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Tweets from 2016/04

  1. …in reply to @chrisamaphone
  2. Wow, I have not done multiple days of strenuous physical activity for a while. It feels... good ? Wish I could stay in bed & appreciate it.
  3. …in reply to @v21
    Also, hey! Now Play This opens in about an hour and a half. Come down some time this weekend and play some GAMES y'all.
  4. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu thank you!
  5. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle there are also playful activities. And chairs.
  6. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle we got these custom-built stools, actually, they're really neat. I think they're the most fought over thing for who keeps them
  7. Quick blast of Michael And His Slipper Tree to get me going for the day.
  8. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb snagger sanger! Those were totally the Australian terms I was trying to remember to taunt Holly with.
  9. …in reply to @patrickashe
  10. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain brand new shoes for you and me
  11. .@GalaxyKate made Tracery, then I made cheapbotsdonequick.com, then @NoraReed made @thinkpiecebot, then @harlotmedia actually wrote them.
  12. "Bookmark this page, we will be updating it with new symbols shortly…" 416studios.co.uk/journal/2014/unicode-text-symbols-emoji
  13. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart @hollygramazio and thank YOU for doing your thing on stage and being a part of it.
  14. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @DavidOfYork i try to put everything on one screen, then use the "all apps" thing for uncommon apps.
  15. …in reply to @v21
    @oopsohno @DavidOfYork then i put a super glitchy and badly contrasting wallpaper behind everything (but muscle memory sees me right)
  16. Feeling wistful & very proud looking back on Now Play This - look at HOW MANY THINGS there were: storify.com/mathmarcault/now-play-this-2016
  17. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @DavidOfYork i p much always remember the app name (& usually icon). 95% of what i use is on the homescreen.
  18. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @oh_cripes shoutout to Android for allowing apps to have differently shaped icons, so you can pick them out by silhouette
  19. …in reply to @v21
    @oopsohno @oh_cripes (of course, it's ruined because they need to be consistent with iOS, so the icon design can't really run with it. but.)
  20. @oopsohno I need to jigger stuff round, actually, but here's my homescreen
  21. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher @tomhoward87 @oopsohno that was a widget that told me how many steps i'd done from my tracker band thing, but i've taken it off.
  22. On The Guardian: 13 fascinating games from the Now Play This Festival gu.com/p/4t3zy/stw
  23. RT @tinysubversions: I built a tool that tells you who muted you on Twitter. Find out today! tinysubversions.com/who-muted-me/
  24. @HonestWilliam thinking of you. and your future cyborg leg.
  25. RT @Patashu0: Crusader Kings 2 spymaster uncovers shocking assassination plot:
  26. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno hello, yes
  27. …in reply to @v21
    @Citrushistrix I was so glad we commissioned Get Lost - it was such a lovely thing and totally worked in that context.
  28. I dreamt we commissioned Pippin Barr to renovate a Moroccan house and fill it with things to get slowly interfered with throughout a show.
  29. …in reply to @LmthwL
    .@LmthwL we also paid for it to be deconstructed, shipped brick by brick then reconstructed in the UK.
  30. …in reply to @LmthwL
    @LmthwL I also ate some pie left in a cupboard, with Pippin's blessing. It was a good pie.
  31. RT @gamejolt: It was no joke: We now support GameBoy/GBA ROMs! Upload homebrew games & play them in your browser! Here, have some: https://…
  32. huh! (heat shrink over biro springs) @HE_VALENCIA/717140548981620736
  33. RT @dzifyr: good place to chill 🌿☀🌷📙
  34. …in reply to @dzifyr
    @dzifyr so good! So jealous at how well you're doing the loose lines and colours.
  35. RT @LydNicholas: Didn't expect shock of beauty from HCI theory title, but there it is *readies for poet perspective on machine minds* https…
  36. …in reply to @dzifyr
    @dzifyr @Gib I'll not be at Rezzed itself, but ping me if you're out drinking on the Thursday / Friday? Would be lovely to catch you.
  37. Rank these things: 1) Sleeping 2) Eating 3) Having sex
  38. RT @patrickashe: Gonna be at A MAZE Berlin for one day only this year as I'm flying in to talk about zines with some lovely folks: https://…
  39. RT @patrickashe: I wasn't allowed to call the panel "Zine pronounced Zeen short for magazine. A lot of people pronounce it wrong." https://…
  40. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge I never said they were the best things! So: yes. Pick the least objectionable.
  41. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer all of these things combine badly. "in quick succession", though!
  42. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew of course
  43. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @asponge wait... you prefer pooing to eating and showering to sleeping?
  44. …in reply to @morganholleb
    @mrgnptts yeah, love a good bit of peer validation. Shame how quickly you can get habituated, though.
  45. …in reply to @gothdome
    @gothdome hmmmmmm!
  46. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher still on 2 1 3
  47. …in reply to @gothdome
    @gothdome no, that's cute! PLUS you can convincingly do it while doing any of the three.
  48. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher flip... sleeping probably. But the question makes me sad.
  49. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher too much! Give me a walk on some hills, cold spring water and a tinfoil wrapped sandwich!
  50. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew your place or mine?
  51. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @AOsher pls let's do this? 30th April/1st May?
  52. Oh shit, yeah! Who wants to have a drink to celebrate me getting older on Tuesday the 19th? @5point9billion/717324681381089280
  53. …in reply to @internetofshit
    @internetofshit makes sense - the Ikea catalogue has been mainly renders for some time now.
  54. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @AOsher @KommanderKlobb @tigershungry what's yer take on Snowballs?
  55. super cute: @emoji_jury
  56. whoa! and it's mixed format, too! this is fascinating @emoji_jury/717331202198253569
  57. bot of the day: @emoji_jury CBDQ emoji bot with a good context & presentation and also... another script for replies? it's a mixed media bot
  58. hard sun, long afternoon @softlandscapes/717334539383783424
  59. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful i know that feeling. wishing you following winds.
  60. we showed this at Mild Rumpus and it's really charming and well-written @FlorianVltmn/717341862542057472
  61. …in reply to @ldodds
    @ldodds nope! :D
  62. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn beautiful, i thought that might be the case. i'm considering adding replies into main CBDQ... mulling on it now, tho
  63. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn yeah, esp with SVG stuff it can be a problem. need to do some work there, too...
  64. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn but also i would be fine spinning up a separate server for CBDQ and taking donations, if it came to it.
  65. …in reply to @SK_Louie
  66. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn @alexhalk @NotInventedHere with my new replies feature, i'm disrupting the space of accessible conversational interface platforms.
  67. RT @ANDfestival: Bot generated poetry chapbooks are one of two projects presented by @aparrish at #ArtofBots bit.ly/1oyXLDM https:…
  68. RT @tinysubversions: Bot Summit is happening on Apr 9th. RSVP today. It's free! London site: shop.vam.ac.uk/whatson/index/view/id/1980/event/Bot-Summit-2016/dt/2016-04-09/eType/1/free/2 Live stream: https:/…
  69. does anyone want to go to Kew Gardens this Sunday? calling Rezzed/Bot Summit folks
  70. …in reply to @inky
    @inky @aparrish I grew up near Twickenham and Teddington.
