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From coding to creating — Follow my path from software engineering to solopreneurship. Documenting each step and sharing discoveries.

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I find that lots of great indy games I like tends to have simple parts. Like Balatro, Slay the Spire, Gnorp, One turn kill to name a few. Parts are at most doing 1 or 2 simple things max. But the combination of them create a complex system to explore in such possibility space.

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In Magical Athlete, combinations of athletes in the race creates varying shape of hope which makes the game feels emotionally different every time even though you are not having many meaningful decisions. In part, it feels more like a game show generator.

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Engine building can be used to tone down the drastic change in shared board state if action is a limited resource.

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@CorrealeCodes Definitely confusing at times! But to me it’s hugely overlapped in a way that game always have systems and subsystems underneath which is a huge overlap in both game design and software engineering. The differences are how problem space is formulated, I suppose.

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In #gamedev, designer and engineer must learn from each other. Being both myself always find both perspectives valuable, at times overlapped. Overemphasis on one aspect might lead to something mediocre or doesn’t work at all.

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@Kuppy_KP_ @itchio So proud of you :)

[⭐️ KP ⭐️VGEN @Kuppy_KP_]

I'm sooooo happy because my game is finished!!!

#SantaYouDropThis 🎅 by me is out now! play free on @itchio

journal in thread 👇

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#adventofcode2023 day1 with @rustlang and I wrote my own trie because I didn’t read the problem well enough…

[Pika @pika_labs]

Introducing Pika 1.0, the idea-to-video platform that brings your creativity to life.

Create and edit your videos with AI.

Rolling out to new users on web and discord, starting today. Sign up at https://t.co/JHRrinsIwx

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@DariefM Hello from Thailand 🇹🇭

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@Mbounge_ @SaidAitmbarek Totally with you on this

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@marcs_dev Not to me, what is it to you? 💁

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lots of followers vs. few loyal followers

Which one do you prefer and why?

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@jayding Supabase auth is now my fav!

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Hot take 🌶️

Title often just shiny distraction from shit pay. They probably don’t need that.

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Engineers at OpenAI have the title:

"Member of the Technical Staff"

This includes people who:

- Held director or above titles at previous companies
- Have 10+ years of experience as senior engineers
- Were ex-founders

Giving everyone the same title keeps employees focused on the mission instead of on chasing titles for themselves.

📌 For more on OpenAI's unique culture, check out my latest post: https://t.co/48erb79K6G

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@illyism It passed the turing test then 🤖

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🛠️ Working on a Chrome extension that automatically detects and reads articles on any webpage. Still in the early prototype stage.

Do you think this would be useful? Any specific features you'd like to see? #buildinpublic #indiehacker

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@marcs_dev Thank you @marcs_dev !

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Really wondering how to build a personal brand here and not becoming the same lifeless bot just for engagement? 💭

#indiehacker #buildinpublic

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@SaidAitmbarek interesting advice! So rather than just seek engagement blindly, are you saying I should show what I build, share thoughts, useful info and the likes?

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@OngDevLab SvelteKit, much cleaner and the ecosystem is catching up. And listening to @Rich_Harris thoughts behind it makes it even more interesting .