Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected]

Indie community developer for the new world order. Best selling author, Windows & Xbox MVP UK and Master Chief of @Zenith_Moon studios

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

I often get asked, "What on earth do you tweet about, it seems random"

In short, I use Twitter to:

* Promote indie devs
* Share critical and interesting #gamedev info
* Share new tips and tricks I find
* Things that made me laugh or cry

I'm all about gamedev, on all platforms.

[Nathie 🔜 AWE @NathieVR]

Be honest this is what we all expected Steam Frame to look like.

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

The team is pleased to announce the first 2 chapters (M2C) of our 3D tutorial using MonoGame. Exclusive for MonoGame sponsors - https://t.co/VyeKuryUnl
If you like the work we're doing, do consider sponsoring us to get access to this and other content - https://t.co/xcp5sGJ7AP

[Peter Gostev @petergostev]

What the hell

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

The 2nd episode of the MonoGame Spotlight will be premiering TOMORROW!

When:
Monday @ 10:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC+1/BST, 16:00 CEST 22:00 CST

On YouTube: https://t.co/aon6YbYAMB

Tap the bell to get YouTube notifications, for this and our future videos :)

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

Want to know how to make a 50 Shades of Grey game using MonoGame.......well we've got you smothered, we mean covered, with our 2D Shader tutorial!!
This builds nicely upon the existing 2D Tutorial and is available here -
https://t.co/qILcXF3d4F

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

The 1st episode of MonoGame Spotlight will be premiering TODAY!

When:
TODAY @ 17:00 EST, 22:00 GMT/UTC, 23:00 CET!

Premiering on:
YouTube: https://t.co/OqiuF67XFM

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

To quote Bueller:

"Life moves pretty fast. If you do not stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

Which is what happens if you do not re-evaluate your AI tools often.

As I adapt, I write & discuss how my plans evolve!
https://t.co/r3hlKm9XWf

#llm #agents #ai

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

The MonoGame Foundation team is pleased to announce the release of MonoGame
v3.8.5-preview.2!

Read this guide if you want to tryout these preview releases
https://t.co/11dfznCWWi

More details here:
https://t.co/jy6i070wba

Test it out and help us make 3.8.5 official!

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

Join Simon Jackson (@SimonDarksideJ) TODAY (13/11) for the next episode of MonoGame University.

When: Every Thursday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC/GMT, 16:00 CET

Streaming links here - https://t.co/GXHMiokYle

Today he's continuing with the "Getting Started with 2D" tutorial.

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

The new Content Builder Project is one of the hottest things coming in MonoGame 3.8.5 preview release. It aims to greatly simplify asset management for MonoGame projects. Read our blog post - https://t.co/1tWC34bWHa and watch the related video (link in the blog post).

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

Join Simon Jackson (@SimonDarksideJ) TODAY (4/11) for the some extra Code Time!

When: Tuesday @ 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 15:00 BST, 16:00 CET

Today he'll be doing a deep dive on the NEW Content Builder project (replacing the MGCB-Editor).

Stream Links : https://t.co/ttHe7H35cM

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

@MonoGameTeam Want to know more details about the awesome KNI engine by Nikos Kastellanos (NKast), check out the GitHub link below:

https://t.co/GyL0bjhx7J

#MonoGame #XNA #Web #KNI

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

In order to address some key policy changes by Apple and Google the MonoGame Foundation is pleased to announce the patch release of v3.8.4.1!

More details can be read here - https://t.co/ymTYfHPGAL

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

Open Hours is today 16:00 UTC (17:00 BST), be there or be square as we announce more streaming and a fantastic guest takes the stage and starts to take shape!

#MonoGame #GameDev

[MonoGame @MonoGameTeam]

Join us this Wednesday for our 13th "Open Hours" AMA

When: Wednesday 15th of October @ 12:00 EDT, 16:00 UTC, 17:00 BST, 18:00 CET

Details here:
https://t.co/TTdl4fUYfl

The blog post has links to watch us on YouTube, Twitch and Facebook

See you there!

[Indie Games Developer - Magazine @igdmag]

It's Steam Next Fest this week - Post your indie game in our week long showcase. We will share some games throughout the week!
#indiegame #SteamNextFest #gamedev #indiegamedev

[Angel D. Muñoz @angel_d_munoz]

Looks like path finding is now working.

Since it was Sunday and I touched a bit of grass, I delegated this feature to a Copilot coding agent.

So, I went to the bakery for some bread and coffee while this was being done by a bot in a PR

Oh this is #fsharp and #monogame btw

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

@CarnivoreKing88 @EricRichards22 Everything in #gamedev is a compromise, sell your soul to use Unity, figure it out with Open Source, Go FORK and support open-source.

Whatever you need to do to make your game dreams come true.

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

If you are tackling with the Google 16kb policy updates, here is a script to help.

https://t.co/ztBmFEMgxM

Based on a #Unity project, but should be usable for any #Android apk build.

Instructions included in gist.

Hope this helps others as it has been a real pain diagnosing.

[Simon ▶darkside◀ J @[email protected] @SimonDarksideJ]

@CarnivoreKing88 @EricRichards22 Which makes perfect sense, but can you can still achieve without compute using other techniques?
Compute shaders are still on the roadmap, but the focus is on Vulkan and DX12 atm.