Quantity always wins
I think most would agree that the artist formerly known as Twitter has never been in more need of a thermonuclear cleansing. The Musk era has transformed what was already fondly known as a hellsite into something at once more obnoxious and sadder, whether you’re talking about the web3 grifters or the resurgent debate-me cryptofascists or the recommendation algorithm’s perceptibly greater enthusiasm for quote-tweet flamebait.
Still, there are lights in the darkness. Yesterday, Graham pointed us towardsa thread started by The End Is Nigh developer Tyler Glaielin which he challenged other developers to “take a short break, pick a number in your code or data files, multiply it by 1000, and post the results”. Other developers have heeded the call. Here’s a round-up of the results that doubles as a watery echo of Alice0’s (RPS in peace) oldScreenshot Saturday Monday features.
Let’s kick off with this instance of senior citizen rage from Kirt Olson and the World’s Worst Handyman.
If you’re currently working on a video game, take a short break, pick a number in your code or data files, multiply it by 1000, and post the resultshttps://t.co/PDqsm9hyAopic.twitter.com/objaVQk6Zd
If you’re keen on multipliers inBalatro, this probably counts as extreme pornography.
kilochadhttps://t.co/71Zl56zEYxpic.twitter.com/oZjGSBJJOb
I didn’t realiseHauntiihad rollercoasters. This one would make a fine particle accelerator.
roller coaster boost power X 1000pic.twitter.com/q1h4E0k3B9
An oddly mesmerising contribution from Mytino Games, who is working on “a 2D physics sandbox game with survival/RPG elements”.
Let’s spawn way too many particles at oncepic.twitter.com/Cv22gU0uJO
Some extra-tactical wall-bouncing in Combo Devils (incidentally, I’ve just discovered Infil’sfighting game glossary, which seems both robust and accessible).
Can dohttps://t.co/RXrK8K9Hxfpic.twitter.com/yIJEsL1pOG
Seeing as though this is a stealth Alice0 appreciation post, a shout-out for one of her recent discoveries, the brilliantly awfulBuckshot Roulette.
https://t.co/bGzRQuvBj5pic.twitter.com/YfCQUkOMRp
And finally, there’s the one in the article header image,a gigantified version of Storm The Courtfrom Ryan Kamins,Marathonlighting lead at Bungie.
There’s plenty more in the thread, though admittedly quite a lot of them are variations on the theme of getting launched by a giant inSkyrimor just shooting a thousand fireballs at once. If it leaves you hungry for indie oddities, TwiXer have apparently just updated their algorithm to boost smaller creators, and various developers (plus a non-zero quantity of horny anime fan artists) have been posting their work to test this. Find a few of them in the QTs and replies tothis xeet from CultureCrave.
