Louis Ewens

Louis Ewens

@netbear.bsky.social

Technophile, nature lover, Electone musician, listener, mentor, dog walker, bear, seeker of fitness. Agent for all that is good. Lifetime game dev, building and operating game technology to create enjoyment, fun and delight. He/him

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Trump set the TikTok ban in motion Congress passed legislation Biden signs legislation SCOTUS upholds ban Biden says his administration wouldn’t enforce the law, leaving room for TikTok to stay open TikTok shuts down anyway Trump tweets TikTok pretends Trump saved it 🙄

New to Bluesky? Here’s a fantastic how-to thread with recommendations for how to get started.

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com

🦋 WELCOME TO BLUESKY! I recommend exploring our custom feeds, which are a little like hashtags but more interesting. We have them for academic and professional subjects, sports, cities, hobbies (e.g., gardening, baking), and many more. Search them in the sidebar under Feeds. 🧵

Breathing in smoke from wildfires is really bad for your health. During the NorCal fires we learned the hard way. Please mask up in LA. #lafires #health #maskup #lunghealth

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com

PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot

How do you tell if a celebrity account is actually the celebrity they propose to be? 🤔 Accounts are sus if they immediately DM me after a follow and ask how I’m doing using poor grammar or spelling. #safety #security #celebrities

Create a new planet in real-time! @playerunknown.net has released Preface, a technology demo that generates an entire Earth-scale world. This tech demo gives you a small glimpse into Melba, their groundbreaking new technology. preface.pp.studio #gamedev #techdemo #biome

preface.pp.studioPreface: Undiscovered World on SteamPreface is an immersive tech demo showcasing Melba, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions' groundbreaking technology generating an Earth-scale world. In this project still in development, experience our machine l...

Be careful when people you follow immediately reach out with DMs. I encountered my first info harvester on Bluesky. Their attempts to drill down into personal info was not subtle. But they couldn’t converse about current events, responding with generic factoids. #bots #security

It was funny that the bot had "a mother in France" who supposedly made her own plum wine. But the bot couldn't understand or react to a simple bit of French language. It just kept drilling for more information.

Yessss… Priority one: Defining a practical scope for the #gamedev project. — “So the first challenge was to define an idea that was exciting, but doable.”

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social

"There are lessons that you only learn when you take the leap. Defining a production plan is crucial to make an efficient use of time and resources." The developers of Everdark share crucial lessons from developing a game and publishing it on Steam

Love this idea for how to visualize a game’s user interface/features and the underlying logic to support them. — “Another way to think about it: Every time you add a new system for the player to interact with, it has to interface with all of the game’s existing systems…”

Dave Kosak@thefargo.bsky.social

Yesterday I posted a #GameDev thread from @maxnichols.bsky.social that described a game’s possibility space as its “surface area.” I like this analogy because it more accurately describes a game’s scope. Let me explain in this thread 🧵, featuring #GameDesign, Will Wright, and #TheBlob.

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