Tony Walsh

Tony Walsh

@tonywalsh.fyi

Phantom Compass studio head. 30+ yrs in the #gamedev biz & still learning. He/him/ratboy. ✍️ #artist #writer #designer #leader 👾 #videogames + #tech 🎲 #ttrpg + #minipainting 🎤 #karaoke 🦝 #Toronto

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In partnership with MIGS, we're offering 6 professional developers from marginalized gender identities tickets. Win a chance to attend talks and use the meeting matchmaking system for free, plus a boxed lunch both days! Raffle closes on Nov 3 11:59PM EST. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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nearly spit out my sangwidge

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

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Pearl Witherington is one of the FORTY WW2 resistance fighters we've produced over the last year. 40 unique sculpts, all by hand, cast in pewter. Each mini has been researched & designed thoroughly. [sculpts by Alan Marsh, painted by Mystic Spirals Miniatures, backdrop by Handiwork Games]

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Hello! I'm looking to speak to: 1. Devs involved in the decompilation scene who can speak to how the community has been affected by AI. 2. Devs who have or suspect they have had their game copied by AI vibe coders. If either of those is you, contact me at rick@ricklane.co.uk. Shares appreciated!

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New followers (👋) so little introduction; for the past 10+ years I've been releasing public domain game assets to support indies & students. You can donate, but it's totally optional. I hope to continue supporting our industry for many more years to come, thanks for your follow/support! kenney.nl

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Unity continues to enshittify.

Vertical Slice@verticalslice.news

NEW: Unity is automatically opting Asset Store creators into supporting its generative AI platform, Unity Spark, via a process called 'itemisation.' One dev told Vertical Slice the process should be "opt-in instead of opt-out" and said they are firmly against genAI.

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🎉 HUGE CAREER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 Today, I'm launching Vertical Slice, a new independent trade outlet committed to producing quality video game journalism that inspires, informs, and interrogates. That means daily news, incisive interviews, vital investigative work, and more. www.verticalslice.news

worst golem

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social

Three thousand years ago, a Greek potter looked at a bowl and thought: ‘You know what this needs? A leg!’ Clay bowl with leg-shaped handle!🦵😆 Early Geometric period 850 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Check out the Atlantic Canada Game Celebration on Steam! There are some incredible games in there that we can’t recommend highly enough! Some of the best games come out of Atlantic Canada.https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46201172/sale/AtlanticCanadaGameCelebration

I've been running an indie studio for almost 20 years and have never felt like a master of my own fate, but good luck out there.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

"It's less risky to be the masters of our own fate" – The AAA developers going indie https://bit.ly/4rNOmtG

Uh I am like 99% certain the traditional recipe for a golem includes human semen so like no thanks

Richard Wells@slipperyjack.bsky.social

Just popping to the authentic golem shop if anyone wants anything...

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seems like there's a couple of vibecoded painting apps being announced lately.. ..so I just wanted to mention that there's also a new NOT vibecoded painting app being developed, that's awesome already, called @kalapaint.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kala...

Kala Paint@kalapaint.bsky.social

Kala Paint is out! I'm @olawson.bsky.social , professional artist for 15 years, then game dev, now wrote the painting software I wish I'd been using all this time. GPU-run creamy brushes, no subscription, no gen AI crap, hand-coded with ideas from artists in our Discord, and more added weekly!

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A Fold Apart: Recrafted is a story about distance, communication, and finding your way back to each other — one fold at a time ❤️📃🫶 Coming soon! #puzzlegame #indiedev #wishlistwednesday

who up smashin they Frankenstein head for a pound of gummy parts

Rob Sheridan@rob-sheridan.com

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Costco has a $50 giant Frankenstein head made of green chocolate that includes a mallet for smashing his head open at which point a pound of gummy body parts will spill forth from the edible wreckage of his face

Coffee time = it's clobberin' time.

Surly Amy@surlyamy.bsky.social

For my fellow tactile enthusiasts, I’m working on a stoneware mug that will look like it’s made out of rocks.

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Our game Fivefold is coming to iOS and Android Sept 29th! Fivefold is a Sudoku-inspired game where the rules change every puzzle! You can pre-register for free on your app store to be notified when it's available fivefold.ca/app/

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In our big 10th Anniversary update for Alone With You, we revamped the entire control system on PC so you can play the whole game as a point-and-click adventure. (Did we mention the game is free right now on the Epic Games Store?) #ScreenshotSaturday #indiegame

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We had the opportunity to limit catastrophic damage to a 1.5 degree increase but that meant calling on the oil giants to do their part. Canada is now predicting a 3.5 to 5 degrees increase. That will spell the end of civilization. And we are still going all in on a $100 billion pipeline?

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"Today it’s Lake America, but tomorrow the propaganda coming from south of the border could be both more serious and insidious, and the actions of Google, Apple and other companies show plainly that they will not be on our side." —  @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

tvo.orgANALYSIS: 'Lake America' makes one thing clear: we can’t trust U.S. tech companies | TVO TodayThe president’s decree is dumb. Why is anyone going along with it?

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Monday's update will add windmills, tanks, solar panels, shipping containers and a water tank to City Kit: Industrial! Will still be completely free, no premium or extended options. All free.

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The program of talks and exhibits for the coming "Conference 4 Art Games" has been released! The inaugural event is happening September 19th in Halifax, Nova Scotia and organized by the Centre For Art Tapes. c4art.games/program #novascotia #gamedev #halifax #artgame #Indiegame

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Today I woke up and felt like doing something a little crazy. Here it is; Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 is 75% off and just $4.99 for a limited time only ✨ Download everything I've made in a single package! kenney.itch.io/kenney-game-...

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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Hey folks, About that AI opt-out feature Twitch was talking about? It's not just the streamers that have to turn that off. EVERYONE has to turn it off, because anything on your account, including the clips you make, will be fed to that infernal, ignominious devil machine if you don't. /1