Trev
@treversmith.bsky.social
He/Him | Game dev and meme poster | Lead Programmer for ATS @merlinogames.bsky.social | Co-Creator and Lead Programmer on Ringfall @cottonhammer.com
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Big things are happening
May 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Big things are happening
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Thinking about how there really isn't a lot of representation of red headed folks like myself in games. Hair colors are much brighter and too orange. If there is a red head, they have overly pale skin and a ton of freckles, and blue eyes, unlike myself.
Maybe I should change that in my own work :)
Maybe I should change that in my own work :)
May 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Thinking about how there really isn't a lot of representation of red headed folks like myself in games. Hair colors are much brighter and too orange. If there is a red head, they have overly pale skin and a ton of freckles, and blue eyes, unlike myself.
Maybe I should change that in my own work :)
Maybe I should change that in my own work :)
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how to turn a 3D scan into a game-ready mesh, i guess?
spent a bit this afternoon tinkering with how to decimate a 3D scan without nuking the texture, kinda cursed but worked decently!
#gamedev
spent a bit this afternoon tinkering with how to decimate a 3D scan without nuking the texture, kinda cursed but worked decently!
#gamedev
May 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
how to turn a 3D scan into a game-ready mesh, i guess?
spent a bit this afternoon tinkering with how to decimate a 3D scan without nuking the texture, kinda cursed but worked decently!
#gamedev
spent a bit this afternoon tinkering with how to decimate a 3D scan without nuking the texture, kinda cursed but worked decently!
#gamedev
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"It wasn't me, Sergei, I was in Electrical doing tasks"
April 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"It wasn't me, Sergei, I was in Electrical doing tasks"
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Happy Shellday
April 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Happy Shellday
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Microsoft losing the plot to the extent that games running on Linux through a compatibility layer are now not only faster but *assumed to be faster* than games running natively on Windows should be an even bigger story than it already is
April 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Microsoft losing the plot to the extent that games running on Linux through a compatibility layer are now not only faster but *assumed to be faster* than games running natively on Windows should be an even bigger story than it already is
This would fix me. Many people are saying this
April 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
This would fix me. Many people are saying this
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my real programming toxic trait when using other languages is I am a bitch about typing, overabundance of checks and field name variables because I was raised on C++
yes I will check so many things and type as much as possible because if you breathe wrong at nlohmann/json you will core dump
yes I will check so many things and type as much as possible because if you breathe wrong at nlohmann/json you will core dump
April 29, 2026 at 10:27 AM
my real programming toxic trait when using other languages is I am a bitch about typing, overabundance of checks and field name variables because I was raised on C++
yes I will check so many things and type as much as possible because if you breathe wrong at nlohmann/json you will core dump
yes I will check so many things and type as much as possible because if you breathe wrong at nlohmann/json you will core dump
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April 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Been getting recommended BF4 vs BF1 vs BF6 shorts in YouTube. Insane how a game that released this last year with 4x the budget can barely keep up with a game released more than 10 years ago.
I don't think the manpower and money cost is justifying the means in terms of fidelity of this point
I don't think the manpower and money cost is justifying the means in terms of fidelity of this point
April 27, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Been getting recommended BF4 vs BF1 vs BF6 shorts in YouTube. Insane how a game that released this last year with 4x the budget can barely keep up with a game released more than 10 years ago.
I don't think the manpower and money cost is justifying the means in terms of fidelity of this point
I don't think the manpower and money cost is justifying the means in terms of fidelity of this point
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We should go back to early 90s website design
a screenshot of a website called dpgraph dynamic photorealistic 3d graphing software
Alt: a screenshot of a website called dpgraph dynamic photorealistic 3d graphing software
media.tenor.com
April 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
We should go back to early 90s website design
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for a brick he flew pretty good
April 26, 2026 at 1:02 AM
for a brick he flew pretty good
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I've been tinkering with a "spoopy ghost" shader for Bonerooms and stumbled on a neat effect just using some noise to burn down the screen space color, which gives you a neat "ghosting" effect
You can also invert the burn to get an additive "fog" look too
#gamedev
You can also invert the burn to get an additive "fog" look too
#gamedev
April 23, 2026 at 1:41 AM
I've been tinkering with a "spoopy ghost" shader for Bonerooms and stumbled on a neat effect just using some noise to burn down the screen space color, which gives you a neat "ghosting" effect
You can also invert the burn to get an additive "fog" look too
#gamedev
You can also invert the burn to get an additive "fog" look too
#gamedev
Incredible, every company that raised prices should have this type of lawsuit brought against them lol. Walmart, Target, major clothing companies, hardware stores, ALL of them. They did not pay that tariff money, the customers did.