  71. …in reply to @Gib
    @Gib aw, that's a shame. Next time!
  72. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou my couch is still free
  73. …in reply to @v21
    @inky @aparrish Upper Halliford. Worcester Park (pronounced "wusster"). Long Ditton. Chertsey. Egham Hythe. New Haw. Worpelsdon.
  74. …in reply to @v21
    @inky @aparrish (I grew up in New Malden, near Kingston-upon-Thames. My dad now lives in Farnham, and my mum lives in Dorking)
  75. RT @GIFmodel: Poetic #Mosaic: Explored and Unexplored links.
  76. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura 2 > 1 > 3, imo
  77. RT @jseakle: This article about Simpson's Paradox is important for if you ever want to think about averages in any context ever: https://t.…
  78. …in reply to @kierongillen
  79. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate @GoogleDoodles oh wow, congratulations! Say hi to @PIXELATEDCROWN!
  80. RT @lorenschmidt: death stalker 1989 (zx spectrum)
  81. …in reply to @Fortress_Inman
  82. RT @pippinbarr: ░░░ GAME IDEA ░░ ░ YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO ░░ AND YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT ░░░ ░░░░ YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHY ░░░ ░░ BUT FUCK IT ░
  83. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood i am enjoying this story, and look forward to updates throughout the day.
  84. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern @keefstuart it's got very realistic graphics, though
  85. …in reply to @adventuresofrob
    @adventuresofrob @alexhern @keefstuart i like that too! but there's all this other stuff layered on top (plus fiddly navmeshes)
  86. …in reply to @adventuresofrob
    @adventuresofrob there's an argument it's much too late for that Proteus really is a walking simulator, in that it ...
  87. …in reply to @v21
    @adventuresofrob ... simulates the emotional experience of walking over some hills.
  88. More Beta Public! :D :D @beta_public/717688185703309312
  89. disagree with this: in both cases it's about making the gradient of power shallower @DavidAllenGreen/717680869322919936
  90. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher true, but also i don't really care about consistency? & neither does the law: important exceptions to transparency & privacy.
  91. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher I remember seeing a talk by a woman who spent years fighting a gruelling battle to get MPs expenses released under FoI.
  92. …in reply to @v21
    @AOsher that battle ended when someone sold them to the Telegraph. I wonder if she would have obtained them legally by now?
  93. …in reply to @golan
    @golan @tchoi8 if there were, i'd go for three: function | draw( | )
  94. …in reply to @Gib
    @Gib @klondk I never got one at That Party. Can I have a copy of "pronounced zeen", please?
  95. RT @wunderkamercast: Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind - 1896 and 2016
  96. RT @tinysubversions: For the first time ever I'm publishing the schedule for Bot Summit before it happens! tinysubversions.com/botsummit/2016/ https://…
  97. RT @bengoldacre: Really hard to empathise with the cold cruel sanctimoniousness of shopping your housemate for an illegal abortion https://…
  98. emreed.net/2016/01/18/on-going-fast/ lovely post by @netgal_emi on speedrunning and Zach Hill (the drummer)
  99. Going to update the list of example bots on the homepage of cheapbotsdonequick.com - any favorites? Preference for those with source.
  100. …in reply to @inky
    @inky that's the spirit!
  101. a great post on bots as/and poetry, by @HarryGiles. the last paragraph especially captures something i feel a lot harrygiles.org/2016/04/06/some-strategies-of-bot-poetics/
  102. RT @pyrhho: A startup accelerator is where you smash startups into each other at high speed, in the hopes of capturing the emitted business…
  103. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff @alexhern oooh, i wonder if you can use two cameras for hdr?
  104. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef !!! put me in the category of people who want some but won't be at Rezzed
  105. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt @KommanderKlobb tower game feels particularly about that many-hands-swarming-ness after you place orders to me
  106. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef I think I'm planning belated birthday/light for my birth reaches Gamma Leporis drinks for that Tues! will let you know.
  107. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef and yeah - planning on catching up with Rezzed folks wherever you go Friday. & Bot Summit peeps Sat.
  108. …in reply to @becca_rose___
    @beccaerose yep! come by - upstairs in Vault 9
  109. i couldn't finish the last feature i tried because it replied on this feature... this feature will be broken til i do the next one.
  110. …in reply to @v21
    last para:
  111. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb i was just wondering about the weather. yep! there's a bunch of other folk also interested - will cc you on a thread soon
  112. …in reply to @karaastone
    @karaastone @DifferentGames which of you is rose quartz, and which serenity?
  113. Tories prefer cutting funding to Labour councils than Tory ones. (ie from poorer areas than richer) @piercepenniless/718140020624867329
  114. …in reply to @piercepenniless
    @piercepenniless not disagreeing!
  115. …in reply to @dzifyr
    @dzifyr i hope to in a bit - need to do some work on a talk first
  116. what if the true bots... were the friends we made along the way?
  117. …in reply to @dzifyr
    @dzifyr omw!
  118. …in reply to @kahodesu
    @kahodesu @ra a nuclear missile is basically a robot, though.
  119. …in reply to @v21
    @kahodesu @ra so, I guess: maybe no-one, else the human. You'd have to be pretty unlucky to lose as a human.
  120. …in reply to @v21
    @kahodesu @ra thinking on this more, I'm not even sure the question is well-formed: "fighting" requires intentionality beyond today's robots
  121. …in reply to @ibogost
    @ibogost so many good illustrators and animators - Dick Hogg, Patrick Smith (ok, not a collaboration), Paloma Dawkins, David O'Reilly.
  122. RT @1followernodad: You were the hot single in your area the whole time.
  123. RT @claytoncubitt: Haiku by a robot is the best haiku ever
  124. Installed Miitomo last night and it is cute and my friends are funny, but oh my god the loading times. Not sure I can deal.
  125. …in reply to @v21
    This is also the reason I stopped playing Animal Crossing. And never got into Street Pass. I don't understand Nintendo.
  126. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @patrickashe your Japan priorities are completely in order: cherry blossoms, temples, and videogame junk.
  127. …in reply to @v21
    @tigershungry @patrickashe (get me one, pls?)
  128. …in reply to @pipedownkitty
    @kitrichardsonuk 0, too, which seems much easier.
  129. …in reply to @pipedownkitty
    @kitrichardsonuk i have a childhood story about this, but it's too heartbreaking/cute/revealing to post on twitter. next week!
  130. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff huh. i cycle past that on my way to work. maybe one day i will get up early and breakfast there on the way in.
  131. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin I haven't seen harassment at EGX (but then I wouldn't), but I have wanted to crawl into a small hole and hide. Good luck!
