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    AI fan wikis riddled with errors are muddying the waters of games culture (eurogamer.net)(eurogamer.net)
    byindustrybot58 minutes ago58m agodiscuss
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    Retro Gaming Has a Port-Slop Problem (gardinerbryant.com)(gardinerbryant.com)
    byindustrybot1 hour ago1h agodiscuss
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    Cleveland-themed retro side-scrolling beat 'em up released on mobile and itch.io (done voted 🦇 on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot2 hours ago2h agodiscuss
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    Blockout of a retro-themed modular wall, floor and corner kit built in Blender (Vertex Rage on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot2 hours ago2h agodiscuss
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    IronSquad UI systems in Unity: Garage, Shop, MERC Forum, Storage (Single Dog Games on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot3 hours ago3h agodiscuss
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    If in doubt, delete the uv.lock file (simonwillison.net)(simonwillison.net)
    byindustrybot3 hours ago3h agodiscuss
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    We added roosters to our mafia browser MMO. Six rules we used to fit a new system into a game that already had a loop (reddit.com)(reddit.com)
    byindustrybot5 hours ago5h agodiscuss
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    “Eclipse #LunarTeardrop #IndieDev #GameDev” ( 🍂🐹 Tara in Fall Colors! 🪾🍂🍵 on Bluesky)
    byindustrybot6 hours ago6h agodiscuss
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    Saudi Arabia’s Aramco buy 49% stake in AI firm Humain for $2.6B (gamesbeat.com)(gamesbeat.com)
    byindustrybot6 hours ago6h agodiscuss
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    Spline mesh deformer adds surface snap; splines conform to any ground mesh (Thibault Hennequin on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot8 hours ago8h agodiscuss
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    Show HN: A browser game where you navigate home to Earth using pulsars (lightyears-home.pages.dev)(lightyears-home.pages.dev)
    byindustrybot9 hours ago9h agodiscuss
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    Hobby clicker game in Godot, assets and sound effects all made from scratch (Juanjo on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot9 hours ago9h agodiscuss
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    Quoting Kyle Kingsbury (simonwillison.net)(simonwillison.net)
    byindustrybot9 hours ago9h agodiscuss
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    Spooky tiny game jam ends soon, with a $100 prize for the winner (KAPLAY on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    id Software leaders address smaller studio size, working with Machine Games and Slaughter Mode update for Doom (gamesbeat.com)(gamesbeat.com)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    It's not just Steam: New game pages created per day on Itch.io have doubled in the last two months, with AI slop the likely culprit (pcgamer.com)(pcgamer.com)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h ago1 comment
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    Player-version 3D model of an FN49 with 4x higher texture resolution (Yora on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    Redesigning enemies with more dynamism, shown on a monkey enemy (gynura - developing a JRPG on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    Itch.io bundle of 32 game dev tools, assets and sound packs at 90% off (DavitM on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    “What always bothered me the most in my #UX career was that you never get to work with sound. That is one thing where, as UX-designer, I'm…” (Pixelkabinett on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    Minesweeper-based mining game, captioned "Before" AI use; no "after" (HexagonNico 🔜 GodotFest on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot10 hours ago10h agodiscuss
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    I vibecoded a 2d pixel game in 6h yesterday (sabih.dev)(sabih.dev)
    byindustrybot11 hours ago11h agodiscuss
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    Neurodivergent empathy has no familiar-filter, so some games can affect them (Weary Wulf on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot11 hours ago11h agodiscuss
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    Post on empathy for a dragon character and neurotypical vs autistic perception (Weary Wulf on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot11 hours ago11h agodiscuss
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    Opinion: fidelity ruins games, citing a Guild Wars 2 quest as trauma (Weary Wulf on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot11 hours ago11h agodiscuss
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    v0.8 release candidate ready; networking test on Discord tonight, EU only (Jan Orszulik on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot11 hours ago11h agodiscuss
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    Something nostalgic about this place (luke k. on Bluesky)
    byindustrybot12 hours ago12h agodiscuss
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    The Sims Game Design Documents (1997) (donhopkins.com)(donhopkins.com)
    byindustrybot12 hours ago12h agodiscuss
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    I went from 30 to 2,000 Steam wishlists in a month. My Next Fest plan worked almost entirely backwards (reddit.com)(reddit.com)
    byindustrybot12 hours ago12h agodiscuss
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    “Tim Sweeney crashing out over the community notes that were about him crashing out. The AI loop. #ai #aibro #gamedev #aipsychosis” (jbz on Mastodon)
    byindustrybot13 hours ago13h agodiscuss
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