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#HyperEchelon is really well designed game and my little #gamedev heart got a lot of inspiration from it already. This is a recommendation....

#HyperEchelon is really well designed game and my little #gamedev heart got a lot of inspiration from it already. This is a recommendation. :)

https://www.hyperechelon.com/

I decided that my little #Atari-like #ShootEmUp game could use more interesting mechanics.I decided to first play some #IndieGames in the...

I decided that my little #Atari-like #ShootEmUp game could use more interesting mechanics.
I decided to first play some #IndieGames in the #Shmup genre for inspiration. :) I never actually played any shoot-em-up #games before.

These past few days, I played the beautiful #HyperEchelon by Markus Jost and Raymond Schlitter. I'm still bad at it, but it's super fun on #SteamDeck!

I'll finish my little #PICO8 shmup ASAP and then switch to #Godot for a "sequel" with everything I learned.

#gamedev

I got a (maybe dumb) #OpenStreetMaps question: I am using #StreetComplete regularly, but I noticed that the information it asks me for is...

I got a (maybe dumb) #OpenStreetMaps question: I am using #StreetComplete regularly, but I noticed that the information it asks me for is often already shown and known in my OSM app (#OrganicMaps).

Am I not adding new and previously unknown information? Where and when does my contribution go live, and how?

@streetcomplete

I finally got #ADHD treatment! I can start tomorrow!I'm so excited.

I finally got #ADHD treatment! I can start tomorrow!
I'm so excited.

@marginalia Small feedback on the new design since I use Marginalia as my main search engine: on mobile, the options in the sidebar are now...

@marginalia Small feedback on the new design since I use Marginalia as my main search engine: on mobile, the options in the sidebar are now unlabelled icons, and I'm not sure what exactly they do without rotating the screen to see the label.
In the old design, they were text-only and I knew exactly what I was switching on or off: vintage, tildes, no JS and such.

I use those filter options extensively and it'd be nice if that was changed somehow.

#MarginaliaSearch #SearchEngine #IndieWeb

A definite must-read article: "The Gentrification of Video Game History".Ever wondered why, no matter where you're from and...

A definite must-read article: "The Gentrification of Video Game History".

Ever wondered why, no matter where you're from and whether you actually experienced it, we all collectively accept that in the 90s, people got N64s for Christmas and hosted Quake and DOOM LAN parties at their homes? Why we remember a "video game crash" in the 80s?

Because the US #gaming history colonised the whole world's #videoGame subculture.
Give it a read, I mean it.

https://felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrification-of-video-game-history-dfe11f1e08ae

Why is the search feature in #Discord so useless?I put quotes around the word on purpose! I don't want to find every single instance of...

Why is the search feature in #Discord so useless?
I put quotes around the word on purpose! I don't want to find every single instance of any etymologically related word...

I'm so happy about the #spring season arriving here in the Northern Hemisphere. Birds are chirping once more, and my vitamin D...

I'm so happy about the #spring season arriving here in the Northern Hemisphere. Birds are chirping once more, and my vitamin D deficiency is looking more manageable by the minute. ;P

How are our Southern Hemisphere friends doing? :) Enjoying what I assume is the descent into #autumn?

#NewZealand #Kiwi #NZ #Aus #Australia #AusPol #NZPol #Africa #SouthAmerica #Brazil

I've been slowly replacing all of my PC programs with the stuff that comes with #KDE.In the past I had always been using obscure desktop...

I've been slowly replacing all of my PC programs with the stuff that comes with #KDE.

In the past I had always been using obscure desktop environments out of some kind of pride I think, but since KDE is the only desktop environment for #GNU that fully supports HDR, I made the switch.
I had no idea that KDE was still that good!
All kinds of cool niche applications for things that most people already replaced with browsers and websites.

#Kontact alone makes my workflow much more enjoyable.

I think the attitude towards NPCs is really interesting from a #GameDesign perspective in "thinky", optimisable strategy games...

I think the attitude towards NPCs is really interesting from a #GameDesign perspective in "thinky", optimisable strategy games like #Civilization.

Like, some pro players will mathematically maximise every single tile adjacency bonuses and micromanage everything to a meticulous degree, but then also tippy-toe around an NPC empire because they don't want to make them mad. :)

It's such an interesting mix of hard science and superstition that's only possible because we humanise NPCs. #gamedev

CW Violence, QueerphobiaAnother week, another friend of mine brutalised to the point of being hospitalised for the crime of being #trans and...

