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Spookiness enthusiast. Explorer and Maker of Things and Places (Droids and other robots, AI, Games, VTubing, Props, VR worlds, and Art). Highly opinionated. Ask your doctor if following @Dyne is right for you.

Side effects may include: exposure to geekery, frequent reposts, and librul politics.

LocationIn the Aether
OccupationShiftless Layabout
PronounsI don't care much as long as you aren't malicious.

Housemate:

"The existence of http and https implies the existence of http3, http: Resurrection, and http vs. Predator.

Discuss."

Our final round of prizes for the Project Lighthouse Community Challenge has just been added!

Join us and build free #CC0 assets for the #b3d and #ue5 community, work on a real game, and win a share of $10000+ worth of sponsored prizes: https://blog.polyhaven.com/project-lighthouse-challenge/

Literally talked about hacking Star Trek communicator badges with @sammachin at the London #HomeAssistant meetup this evening, then read this https://hackaday.com/2026/02/25/control-your-smart-home-with-trek-inspired-comm-badge/
Control Your Smart Home With Trek-Inspired Comm Badge

One thing some people hate about voice control is that you need to have a process always running, listening for the wake word. If your system isn’t totally locally-hosted, that can raise some…

Hackaday

I like #HomeAssistant, I really do, but sometimes things really. piss. me. off.

The new overview dashboard for example. Can't disable it. Can't rewrite it. Can't hide it or restrict it with permissions (not that it'd matter for the admin). So naturally, whenever I log into my instance through the remote nabu casa URL (as opposed to my local IP), HA completely IGNORES my default dashboard setting and shows this thing.

Getting very tempted to dive into the code and rip it out by the roots.

I've already worked on models of Vedal987's Tutel #VTuber model as well as the variant used by Camila, and gotten both them in-game for testing.

I've previously posted about both of those models on the bird site, but here they are in their current forms. You can see the old test videos at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntDwOiFGXQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omu5gi2fHKg

I've been playing around with #Hytale modding recently, especially adding new models.

On a lark, I decided to start adding @ironmse.bsky.social to the game. Here's the WIP model. Getting around Orbis is going to be a bumpy ride with those wheels...

Hytale's early access release date set in stone for January 2026, but its devs admit "the first impression will be rough"

Hytale now has an early access release date in January 2026, and pre-orders kick off next month.

Rock Paper Shotgun
Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
Steam Frame

VR and non-VR gaming