Patrick (he/him) 🥑:android:

Dad, gamer, tinkerer, mobile game developer, roboticist, and developer advocate for Android (formerly Firebase).

Credits include Monopoly, Space Miner, Book of Heroes, Ninjatown, Sphero's BB-8, Sphero Spider-Man, Sphero RVR, and Google Play Games on PC.

Opinions are my own. Also https://patrick.games/

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2024-09-11 19:59:59

Remember that to get the best results of image generation, always make sure "Is a Thomas the Tank Engine Eldritch Horror" is part of your prompt customization.

2024-09-04 22:31:10

I'm not sure why every EV chose a warble for their low speed sound, but it makes the work parking garage sound haunted.

2024-08-11 04:03:41

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@npub1ykd…6j2y They even have the IR camera on the right joy con. I feel like there’s a story there about a feature set that never quite landed given the history of the Wii.

2024-08-01 01:12:57

Me: "how old do you think I'll live to be?"
Kiddo: "38"
(I'm 37)

2024-08-01 01:12:57

Me: "how old do you think I'll live to be?"
Kiddo: "38"
(I'm 37)

2024-07-12 01:48:40

Let's Go Eevee was so easy that I just got bored playing. My 7yo though is snuggling with a stuffed Eevee and squeals with joy every time she takes out a rival trainer (she's already so over levelled that everyone goes down to a single quick attack - and I have no idea if the game is balanced to stop that 😆).

2024-04-09 01:01:00

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@npub1ykd…6j2y I’ve been buying progressively larger Kindles and making the text progressively larger. At this rate, I’m going to run out of Kindle soon though.

2024-03-15 15:25:42

I kindly request that web developers stop completely re-laying out their entire site based on page width. Some of us use multiple windows on desktop still and would appreciate it if things didn’t randomly disappear into a hamburger menu.

2024-03-15 15:25:42

2024-03-06 21:08:34

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@npub1rv4…ft5j My geekery is only SFW if your work is ok with me complaining about JavaScript and the deprecation of Python 2.x!

2024-01-01 06:34:07

Has anyone setup a New Year's Mickey Mouse game jam yet to celebrate the IP that broke US copyright finally entering the public domain?

2023-12-16 13:15:06

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@npub1ykd…6j2y So true 😆.
Me as a Jr: *crunches into the weekend for the easy "no more than a day" task*
Me as a Sr: *stares intently at PM when they say "there's no way it will take that long!"*

2023-09-25 21:28:57

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@npub1aw2…8vv5 When they did the glow in the dark run, first it told me my address was invalid. Then when I resolved that, it had sold out 😆

2023-09-12 21:24:14

Explaining Unity to my non-games focused coworkers:
Me: "So they're now charging per install of any game you make."
Them: "But Oracle charges per CPU"

2023-09-12 19:22:54

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@npub1dd2…lvc5 I feel like Unity's strategy is a good proxy for "we have non-zero cloud costs but want to offer free cloud services". Granted I also feel like most folks would opt out of the cloud services if given the chance, so that's a solution to a problem that doesn't need to exist 😅

2023-08-25 21:00:05

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@npub1mc3…nkdg I used to implement purposefully bad UI's because:
1. no one would accidentally ship it
2. the company I was with started sending me off to work with a local indie studio to polish my prototypes better than if I went at it on my own

2023-06-28 16:02:34

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@npub16y5…ym3t Bring back 5-way d-pads on all phones and keyboards on "productivity" focused ones!

2023-06-06 16:21:48

There are a lot of positive reviews now for the Apple Vision, which does make me excited!
I stand by my assertion that fake AR is worse than the restrictions on real passthrough AR right now or pure VR for my preferences, but I also don't like "room scale" VR or a lot of the other VR trends -- so I'm probably more wrong than their consumer research division.

2023-06-01 23:24:58

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@npub16y5…ym3t The interesting bit for me is that TotK didn't stick like BotW. Part of it might be that I immediately missed the paraglider and camera missions. Where BotW had a lot of flow state chasing the next shiny thing, this has been much more interrupted with "this can't be right" or "I'm missing <obvious major thing>, I guess I should stop doing whatever and go back for it."

2023-05-23 14:15:18

5 handed me my pennywhistle and said, "I like it when you play this".
In case you wondered how my family was adjusting to a hurdy gurdy.