James Sutherland

Lead Coder @SumoDigitalLtd. Making games 'professionally' since 1998.

Human Fall Flat, HITMAN, Doctor Who Adventure Games, Sonic Racing etc. Giraffe sometimes.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@RoyalMailHelp Hi. Trying to arrange a collection. The website says it's free, but also that it's 30p? How do I get a free collection?

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@NixMelody @Hull_Trains @PalmTree88 In case your mum missed the announcement, they've said on the train that you can use your ticket tomorrow. Not said anything about accommodation though.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@Hull_Trains @PalmTree88 At this point, even if we do go to Sheffield, there are no trains from there to Retford tonight, which is where we're heading.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@Hull_Trains @PalmTree88 I agree it'd be good to know if the tickets can be used tomorrow. If the train is cancelled and there are no others today can we reclaim anything for hotel costs?

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@Hull_Trains 18:48 London Kings Cross to Beverley

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@stuartyarham @tha_rami I have no idea. Maybe they'll just ask Chat GPT to estimate it. Probably no worse than any other method.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@tha_rami I wonder if any of the games that come preinstalled on Windows these days are made with Unity? That'd be quite a per-install fee. Same with stuff preinstalled on Android phones by various OEMs.

[Lord Winklebottom Investigates 🦒 @cavemonsters]

I'm absolutely ecstatic to have Lord Winklebottom nominated as a finalist in the #TIGAawards! 🥳 Congratulations to all the other finalists, see you there!

@TIGAMovement #gamedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

Me: We definitely shouldn't start playing any trading card games. I've learned my lesson from Magic The Gathering. Never again.

Also me:

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@Morgana255 Yeah, this one is called "Psychotic Illusions", apparently.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

Trying out colour shift paint for the miniatures for the Nemesis boardgame. Works really well, despite not having an airbrush.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

We have a droid shelf in our living room now.

[Lord Winklebottom Investigates 🦒 @cavemonsters]

Lord Winklebottom Investigates is part of Dreamhack Beyond’s Summer Indie Showcase event on Steam right now!

Get our stylish point and click adventure for 30% off, and check out all the other amazing games in the showcase!

https://t.co/5zelcsTgBC

#dreamhackbeyond #indiegame

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

I feel like I've wasted so much time trying to chase processes as they jump around in this list.

[Jen Gentleman 🌺 @JenMsft]

Did you know that if you hold CTRL it will pause Task Manager updating, which means the process names don't move around and are easier to select when you're sorted by resource usage? 👀

Works in both Windows 10 & 11

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@ParakoEPC No, sorry. Just my vague memories :)

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@ParakoEPC I'm sure there was one at some point, but it probably got removed for some reason before release. Early in development, though, it was all bronze Daleks.

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

@ParakoEPC Could be leftover from when the game had new series Daleks in. We replaced them with paradigm Daleks part way through development once the designs were ready. I think there was still a junked NS Dalek in the Dalek city somewhere though?

[James Sutherland @jamessutherland]

I just added up roughly how much of my game dev career has been spent working on things that didn't ship. I reckon it's around 7 years (mostly at the start, too).

[Sumo Sheffield @SumoSheffield]

It's time for more #MyMemorabilia, where our people rave about their favourite collectables!

This week we have @jamessutherland, Lead Programmer, who shares with us a relic from Sumo's past 🤩