I run Tinydark, a player-first indie web game studio. I post exclusively about games, game dev and web dev. Studio: https://tinydark.com Personal: https://vaelvict.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.ushttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3lhflapbol226It can be both: in fact it's quite nice to use AI for post-processing in PhotoShop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2025 02:58 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhflapbol226https://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3ktmzitxucp2aChecked into #Bluesky and saw some good news! I can see posts I made to those who blocked me. I hope this means that they are now publicly visible for other people, but it's hard for me to test. @thieflord.dev any insight?29 May 2024 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktmzitxucp2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3kla2qh5e6t2dWelcome, new #BlueSky users. This is still a problem and has been "looked into" with no positive result. Blue Sky is a dangerous place for discourse, where poor thinkers who are routinely shut down on other platforms have free reign to be as awful as they like and effectively delete YOUR content. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2024 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kla2qh5e6t2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3kcvhl7brkd2pFor now. I ran a little AI experiment in a multiplayer game of mine recently, where I said I'm either going to spend 2 hours on the whole Halloween event, or I'll double that and provide a lot of prose primarily written by the AI. I chose the latter and will briefly talk about it now. #ai #gamedev [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2023 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcvhl7brkd2phttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3kcdsjlz3yu2350 Years of Text Games is now available in print-on-demand book form. #if50 #if #interactivefiction #textgames https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/447553/50-Years-of-Text-Games22 Oct 2023 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcdsjlz3yu23https://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3kbgvxe4vrd2dI have practically no reach, but I like this guy. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Oct 2023 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbgvxe4vrd2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3kb2ebcmaz52lI know I said I'd only post about games, game dev, and web dev, but I'm still in shock that so much Halloween lofi exists and it's playing 24/7. Day 3 and I've probably consumed 15 hours so far. #halloween #lofi For *dark* lofi, I recommend Ill-Advised Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQhvIGG27Q06 Oct 2023 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kb2ebcmaz52lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3kan7c4rziu2zWe are at the peak of recorded human civilization.30 Sep 2023 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3kan7c4rziu2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3ka3dvadbwp2aLittle teaser for Black Crown: Exhumed, coming to browsers and mobile this Halloween. It is a resurrection of a web game, published by Penguin Random House and hosted on Failbetter's StoryNexus platform, which had sadly gone offline in 2014. #gamedev #horror #horrorgames blackcrownexhumed.com23 Sep 2023 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ka3dvadbwp2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k6etupl2da2gRefactoring sprint is finally over. Feels good to delete this column on the roadmap, but I expected to be here in early August. I aim to have a live and working horror game by October 20th. It will be a "soft release" for only my friends and anyone in the discord, then I'll keep developing. #gamedev02 Sep 2023 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k6etupl2da2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k5vcazkma62xBe cautious when reading long threads on #Bluesky, especially if they're contentious. Unlike Twitter, blocking someone on Bluesky will publicly hide all interactions between both parties. This means the receiver of criticism can effectively hide a critic's comment. This enables echo chambers.26 Aug 2023 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5vcazkma62xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k5dmephofu2m@pfrazee.com Hey there, I found this in the FAQ on blocking. Is it still accurate? "Blocking prevents interaction. When you block an account, both you and the other account will no longer be able to see or interact with each other’s posts." I recently read that if someone ... [1/2]19 Aug 2023 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5dmephofu2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k4wjfja5v22uWhen it comes to a the 'chat' experience, ChatGPT is still better at generating code than Copilot. 😬 I had and still have high hopes for Copilot, but right now it's just a better autocomplete. #ai #webdev #gamedev14 Aug 2023 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k4wjfja5v22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k4cojldaql27Very pleased to be launching integrated forums for all GAM3 games! No separate sign-up, the player simply needs to set a nickname and they're ready to start reading and posting. Thanks to Flarum for providing this amazing forum experience, even if it was a bit rocky at times. #gamedev #webdev06 Aug 2023 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k4cojldaql27https://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k42xsvjlsc22sentry.io #webdev03 Aug 2023 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k42xsvjlsc22https://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k3vmzc3ljv2zGenerally impressed by #Laragon. If you're deving on windows and still using WampServer, I really have to recommend switching to Laragon. It simply works, which is something I cannot say for WampServer. #webdev01 Aug 2023 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3vmzc3ljv2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k3r7wjzdml2xIt's a happy day. #webdev30 Jul 2023 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3r7wjzdml2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k3gdf5wsbx2uDisappointed in Pokemon Sleep. All it took to lose most of my sleep data was me waking up 10 mins before my alarm, checking my phone, and groggily turning off the screen. When my alarm woke me, I returned to the game restarting and telling me it was connecting to the server to get my sleep data.26 Jul 2023 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3gdf5wsbx2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k2xngys32a2qAdd me to Pokemon Sleep! 2640-0847-4061 I was surprised at the level of polish and the design scope. Can't say I've ever slept to play before, but I'm looking forward to night 2.20 Jul 2023 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k2xngys32a2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k2wbmgmaew2jSentry.io, are you okay? #webdev #ai20 Jul 2023 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k2wbmgmaew2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k2tpr5z44l26Huge thanks to my wife for sitting through FIFTEEN (15!) of these captcha challenges... so that I can sign up to npm! 😱 I need to fork someone's package I'm using to accept #svelte version 4... they're ignoring my pull request in which I tested it works.19 Jul 2023 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k2tpr5z44l26https://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3k2tm62dpvy26I've been playing with ChatGPT (GPT 4.0) to generate some one-off #Svelte game components. The results are impressive and while I provided instruction/cleanup at times, they were majority created by the AI. Fishing Minigame https://svelte.dev/repl/1d9c60addbe54dbea9b06ff97753b6b7?version=3.58.019 Jul 2023 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3k2tm62dpvy26https://bsky.app/profile/vaelvict.us/post/3jzxzla2rem2eHere's a wireframe of the crafting system vs. the final product. The final product is "base engine," meaning it's mostly unstyled until it's time for the final UI pass for the engine. The crafting system is, start to finish, the most complex piece of software I've ever built.08 Jul 2023 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:7k7sjd2xnilxarctab54eek6/app.bsky.feed.post/3jzxzla2rem2e