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Independent game developer | Owner of Hidden Cat Games | 3-year contributor at HomeTeam GameDev | he/him

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Donate to Urgent Support for Avery's Surgery, organized by Avery Jaye Hi, my name is Avery and I need your help. If you know me, you know that is the hard… Avery Jaye needs your support for Urgent Support for Avery's Surgery

Hey everyone, I know I don't post here much anymore, but I wanted to highlight that my sister needs surgery. We're trying our best to get her GoFundMe moving and would appreciate any help we can get. I hate that we do this so much in America, but that's where we're at.

gofund.me/666932c36

27.01.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you β€œonly” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.

Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.

16.12.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 4984 πŸ” 1585 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 16
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The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone Low-budget films like β€˜Flow’ and β€˜The Brutalist’ and video games like Clair Obscur are competing with major productions thanks to accessible tools like AI and free software

I do think if we're going to (rightfully) attack Larian so viciously for AI usage, we should probably look at E33 for managing to effectively rewrite the narrative that they were victims of AI rather than active users of it english.elpais.com/culture/2025...

17.12.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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32 today ❀️

22.11.2025 03:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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local folk hero

12.08.2025 05:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

now that’s the games industry we know

07.05.2025 00:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

how do we feel about cajun applicants

06.05.2025 05:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of a successful pre-order for the switch 2 + Mario kart World bundle

screenshot of a successful pre-order for the switch 2 + Mario kart World bundle

locked in

24.04.2025 04:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, see, you misunderstood. It’s actually β€œno woke, go broke”

06.04.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just saw Mononoke in theaters and yeah you truly cannot beat the real thing

31.03.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hate hate hate the reduction of Ghibli's output into a vague aesthetic. Even before generative AI, people would talk about "cozy Ghibli vibes" stripped of all context, and now we're seeing where that gets us.

27.03.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 2489 πŸ” 736 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 54

Exactly. This matters a lot when doing slow burn horror but players don’t want to stay long in a boring gray box before the game picks up

27.03.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m finding now that doing a narrative horror game doesn’t mix well with my past β€œget it running and send to testers asap” mentality.

Sure, I can give players a gray box level with some temp dialogue but they won’t get a lot from that experience. It maybe validates a few systems early at most

26.03.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not my art btw! The game’s art is made by the incredibly skilled @jomeimei.bsky.social

25.03.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still early but we’re working on a horror game that forces you to work late nights at a haunted corporate office while supernatural forces slowly take over your workspace. You also get a coding ducky.

25.03.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's been a while since I've done this, and the world is bleak - so we can all use a little art & creativity.

What is everyone creating nowadays? Games, art, music, video, writing, anything - whether it is early, almost done, or just shipped. Feel free to include trailers, images, links - whatever.

24.03.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 2024 πŸ” 777 πŸ’¬ 581 πŸ“Œ 49

I’ve been shilling Pantheon to people lately. It’s only 2 seasons total so it makes for a quick binge

24.03.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another GDC down! This was my third one and it was the best of the bunch. Talked to so many skilled and thoughtful people and felt so connected to the game dev community. It truly is something special every single time.

22.03.2025 08:37 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just took a photo with the GDC DinoMae. Best part of my day so far

20.03.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been asking this to everyone, no solid answers 😞

20.03.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol I’m just pressed about animal well being snubbed at GDCA. I had to let out some hater steam

20.03.2025 16:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If it isn’t clear: I really am just being a hater. There’s no theory behind it

20.03.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Vibes

20.03.2025 15:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got my badge! Lets start this GDC right!

17.03.2025 16:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok went with a more professional approach

17.03.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m in an airport right now but I’m cackling internally at this

17.03.2025 02:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GDC flight delayed by 3 hours 😭

17.03.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree with this almost purely for the symmetry of him playing a guy who can’t feel any pain and then going on to play a guy literally named Max Payne. At the very least it would make for a fun bit

15.03.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
business card for hidden cat games. The card names Michael Monty as the founder and it features a logo where little cats are hidden inside the text. the tagline reads "there are cat-hedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see"

business card for hidden cat games. The card names Michael Monty as the founder and it features a logo where little cats are hidden inside the text. the tagline reads "there are cat-hedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see"

genuine question: should I put this on my business card or is it too online

15.03.2025 05:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Even though there's many difficulties in the games industry, there's a chance that you can do something that is actually meaningful for others."

There's just a little over 4 hrs left in the #DreamsOnAPillow campaign! πŸ‰

Support their final stretch:

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#gamedev

13.01.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1