Arnis Vaivars

Arnis Vaivars

@rinvars.bsky.social

mostly programmer for hire (gameplay, tools, UI), indie dev, ex-2D animator and graphic designer in another life. occasional boardgamer.

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Culture Crave 🍿
@culturecrave.co

A petition to 'Save Mass Effect' has crossed 200K signatures 🎮 Commander Shepard actor Mark Meer has encouraged fans to 'hold the line'

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Eniko Fox
@enikofox.com

this also goes for indies btw, which is why the 30% cut steam takes is so egregious. that 30% is often the difference between one and done, or a studio that gets to make a second and maybe third game. and it would cost them literally nothing to take no cut for the first 100k, it's a rounding error

Thomas Marrone@thomasthecat.bsky.social

Most studios that generate an overnight hit are actually on the 3rd or 4th title. Blizzard, Larian, Arrowhead, these places had several games under their belts before their first true blockbuster. Like George RR Martin they had been grinding XP for years before becoming a household name.

Arnis Vaivars
@rinvars.bsky.social

strange times of everything I used to love and appreciate dying. can't tell if it's particularly specific to the current times or simply the process of aging and generational change

Arnis Vaivars
@rinvars.bsky.social

man, the original Mass Effect trilogy is some of my favorite games of all time, I've played through at least three times throughout the years.what a sad end to a once great studio.

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SE Gyges
@segyges.bsky.social

at least one person has become a millionaire by robbing a darknet drug market via a php vulnerability today, and i think that's beautiful

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮
@unormal.bsky.social

yeah this will definitely pair well with mass pressure on jobs and salaries

VGC@videogameschronicle.com

PlayStation 6’s memory costs alone exceed $680 per console, it’s claimed, potentially suggesting an unprecedented price tag for the next-gen machine. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playsta...

videogameschronicle.comPlayStation 6’s memory costs alone exceed $680 per console, it’s claimed | VGCHardware insider suggests next-gen costs could well cost more than $1,000…

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Dean Hall
@deanhall.bsky.social

We at @ahwoo-official.bsky.social and RocketWerkz have made the BRUTAL Framework, that Ludeon have used to make their engine to power RimWorld, and us Kitten Space Agency, open source and free to use. Our industry is rotting from the core out. We plan to change it. www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...

reddit.comFrom the gamedev community on Reddit: Introducing BRUTAL | A free C# framework that helped RimWorld make its own engine and break free of Unity. Now you can too.Explore this post and more from the gamedev community

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Anton
@antonhand.bsky.social

I wish I could express all of the things I think should be done to the people who write this kind of software on any platform.

Morgan Johnson@poormojo.bsky.social

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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SE Gyges
@segyges.bsky.social

I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)

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Kara Stone
@solarserver.games

hearing a game dev give a talk about indie success say that his wife pays for everything so that he can keep making games full-time has really inspired me to find a wife who pays for everything so i can make indie games full-time

Arnis Vaivars
@rinvars.bsky.social

I'm not sure why people are so resistant to the idea that Steam shouldn't take 30% flat tax both from small time indies and EA/Ubisofts/etc of the world. They, in fact, give discounts to AAA after $10/50mil revenue down to 25/20% respectively. But 15% for indies under $1mil? Preposterous!

Arnis Vaivars
@rinvars.bsky.social

Especially, when Valve derives most of its profit from AAA. It would be a rounding error to their bottom line to give indies a break in funding starved industry where the average professional remains for roughly 5 years.