Sean H.

Sean H.

@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

He/him. Game designer, writer, streamer, toku fiend, fighting game enthusiast. Co-founder and worker-owner at @munity.games | Links: http://sjhdoesgames.carrd.co | Looking for work. Inquiries: sn.heron@gmail.com

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Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

I admit I kind of sit in two spots about this. I am absolutely the kind of mark who would be incredibly excited for a new Breath of Fire, or even just an official set of re-translations & re-releases of 1+2, but if we gotta have just the 5 games we got? I can also be OK with that. >>

Kayin@kayin.moe

but god, LET IPS DIE. Even if the Devs are still around and supportive, don't you want to see the OTHER COOL SHIT they might come up with???

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

(yes, I am in fact a Dragon Quarter defender even though I haven't played that game. People have Opinions about it but it's not a bad game, people are just mean.) If other people gotta pick up the torch with spiritual successors and the like then so be it. It's worked for Xenoblade, ain't it? (2/2)

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Rafa Sales Ross
@rafiews.com

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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Cezar Capacle
@capacle.bsky.social

I want my foreign friends to understand the magnitude of this popular mobilization against fascism. 90-year-olds in wheelchairs, isolated Indigenous communities walking miles, and poor neighborhoods fighting for hours after far-right mayors halted buses to suppress votes. And we won.

Fernando Salvaterra@salvaterra.bsky.social

We won not only against Bolsonaro, but against the full force of the USian's Big Techs, Meta, CIA, Trump, the Brazilian right-wing elites, the billionaires' press and more.

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

My deepest condolences to everyone caught in the Bioware closures and layoffs. Y'all truly, truly deserved better. Always did. I'm sorry that you weren't treated with the respect you deserve, and I'm thankful for what you were able to accomplish. Man, this sucks hard.

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

A little less respectfully: EA can go to hell, and so can the assholes puppeteering them. Ruining so many good things about games under the guise of new growth and investment in the industry. My ass. (2/2)

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

petty vent, but if i hear someone say sf6 music sucks or only got better with the dlc one more time, i might flip my shit. i get it. it's not the classic stuff. even past that, some of it may not hit for you the same way, and i get it. but we can stop the cap. the ost is literally Fine. >>

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Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

3 years of this slander is so exhausting. Not even just because people dislike SF6's OST, but because I'm so tired of people not having the ability to simply say "I don't like this" without also going "because it's shit" when literally we should only be reserving that for You Know What. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

part of me is almost entirely certain people said this shit about sf3's music too when it first came around (i'd be too young to be able to verify it) and the fact that time might be a circle in this scenario is giving me premature greys lmao. it's ok to just leave it at "i didn't like it" (4/4)

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

petty vent, but if i hear someone say sf6 music sucks or only got better with the dlc one more time, i might flip my shit. i get it. it's not the classic stuff. even past that, some of it may not hit for you the same way, and i get it. but we can stop the cap. the ost is literally Fine. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

you can just say "i don't like the music really" instead of saying "the music sucks". hell, even though i mixed classic themes into my music selection for each character i didn't turn off their sf6 themes entirely. if you do, no shame to you. i don't need people to love sf6's music but GOD. >>

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angel 🏳️‍⚧️ $0/40 food
@freakingangel.bsky.social

please if u hav any ounce of compassion pls just repost its getting dark n im gonna hav an autistic meltdown if i end up outside and unsafe for another fucking nite while im actively fucking starving PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP IM A HUMAN BEING AND I DESERVE FOOD AND SAFETY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

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who wants to send me some money so i (homeless) can go 2 a motel instead of back 2 the bad place w someone who just cheated on me?? i also havent eaten in a week so anything helps cash.me/$freakingbabygirl

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Barbara Waxer 🌈
@barbara-waxer.bsky.social

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Yep. Entirely unsurprised. Y'all know I get on my horse about it, but this article shows exactly why. And no, there is no "one place" where it's fine for x purpose but not for y purpose. You cannot trust this technology to do any of the crap AI boosters says it does, and you never should. >>

