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Tweets from 2016/01

  1. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu congrats on getting your phone back!
  2. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu damn, now I'm sorry I got slapped with a condom in 2015...
  3. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu I mean, rather than 2016...
  4. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang like, my honest thought about this is to figure out the secret constraints on the design that allow this to be.
  5. …in reply to @v21
    @radiatoryang maybe it's just by that point yr stuck in it and it doesn't matter. But it seems a common weakness.
  6. …in reply to @v21
    @radiatoryang thinking of the evolutionary branches of beer pong that have fixed this and not gained widespread acceptance
  7. RT @unicode_garden: ლỉ  ⶖ🌹ⶮ     ɽ   ⇑ƪ ₍✥ㅣ ⷘ        ℑ❈₹    ⷞ  ⶩ   ა↷ ↷  ✽ⶨ  ✤ſ   ⚲ ⶩ   〃Ìⶩაത✽l᧡冫   亅 ㅣ     〃   l      ა ∬ ത  ⶩⷞ❋     ⇮〣…
  8. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff i'm in post-NYE party having a cup of tea at 4am before bed mode, and... hi
  9. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher @patrickashe @sheilamu flip. that's me told
  10. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang but it works, because it's a modifier you can told not-upfront. big focus on clear (not necessarily true) goals.
  11. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff i had a good time. hoping you get a cute/friendly/aggressive, but only from people who that's safe & entertaining from time!
  12. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff happy new year to you too!!! maybe see you when i'm briefly in NY in a few weeks?
  13. …in reply to @tullyhansen
  14. …in reply to @neauoire
    @neauoire seriously: evolution hasn't caught up with the invention of agriculture.
  15. RT @OEWisdom: Gif ðu hwæt on druncen misdo, ne wit ðu hit ðam ealoþe. If you do something wrong while drunk, don’t blame it on the ale. #D…
  16. Happy New Year!
  17. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb I couldn't face it - went out in search of expensive croissants and black coffee.
  18. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew I got this coat yesterday, isn't it great?
  19. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @torahhorse what's the best Toca Boca game? This is for a thing.
  20. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @jawsew I'll take it
  21. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew sure, that sounds fun
  22. …in reply to @v21
    @jawsew jordan, you definitely do feel emotions. you can tell because "smug" is an emotion.
  23. why is it that actual books on Amazon are usually cheaper bought via Book Depository (an Amazon owned company)?
  24. …in reply to @v21
    worth noting that Book Depository has it's own site, which is more expensive (that part makes sense, i guess)
  25. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher it is! i just ate a fried breakfast and now i'm buying some books!
  26. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher i'm sitting in Market Cafe by the canal right now
  27. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb haha. that makes sense. though the problem is not really in the game...
  28. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb i absolutely loved Toca Hair Salon 2, but none of the others have captured my interest quite the same way.
  29. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb something about the tactility, the interplay of constraints you have to work with...
  30. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb and now looking for Now Play This - something for kids is good, but mainly digging into a theme of player creativity.
  31. …in reply to @Willeth
    @Willeth most times I look, yeah! Bit tricky to figure, as shipping is free on their site, but £2-3 on Amazon, but generally works that way.
  32. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb definitely will! they had a blocks one before which was fun, but i had trouble finding goals to set myself
  33. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
  34. RT @ukgrime: LONDON UNDERGROUND #NYE2016 #NewYearsEve 🔥🔥🔥 @AlmassBadat/682637588763664384/video/1
  35. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes god bless you, Rob. <3
  36. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc yeah, that's a neat solution. i like that this loops back round to the council blocks here in East London.
  37. shoutout to the woman barbecuing some delicious smelling chicken outside our flat
  38. …in reply to @v21
    @hoskingc like, this is the room I'm in (ex council flat)
  39. …in reply to @v21
    @hoskingc (previous flat was p much the same deal, except that beneath the windows was some stupid panelling that let the cold through)
  40. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc nah, just like... a metal panel in the lower bit of the window frame.
  41. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc yeah - here's a pic
  42. …in reply to @v21
    @hoskingc anyway - lotta natural light, faces other blocks so there's an internal courtyard, decent balcony area... generally a fan.
  43. a transit of the moon crossing Earth, taken from the DSCOVR EPIC camera (nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth)
  44. RT @tullyhansen: Happy new year #botALLY all! @bot_teleport/682806226204372992
  45. …in reply to @undefined
    @churlishmeg Cooking a roast chicken and just cracked open a can of Red Stripe 🍺
  46. i was thinking i would maybe release a game today, but it's kinda broken, and i'm kinda hungover, so maybe i won't
  47. …in reply to @bozulbang
    @LichLike are those the gatosaurio leggings?
  48. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle i love love love the casual way they fly
  49. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc @eegnsma ah, that's great
  50. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate i learnt Python and i like it a bunch - but the surface simplicity hides a lot of weird, and it's not good for doing gamey stuff
  51. …in reply to @v21
    @GalaxyKate honestly these days I use JS for most things I used to use Python for.
  52. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate yeah, it's good for that stuff. as a "better Bash script" it's amazing. worth playing with, for it's own sake, anyway.
  53. …in reply to @v21
    @GalaxyKate like, the functools library was where i got started on a bunch of functional techniques that have served me well in JS and C#
  54. RT @hassanisms: ICYMI: I grew from age 29 to 30 in just a year, that's a sweet 3.3% increase in age! "How I Growth-Hacked My Age" https://t…
  55. RT @nachimir: Because news are already editing this out: There has been an amazing response from Muslim and Sikh communities to the floodin…
  56. RT @nachimir: Sending cleanup crews from neighbouring cities, turning up each night with hundreds of hot meals. Reporters cutting ppl off w…
  57. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro :( just think how great it'll be next year, when all the cool stuff you've started now starts paying off.
  58. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro i think maybe parts are okay? games has gotten too big to be a single community, so fragmenting is fine.
  59. …in reply to @v21
    @ellaguro better it fragments than everyone keeps up the strained pretence that everyone is friends &c.
  60. …in reply to @v21
    @ellaguro the parts that are important is that people can be in good communities, and that it's open to new people joining.
  61. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro maybe. it feels like the actual way people join these communities, get their work seen is longer and more complicated than just
  62. …in reply to @v21
    @ellaguro being able to respond to people on twitter, etc.
  63. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro yeah, it's weird. one reason i'm okay with stuff splitting off - it means different groups can have different goals more easily.
  64. "The boundary review is seen as one of the key reforms necessary to ensure that the Tories increase their majority at the next election."
  65. hah. tested the CBDQ database for bots that will break when we add escape characters... there's only one, and it's mine.
  66. …in reply to @v21
    (probably only one. let's go get some painkillers and some beer and see if that's actually true)
  67. I found a obscure sea
  68. …in reply to @v21
    hey, looks like it works!
  69. RT @asingleline: ___⸎‾‾╲___╱‾‾‾‾╲________╱‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾#startlow_
  70. …in reply to @undefined
    @robertwhat420 @ellaguro I was thinking about the School For Poetic Computation in NY earlier.
  71. …in reply to @v21
    @robertwhat420 @ellaguro I mean, kinda the point there is that they *are* artists, not gamedevs. But some of them are also gamedevs.
  72. …in reply to @undefined
    @robertwhat420 #weirdkids feels like it'd count? or #botally. or lots of the people doing glitch-art stuff (eg @DataErase). or chiptune...
  73. …in reply to @v21
    @robertwhat420 the problem is money, of course...
  74. I am pleased to announce that you can now use hashtags in Cheap Bots, Done Quick!
  75. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes it's the year of Fabulous Beasts for me. KS in Jan, then, all being well, releasing by Xmas.
  76. …in reply to @inconvergent
    @inconvergent so the essential problem is that lightbulbs were sold by wattage... and then people made them more efficient.
  77. …in reply to @inconvergent
    @inconvergent #putlumensonpackagingin2016
  78. average face of objects that look like they have faces (by @RobbyKraft - robbykraft.com/sfpc/index.php?controller=post&action=view&id_post=10)
  79. …in reply to @v21
    there was a lot of cool work in the @sfpc show! blog.sfpc.io/post/136058494081/final-week-of-sfpc-fall-15
  80. RT @jwaaaap: Announcing #screensaverjam by @kittycalis and myself, Jan 22nd - 24th! itch.io/jam/screensaverjam Tell the world! https://t.co/Ys…
  81. of Oz the Wizard vimeo.com/150423718 (the Wizard of Oz, in alphabetical order)
  82. RT @maruti_bitamin: ☁☁
  83. RT @Glench: That time when I replaced the term "recurrent neural network" with "dog"...
  84. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin @RobbyKraft i only came across his work this afternoon, but so far: yes
  85. these days i have zero patience for games that aren't beautiful
  86. RT @katierosepipkin: small section of sheet music from burak ulaş' collaboration with the pulses of a star ~ arxiv.org/pdf/1507.07307v1.pdf http://…
  87. RT @daniel_rehn: Cover of M-Aura (10/1987) by @JIMWICh. #MacPaint #1bit
  88. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal a lot of it is having a single style and nailing it. but that's not all there is.
  89. …in reply to @v21
    @shahidkamal every pixel should feel like it's the right pixel to be there.
  90. …in reply to @v21
    @shahidkamal (i don't know if i can think of any realistic 3D games that achieve this)
  91. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal i think so, but that's a much lower bar for a painting to meet. or maybe our standards are too low in games.
  92. i can't seem to write a JS regex to do this: "{match this} not this {this too} \{not this, this is escaped\} not {this, though}{and this}"
  93. …in reply to @v21
    help please? the best i could do was /([^\\]?\{(.+?[^\\])\})+/ but it doesn't work when the closing and opening tags are too close together
  94. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn i can't think of a way to do multiple passes without getting messed up with matching start and end if it misses the escaping.
  95. …in reply to @v21
    @deathmtn i guess i could glom everything between an unescaped { and } and then recurse down... ick, tho
  96. …in reply to @tef
    @tef I don't need to do proper nested brackets, they'll only every be one level deep - that should make it tractable, right?
  97. …in reply to @mcclure111
  98. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn yep. fuller example: gist.github.com/v21/359254a7cd7dc40ff2de
  99. …in reply to @BooDooPerson
    @BooDooPerson yeah - but it's maybe more legible at gist.github.com/v21/359254a7cd7dc40ff2de
  100. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn yeah - the problem is if the <not a backslash> char we check for first is also part of the previous set of brackets...
