers" comment. Never thought about the impact of birth rates on future sales.
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Some Patches Required @patchesrequired.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A new #podcast episode of SPR dropped yesterday. This week we're talking Bungie's extraction shooter, Marathon, and whether it can help fulfill Sony's live service ambitions. What are your thoughts on Marathon? #gamedev #gaming #gamesnews www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgq...
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Marathon: Can Bungie Fulfill Sony's Live Service Ambitions?
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Yeah, only one person needs to own the game! It’s super nice.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
If you haven't picked up #Sunderfolk, you absolutely should. Jackbox and DnD lovers should especially pick up this game. Super fun co-op experience. It's like a digital board game. #gamedev #gaming
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Who told Bravil it could get away with looking so good?!? #Oblivion
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
My CHILDHOOD it's returned to me. #Oblivion #Bethesda
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Quick side note, the price of AAA premium game budgets has skyrocketed over the years. That said these budgets don't need to be that high. Make more small scale projects. It'll make the loses hurt less and lead to better returns when games do "pop off". Not everything needs a massive budget.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The price of premium games will likely rise to $80 across the board. US wages have been stagnant since the 1970s. They haven't kept up with the cost of housing/rent, tuition, and healthcare. People have less disposable income than in 1980. Keep games affordable.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Event Link: www.meetup.com/unity3dausti...
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Austin Unity User Group: Building Unity Games at Economic Scale, Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
**Talk Summary:** Creating, maintaining, and scaling a build system can be daunting, both economically and technically. Come learn how to use GitHub Actions and GameCI to b
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Attention all #GameDev folks in #Austin. There will be a #Unity User Group happening next Thursday. Our speaker will be chatting about making affordable easy to manage build systems for your games using GitHub and GameCI. (Reposting because of error with previous post.)
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
It looks like it is. I was just looking for a more engaging Unity logo image. It would appear some parts of the internet are confused about it being a Unity Game. Must have been why this image was made. It’s not an official Unity image regardless.
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Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 07/04/2025
You can find my job search template on itch now since gumroad decided to do ai fascism qorquiq.itch.io/job-search
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Job Search Template by Shayna M
Track your job search in this handy spreadsheet!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
I don't work for Owlchemy, but I work with y'all a lot. Love the Owlchemy team!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It'd also be great if we could just make games with reasonable budgets that aren't stupid high? Players don't need these high-fidelity infinity hour long games....
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What makes it worse is that wages in the United States have been stagnant for decades. This means that consumers are just gonna get screwed over. It's feeling like we're trying to make gaming even more of a luxury hobby than it already is.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Last weekend, I finished Split Fiction which is a fantastic game. I loved It Takes Two, but Split Fiction was just an improvement in every way. Shoutout to @hazelightgames.bsky.social for another banger of a game. I loved having the opportunity to play this with some buds.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Not a huge fan of the $80 for first party titles. It's only a matter of time before all large publishers start pushing $80 base games w/ $90 deluxe editions. I saw an article suggesting that physical versions will be $90?? Not thrilled.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This is an act of genius
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
As a former FFXIV player, I'm very excited to see the systems they're implementing for housing in World of Warcraft. I'm glad to see that player expression will be encouraged and possible with the basic 3D tools they're providing to players. Big win! worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/news/2...
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Azeroth Beautiful: A Look at Housing Interior Design - WoW
Go inside your Azeroth Home to learn about the tools you’ll have at hand to decorate with. Whether you’re looking to make the cover of the Gadgetzan Times, or you are designing to strike fear into the...
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
And we loved having you attend!
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I can't express how excited I am to see the positive reviews around "Avowed". It's so amazing to have a spiritual successor to "Oblivion" finally. Yes, I said Oblivion. That game that is better than Skyrim. Yes, I will die on this hill. #games #gaming #RPG
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Update for those around the Austin, TX area. The February #Unity User Group is scheduled, and you can RSVP on Meetup.com. Check out the specific details at the link below!! As always, thank you @owlchemylabs.com and @unity.com for helping with the event. #gamedev www.meetup.com/unity3dausti...
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Austin Unity User Group: The Power of Choice in Game Narrative, Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
**Speaker Summary:** Narrative Director **Ashley Ruhl** will discuss the ways that game narrative can branch, in both large and small ways, and what value that has for your
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I like that the main takeaway with these is that the games lost the audience because wOkE. Concord totally didn't fail because the character designs were uninspired and unappealing or that GaaS has been oversatured... no it had to be them gays and women that were the problem.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
God forbid you move for a contract role, get let go and get sick. Everyone needs money to live and not everyone feels like they can be picky, but contract work always makes me anxious. Hate the idea of not having benefits. I'll stop ranting now.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Good insight, it's a net negative if you spend thousands of dollars to move cross country just to get cut a few months later. At best, you might make your money back from the move, but if you move again you gotta spend more money. When applying to jobs make sure to respect your time and money.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Link to the library. gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
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The VGHF Library opens in early access | Video Game History Foundation
For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
First, thanks @ashleyruhl.bsky.social for sharing this! Super cool to see something taking shape. Games preservation is so important and it's amazing that someone is getting some traction. The history of games is so important. Excited to hopefully use this resource in the future.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Did some updates...
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
May do some slight redesigns, but overall pretty happy with this. I was doing a quick study of 8th Project's work. I think for first try this is pretty good. The mouth is the only part I'm not 100% on. #art #pokemon #illustration
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Made my friends #FFXIV character as an illustration today for fun. It's fun to be doing more random art projects.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Would you look at that, my podcast came out with a new episode for the new season. 👀
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I've mostly heard people commenting that they think the joy cons will break haha
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
If you're a #gamedeveloper in Austin, TX you should stop by the Austin Unity User Group. We've got the CEO of Hyperbeard chatting with us about starting and managing a game studio. Hope to see you there. #gamedev #Unity www.meetup.com/unity3dausti...
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Austin Unity User Group: The Business and Management of Running a Game Studio, Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
**Speaker Summary:** Game development is often associated with creativity, coding, and design, but running a successful studio requires much more than just building a great
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Since most of Asmongold’s audience is weird right leaning gamers, I think it’s a win. The right needs some good ole fashion in fighting.
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Zak Frank @zaktothebasics.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Does he have any DUI charges? I hear it helps with electability haha
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