Sos Sosowski

I make bad games

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2024-09-13 09:38:49

Unity Removing the runtime fee:
(bonus points if you can guess where is this from)
#indiedev #gamedev
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2024-09-13 07:56:18

Imagine that this is how you send an actual invoice to an end consumer in 2024. This 100% looks like phishing and I would punch myself in the face before clicking this.
Why can't you attach a PDF like a normal human?
#infosec
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2024-09-11 11:27:20

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@npub1x6a…d5cx Perhaps if the person behind it talked to a single game developer before doing this it would make sense. But it does not. A shame of a wasted oppoturnity.

2024-09-11 11:21:15

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@npub1x6a…d5cx
That video proves that it's poorly written :P
I am not asked to sing this video, but the text behind the petition.

2024-09-06 10:12:37

So imagine I wanted a sine function, but more flattened towards the extremes. Like squared, but both ways. How would I go about this?
#gamedev #indiedev #programming #math
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2024-09-04 08:00:50

Is 68000 the biggest DIP chip?
#amiga #retrocomputing
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2024-08-09 11:38:39

Other programmers: Need very specific music to focus on a task for a long time.
Me:
#programming #coding #programmerhumor #gamedev #indiedev
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2024-07-31 13:11:44

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@npub1tvq…l6jk With or without degradation problems?

2024-07-31 08:28:06

Microsoft Teams just auto-installed itself on my PC and added itself to startup apps.
Shit like this is such a security nightmare. How the fuck can my PC install whatever it wants AND run it?
#infosec #windows #security #malware
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2024-07-23 13:45:50

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@npub1aw2…8vv5 SVN on a NAS?

2024-07-23 13:26:21

Aaaand my repo server just decided to give up on living right when I'm busy trying to get shit ready for Gamescom...
Oh well, that was the last Windows Server I owned.Time to move to FreeBSD.
#freebsd #subversion #windowsserver

2024-06-11 13:27:01

This is why I never touch patented code even with a stick.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/10/fortune_200_oracle_java_audit/
#java #programming
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2024-05-27 10:25:58

This FF7 remake song has absolutely no business going this hard.
Played it at a party and people would run up to me asking me what this is. Needless to say, the dancefloor was fire!
EDIT: Give it the entire 8 minutes, it just keeps getting better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy1NUCi2kF8

2024-05-19 10:23:08

Look at my $8 flea market haul!
#retrocomputing #soundblaster #msdos #dos #dosgaming
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2024-05-07 07:45:59

After 29 years, C++23 finally introduces "print" function.
#programming #cpp
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2024-05-07 07:45:59

After 29 years, C++23 finally introduces "print" function.
#programming #cpp
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2024-04-02 07:48:06

Hey, game devs, is transferring 40-50kb of data each frame a dealbreaker for online gaming?
That adds up to 3MB/s (24Mbps). Is this alright?
#gamedev #indiedev #networking #multiplayer

2024-03-11 08:58:17

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@npub1aw2…8vv5 I just write my own makefiles, but every mnow and then there's a lib I need that users cmake and it makes me sick

2024-03-11 08:50:37

I hate CMAKE. That's the post. Just hate it.
Why the FUCK does CMAKE generate VS project files that depend on having CMAKE installed on your system? And it has to be in a fixed path? And EVERYTHING has to be in a fixed path?
Have CMAKE developers ever compiled something or used version control? This is unusable and I am very angry and it's Monday and I haven't had my coffee yet.
EDIT: AND IT HAS TO HAVE VS INSTALLED AT A FIXED PATH TOO WHO MADE THIS CRAP????
#cmake #programming #cprogramming

2024-03-07 19:36:59

What's your favourite 80s action cartoon intro sequence? Asking for a friend (I's me, I'm the friend)
#cartoon #80s #boomer #hannabarbera #nickelodeon

2024-03-05 13:01:05

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People who are saying that these patented languages are open soruce or ISO standardised, have never heard of H.264.
H.264 is both open source and an ISO standard and you'll still get slapped with fees if you try to peddle your own encoder, even if you wrote it from scratch.
Or are you saying "These corporations would never do this to us!" because oh boy, do I have a bridge to sell you!

2024-03-05 09:19:35

Today I was pointed to The OPL Archive and somehow ended up listening to some video game bangers!
What's some of the best DOS bangers?
https://opl.wafflenet.com/
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2024-03-05 08:10:04

Out of 6 languages recommended by the NSA, 4 are patended bvy multibillion comanies who can pull the plug on them at any time (and Oracle already tried that).
C# - PATENTED by Microsoft,
Go - PATENTED by Google
Java - PATENTED by Oracle, NOT FREE
Python - not too shabby
Rust - not too shabby
Swift - PATENTED by Apple
#programming #nsa #cprogramming #csharp #golang #java #rust #rustlang #python #swift #patents #foss #eff
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2024-03-05 08:10:04

2024-03-04 20:28:55

Exactly the same content, posted on the same time, to similar crowd, gets 10x more engagement here than on Twitter, even tho I have 10x less followers here.
Why are people still using Twitter for promotion? And some are paying money thinking they're getting a good deal.
#twitter #mastodon #socialmedia #seo #visibility #posting #content #followers #viral
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2024-03-04 11:32:25

