Paolo Munoz

Husband, Father, and mild-mannered corporate Programmer by day. Indie Game Developer by night!

ゲーム天使

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

Meme Magic Theorem:

The funniest outcome is the most likely.

Corollary:

If nothing funny has happened yet, just wait.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@Xtopher_Uzo What if that was the week of Easter on the verge of Divine Mercy Sunday? 😉

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@not_sacke He’s more disciplined than I am. He’s making @WholesomeMGA if you want to check it out. Free Demo on Steam.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

Other unspoken roles for an indie dev:

Executive Producer
Community Manager
Help Desk
IT Support
Webmaster
Social Media Manager
Reddit Moderator
Discord Mod
UI/UX Specialist
Psychologist
Financial Manager

[Indie Game Joe @IndieGameJoe]

An indie dev's job title

- Programmer
- Artist
- Animator
- Writer
- Composer
- Sound designer
- Level designer
- Tester
- Trailer editor
- Community manager
- Accountant
- Marketer (somehow)

If that's you and you're still going, I think that's incredible! ❤️

What did I miss?

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

This is when you start doing super sets.

The future is going to be jacked.

[Ion @Ionkosm]

nobody tells you AI coding is 50% waiting

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@not_sacke I have a friend who has a Discord community and I know if I had one, I would be socializing more than developing.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@ThatRosaryGirl That’s the funny thing. Virginia is built upon the main backbone of the Internet. It always has been because of the intelligence community. Other States actually don’t have the infrastructure.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@SSJKamui @GuiltyDogVR My first games (built in FlashDevelop) I was so concerned with actually rendering on screen and I was so happy with the results I lost out on making sure the games were actually fun.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

Protestantism proposes getting back to the “basics of the faith.”

But no one actually agrees on the basics. They say they do, but they really don’t.

And as you pointed out, strip out one thing, and you’re not merely pulling off wallpaper, you’re pulling down a load bearing beam.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

It’s stuff like this that makes me wonder what the future will hold for all creatives in this new age.

[Adayasmr @adayasmr]

#malfoid Lumos Lumos Epilogue 2 (ft. Little Hands) [Official Music Video]

[TigerHix @TigerHixTang]

posts like this always remind me of this goated take from Miyamoto

https://t.co/09QEGmL00v

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

You mean you code by hand?

[Panat @ptaranat]

writing code in an interview is now larping in the literal sense. like you are straight up live action roleplaying a historical reenactment of what it was like to be a software engineer.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

If anything, AI can do to the one thing human programmers never do:

Keep accurate and up to date software documentation.

[Silvanuz | Wishlist Bloomies on Steam ☘️ @SilvanuzGamedev]

Fits with the current AI situation among the Big Walk developers.

[Ramblings of a Filipino Nerd - Version 2.0 @RamblingsNerd2]

Two things can be correct:
>The anti-AI drama over Big Walk had as much to do with the devs' political grandstanding as their audience's outburst
>That drama is also being exploited to scapegoat Steam/Valve's AI disclosure policy as if THEY'RE to blame.
This isn't gamers' fault.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@draginol @crierlon At this point, any programmer worth their salt is using AI. I've been saying that programming before AI was like cutting down a tree with an ax. Programming with AI is like cutting down a forest with a harvester that spits out planks of wood.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@redcar_tenken That's why I'm starting to speak up again, because it is disgusting behavior under the guise of "moral righteousness."

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

The only thing gamers care about is if the game is fun. The anti-AI crowd is a very different demographic.

[graph @graphtraversal]

gamers when game developers use ai in an industry notorious for
- long hours,
- intense crunch
- lower pay than adjacent software jobs
- frequent layoffs
- harsh criticism

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@redcar_tenken On the reverse, there are now witch hunts where people will accuse an artist of using AI and destroy their reputation without proof. And innocent artists get annihilated.

That's what I mean by "the anti-AI crowd". It's now a "moral" excuse to destroy others.

[Paolo Munoz @GameDiviner]

@redcar_tenken You and I largely agree and you have a balanced take that most gamers have. We all want something made with heart.

What I mean by the "anti-AI crowd" are the people who are completely eviscerating a beloved indie game for using AI to solve an engine issue Unity could not.