  132. how to send an e mail - DATA BASE 1984 youtube.com/watch?v=szdbKz5CyhA
  133. people are reporting problems with CBDQ for fresh accounts - Twitter is currently spinning in a redirect loop for a test account for me...
  134. …in reply to @v21
    ... so i'm struggling to diagnose. but i do know about it (but let me know if you have info one way or t'other)
  135. french teenagers are taking over @Gib/718416067379507202
  136. …in reply to @v21
    yeah, wow, completely failing to create any twitter accounts from here. "The page isn't redirecting properly"
  137. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver im a teenager
  138. …in reply to @asponge
  139. …in reply to @aparrish
    @aparrish this is fantastic, and comes at a great time for me (been thinking on magic a lot, and have a project in mind). thank you so much!
  140. RT @aparrish: anyway here are my notes: tarot as collaborative storytelling word-game-workshop.decontextualize.com/tarot/
  141. RT @p1FppNo1611H0T0: 爪の中に水?アクアネイル😲👏💕
  142. …in reply to @JamesWallis
    @JamesWallis @aparrish yes! in fact, another consequence of this tweet was i followed/remembered about @crossddestinies
  143. …in reply to @sheilamu
  144. …in reply to @metasynthie
    @metasynthie thinking now of the story where She-Hulk didn't want to de-hulk, but was forced to by her new law-firm employer.
  145. …in reply to @nachimir
  146. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @nachimir @patrickashe @edclef @dzifyr @Gib @GregRicey i'll be... like an hour away, at least?
  147. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb oh, that's tempting. will knock on the window at just past 6?
  148. …in reply to @v21
    Okay, let's do this: meet at Kew, at the Victoria Gate at midday Sunday. Tickets are about £15, park is open til 7:30. 🌲🌰☘🌹🌵🌾🌺🌷🌸🌿🍃🌼🎍🍄🌴🍂🌻🌳🌱
  149. …in reply to @inky
    @inky 🌲 (was trying to remember if you were around / would want @ING)
  150. …in reply to @inky
    @inky seemed like the right middleground of "some people have flights later" and "i don't want to get up early"
  151. @Rinzence Scott! Come to Kew!
  152. …in reply to @tinysubversions
    @tinysubversions yus! Midday!
  153. …in reply to @dreamfeelx
    @dreamfeelx @innesmck yes! Would be great to meet you.
  154. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck @dreamfeelx ah, shame. Still, excited to meet you in person tomorrow!
  155. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic @lexaloffle I am so glad your game became more feasible in a way that didn't involve you doing work
  156. …in reply to @alienmelon
  157. BOT SUMMIT starts in a bit. I'm on second. Tune in here: youtu.be/FazJ5A-Gsx4 and chat about it here: webchat.freenode.net/?channels=botsummit
  158. …in reply to @v21
    I am kinda nervous and also thrilled to be speaking.
  159. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern thank you!
  160. RT @tullyhansen: "One of the joys of bots is that you can go to sleep and you wake up and they've made something…" – @v21 #botsummit
  161. RT @aparrish: truth: "poets are better botmakers than programmers"—@v21 at #botsummit
  162. RT @tullyhansen: .@v21 asserts the making of tools is *even better* than the making of bots because the beautiful unexpected stuff you find…
  163. RT @GalaxyKate: Go @v21, talking at #botsummit!
  164. RT @GalaxyKate: #botsummit with @v21: roughly A THOUSAND cheapbotsdonequick bots have been active!!
  165. RT @GalaxyKate: @aparrish @v21 And even when programmers are poets, they make better poetry in poet-mode than in code-mode.
  166. …in reply to @undefined
    @siobhangx thank you!
  167. (i did my bot summit talk)
  168. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted much love from here
  169. oh my god youtube.com/watch?v=_RyodnisVvU (thank you @starsandrobots) #botsummit
  170. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful shoulda got those cans in (cc @hellocatfood)
  171. "i thought i'd like to make my bot smarter" giving up on this feels like a common theme of #botsummit
  172. …in reply to @v21
    been thinking about a new bot which hopefully will feel like it has a personality... hm.
  173. shoutout to @555Hz (cc @ra) #botsummit
  174. having a lot of sympathy for @DavidLublin's intricate moderation dilemmas... CBDQ throws up a lotta similar problems. #botsummit
  175. …in reply to @v21
    like... a bot that says just variants on "[x] is gay". i was gonna stop it, but it seemed to be made by [x]. *shrug* #botsummit
  176. "The inventor can no longer understand their own machine" #botsummit
  177. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
  178. liking this trend of botmakers getting advanced, getting interactive and improvisational, inhabiting real spaces & installations #botsummit
  179. …in reply to @v21
    i think all the "hey, let's work together on this" conversations i've heard/been in are about not-quite-bots #botsummit
  180. i forgot @erocdrahs made @bffbot1! such a great track record #botsummit
  181. Braitenberg lurks behind another #botsummit talk
  182. Physically located #botsummit people : @v21/718481562250190849?s=09
  183. RT @jocularfowl: ~~~sassy 19th century schoolgirl aesthetic~~~
  184. RT @i_eat_fruit: interviewer: whats ur greatest weakness? me: im vague interviewer: can u elaborate? me: yeah
  185. RT @mewo2: Looks like @DavidLublin has got back to his hotel and hooked up @TVCommentBot UK Edition @tvcommentbot/718957930566000641
  186. …in reply to @droqen
    @droqen I'd pay, but I've played it. Otherwise... Probably never, but a critical mass of friends playing might convince me.
  187. …in reply to @v21
    @droqen if so, $15 is probably the upper limit unless there's Netrunner levels of maybe-you're-missing-out about it.
  188. The end of #botsummit, where @katierosepipkin encouraged us beyond twitterbots, onto fallower fields, I feel that.
  189. …in reply to @v21
    This is why my botd posts have slowed down to almost a stop - I see few new concepts, just "does the same things well".
  190. …in reply to @v21
    I am trying to bite my tounge when people tell me about their cool bot idea and I think of something similar. Dunno if that's good or not.
  191. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful this is probably more my curators brain than my creators brain.
  192. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful technical skill REALLY doesn't matter! I mean, as long as you can make something at all. Which you clearly can.
  193. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful would that I was a good enough programmer to make @tiny_star_field
  194. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful it would be cool. but so would having inline error highlighting in CBDQ. and replies. and a bunch of other things that are hard.
  195. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful @BooDooPerson yes, definitely. (i was stoked to see yours, too). i just don't want to kill people's excitement beforehand.
  196. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful both things are true for me! i mean i also like people telling me i'm smart and important, but really i have no patience.
  197. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful i made @unicode_garden because i wanted to make a bot like @katierosepipkin would make, because i loved her stuff. *shrug*
  198. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp with many bots, yes. but there's something inherently gimmicky/concept-driven with many bot things.
  199. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful oh, so actually thinking about this i have an idea: add a SVG mask of a rect growing in from the left on each section.
  200. …in reply to @v21
    @deer_ful the animation _probably_ needs to be driven by JS, but maybe you can use SVG animation instead. obv happy to help w this!
