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Mike C

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Principle engineer at Double Dagger Studio, @LittleKittyGame Prev: Visual Studio @Microsoft

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Incredible. Prev project of mine was offered 70/30 (in their favor, until recoup, then 60/40) and 60/40 (in their favor, forever). Both also owned all IP and sequel rights. I was told “that’s standard” by many people. Absolutely crazy for those pubs who did nothing more than throw money at you.

10.03.2026 04:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And you don’t even need a special card anymore, you can just tap your debt or credit card 😊

08.03.2026 23:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I understand why they’re asking that, but… maybe just update the review? If I can buy it now I want to know what it’s like at that point, not what it might be in the future.

06.03.2026 23:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The only thing they got right was the code name 😵‍💫

04.03.2026 16:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I don’t know how you can work at a company like this and have a clear conscious

01.03.2026 19:10 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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28.02.2026 05:32 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s crazy he didn’t do anything and then wrote a 95 slide presentation about not working on the AI systems. Weird.

23.02.2026 07:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I wish people knew how insane the desktop stack is. It’s like 4 different runtimes of different versions and layers of layers of brokers. It’s a nightmare of components run by different teams

19.02.2026 22:51 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It’s kinda weird to even have that recommendation when PS5 and Xbox ship with 16GB.

15.02.2026 02:51 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Need a last minute Valentine for the purr-fect person in your life? Kitty’s got you covered! Print out these adorable free valentines and give them to your friends and loved ones! 🥰😻

Printable here: littlekittybigcity.com/freebies

13.02.2026 17:47 👍 138 🔁 59 💬 2 📌 2

there's nothing worse than a Helvetica Scenario

23.01.2026 21:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

literally survivorship bias. how'd "Bioware magic" work out for them in the end?

14.01.2026 17:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree with the redaction of the award thought, especially because they lied about use during production

20.12.2025 21:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think this is a bit of an overreaction. “No gen-ai use in code” disqualifies anyone using Visual Studio as that’s how local offline Intellicode in-line suggestions and completions work.

20.12.2025 21:34 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Nintendo’s secret to becoming a design powerhouse? Developers who have stayed at the company for decades | Fortune “The people who first made Nintendo’s hits are still working at the company,” says Keza MacDonald, author of a forthcoming book about Nintendo.

I spoke to @fortune.com about my upcoming book Super Nintendo and the secret(s) to Nintendo's enduring success - a large part of which is cultivating and caring for developers instead of hiring and firing everyone in yearly cycles.

(Book deets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo)

fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...

05.12.2025 12:45 👍 135 🔁 25 💬 4 📌 9
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HAZE 1.1.4 is live, bringing orthographic camera support in scene view and play mode ✨

Time to make those isometric dioramas even *more* atmospheric 🌫

Check it out here:
assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx...

01.12.2025 17:34 👍 53 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

I have many thoughts about this and how MS handles Windows that I can't post publicly, but in the past bugs with your name attached to it tend to be bumped up in priority 🙂

29.11.2025 18:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

sure, but I think for most people Remote Play or Steam Link for the living room is more appealing in that case?

13.11.2025 23:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My guess is that they will sell at a loss or it will be around $1000. I just don’t see how it will be different this time around or what this offers over any other mini-pc or desktop

13.11.2025 01:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Valve's support ends when the person running the project gets bored or gets fired 🥲

But really, people who care about that just get a gaming PC. I really don't see steam machines growing the steam user base like the deck did

12.11.2025 22:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sorry, PS5*

12.11.2025 22:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I just... don't understand the gabebox. What's the *actual* market here? People who want a PC in their living room? A strict gaming-only desktop that you can't upgrade? Why buy this over a pre-built PC or an Xbox or PS4 (which has exclusive games)?

12.11.2025 22:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 0

I'm not surprised. I still really want a spicy GDC roundtable that's just shit-talking indie publishers because there's just soooo much tea.

If they can't even reply to the IGF what makes you think they'll reply to that 1m+ sub streamer? Or brand who wants $$$ collab?

12.11.2025 01:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve got 2 desktops (work, home) using this KVM with 2 144hz monitors, microphone, speakers, and like 5 USB devices. It works flawlessly and worth every $$ I paid. There’s nothing else like it on the market.

01.11.2025 17:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was just thinking the other day that it'd be pretty simple to do this, thanks for figuring it out! Great way to save on memory too if you have a ton of icons

08.10.2025 17:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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PSA: If you want to render an SDF texture using an Image component and Text Mesh Pro, you can!

You need to copy the SDF shader and make two small tweaks, which I've explained in a blog post here:

blog.roytheunissen.com/2025/10/08/r...

#unity3d #gamedev

08.10.2025 11:50 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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‘Jeff the human cat isn’t real. He can’t hurt you.’
Jeff the human cat:

26.09.2025 17:10 👍 79 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1

there's a lot of similarities with software design too. we don't need to teach people how to move a mouse, right click, or drag-and-drop anymore.

09.09.2025 20:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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making HL2 inspired Z-billboarded volumetric light shader in godot. love this trick for how stupidly effective it is for distant lights

09.09.2025 18:32 👍 1199 🔁 150 💬 27 📌 5

QA, loc, music, “additional art and design”, those people work just as hard. Sweeping them under and saying it was just 3 people is insulting.

07.09.2025 00:38 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0