Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison (@hey.paris)

@runevision.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:26 PMReposted by @hey.paris

"In my joke blog post (during my time at Unity) I invented the Semantic Game Builder Interface as a silly cautionary tale."

Unity 12 years later: "At long last, we have created the Semantic Game Builder Interface from classic April 1st blog p-

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Image from April 1st 2012 blog post "Semantic Game Builder Interface to be Integrated Into Unity". It shows a dialog box with a text input field containing the text: "Make a first person shooter in space. It should be open world with different planets to explore. There should be aliens of different types. Some are hostile but others are friendly and you can trade".

Image from Unity Spark announcement in 2026. It shows a dialog box with a text input field containing the words: "A corridor shooter set in space".

@merrittk.com Oct 10, 2026, 11:19 PMReposted by @hey.paris

someone really hated this little freak

@gamingonlinux.com Oct 7, 2026, 5:01 PMReposted by @hey.paris

With Unity further leaning into AI slop, a good time for #GameDev to check out godotengine.org

@hey.paris Oct 9, 2026, 9:42 PM

i'm so tired

@hey.paris Oct 9, 2026, 8:56 AM

our hero art for yarn spinner features him, if you didn’t know ❤️

A snippet of a larger digital illustration of a futuristic room with a humanoid character with dark hair wearing a red shirt with a star on it and some plants. In the centre of the snippet is a pointy dog. He is long and pointy and has beautiful stripy markings.

@hey.paris Oct 8, 2026, 11:49 PM

What a week. I was literally on stage accepting the award at the AGDAs while Mum back in Hobart was taking him to the vet to see if anything could be done. We got back from Melbs and he was just so exhausted there was nothing else to do. ❤️

@hey.paris Oct 8, 2026, 11:39 PM

He’s gone.

@hey.paris Oct 8, 2026, 10:06 AM

He is nearly 14. He is the best. He was the silliest puppy, and he is the most dignified old man. We rescued him after someone threw him out of a car at 3 months old on a highway and the RSPCA found him.

@hey.paris Oct 8, 2026, 9:24 AM

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@hey.paris Oct 8, 2026, 7:58 AM

Our old boy, Argos, may be very near the end. Please appreciate how handsome and brilliant he is. The best whippet. The weirdest whippet.