Gamedev companies that laid off THOUSANDS of people are the same ones that asked everyone to crunch their way to divorce and depression just couple years back.
Think about it next time you thunk about staying a single minute overtime.
#gamedev #indiedev #gameindustry

2024-02-23 17:24:10

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@npub1mc3…nkdg Oh god I feel this.they always do this at my local coffee shop and they're so nice so i never say anything

2024-02-15 11:22:53

Hmmm.. the .md2 file format requires a normal lookup table (it saves normal as a single byte) and that's a big licencing no-no so I'm gonna have to generate normals on the fly.
Honestly, I was thinking of pre-processing the .md2 file but that's extra effort and the low resolution normal data gives sub-optimal results at best
#gamedev #indiedev #retrodev

2024-02-14 15:49:44

My milkshape brings all the boys to the yard
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2024-02-13 09:37:58

Imagine using Copilot and it just inserts GPL stuff into your proprietary code.

2023-12-20 10:42:58

Vulkan adds hardware H.264 and H.265 encoders making everyone who uses Vulkan subject to PATENT FEES.
https://www.khronos.org/blog/khronos-finalizes-vulkan-video-extensions-for-accelerated-h.264-and-h.265-encode
#gamedev #indiedev #patent #softwarepatents #vulkan #rendering #opengl #khronos
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2023-11-22 10:48:50

I wanted to stop debugging so I clicked the square.
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2023-11-20 12:41:44

My talk about making an ultra-portable game engine from scratch has been voted the best talk of the GiC conference!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cOqAHzIfQE
I am talking about McPixel 3 Engine that I wrote from scratch in C.
It has been ported to Windows, Max, Linux, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5, iOS, Android, Windows 95, Raspberry Pi, FreeBSD, Haiku OS, RISC-V, Windows 3.51, MS-DOS and Linux Terminal.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #programming #gameprogramming #cprogramming
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2023-11-15 09:15:28

My software 3D renderer is coming along nicely
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2023-11-07 14:01:47

I was just thinking that game programmign deliberately defies defies classic programming dogmas.
Think about it, you make a draw_point() function, and then you make a draw_line function.
Classically, you should call draw_point() from draw_line() in a loop to avoid redundancy.
However, you never do this in gamedev, because it's slow as hell.
#programming #gameprogramming #gamedev #indiedev

2023-11-03 12:00:04

Hey, is there a modern terminal text editor that supports multiple documents/tabs, "normal" keyboard shortcuts and syntax highlighting?
#programming #linux #freebsd

2023-11-03 10:42:44

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@npub1nqp…w9sy I think they just fused it with boost at one point.

2023-11-03 10:36:12

C++ has devolved into a Java-like joke language over the years and you can't prove me otherwise.
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2023-09-27 09:51:44

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@npub1nqp…w9sy yeah, it’s sometimes off a bit, but it’s good enough to weed out some unnecessary bottlenecks.
As for SIMD, I actually need this code TO BE PURE c and portable, so I’m avoiding ASM and SIMD and other platform specific stuff. This bit was just done to profile asm vs pure C approach and the performance difference is negligible so I left it at that.
If I run out of cycles I’ll start looking at stuff like that!

2023-09-27 09:42:21

Visual Studio Profiler never ceases to amaze me! You can even see individual assembly instructions execution time!
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2023-09-26 10:33:29

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@npub1nqp…w9sy Not much reading. Drawing one 256x256 sprite 4000 times on a 1920x1080 buffer (one buffer per thread), let me seee....
That's gonna be 256*256*4*4000 is 1GB both ways that's 2GB, seems like you're right, I might be bottlenecking there.
Edit: Ok, I reduced number of sprites and now it gets slower with more threads

2023-09-26 10:17:54

Hmmm... I'm trying to implement multithreaded software rendering but no matter how many threads I throw at it, the result is always the same... why?
Concurency Profiler shows there is no redundancy or blocking, and they're all render their proper share of sprites.
Help!
#gamedev #multithreading #c #visualstudio #retrodev #programming #cprogramming #development
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2023-09-22 07:00:14

Why are there so many fake profiles of me on M?
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2023-09-18 09:06:47

I'll be at GiC in Poznan talking about my game engine that was ported to everything that exists!
Come and listed to learn how to make your own and if such an approach is fit for you!
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2023-09-14 09:53:29

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@npub1aw2…8vv5 It doesn't actually say that in the body :P
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2023-09-14 09:42:42

I think gmail ha sa spam problem. These are all sent from gmail addreses
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2023-09-05 09:08:40

Four horsemen of deleting stuff from iCloud
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2023-08-25 20:41:37

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@npub1mc3…nkdg "Ahh, time for adventure! Just let me grab my bow and sword and shovel and clown nose!"

2023-07-13 00:31:57

LOL, you can play GTA on the #hand386
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2023-06-29 16:36:18

McPixel 3 is now out on iOS and Android and it looks gorgeous on widescreen phones! Check it out!
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devolverdigital.mcpixel3
iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mcpixel-3/id1608385698
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2023-06-27 09:44:45

In case you're missing some math functions here is a guide for deriving functions from Commodore 64 handbook.
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