Jack The Generalist

To all newcomers who followed: I'm Jack. a Syrian refugee turned Game-Dev/VFX artist; fluent in AR, GR, EN; worked on Australia Did It (@australia.theguardian.com) with @ramiismail.com & @mysticforgeinc.bsky.social . I like VFX & running my mouth on my podcast. See ya around & nice to meet ya!

If you insert a coin into a pizza making Automat, you can't go back to your friends flexing about how you made it....

'I made this with ai' 'so you didn't make this'

If you insert a coin into a pizza making Automat, you can't go back to your friends flexing about how you made it....

Kenney hit the infamous "two billionaires with one post" achievement, remains very rare, also shows once again that money does not equal intelligence, capability, or insight: Kenney is obviously right.

Came across walk at MängudeÖÖ in Tallinn, Estonia & genuinely think it might be my game of the year. It is painfully elegant, super simple, beautifully executed, the feelings just burst out of it, and it is engaging for exactly how long it lasts. It's like €2. store.steampowered.com/app/4563880/...

Wow holy fuck what a shit in principle but also at least have some selfworth and ask for more than an hour of time off for betraying your entire field www.verticalslice.news/rockstar-acc...

Our game launches soon! You can go wishlist it now!!!

Oh hey, this is a lot sooner than I was expecting. Game looks great, get on it.

It’s bold to release a new game in November, as stacked as it is with big titles. Regardless, I wish Grand Theft Auto 6 good luck releasing so close ro Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business.

"I'm not letting my indie game compete with Grand Theft Auto, I'm letting Grand Theft Auto compete with MY indie game!"

OMG so hyped to see people play this!!

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

As a game developer, I understand how much this could affect your business. As a human being, I understand that this is bigger than business. As a Palestinian, you have My Full Respect. 🍉✌️ @househouse.com Thank you

This is somehow the funniest and most appropriate typo of my name I've ever seen

Today is the last day of LaunchGood's doubling pledges event! We're this 🤏 close to reaching the goal to fund the development for Dreams on a Pillow's next level, Atlit: US$2500 Left! Help me by sharing this post! launchgood.com/1948

The Arab League of Misfits is built on the DNA of our Arabic culture: from devastating history to unforgettable viral memes! Today’s reveal is Shut Up Your Mouse, based on the viral 2014 video, illustrated by our Art Director @theahmedraafat.bsky.social. #indiegames #egypt

Aaaah, thanks @polygon.com for the top spot here for Australia Did It! It would absolutely help if folks wishlisted the game, so I appreciate this a ton. www.polygon.com/wishlister-o...

Our second game Secrets of Rætikon is part of Birds of Play, a Steam event all about birds. Go and check out all the wonderful games featuring birds over here 👉 store.steampowered.com/sale/BirdsOf... Thanks @alphachar.bsky.social for making this happen!

If you ordered a pizza from a vending machine you can't claim you made it. Like fine use AI but let's not delude ourselves in thinking that we are building or making anything but prompting.

Unity literally announced the "AI makes a game for you" thing as an April fool's joke in 2012 - dunking on the creative bankruptcy of the whole concept - before announcing it with a straight face just the other day.

The funniest timeline is software companies spending billions on AI to kill the creative industry, only to be replaced some years later by the same tech. youtu.be/eFB79TYI-Vw?...

"You can not kidnap what we have rightfully stolen" ~Every AI company when people actually use their logic against them. Fight fire with fire sometimes work...

Another set of portraits for #TheLabyrinth, this time cataloguing all the personas and faces Mahadi used / shapeshifted into so far. Some little details for each of the faces / personas in the Alt.

Artists to who ever is affected by AI from this point onward.

Digital Boarders against Palestinians

Major campaign update 📣 launchgood.com/1948

We've been selected by Launch Good to participate in their one-week fundraising campaign for Palestine. Launch Good will match every $ we raise for Dreams on a Pillow. This will take Khadra one stop closer to her next destination Atilit! launchgood.com/1948

It's good

Ahm… ok?

Mamdani is 100% right here, despite some people reading into this things that are not said here. Antisemitism is a scourge upon the world. Doesn't need any qualification or quantification or caveats or what-abouts. Any antisemitism is too much antisemitism.

We recreated a completely destroyed village. For more store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/... For support launchgood.com/1948

I can count on two hands how many people I know have taken out their savings and 401k to develop a game they're passionate about instead of relying on other factors.

You still get 100% control over game decisions with a bank loan. Publishers have the leverage to meddle.

More and more indie devs I talk to are considering a loan over a publisher deal.

More and more indie devs I talk to are considering a loan over a publisher deal.

Take 1 minute to see the destruction... which age we are living in!

I'm not the one risking his life with his belief in this medium we love, @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social. Thank you for being such an inspiration, day in, day out. It really is an honour to be part of game development alongside you.

📍 maps.app.goo.gl/k1AHbnC56f9Q...

I'm not super excited about blurry 50 fps gaming where it takes your $3000 gpu several frames to converge light into a discernible picture. I love how great games got to look but the tradeoffs we took aren't very good imo We need nice baked GI again that runs on a laptop you found behind a dumpster

Wishlist store.steampowered.com/app/4438850/...

Why I make games?

godot 4.8 added non-allocating physics queries, 9x faster raycast i know, i know, about time 😄