Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

@ryanmiller.ca

Game Development Generalist Dad 👾 Senior Technical Artist at Sago Mini 🎮 Founder of Ontario Game Testers 🧑‍💻 Handheld gaming enthusiast 🤟

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Capy Castaway 🍊 Available NOW!

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Capy Castaway is out now! 🍊 If you’ve been looking for something gentle to play this fall, Capy and all of their friends are ready for you. Explore strange islands, solve cozy puzzles, meet endearing characters, and enjoy a softer kind of adventure. 🐦‍⬛Start your journey: s.team/a/2890240/

How do people get work done in Windows these days?

Windows is spamming this for every unity dll and causing a lot of psychic damage.

I'm pretty much at the end of Xenogears (PS1!!) and am warning everyone that I may want to discuss it! Watch out!! I might talk about it!! I like Disc 2!!

Weird that the ending was so naked. Great game though!

Revertices Demo is live, check it out!! store.steampowered.com/app/3236560/...

store.steampowered.comRevertices on SteamRevertices is an action combat sidescroller where you will be forced to fight the corrupted remains of your friends: your duty is to reset the cycle at all costs, but in doing so you doom yourself and...

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Ontario Game Testers

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Learn more about our super-simple and super-effective testing process: www.linkedin.com/pulse/inside...

linkedin.comInside Our Lean Game QA ProcessYears ago, when I was running an indie studio, we ran into a wall trying to hire external QA for our first major multi-platform game. Every major testing house we approached tried to saddle us with a ...

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Ontario Game Testers

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Curious how Ontario Game Testers started? Check out this LinkedIN article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-i-...

linkedin.comWhy I built an Indie-First QA CompanyI didn't come into the world of QA as a traditional corporate tester. From 2015 to 2020, I co-founded and ran an indie games studio.

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The recent announcement about Anthropic joining the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron member has raised concerns from the community around how we engage with AI topics. This is how we plan to address the issue: www.blender.org/news/upcomin... #b3d #DevFund

blender.orgUpcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies — BlenderAn update after the latest Development Fund announcement.

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Toronto Game Jam

@torontogamejam.bsky.social

You may have already caught a glimpse of it, but here it is in full! The #TOJam 2026 poster, as always courtesy of the very talented Marc Visperas! If this isn't enough to get you hyped for registration to open next week then I don't know what will.

Sold my Ayn Thor! I am shocked that I didn't end up playing it as much as other devices (The Onexfly with Bazzite is my go-to). Extra surprising, considering how much the community loves it. I'm sure the new owner will be happy with it.

I was hoping the Thor would be the spiritual successor to the NVIDIA Shield Portable, a comfy Android brick of a handheld. Android isn't the right kind of finnicky for me anymore, and it felt kind of like a fragile device (whether or not it actually was).

For me it's tough to beat 7" screen and the infinite versatility of Linux. I'd probably have liked a Steam Deck OLED just as much, but the slightly slimmer size of this one is just perfect.

Ok hear me out - It's a VCR but it's actually a Switch Dock. You better hope I don't get any free time to figure this one out.

Slim version is a tape rewinder.

Putting in a spare second SSD because it's time for Bazzite on my desktop PC again 🙌

Wasn't too happy that HDR + 4K didn't work last time I did this, but turns out a Displayport -> HDMI converter fixes this. Woo hoo.

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HorrorPuffs ⛈️

@aurapuffs.bsky.social

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

Verdan, fluffy foxderg@dragondumpling.bsky.social

repost if this is appropriate seating for your sona 🥴

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Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free. ...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...

Made some creepy new critters today.

Disgusting little guys, really

Next up is big bro, whenever I can find some more time for rig + anim + etc.

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@luckshotgames.com

I hit the button ✅😭🐸 🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨 Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount! #indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5

Starting a play through of Xenogears, a classic PS1 god killing RPG. It’s been… maybe 25 years since I last played it?

Happy to announce that Jinja's Garden is live today on Apple Arcade 🥳 I've spent the past 2 years at Sago Mini working on this. If you're an Arcade subscriber (or are looking for an excuse to be) then please check it out! apps.apple.com/ca/app/sago-...

apps.apple.comSago Mini Jinja's Garden App - App StoreDownload Sago Mini Jinja's Garden by Sago Mini on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Sago Mini Jinja's Garden.

