Shaddon Davis

Shaddon Davis

@shaddmain.bsky.social

He/Him | Adult | 🇺🇲 The author of The Codex Process, a solo game developer & an artist. 🌀 #CodexProcess 👈 my research 🌅 #ProjectNewDawn 👈 my game 🎨 #shaddmainart 👈 my art 🗿 #shaddthoughts 👈 my thoughts

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Now that I have added links to my academic profiles, I declare that henceforth I shall be called The Prestigious, Graceful, Honorable Excellency Sir Mr. Dr. Davis, with the utmost diligence! Feel honored, as not many are allowed to be so informal with me. 🤣

1080p Native AA is the new 4K. The rush to 4K has warped how we perceive resolution. The Witcher 3: Remastered at 1080p Native AA on my upgraded living room PC, looks like 4K. Even my PS5 Pro’s near-4K upscaled image isn’t as clean.

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Frame generation is literally indiscernible with a 1080p Native AA. I'm pixel-peeking and cannot see a difference in visual quality. I'm trying to find an issue and can't. You're telling me frame generation is trash because we've been shooting ourselves in the foot by targeting upscaled 4K?

1080p Native AA is the new 4K. The rush to 4K has warped how we perceive resolution. The Witcher 3: Remastered at 1080p Native AA on my upgraded living room PC, looks like 4K. Even my PS5 Pro’s near-4K upscaled image isn’t as clean.

If I walked into a room and someone asked what resolution it was running at, I'd guess 4K or something very, very close to it. Most would. Why are we wasting resources on muddy upscaled resolutions? 1080p clean, no upscaling, with high-resolution assets and proper lighting outdoes it by magnitudes.

Like the 5th or 6th major game in the past 2 or 3 years that I was excited about that got cancelled. They won't even let you own excitement now... man. They're taking that from me too! 😭😭

This platform suffers from the same problem that X does, where clicking "show less like this" causes it to show more. I swear social media sites are explicitly programmed to show you the opposite of what you want. The option only exists as the illusion of choice.

I primarily use the "For you", but why must the "Discover" feed be broken? Why can it not just be worth a crap as well? What if I do want to discover something different THAT isn't completely negative and rage bait?

I'm going to start posting my random philosophical and structural questions. Because I think it'll be fun for the historians to argue over what I meant. So here's number one: What's the difference between a throne and isolation? #shaddthoughts

Bluesky can be a weird place. Because it's weird to get blocked by someone for no reason. Just the most random blocks, out of nowhere. Never heard of them, never interacted with them. I'm not on any block list; I post the most inoffensive art and stuff, and yet I am catching strays, lol.

Even more photos from Photo Mode in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, captured on my PS5 Pro in Ray Tracing mode. These are probably my best; they look kinda like concept art. I'm quite pleased with myself, lol. [ #witcher3 #gaming #photos #photomode #photography ]

Everything was done in the game's photo mode menu. No alterations were made after the fact. I want to say this explicitly because, yeah, they could genuinely pass for artwork or heavily edited photos at first glance, but they're not.

More photos from Photo Mode in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on my PS5 Pro. Ray Tracing mode. [ #thewitcher3 #witcher #gaming #photos #photomode #photography ]

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Wings of Sigrid - Day [ #art #digitalart #artofbluesky #artistonbluesky #illustration #fantasyart #monochromeart #shaddmainart ]

Some more photos from the photo mode of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on my PS5 Pro. Ray Tracing mode. [ #thewitcher3 #witcher #gaming #photos #photomode #photography ]

This game has blown me away visually. It's beautiful. It looks like real life sometimes, nearly at best, and like the most beautiful painting at its "worst".

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Thanks for hosting!! Hi I’m Freddie, a game dev who enjoys drawing #darkart #horrorart sketches. Here are some recent sketches from the current #zombieskulltover drawathon.

Extremely gorgeous remaster. Haven't had any technical issues besides the game crashing every so often. It seems to be a memory leak issue, since it usually happens after a few hours of consistent gaming.

But it auto-saves frequently enough that it's nothing more than a slight inconvenience. I just treat it as the game reminding me to take a break or telling me I've played enough, lmao.

Any tips for overcoming burnout? Trying to do less and relax hasn’t helped. I have also tried to force my way through it to no avail. I’ve been completely burned out for nearly five months, and it’s affecting my life in general overall. I've had creative burnout before, but this is much worse.

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For the first time in my life, my brain has legitimately just repeatedly failed to do just about anything I want or say. It's like there's a physical wall in the middle of my brain preventing neurons from communicating. Not even an echo in response.

It's like walking in the desert for hundreds of miles and finding a faucet, and instead of water, you just see dust and hear a *pooh* that's what it feels like my brain has to give.

Any tips for overcoming burnout? Trying to do less and relax hasn’t helped. I have also tried to force my way through it to no avail. I’ve been completely burned out for nearly five months, and it’s affecting my life in general overall. I've had creative burnout before, but this is much worse.

I'm assuming at this point the long and short of it is basically just endure the suck until hopefully one day it just stops, but I figured I had nothing to lose by asking.