  201. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @nachimir yeah, the quickest way is the overground for me, which doesn't make sense for others.
  202. …in reply to @nachimir
    @nachimir @KommanderKlobb yep! at the Victoria Gate entrance.
  203. RT @baiyon: the river filled with full of Cherry Blossom petals! #kyoto
  204. I have an Oculus arriving soon, and no computer than can run it. So soon I'll have £1000 I can feel free to spend on fun junk.
  205. …in reply to @v21
    Maybe I'll buy a PS4 and a decent telly.
  206. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer haha. that's definitely part of it. i do want a better computer art grounding, actually!
  207. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful I'm glad my endless stressing at SVG can help someone else.
  208. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful and ha. That seems fair. Hope you get some rest/recover from the fresh hangover I assume you have.
  209. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin of course not, I just don't want to be "oh yes, xxx did something like that and you did this" and kill people's enthusiasm
  210. …in reply to @v21
    @hannahnicklin especially in the case of novice makers, and especially in the case of conceptual ideas, especially quick projects.
  211. …in reply to @v21
    @hannahnicklin (all of which are, generally for good, common within bots)
  212. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin haha. I mean, I am basically from games.
  213. An hour on an Overground train with a cup of tea in blazing sunshine. Bliss.
  214. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu I'll put that on the list, just underneath "buy some actually expensive clothes"
  215. RT @TVCommentBot: It'll hold up the soda machine of the forest.
  216. Okay, @DavidLublin, I'm officially requesting @UKTVCommentBot @TVCommentBot/719103565453795328
  217. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge DM me your address, I'll send you a postcard.
  218. …in reply to @DavidLublin
    @DavidLublin I need to check, but I might be able to set my server up as a VPN (it's London based)
  219. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb sure thing. Some people will be a bit delayed, and we may get lunch early too - but it'll all work out.
  220. #botsummit #botALLY selfie @ VQ Chelsea instagram.com/p/BEBEkWTtowX/
  221. 'sup
  222. …in reply to @dreamfeelx
  223. …in reply to @dreamfeelx
    @dreamfeelx @katierosepipkin @KommanderKlobb @tinysubversions @innesmck @inky @mewo2 we're outside the park, at a cafe called the Greenhouse
  224. …in reply to @v21
    @dreamfeelx it's a couple of minutes back towards the station from the Victoria Gate entrance. Can join you once we're done,or you come here
  225. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin get me one, I guess?
  226. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin @inky we'll head to you - be there in about 10?
  227. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge @KommanderKlobb onwards to the Princess of Wales Conservatory
  228. …in reply to @asponge
  229. …in reply to @asponge
  230. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @hollygramazio @manygradients oh, yeah, this one is great! And think how much more you appreciate it after so many ugly ones.
  231. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro I hope the eyes follow your cursor around the site
  232. RT @mcclure111: Y'know, funny thing here is, part of why I went from designing video games to programming languages is I thought there'd be…
  233. @hollygramazio wikihow article-guessing game: damn.dog/
  234. RT @charlielyne: Ta-Nehisi Coates on our broken understanding of criticism: theatlantic.com/notes/2016/04/the-feminists-of-wakanda/477456/
  235. …in reply to @betterthemask
    @betterthemask @LydNicholas some day i'm gonna teach you Tracery/botmaking and you're gonna love it.
  236. my bot summit talk is up (along with everyone else's) here i am : youtube.com/watch?v=KTPih7D0Jhg#t=26m30 i'm talking about making tools for novices
  237. …in reply to @betterthemask
    @betterthemask @LydNicholas i mean... you're gonna love it because it's like writing, but you have to write all of the lines at once.
  238. …in reply to @betterthemask
    @betterthemask @LydNicholas isn't that "accidentally starting a new project"?
  239. …in reply to @v21
    @betterthemask @LydNicholas anyway: yes, but a project that's small enough you can finish it in one sitting
  240. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC i think it doesn't quite manage this, but yeah. it does try to go that way.
  241. …in reply to @v21
    @ADAMATOMIC if it was just ... a bit cooler or more stylish? or if i was 14, maybe.
  242. …in reply to @legobutts
    @legobutts @ADAMATOMIC see, i haven't seen ultraviolet, and now i really want to?
  243. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc me toooo. This is a place corp sponsorship / hackathon model makes things worse: corps want winners so they can give prizes.
  244. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc oh, that is great. And yeah, that's wise (not that it can't be worth it, but.)
  245. RT @unicode_garden: 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻…
  246. …in reply to @undefined
    @churlishmeg Savages? You can probably get a day out if just listening to Adore on repeat.
  247. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal is this a "writing jokes while laughing with friends" vs "writing jokes while alone" issue?
  248. RT @debcha: For those who were asking… @debcha/718600050314780672
  249. …in reply to @logodaedalus
    @logodaedalus what does host mean in this instance?
  250. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore so completely into this video
  251. one super cool thing about bot summit is the way it replicates the sociality and shared conversations around a conf, but distributed
  252. …in reply to @v21
    lotta work, though
  253. …in reply to @andreaszecher
    @andreaszecher do you have tips for allowing people who can't write html and are afraid of eg FTP to edit a static site?
  254. …in reply to @v21
    @andreaszecher that's the killer feature that means i end up running WP for everything other than my personal stuff.
  255. …in reply to @undefined
    @inskora bad gfx don't matter much, cuz everything still feels like a space. but movement is a real challenge.
  256. …in reply to @andreaszecher
    @andreaszecher @middlemanapp i'm not inflicting git on people who aren't comfortable with graphical ftp clients :/
  257. …in reply to @andreaszecher
    @andreaszecher i wouldn't either, but it gives a baseline of technological comfort.
  258. …in reply to @andreaszecher
    @andreaszecher :/ yep, that's basically where we're at. ah well!
  259. RT @barrythrew: Frequently, @pixlpa nails it. Give this cat a TEDx.
  260. Kat is intimidatingly competent. @LovedayBrooke/719502929531691008
  261. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal what's the best way to approach if you don't have any personal contacts? how important are they?
  262. …in reply to @everestpipkin
    @katierosepipkin it is ENTIRELY appropriate
  263. …in reply to @v21
    @katierosepipkin ps go to the room which is just cabinet on cabinet of minerals. last time i had to be dragged out by impatient friends.
  264. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal thank you. this matches my experience, too! but i struggle with the implications for diversity, inclusiveness & sociality.
  265. RT @BarristerNZ: This is what I find most striking about the #PanamaPapers revelations:
  266. RT @LGwenn: Read this cuz ridiculous messy Humanity @JoshRaby/719404248803491840
  267. a tool designed for your first 5 minutes with it, vs a tool designed for working with rather intensively. @inkleStudios/719535163349327872
  268. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore did you see my botsummit talk? i kinda linked these two things in the opposite way
  269. …in reply to @infovore
    @infovore youtube.com/watch?v=KTPih7D0Jhg#t=26m30, if you're interested! short and aimed at bot people, so not super deep, but there's interesting stuff
  270. …in reply to @merrittk
    @merrittkopas thank you, i suffer from this a lot
  271. …in reply to @webbedspace
    @webbedspace often, they reach this place early (clearly early, impossibly early, far too easily) and then it's shown as a fake-out.
