midiphony
@midiphony.bsky.social
🎮 Gameplay programmer @ Ubisoft Paris Studio
🎹 Musician in its spare time
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pp created with Picrew’s “makowka character maker II“
🎹 Musician in its spare time
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pp created with Picrew’s “makowka character maker II“
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A lot of people—I’d say almost all adults—are not told “I’m proud of you” often enough. Culturally it seems we reserve that praise for mentees or kids.
Be that person! Say it to your spouse. Your siblings. Your friends. Even your parents and folks you look up to!
Be that person! Say it to your spouse. Your siblings. Your friends. Even your parents and folks you look up to!
September 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
A lot of people—I’d say almost all adults—are not told “I’m proud of you” often enough. Culturally it seems we reserve that praise for mentees or kids.
Be that person! Say it to your spouse. Your siblings. Your friends. Even your parents and folks you look up to!
Be that person! Say it to your spouse. Your siblings. Your friends. Even your parents and folks you look up to!
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Here's the delightful development story behind Big Walk, one of this year's best video games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Six-Year Journey Behind ‘Big Walk,’ One of This Year’s Best Video Games
The delightful new co-op game started off as a pandemic fever dream
www.bloomberg.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Here's the delightful development story behind Big Walk, one of this year's best video games www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Dude, no freaking way... What you're seeing here is me doing live-blending / animations on baked lightmaps in Godot...
3700 FPS
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
3700 FPS
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
September 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Dude, no freaking way... What you're seeing here is me doing live-blending / animations on baked lightmaps in Godot...
3700 FPS
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
3700 FPS
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev
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THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DIGGING AROUND ON THIS DISK AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DECODE IT IS PROOF THAT THE GAME IS FUN ENOUGH TO TRY TO STEAL IT AND GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
September 24, 2026 at 3:05 AM
THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DIGGING AROUND ON THIS DISK AND THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DECODE IT IS PROOF THAT THE GAME IS FUN ENOUGH TO TRY TO STEAL IT AND GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
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Final two cents on the PMG x Kotick story:
It is paramount that you support the journalism you want to see in the world.
Outlets like PMG continue to raise the bar, BUT if you want even more of that probing journalism you have to give reporters the runway and financial backing to produce it.
It is paramount that you support the journalism you want to see in the world.
Outlets like PMG continue to raise the bar, BUT if you want even more of that probing journalism you have to give reporters the runway and financial backing to produce it.
September 24, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Final two cents on the PMG x Kotick story:
It is paramount that you support the journalism you want to see in the world.
Outlets like PMG continue to raise the bar, BUT if you want even more of that probing journalism you have to give reporters the runway and financial backing to produce it.
It is paramount that you support the journalism you want to see in the world.
Outlets like PMG continue to raise the bar, BUT if you want even more of that probing journalism you have to give reporters the runway and financial backing to produce it.
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In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard.
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard.
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them
September 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them
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in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos
September 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos
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microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
September 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
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Halo Studios dissout
Turn10 disparait
Ninja Theory va sûrement fermer
Arkane toujours menacé
Obsidian rejoint Bethesda
Rare rejoint Activision
RARE
REJOINT
ACTIVISION
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Turn10 disparait
Ninja Theory va sûrement fermer
Arkane toujours menacé
Obsidian rejoint Bethesda
Rare rejoint Activision
RARE
REJOINT
ACTIVISION
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Continuing Our Reset
This message was just sent to Team XBOX employees globally. Team, I’m writing to share several updates as part of the XBOX reset outlined earlier this year. First, we are eliminating 268 roles across ...
news.xbox.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Halo Studios dissout
Turn10 disparait
Ninja Theory va sûrement fermer
Arkane toujours menacé
Obsidian rejoint Bethesda
Rare rejoint Activision
RARE
REJOINT
ACTIVISION
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
Turn10 disparait
Ninja Theory va sûrement fermer
Arkane toujours menacé
Obsidian rejoint Bethesda
Rare rejoint Activision
RARE
REJOINT
ACTIVISION
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
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Do you prefer reading instead of watching? My video about why your tool UI should be customizable, and how "sensible defaults" and "best practices" do not exist, is now available in text format!
rystorm.com/blog/sensible-defaults-best-practices-tool-ui-customisation
Let me know what you think!
rystorm.com/blog/sensible-defaults-best-practices-tool-ui-customisation
Let me know what you think!
September 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Do you prefer reading instead of watching? My video about why your tool UI should be customizable, and how "sensible defaults" and "best practices" do not exist, is now available in text format!
rystorm.com/blog/sensible-defaults-best-practices-tool-ui-customisation
Let me know what you think!
rystorm.com/blog/sensible-defaults-best-practices-tool-ui-customisation
Let me know what you think!
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September 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Unused graphic found in the files of Mario Superstar Baseball, possibly used as a placeholder for the title screen. It features crude sketches of Mario and Luigi seemingly made in MS Paint and the text "ルイージの兄野球", which translates to "Luigi's Older Brother Baseball".
September 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Unused graphic found in the files of Mario Superstar Baseball, possibly used as a placeholder for the title screen. It features crude sketches of Mario and Luigi seemingly made in MS Paint and the text "ルイージの兄野球", which translates to "Luigi's Older Brother Baseball".