  101. …in reply to @Draknek
    @Draknek oh, yeah, sorry, my actual best effort was /(?:[^\\]?\{(.+?[^\\])\})+/ . yrs fails on "{thing}\{not a thing}", right?
  102. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore oh, underspecified, sorry - the escaped brackets might not match..
  103. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn i think i've hooked enough smart people without getting a solution - if it's not done by then I should probably just not regex...
  104. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore updated - but the "\{" is there to allow people to put (unmatched, matched, whatever) curly braces in as literals.
  105. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 oh, yeah, that makes sense... i'll try to add that to what i had before
  106. …in reply to @antumbral
    @antumbral @BooDooPerson @mcclure111 ugh. so easy to slip just the wrong side of complexity... (you might well be right)
  107. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore yeah - irritatingly i now know enough about the problem to write the regex in Ruby... but not JS.
  108. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore negative lookbehind, but yeah.
  109. …in reply to @v21
    thank you everyone for your help. i have now learned that the reason i was having difficulty is because it is a difficult thing to do.
  110. …in reply to @BooDooPerson
    @BooDooPerson @antumbral @mcclure111 this made me do an evil villain laugh out loud
  111. …in reply to @akalsey
    @akalsey @mheadd more detailed examples here: gist.github.com/v21/359254a7cd7dc40ff2de (but i thiiiink i at least understand the solution space)
  112. …in reply to @v21
    @akalsey @mheadd even if gist.github.com/BooDoo/3b45f81fecd6869fbfbf is currently winning as a solution
  113. …in reply to @akalsey
  114. …in reply to @v21
    for reference, the solution I'm going with, courtesy @BooDooPerson, is to reverse it, then regex it gist.github.com/v21/0dbfa4a9b6b9e9f63d23
  115. …in reply to @tef
    @tef right! isn't it great?
  116. …in reply to @tef
    @tef cosigned. now let's never modify this syntax ever again.
  117. …in reply to @melindacasino
    @melindacasino what's the bot called?
  118. still thinking about bog butter (butter preserved in a bog) nordicfoodlab.org/blog/2013/10/bog-butter-a-gastronomic-perspective
  119. RT @SLunnon1: @GeorgeMonbiot bit.ly/1QY9wQs Slowing the flow in Stroud - planned catchment wide Rural SuDS
  120. RT @KommanderKlobb: The small man is playing Pikmin: he carries around crayons - which are his Pikmin - and throws them at monsters!
  121. RT @atyrannyofwords: The proper name for a group of shell-games is 'kirk'. A kirk of shell-games.
  122. shoutout to the woman wrapping a christmas present on the tube
  123. …in reply to @SamuelWRoberts
    @SamuelWRoberts @philippawarr this is so true. most things i know how to do, i know how to do because i tried, got in a mess, gave up...
  124. …in reply to @v21
    @SamuelWRoberts @philippawarr sometimes quite a few times. then later I had a better-fated project, and discovered i knew how to do it.
  125. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr @SamuelWRoberts yeah, I know that feeling. Though it's often overshadowed by relief at losing a vague sense of obligation.
  126. …in reply to @Brendy_C
    @Brendy_C congratulations! That sounds like fun.
  127. …in reply to @v21
    getting there...
  128. …in reply to @v21
    that's more like it... hm. this might be too difficult for people to actually use. let's see!
  129. RT @BooDooPerson: Rachel Elm is putting more originals up for sale. I know some of you are Into This Shit. rvsasvr.com/store/ https:/…
  130. some procedurally generated coloured rectangles coming up!
  131. …in reply to @v21
    yeah! that's via the live CBDQ site! whoop whoop! now all i need to do is ... add documentation and fix the frontend... hm.
  132. i think this is my favorite games-of-2015 post: molleindustria.org/blog/top-ten-2015-games-you-dont-have-to-play/ "Top Ten 2015 Games You Don’t Have To Play"
  133. …in reply to @v21
    okay, development is getting slowed by seeing what stuff i can make with it... this is a good sign.
  134. …in reply to @v21
    it's a cliche, but development can be really emotionally exhausting, swinging between "no-one will ever use this" and "this is brilliant!"
  135. RT @mcclure111: Carrier dryad.technology/carrier <<-- This is my new project.
  136. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere hm, that seems pretty possible, i have been fiddling with stuff. what bot is this with? wanna check the full corpus
  137. …in reply to @v21
    @NotInventedHere wait, nvm, twitter search found it
  138. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere @space_stories this is totally the case, and my bad for not catching it when i upgraded Tracery.
  139. …in reply to @v21
    @NotInventedHere @space_stories as a workaround, moving setPronouns into origin will work... not ideal, and i'm sure it's broken for others
  140. …in reply to @v21
    @NotInventedHere @space_stories but the fix will be somewhere in the guts of Tracery itself, which I'm maybe not competent to fix.
  141. …in reply to @v21
  142. Cheap Bots Done Quick service advisory: bots that use variables set in a sub-node (a la #6 on crystalcodepalace.com/traceryTut.html) are currently broken.
  143. …in reply to @v21
    Many apologies, and hopefully we'll be able to fix it soon: the problem is a little intricate, and came from adding support for #es and SVG.
  144. …in reply to @v21
    Relatedly: I added SVG support to CBDQ! Still in beta, but it totally works.
  145. …in reply to @kaptenskojare
    @oskar_lq yep!
  146. …in reply to @kaptenskojare
    @oskar_lq thank you so much!
  147. …in reply to @kaptenskojare
    @oskar_lq follow @someboxes if you want a demo...
  148. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate ☕️ cheers!
  149. new bot: @someboxes tweets a picture of some boxes, to demo the new CBDQ SVG functionality
  150. …in reply to @smestorp
  151. …in reply to @undefined
    @_S_T_A_R_B_O_T_ the syntax for just loading an image is not yet there - you have to construct an SVG file like {svg <svg file>}.
  152. …in reply to @v21
    @_S_T_A_R_B_O_T_ you might want to start with the code linked in the bio of @someboxes
  153. bot of the day: @xxarchive color and shape and patina and coincidence
  154. the glove i was vaguely distressed to have misplaced turns out to have been at work
  155. …in reply to @BanditoJuan
    @BanditoJuan i don't know, and it seems awkward to ask by this point
  156. …in reply to @tom_armitage
    @tom_armitage oh yeah - i was admiring yr tidy wiring down in Brixton yesterday.
  157. …in reply to @droqen
    @droqen all i want from a mailing list is "hey, this is out now". for following progress - scattered tweets & tumbls, i guess
  158. …in reply to @droqen
    @droqen Most blogs can auto-post to Twitter, have RSS, some will send out stuff as emails. Forums not so much (unless it's yr own).
  159. indiegogo.com/projects/screenshake-2016-indie-game-festival--2#/ SCREEEEEN SHAAAAAAKE - it's a festival in Belgium! Maybe give them some money & go?
  160. just saw someone refer to themselves as a "new bee" and i think that is how it is spelled/pronounced in my head from now on.
  161. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb I enjoyed my time there!
  162. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb I do regret not getting naked on stage, though.
  163. my favourite thing about @increpare/684033647696019457 is the feeling of seeing purple
  164. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc wow. now i kinda want to get in, i love joining secret societies.
  165. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @mtrc ah, yeah - reminds me of the GameCity game about queuing... @nachimir what was it called?
  166. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff it's good; post it.
  167. RT @ncasenmare: ★ New interactive thingy! ★ Simulating The World (In Emoji) ncase.me/simulating/ 🌲🌲🔥🔥⚡️🔥🔥🌲🌲
  168. …in reply to @undefined
    just reminded by @thecatamites of the existence of Mighty Max...
  169. RT @WarrenIsDead: remember how the mighty max cartoon ended with everyone dying & time looped back to the first episode so it could run for…
  170. Tweaked @someboxes last night. The boxes are now slightly more varied. @someboxes/684240688033185792
  171. …in reply to @Seemo
    @Seemo Rooting for you! You're gonna do it! Keep pushing til it falls out the front door!
  172. just discovered the charming bots of @deer_ful : twitter.com/deer_ful/lists/deerful-s-friendly-bots fun to compare @unicode_garden and @tiny_gardens...
  173. RT @IcePotato: i loved this short story about accidentally creating a game by robots for robots medium.com/@pattheflip/mvp-a-game-dev-short-story-f58634073f81#.he3azy5up
  174. RT @jomc: In 1980 top grossing movies after Empire Strikes Back: Stir Crazy (black director, starring black actor) & 9 to 5 (w/cast of wome…
  175. i keep listening to this Vivian Girls album, but I think it's just to hear this one song that sounds like the Shangri-Las
  176. …in reply to @v21
    well done discover weekly for picking the one Vivian Girls song i'd really like, i guess? i might just listen to the Shangri-Las instead tho
  177. this is what i'm talkin bout! @Nothke/684498306714759168
  178. (temporary) french flatmate couldn't identify a small jar of brown crystals. she wrinkled her nose when told they were instant coffee
  179. …in reply to @nachimir
  180. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @tef i'm glad you're living your best life
  181. Here's a video where @tburrellsaward and Chris visit China and learn how to manufacture toys: youtube.com/watch?v=j0OEbpIqW-A
  182. RT @edclef: I wrote a big wall'o'text about flooding and non-industrial mitigation facebook.com/edclef/posts/159593437740793 with links to some hopefully use…
  183. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow it adds friction to the task of understanding the system, though... which, if that's the satisfying part, then there's value.
  184. …in reply to @v21
    @HilariousCow thinking about it in relation to v21.io/blog/literature-of-totality/
  185. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern i would assume that if you put them in a pile and hit boom most of them would get vaporized before they could go off...
  186. (kinda via @alexhern)
  187. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere @GalaxyKate whooo - should be fixed.
  188. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort congratulations! that sounds like Good Developments for you and for them.
  189. RT @molleindustria: For $600 instead of an Oculus Rift you can buy 50,000 honey bees (~15 lbs)
  190. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain follow more british people, you can learn about puddles
  191. …in reply to @mousefountain
  192. …in reply to @v21
    @mousefountain I went to get a sandwich and it was everywhere.
  193. Just came back from making the tea and discovered I've* got 3 IGF noms! *(Panoramical**) **(actually made by @compositeredfox & @dkanaga)
  194. …in reply to @fishwithlasers
    @fishwithlasers i think the mainstream has travelled to the IGF, not the other way round...