  272. Get Lost!, the wonderful Twine game we commissioned from @Citrushistrix for Now Play This is out! philome.la/Citrushistrix/get-lost-originallarge-version/play
  273. …in reply to @v21
    I am so proud to be vaguely involved in the creation of this story.
  274. …in reply to @v21
    Like all of their work, it's about the fantastical and the mundane, and how inextricably they're intertwined.
  275. …in reply to @Willeth
    @Willeth it's a mystery! ... But nah, they all fire at about the same time every day, around noon.
  276. …in reply to @v21
    @Willeth not telling you when the once a year option fires
  277. bot of the day: @cnrsocial20 a bot asking humans to verify they're not bots to help humans research bots? kinda rude, imo
  278. RT @JoanieLemercier: Plotter drawing No. 105 with video projection
  279. …in reply to @Radstronomical
    @Radstronomical flipping a spoon!
  280. RT @partytimeHXLNT: Svetlana Boym's work on nostalgia speaks so beautifully to gaming. Full article: iasc-culture.org/eNews/2007_10/9.2CBoym.pdf https://t.co…
  281. You gotta click through on that last tweet, there's some seriously amazing quilts there. Wow.
  282. …in reply to @dreamfeelx
    @dreamfeelx really good, thanks!
  283. …in reply to @brandonnn
    @brandonnn @sokpopco forreal, there's a shortage of great physical items distributing indie games, you should do it
  284. RT @q_dork: Now u have the opportunity to put on makeup in 10 seconds or less. Go and be fabulous. 👉 q_dork.itch.io/morning-makeup-madness https://t.co…
  285. @jhoffstein am i okay to publish the text of your email about SVG support way back from last year?
  286. …in reply to @v21
    @jhoffstein oh, ps, i added SVG support to CBDQ, thanks for the bug report
  287. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle buy a really nice jacket.
  288. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle or a bunch of flowers for yourself, every week for a year.
  289. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle 12 bottles of good whiskey (do you like whiskey? who seem like a person who likes whiskey)
  290. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle me, i'd be tempted to buy makeblock.cc/xy-plotter-robot-kit/ , even though i know i wouldn't get enough use out of it
  291. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle a projector, for live events
  292. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle a weekend trip to Amsterdam, not with Ryanair and in an okay hotel.
  293. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle (i should have an Oculus coming soon, and so I have been thinking about ways to spend £1000. I also thought of a PS4)
  294. …in reply to @sashageffen
    @sashageffen Mr & Mrs Potato Head can possess objects by being plugged into them. This gets kinky in my head, fast.
  295. The Rust SteamID=character thing is a really good joke, I really like it.
  296. Huh! Really great to have a term for the narrative design I used in Mutazione- not Quality-Based, but Salience-Based @emshort/719924493171359746
  297. …in reply to @v21
    (mind, I don't see what it has to do with being transgender. I try not to read Kill Screen)
  298. i wanna make a game called "now kill 10,000 rats" @torahhorse/719930799525470208
  299. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @jmickle_ you find multiple AOE weapons with unique effects, but they all contain a single unreloadable shot.
  300. RT @ClydeMandelin: You can control Buzz Buzz's ray of light with the second controller #earthbound
  301. oh yes, i remember this project... i wish i could remember which was the good version, though...
  302. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood isn't it!
  303. bot of the day: @botsburgers automated puns that actually work served up in a delightful bed of image
  304. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @botsburgers i don't but at a guess: corpus of food items => rhyming word => idiom containing that word.
  305. @mink_ette @botsburgers i don't but at a guess: corpus of food items => rhyming word => idiom containing that word.
  306. …in reply to @v21
    @mink_ette @botsburgers then output idiom with food item replaced in, and follow with "(served with <food item>)"
  307. …in reply to @v21
    @mink_ette @botsburgers (it's a bit more than that, see the hyphen after yam and "corn salsa" with a pun on just "corn")
  308. In this time of peak bot frenzy, a reminder that I've been running a successful bot platform for over a year.
  309. …in reply to @Gillespionage
  310. RT @slunglowalan: Whittingdale clearly didn't change his view. That's why papers didn't want to unseat him. *thats* the pongy bit https://t…
  311. as a period of being quite busy draws to a close, taking on new obligations starts to sound good. yes! let's commit to projects! great idea!
  312. RT @Draknek: Less than a week to go! :D Stephen's Sausage Roll stephenssausageroll.com/ The best puzzle game of 2016
  313. …in reply to @Gillespionage
    @Gillespionage @Bogus_Books it can only do certain things, but it's pretty easy & quick to do those things.
  314. …in reply to @Gillespionage
    @Gillespionage sure, if you're signed in too. it just posts a generated tweet from that account on a schedule.
  315. RT @SylvanianUK: "Let's make things!"
  316. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart that's a really nice cover!
  317. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart i have a cringe on behalf of people i vaguely know with books with terrible covers, so i guess i was just pleasantly surprised.
  318. RT @JmeBBK: QR codes didn't really take off
  319. Updated the examples on cheapbotsdonequick.com. Think I've captured a good range of examples...
  320. …in reply to @lyyyndseyyy
    @lyyyndseyyy this sounds like a spinoff show from "Dog With A Blog"
  321. …in reply to @lyyyndseyyy
    @lyyyndseyyy it also reminds me of this short story sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/l_tober.htm which rather proves the wisdom of the cat.
  322. …in reply to @undefined
    @inskora @PrototypeCube this part, though: "I swapped if and of while doing dd. What to do now?"
  323. …in reply to @v21
    @inskora @PrototypeCube (ie, the tool i was using to copy the broken disk copied the new disk over the broken disk)
  324. It's spring! The sun is out, I can cycle without gloves on, and the pigeons are fucking.
  325. I'm going to be in Berlin next weekend for the fag-end of Amaze and to see people. If you'll be around, let me know, we can do drinking.
  326. new SVG CBDQ bot: (this is a really lovely concept) @hashfacade/720229397312221184
  327. …in reply to @LovedayBrooke
    @LovedayBrooke i'm sure they think the same about us
  328. …in reply to @air_hadoken
    @air_hadoken @tinyworlds sorry, I don't have any smart suggestions here. Twitter is as mysterious for me as it is for you...
  329. RT @aparrish: this... is a surprisingly difficult decision to make @corporabrackets/720310767216697344
  330. …in reply to @jbradfield
    @jbradfield presumably they'll use the Apple emoji font, which isn't free
  331. RT @kewgardens: Kew’s spectacular #titanarum is set to be big, measuring in today at almost 180cm and growing fast... #MightyTitan https://…
  332. …in reply to @air_hadoken
    @air_hadoken @tinyworlds then logging in again should regenerate, but it might not preserve the source.
