Fluffmiceter

Just changed my profile picture. Do not be alarmed. In other news, there's now an official RoKarts twitter @RokartsOfficial , I'll still be tweeting my dev stuff here but you'll get a much cleaner view of the project on that account. A great way to filter out my ranting.

@EgoMoose Whoops, I misspoke. I was trying to figure out what, if any, course of action would allow for someone to learn through reverse engineering a competing product and including the learnings in their own product. But you answered that, you require they open source, which makes sense

@fluffmiceter I didn't mean it as an excuse. I just want to be clear here that my claim is not that the entire plugin is a reskin or something of my own. I'm very specifically talking about the technique used to remove the background from images.

I'm just posting this thread b/c it doesn't show up in the main thread anymore. I can't respond further to any threads because I've been blocked, but the general response seems to be that it was purely derived from observation.

@EgoMoose In what scenario would that be excusable, though? A lot of people learn through reverse engineering, which is great. But the whole monetization aspect of it makes it unclear. IDK if giving credit would have sufficed, but he doesn't even do that. It would be the least he could do

@fluffmiceter I just want to clarify. Their plugin did originally use an entirely different technique - it did not always include this code. They later changed it b/c my approach is more accurate / better (by their own admission).

@EgoMoose Other people have already demonstrated selling/distributing plugins that work as an addon to photobooth (requires both to be installed), which is what he should have done if he wanted to build on top of the months of research you’ve already put in.

@EgoMoose Wow, that is the smoking gun. No way he could have known that without looking through your source code. It’s in bad form to copy all of your R&D to essentially resell the same capabilities, despite any new features.

@beascripts @EgoMoose Not that I have any stance on whether his plugin was vibecoded or not, but I do that single line commenting thing too lol. I just don't like how block comments look. Here's an example, I do this sparingly in places where I need to really document something for future reference.

@EgoMoose He likely plugged your sourcecode into a vibecoding program. Humans wouldn't use single line comments on every line, extremely redundant and anyone with common sense would just do a block comment. If he's monetizing this then that's scummy.

Very interesting that the comment in the source code directly references my own plugin 👀 Obviously math is not copyrightable, but it seems like my plugin's code was a big inspiration. Not loving this

@chocorabbit93 I find it strange that they haven't decoupled player physics from animations. I would have expected that to have been the case years ago.

i wonder why after 20 years, avatar scaling, server authority and now ugc animations, roblox still hasn't changed their humanoid collisions to an AABB or an axis aligned capsule, it's so stupid to how you can still do stuff like this even with server auth on

@asimo3089 Just wanted to say that The Wind was a huge inspiration for me back then! It's definitely cool to see the art of part-based showcase building living on even in the era of meshparts.

If you want to experience what building was like in 2013, Bloxburg posts are the best. So much detail out of square parts.

@JamesCanaryII @Supplementariez I liked, then read your bio, then unliked, reread your bio, and then again liked your post. I almost fell for your spell! 😂

@Supplementariez I was expecting it to go to 7 candles them play hava nagila

can i keep my house or will that be stolen too

@EgirlTwekky Man, just because you don't understand how to use something, don't just shit on it. That's literally the whole point of server authority and how it works. Without it being that way, exploits would work just fine.

Additionally you will no longer be able to perform any player movements (and possibly animations) on the client. so goodbye to all your Client scripts which interact with the player in any way. I cannot see a realistic use case for this slop where the developer benefits at all.

Ladies and gentlemen, Server Authority!! - Input delays - Increased server ping - Broken Physics - Whatever tf this is Roblox's answer to Exploiting is to ship an unfinished Anticheat and encourage naive devs to use it. This is why Anticheat should be in the hands of game devs.

@Frinigus idk roblox be doing stuff with the algo these days. You might also want to try adding a video thumbnail and maybe submit your game for the standout games thing on the homepage

@fluffmiceter Would be nice if the game ever got more than 1-2 servers. The algorithm has never picked it up in legit years lol

Nice seeing Lab Experiment back up after 2 weeks of roblox support... Also not use to it getting 50 players 🤔

@DumpstyMcFire @DanielTurnerPTF @ChuckCallesto Do you really believe those "carbon credits" do anything? How ridiculous.

