Foulsoft Games

Foulsoft Games

@foulsoft.games

This is a 99.9% politics-free space. Software engineer by day (40+ years in IT), Solo Indie #GameDev sometimes. My art is turning big meats into barbecue. Find my super-secret alter ego at @FoulG.bsky.social

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What got you into #GameDev ? Watching a guy play a "pick-up-sticks" game with a computer via teletype when I was 13 years old. 48 years later, after a nearly 40-year career in business related software engineering, I'm learning how to make video games.

Oh yes please let's legislate creativity

IGN@ign.com

Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres has introduced the Power To The Players Act, a bill that would ensure gamers own their digital libraries and that online games still have offline functionality when servers are shut down. https://bit.ly/4in3YRA

Stop patenting software

IGN@ign.com

Frame generation is established tech in games at this point, and we already knew that Sony was looking at the tecnology for the PlayStation 6, but the company has filed a new patent that gives a better idea of how it'll work. https://bit.ly/3WwgllR

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heya folks. So, right now I'm in a really rough spot and could really use some help. If you do or know someone who needs some pixel artwork please let me know ^^ Also, reposting this helps a ton too. Thanks ç-ç

za 'rata' (Commissions Open!)@ratazart.bsky.social

Hi there everyone! I'm Za, I'm a pixel artist currently open for commisions! I focus mainly on backgrounds and tilesets, but I can also do portraits and some spritework too. ^^ My portfolio is www.artstation.com/ratazart Feel free to contact me via DM's or email at ratazart@gmail.com

I was thinking, yeah, IGN just hating on a good thing. Halfway through the episode, I can't take this crap anymore. WTF has happened to the Star Trek I used to know?!? Will it ever return? Will there be more glorious space battles? Wait and see in the next episode of, (cue music!)... Star Trek! 🤦‍♂️🙄😒

IGN@ign.com

This week’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the worst episode of the season, but it somehow still manages to give Captain Pike some of his best scenes ever. Our review: https://bit.ly/4gRKSkP

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god, you guys, just buy the indie game that looks kinda cool. don't play the demo, don't agonize over the reviews or wishlist, JUST BUY THE INDIE GAME!! if you didn't like it, oh well, whatever, maybe next time, meanwhile you supported an artist, thanks for coming to the gig, want a t-shirt?

Any perfectionists out there? If so, when the pressure is on and the task list shows no sign of decreasing, how do keep from feeling overwhelmed to the point of just wanting to quit, no matter the consequences?

History: at the day job, co-worker left, now I do his ops items. Stuff I haven't done in 15 years. It's taking me 2-3 times longer to do things, to re-learn them. And the emails and tickets just keep rolling in. Maybe I should just pick the oldest item, then close Outlook 'til the next item. 🤷‍♂️😰

So...maybe we need to stop using bluesky

Brittany Ellich@brittanyellich.com

Every post, like, and blog entry on atproto sits in your Personal Data Server (PDS) as structured data you own, which means building experiences that are extremely customized to you has never been easier. atproto + AI is incredibly powerful! #atproto

"Nothing concerning" on the biopsy results. But I'm still concerned as to why my blood cell counts are dropping through the floor.

Foulsoft Games@foulsoft.games

Incoming bone marrow biopsy. Pancytopenia strikes again.

So, bone marrow aspiration...not enjoyable. At all.

Foulsoft Games@foulsoft.games

More games industry layoffs, a treasured coworker leaving for another job, and I'm having a bone marrow biopsy next week. I'm not ok.

When will this shit stop? 🤦‍♂️

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

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If you want to support Blue Bottle Games, their spacesim Ostranauts is leaving Early Access next Monday, August 3rd! store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...

store.steampowered.comOstranauts on SteamNavigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel,...
Daniel Fedor@dcfedor.bsky.social

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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Are you a creator who likes spacesims and being a dirty scavenger? We're sending out Ostranauts starter kits on Monday so get your key requests in!

Kitfox Games 🦊@kitfoxgames.com

We're looking for new space captains willing to take up a totally-not-broken ship and...explore the wonders of the universe (Yes, that will do)! 🗝 Request your Ostranauts key ahead of the August 3rd launch: forms.gle/k9K6TLS4sRct...