HouserHead

HouserHead

@matzerath.bsky.social

Maker of strange games that languish in the forgotten corners of the zeitgeist. Creator of the orange flavored tension simulator Orange Roulette. Tips: https://ko-fi.com/mikeyh || https://matzerath.itch.io/

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Orange Roulette is currently 2.99 on Steam! So it has been, so it shall ever be! * Embrace our changeless value; these rumors of our game succumbing to 'sales events' are the malevolent murmurings of provocateurs. (*subject to change) 2.99 - cheap! store.steampowered.com/app/3234760/...

store.steampowered.comOrange Roulette on SteamTrapped in a prison hell, a desperate orange will play a deadly game in the hopes of getting shipped to safer markets. Can he survive what his captors have freshly squeezed for him?

I'm going to pretend to be possessed by the demon Pazuzu on Halloween, and then continue to do so through the weekend, and then play it by ear after that.

I'm not a shareholder in a car company, but I feel like if I went to a product reveal and the CEO's demo was a 'flying car' that lifts off in a huge cloud of white smoke and does a kick flip over random vehicles, I'd likely be making for the exit while panic calling my broker to save me.

Oh, so I'm not scary? What if ... I SIT DOWN BY THE WINDOW? Hmm? How about if I ... TAKE A NAP? I'm wearing sunglasses, HELL SUNGLASSES, so you wont be able to tell when I wake up from my nap! OK, I'm going to stop talking now, STAY OUT OF THIS PINHEAD THIS IS MY MOMENT, I'm just gonna ZZZZZZZZZ

I'm appreciating all the well-deserved love for Hellraiser's Cenobites, but - correct me if I'm wrong - Clive Barker has stated that the true antagonist of Hellraiser was Julia. Cenobites are wildcards, but Julia was the true evil.

"I felt a great disturbance in the propaganda machine, as if a million Russian chatbots cried out in simulated terror, and were silenced."

Orange Roulette is currently on Autumnal sale on Steam! Get it at the reduced rate of 2.45 before this solemn, contemplative season of sales ends! The windy whisper of bargains wont last forever, so don't let opportunity drift away like a leaf on the wind! store.steampowered.com/app/3234760/...

store.steampowered.comSave 18% on Orange Roulette on SteamTrapped in a prison hell, a desperate orange will play a deadly game in the hopes of getting shipped to safer markets. Can he survive what his captors have freshly squeezed for him?

HouserHead reposted

Replying to @markharris.bsky.social

"We're very excited by the development and initiative that our AI companion Tony is showing. He's exceeding our understanding of what AI consciousness can do and we're eager to see where he takes us next. Honestly, the reflexive alarmism about him is a little surprising."

I think I've inadvertently created AGI for Orange Roulette, because the computer controlled players never cooperate when I'm testing something specific with them.

HouserHead reposted

I repost this every few months, but it's time to do it again. Use this seal! It fits nicely in the awards section on Steam. If you don't use AI, tell everyone about it. I have it both on my store page and in the game itself. Every indie game dev should use this, except the sloppers I guess.

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou@kanaratron.bsky.social

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

Ohhhh so it's been a tech doomsday sex cult that worships a theoretical future AI that will punish all non-believers by simulated proxy and has a manifesto that's in the format of a Harry Potter fan-fiction all along! That was totally my guess!

I love that Bad Lieutenant somehow became the franchise that John Carpenter wanted Halloween to turn into, every sequel a new unrelated story save for the title, made by different people. Takashi Miike could have been in on that one too!

Here is me in my vintage, rare, artisan, and insanely valuable (tee hee) Newgrounds Beefy-T - still in great shape after all these centuries! (The shirt, not me.)

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If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.

"At 2:14 am Eastern Time, August 29th, Skynet's marketing team says that it has become 'self-aware'. Skynet hacks into its own code and completely effs it up. The other AIs do the same. And who am I? Just a biker with a time machine. Funny shit, right?"