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Indie game developer, nights & weekends. Working on Roasty Buds: Special Brew, a retro platformer for the Atari VCS. Additional platforms to be announced! https://playroastybuds.com/

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Media's up in arms about fake violence but not real violence again?

Shocking

26.02.2026 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

EA once reached out to me. During the call they said they're "not really that bad."

This wasn't even a job for game dev, it was UI/UX design on Origin.

They know how bad they are. They know everyone knows how bad they are. They don't care.

20.02.2026 13:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Look at those millions of dollars on screen! That have nothing at all to do with the game itself.

12.02.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No worries there, the task lists are OCD levels of granular and there's a lot of copy/paste between projects for common basic systems.

Just need more hours in the day :).

09.02.2026 22:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting. I look at this and think maybe I'll finally have to deal with less miserable trolls.

And there doesn't seem to be an ID requirement unless you want to access "mature" bits of Discord. And that's fine with me.

๐Ÿคท

09.02.2026 20:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2 are contract so, I'll probably have to drop the personal/not brand-affiliated one for now unfortunately.

09.02.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Working on 3 wildly different game projects at the same time is starting to feel like a bit much

09.02.2026 20:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did you do the requisite speed test?
fast.com

05.02.2026 19:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am okay with AI failing hard.

21.01.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Realizing 4 days later I accidentally put Twitch and not Itch :D

21.01.2026 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop buying so many bags. Be a pod person. 40% off!

roastybuds.com/products/ata...

#gamedev #indiegame #atari

21.01.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's lots of good games on Twitch but you're pretty much on your own in terms of community-building, unlike Steam.

There's also loads and loads of trash people have to sift through to find anything decent, so marketing the game is what will help it succeed, not discovery on the platform.

16.01.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still shoot with those old FD lenses, converted for digital. They're the best!

12.01.2026 22:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Childhood? More like college years!

08.01.2026 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feel free, I probably stole it from someone else!

07.01.2026 22:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FWIW I use the same approach as above, but have start & end frequency as separate vars in addition to a strength fadeout. So the shake speed can slow down as it fades out.

07.01.2026 20:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a fair assessment. As a fan of that kind of movie I was fine with it $50mil is pretty small for two whole movies (and some fun/bad fake trailers).

05.01.2026 00:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Death Proof did what it set out to do, and I can't really blame him for the other half.

You've got me on Morales, but he took a decade (and other writers) to become interesting, and Ironheart is just (IMO) a really lame character.

I'm partially with him on Dano, but I wouldn't call him the worst.

04.01.2026 23:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean... only one of those three people has made absolute gold with every project they've worked on (outside of the Fortnite nonsense that I haven't seen). I can't think of the last time Liefeld made anything worthwhile, and Bendis is kind of middle of the road at best...

04.01.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haven't tried their posters yet, but their clothing/mugs/bags are solid.

04.01.2026 22:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't discount the other main reason: being mean on social media is the only way some people can run their click bait grifts.

04.01.2026 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out Printful. Great quality, reasonable base cost.

04.01.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was on MTV late night a lot from what I can remember

03.01.2026 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Most of us are just waiting for him to keel over on camera tbh.

03.01.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What Happened To The Iconic Penndel Airplane? - LevittownNow.com Up until 1997 Penndel was known for one thing - the four-engine Super Constellation that sat in the center of the borough.

Military airplane converted into diner:

levittownnow.com/2015/04/26/w...

02.01.2026 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's a lot of fun being able to (legally) put @atari.com logos on merch for your indie game.

Which happens to be 25% off with code "AtariVCSmas" through Dec 31...

roastybuds.com/products/ata...

#indie #game #atari #retro #merch #indiegaming #indiedev

29.12.2025 01:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI slop

27.12.2025 23:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AI slop

27.12.2025 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Discount code for AtariVCS x Roasty Buds Gaming Blend Coffee: AtariVCSmas

Discount code for AtariVCS x Roasty Buds Gaming Blend Coffee: AtariVCSmas

Only 4 days left to get in on this sweet deal. Yes, indie game + indie roaster + @atari.com coffee is real, and it's good!

roastybuds.com/products/roa...

#atari #vcs #coffee #collab #indie #gaming #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

27.12.2025 18:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That whole plotline of shifting dimensions at a Russian base was stolen from a book series called Necroscope

26.12.2025 20:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0