Polyducks
@Polyducks
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Freelance Indie Gamedev • Pixel Artist • Textmode • TTRPG • pixelart • Lowpoly • GBStudio • JS/HTML • Dungeon Master #ドット絵 🚫no N FTs / no Al 🚫
England
Joined September 2012
Pending the coming changes on November the 15th 2024 which allow AI training on all user content, I've deleted all my artwork and posts from Twitter. You can find my art on my website - and get my RSS feed/Newsletter/Contact info/other socmed there too.
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I have to add my voice to the chorus: there is nothing more insulting, disempowering, or a surer sign that you’re working with hacks (& there are many, wedged into middle management in AAA) than receiving an AI moodboard as a concept artist, and I need to talk about it
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A roundup of all the personal work I have squeezed in this year. Makin stuff is a joy. There is still stuff to be made. Fuck A.I. Just create things for the hell of it. It's all good. Hope you all have had a decent year. Cheers. Song - Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle
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Reminder that making your own website is cool and sexy and you can make one (for free) in an afternoon using Neocities. Mailing lists are free and uninterrupted by "the algorithm". Own your section of the internet and tell everyone about it NOW.
For You "Elon Saved Free Speech" White Knight Assholes: Read the New Terms of Service Released Today X just updated their Terms of Service effective January 15, 2026. Here's what you agreed to: AI TRAINING RIGHTS GRAB: Everything you post becomes training data for their AI
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In this house... Ballpoint pen on paper 2024
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For You "Elon Saved Free Speech" White Knight Assholes: Read the New Terms of Service Released Today X just updated their Terms of Service effective January 15, 2026. Here's what you agreed to: AI TRAINING RIGHTS GRAB: Everything you post becomes training data for their AI
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I didn't have $1 million for a Game Awards Trailer so I'm posting my ASCII 3D RPG game here instead for free!
A 3 minute trailer at the Game Awards now costs up to $1 million Via Kotaku
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🔎 How does private equity stack up against other investments over time? We looked at 10 years of data. Discover what we found!
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A detailed, architectural look at Zelda's Spirit Temple: https://t.co/i4iMuvGCta [hat tip @Polyducks]
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Probably flawed, but why not: Indie - Independent ii - Independent (bigger budget, bigger team) iii - Independent (huge budget, lots of outsourcing) A - i or ii scale, with publisher AA - Mid sized studio (likely owned by a bigger company or shares) AAA - Top tier, large budget
I'm currently writing an essay paper for my uni class on what it means to be an "indie" game. Not to spoil it but by no definition I've found is e33 an indie game.
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In 2000, the S&P 500 had an elevated trailing P/E of 26, well above its long-term avg. of 14. For the next 11 years, the S&P 500 delivered zero returns! The current S&P 500 trailing P/E is 30 – even higher than 2000. History rhymes. For standardized performance visit our website.
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This feels like so much more than four colours.
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