Gamers have filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, saying that if/when the company gets a refund for recent U.S. tariffs, it should give the money to consumers who paid raised prices
In March, Nintendo dodged telling me if it'd pass refunds on to consumers
www.gamefile.news/p/gamers-sue...
In March, Nintendo dodged telling me if it'd pass refunds on to consumers
www.gamefile.news/p/gamers-sue...
Gamers sue Nintendo over tariff refunds, saying consumers should get the money back
A messy situation gets messier
www.gamefile.news
April 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Incredible, every company that raised prices should have this type of lawsuit brought against them lol. Walmart, Target, major clothing companies, hardware stores, ALL of them. They did not pay that tariff money, the customers did.
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Early congratulations to all the new parents that will pop up in 9 months due to Pragmata lmao
April 19, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Early congratulations to all the new parents that will pop up in 9 months due to Pragmata lmao
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Does everyone keep making extraction shooters because they don't know what else to do or what.
Like, sure, there have been a couple hits. But the genre is far too niche to have THIS many games.
Like, sure, there have been a couple hits. But the genre is far too niche to have THIS many games.
Scoop: Epic is working on a Disney extraction shooter
Ahead of its slated Nov launch employees say they're worried about Epic's pattern of "Version 0.5" releases - a challenge they say may have hurt adoption for the Epic Games Store, mobile store and Fortnite modes
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ahead of its slated Nov launch employees say they're worried about Epic's pattern of "Version 0.5" releases - a challenge they say may have hurt adoption for the Epic Games Store, mobile store and Fortnite modes
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Does everyone keep making extraction shooters because they don't know what else to do or what.
Like, sure, there have been a couple hits. But the genre is far too niche to have THIS many games.
Like, sure, there have been a couple hits. But the genre is far too niche to have THIS many games.
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These Big AAA studios never cared about being called indie till they found out they could steal the marketing from small team / small budget games
We need to rebrand "indie" to "Micro game studios/teams" or something like that to represent what "indie" always really meant when it came to games.
We need to rebrand "indie" to "Micro game studios/teams" or something like that to represent what "indie" always really meant when it came to games.
April 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
These Big AAA studios never cared about being called indie till they found out they could steal the marketing from small team / small budget games
We need to rebrand "indie" to "Micro game studios/teams" or something like that to represent what "indie" always really meant when it came to games.
We need to rebrand "indie" to "Micro game studios/teams" or something like that to represent what "indie" always really meant when it came to games.
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Dreaming of a world where I can use Unreal on Linux and not have terrible conflicts/be able to build for windows working with team members who are on windows. Honestly one of the only things holding me back from swapping these days 💔
April 4, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Dreaming of a world where I can use Unreal on Linux and not have terrible conflicts/be able to build for windows working with team members who are on windows. Honestly one of the only things holding me back from swapping these days 💔
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One version of the Mario Bros. arcade has an oversight where reaching 980,000 points gets a Game Over. This happens because the game starts giving Mario extra lives on every frame, overflowing the life counter. As such, he is literally killed by being showered with extra lives.
April 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
One version of the Mario Bros. arcade has an oversight where reaching 980,000 points gets a Game Over. This happens because the game starts giving Mario extra lives on every frame, overflowing the life counter. As such, he is literally killed by being showered with extra lives.
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Star Garden lets you enter flow state as you trick off the various obstacles found throughout the Green Glade. Play the FREE demo today! 💫
March 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Star Garden lets you enter flow state as you trick off the various obstacles found throughout the Green Glade. Play the FREE demo today! 💫