Joel Auterson

Joel Auterson

Hello! My name's Joel and I'm a software developer. No, not that one.

I run a tiny indie game studio called Bearwaves. I'm also a published poet.

I'm part of the Rare Mammals collective, and am an alumnus of Southbank New Poets and Barbican Young Poets. I work in the games industry.

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Notes are for small posts, links, anything I don't feel merits a full post.

May 5, 2025 · 10:03:25 ·

Generative AI has ruined bold text for me. If you put bold text in a paragraph I’m ignoring the whole thing sorry

May 3, 2025 · 08:27:49 ·
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Taking quad bikes through the Sahara desert to a 2000 year old Roman fort might be the coolest thing I’ve done on a holiday ever

Me and Lucy wrapped up against the desert dust Lucy on a quad bike with the Sahara beyond An inscription in Latin at the Roman fort Me and Lucy on a quad bike
May 1, 2025 · 20:00:55 ·
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Saw these in the wrong order

Me and Lucy on camels on a beach in Tunisia Some street art in Djerba saying CAMELS ARE NOT FOR FUN
Apr 30, 2025 · 17:39:05 ·
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More Tunisia exploring, saw Berber villages and the place they filmed The Phantom Menace. Breathtaking country.

A Berber village A falcon (I think) overlooking a cliff with rugs hanging A different Berber village viewed from below The place they filmed The Phantom Menace
Apr 30, 2025 · 08:53:17 ·
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Salt flats in Tunisia (yes I did taste it)

Lucy on the salt flats The salt flats stretching out to the sea Wide angle shot of Lucy on the salt flats
Apr 29, 2025 · 12:00:32 ·
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Exploring Djerba!

Lucy on a street in Djerba Street art in Djerba More street art in Djerba. The car looks like it’s coming out of the wall. More street art in Djerba
Apr 22, 2025 · 23:27:12 ·

It’s been quite a day

An X-ray of my hand. The finger is quite badly dislocated.
Apr 22, 2025 · 13:40:13 ·
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Putting haptics into our game (and engine) and while it definitely makes the game feel better it does create a gap between the iOS and Android versions - iOS haptics are so much more advanced and flexible. I think Android 16 is supposed to address this. 🤞

Apr 16, 2025 · 22:35:33 ·
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Added a tiny little bit of controller rumble to our new game and it’s amazing how transformative it is. Is this what they meant by vibe programming? Don’t answer that.

Apr 4, 2025 · 16:49:10 ·
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Think I might have caught the mechanical keyboard bug alas

A black and white keyboard sitting on a white desk with a black mouse mat and a glass of water