  195. …in reply to @fishwithlasers
    @fishwithlasers like... my brother bought me Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes for Christmas. That's still a wonky exhibition game to me.
  196. …in reply to @v21
    @fishwithlasers oh, actually - you know what'll've done it. the release date rule. that's why there's no big surprises- most of them are out
  197. …in reply to @fernantastic
    @compositeredfox @phosfiend @mattdivito @baiyon @doseonetweets @jukiokallio I know, right?! <3 <3 <3
  198. …in reply to @lindseybieda
    @lindseybieda there have been some good selfie appreciation bots. properly CV to detect faces and tell you: yes, you look good.
  199. …in reply to @MxOolong
    @MrOolong it's just twitlonger/pastebin/link to wherever, but on Twitter in a fold, not on an external site.
  200. …in reply to @raiganburns
    @raiganburns @ElectronDance yep, that's still intentional. it's a fairy story, really.
  201. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc the cost is the same as a high end smartphone. I bet the reason for it breaks down pretty similar, too.
  202. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro @polclarissou thinking how I'd likely not be in Panoramical if I wasn't hanging with F & D and showing them stuff after GDC...
  203. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro @polclarissou and now I'm in an IGF nominated game! Not $ valuable, though.
  204. People fretting about the necessity of GDC for indies - Ellie Harrison's The Glasgow Effect might be interesting glasgoweffect.tumblr.com/
  205. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc it's so hard, though! And you need to communicate this so clearly to keep a sense of agency, it hijacks the rest of the writing.
  206. …in reply to @v21
    @hoskingc (disclaimer: have not played Life Is Strange)
  207. Christopher Brett Bailey is crowdfunding a new show. Great rewards, great writing, great spirit. indiegogo.com/projects/christopher-brett-bailey-new-show#/
  208. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @V2 @tigershungry I believe in you! You can dream the dreams of the strange!
  209. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat @kierongillen yeah, this is ace, thanks Kieron.
  210. RT @zachlieberman: getting excited about simple 2d graphics again...
  211. RT @lindseybieda: I setup a competing attractiveness AI: cutiefinder.xyz/
  212. …in reply to @undefined
    @inskora it's protecting against a fake website impersonating them, and getting you to type in details that give away yr access.
  213. bot of the day: @DeathBot3000 roller derby may be getting straighter and becoming more of a sport but for now, we have awful puns
  214. @sheilamu Just discovered this bot: @v21/685140040893218816
  215. hey america: reminder that i'm coming over next week if you wanna hang out/ see Fabulous Beasts in person. LA/SF/NYC, whoo!
  216. @smestorp are you in NY right now?
  217. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp ah, shame!
  218. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp i hear it's nice there.
  219. …in reply to @phoenixperry
  220. …in reply to @Seemo
    @Seemo i don't know, but the other day i set up a VPN on Digital Ocean ($5 a month, you get a free server) for Netflix streaming & it's fine
  221. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette I sang that to @sheilamu without much context last weekend. I think by the time we'd got to the end she was into it.
  222. …in reply to @lily_dot_com
    @rainshapes yeah - most people i know stop upgrading once they're deep into a project. random breakages just get too bad, otherwise...
  223. …in reply to @rich_lem
    @rich_lem I've heard it said that videogames are the only medium where you can use all three perspectives in the same sentence.
  224. …in reply to @Palomadawkins
    @Palomadawkins i've heard it used in the context of exposure therapy a bunch...
  225. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @sheilamu I learnt something today:
  226. RT @hollygramazio: Got bored of trying to make this game work properly, spent the evening trying out different colour schemes instead. http…
  227. RT @claire_mcnear: so a guy reached out to double-check that I knew the difference between "your" and "you're" today
  228. RT @lorenschmidt: the art in "below the root" (1984) and "alice in wonderland" (1985) by windham classics is a continual inpiration https:/…
  229. a game i want to make is a single-screen, probably 1-bit game, that uses the full resolution of the monitor to display pixel art.
  230. …in reply to @nickfourtimes
    @Newton64 honestly i think i'd prefer if it was hand-made, not procedural, but that wouldn't really work...
  231. …in reply to @v21
    maybe the player would be a single pixel... that'd be something.
  232. …in reply to @NoraReed
    @NoraReed i've seen that from LED Matrix projects - stuff like learn.adafruit.com/ledgames-beaglebone-black-64x64-led-game/overview
  233. …in reply to @ysperanza
    @ysperanza @Newton64 ach, maybe. i think a static view would be more interesting... makes travel feel really physical.
  234. …in reply to @v21
    @ysperanza @Newton64 like, if you play for 5 minutes to move 2 inches... getting all the way to the right of the screen really matters.
  235. …in reply to @v21
    @v21 VVVVVV seems to be 13440x9600... imagine playing VVVVVV on a 13440x9600 monitor (4k is 3840 × 2160).
  236. …in reply to @whitingjp
  237. i did a thing that might make CBDQ less reliable, but will also hopefully space out tweets in the TL... lemme know if you see strangeness
  238. …in reply to @v21
    Oh, yeah: this is fixed! Many thanks to @GalaxyKate. But, new bug: it turns out capitalizeAll is a bit wonky with non-ASCII right now.
  239. I've talked to Will about this project and it is wonderous and strange. @resiak/685427172362874880
  240. I killed bot o'clock.
  241. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere @its_bot_oclock a single tear is rolling down my cheek
  242. bot of the day: RT to win bot hscott.net/twitter-contest-winning-as-a-service/ (via @M_PF) a bot you can't see is this ethical? do we privilege human labor over bot?
  243. …in reply to @v21
    oh god, this tweet is gonna attract spam. and also maybe the bot itself. hello, bot, i would be interested in meeting you.
  244. @M_PF also, hello! i hear we are going to be neighbours. (i work at MV, in Vault 9) it'd be nice to meet some time.
  245. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff oh yeah, i remember this now
  246. …in reply to @M_PF
    @M_PF yeah, we've been here since the summer. though i'm off to the states for a week and a half on monday - but after, let's lunch maybe?
  247. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern hahahaha. yes. if you ever want to play it, just let us know~~
  248. …in reply to @M_PF
    @M_PF there's @HarryGiles, @genmon , a lot of others who have dabbled. @deer_ful who you know. @emshort is more generative/interactive text.
  249. …in reply to @M_PF
    @M_PF oh, and of course, @mtrc. and also, @aanand, @erbridge and @prehensile are at least bot-adjacent.
  250. …in reply to @v21
  251. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp apologies for being "that person", but what are your thoughts on Rust? Other than it being super new.
  252. …in reply to @ElectronDance
    @ElectronDance I am okay with wealth following an exponential curve, i just want it to be flatter than it is now.
  253. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @whitingjp it does sounds pretty great, actually, and mirrors my attitude to a lot of tech these days.
  254. …in reply to @ElectronDance
  255. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp I am definitely interested in moving from beginner to intermediate in C (or C++)- but I don't really know where to look.
  256. …in reply to @v21
    @whitingjp mainly i think i'm missing opinions on structuring things at a high-level, i guess. that and a load of practice.
  257. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp mmm - to my mind it's aiming at the C niche, but replacing every run time bug with a compile time error.
  258. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted @hentaiphd "and that's where YOU come in"
  259. I miss working on Mutazione rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/06/the-joy-of-npc-schedules/ - on the joy of NPCs having independent lives.
  260. …in reply to @Seemo
    @Seemo yeah, it's true. it's advice aimed at a specific mindset, tho (for which it's still true)
  261. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort yeah, I've been thinking about an evening at Loading, will confer with people and email you. (features are always welcome)
  262. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern not best experienced, but it is the best environment to hear us say how clever we are, so, y'know *shrug*
  263. …in reply to @v21
    @alexhern which is to say, you're welcome to come visit and play, but also there's eventbrite.co.uk/e/fabulous-beasts-show-tell-play-tickets-20513112271 coming up, (& maybe at Loading?)
  264. RT @klondk: do you peeps know about Screenshake? It's a belgian game festival and it's bonkers and needing ~200 money right now https://t.c…
  265. …in reply to @innesmck
    @HazelMckendrick your new profile pic is top
  266. RT @ADAMATOMIC: GAMES PRESS: if you want to spend some time w 3-category IGF 2016 finalist @panoramical sign up here! https://t.co/Rq0QWygJ…
  267. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp @ysperanza this is why i was talking about Rust, tho
  268. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin this is so different from the stuff I've seen of yours, but still so recognisably you.
  269. …in reply to @v21
    @katierosepipkin I like it, is what I'm saying.
  270. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin yes! I'm there the 17th/18th/19th - are you around?!
  271. hey i replaced my piece of shit broken phone with one that's very similar, but newer and less broken. what android games should i be play?
  272. …in reply to @undefined
    @korodera i'm a hipster and burnt out on it before they translated it
  273. …in reply to @BooDooPerson
    @BooDooPerson i played a bunch on my ipad last year! but i might get it again for my phone, i haven't done the arctic.
  274. …in reply to @lily_dot_com
    @rainshapes @BooDooPerson i think it was the ... second ... expansion? apparently it's very dramatic.
  275. …in reply to @lily_dot_com
    @rainshapes yeah, but will i actually enjoy subterfuge, though? (those other suggestions are great, tho i've played most of 'em)
  276. …in reply to @v21
    @rainshapes but picked up sunburn, as i have vaguely meant to for a while
  277. …in reply to @lily_dot_com
    @rainshapes i am really glad it exists, but my life has enough obligations and stress in it already...
  278. …in reply to @v21
    wait, to be more specific... i would love to play a really good tamagotchi-like (burnt out on mola-mola & nekoatsume)
  279. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @UnburntWitch me toooo... i put in a huge grant app for making one last year, and it very nearly got accepted...
  280. …in reply to @v21
    @UnburntWitch it was even high concept! you were the tamagotchi, looking out through LCD interface, and monsters looked after youuuu...
  281. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @UnburntWitch & @Dick_Hogg was on board to do character & interface design... ah! what a cool project.
  282. …in reply to @v21
    @UnburntWitch anyway, as a result i went trawling through all the tamagotchi games i could find and they all sucked.
  283. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt I'm excited to see that grid again! (I say again, a photo of it is my phone wallpaper)
  284. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin oh wow, would be amazing to see you. Though fair warning it's a pretty packed work trip, so wouldn't get to hang that much.
  285. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin will be at GDC, yeah! Plans for which are still forming...
  286. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb reread Roadside Picnic recently, and would definitely recommended it.
