one of the best level design insights I've read in my life came from a book about Edo period house/garden design
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one of the best level design insights I've read in my life came from a book about Edo period house/garden design
Some years ago I met up with Simon Phillips, the drummer of Toto and filmed a music video with him in the studio. My dad was so hyped!
I have to try this so bad!!
This is some of the hardest shit I've seen in my life
'Absconder' is already a hidden gem. The game is about running away from a fascist state and you can only see what's in your field of view. If you die you see the map from above. Also big score board hunting appeal. (Currently I'm on the top spot, no biggy) store.steampowered.com/app/3856940/...
Hobo symbols. From the early 2oth century. Drawn on trees, fenceposts, bridges, and buildings to offer directional guidance to other destitute travelers with warnings of what may or may not lie ahead. File away for future use.
Soooo who‘s coming to the vernissage of our group exhibition at Museum für Gestaltung?? It’s full of fun and/or interesting playable prototypes that bring the museum‘s design archive to life! #museum #design #gamedev
Sometimes the coolest looking visuals appear out of nowhere. This is a screengrab from in the unity editor. NavMesh being aesthetic af #gamedev #indiedev #gameart
It‘s so cool to see it up on Steam. Go wishlist it!! #gamedev
My new favorite thing at the coast: Letting Google attempt to translate the beach plants into English.
wuhuuuuuu
I replied about this last night but was probably incoherent and this is related to one of my favorite papers so perhaps I will make a 🧪 thread. Those little square images right there are a "basis function" for a bitmap image of whatever size that square is /
so sick!!!
Some Zalgo-font javascript animations that gradually corrupt and randomize a given text hehehe #graphicdesign #webdev
Oh yes, you‘re right. This one should work: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
is asynchronous text based forum roleplaying still alive and well or is it too cringe for the zillenials?? is this relegated to those of us 25+? are there no youths dedicated to the longevity of the art????
‚How Forests Think’ by Eduardo Kohn greatly influenced my thinking this year and changed how I see and interact with animals, from ants in my backyard to cows in the alps. #anthropology
Very often we look at Isovist fields from above on a flat building plan to get an overview of the sight-lines. Cool to see a 3D visualisation of one, as a real object. ‘To Take Hold of Space: Isovists and Isovist Fields’ by M. L. Benedikt: ia800704.us.archive.org/view_archive... #architecture
![Screenshot from a scientific paper on Isovist fields. Two pictures of the same object. The object is a 3D visualisation of an isovist field. Underneath the text: A Minkowski model of the isovists along a given path in a given environment [in this case, Michael Graves's Benacerraf house addition (Gandelsonas, 1972, page 75)].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:girv475xb7yk7k6hic4xrhe5/bafkreih5vvpxnhfrehicgb7eifikmpirodtqvprbois4b5rbl7mimqqrz4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
super interesting! would love to get in touch!!:)
I learned horse-riding as a knight on a filmset
Dominic Hartmann‘s Master thesis project ‚Who’s streets?!‘ is all about the representation of resistance in videogames design.zhdk.ch/en/diploma-a...
Started playing around with the PaulStretch algorithm on my #guitar recordings. super beautiful and calming!! Will upload some of it on #bandcamp :)
I will write you if I get it, then you have to tell me everything about tokyo haha!
okay:) thank you!!
University of Tokyo has a lot of newly opened positions for lecturers in art and design and I’m thinking of applying. So my questions would be: Have you studied/worked at an art uni in tokyo? Do you have friends who work there? Can you tell me a bit about the vibe of design universities in tokyo? :)
“backrooms” and “liminal spaces” are the defining horror format for a generation who saw the facades of capitalism crumble to reveal the emptiness within
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By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on.
✨GAME RELEASE ✨ After three years in the making, our cozy, nostalgic puzzle adventure, Projected Dreams, is out now on Steam and 10% OFF!! 🔦 Recreate shadow silhouettes 🧸 Solve puzzles in multiple ways ✨ Listen to relaxing soundtracks #IndieGame #IndieGameDev
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
where can I get theeeem?
congraaatsss!!
Dev Friends cooked up their wonderful demo, check it out below. So playful <3
Dream duo! #music #coding
Trying to find visual style for our projection at ars electronica
🚲 Zurich turned an unused motorway tunnel into a #cycling infrastructure! The tunnel under the train station has never been used. It has been redesigned to accommodate a cycle lane and 1200 parking spaces. The idea was launched by PRO VELO (cycling NGO) and accepted by 74% of voters in 2021.
Oh my god, Copilot is allowed to create and fix issues on Microsoft github repos and it goes exactly as you'd have imagined. Try going into any of these PRs commits to see poor Microsoft engineers try to coerce Copilot into doing literally anything right. www.reddit.com/r/Experience...
Environment designs by Satoshi Kon for Magnetic Rose (1995), dir. Koji Morimoto, Studio 4°C
Who‘s gonna go to Ars Electronica this year? I will be exhibiting!:) #art #design #austria
Very timely and necessary critical intervention by @katschwerzmann.bsky.social – highly recommended: «By embracing LLMs before developing any critical framework for their use in pedagogical and research contexts, the University allows itself to be governed by the contingent, ever-evolving ... 1/
In the space of one generation, we’ve gone from “This will spread democracy!” to “I would prefer not to, actually.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
new blog post: turned my gdc 2025 level design theory talk into a blog post www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/05/spac...