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Yo! I've made a video covering some of the basics when it comes to setting up a 3D scene in #godotengine , it covers lighting and the world environment node.
youtu.be/Vfr3n4WKsc0
#gamedev #indiedev
youtu.be/Vfr3n4WKsc0
#gamedev #indiedev
Basic Environment and Lighting Setup in Godot
YouTube video by Kay Lousberg
youtu.be
September 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yo! I've made a video covering some of the basics when it comes to setting up a 3D scene in #godotengine , it covers lighting and the world environment node.
youtu.be/Vfr3n4WKsc0
#gamedev #indiedev
youtu.be/Vfr3n4WKsc0
#gamedev #indiedev
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Honestly I think like 50% of the Teams 101 course is just me saying this in 30 different ways with 15 different methods of making sure everybody on your team understands that decisions are made to be executed on, not argued about further, that's the whole-ass point of it being a decision.
no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind
September 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Honestly I think like 50% of the Teams 101 course is just me saying this in 30 different ways with 15 different methods of making sure everybody on your team understands that decisions are made to be executed on, not argued about further, that's the whole-ass point of it being a decision.
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Dirty secret of AAA gamedev: they don't take 5-10 years because of graphics.
They take 5-10 years because people don't make up their fucking minds.
They take 5-10 years because people don't make up their fucking minds.
September 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Dirty secret of AAA gamedev: they don't take 5-10 years because of graphics.
They take 5-10 years because people don't make up their fucking minds.
They take 5-10 years because people don't make up their fucking minds.
Even if it's getting better, that's an issue still coming back and forth with Godot in engine and issue discussions
With bigger commercial productions released and incoming, actual users are bringing their workflows and pain points, leading to engine improvements (as long as they're listened to)
With bigger commercial productions released and incoming, actual users are bringing their workflows and pain points, leading to engine improvements (as long as they're listened to)
A new article from me:
I've been around for decades of discourse about the GIMP, and it's high time to retire this conversation forever. I'll contribute my last word on it:
aria.dog/barks/gnu-im...
I've been around for decades of discourse about the GIMP, and it's high time to retire this conversation forever. I'll contribute my last word on it:
aria.dog/barks/gnu-im...
Let's stop debating the Gnu Imp Manipulation Program—Aria’s Barks
We had the same conversation for over 20 years.
aria.dog
September 20, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Even if it's getting better, that's an issue still coming back and forth with Godot in engine and issue discussions
With bigger commercial productions released and incoming, actual users are bringing their workflows and pain points, leading to engine improvements (as long as they're listened to)
With bigger commercial productions released and incoming, actual users are bringing their workflows and pain points, leading to engine improvements (as long as they're listened to)
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Jamais vu : deux devs, qui étaient salariés et non patrons, échangent sur leurs projets respectifs et des features précises.
Il faut plus d'interviews dans ce format. Beaucoup plus.
Il faut plus d'interviews dans ce format. Beaucoup plus.
Rencontre au sommet : on a reçu Antoine Rey et Sofiane Saheb, respectivement game designer sur #Cairn et lead designer sur #Jusant.
Déjà la vidéo prèf de vos potes trentenaires qui laissent de la magnésie partout.
▶️ youtu.be/caYlHNdmVYw
Déjà la vidéo prèf de vos potes trentenaires qui laissent de la magnésie partout.
▶️ youtu.be/caYlHNdmVYw
September 18, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Jamais vu : deux devs, qui étaient salariés et non patrons, échangent sur leurs projets respectifs et des features précises.
Il faut plus d'interviews dans ce format. Beaucoup plus.
Il faut plus d'interviews dans ce format. Beaucoup plus.
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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these quotes are the DEFENDANTS, describing THEIR OWN CONDUCT as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and the “largest theft of labor in human history” as well as describing their products as “largely substitutive, period” and “will get more and more substitutive as they get better.”
![This case is about, as Microsoft’s Director of Applied Science put it, “an astonishing theft
of unprecedented proportions”; SF1437, perhaps the “largest theft of labor in human history.”
SF1652. Defendants repeatedly copied millions of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted articles in their entirety
without permission to produce substitutive commercial AI products. OpenAI’s Head of ChatGPT
wrote that “[p]ublishers” face an “existential threat” from those products, SF1466, which, he said,
“are largely substitutive, period” and “will get more and more substitutive as they get better.”
SF1473-74. Such admissions eviscerate Defendants’ “fair use” defense because substitution is
“copyright’s bête noire.” Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, 598 U.S.
508, 528 (2023). For Defendants to prevail on this defense “would,” the same Microsoft executive
recognized, arguably “make a complete mockery of the idea of ‘fair use.’” SF1450.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g6asx7scljsgdu3vqwtyfszj/bafkreigjgd7igfx27rgypjgodjjqcf2z6vf3veilaekexbuie3kb6p2uai)
September 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
these quotes are the DEFENDANTS, describing THEIR OWN CONDUCT as “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” and the “largest theft of labor in human history” as well as describing their products as “largely substitutive, period” and “will get more and more substitutive as they get better.”
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Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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There are certain segments of games that sre pretty stagnant or bad, though. The people who say this and genuinely believe it are probably in a bubble that only includes one or those segments.
As a medium we have a discoverability and literacy problem.
As a medium we have a discoverability and literacy problem.
Every time I see someone declaring that games are just Bad Now and have been since like 2010... I really think they might be in a parallel dimension or something. Either that, or it's just the depression talking.
It's not uncommon for a dozen great games to launch in ONE DAY right now.
It's not uncommon for a dozen great games to launch in ONE DAY right now.
September 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
There are certain segments of games that sre pretty stagnant or bad, though. The people who say this and genuinely believe it are probably in a bubble that only includes one or those segments.
As a medium we have a discoverability and literacy problem.
As a medium we have a discoverability and literacy problem.
Just finished Big Walk with the lads
It does things that no other open world and/or co-op games even dared to propose
Once in a lifetime experience
It does things that no other open world and/or co-op games even dared to propose
Once in a lifetime experience
September 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Just finished Big Walk with the lads
It does things that no other open world and/or co-op games even dared to propose
Once in a lifetime experience
It does things that no other open world and/or co-op games even dared to propose
Once in a lifetime experience