@ludovic.chabant.com
Gamedev on Unreal Engine (cinematics, cameras). Ex-Frostbite Engine gamedev. TTRPG nerd and occasional writer/illustrator. Even more occasional open source dev. ludovic.chabant.com on the web @ludovic@chabant.social on Mastodon
This is a positive, thorough and even-handed review of @chaosium.bsky.social's genre-neutral storytelling RPG QuestWorlds, it's well worth a read if you've heard of the game and are curious for more detail. Also tagging @icooper.bsky.social :-).
Reminder that northern canada is extremely desolate but also filled with genuinely absurd fantasy terrain
Oh, hey, @doctorow.pluralistic.net is now on Bluesky!
I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉
"Listen ma'am, sure it looks like I'm exposing myself to you and your two kids (please stop crying, kids) but if you really knew what was going on you would realize this is actually a heartwarming story of personal growth, determination, and body positivity!"
GenAI is basically shit at everything except for two specific things, and for one of these, “software development tasks”, I think it’s only “good” in the same way that “let’s move all our development to India” seemed “good” in the early 2000s. Check how that turned out in the end.
Not only is it despised and impossibly expensive with no hope of ever even coming close to profitability, it’s useless too!
I know, let’s base the world economy on it!
I can make some pie with whipped cream if that helps
Stealth and/or cover shooter gameplay yeah.
The number of people getting killed by Joel in this game is bonkers. He's single-handedly threatening the survival of the human race at this point :D
Joel is about to shoot someone. Ellie says no, wait, we killed 98% of the NPCs we met so far in this story, so can we, like, ease up? Maybe give a few other voice actors some dialogue?
I played through The Last Of Us (Part 1) a couple months ago and my hot take is that it’s like a David Cage game: it’s more interested in being a movie with vaguely interactive scenes between story beats than being a video game. The difference with a David Cage game is that it’s actually very good.
A picture of Harukichi Shimoi
A group photo of some Italian Arditi, all raising their dagger
Think your #TTRPG PC background is too far fetched? Here is Harukichi Shimoi: a Japanese poet, Asahi soft drink entrepreneur, Karate teacher, and member of the WW1 Italian “Arditi” special shock troop whose choice weapons were daggers and grenades, and whose motto was “We either win or we all die!”
Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h ••• My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72
“I have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit
Exactly this.
A few years ago they were crying about their lost apes.
My explosion of schadenfreude when this bubble bursts will rival Krakatoa.
“You can only watch” trolly meme depicting a man watching helplessly as a trolly mows over dozens of people tied to the tracks
checking the news again
To good not to share! Working with game design legend @jonathantweet.bsky.social on his d20 rules for fast fantasy campaigns! Coming up as a KRAKEN Chapbook soon!
Who wants one?
(There are still place for new people at the Spring KRAKEN April 3-6, 2006! Hang out with Jonathan and us & eat cake!)
PDF prices are going up at Paizo.
Everyone else should follow suit.
paizo.com/blog/pdf-pri...
In this special crossover episode, Titterpigs joins with Orcusdorkus for Part One of a loose and roaming, yet informative, roundtable discussion about our experience playing Pendragon 6th Edition.⚔️👑
Podcast (or favorite podcatcher): open.spotify.com/episode/0tD5...
Video:
youtu.be/aWFEY98Xgco
Will this be the biggest Godot game release to date?
Albion Treasury of British Comics 2026 edition cover
Albion returns to print in 2026 with a new collection courtesy of The Treasury of British Comics!
Classic comic characters return in Albion plotted by the legendary Alan Moore, scripted by the team of Leah Moore & John Reppion, with art by Shane Oakley.
treasuryofbritishcomics.com/news/albion-...
I once told my line producer “I became a writer to tell stories and now I argue about how it costs $50,000 to move some
trucks.”
A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best
Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best
Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!
This is a good principle for design in general:
When users tell you there's a problem, they are usually right.
When users tell you how to fix it, they are usually wrong.
(bonus: if you replace "user" with "stakeholder" this still applies)
so much of tech innovation is trying to repackage blatantly abhorrent ideas into forms you don't think so hard about
an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’
i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
I love games and so many of the people who make them. It was an honor to accept the award on behalf of the team and a privilege to be able to speak to what I believe in. ♥️
Recently I got invited to join the new Godot UX team. When I have time I will be helping testing editor PRs and make Godot more usable for everyone.
What are some of the most annoying things about Godot UI/UX that you think need attention?
This is amazing. Genuinely thought it was from The Onion when I first glanced at the title.
Did you know the #BlackCompanyTTRPG Playtest 2 is underway? ⚔️
Want the skinny? Check out the Rascal article, join the playtest, enlist in The Company, and hop into the Discord before filling out the feedback survey. Your input helps shape the game.
Come be part of it! #ArcDream
foley artists have the coolest job