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nooo it was so beautiful. we ran into a very sharply dressed team immediately after finding this and two of us died. the third made it out though.
whoever made it say TRANS PORT in giant letters for 1/16 of a second, i see you.
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someone doesn't have enough map knowledge to spend certs effectively yet and by someone i mean me.
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\nyesterday i was mulling over what kind of overhead there would be for spline based terrain interpolation instead of bilinear. i think you could precrunch the midpoints and slopes, then you could essentially have two lines which you're using your normal t to blend between. unsure what that's called.
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","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy/post/3mo42md5lis23","date_published":"2026-06-12T15:29:30+00:00","author":{"name":"loren schmidt","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.bsky.app%2Fimg%2Favatar%2Fplain%2Fdid%3Aplc%3An4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy%2Fbafkreifr4f5b7jyet56abf2phjkt22krizaj4xbredc2cbutp6pmntk3lm","_microblog":{"username":"lorenschmidt.bsky.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-12 15:29","date_timestamp":1781278170,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92054661","content_html":"the other part of this, which is more insidious and harder to quantify, is that code assist generates code with zero to low in-house expertise, no long term planning, and no documentation.
it's true what they say, the documentation is more important than the code. generating code sacrifices that.
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that was a good run for me. sponsored kit, killed one runner near hauler and magnanimously let them crawl in instead of killing them. landed a weapons locker, then got a scar from my downed foe, who didn't, it turned out, have a self revive. scared a second runner away from my exfil and left early.
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\nsuddenly there is this utterly charming weirdo contract. wait wait wait were they holding it all in reserve, is the game a weird writing trojan horse.
idea for a game:
a large interlinked world, which you explore over time. but you're not in it continuously, and it's not as simple as gaining power over time incrementally via a set of permanent upgrades. instead, you plan a course, teleport in, then exit. you gain teleport entry points over time.
","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy/post/3mnzmgwme3c2y","date_published":"2026-06-11T16:10:37+00:00","author":{"name":"loren schmidt","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.bsky.app%2Fimg%2Favatar%2Fplain%2Fdid%3Aplc%3An4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy%2Fbafkreifr4f5b7jyet56abf2phjkt22krizaj4xbredc2cbutp6pmntk3lm","_microblog":{"username":"lorenschmidt.bsky.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 16:10","date_timestamp":1781194237,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91962725","content_html":"hear me out, what if Romina was a little closer in difficulty to Malenia.
","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy/post/3mnyplh2tvk2y","date_published":"2026-06-11T07:34:10+00:00","author":{"name":"loren schmidt","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.bsky.app%2Fimg%2Favatar%2Fplain%2Fdid%3Aplc%3An4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy%2Fbafkreifr4f5b7jyet56abf2phjkt22krizaj4xbredc2cbutp6pmntk3lm","_microblog":{"username":"lorenschmidt.bsky.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 07:34","date_timestamp":1781163250,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91941505","content_html":"ok! done with my errands, time for more Rauh Ruins.
","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy/post/3mnxx5x4n522y","date_published":"2026-06-11T00:17:07+00:00","author":{"name":"loren schmidt","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.talqix.cloud/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.bsky.app%2Fimg%2Favatar%2Fplain%2Fdid%3Aplc%3An4v3w2lmcptvczaspsyanfhy%2Fbafkreifr4f5b7jyet56abf2phjkt22krizaj4xbredc2cbutp6pmntk3lm","_microblog":{"username":"lorenschmidt.bsky.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-11 00:17","date_timestamp":1781137027,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91935317","content_html":"i just rewatched the reveal trailer, and it really lands differently now that i'm playing the game. god, what an amazing piece of work. youtu.be/fvbEnWLRo1s?...
Marathon | Reveal Cinematic Short
YouTube video by Marathon
today i returned to my elden ring playthrough! i spent a while exploring specimen storage, trying to find the entrance to Rauh ruins, and have done a few early forays. it's one of my favorite places.
you know, it took the hardware failure on my old computer keeping me from booting into windows, but i realized today that linux feels like home now. windows is the one that feels like a stranger.
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in the post- moore's law world, games are distinguished by craft rather than tech. we've known that in smaller scale games for decades! we're always focusing on the personal, coming up with interesting ways to do expressive lo fi aesthetics.
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marathon question: search is so broken in 2026. what are the yellow shield walls in night marsh?
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another runner and i just killed each other simultaneously, and neither of us had a revive and we ended up crawling around together in a pile of boots inside a museum exhibit while we bled out. marathon is amazing.
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