  287. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb and if you've never actually read Day of the Triffids, you really should.
  288. RT @americandialect: The Word of the Year for 2015 is singular "they," esp. to refer to a known person. Read the press release: https://t.c…
  289. RT @tropical_toxic: how to tell if she's into it-- about sexual consent on campus for @nytimes
  290. Just discovered (rediscovered?) @sciencevsmagic's Logic Grid sciencevsmagic.net/logicgrid/#382C42
  291. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    .@adrielbeaver @sciencevsmagic oh, if you want to lose time, definitely try Let's Play: Ancient Greek Geometry sciencevsmagic.net/geo/
  292. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC Not played, but We Know The Devil seems like it qualifies.
  293. this UI is glorious 1080plus.com/vFwqZ4qAUkE.video
  294. sensible advice and perspectives for making games blog.adamatomic.com/post/136958872090/doing-a-lot-with-a-little-in-order-papers always really impressed by people who scope right
  295. RT @CharlesFinch: Now and then the British really are the best.
  296. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff gatosaurio.com, maruti bitamin, Rachel Elm (has original art up for sale right now)
  297. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @enter_oubliette congratulations! :D
  298. …in reply to @zerstoerer
    @zerstoerer that squish! <3
  299. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc whoa, that's ... coherent?
  300. how many lasagnas does Monica make over the course of Friends?
  301. …in reply to @robdubbin
  302. RT @GalaxyKate: Procedural SVG wings for a new #cbdq image bot! (also, wow, SVG is really difficult, yikes)
  303. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate :D :D :D these are really good!
  304. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate yeah... i was hearing great things about PEG parsers when trying to escape "{"s...
  305. …in reply to @v21
    @GalaxyKate but ultimately... it is a language, and you still have all those problems, even if you try to skip past them.
  306. RT @Sprech4: More deserts! These have been nice for de-stressing @infinitedeserts
  307. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff okay, not seen new Star Wars, but I definitely feel that second half.
  308. RT @GalaxyKate: Ok, looking more space-shippy and less space-fashion. Good enough for the night, tomorrow I'll work on botifying it https:/…
  309. RT @GalaxyKate: Ya'll geeks better recognize my skillz: It's *all* done with context free grammar: ie, this is my random number gen: https:…
  310. RT @GalaxyKate: @GalaxyKate ...That means no math during generation. Place random vertices and pray :-) Cons: no control Pros: less fussy, …
  311. So pleased to see someone diving into SVG creation in Tracery / CBDQ!
  312. nice post from @NoraReed about making @NerdGarbageBot barrl.net/2801
  313. RT @ranjit: I made a new, very round bot with help from @v21's cheapbotsdonequick.com and @GalaxyKate's tracery: @circleparty https://t.co…
  314. …in reply to @ranjit
    @ranjit @GalaxyKate @circleparty I love this! It really does feel like a party.
  315. …in reply to @undefined
    @siobhangx yeah, that's kind of the point of the word of the year?
  316. …in reply to @whichlight
    @whichlight @ranjit tldr: "svg2png" - which I recommend with a bunch of reservations
  317. …in reply to @getdizzzy
    @getdizzzy i mean, that's true, though
  318. RT @morganmpage: Systemic barriers can affect how well those projects can take off, but my point is that there's no big secret behind makin…
  319. …in reply to @plentyofalcoves
    @plentyofalcoves i typically play as myself, but often i try to be someone else and find it too much hard work.
  320. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen @ranjit yep - it's basically just {svg <svg file>} in the output.
  321. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen @ranjit yep! Path through these points, rect with x y width height, etc. It's XML.
  322. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen @ranjit the @someboxes bio has an example.
  323. …in reply to @v21
    @tullyhansen @ranjit @someboxes (and now I'll dissappear - ✈)
  324. Flight delayed : I've went and got a beer. My body does not know what time it is.
  325. My phone is new, and so the predictive keyboard is over sensitive. It thinks "I'm ploughing" is the best way to start a sentence.
  326. RT @KommanderKlobb: Parents - this is ace! "Games to Play With Your Child in Which You Barely Move or Talk" theuglyvolvo.com/games-to-play-with-your-child-in-which-you-barely-have-to-move-or-talk/ (thanks…
  327. Think I'm tearing up a little at how brave and strong @UnburntWitch is in this post blog.unburntwitch.com/post/137105243484/2016
  328. …in reply to @v21
    It's surprising how few people genuinely commit to changing the world for the better, given how possible it is to make progress happen.
  329. RT @patio11: It's like an onion made out of clown shoes where you peel back a clown shoe and find another clown shoe: https://t.co/TqUyI1aA…
  330. All of my devices disagree about what time it is!
  331. …in reply to @plentyofalcoves
    @plentyofalcoves proper cold in a city is hard, because all the buildings stay toasty.
  332. …in reply to @v21
    @plentyofalcoves I think my main advice is just to have a fuck-off cold weather jacket. And gloves/hat/etc.
  333. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere I've not implemented it yet! Haha
  334. …in reply to @plentyofalcoves
    @plentyofalcoves I was in Toronto at (at worst) -20C... Cover all yr skin, have a warm jacket and a windproof one, and yr, well, still cold.
  335. …in reply to @v21
    @plentyofalcoves (or toasty, depending on whether you're moving or not...) Anyway, that was fine, and enough.
  336. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere yeah, needs to get done, but it's a bit messy architecturally and I ran out of project-time. One day!
  337. …in reply to @martinhollis
    @martinhollis three devices, three times. Imagine the horror (I'm delayed at a layover at Newark)
  338. This is me, I will be at this place with our game tomorrow. Come say hi if you're around! @FabBeasts/686678932431712256
  339. …in reply to @TeddyDief
    @TeddyDief it's true! I am right now luxuriating in the ambiance of LAX.
  340. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @resiak presumably oversight? I seem to recall adding one, but who knows.
  341. RT @edclef: I put in a bit more effort and made a blog + kick-off blogpost. phew! @CumbriaGameDev/686938900741386240
  342. relevant to my header pic @MaraWritesStuff/686984059868811264
  343. RT @OK_grl: u used 2 call me on my [dream] phone
  344. RT @OK_grl: We go live next week !with @KeroKeroBonito cereal game + projects by @DRINKQT @BipLing @LIZ_Y2K @Hannahdiamond_ etc https://t.c…
  345. …in reply to @MylesNye
    @MylesNye @GamehausCafe running a few minutes late, but on my way!
  346. …in reply to @MylesNye
    @MylesNye @GamehausCafe will be there for a good while... But right now I'm stuck in the same traffic you are.
  347. …in reply to @uglymachine
    @uglymachine @ammonite @FabBeasts till tomorrow evening!
  348. …in reply to @uglymachine
    @uglymachine @ammonite @FabBeasts I only arrived last night, it's a *drumroll* flying visit.
  349. RT @HonestWilliam: I AM QUITTING GAMES TO START WORK ON MY ROBOT FOR ROBOT WARS
  350. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC ah-hah-hah, yr avatar!
  351. Sometimes you wonder at where life has taken you, sitting on the floor of an LA studio supergluing things back together before an interview.
  352. RT @GIFmodel: The only thing we know about #cyberspace is that its 640x480
  353. Twelve Games About Counting v21.io/blog/twelve-games-about-counting/
  354. …in reply to @v21
    "Count from 1 to 100. Swim at least one length of the pool between each number. Do not use any external aids."
  355. There's really no good way to gavotte
  356. …in reply to @v21
    There's really no good way to handle arriving at a hostel where you're staying in a shared dorm at 1am.
  357. …in reply to @tomhoward87
    @tomhoward87 it's just hard, I think. A thing humans are not made to be good at.
  358. …in reply to @JamesACoote
    @JamesACoote the bit that killed me was the sheets not being on the bed.
  359. Hello San Francisco!
  360. I wrote a post on what I did in 2015: v21.io/blog/my-2015/ (lots of things, it turns out)
  361. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb the one about trying to be good to people, or the one about doing lots of things?
  362. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb I'm gonna try!
  363. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb y'know, alongside all those other, stressful, things.
  364. RT @Ian_Dunn: The Intervision Song Contest (the communist version of Eurovision) had an interesting method of scoring the songs. https://t.…
  365. bot of the day: @shit_archillect ah-hahahahaha
  366. I've been thinking about it, and I've changed my mind: sending lube & dildos to the Oregon Militia is super gross and I wish people hadn't.
  367. …in reply to @adtidixon
    @adtidixon i'm all for publicly humiliating terrible people as a force for good, but -- what's wrong with dildos or lube?
  368. …in reply to @robomachin
    @roboticmachine @klondk gorgoeus palette
  369. i'm really glad that indie game creators have discovered the power of picking good colour palettes
  370. …in reply to @v21
    of course, the hard part is constraining the design so that you only need 4 colours...
  371. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal <3 <3 <3
  372. …in reply to @mattedgar
  373. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas @doougle "computer game"
  374. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin oh no, oh, i'm so sorry
  375. …in reply to @CelDavison
    @_mynameischuck that's p normal... there's a reason for the saying...
  376. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood is it killing your groove?
  377. RT @wikisext: sext: i wildly add my dash of water to 1 scoop of powder detergent to make a paste...you slowly understand how your hair is p…
  378. …in reply to @v21
    I would like to draw your attention to @LeeShangLun's current live-teeeting of playing through these games.
  379. @LeeShangLun I am really happy you're doing this thing you're doing.
  380. …in reply to @v21
    @LeeShangLun I'm going to refrain from much more comment than that. Good luck.
  381. …in reply to @acccent
    @acccent @adrielbeaver I think if you were getting serious about #9, you could do it in less than 100 months easy.
  382. …in reply to @v21
    @acccent @adrielbeaver same with swimming / hours - I go swimming far less frequently than hours pass.
  383. …in reply to @v21
    @acccent @adrielbeaver but also, yeah, it reflects my life (currently sitting in a hostel bed in a foreign country)
  384. RT @SundaeMonth: ribbons, prayer flags swaying in the afternoon dust \\ amid the mechanical chirps of passing robofolk #trashdiary https://…
  385. bot of the day: @JohnCusackNews a joke, running since 2008, is going into a well considered retirement medium.com/@johncusacknews/johncusacknews-is-going-away-here-s-why-ae74ae68eb16
  386. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I love Ross Sutherland's Imaginary Advice.