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs

theguardian.comCompanies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling backRapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work
Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Programming? It's a wash. Data processing? A wash. Art? A wash. There is no field where it's useful in the forms that it's being commonly pushed. Not a one. Don't believe the hype and don't surrender your capacity for critical thought. (2/2)

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Asking two questions for my web novel crowd: do y'all have any self-hosting + framework suggestions for where I can put up multi-chapter work and do you have any recommended support/patronage models to use? Kinda hit a breaking point mentally today and I want to stop procrastinating on a thing. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

In short: having someone fuck with your money when you have no leeway and the job search has been fucking you over drives people to start getting Inventive and I'm at that line rn. (2/2)

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Game Devs of Color Expo
@gdocexpo.com

GDoCExpo was four days. The work is year-round. No-fee showcases. Paid speakers. No-strings grants and scholarships. Spaces to build a career. We're at $17K of our $25K goal to break even & keep it going! If the Expo meant something to you, help us close the gap. 🙌🏾 gamedevsofcolor.org/donate

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Also, coming back to say that getting the Belmont's Curse demo + the Arjun Gameplay Primer on my birthday are gifts specifically for me, and I appreciate them in the spirit they were given. Amen, hallelujah, and peanut butter.

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Game Devs of Color Expo
@gdocexpo.com

Please congratulate all of our #GDoCExpo2026 Grant winners 🙌🏾 💙Rhea Gupte & Prateek Saxena, Fishbowl - Game Devs of Color Expo Grant, $7,000 💚Hatim Benhsain & Hanwen Xu, coalescent || tidal rapture "Made in NY" Grant, $7,000 💙Ruofu Sun & Alice Yu, Bloomsome - "Made in NY" Grant, $7,000 #gamedev

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Byakuya Senmetsuken/Lunar Requiem is also just a fucking sick name for a Mystic Art too. Easily one of my favorites the franchise has to offer.

Ada Basilisk, Haunted Doll VTuber@comfybasilisk.bsky.social

i am thinking again about Asbel's level 2 super in Tales of Graces, which to this day is still the sickest jrpg super animation i've ever seen. and it's so SNAPPY, too, you are in and they're dead and you're back to normal gameplay in just six seconds!! just endlessly impressive work

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MotorRoach
@motorroach.bsky.social

Honestly refreshing to see a recomp clearly stating this. Go check it out, tbh

Gallowpedia@medievil.wiki

The first beta release of the MediEvil Recomp project is out now! This lets you play MediEvil with widescreen support, scaling aspect ratio, increased draw distance/render distance, increase FPS support, PGXP, Better Terrain, Frame Interpolation, and other things all natively running on your PC.

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Been keeping my head down trying to keep things together, but if nothing else I'm gonna treat myself on this, my 35th birthday, to a nice Auntie Anne's pretzel and some pure vibes. No real work, no serious stress about anything, just leaning. Hope y'all are good. o7

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(GDHitless) PT
@pleasantlytwstd.blacksky.app

You-yes you! 🫵🏿 Are you - a speedrunner / challenge runner - interested in charity fundraising - looking for more activities and camaraderie w/ your Black peers year-round - Black? (Obvy) We want to hang with you in BaF! 🫶🏿 We're fundraising for Race Forward in February and would love to have you!

Games Done Quick@gamesdonequick.com

Here's every date for Back to Black 2027 to help you prepare!! Also, did you hear? We're benefiting Race Forward once again!! 💙 Learn more about Black in a Flash! and how to join: gdq.gg/baf Learn more about our charity partner: raceforward.org #BtB2027 #blackskygaming #blackjoy

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Suffice it to say that recent events in my personal life have caused me to think about everything Orion says in this thread. If you're white and you follow me, read it. The whole thing. And don't stew in guilt about it or anything; just reflect and move different. That's all I'm asking.

ODB@obitron.blacksky.app

a lot of white queers don't understand what whiteness is, and that makes much of their interactions with queer folk of color suck, so I'll explain a little. The two facets of whiteness that are most important in this context are that it is a social and legal exemption from racial oppression.

