George Laskowsky

@glaskows@mastodon.gamedev.place
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I've been programming games most of my life, games you either never heard off or cared about.

In my spare time I like playing with retro computers and games.

My current professional role is Head of Platform: planing and prioritising the improvements affecting all games at the company.

Living in Germany, born in Chile.

George Laskowsky1d ago
MKSchmidt1d ago

‪#ScreenshotSaturday I wanted to share some of my favorite recent screenshots from Cyclopean: The Great Abyss. It is on schedule for full release this coming Thursday, so pray for me! :)

#Cats #GameDev

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2958790/announcements/detail/510711823303966729?snr=2___

George Laskowsky1d ago

I need to pitch my game idea next Tuesday, but I haven't made a live pitch since my startup phase more than 10 years ago.

The funding I am applying to doesn't bring big bucks, but it doesn't ask for equity or co-investment.

With it, I pretend to hire a couple of artist to work with us for 3 months and prepare the project for a bigger funding round.

While not winning doesn't kill the project, it will surely slow it down. Lets hope for the best!

George Laskowsky2d ago
Chad McCullough2d ago
This was in the latest bookshop.org newsletter:

"Where You Shop Matters
Amazon doesn’t care about books. They don’t care about maintaining a healthy literary ecosystem where new voices are discovered and important ideas are shared. They don’t care about sponsoring your local little league team or hosting a summer reading challenge designed to keep children learning. They want you to purchase things (so. many. things.) and they don’t care when you return it and it becomes trash.

Independent bookstores aren’t just bookstores. They are pillars of their communities and supporting them means supporting all of the incredible work they do beyond selling books.

They’re invaluable. Amazon is not."

Amen to all of this. If you have an Amazon account, end it, and support your local independent book shop instead.

#supportlocal #fuckamazon
George Laskowsky2d ago
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽2d ago
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States and there always has been.” — Isaac Asimov.
George Laskowsky4d ago
GabeMoralesVR4d ago
Been writing my #Sega #Dreamcast #programming book for years. Trimmed it down to 143 pages without the #source #code snippets, but it's slowly expanding back out as I add the images I've created over the years. I want to make this available for free to everybody eventually.
George Laskowsky4d ago

I want to try learning analog electronics for the nth time in my life. I know the basics, but I want to get into more complex topics.

Can anyone recommend good sources in the internet?

#electronics

George LaskowskyJul 3

Yesterday I had a fight with my game design partner about the use of AI in video game production.

I don't want that shit anywhere near my games, he is worried about surviving as a small inde studio.

Leaving all its issues behind, he was trying to make a case for mechamical repetitive tasks... but I don't see it, there are already good tools to cover many repetitive tasks already. I do believe there is creativity and learnings involved in repetitive work.

Am I being too extreme?

George LaskowskyJul 2
Bernie WickJul 2

Watching the waves.

#pixelart #ドット絵 #art #gamedev

George LaskowskyJun 28
Johan PeitzJun 28

Throwing a massive sale on Steam and itch! Get picoCAD as well as all my games for really cheap!

Steam https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38093/Apskeppet_Mega_Bundle/
Itch https://itch.io/s/155911/summer-sale-2025

#pixelart #gamedev #screenshotSaturday

George LaskowskyJun 26
AboodaJun 26
The world is preoccupied while Gaza is being annihilated off-screen.The massacres continue100 martyrs &hundreds wounded today. A day that reminds us of the early days of aggression.
Every hour since dawn, there has been a massacre An urgent call to donate blood.
An urgent call to provide hospital beds for the wounded.An urgent call to bring in medical supplies and infant formula.An urgent call to deliver fuel to hospital
An urgent call do not forget Gaza.
Help please 🙏
https://gofund.me/d01c555b
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George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽2d ago
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States and there always has been.” — Isaac Asimov.
Show threadsevertz2d ago
@georgetakei One of my favourite quotes.
Show threadZ2d ago
@georgetakei True tho in fairness other so-called intelligent countries have the same disease.
Show threadJustin M2d ago
@ononrail @georgetakei it has always been there, but it is spreading faster thanks to social media and the internet
Show threadMemento Mori 💃🏽🇪🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦1d ago

@Jam123

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@ononrail @georgetakei

Show threadMemento Mori 💃🏽🇪🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦1d ago

@ononrail

Yeah - we are suffering in Germany 🇩🇪 too‼️

@georgetakei

Show threadRichard R Lee2d ago

#Trumpistan is the land of #ShitForBrains.

#GriftersGonnaGrift however.
@georgetakei

Show threadA_Minion2d ago
@georgetakei Speaking of the Moral Majority . . .
Show threadbit2d ago

@georgetakei

Science, facts, and reason, don't bend to political power. So those that aim to abuse it will always try to undermine them.

Show threadMemento Mori 💃🏽🇪🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦1d ago

@bit

👍🏽

@georgetakei

Show threadOldmeanroy2d ago
@georgetakei Think about how ignorant the average person is and reflect on the fact that 50% are less informed.
Show threadMemento Mori 💃🏽🇪🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦1d ago

@oldmeanroy

👍🏽

@georgetakei

Show threadToni Aittoniemi2d ago
@georgetakei A whole lot of people who never got to experience the emancipating intellectual humilation of "I literally know nothing". Such a shame really. They are really suffering because of it, too.
Show threadonor.io2d ago
@georgetakei You're not wrong but it's not just the US. It's in a lot of cultures--places where people seem to think that ignorance is some sort of virtue.
Show threadRobin Barton2d ago
@georgetakei True but I would say this thread runs through the anglo-saxon world and not just usa
Show threadDebbie Belair2d ago

@georgetakei It's a sign of morons.

It's as if they are trying to make up for unhappy and unsuccessful school days. 🙄

Show threadEllie (please install drivers)2d ago
@georgetakei could you add alt-texts for people who are blind or almost blind?
Show threadMarty Fouts2d ago
@georgetakei I wish people would quote the part of the essay where Asimov suggested how to overcome the problem. It’s a short essay and worth reading. https://encyclopediaasimova.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-cult-of-ignorance-by-isaac-asimov-1980.html?m=1
"A Cult of Ignorance” by Isaac Asimov, 1980

From Aphelis: "A Cult of Ignorance” by Isaac Asimov, 1980 It’s hard to quarrel with that ancient justification of the free press: “Ame...

Show threadzvhxxl2d ago
@georgetakei
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States and there always has been.”
I don't think Asimov is right. In the past 200 years curiosity and advancing in society through knowledge and learning were appreciated. That is what made America great.
The notion "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge" has grown in the last 20 years. It comes from the basic feeling of Americans: "I am independent, no king or government can tell me what to do", but then misinterpreted.
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦1d ago
@zvhxxl
The two have existed in parallell all that time. In the same communities.
@georgetakei
Show threadStargeezer Smith2d ago
@georgetakei
Is the U. S. cult of ignorance uncommon compared to other countries?
Show threadTim Mills1d ago
@stargazersmith @georgetakei Definitely found elsewhere. (I've certainly seen my share of it here in Canada, and in the UK when I lived there.) I suspect it's a human thing.
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦1d ago
@georgetakei
Agrarian political movements going back 200 years in Europe and US are the seeds of this. "The centre is rotten".
Show threadMemento Mori 💃🏽🇪🇺🇩🇪🇺🇦1d ago

@georgetakei

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Show threadKpl Klink1d ago
@georgetakei So very true.
Show threadNemethon1d ago
That is a world wide problem.