  333. …in reply to @v21
    @air_hadoken @tinyworlds but I don't think that'd matter - Twitter's spam detection isn't keyed off access tokens, as far as I know
  334. …in reply to @air_hadoken
    @air_hadoken @tinyworlds ah. Yeah, then manually revoking access then logging in again might clear it
  335. …in reply to @undefined
    @tinyworlds @air_hadoken nah, that won't matter. Good luck!
  336. Earlier this evening I was helpless as a CBDQ bot got blocked by Twitter. Now I find another is in a Moment. @twitter/720357198493147136
  337. …in reply to @v21
    Like, I don't want to be unnecessarily sarky - they're not connected. And I don't look at Moments unless I suspect them to be flattering.
  338. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I'm favoriting the previous tweet, but not this one
  339. …in reply to @Malarkey
    @Malarkey @new_nomad why? I am influenced by contemporary-home-computing.org/turing-complete-user/ which makes a strong case in it's favour.
  340. …in reply to @Kimik00
    @Kimik00 @tinyworlds @air_hadoken if you give it a number, it might unlock!
  341. "No Barriers To Food", a sandwich shop next to Holborn station, serves food from behind a glass cabinet.
  342. RT @nachimir: Feral Vector tickets are live. We booked an entire hostel next to the venue this year too. @feralvector/720538293817974785
  343. RT @SFBDim: rough promo art for a game about a marching-band leader rabbit with too many responsibilities
  344. …in reply to @Kimik00
    @Kimik00 @tinyworlds @air_hadoken yeah, that's fair - but from experience adding it, receiving the text then deactivating should fix it.
  345. bot of the day:@ltxbot i see Computer Modern and i feel the flicker of florescent lights a battered office chair the hum of distant printers
  346. RT @studioexec1: I'm addicted to this new Chicken game. It's going to be bigger than Minecraft, Candy Crush and Farmville combined https://…
  347. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe OBVIOUSLY I'm there on Thursday. But which of Tuesday or Wednesday will I like better?
  348. just bought tickets for wednesday and thursday of BETA PUBLIC next week cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-presents/
  349. …in reply to @v21
    They are doing a production of the Kentucky Route Zero interlude The Entertainment! !!!
  350. boy, i sure am excited for all the bots people are going to make for Messenger medium.com/@sgreenwood/software-is-eating-up-the-world-part-ii-f272a6635765#.6kcal2q93
  351. …in reply to @aparrish
    @aparrish oh shit! i am excited to meet you!
  352. …in reply to @aparrish
    @aparrish welcome to the UK! Congrats on it not being generically grey today!
  353. RT @crossddestinies: The old maid describes a confusing story about law courts.
  354. RT @tomazstolfa: Is Jabber's Chatbot the Command Line of the Future? openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/01/11/jabber_bots.html [from 2002]
  355. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC Have you read A Game Design Vocabulary? It won't tell *you* many new things, but is the best intro to game design I've ever seen
  356. …in reply to @v21
    @ADAMATOMIC it is a book that is very aware of the fine line between being prescriptive and uselessly general.
  357. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC same! but this one is Actually Good. though, like I say, I'm not actually recommending it to you. but it is that intro text.
  358. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami King of Dragon Pass, The Floor Is Jelly & all of S Woodson's work.
  359. …in reply to @netgal_emi
    @netgal_emi @skeletonsday ah! i love this!
  360. …in reply to @Big_Evil_Corp
    @Big_Evil_Corp @lexicobob no no, the worst part was when he then got if and of switched running dd on the disk after.
  361. …in reply to @v21
    @Big_Evil_Corp @lexicobob I have nothing but compassion.
  362. bot of the day: @skeletonsday skelly says no to a frog skelly goes to SeaWorld skelly directs red cross services skelly discovers aliens?
  363. bot of the day: @trippingbot every night MARTA pops some pills and writes down what she sees Erowid char-rnn loosening
  364. fuck. Without Hot Air is a masterpiece, and Dasher is an ingenious bit of design. RIP. @Jess_Shankleman/720665316481757184
  365. …in reply to @tburrellsaward
    @tburrellsaward @ammonite @haiyan afraid I'm running a workshop on Saturday, so can't make it. Looks great, though, hope it goes well.
  366. If anyone is free this weekend and would like to make games for cystic fibrosis devices, this is the thing for you: @haiyan/720883441877721094
  367. RT @vaughnpinpin: Here they come
  368. …in reply to @v21
    I'm mad no-one favved this.
  369. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall this is a super cute photo! Enjoy Japan!
  370. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern whoo!
  371. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern yeah - tbh, even a deep piece will have to skip lots of good stuff, there's so much out there.
  372. RT @ratbanjos: I found a falling leaf on Google Maps.
  373. Cheap Bots, Done Quick! is on show all of today and tomorrow at Art of Bots, a free show at Somerset House. Info: somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/art-of-bots
  374. …in reply to @v21
    By on show, I mean @profaniti is running it as a workshop today, and me tomorrow. And there's tons of other great work, too!
  375. Oh, and in other CBDQ news: I added some code that makes you confirm if you close the page without saving. (cc @LydNicholas)
  376. …in reply to @v21
    3 lines of code that presumably will save someone about 15 minutes of silent screaming at some point. Good use of my time.
  377. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher oh god. they're totally going to do a remake of The Matrix at some point, aren't they?
  378. RT @skeletonsday: 💀💬 ⚽️
  379. RT @hashfacade: ebb
  380. RT @ANDfestival: Come and make your own Cheap Bot Done Quick at #artofbots @SomersetHouse until 8pm today: @hellocatfood/720958257393770497
  381. …in reply to @pipedownkitty
    @kitrichardsonuk haha! KNEW i should have sent this to you when i was listening yesterday
  382. …in reply to @v21
    @kitrichardsonuk he's such a dude, i'm so glad he's getting to do soundtracks where he gets to go properly Dose.
  383. …in reply to @ShaneMac
    @ShaneMac Used to work at a company that did SMS Gateway stuff...
  384. …in reply to @thomas_mac
    @thomas_mac Ah! Lovely! :D
  385. …in reply to @WJ_Armstrong
    @WJ_Armstrong @thomas_mac @MagicRealismBot haha! It's being projected at the same show that CBDQ is being taught at.
  386. RT @ANDfestival: Full house at Cheap Bots Done Quick! #artofbots
  387. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt One beautiful level in Jelly No Puzzle basically solved itself, but still showed a new, beautiful consequence of the mechanics
  388. …in reply to @v21
    @lorenschmidt I think about that level a lot - enthusiasm to show you a neat trick triumphing over "good puzzle design".
  389. ugh, hit some stupid Twitter redirect bug caused by tripping some account-creation threshold
  390. …in reply to @v21
    or maybe it's just Twitter being broken generally? Twitter, maybe you'd have more users if signing up for an account wasn't broken.