  387. …in reply to @sophmallinson
    @glietzsche i heard that eskimos remove obstructions with tounges dear
  388. …in reply to @jukiokallio
    @jukiokallio that's nice!
  389. …in reply to @muffinista
    @muffinista @motherboard "programming languages that programmers hate" is pretty equivalent to "programming languages"
  390. …in reply to @pippinbarr
    @pippinbarr pippin.
  391. RT @circleparty: ⃝º◯o ◯ ◯º
  392. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin the War Nerd's Apocalypse Never?
  393. …in reply to @v21
    @hannahnicklin I feel like I'm doing great at being Pat for you today
  394. RT @stephen_collins: Petition: Scrap the £35k threshold for non-EU citizens settling in the UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/118060
  395. Hello New York!
  396. This trip has been so many contexts.
  397. RT @kcimc: word2vec examples: weekend vs weekdays, 0 vs 1-9, seasons, and ordinals (music? sports?)
  398. …in reply to @5point9billion
    @5point9billion to be fair, there's many more than that
  399. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful ah, yeah, sorry - I haven't got round to implementing that bit yet. It'll work on the timer, though.
  400. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful (unless there's something in yr SVG that the server-side rendering doesn't like, which happens more than it should)
  401. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful I should really document this stuff on the page itself, but life has been a bit too hectic lately.
  402. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful I'm excited to see what you're making, btw
  403. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful oh, the SVG stuff doesn't count to character limit (the text part still does)
  404. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful in fact, since you can put text inside svgs, you can make bots with as much text in as you like
  405. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful not easily, no. Check the source linked in @someboxes bio, and see if there's anything you're missing in the preamble?
  406. What was the point of bringing warm clothes for New York (it's snowing), if I'm just going to leave them at the hostel...
  407. RT @hannahnicklin: Call for submissions to a zine on 'girly' and edu-games in 90s-2000s! cc @BabyGotBell @patrickashe @asponge @v21 https:/…
  408. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful I had some invalid colours once and it still tweeted, just blank. I'll try to have a look later (what's the account?)
  409. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain love love love that freckling at the neck
  410. We're doing a Thunderclap thingy for the launch of the Fab Beasts Kickstarter - sign up here: thunderclap.it/projects/36627-kickstarting-fabulous-beasts
  411. …in reply to @v21
    basically it'll schedule a tweet yelling about us at the time we launch the KS, so that the yelling will all be well co-ordinated.
  412. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain oh, you totally should. yeah, big blocks of colour/fine texture seems like a great fit with these organic shapes
  413. This vine is great because it looks completely different the second time round vine.co/v/hwDTIXvwz2m
  414. …in reply to @bfod
    @bfod oh, interesting. I closed my eyes on the third to get it back to a cube.
  415. …in reply to @OK_grl
  416. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin thanks @amaenad for retroactively changing a friendly-mean gesture to a friendly-friendly one.
  417. RT @uncommonsnyc: Join us tonight at 7PM for a demo of the lovely game Fabulous Beasts (@FabBeasts). Coming soon to @Kickstarter! https://t…
  418. Oh gosh these look great. Shoutout to my colleague @streamofstars, who's been making this prettiness happen. @FabBeasts/689131406107226112
  419. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc I did a little doubletake at an interview with me being linked as an example of bot ethics.
  420. Bots for money! Business models for bot makers! This is a great fit. @tinysubversions/689132689757044736
  421. tiny shiba being tugged along by a cute girl being eaten by a huge coat
  422. Last week, I put up my 2015 year-in-review: v21.io/blog/my-2015 and twelve games about counting: v21.io/blog/twelve-games-about-counting
  423. …in reply to @v21
    And I see @LeeShangLun is continuing live-tweeting his attempt to play them all in order (naturally, he's slowing down a bit).
  424. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou there's some physical stuff being sold on there already, right? wonder how that works.
  425. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou hah - aitch-giles.itch.io/casual-games-for-casual-hikers has a separate paypal button on the page - loads more itch.io/physical-games, but generally PnP
  426. …in reply to @v21
    @polclarissou my advice would be to use Big Cartel and not worry about VAT til you're making proper money off it.
  427. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou etsy is way more of a being-on-etsy thing that an independent storefront thing?
  428. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu thinking of you
  429. @SK_Louie I'm at @Babycastles and I looked on the floor and there was one of your beermats stuck to the floor with masking tape.
  430. …in reply to @v21
    @SK_Louie @Babycastles it was an oddly tender moment.
  431. RT @mrfb: I burnt some sage, added some things to a whitelist in the bad part of town, and voila:
  432. …in reply to @SK_Louie
    @SK_Louie @Babycastles yeah! one more day left.
  433. …in reply to @helvetica
    @helvetica @christinelove I think it would be like Nuovo - a place for weirder design, not necessarily first-class <something else>.
  434. …in reply to @SK_Louie
    @SK_Louie @Babycastles well, it's not really on the way, is it?
  435. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful I found the error log - gist.github.com/v21/6428ad6ec44194ccc483 uninformative, i know... :/
  436. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful i was seeing the same errors when viewBox was left out... i think the same when @GalaxyKate was struggling.
  437. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful @GalaxyKate I _think_ there's backend changes I want to make anyway that can fix it. I'd probably wait for fixes before stuggling.
  438. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful @GalaxyKate or start with a known working (ie @someboxes) and change a step at a time.& inspecting the page to see the SVG source.
  439. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful @GalaxyKate @someboxes ick... :/ hopefully upgrading the backend will fix things...
  440. Just arrived at @uncommonsnyc to demo Fabulous Beasts. Come say hi!
  441. RT @air_hadoken: A bot challenge for #botALLY in 2016. Make a bot for someone else (to their needs or interests). Do any time this year.
  442. Fuck me, 250 RTs for that cube illusion Vine. Some day a tweet I actually care about will do #numbers.
  443. RT @WarrenIsDead: another day volunteering at the betsy ross museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can touch the flag. buddy, that's aga…
  444. RT @RobbyKraft: a couple random walker plots. with drift tendency
  445. …in reply to @tripzilch
    @tripzilch @bitcraftlab @GalaxyKate right, so: CBDQ has the API key, that's not the issue. But you need to make a new Twitter account.
  446. …in reply to @v21
    @tripzilch @bitcraftlab @GalaxyKate often I've found Twitter starts asking for phone numbers/stops letting you create accounts after a bit.
  447. …in reply to @v21
    @tripzilch @bitcraftlab @GalaxyKate others have found this fine, and it's only really in a classroom setting (same IP?)
  448. …in reply to @v21
    @tripzilch @bitcraftlab @GalaxyKate for insurance, you could register a bunch of accounts in advance, rename etc in class.
  449. …in reply to @lily_dot_com
    @rainshapes that can't hurt, right? & good luck, I know some good people there. (ie @katierosepipkin, who prepped that class)
  450. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver i hope it went well. & congratulations.
  451. RT @polclarissou: lakeside woodlands, woodlands town
  452. Announcement: The London Games Festival is a thing: ukie.org.uk/GamesLondon As part of this, we're running the 2nd Now Play This (1– 3 Apr).
  453. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge oh, hey, do you want to do something as part of the london games festival? i'll forward you the open call once it's up.
  454. …in reply to @molleindustria
  455. It's an exciting person! I am excited to work with them! @FabBeasts/689457521073909762
  456. RT @hollygramazio: If you're interested in showing a game at @nowplaythese in April, there's info and a form to fill out here! https://t.co…
  457. Seriously, send us yr games.
  458. …in reply to @Poxican
    @Poxican @FabBeasts I can neither confirm or deny that rumour.
  459. Hey, we announced it! Excited to work with you, @Disasterpeace! @FabBeasts/689491023710420992
  460. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate these are good socks! Link? (I don't know if I need more socks, but)
  461. Been getting pretty familiar with Terminal C of Newark airport.
  462. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC amazing how easy coding can be when you know what you're building 😎
  463. …in reply to @tpizza
    @tpizza @FabBeasts @doougle /loved/ watching Doug getting serious about it. Sorry you didn't get to play more!
  464. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle @tpizza yeah, made it with plenty of time. And safely back in London now. Hope you had a good time at the party!
  465. I am back from America and our Kickstarter launches in 6 days time.
  466. The high point of the flight back was definitely following the Thames west into LHR. Battersea bridge, and the unmistakable pagoda at Kew.
  467. …in reply to @chromatogram
    @chromatogram I used to live by Ravenscourt Park, but was a bit too slow to spot it.
  468. …in reply to @Gib
    @Gib I'm not sure it stands up.
  469. RT @hannahnicklin: Super excited to announce this curated game jam between theatre makers & game designers I'm producing with @HatFair: htt…
  470. RT @hannahnicklin: 2 days R&D on games&play for outdoor festivals with @hollygramazio, @reallyfancy, @edclef, @donnyBronson, @SelinaNThomps…
  471. RT @mink_ette: Such a lovely day today.
  472. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas nah - my ideal file system would just have files, with attributes attached
  473. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @resiak @my_cat_ebooks now i'm listening to Jack Off Jill for the day. thanks!
  474. come work beneath me (like, literally - Run An Empire is based in the office downstairs from us in this vault) @RunAnEmpire/689150681744306178
  475. RT @slimedaughter: straight shooter
  476. …in reply to @bozulbang
    @LichLike i read that as acab at first, which could also work in that context
  477. Toca Boca :
  478. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @edclef I can't remember! It was a long time ago! I'm tired! You're not my real dad!
  479. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian endlessly depends, but the most generally usable in common situations these days is: OOO OOO OOO (imho)
  480. …in reply to @PersocomNina
    @hentaiphd specially when that work is clear and meaty and able to be focused on. worst is endless context switches & moving tiny pieces.
  481. RT @lorenschmidt: walled garden
  482. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @SongExploder I saw Florence and the Machine as a first opener for MGMT at the Liquid Rooms.
  483. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar Snuff Box is excellent tho. And now I have the theme in my head for the rest of the day...
  484. tfl is gonna be taking over all the suburban rail services. this is great news!
  485. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes the thing is tho, twitter isn't for everyone right now. and to grow, they need to attract not-twitter people.
  486. …in reply to @v21
    @retroremakes so twitter people not liking it is irrelevant til we actually leave.
  487. spending the afternoon listening to The Floor Is Jelly OST music.disasterpeace.com/album/the-floor-is-jelly-ost (we're working with Distasterpeace on Fabulous Beasts!)
