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We just fixed a bug in Prefab Palette that was causing weird thumbnail flickering for some people! 🎉Patch is live in the usual place: github.com/FrayedFuncti... #gamedev #unity

Feel deflated everytime I'm on social media and see game devs who want the future of the craft to be reduced to "prompt an engine with an idea and it just does everything". How soulless do you have to be to think abstracting the fun and artistry out of everything is a worthwhile future.

Just watched the GTA 6 extended look on Netflix and it looks really good! The devs should be really proud of themselves! I just hope what was shown isn't cut before release like what happened with 5...

Playing Ratchet and Clank the other night and my partner says "oh so this is just Spyro, but in space?" and I don't know how to feel about it...

Released a patch for Prefab Palette that fixes errors being thrown after Unity updated their API. This affects editor versions 6.4+ Get the patch here: github.com/FrayedFuncti... #gamedev #unity

What is with unity or visual studio adding a bunch of namespaces I've never used only to realise when it fails at build time. 🤬

Learned the other day that nitroglycerin (used to make dynamite), is also used in medicine as a vasodilator to treat heart related chest pain! Chemistry is fucking wild!!

Bought The Farmer Was Replaced while it was on sale and unintentionally spent nearly all weekend playing it. Guess this is my new hyper-fixation! 😂 #gaming

Closest boomers ever got to a dual monitor setup 😄 #gamedev

Development oversight or special ability? 🤔 #gamedev

This was a fun project! I can now remotely toggle my media server via the motherboard pins and trigger soft off via a python listener. To finish the firmware today, I added a counter for the current streams and a warning prompt if shutdowns attempted if someone's still streaming.

Spent today prototyping a remote on/off switch for my media server. It uses an ESP32 and a normally open relay to short the pwr pins when it receives a command via HTTP. Remote shutdown is handled gracefully by a python listener on the server when the controller sends a request.

Nip or no nip? #gamedev #blender

The quality jump from ripping DVDs to BlueRays is insane, but RIP to my servers storage... 🥲

New Windows update has crashed NDIS for me, again.

Just released Prefab Palette v1.1.0! 🎉 New Features: - Smart perspective mode switching. - New palette scene view overlay. - Instance parenting. - Plus a bunch more workflow improvements. Grab it here: github.com/FrayedFuncti... #gamedev #unity #unityeditor #opensource

After 7 years, I’ve finally retired my Samsung S10 for the Motorola razr 70 ultra. Absolutely love the flippy form factor, but this thing is so tall I feel like I'm holding a TV remote against my face

Not trying to be alarmist however if you’re relatively new to the industry you should know this means layoffs.

Second time a windows update has managed to crash NDIS for me...

I mean, AI tools wont replace jobs if you layoff ppl a month early of tha announcement.

I can’t tell if this is intentional or not, but the top section of this building breaks alignment with the rest of the structure and it’s really bothering me. Anyone else seeing this? #Cardiff

I feel rubbish, yet I 've managed to do a couple small and easy tasks for my update I've not had much opportunity to work on. Instead of telling myself "this is not enough" I'm just happy that I did something. Allow yourself little victories and plenty siestas 💜🧡🥰 #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

Login prompt: enter these letters to prove you're not a robot Me: ZXPYSA Login prompt: good. Now identify this song to prove you're not an alien Me: wait what? Login prompt: identify the song Me: Login prompt: Me: F- Forgot About Dre by Dr. Dre and Eminem? Login prompt: perfect, welcome back

If you use Chrome on Windows, reclaim the 4GB of your SSD by creating: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings Type: DWORD Value: 1 Then restart Chrome and a few seconds later it'll delete the enormous, useless, unwanted slop cache.

Looking for testers for the latest pre-release of Prefab Palette, an open-source level editing tool for Unity 🛠️ If you're interested in trying it out and sharing feedback / bugs, check it out here: github.com/FrayedFuncti... Feel free to reply or DM me with thoughts/issues 🙂 #GameDev #Unity

I DO NOT WANT TO 'CHAT WITH MY FILES'

Running folding@home flat out on my main workstation under my desk, it's heating the lab much better than a fan heater and contributing to disease research! Currently pushing 5,342,306 PPD 🔥🔥 #fuckcancer #foldingathome #computerscience

3 hours into a print it peeled off the bed and wrapped itself around the hotend, building up into a blob so dense it looks like the Elephant’s Foot ☢️ No way to salvage it without wrecking the thermistor, so I had to fit a new hot end. Lesson learned: Check prints more often! 😅

Plant Bot D2 is looking a bit worse for wear! #blender #gamedev

Just fixed a broken Prefab Palette release. 😅 v1.0.3 accidentally broke stacking & align-with-surface behaviour. v1.0.4 restores proper behaviour and v1.0.3 is now withdrawn. Update available here 👉 github.com/FrayedFuncti... #gamedev #unity #unitytool

Updated Prefab Palette to v1.0.3! 🎉 Native grid and rotation angle snapping now supported, fixed a bug causing worker threads to crash, placement now respects prefab stages, and more! More info in the docs 👉 github.com/FrayedFuncti... #gamedev #unity

Optimise too late ➡️ refactor hell. Too early ➡️ trapped by rigid code. Trying to code somewhere in between feels like walking a tightrope in socks sometimes. #code #gamedev

Prefab Palette v1.0.2 is now live! 🎉 Pushed a small update that fixed a bug causing empty collections and added a few quality of life improvements. Check out the docs for more info 👉 github.com/FrayedFuncti... #gamedev #unity

When your stacking system forgets gravity exists.... #gohometomommy #gamedev

He lets you explore, but he doesn't want you to redecorate, though. A snippet from a VR proof of concept I made years ago that never saw the light of day. #gamedev #unity

Throwback to when wire physics turned my destructible TV into a beyblade 🌀😂 #gamedev #unity #gamedevhumor #funny

Sick of my family’s annual “what do we watch?” fight, so I made a URL queuer with a built-in local voting server so they stop bothering me about it. #MerryChristmas #SideProject #Coding #DevLife #MovieNight

Prefab Palette - v1.0.1 now live! 🎉 Pushed a small patch that fixed timing conflicts, pre-existing collections not being recognised, and also reduced the minimum spacing cap for Line Mode. GitHub 👉 github.com/FrayedFuncti... Changelog 👉 github.com/FrayedFuncti... #GameDev #Unity #LevelDesign

What if WiFi vision let landlords bill tenants per use of a room, like a Function as a Service model for housing... Introducing RaaS: 🌟Rent as a Service🌟 #PleaseDontDoThis #BlackMirrorTech

Here's a quick look at the workflow in Prefab Palette v1.0.0 GitHub👉 github.com/FrayedFuncti... (Assets are not included, credit: assetstore.unity.com/publishers/2...) #GameDev #Unity #Unity3d #IndieDev #LevelDesign