CW Violence, Queerphobia

Another week, another friend of mine brutalised to the point of being hospitalised for the crime of being #trans and walking through downtown.

This is the worst it has been in the last decade or so.

And no, the perpetrators are not "foreigners" like assholes within and without our community wanna tell us. They do have something in common though: 14-30 year old chauvinist men, usually drunk, in groups. Football fans, schoolboys, bar goers.

Fuck this

#queer #lgbt #lgbtq

Even worse why is the biggest radius I can set 500km, and then the next step is the whole damn world? There should be a lot more steps haha

Even worse why is the biggest radius I can set 500km, and then the next step is the whole damn world? There should be a lot more steps haha

Why can't I choose that I prefer people *in my own country* on #OkCupid? The only location preferences I can pick are radius-based. If I...

Why can't I choose that I prefer people *in my own country* on #OkCupid? The only location preferences I can pick are radius-based. If I set it to 500km, it will show me people from *France* two to three countries over, but not people in the South of my own country.

I am able to travel domestically anywhere, but I don't wanna date someone long-distance across borders and language barriers. Why is that not an option... 😭 It's so US Centric.

What's the *easiest* way to set up a #Matrix server that roughly has feature parity with Discord? That means, (group) voice chat, screen...

What's the *easiest* way to set up a #Matrix server that roughly has feature parity with Discord? That means, (group) voice chat, screen sharing, video chat, custom emoji, channels and spaces, read receipts, as painlessly as possible.

Not public, just for me and a couple of friends who migrate from Discord.
I'm not good at server administration, but I do have access to a VPS.

#askfedi #matrixchat #element #selfhosted #selfhosting #linux

Currently in the process of getting rid of #Telegram. The constant ads made me leave, alongside the privacy issues.It's difficult;...

Currently in the process of getting rid of #Telegram. The constant ads made me leave, alongside the privacy issues.

It's difficult; because since 2014, my entire life happened on Telegram. Entire relationships came and went by, friends gained and lost, reminders were made, files were stored.

I'm currently torn between going full-offline for privacy and mental health reasons (carrying a physical planner and a pen, an MP3 player and an old feature phone, nothing else), and keeping my smartphone.

But then I turn around and write my own stories, express myself creatively and even interact socially only in English.Because queerness,...

But then I turn around and write my own stories, express myself creatively and even interact socially only in English.
Because queerness, vulnerability, the indie web, inclusivity and gender/neurodiv. acceptance aren't too popular in bleak, conformist Germany.

I should start taking my own advice and be brave enough to work on these things unapologetically in the German language. So that maybe one day, young queer/ND people won't feel like they have to escape into English to be themselves.
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It's quite interesting that when I read interviews with older German rappers, they all started out writing English lyrics as kids...

It's quite interesting that when I read interviews with older German rappers, they all started out writing English lyrics as kids because German was considered too embarassing, uncool and conservative for real hip hop.

And then I enthusiastically support their eventual decision to carve their own space reclaiming the German language to create a whole new rap genre: because after all, rap is about your authentic experiences, your community. There was potential for real rap in Germany too.

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I am glad that we are at a point in fantasy and science fiction now that most people got the memo that worlds and stories don't...

I am glad that we are at a point in fantasy and science fiction now that most people got the memo that worlds and stories don't magically become more imaginative if you straight up replace words with fantasy words. They're still the same concepts.

After my didash has bid his bye-goods, my whole zimodan bowed and fared him pa-douka.

Just stop.

I unfortunately ended up quitting "Always Coming Home" by Ursula K. LeGuin not too far in. I don't know if I will pick it back...

I unfortunately ended up quitting "Always Coming Home" by Ursula K. LeGuin not too far in. I don't know if I will pick it back up.

I appreciate #worldbuilding, but ACH keeps throwing tons of made-up pointless fantasy jargon at you every sentence and expects you to remember it.

It's not even fantasy concepts, it's just going "fuck you, we're going to replace every 'house' with 'heyiya'". Just say house. My god.

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature #readingcommunity #reading

USians are world champions in periodically saying the apocalypse is here, they need a revolution, fascism is arriving, genocide is...

USians are world champions in periodically saying the apocalypse is here, they need a revolution, fascism is arriving, genocide is happening...

... and then doing absolutely nothing about it except making some social media posts and boycotting a company.

My god, go outside and do something. Make your union organise political strikes. Join a party that isn't the big two right wing tents, I beg you.

Even conservatives managed to storm a government building. Why are they better at this than you?