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti)

@krveale.bsky.social

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

We Canadians can't turn down an opportunity to tell you about Téléfrançais and that creepy pineapple. I'm sorry about that.

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@aenderlara.bsky.social

Life should be just making little videogames and drinking coffee.

Another holiday Linux activity: made an AirPlay Receiver for some old bookshelf speakers using a Mini PC with Lubuntu and Shairplay! github.com/juhovh/shair...

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The computer is an old Celeron N4020, which is just a bit faster than a raspberry pi. Perfect for this, I think! The hardest part of the setup was discovering this was in a poor wifi area, and dealing with that.

If you’re reading and want to try something similar, a Pi Zero is probably the better (cheaper) choice. I already had this PC laying around.

Another holiday Linux activity: made an AirPlay Receiver for some old bookshelf speakers using a Mini PC with Lubuntu and Shairplay! github.com/juhovh/shair...

It’s mostly tucked away, but will clean things up a little more once the Christmas tree is down. Here’s my tiny amplifier!

Happy first day of winter holidays, let’s celebrate by installing a Linux.

Fedora Server was okay but going to try Open Media Vault.

All set up! Plex server is doing it's thing. File shares were way easier to set up with OMV than Fedora Server. I'm liking it.

Sago Mini published an article talking a bit more about Jinja's Garden 🪏🪴❤️ sagomini.com/article/intr...

sagomini.comJinja’s Garden: A New 3D Sago Mini Game on Apple ArcadeDiscover Jinja's Garden, the first-ever 3D Sago Mini game! Explore, plant, and play in a cozy open world designed for preschoolers – exclusively on Apple Arcade.

🌷 📢 New Game Announcement 📢 🌻 Finally I can talk about this: Jinja's Garden was announced yesterday! It's a cozy gardening adventure by Sago Mini launching on Apple Arcade next month! It's a fantastic intro to cozy games for kids 3-6 (and beyond.. my 7 yo loves it!).

You can find it on Apple Arcade here: apps.apple.com/ca/app/sago-... and wishlist/"notify me" to show your support.

apps.apple.comSago Mini Jinja's Garden App - App StoreDownload Sago Mini Jinja's Garden by Sago Mini on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Sago Mini Jinja's Garden.

It's been a blast to be a part of this team. As Senior Technical artist, there have been a lot of fun challenges to tackle; helping the studio transition to a 3D art style, getting this to run on 10+ year old mobile devices and look great on new ones, building strong workflows and pipelines, etc!

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@cococucumber.bsky.social

Excited to connect with more of our fellow Ontario game studios + devs, so we put together these Ontario Game Devs starter packs! go.bsky.app/8jZjEfP go.bsky.app/7FjqDhQ Give them a follow! 🎮🍁

go.bsky.appOntario Game Devs Pack #1Join the conversation

Did another game jam! This time with some work friends. Check it out here: ryanmiller.itch.io/bark-heroes BARK HEROES

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@revertices.com

Last minute news!!! Revertices is gonna be at Toronto Games Expo this weekend! 👁️ You can Play the Shapes, you can say hi to our business moguls, you can get a little bit of hand-made merch! 🟢♦️🔽 We're at table 44 in the indie dev showcase ! #TGE2025 #IndieGames

Continued work on my turn based battle system. Added a bit of UI, thought this really needs characters and animations soon! Got the Healer brain to work (heals allies below 50%) and the defend + counter attack feature (without infinite counter loop) 😅 Fun stuff!

Making a turn based RPG battle system today. I've never made one more simple than just back and forth attack/health turns and wanted to give it a shot!! It's just text so far but it supports multiple combatants, turn order/amount from speed, and even a few enemy AI profiles.

The hardest part has been getting the speed -> turn order thing working. I wanted a system where if you have 10 speed and the enemy has 5, you get 2 turns for their 1. That's easy-ish, but when you have 10 speed and they have 7 it gets a bit tougher.

Sorry, the hardest part SO FAR! I'm sure worse things are ahead hahahahahah