Michael Fairley

@michaelfairley

AKA m12y. Game/software developer. I made A Snake's Tale () and . I hang out with .

Austin
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Joined June 2007
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    2 May 2017

    I made a game. It's about snakes. You can get it today!

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  2. Aug 25

    I wish I was better about typing into this thing on a regular basis.

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  3. Retweeted
    Aug 1

    Ppl are always like "where do you get ideas" and I think for most games people the real question is HOW DO YOU TURN OFF THE IDEA FIREHOSE long enough to commit to finish anything?

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  4. Aug 1

    Slow month, but I've still got a few things to recommend.

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  5. Jul 1

    My favorite books/podcasts/games from June:

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  6. Jun 12

    Overcooked 2!!!

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  7. Jun 5

    Sigh. that's been *helping* me iterate on my game projects much more quickly

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  8. Jun 5

    I'm speaking at next week () about another library I've been working on that's been me iterate on my game projects much more quickly. (And for you Rust gamedev folks who aren't in Austin, I promise I'll blog about this thing soon too.)

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  9. Jun 5

    I recently released some libraries to make it easier to use imgui-rs () with SDL2 and/or OpenGL: +

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  10. Jun 1

    I have some things from May to recommend:

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  11. May 18

    Every day, I get multiple spam emails about job openings for dishwashers at Applebee's.

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  12. May 17

    This is very cool.

    Microsoft’s next controller — simply called the Xbox Adaptive Controller — is a solution for players with mobility impairments that make using a traditional gamepad difficult or impossible.
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  13. May 2

    A Snake's Tale came out 1 year ago today! To celebrate its birthday, I've discounted it to $2 for the next few days! Steam: iOS: Android: :

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  14. Apr 30

    Hello! I have recommendations! My favorite things from April!

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  15. Apr 20

    This game is very good and was mega inspirational on A Snake's Tale. If you liked AST, grabbing this at this price is a steal. Warning: it is probably (no exaggeration) 100x harder than A Snake's Tale.

    is two years old today! To celebrate, you can buy it for 80% off ($29.99->$5.99) on that page until the Sunday (includes steam key + DRM-free copy) (art by )
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  16. Apr 5

    DLC material right here

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    "WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?" Exlaimed the snake, shortly after purchasing his new Segway.
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  17. Apr 2

    It’s a new month, which means I have new recommendations!

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  18. Mar 14

    This recent Designer Notes interview with is some of the best game design discussion I've ever heard. Highly recommended.

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    Mar 5

    Was slightly mindblown when I discovered this. The two parts to the word “helicopter” are not “heli” and “copter”, but “helico” meaning spiral, and “pter” meaning one with wings, like pterodactyl.

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  20. Mar 2

    I made a website that tracks prices of Nintendo Switch games (and hardware) and sends notifications when things you want go on sale:

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  21. Feb 28

    Okay let's try something new. Every month, I'm going to post a list of my favorite things (podcasts, books, etc) from that month. Here's my first one:

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