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Alright! Let's kick off this charity stream!

We're starting off messing around in #GodotEngine , making a new game project from scratch, picking some assets out of @kenney 's Game Assets All-in-1 pack. If you're a former Unity dev and interested in checking out how easy #Godot is to use, then come check it out!

If we hit our $500 milestone we'll be switching over to #Doom with #HideousDestructor, doing a naturist run through TNT, because I like pain.

Hope to see you there!

#TwitchStream #GamesForLove #Charity

https://twitch.tv/ExpiredPopsicle

I need to say something to everyone who feels smart about making jokes about the #Godot game engine and waiting:

Congratulations on getting the joke. That joke is why it's called Godot. The devs are openly acknowledging that we'll be waiting for the perfect game engine that will never arrive.

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-history-images/

Are you a hacker/maker/nonprofit in the UK? Would you like some free 64×16 px RGB LED panels? We have a lot. We need to get rid of them.

https://led.limehouselabs.org/docs/giveaway/

(UPDATE: offer currently paused due to lots of demand. There might be some more left but we have to check first.)

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Ok, I said I would do it, and here it is.

I want #Fipamo and #TheBadSpace to be viable mainstays in the fediverse ecosystem, and to get them where they need to be, I need some help to get them up to snuff.

Because I believe the fedi can be a fantastic place. And I want to make a direct contribution to making this space better.

Spread this around. It's time to get to work.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media

Welcome to the weekend, Fedi!

I'm boosting People of Colour, Black, and Indigenous folk through the weekend - whether it's art, craft, creative coding, game dev, VFX, music, writing, performance, costuming, animation - anything!!

If you've got a mutual aid or crowdfund post, doesn't have to be art related, I'll boost that too.

Either introduce yourselves below with pics of your work and shop links and I'll boost that, or point me to an existing post you'd like boosted

Ok I have been messing with it and it's in a decent state now.
I made a very very short visual novel in css/html
You can try it out at https://cosmix.pics/slime

Sadly I'm using a new feature that Firefox hasn't got, I apologize.
Any feedback is welcome about this. I know it's a bit silly.
"why is it all css? Why no JavaScript?" Mainly cuz I wanted too.

The industry response to #unity has made me feel better about my own response as a nobody hobbyist.

and comission Prices Side B B)

Comission Prices

with unity on the downswing, now is the perfect time to make a tutorial about making games for the nes

Aisedza Farrwilfsyn, Roegadyn Adventurer, has always been fascinated by intricate creations and magitek. Being as large as she is, however, sometimes her dexterity isn't a match for modern goldsmithing.

Thankfully, she's figured out ways around this, even if she wouldn't want to demonstrate them in public.

A perfect pair of pixie pics provided by Goattrain!

Things just got (more!) serious... @kenney has renounced their support for #Unity and will no longer endorse it. Kenney has had a profound effect on the indie community by giving many aspiring devs assets and tools to get them started, so this is pretty major IMHO. The next gen of gamedevs will be wanting access to those assets so they can just MAKE something, and Unity will no longer get that traffic. This must have been a tough decision, but I for one support it 100%.

#gamedev #indiedev

To any artists over here on the Fediverse, a new dogwhistle dropped.

hey free co-op game here. free to keep too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2296990/We_Were_Here_Expeditions_The_FriendShip/

I said before that I wouldn't dignify the subject of dog whistles with my thoughts. But let me give you a primer.

In any discussion where bigots are tooting, look for oft repeated phrases. Look for different people using the same phrases to communicate.

Language changes rapidly in discourse, so normally in non dog whistly discourse, you would expect to see different parties reach common understanding without mirroring each other's words and phrases. But in the presence of bigotry and group think, people will literally echo and mirror specific phrases in the discourse.

Right now, some hot dog whistles on the Fediverse in racist bigotry are "yes this makes sense", "conservative troll", and "lies exposed" or "lies revealed". They seem innocuous but these phrases signal identity, community, and safety among the racist bigots, and help to identify their targets. They also help build momentum for dogpiling and brigading that will persist for months or years.

Keep your wits about you and try not to perpetuate or boost dog whistles.