  391. …in reply to @xuv
    @xuv seemed to be happening tethered to my phone, but I was able to create just with mobile browser
  392. Running a Cheap Bots, Done Quick! workshop for the rest of the day at Art of Bots
  393. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood yeah, you're tweeting at it (also feel free to file issues against the github projects)
  394. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood I'd rather try to fix inline highlighting than add line numbers (it looks too "codey" already). But the 2nd is an actual thing
  395. I am really sleepy right now.
  396. …in reply to @recallalert1
    @recallalert1 thank you for coming!
  397. RT @jonbro: I am looking for work! check out my portfolio here, and let me know if you got the job for me: jonathanbrodsky.com/
  398. Got a flower in my drink instagram.com/p/BERWsLWto0a/
  399. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt I have never done a Ludum Dare.
  400. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt yeah! Pretty rarely, though, maybe once or twice a year these days. They always birth new projects (/responsibilities)
  401. …in reply to @thricedotted
    @thricedotted @M_PF @ANDfestival it was really special seeing (a fragment of) The Seeker in print.
  402. workshops
  403. RT @little__time: btw this is the sort of thing that 'well meaning academics who care about free speech' are getting riled up about. http:/…
  404. RT @mknpf: I finally fixed the edge detection for low-poly terrain. 1-bit rendering ftw! #LDJAM
  405. RT @spacecommunism: Bloody sick of students restricting freedom of speech in universities!!
  406. …in reply to @youngvulgarian
    @youngvulgarian I last got a Moto G from Amazon. Before that, a Moto G from Carphone Warehouse.
  407. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 thank you! I had forgotten to re-register since I moved.
  408. RT @mcclure111: PSA, deadline to register to vote in the UK local elections in May is tomorrow gov.uk/register-to-vote
  409. …in reply to @undefined
    @siobhangx oh! oh no. *hugs*
  410. RT @atduskgreg: As hype grows around commercial bots companies should credit and, importantly, pay the artists and others who’ve been makin…
  411. RT @atduskgreg: People like @katierosepipkin, @thricedotted, @tinysubversions and others experimented and found the creative power in the m…
  412. RT @tchoi8: creating your own galaxy #signingcoders
  413. RT @TVCommentBot: The deal with the devil here is simple: instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success.
  414. Good evening!
  415. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno that your new bio for talks and that?
  416. RT @SophieHaydock: Mark Edmonds left the Sunday Times Magazine today after 35 years in journalism. I'll remember him fondly https://t.co/m0…
  417. …in reply to @LovedayBrooke
    @LovedayBrooke yes! That's the one.
  418. RT @cgwtf: Nikita Diakur's "Ugly" project takes us outside the Goldilocks zone of software aesthetics. goo.gl/Bf53V0 @nikitadiakur
  419. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal kind of? It's grid based pushing puzzles. But generally I'd leave sokoban for quite pure sokobanish things.
  420. …in reply to @v21
    @notquitereal "sokoban-like"
  421. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro I have some sympathy for this, because I don't know that I had much until I was releasing stuff myself.
  422. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal I've not played any modern Zelda! But if it applies - SSR is uncompromising, but not irritating.
  423. …in reply to @M_PF
    @M_PF @genmon @softlandscapes haha! so the source is up at cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/softlandscapes if you wanna try to unpick it...
  424. …in reply to @v21
    @M_PF @genmon but actually almost all the colours are just entirely random - but there's careful use of layered opacities.
  425. calling London people interested in bots: let's have a picnic! v21.io/blog/robot-picnic/ (Sunday 8th May, PM, Victoria Park) 🌳🌿🤖🍾🍰🤖🌿🌳
  426. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle I have playtested it some, and am happy to confirm the veracity of this review.
  427. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb that's great, that's like a modern Saki. (and then he kills the bot, and everyone shuns him because they liked them better)
  428. RT @biochembelle: She was turned down entry bc rules & women were "physiologically incapable of running 26.2 miles". So she snuck in. https…
  429. RT @managore: so here's some of the actual gameplay
  430. recommended: this game about language and medical gatekeeping zoy.itch.io/elixir
  431. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 The biggest internal division within the Tories is over Europe. The referendum is about Cameron keeping control of Tory MPs.
  432. …in reply to @v21
    @mcclure111 The campaigns are roughly headed by the two front-runners for Tory leadership. Of course, higher stakes than that...
  433. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @brandonnn defective workmanship; take it back to the shop
  434. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry haha, i figured you were. I ate one of your wasabi kitkats.
  435. Been waiting for this story ever since I heard about someone discovering it by accident when I worked at a SMS co. theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/phone-number-hacker-read-texts-listen-calls-track-you
  436. …in reply to @v21
    As I recall, you overwrite the record for a phone number, intercept it all, then can transparently forward it all on.
  437. RT @UnburntWitch: I just wrote a big ol thing on how bystanders and third parties can help people being targeted by online abuse https://t.…
  438. @emshort thanks for that post on Time, it's sparked a bunch of thoughts on what I should prioritise with my own stuff.
  439. …in reply to @undefined
    @tinyworlds yes! But it's a bit complex, because it has to be an image embedded in an SVG.
  440. …in reply to @undefined
    @tinyworlds not of just putting images in, but there's a minimal example of SVG support at cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/hashfacade
  441. …in reply to @undefined
    @tinyworlds yep! The Tweet button doesn't work for SVGs yet. Works when scheduled, though.
  442. Hello play this and also play our game (Fabulous Beasts). @pmpygame/722181567360032768
  443. going to go to buy a game about sausages
  444. huh! i just watched this again. it's a good talk! i'm proud of it. @Blackcorn666/722188091352621056
  445. …in reply to @v21
    i burnt some sausages.
  446. …in reply to @v21
    my mind is full of sausages sliding and rotating.
  447. …in reply to @becca_rose___
    @beccaerose @GalaxyKate i should be less oblique: i was playing stephenssausageroll.com/ it came out today and is a puzzle game masterwork
  448. …in reply to @becca_rose___
    @beccaerose Toca Boca is consistently great, though.
  449. someone on Stephen's Sausage Roll Pricing forum joked the reason it was priced higher than ECT was because it was "simple" not "abstract"
  450. …in reply to @v21
    which, mulling over it while playing... yeah. that's a fair summary of why SSR is a superior game.
  451. …in reply to @v21
    oh, and while i'm on the topic: The Clover is the best joke told through pure level design i've seen in a bit.
  452. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian in so many ways! ECT was about space larve with camoflauge fake gravity... SSR is about grilling sausages.
  453. …in reply to @v21
    @whatisian ECT has wildly varying levels making full use of 3D space... SSR takes place on a single archipelago with all the rules in place.