  488. …in reply to @v21
    also TFIJ is amazing, and was super slept on, recommended if you like chilling with frogs in wet jelly caves thefloorisjelly.com/
  489. …in reply to @undefined
    @reallyfancy we have matcha tea kitkats! they're good!
  490. …in reply to @v21
    here's the first Disasterpeace/Fab Beasts sketch: soundcloud.com/dzasterpeace/fabulous-beasts-kickstarter-sketches
  491. I'm in this: more importantly it's really great work. If you like smart things written on games, and games culture.. @hannahnicklin/690226790250446848
  492. Grimes is Richard Stallman @BBW_BFF/690167993246941186
  493. yess - @pippinbarr's second Indie Bundle is out: pippinbarr.com/games/indiebungle2/ this is a stellar act of game criticism. also really funny.
  494. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas @doougle they broke usability by ... well, too many things. it has a lovely theoretical model! none of the commands map to it!
  495. …in reply to @v21
    @Nifflas @doougle i use it and will recommend it in future, but it's not because it's good or pleasant to use.
  496. …in reply to @legobutts
    @legobutts whoa, yeah
  497. RT @partytimeHXLNT: 「ミルラ ロラレ…」 おまじない🔮ゆうじょう! Cast friendship spells by placing magic stickers in your tiny spell book. https://t.co/7mM5u75…
  498. @YouAreDogNow make me a dog please
  499. …in reply to @bengoldacre
    @bengoldacre Top of the Lake. Bleak, beautiful crime drama with overt feminist themes and interesting pacing.
  500. Caught up on the latest SU last night. Won't say much because of spoilers, but Steven Universe is really good, huh?
  501. …in reply to @v21
    Like, I can't remember the last thing that made me give so much of a shit about it's lore.
  502. RT @FailedRckstr: This is the coolest video you will see today.
  503. …in reply to @FailedRckstr
  504. …in reply to @undefined
  505. …in reply to @oh_cripes
  506. stacked three tall
  507. T minus 3 days and 20 hours.
  508. …in reply to @NEDymond
    @NEDymond zzz, i'm sleepy
  509. @TheArtfulEscape just saw your Kill Screen article - the game looks rad. You should maybe submit it to us? nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/
  510. …in reply to @JFriedhoff
    @JFriedhoff much easier for tech companies to fund external orgs, esp ones working with cute kids, than to question their own culture.
  511. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy Having just been to SF & NY: god the London Underground knows what they're doing.
  512. …in reply to @undefined
    @animalphase know that feel
  513. …in reply to @undefined
    @animalphase from earlier today, in fact. luckily, this time i could just uninstall alien isolation.
  514. RT @maruti_bitamin: Ouch!
  515. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC ship it
  516. …in reply to @tom_armitage
    @tom_armitage @toxi oh man, @radiodario was raving about his workshops just last night
  517. …in reply to @v21
  518. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful @botlovesyou Ah, this is so surreal to see! Hi, @MaxTundra - I saw you at Field Day a few years back, and love your stuff.
  519. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful @botlovesyou @MaxTundra (and I was the creator of cheapbotsdonequick.com, for context)
  520. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe this article is amazing
  521. having a fun day staring at this every few minutes
  522. Tim left his music on shuffle, which was good, but then: ... Welcome to part three of this four part story, narrated by me, Will Self.
  523. RT @Pinboard: “The dotCloud platform, which developers can use to build apps without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, will be …
  524. RT @lorenschmidt: sending the latest version of "beads of orange glass" to a couple of festivals. fingers crossed!
  525. going backwards through my twitter following list and it's basically the story of my life laid out
  526. RT @maruti_bitamin: Whirlpool
  527. …in reply to @v21
    the same people, recombined, in different contexts. digital interest and real life knowing disconnected.
  528. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew hey, my first follow is an ex, too. second was a friend i got drunk with last night.
  529. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew i mean, i just happened to run into him at Loading. But still, we met in a different city, before I was in games, so...
  530. RT @vectorpoem: @boxartscrewup/690901293460680704 Lazy executive: "Ah but see, we tried interactive rom-com in the 90s, and it didn't work! More shoo…
  531. RT @randal_olson: Analyzing 50k fonts using deep neural networks. #DeepLearning #MachineLearning erikbern.com/2016/01/21/analyzing-50k-fonts-using-deep-neural-networks/ https://t.co/oUnU…
  532. love this piece, on the primacy of Making over care-giving, education, etc : theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/why-i-am-not-a-maker/384767/
  533. totally missed the existence of @sokpopco! cool stuff!!!
  534. New Jack King-Spooner game up on Kickstarter : kck.st/1Phxy9e
  535. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt maybe you should send it to one more nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/
  536. can't wait for OCR tech in browsers, so we can copy text from screenshots
  537. RT @adamjohnsonNYC: .@CoreyRobin's brilliant observation on just how exhausting neoliberalism is coreyrobin.com/2016/01/22/bile-bullshit-and-bernie-16-notes-on-the-democratic-primary/ https://t.co/lh48…
  538. RT @pippinbarr: Let's Play: Permadeath: Speedrun: #17: Half-Life: youtube.com/watch?v=RUrbFiNtXCQ
  539. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp you should definitely do it if you think you can have fun with it
  540. popular twitter posts look more and more like tumblr posts over time
  541. …in reply to @HollyPixel
    @HollyPixel is that chromatic aberration being used to mimic the look of subpixel hinting?
  542. RT @int_main: very important settings #screenshotsaturday
  543. i liked this post about teaching chimps sign language and raising them like fucked up human babies koryos.tumblr.com/post/137911180311/hey-what-do-you-think-about-gorillas-like-koko
  544. …in reply to @v21
    better summary of the research than i got in uni, imo
  545. Was just idly thinking to myself "Ways of Seeing really is great, isn't it?" @jacobson_meg/690800515437883392
  546. …in reply to @v21
    Best part of this episode is later, tho. John Berger says "I've been talking loads about women and art... We should hear from women instead"
  547. …in reply to @int_main
    @int_main dunno if this is ready to be shown, but if you have a build I'd be interested to see it for nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/
  548. good series of tweets @sayitwhirly/689527917785800706
  549. Really enjoyed this essay on tiny perl poetry, Oulipo, needlework, boy-hacker culture... epc.buffalo.edu/ezines/elp/issue-1/ppg256.php
  550. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo wait ... breakout doesn't connect to Indie Bundle 2
  551. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo oh, interesting. i think there's a lot of original Breakout left in IB2, but I've not properly played BREAKSOUT, so I might be off
  552. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I think I would put the notices in the html source... I totally consider the source part of the work for things like this.
  553. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo haha! I'm not saying you should bother, just an interesting thing to discuss.
  554. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo I always enjoy when this stuff has factual inaccuracies
  555. …in reply to @Oujevipo
  556. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo i miss that bio
  557. …in reply to @undefined
    @saljam_ none - I've used my phone as normal over there for the past few years. Obv it's still international if you call US numbers...
  558. @D_V_T_K love @OK_grl - you might be interested in submitting something to this: nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/
  559. tracery is now on npm! npmjs.com/package/tracery-grammar (it's also updated to match @GalaxyKate's latest changes, and much easier to keep in sync)
  560. …in reply to @phototropy
    @phototropy oh, worse luck. Strong feelings your way...
  561. RT @TinyMaster: Spent a brilliantly tense 60 mins getting our level 3 clearance (& then escaping) @enter_oubliette today. GO PLAY! https://…
  562. …in reply to @megsutton
    @megsutton @NoraReed @GalaxyKate they're lovely! Glad you had fun, and keep rocking it.
  563. T minus 22 hours
  564. RT @zachlieberman: searching for image segmentation algorithms I found this particularly disturbing image
  565. RT @hoskingc: However, women have been equal or greater in arch programs since the 70s, and it still hasn't resulted in equal #'s of women …
  566. this is really beautiful: glittering.blue/
  567. …in reply to @v21
    and the FAQ is great. I kinda want to update Always Stuck Minding The Store, putting this in the background...
  568. …in reply to @robdubbin
    @robdubbin reminded of a winter in the UK a few years back - councils ran out of road grit, had to fall back on table salt.
  569. imagine if posting the bell character on twitter made a noise when it was received
  570. …in reply to @vectorpoem
    @vectorpoem Rust seems to be - people are building out game tooling in it (Piston stuff)
  571. …in reply to @polclarissou
  572. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian so: as per blog.radiator.debacle.us/2015/10/not-manifesto.html the conversation is part of the work, and trying to influence that conversation is valid.
  573. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian yeah, i mean, i'm not saying they're right, just that the request isn't inherently bad.
  574. …in reply to @v21
    @whatisian i can think of (tiny, conceptual) games that work as counterexamples to your questions
  575. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian yeah, i think so so, too.
  576. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @fishwithlasers Both Andi McClure and Kate Compton come to mind within my circles, though I dunno if they'd want to speak.
  577. …in reply to @v21
    @jonbro @fishwithlasers (because, of course, they have completely different ideological aims - not to Do It Properly, but to Have Fun)
  578. @godzekesatan hey - have you thought about submitting Soft Body to Now Play This? nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/
  579. T minus 14 hours.
  580. …in reply to @AdriaandeJongh
  581. …in reply to @v21
    @AdriaandeJongh @tha_rami (not an entirely serious suggestion)
  582. …in reply to @godzekesatan
    @godzekesatan :D :D :D
  583. …in reply to @fernantastic
    @compositeredfox me too!!!!!!!!
  584. …in reply to @FakeUnicode
    @FakeUnicode should have COLOR SPECIFIER START and COLOR SPECIFIER END imho
  585. remember when Grimes built a houseboat and tried to sail to New Orleans? web.archive.org/web/20150110071954/http://www.startribune.com/local/west/49134952.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y
  586. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @UnburntWitch ok ok, i should probably start testing tracery changes with something other than my main
  587. #
  588. …in reply to @v21
    not "/", very important
  589. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
    @UnburntWitch it sent the right thing this time
  590. squirrels
  591. …in reply to @v21
    OK! I think I have restored modifiers to a working state on Cheap Bots, Done Quick! My apologies for any hiccups in this service.
  592. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal aw, but i miss my old one...
  593. …in reply to @NoraReed
    @NoraReed no worry((s))
  594. …in reply to @v21
    the mysteries of phantomjs2 still elude me, though - if anyone knows a npm package that provides phantomjs2 enabled svg to png rendering...