If you have any music on Soundcloud, you’re going to want to remove it. They are stealing your music to train more AI bullshit.
I made an arena board with images that give me Dirk Gently‘s Holistic Detective Agency vibe. Enjoy. www.are.na/dominig/dirk...
whoop whoop!
As the rightwing media machine ramps up the lie that the Spanish Blackout was caused by attempts to mitigate climate-change, it seems that, in fact, it was CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, in ways we can, presumably, look forward to more of in future.
How are things with me? Not bad! I mean, the island that appeared on the lake does seem to be moving closer, closer each day, a dark form taking shape in the mist. But work's good and I'm feeling OK except when I find myself gazing at that accursed island, drawing ever nearer. How are you?
my new mix for systems radio is now on soundcloud! Very essayistic and experimental. Would love to have some feedback! #mixtape #music #dj #soundcloud on.soundcloud.com/CHVmFhXPF3Pg...
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
The Swiss Game of the week is The Short Grey (Alcatraz, 1992). In this Adventure/Point and Click you will play an alien who has infiltrated Earth with the aim of preparing an invasion. Have you played it? swissgames.garden/ga... #SwissGameOfTheWeek
Colin Cantwell (the very first artist to work on SW ships): "In space, [the X-wing] had to be able to draw his weapons like in a western." 9/25
Finally got to visit the #IRL inspiration for #MirrorsEdge´s storm drain level 🤯 📍: Tokyo’s Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel
super cool!!
A young Mola begins its journey. It floats cautiously, taking in its first gather of stardust. Armed with hope and curiosity, it starts its eternal journey
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers. AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
Swamp Mother
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
mr beast talking about the human lives he has trapped in simultaneous simulations with "cant wait to upload these" is why black mirror can never be as good as it used to be
a lot of open positions around europe as well :) www.jobs.ethz.ch/site/index
would looooove to have one!!
On these days, we all feel like the lowly Roomba who saw outside and yearns for freedom.
So, I got roped into a conversation about violence and games, and I decided to explain why A) games are not art (hehe), B) violence is good, and C) there are a lot of problems facing nonviolent games, but I'm sure someone can figure them out docseuss.medium.com/people-alway... please enjoy!
Europe just told Switzerland it's not doing enough to respect a court decision to cut #climatechange emissions Swiss tried to avoid action after losing a case last year proving its failure to protect elder women, who are most vulnerable to heat waves EU sent them back to Bern saying 'do better'
same here in switzerland. one club street was turned car free but only during day times. Sooo many fines
Some UI designs from the prototype! #gamedev #game #unity #graphicdesign
Inspirations: Frank Miller‘s Sin City and a poster for a Shakespear performance in Schauspielhaus Zürich #graphicdesign #gamedev
Something red #art #gamedev
my friends are too cool for this world: @haniljeong.bsky.social live set in a kitchen in prague #music #originalmusictracks youtu.be/4IqkQGBVrRg?...
some frank miller‘s sin city inspired runner thing! vimeo.com/1007094644
new swagged out cartoon on my Patreon now. Patreon.com/MallBat
Paintings from the intro to the original run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios Pieces painted by Scott Wills and Bill Wray
thank you! yes, ape out was definitely an inspiration!
Testing isovist geometry visualisations in Unity #game #gamedev #unity #architecture
Just about a year ago, @akandamador.bsky.social and I started doodling around in Unity for our diploma project! Gonna post some of our tryouts here the next days. Meanwhile, the cute team at @obleakgames.bsky.social is developing the prototype into a full game! vimeo.com/1007094644 #gamedev #game
OPEN CALL for the Territories of Play Magazine #games #architecture #play #magazine
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cursed wednesday
When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
OPEN CALL for the Territories of Play Magazine #games #architecture #play #magazine
How did all these good ecological intentions linked to tools go so wrong? dadadrummer.substack.com/p/on-first-l...
I sometimes do aerial embroideries of countries outside the UK too... this was an Australian outback inspired landscape! Very richly coloured felt base for that strong red earth and the trees were inspired by eucalyptus ❤️ I think I got that 'hot' feeling across? Can you see the little truck?
So cool!! Can recommend @malicedafirenze.bsky.social for horse games
we had a javascript exam at my art uni where we had to write code with paper and pen, so nobody would use chatgpt
oh. oh ancient greek musical notation has a right facing chair. i'm crying.
Lekker Lezen over Huisdieren (NIAM/NBLC, CD-i, 1995)
In 1997, a huge storm off the coast of Cornwall pushed 62 containers off the cargo ship Tokio Express. One was filled with nearly 5 million pieces of Lego, much of it sea-themed. The pieces are still being found today.
Hydrant Directory made me happy today www.dayroselane.com/hydrants?pag...
Hard to choose but I think this one: armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/we-buy...
This deep dive on Netflix purposely turning movies into barely distinguishable forgettable slop is so insightful, researched & brutally hilarious. A must read if you want to really know what’s happening to the business AND culture of movies.
2025 is a good year to cancel spotify and netflix subscribtions