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didier

@didier@malenfant.net

๐Ÿ’พ Doctor Soft ^ The Kent Team ^ Red Sector Inc ^ Aces ^ Lame / ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Power & Magic, Interplay, Shiny Entertainment, Naughty Dog, Ready At Dawn Studios / ๐ŸŽง Next Audio Labs / ๐Ÿ’ป Retired game developer / ๐Ÿ‘พ Building the pfx.one, a fantasy console for the #AnaloguePocket / ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Making an #Amiga extension for https://nova.app

:amiga: ๐‘จ๐‘ด๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ was the better one. Deal with it.

๐Ÿ“ Paris, France

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#python #c #fpga #demoscene #gamedev #fedi23

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didier, to random
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I guess at some point the audio jack on MacBook Pros stopped being a line in too and no one told meโ€ฆ

didier, to random
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My trip to @revisionparty is all booked! This will be my first demo party ever (although not my first โ€œpartyโ€ ever ๐Ÿ˜).

:amiga: Canโ€™t wait to meet everyone! :amiga:

jtruk, (edited ) to random
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Looking forward to seeing the delights at rsync demoparty this weekend!
RiFT will have an entry in the Fantasy Console competition, and it's looking very elegant. My role: colour engineer ๐Ÿ˜„

didier,
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@jtruk congratulation ๐Ÿฅณ

djlink, to random
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These iOS features make a lot of difference, sometimes we need to give access for something but forget to remove later. Should be in every OS

didier,
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@djlink I canโ€™t wait for segmented address book on iOS the same way they do photos.

glaskows, to random
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Did anyone here founded a successful indie game studio?

There are a few things I would like to ask them.

didier,
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@glaskows indie as in independent or as in making indie games?

didier,
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@glaskows ah okโ€ฆ soโ€ฆ no ๐Ÿ˜„. I started an independent studio but we did AAA.

didier,
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@glaskows no I never really did. It was a bit of a whirlwind to be honestโ€ฆ

didier,
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@glaskows ok.. bear with the 500 char limit :)

  • January 2004 after we shipped JakII at Naughty Dog.
  • 3 founders. We picked the company name based on our initials.
  • IIRC we grew to about 30 over 2 year for our first project but the company eventually was over 100 people (after my time)
  • Privately owned. We split ownership between the 3 founders.
  • We funded the first project and the company with a first-party dev deal with Sony.

...continued... ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

didier,
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@glaskows

  • Yes. I had already pitched the game idea to Jason Rubin at ND before I left. It was an offshoot to J&D on a new console, the PSP.
  • Because that's what I knew how to do and build.
  • I'm the most proud of the company culture we grew. Some guys are still there to this day.
  • I left in 2011 after suffering from depression once we shipped our first game and not pulling my weight anymore because of that. The company eventually was sold to FB in 2020.
didier, to random
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Completely random but I may be in Tokyo in April๐Ÿ—ผ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

Anyone in the area interested in a meet up and grabbing a bite?

didier, to gamedev
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Iโ€™m now LIVE for my contribution to the :

A little introduction to
development over at https://live.malenfant.net


djlink, to random
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video/mp4

didier,
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@djlink I feel like I just got rick-rolled ๐Ÿ˜‚

didier, to fediverse
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New Yearโ€™s Day at 15:00 UTC Iโ€™m hosting a one hour introduction to development as part or @radiofreefedi โ€˜s 24 hour !

https://radiofreefedi.net/nyd24/

Come hang out and ask any questions you were too afraid to ask before ๐Ÿ˜‰

My section of the stream will be on my channel at https://live.malenfant.net

darth, to amiga
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    didier,
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    @darth the sceneโ€ฆ ๐Ÿฅฐ

    darth, to gamedev
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    :anAmigaBall: 231225 - So I managed to fix placeholder sprites on Amiga today and got the basic game functionality operational, yay! So then I tried to make a custom sprite, but it was invisible again. I guess I should study Amiga palettes and how bitplanes function.

    didier,
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    @darth Iโ€™ll leave this hereโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜†

    https://archive.org/details/amiga-hardware-reference-manual-3rd-edition

    didier,
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    @darth yeah itโ€™s a bit unforgiving compared to modern platforms. But you get even more satisfaction when it works :)

    You using C or 68000?

    didier,
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    @darth learn whatever makes sense to you first. Coding is coding. One thing will eventually translate into the other no matter the language.

    didier,
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    @darth AMOS is a good choice too. @yawning_angel has some great video tutorials for that.

    https://mastodonapp.uk/

    didier, to random
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    33 years between those two entries on my profile.

    Time flies when youโ€™re out doing other things.

    Iโ€™m back now though! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

    didier, to demoscene
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    Me: Everythingโ€™s already been done demo-wiseโ€ฆ

    This guy: Hold my beerโ€ฆ ๐Ÿบ

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=zprSxCMlECA

    didier, to verilog
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    Looking to get started with development or just curious on how it's done? I got ya...

    Just merged my tutorial site with the repo hosting all the sample code.

    https://codeberg.org/DidierMalenfant/openFPGA-tutorials

    didier, to random
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    Me right nowโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

    didier,
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    @andycarolan because, joking aside, it actually makes me miserable when I feel like Iโ€™m not ๐Ÿ’ฏ on something. And too many projects means to little timeโ€ฆ

    andycarolan, to random
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    I've just come across the term โ€œCooperative Studioโ€ and honestly, it sounds like an epic idea.

    didier,
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    @andycarolan tell me more

    didier,
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    @andycarolan I thought about something like that for a game project incubator. multiple small teams that can cross collaborate sometimes based on needs.

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