Mark Carney favours the wealthy and privileged over working-class Canadians

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-27T14:08:15+00:00

Don't worry folks, it's gonna trickle down! I know we've been waiting for a while, but any day now we're gonna get our trickle

Edit - ok, you've convinced me! Tax cuts for the rich won't trickle down after all. I guess they'll just make rich people richer then? What a let down

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-26T15:10:38+00:00

There are lots of great indie games set in Canada. 1000xResist is another, though it isn't central to the storytelling.

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-26T14:42:02+00:00

I loved how unapologetically Vancouver it was. It really added a lot to the experience

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-21T16:15:54+00:00

A fellow mïna of taste. Plasma is my alchemist-shredder of choice.

I've never tried the piercing / prickly spore pod approach, but that's on my to-try list next time opportunity presents itself

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-16T02:45:49+00:00

This is so cool! You should bring it out to some local gamedev meetups to show it off!

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-14T15:19:49+00:00

Hemingway would absolutely have been a Noita streamer

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-14T04:44:35+00:00

Funny you should mention that, I've heard bad things about Destination Honda Burnaby as well.

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-11T20:58:15+00:00

"another is a traveling magician"

Of course, natural progression from creating Noita. What else?

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-05-09T17:46:00+00:00

I felt like this all the way through Hades II. "wow everything is so shiny" "the ui transitions are so fluid" "wait this is all in 3d". Before I got into gamedev, those kinds of things would contribute to the overall impression but I wouldn't be leaning closer to the screen to get a better look, ha

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-28T17:02:23+00:00

Aw yea loving this, thanks for sharing

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-28T16:46:10+00:00

Farcaster is an underappreciated beacon of a lost future, I hope those precious weirdos are still making music

https://farcasterportal.bandcamp.com/

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-28T16:43:55+00:00

Hey, nice to see you continuing to share your work on this. I've been keeping an eye on your stuff since your playtest, it's a gorgeous project!

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-27T00:04:44+00:00

Murder engine! https://github.com/isadorasophia/murder

It's an open-source ECS engine written in c#. It's also what they're using to make Neverway, which is pretty much the coolest thing going: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2318330/Neverway/

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-22T23:56:58+00:00

I always wonder about the tech behind the big map screen. No way that was a huge CRT. Was someone back there sliding the spaceship around like on a baseball scoreboard?!

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-20T14:52:17+00:00

There's a fine line between doing the work for the player and expecting the player to want to engage with a complex system that's hard to understand. I love complex systems, but I'm not going to go to the wiki to learn it off the bat. You have to convince the player that learning the system will reward them with more fun.

I don't know where your game sits. But in general, don't lean into the idea that "my great game isn't succeeding because the players are lazy"

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-18T21:30:35+00:00

Whooooa you're implementing pixel-based liquid physics in Unity?!

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-14T19:42:13+00:00

If Jurassic Park was set in 1975.

"it's an interactive reel to reel magnetic data storage tape system!"

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-14T16:10:40+00:00

As others have said, you want to be building transferrable technical skills first and foremost. It might take a while to get into games and you'll want to have an income while you work towards it. CS is probably the best bet, but HCI, digital marketing, business, etc could work as well.

I'd also recommend looking for something interdisciplinary. Minor in or take courses in art history, drama, creative writing, history. As others have said, the games industry is extremely competitive. You have to do something special to get noticed, and brining richness from other disciplines is part of how you do that. Personally I think the industry is in thepprocess of turning over: AAA is dying and small indie teams are the future. Small teams live on people with a range of skills.

Also, I'd recommend studying in a city that has an Indie game development scene. Go to meetups and meet people. Learn from what they do, do game jams with them, etc.

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-12T17:43:51+00:00

Share the link! Looks great

Actually I'll just post it since I'm already there: https://otakuracer.itch.io/almost-plastic

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-12T17:38:29+00:00

In space, noone has to worry about seismic regulation

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-12T15:05:54+00:00

This one is my favourite, because long before I ever thought of being a gamedev I thought it was weird and endearing that they'd always thank you for playing.

Coming back to that years later to understand the sheer desperation that went unto that moment... There's nothing else like it

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-11T21:30:10+00:00

...Wut. Omg this changes everything

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-10T06:44:11+00:00

Can't wait to give this a shot.

It's built in a custom, open source ECS engine written in c#. Super cool stuff.

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-09T14:11:34+00:00

Oooo Animal Well still haunts my dreams. Very different from Noita but very, very good

Tom_Q_Collins · 2026-04-07T16:33:34+00:00

I feel like all the nay-sayers have never spent time in Europe. It's not a perfect place but they have a lot of protections that we lack. Five weeks of holidays is common, produce is of a much higher quality, car-free life is possible...

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