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Heroic The Hobbyist

@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place
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I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student

All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

88 Followers
340 Following
15 Posts
Joined April 16, 2024
Pronouns:
He/Him
Game Development Tools I Use:
Mongame, Godot, C with SDL
Goals:
Find a job in the game industry as a programmer
Favorite Games:
Cave Story, Bastion, Salt and Sanctuary, Ultra Street Fighter 4

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heroicthehobbyist
Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Aug 06, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place

Writing lore is fun. I’m working on my big bad “dream project” and doing all the #creativewriting in my notebook and I think I have nailed down the central themes I want to explore with this game. It’s rather gratifying when games are in that pristine realm of “what if”, it’s such a fun place to be when don’t know anything about anything that would actually be a real hurdle to your game

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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Aug 03, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place

My #datastructures and #algorithms textbook intro chapter just dropped a bar on me. This textbook came out in 1994 (which is a million years ago) and rings true to today. I think it’s always important to remember that EVERYTHING by and from the computer is a humankind choice. Things are this way because someone made the decision to make that way. None of this is “natural” and we made it and we can change it. Funny thing is I’m reading this all for the sake of learning game dev lol.

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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Jul 29, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place

My Summer course is over. I didn’t learn much because I don’t think 5-weeks is enough time to internalize the many different parts of a proper Data structure and algorithms course. So rather than wingding and complaining I just went ahead bought a physical #computerscience textbook and I’m going work through that from start to finish. It’s in #clang but I’m sure all the general use information will be applicable to any other language. If my school isn’t going to educate me I’ll do it myself.

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heroicthehobbyist
Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Jul 27, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place

Doing my #computerscience degree for the love of the game is rather discouraging. The amount of flagrant cheating and disregard for actually learning all in hopes to get a FAANG/MANGO/whatever acronym these days job is rather bleak. The minority of my peers actually care about computer wizard stuff, I feel like my classes are just full of “I want a job that pays well” types. I don’t fault them considering their economic future but there is a palpable lack the sort of hacker ethos I would expect.

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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · May 11, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @molegato@mastodon.gamedev.place
@molegato@mastodon.gamedev.place -You’re doing more than most and you should always have a sense of earned pride and respect for yourself! Keep it up dude 👽🎤🎶🎵
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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · May 06, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @llorenzin@infosec.exchange
@llorenzin - I kid you not I had a potential mentor say the exact same thing! He gave me so general wisdom and insight but he told me and i quote “The pathways to got me to where I am and where I want to go aren’t around anymore”.
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heroicthehobbyist
Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · May 06, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @llorenzin@infosec.exchange
@llorenzin - I’m a Sophomore in CS, and the “Junior developer hiring is over” is saddening. The amount of effort I need to just get up to bat let alone on first base is deflating. It’s not enough to show basic competence, communication, and a capacity to learn; these days you need to have your own end-to-end software platform up and 100+ leetcode questions memorized. The system is all messed up, and the worst part is this is all unforced errors. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · May 06, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm working in #sdl2 and using plain C #clang. This is going to be my summer project. I want to make a fully featured #pacman clone. I know some people are making websites and apps but I wanted to make something I cared about and I care about games.

I read @romero@mastodon.gamedev.place 's autobiography and that has me pretty charged up to do things the old-school way. The way I see the arcade was where I feel in love with games as a kid so I'll start by making arcade classics.

All human made code of course.

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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Apr 28, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social
@mrmasterkeyboard - open-source software and corporate sponsorship should be an oxymoron. I wish we lived in a world where making cool computer software was just supported by the public and free of the clutches of MEGACORPS
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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Apr 28, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place
@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place - I think about this often. Part of the reason we haven’t seen “innovation” in anything in the last 15 years is that making better things has never been the goal or objective
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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Apr 23, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @emilymbender@dair-community.social
@Hierarchy @emilymbender @404mediaco - Ain’t your fault, no worries. Luckily all is well for me physically/health-wise. I’m very lucky to be able to say that. However the fact I can’t go to the doctors is very much a structural problem cause I’m sure there are countless other people just like me in my situation.
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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Apr 23, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @emilymbender@dair-community.social
@emilymbender @404mediaco - it’s really sad to read this and know I haven’t been to a doctors office in I think six years because I can’t afford it.
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heroicthehobbyist
Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Apr 08, 2026
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @clive@saturation.social
@clive - looks straight out of a sci-fi graphic novel
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Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Jun 30, 2025
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

mastodon.gamedev.place
Replying to @Yuvalne@433.world
@Yuvalne@433.world - MEGACORPS get away with everything they tell us not to do. Hate it all so much.
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heroicthehobbyist
Heroic The Hobbyist @heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place · Mar 03, 2025
Heroic The Hobbyist
@heroicthehobbyist@mastodon.gamedev.place

I'm just a hobbyist game developer who is trying to find his place in cyberspace. Working with with C and SDL. 
My goal is simply to develop my computer science skills and apply them to game development. Always practicing and learning.
Day job: Student Worker
Night job: Computer Science Student All my bad code is made by me. All my good thoughts are probably stolen from someone far smarter than I. I say no to Generative AI, I’m organically stupid.

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Replying to @godotengine@mastodon.gamedev.place
@godotengine@mastodon.gamedev.place going to update my version tonight!
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