  595. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal "I always liked broken games the best, anyway"
  596. …in reply to @v21
    @notquitereal this one is a bit of a riff off @martinhollis's old "I'm making a game about love"
  597. …in reply to @tinysubversions
    @tinysubversions the SVG support is currently via svg2png, which uses phantom internally.
  598. …in reply to @v21
    @tinysubversions but it's super finickety and janky rn, and apparently phantomjs2 is better at that?
  599. …in reply to @v21
    @tinysubversions the other thing i need to do is surface errors, allow interactively rendering stuff on the server, feedback on bad SVGs...
  600. …in reply to @v21
    @tinysubversions but i figured swapping out svg2png for the version of svgexport i found that used phantomjs2 internally would be quick...
  601. T minus two and a bit hours
  602. …in reply to @fishwithlasers
  603. We're on BBC news! bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35400377 I should get out of bed.
  604. Jessica Jones' blue jeans:
  605. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu yep! (it's secretly live already)
  606. Wait, I'll do a tweet for RTing.
  607. Fabulous Beasts, the game I've been working on for the last year, is now live on KS! kickstarter.com/projects/sensibleobject/fabulous-beasts-a-new-kind-of-game
  608. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc that is completely fine #engagement #content
  609. RT @paullicino: @v21 BEAR HAS JOINED THE WORLD!
  610. …in reply to @JamesWallis
    @JamesWallis @paullicino even @caraellison flinches towards her face
  611. …in reply to @v21
    @JamesWallis @paullicino @caraellison FABULOUS BEASTS: a game that will make you flinch
  612. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen thaaaank you
  613. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu are you for or against them?
  614. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu they don't really fit, though!
  615. …in reply to @genmon
    @genmon we can do this
  616. I'm making a game about failing to stack animals in a big pile IT'S ON KICKSTARTER NOW kickstarter.com/projects/sensibleobject/fabulous-beasts-a-new-kind-of-game
  617. …in reply to @v21
  618. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu stretchy jeans! if i was her i would wear black stretchy skinny jeans the whole time
  619. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew why am i only a game designer in quotation marks?
  620. …in reply to @saltyhorse
    @saltyhorse hahaha. you're right, but it's not proper z-order I just drag the slots into an ordering in the editor (they're secretly all UI)
  621. …in reply to @v21
    @saltyhorse anyway, i've fucked with all that stuff a bunch since then
  622. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher maybe it did? i can send a picture of our whiteboard if you're wondering
  623. …in reply to @paullicino
    @paullicino @JamesWallis @caraellison I like that the bottom is unhappy, the middle is happiest and the top is okay.
  624. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
  625. …in reply to @fastramdesign
    @fastramdesign thanksssss. seems to be okay so far!
  626. …in reply to @LovedayBrooke
    @LovedayBrooke @sheilamu i guess i'm spoilt by men's jeans
  627. …in reply to @nerial
  628. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp thank you - coming from you, that means a lot.
  629. …in reply to @ZomDa
    @ZomDa that's pretty much what we were going for, yeah
  630. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp yeah, for sure!
  631. …in reply to @timoncheese
    @timoncheese thanks Tim! if you ever want a live demo on the Jeremy Vine show, just say the word...
  632. …in reply to @sam_cook
    @sam_cook @sashagoblin hello! yeah, the world is pretty small, it turns out.
  633. …in reply to @v21
    £20k and 300 backers! Thank you so much everybody. Maybe this will work out.
  634. bot of the day: foodsquare.net/recipes/nigel-slaters-eat-exclusive-recipes-part-1/ flowery recipes mangled by spintax poetry from the spam factory
  635. …in reply to @edsaperia
  636. …in reply to @v21
    We're the no 3 most popular thing on Kickstarter rn! Flip. (Hey, east coast Americans, our Kickstarter launched)
  637. …in reply to @elibrody
    @elibrody i was actually totally thinking that, too
  638. …in reply to @JonRemedios
    @JonRemedios @ssmpgame thank you! if we can make the app half as polished as SSMP, we'll have done well.
  639. …in reply to @holmgard
    @holmgard ahh, our devious pricing strategies are working! (the playmat is the real star though)
  640. …in reply to @holmgard
    @holmgard also : thanks!
  641. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu @FabBeasts thank youuu~~~
  642. …in reply to @JonRemedios
    @JonRemedios haha, no worries
  643. …in reply to @iamdanw
    @iamdanw @BuckleyWilliams where's the app, Dan?
  644. RT @maruti_bitamin: 🌹😪🌹
  645. …in reply to @maruti_bitamin
    @maruti_bitamin you've been on fire recently
  646. …in reply to @iamdanw
    @iamdanw is the shark fabulous? if so... damn. we've certainly wasted a bunch of time.
  647. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate thank you! i saw it on the screen and it was nice, and then i saw it in person and wow.
  648. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc @nachimir you know who else has submissions open right now? nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/
  649. @partytimeHXLNT have you seen this? okgrl.com/
  650. RT @State_of_Play: We're looking for a talented Unity Developer to join our team, Please apply if that's you stateofplaygames.com/2016/01/were-hiring/
  651. RT @managore: presenting PLANTARIUM, a plant generator made much too late for #screensaverjam managore.itch.io/plantarium https://t.co/v2rJxbt…
  652. The amazing-connected-party-stacking game #FabulousBeasts is GO on #Kickstarter, pls share! kck.st/1Q0ejOp
  653. Our Kickstarter launched. It's about things not falling over and beasts becoming fabulous. kickstarter.com/projects/sensibleobject/fabulous-beasts-a-new-kind-of-game
  654. glad Jedward weighed in on this one @planetjedward/692033295593390081
  655. nice 404 page
  656. …in reply to @fastramdesign
    @fastramdesign I mean, this is what I got when I tried to log in to pay them...
  657. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern I mean, also that was immediately upon trying to log in, which isn't impressive.
  658. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern also THANK YOU. nearly at 25%!
  659. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry i bet they had a meeting about that choice
  660. @OK_grl haha, actually : have you seen this? femicom.org (cc @partytimeHXLNT)
  661. …in reply to @RamiroCorbetta
    @RamiroCorbetta @compositeredfox when you take out library books, authors get a payment (called the PLR).
  662. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @retroremakes @pippinbarr I reckon! I reckon I'd do it as a video series. Have people sit for them, chat as you sculpt.
  663. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin @KommanderKlobb I can come round and set up OBS or XSplit or whatever it is that's useful some time.
  664. …in reply to @v21
    @hannahnicklin @KommanderKlobb but also, yeah, do it at an event and make someone else sort it out (also pay you)
  665. 666 backers! I made a joke in the studio when we hit 420 earlier, but no one knew what the fuck I was talking about.
  666. …in reply to @v21
    Just left repeating "420 blaze it" over and over until someone else backed it and I could stop.
  667. I really like these organising principles for making rad stuff and existing within a community of artists leger.tumblr.com/principles
  668. …in reply to @tpizza
    @tpizza I bought and read this when I was first getting into games and thought I should read about game design. Went back recently, and
  669. …in reply to @v21
    @tpizza "hmm" (maybe "ugh"). I am so glad things have moved on (and that Clark/Anthropy book exists).
  670. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
    @chrisamaphone @tpizza @ybika I really need to remember who I lent my copy to so I can get it back and lend it to more people.
  671. RT @hellophia: workaholix comix
  672. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt @tpizza Schell "Art of Game Design". Think it might still be one of the most obvious "here's how to design a game" books.
  673. …in reply to @dreamfeelx
    @dreamfeelxo @tpizza @lorenschmidt I have a lot of sympathy! Writing something so broad and being useful but also not prescriptive is v hard
  674. …in reply to @v21
    @dreamfeelxo @tpizza @lorenschmidt a task that it felt that book only half understood as it churned away through factors and facets.
  675. Reminder: the open call for submissions to Now Play This is still open: nowplaythis.net/2016-open-call/ send us your games, the weirder the better.
  676. …in reply to @v21
    Also open and tbf more urgent: submissions for EGX Leftfield docs.google.com/forms/d/17vRBk_CQzwI42cTxHcvvJfzf_mltLFpe1av8BJEDMAI/viewform I have shown stuff here and it has been great.
  677. …in reply to @kezamacdonald
  678. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou yeah, I need to run for work now, but I'll have a look later.
  679. …in reply to @v21
    @polclarissou tho if you submit twice that's not a problem at all
  680. …in reply to @derElbi
    @derElbi @FabBeasts We're still working out the finer details of the logistics for multi-pledges ourselves...
  681. …in reply to @v21
    @derElbi @FabBeasts ... but will let you know when we have concrete answers. Looks like we might have to charge double shipping, though.
  682. …in reply to @derElbi
    @derElbi @FabBeasts though yeah, you over-back and then it gets sorted out later.
  683. …in reply to @jonty
    @jonty @tef @sam_cook haha, aw... but yeah - we were talking about a cherry picker version, but probs no time for that fun stuff...
  684. …in reply to @v21
    @jonty @tef @sam_cook but def up for taking the game and some RFID tags...
  685. …in reply to @gabesmed
    @gabesmed "ha" probably - i was checking my phone in bed at the time.
  686. …in reply to @v21
    @gabesmed then i started watching that Mario 0.5 A presses video and fell asleep
  687. RT @hermanradtke: I continue to argue that the modern web toolchain is as least as difficult to learn as systems programming https://t.co/Z…
  688. Did you know we were doing a Kickstarter? We are! It's here: kickstarter.com/projects/sensibleobject/fabulous-beasts-a-new-kind-of-game (sorry about my feed this next month)
  689. RT @hellophia: ☔ my page for Internet Murder Revenge Fantasy, written by @merrittkopas! See more & preorder a-dire-fawn.itch.io/imrf https:/…
  690. STACKABLE FRUIT vine.co/v/ii9Plgp0HAe
  691. This was a terrible time to have Gravity's Rainbow on order from Amazon.
  692. …in reply to @erbridge
    @erbridge how else would we get them to scan?
  693. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere for real, tho
  694. RT @Cyarron: Coming to the Gator-on-Offworld thing a day late, but damn if @leighalexander didn't handle it really well. Kudos https://t.co…
  695. …in reply to @v21
    Just 902 pages to go til I'm ready to play The Witness!
  696. I was on Kinda Funny! Look at my face and our game here: kindafunny.com/videos.php?video_id=PaRCc1OTS2M
  697. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb I only play games that haven't been released yet
  698. …in reply to @angusdick
    @angusdick is it? Phew! (I haven't watched yet.)