@DanielTurnerPTF @ChuckCallesto She also purchases carbon credits to help offset those emissions, but I’m sure you already knew that before your stupid post.

Taylor Swift emits 8,300 tons of CO₂ emissions every year. The average American emits just 16. Zohran Mamdani wants New Yorkers to set their AC thermostats to 78 degrees. Meanwhile, the AC will be blasting at Taylor Swift's wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden.

@BlackJackieRBLX Let me guess, you're generating shells around all the underwater objects with UVs projected from above and then updating a tiling editableimage caustics texture?

Figured out a way to make RGB chromatic aberration water caustics. Gobo based. Making custom non-terrain water ocean visuals, physics, and swimming. #Roblox #RobloxDev

@Belgaesh1 @oidonhagouda Yup. With the way the second half was going, with Brazil's overwhelming pressure and Japan pinned deep, it was only a matter of time that a goal happened.

@oidonhagouda It was his mistake at that time, glad that he owned it and hope he can get past it. But that retreat to their defensive area wasn't his fault, the pressure was intense, so it was just a matter of time to someone make a mistake. I think the coach is to blame here.

Comments from Ao Tanaka 🇯🇵 Japan midfielder Ao Tanaka has publicly apologized for his role in the goal conceded during Japan’s Round of 32 loss to Brazil. Tanaka lost possession in a key area in the final stages of the match, which directly led to Brazil’s winning goal. Following the match, he expressed regret over the play, stating that he takes responsibility for the mistake. "I’ve been constantly feeling a sense of frustration and regret. I imagine these feelings will keep coming back to me. Put simply, I just wasn't good enough. I realized that I need to do more—that I lacked the necessary ability." "It doesn't make me happy to hear people say it wasn't my fault. I’m incredibly angry with myself, and I feel a deep sense of responsibility." "I need to further improve my individual abilities." Ao Tanaka put in a tremendous performance against Sweden; we might well have lost the match without him. I hope he keeps his head up and pushes forward. Go, Ao Tanaka!🇯🇵

@EgoMoose Undo/redoing just sucks in general. Even Blender's addons API for undo/redos is awful to work with, never seems to do what you expect it to

I hate the ChangeHistoryService. All my homies hate the ChangeHistoryService.

@_llgregorio @Saintdolo @_Zeets I would say considering the difference in physicality, Japan held up well with their tactics and could have maybe won in a narrow upset, but that depended on Brazil getting frustrated and making mistakes. The change in momentum post half-time was really obvious.

@_llgregorio @Saintdolo @_Zeets I think the issue was Japan had to have 5 players on defense which means they can't afford to really have anyone in the midfield ready to pick up on any rebounds. Brazil was just bigger and stronger; if Japan didn't have that tight defense, they would've lost in a landslide.

Japan went all defensive too early. Had Brazil on the ropes and Paqueta was out there injured and they decided to only defend the one goal lead. You can’t be cowardly. The football gods will punish you.

@notch A lot of people would love to work with you, but having to relocate to a physical office is a tough ask these days. Maybe should reconsider remote work, at least as an entrypoint? If the studio attracts talent through remote, they might be more inclined to relocate down the line.

Looking for someone who is a better programmer than I to come work with me and think about code and shit. Apparently they don't exist? Been trying to hire one for forever. Maybe I'm just the best programmer there is? I guess I DO beat Tyler on many zachlike scoreboards...

@Fizzyhex That's so cool! I've thought about building some kind of compatibility layer of my own for quite a while now, specifically in the 2012 era Roblox. I assume you have some kind of un-filtering-enabled thing going on that auto-replicates client changes to the server?

the compatibility layer will be open source btw! i want to start building a catalog of old stuff to check out that feels digestible from there.

been a bit, but just sharing some dumb clips/dev media. this project is important to me and i wanna finish it up. 2 decades of roblox updates have broken many old games that a lot of us grew up with. my emulator does a lotta stuff to make them playable again on the 2026 client!

@swoipy here's one of my saved outfits from 2012! awesome job restoring the classic catalog experience! :D

Heya everyone, I've been working on a "classic" catalog game on Roblox. The game is now officially live, come check it out! roblox.com/games/13400712… #Roblox #RobloxDev #RBXDev