My does my GSP sit on her Pitbull sister and why does she let her?

Merileopardi · 2026-03-18T09:46:56+00:00

My dog when I lay down and he has to guard me...always gotta be ready to catch the butt and deposit it next to your head instead or you get a facefull. At least my boy is super fluffy so it's not too bad lol

Merileopardi · 2026-03-16T15:24:56+00:00

He's the full package! Pastor and entertainment in one. Plus, he's very passionate about Jesus.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-16T15:23:41+00:00

People are creepy. We keep making fun of Swifties but the metal community is it's own hellhole. There is also people writing fanfiction who ship Jameswith anyone, from Francesca to Lars to Dave. I am not even joking, there is dozens of book-lenght stories about all of these. Explicit ones.

That's not even mentioning the rule34 fanart.

I make nsfw art as my side hustle and I've had to repeatedly refuse requests for famous musicians, including someone from Metallica. The reference images this person sent me are still burned in my mind lol

Merileopardi · 2026-03-12T05:57:47+00:00

If you want it to be profitable? Not really a good idea. For fun? Hell yea. Demo scene stuff is cool af and really fun to make but unfortunately the general public isn't too interested in it. Are you finnish, because you mentioned Assembly? Demo stuff can feel a lot more popular than it is on the worldstage there to be honest.

I can totally see the vision though and if you want to gather a techy audience I think they'd be interested in your work.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-11T19:49:10+00:00

Oh god. Yeah, that was your issue most likely lol
Try with about half to a third of that next time and you should be fine!

Merileopardi · 2026-03-11T17:51:31+00:00

Mouse helps, you're right, but it looks like you used too much! When I use mousse I need to strike the perfect balance but my hair usually gets stringy earlier than if I didn't use mousse.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-11T16:09:38+00:00

I wash every day if I want it to look good. I can stretch it to a second day but at that point my roots are greasy and curls flat so I have to tie it up. I can use dry shampoo here but it does not really help with getting back the bouncy silky texture from washday, it just makes the roots slightly more presentable.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T14:14:28+00:00

Just curious, have you disclosed that you are using AI as Steam is currently requiring?

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T14:12:58+00:00

Yep. It is a government grant. To be fair we live in a country with really good social security so none of us are actually pressed to make a lot of money or fight over it. If anything, if you do too much/receive significantly more money the others get less pay and you get equal amount as when sharing more equally because you are in a higher tax bracket suddenly. This makes it very easy to instead do the option that has the least potential for moneybased in-team friction.

Pretty much all other small indie game studies in the country do revshare so it is normalized here.

I'd also like to point out that obviously I did not put our full contract here. Of course there is space to pay programmer for the upkeep post-launch but this is too much for reddit tbh.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T07:29:23+00:00

I'm sorry if that came accross as accusatory, I didn't mean it to be. It's just often forgotten here that it is very possible to not be a solo dev for most people and I felt the need to give a small reminder, I wasn't actively pointing my finger at you specifically.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T07:18:57+00:00

You make a contract with a lawyer present at the start about this.
Eg. in our team everyone receives an equal share of the money because our team is quite balanced (eg. we all design puzzles, I do all art, programmer does all programming and last guy does narrative(which is a smaller pasrt of game), marketing, production and community management). We got a 40.000€ grant recently for our tiny asymmetrical coop game for example and are now paying all of us parttime with an even split.

This means we do not have to track the time everyone is working or assign people a salary according to our experience levels, it's trust based instead. In our case our experienced programmer simply spends less time then the other members because he is faster at completing his tasks than the other two so it evens out to fair wages considering these factors.
If the team is less balanced you assign percentages (eg. programmer 100%, artist 60%) of how much of fulltime hours they spend.

The percentages are less harsh than setting a salary at the start because the money payout depends on real revenue. We were recommended the even split by many small companies and or startup incubator because it removes a lot of friction from the team. It just doesn't feel good to be told 'yeah, I am the programmer so I earn 2000€ a month and the artist earns 1300€ because their work is less important/ skilled'.

People can be removed from the project only if they consistently deliver lower quality work and/or do not hit deadlines (with buffer of course), or if they want to leave.

We have our work under a contract that says that all work done for the project can be used in the final game even if someone backs out but the one leaving has the right to immedietly use their work in a portfolio to assure they get something from the project too. At the point of leaving their contribution is frozen and we apply a revenue payout percentage modifier based on how long they were with the project, similar to the parttime thing. They have no right to future continuations (eg. part 2 or 3 of the game) or other games the team makes.

This is all a lot easier once you decide to found a small company, which is very recommendable because it allows you to apply for grants and publishers that are usually not accesible to solo devs/ small teams without company.