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MogsK ΘΔ
@mogsk.bsky.social

Carter's Quest is legit one of the greatest accomplishments to come out of the solo-dev scene and the fact that something so spectacular, as game, as narrative, as experience, might never be completed because of lack of attention is an indictment on the way we talk about and engage with indie games.

goba (ACT 2 out NOW!)@gobadev.bsky.social

Posted about it on Twitter, but I figured I should talk about it here, too. CQ Act 2 is underperforming to a really disappointing degree. I'm considering my options moving forward, but it's looking very grim for my ability to continue working on games going forward.

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Jamaican Patwa and Japanese, though neither exceptionally fluently. Patwa is a lot easier when I'm not thinking about it too hard; my Japanese has fallen off a lot, but I still have the basics floating around in my brain (my keigo is unfortunately super scuffed).

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Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Y'all who have been here for a minute know what type of time I'm on but for the record, if you indulge in the type of behavior Aura's describing below, then yes, you are part of the problem. And I'm not trying to be hyperbolic here, just listen to the thing I'm saying. >>

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Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

I really do not care how much of an expert programmer you are. If you are actively feeding any of your code into Claude or whatever, you're self-sabotaging, because either you'll have to wind up fixing it later or you're doing the review you'd be doing with human code anyway. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

I understand being tired of writing boilerplate or what have you, but especially in a field where the understanding of *how* a thing is put together is so important, you cannot afford not to understand and record the mechanisms of how the thing works. It is literally too expensive. Don't. (end)

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Y'all who have been here for a minute know what type of time I'm on but for the record, if you indulge in the type of behavior Aura's describing below, then yes, you are part of the problem. And I'm not trying to be hyperbolic here, just listen to the thing I'm saying. >>

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Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Like, no matter what you are hypothetically using this shitass technology for, the thing I want to impress on you is that in addition to literally ALL of the other issues with this tech is very simply that *you are not building the skills to make something that lasts*. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

All it takes is for you to get garbage out with *one* thing from Claude, & you are immediately more likely to cause a cascading failure of shit that you then have no clue how to clean up because *you* aren't the one who wrote that code. You have surrendered your ability to make decisions. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

Y'all who have been here for a minute know what type of time I'm on but for the record, if you indulge in the type of behavior Aura's describing below, then yes, you are part of the problem. And I'm not trying to be hyperbolic here, just listen to the thing I'm saying. >>

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Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

I've said this before but I'm not looking at something like Intellisense on the same level as using Claude Code or whatever. Having something that is suggesting autocompletes from the libraries you have access to is not trying to write entire functions for you from scratch. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

The thing that also gets on my nerves about this is how people are rushing whole game recompilations through Claudeslop and getting defensive about it when, very simply: you are building on sand. You are demonstrating that you do not have the discipline to maintain what you're "building". >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

3 and 1 are tied, though I admit I'd probably give the edge to 3 because having someone who knows the local community and would likely help me get to know the local community is a big one for me personally. 1 trends closer to my interests but I also realize that they might not balance out. >>

Lifetime Learner ✨@azarsuibian.bsky.social

Okay. Which person would you choose? (There’s no right answer.) Let’s say you have three people begging you to be with them. (Per the usual 🙂‍↕️) They’re all saying things like, “Baaaeeeeeee, cuff me, PLEASE! 😩🫦” You’ve know them all for about 6 months platonically, and they all are equally foiine.

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

"Balance out" here meaning that I'm also a homebody (which is part of why I wouldn't mesh well with 2; I don't entirely *mind* traveling but a lot of it back-to-back is really uncomfortable for me) and I admit I'd worry about feeding that with someone who also is a homebody. >>

Sean H.
@sjhdoesgames.blacksky.app

But someone who knows the local community, knows how to get active in it without getting too lost in the sauce? Even if I'd get a little anxious at first or they get a little preachy sometimes (I'm guilty of this too) I think I could trust someone like that to help me navigate the worst of it. (3/3)