  699. …in reply to @HJosephineGiles
    @HarryGiles I have never read any Pynchon! I probably come across as the type who has, though.
  700. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb oh, that's a great cover, I've not seen that before. Have fun!
  701. …in reply to @HJosephineGiles
    @HarryGiles will bear that in mind! (when I get to it, I've got some Le Guin piled up first)
  702. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern it didn't just train against itself, first it trained against a very large dataset of human plays.
  703. …in reply to @v21
    @alexhern all this neural net stuff is contingent on large data sets - it's one of the biggest problems in the field.
  704. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern sorry for being one of those people who do that thing...
  705. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern though, book recommendation : the Quantum Thief opens with a great setpiece that's based on reinforcement learning.
  706. RT @400facts: 1-900-CAT-CHAT
  707. RT @JakubKoziol: A comprehensive list of reasons to upgrade to Windows 10: 1) Ctrl+V works in the command line.
  708. I think I would love iTunes Connect even more if I could ever fucking get the page to load.
  709. @geekbot_io feature request: can you make "none" skip the blockers question (like "nothing" does)?
  710. …in reply to @gecon_es
    @gecon_es @FabBeasts I'm sure @tburrellsaward would love the idea of making those
  711. …in reply to @HJosephineGiles
    @HarryGiles @NoraReed I could explain why if you want, but I won't unless you want me to.
  712. …in reply to @SimonParkin
    @SimonParkin i think about this a bunch with CoC stuff - lowering the bar and the stakes for calling out behaviour can only be a good thing.
  713. RT @nickbax: Strictly for concrete fans: the Barbican's painstaking tooled finishes explained @BrutalHouse
  714. RT @ultrabrilliant: Tim Curry trying not to laugh as he delivers one of the most ludicrous lines in video game cutscene history. https://t.…
  715. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar jenn did you see the link i just posted it is basically you: youtube.com/watch?v=niZpcdp2v34
  716. …in reply to @undefined
    @jennatar and you're escaping to SPACE!!
  717. RT @muclorty: You can now upload custom textures to vertex meadow. vertexmeadow.xyz/
  718. fuck i really want to dance to Kill V Main at a club
  719. many many fabulous beasts to find vine.co/v/i5aIuH2lF9w
  720. in case you forgot: "The Atlantic on Blow - the missing copy" opinex.tumblr.com/post/21039627308/the-atlantic-on-blow-the-missing-copy
  721. …in reply to @charlesrandall
    @charlesrandall @JFriedhoff @KrisLigman with Vim, you should never need to touch the mouse!
  722. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe whew! though maybe i was being subtweeted for a second there.
  723. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate wow, that's a great idea.
  724. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate i mean, i'm not gonna do this, because i'm in a shared space, and all the mugs are p much identical, but: yeah, great.
  725. …in reply to @Cyarron
    @Cyarron the point of "walking simulator" is to reclaim the Steam forum-ite insult, turn it into a badge of pride.
  726. …in reply to @Cyarron
    @Cyarron it's an injoke that got stuck, and I couldn't be happier.
  727. …in reply to @Cyarron
    @Cyarron (though, fwiw, i do think there's an argument that Proteus is about simulating the emotional experience of a nice walk)
  728. RT @worldsofzzt: worldsofzzt.tumblr.com/post/138148229281 Caves of Death by Bloodstar64
  729. …in reply to @asponge
  730. RT @molleindustria: Barbie finally gets different body types and becomes a game developer. A dialectical thank you to gamergate! https://t.…
  731. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @patrickashe @tigershungry @KommanderKlobb yeah - I'll be arriving in ten, we'll patch you in
  732. RT @getdizzzy: "to miss the humor of Borges is to miss Borges. What cracks me up about him is the mock imperious tone w/ which he lays out …
  733. Tonight I played Porpentine's Foldscape and guh! so many good moments in it. porpentine.itch.io/foldscape
  734. RT @mathias: Take any Facebook/Instagram photo URL. 👉 append .txt → ASCII art 👉 append .html → colored ASCII art E.g. https://t.co/Gg…
  735. a robot dreaming of forgotten games: @realnoyb/692186519390547968
  736. …in reply to @undefined
    @SOUP_OR_BALLS not worth making a game unless you truly explore an idea in depth
  737. Upcoming me talking-in-public opportunities: membership.theguardian.com/event/guardian-live-guardian-gaming-night-20142476690 (Guardian Live, 18th) & dorkbotlondon.org/ (Dorkbot, 15th)
  738. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge 1) Curly-Wurly's are disappointing in practice 2) You know I don't take sugar 3) Pop round the office any time!
  739. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth is this the payment you have to make now, or the total tax due? those are different things.
  740. …in reply to @psychicteeth
    @psychicteeth I think I need to pay about a third of the total now, the rest over the course of the year. Depends.
  741. …in reply to @v21
    @psychicteeth I know others have rang them up and negotiated payment terms. It'll be okay, you'll find a way through.
  742. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
    @HonestWilliam I know what the theme is
  743. Lovely piece on the Young Coaches we worked with on Fabulous Beasts react-hub.org.uk/articles/play/it%E2%80%99s-about-making-best-world-you-can-together
  744. …in reply to @v21
    the best feeling is reading a thing and people discuss doing a thing and you're like "yes! that was an aim when I sat down to design that!"
  745. …in reply to @v21
    this is what success looks like:
  746. RT @polclarissou: okee time for NEWS! The rad @patrickashe will work with @Gib & I from now on! & help us make vignettesga.me http…
  747. …in reply to @undefined
    @TacticalMullign @mcclure111 trophies are mandatory on the PS4.
  748. …in reply to @xrafstarguts
    @slimedaughter entirely my pleasure! I think my favorite part was the zip file.
  749. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate whoa, shit, you gotta send me the files for that. Or at least a copy.
  750. RT @GalaxyKate: I made some sweet Tracery tutorial zines for #GlobalGameJam2016 at UCSC, fresh from the presses!
  751. RT @NoraReed: this is AMAZING bot fodder. i'm planning on using it, some of you might find it useful too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place_names_in_the_United_Kingdom_and_Ireland #botALLY
  752. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher thanks for posting this, I think it shifted my view some.
  753. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin how was the jam?
  754. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu i never finished the old ones, tho!
  755. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin haha, fair enough not managing to sum everything up in a tweet.
  756. i am a mid-tier napper at best
  757. Listening to @dreamfeelx's end of year mixes right now: mixcloud.com/dreamfeeel/ Some stuff that made up my 2015, some stuff that's new to me
  758. RT @Gib: this skate game is really going well
  759. …in reply to @LucieViatge
    @LucieViatge @roboticmachine @klondk these are wonderful!
  760. RT @LucieViatge: Procedural potted plants with @roboticmachine for a special @klondk thing at #screenshake16!!
  761. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy market forces are not neutral or natural - they're a response to particular environments, which are affected by policy.
  762. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy I enjoyed this summary of executive pay trends in the UK: theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/nov/22/pay
  763. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy note the lack of evidence connecting high pay with performance, or that execs can be poached with higher pay.
  764. I got these in the mail the other day; they're super cute and lovely. Would recommend. @PolClarissou/690936264657391617
  765. my understanding is that that adobe page is an attempt to show they're preventing photoshop becoming genericized (which would lose the ™)
  766. …in reply to @v21
    whether it works or not is a bit moot, they just have to show they're trying. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks
  767. the best thing about the witness is all the people incidentally getting hyped for stephen's sausage game
  768. …in reply to @v21
    (i have not played the witness - i cba with line puzzles rn. might pick it up in a year when it gets cheap)
  769. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy so, on the one hand, there's a lot of bad policy, and layering more bad policy on top is not a good fix, agreed.
  770. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy but on the other: i disagree with the implicit idea that there is a possible "undistorted" market, that policy fucks with.
  771. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy it seems clear to me that markets naturally tear themselves apart, and are always artificially sustained by policy.
  772. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy yeah, this is definitely a big problem. but most of the practical attempts to reduce the surface area of govt are ...
  773. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy ... structured in such a way as to obviously provide benefits for established interests in the area. so i am mistrustful.
  774. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy far prefer seeing ways to harden this, by giving proportionally more lobbying power to other, non-biz, groups.
  775. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy big fan of campaign finance reform for this reason, frinstance.
  776. some great writing on the witness by @mcclure111 here: vote.runhello.com/w/
  777. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy i don't want to kill the beast, tho! i am a person who thinks we should renationalize the railways, for example.
  778. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy free enterprise built the tube, too.but tfl now runs it much better than the private companies contracted to run commuter trains
  779. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb too late. but also i'm not gonna play the witness any time soon, if ever, so *shrug*.
  780. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb (because it is $40, and if recent experience is any guide, i am v unlikely to play more than a few hours of it if i did buy)
  781. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @KommanderKlobb but if so, the experience will be tinged with nostalgia for @mcclure111's great points about art vs science.
  782. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @KommanderKlobb also it will have been cheaper than $40 by then.
  783. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen sorry to hear that, but also that is a weird thing to read as someone who went to both (other) Box Hill & Kew a lot as a kid.
  784. “But, do you think Empire was really all that bad?” mediadiversified.org/2016/01/29/but-do-you-think-empire-was-really-all-that-bad/
  785. …in reply to @d4nf0x
    @d4nf0x it works for Sweden
  786. …in reply to @d4nf0x
    @d4nf0x @theyarnyard @Channel4News wait, how do you figure that? there's a reason companies don't like employees sharing pay info.
  787. listening to jetsetradio.live and putting some Kiteland Isles up on my wall
  788. …in reply to @marksteward
    @marksteward i had this, but it still wanted details for my driving license. which has expired. so i ended up sacking off the whole process.
  789. …in reply to @v21
    @marksteward (notable that if you say you only have a passport when you start the process, it would've been fine)
  790. …in reply to @marksteward
    @marksteward oh yeah, i have an email saying that, but it asks for driving license details every time i try to log into gov.uk. fun!
  791. …in reply to @v21
    looking good!
  792. …in reply to @v21
  793. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp @alltartans ah jeez, i'll fix the thing, jeez
  794. RT @solcerulean: Lala Abaddon. Prints large format photographs, cuts them into hundreds of pieces and weaves them together. https://t.co/8h…
  795. …in reply to @sam_cook
  796. …in reply to @PhilMcFad
    @PhilMcFad hahah, aww
  797. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate @smestorp @alltartans that tartan should now be retired, let me know if there's any further sightings