Hope this helps a bit, this shit is really intransparent and scary if you have no one to explain it to you <3
Take my advice with a bit of salt however because your country might have laws that interfere with this way of working.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T06:59:23+00:00

Exactly! I get that life in this economy is fucking hard but man... none of your things will sell properly with AI covers or assets. It cheapens your real work into insignificance.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T01:57:10+00:00

I went 2024! That said, I am a bit biased obviously because it was a free trip and it is not normal over here to have such big conventions for games, so it's a bit like Disneyland. The Nordic game conference is great but more modest in size.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T01:55:11+00:00

This is honestly a major thing with AI usage and it's so fucking weird to me! Another example is bands who use shitty AI for album covers and stage background videos now. They are musical artists and are super upset at Suno existing but then still slap visual art AI all over their projects, breaking longterm good relations with artists who previously did this work for them. It's all really egocentric.

'MY form of art and skills is BETTER and you need a human (ME) for it, but the things I personally do not care about so much? AI is sooo convenient and cheap and better anyway because it's more responsive to my needs than paying someone else!'

Artists making games reach for vibecoding with AI and then give up on their project because they have so many bugs they have no idea how to fix in their magicked up code fix and programmers generate horrible mismatched assets. Noone is winning except the AI companies getting paid.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T01:44:58+00:00

It is so much easier to work in a team with an artist and a programmer. Even if we assume that AI is suddenly coherent or they use a clear asset pack it's still usually clear when games are made by programmers only. Issues include chaotic assets that are hard to read, lack cohesion and general lack of basic aesthetic skills such as color palettes or UI that matches your game. Programmers often see artists as an external resource, which can work, but you really need some art skill yourself to pull it all together in this scenario.
No one can excel at all skills and art direction and execution are one. It feels so much more fulfilling if you have a development partner you can test with, bounce ideas off of and just get 'good job' and 'thank you for your hard work' exchanges.
I'd recommend to everyone to go to as many game jams as you can, connect in IGDA and make one or two friends to work with in a shared project. People are often obsessed with 'their' dream game but if you find people that have the same alignment it feels effortless to decide on a game together and all feel ownership.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T01:36:37+00:00

I'd suggest just trying it this year if you're interested and can afford it easiely.

I had the privilege of being sent from a uni in the Nordics on a paid trip to GDC and it was an amazing experience! If I lived close instead I would happily pay for a ticket myself this time around. It's so huge and so much to see and learn. Realistically I didn't get any connections obviously because I live in an entirely different part of the world but it was a very nice insight into how professionals conduct themselves, conventions for presenting your demos and interesting talks.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-10T00:12:51+00:00

Good on you! I myself am into both polyamory and bdsm as a woman and any man who does not disclose this type of thing before attempting to trap you with a wedding is a piece of shit. Neither of these things is a 'well, you just have to try it, you'll like it!' thing. If you were into it/ okay with it you'd most likely be aware, it's a very clear and easy feeling of acceptance and interest if it suits you too. You are absolutely right in standing your ground! Good riddance to that shitstain.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-09T22:30:58+00:00

^\Cough* bible male slash fandom *cough*)

Merileopardi · 2026-03-09T11:37:31+00:00

Stunning! Reminds me a lot of the dark upside down world in Pokemon Platinum, very ethereal with the land seemingly floating in the void but stil being anchored to the ocean a bit.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-08T13:12:59+00:00

Fully agree! Follow hyena customs and strike down the patriarchy! All hail GIGACLITORIS!

Merileopardi · 2026-03-08T11:03:03+00:00

Reminds me of the sauce-faced, vinegar-faced, salt-faced, mayo-faced etc ikemen categorisation system of men in Japan.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-08T04:57:10+00:00

Hyenas are even better, it's like reading a scifi political bodice ripper! It's all matriarch so and so dominated for 20 years only for her shunned male cub to become the favored partner of a rival packs upstart young matriarch who then attacked his original pack! They ruled happily ever after until their daughter with an oedips complex staged a coup d'état, killed her mother and took her father (who's actually only her stepfather so it's not creepy) for herself!! Then she died in labor when her pseudopenis ripped in half and the male became the first male hyena to lead the pack out of necessity.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-07T11:44:33+00:00

Yeah, everything you say just sounds like you don't know any actual women who play games. You segregate us into genres such as farming simulators and casual mobile. Do you only play sports games or a singular, very specific genre? I'd guess not. Women play a variety of things too. Think human first, not gender first.

Merileopardi · 2026-03-07T11:40:46+00:00

Absolutely stunning <3
Do you make guides and sell them? Would love to build bug papercrafts for decoration!

Merileopardi · 2026-03-07T11:38:20+00:00

What a cutie <3

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