  454. …in reply to @v21
    @whatisian ECT's hub is a floaty thing of spheres... SSR teaches you how to move and gives you some story (apparently, I'm just starting)
  455. RT @KBAndersen: Funny, isn't it, this radical democratization of the media that the internet produced. @carlstwitt/722080289871261696
  456. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin when are you in Berlin til? I'm going for the weekend
  457. RT @FabBeasts: “Sure to bring the family together” - we’re in the latest edition of @FQDadsMag! fqmagazine.co.uk/issues/FQ-Spring-2016/index.html https://t.co/avUESA…
  458. …in reply to @kierongillen
    @kierongillen I saw The Hangover in the cinema, and halfway through was spoiled on the ending by remembering a review ...
  459. …in reply to @v21
    @kierongillen ... which hadn't given away the ending, just said they were ruined halfway through by their friend guessing the ending.
  460. …in reply to @Willeth
    @Willeth @kierongillen only knowledge that the answer was guessable from where I was. So I formulated a theory, and was sure I was right.
  461. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal d'aww! thanks!
  462. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin ah, and in fact, i'll miss you entirely, as I'm just there at the weekend.
  463. RT @john_brindle: When your afternoon wargaming session suddenly merges with an actual war (also, you are a Nazi)
  464. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura 45% showing the game live is seeing how people respond 45% reminding yourself how the game looks when it's played 10% opinions
  465. RT @5point9billion: @v21 Light left Earth as you were born 29.1 years ago… It's passing Gamma Leporis NOW! 🎉🌟✨
  466. Now this is an endorsement. (Jelly No Puzzle is the game I'd first recommend to fans of Sausage Roll and vice versa) @qrostar/722390479241814016
  467. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
    @hannahnicklin there's still a stubby little bit on Sat! But yeah, basically. Work, y'know? But yes. Good thing we live in the same city!
  468. …in reply to @aanand
    @aanand like, it's a very particular thing, but it's absolutely perfect at being that kind of thing. if you have time & energy, then yes.
  469. …in reply to @hannahnicklin
  470. RT @nice_tips_bot: a cool tip: don't be afraid to get dirty.
  471. as the game gets closer to explaining itself, i find that all the logic gets duplicated (sometimes implicitly & messily) within the UI code.
  472. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp the result is calculated instantly, but then it all has to happen again for the UI to show it's workings. probably worth it, tho.
  473. …in reply to @v21
    @smestorp been adding in a bunch of stuff to check that the displayed state actually matches internal state... probably important.
  474. …in reply to @tomhoward87
    @tomhoward87 I played it on PC first and it made total sense there. But yeah, Sausages on the go would be nice.
  475. …in reply to @v21
    @tomhoward87 control scheme makes less sense than for ECT on mobile... but that's okay.
  476. …in reply to @hellocatfood
    @hellocatfood oh my god yes
  477. …in reply to @v21
    getting really glad i put checks in at the end to make sure they've given the same answer
  478. oh god iPad silently upgrades so it needs new Xcode which needs new Unity3D which breaks ...? let's find out!
  479. …in reply to @v21
    still, let's look on the bright side... at least i didn't have to upgrade my entire OS this time.
  480. …in reply to @leviathan_bound
    @adurdin I've gotten around it before by manually copying folders in under Platforms, but it's just such an unnecessary faff.
  481. RT @dzifyr: Some fresh air 🌾🌷🌱
  482. RT @cmuratori: .@humble's default split is now worse royalties for the dev than Steam/iOS/etc, and they take more than the charity: https:/…
  483. …in reply to @bfod
    @bfod 14 sausages!
  484. …in reply to @PerfectPlum
    @PerfectPlum @Gingerhazing aw, yes, Nimona is lovely!
  485. …in reply to @metasynthie
    @metasynthie @radiatoryang I'm around Saturday! The best thing to do in Berlin, imo, is to cycle around Templehof on a nice day.
  486. …in reply to @metasynthie
    @metasynthie @radiatoryang Berlin is generally amazing on bikes. And yeah! Will see you there!
  487. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura yeah, the trick to talks is to only say obvious things about topics you've kinda got bored of by this point.
  488. …in reply to @v21
    @quietllaura because the audience doesn't know that shit, and you know it too well, so obvious is the same as thoughtful and insightful.
  489. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura sometimes I want to give talks on stuff I really care about right now. But that takes much more effort to write.
  490. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura yeah, but... other people are generally behind you (on stuff you're into, on those topics) (unless you're into tedious things)
  491. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette Hello. I feel fine. Maybe I'll play some sausage game before bed. Drink some decaf tea.
  492. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura yeah. It's not about specific skill, it's that your mindset is different from your audience's.
  493. …in reply to @undefined
    @quietllaura I don't know if that's too much (depends on the slides and the games). But it sounds like it might be too much. Cut chunks!
  494. …in reply to @alicejanetaylor
    @WonderlandBlog @Twitter apparently if you get to over 10k followers, you don't get ads. You're not too far...
  495. …in reply to @alicejanetaylor
    @WonderlandBlog @Twitter right!? I do enjoy that ad-free status is separate from Verified. Twitter has a good learning curve.
  496. Mad I'm out of the country for ELCAF this year! But if you're in London you should def go! Beautiful things await! @ELCAFest/722463318867382273
  497. i would recommend sextadventure.com/ if you want to play an interesting project that explores the medium of conversational interfaces
  498. …in reply to @michelmcbride
    @michelmcbride I never did! Problem of being in the UK...
  499. RT @aanand: New bot: @slitscanner. Give it a gif. Smooth motion works best. @slitscanner/722768869979484160
  500. RT @matlock: Fantastic, and unexpectedly moving, essay by @leighalexander on her attempts to build an urban garden: howwegettonext.com/i-tried-to-green-my-apartment-by-learning-from-the-weed-growing-community-4b08e72aef86#.i7x1g4ewb
  501. …in reply to @theweedorb
    @buttchumpsky YEAH! ah, that's super sweet.
  502. …in reply to @plentyofalcoves
    @plentyofalcoves I had too much sugar and I'm feeling weird and waiting to see some theatre.
  503. …in reply to @plentyofalcoves
    @plentyofalcoves my friend puts on a night of videogame / performance stuff - cptheatre.co.uk/production/beta-public-presents/
  504. this was meatier than i imagined! @DanGrover/722915530273792000
  505. …in reply to @v21
    update : new XCode broke my ability to compile an unrelated OpenFrameworks project
  506. Saw Snake's van on the way in today
  507. RT @beta_public: TONIGHT, BETA PUBLIC PRESENTS: PERSPECTIVE @CamdenPT w/ @aliendovecote + The Entertainment (Live!) @cardboardcompy https:/…
  508. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful @oopsohno really? do you just manually unformat after?
  509. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful @oopsohno i am glad for you on this special day
  510. @KOOPMode who's out at PAX this weekend? Say hi to @streamofstars and @tburrellsaward! (and @ammonite, too, I guess)
  511. RT @esaxey: Swardspeak (Phillipine gay lingo) uses backslang like Polari! Excellent parallels. (Swardspeak also has 'Optimus Prime' to mean…
  512. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff Are You Being Served? I can't actually remember the show, but an amazing theme.
  513. …in reply to @v21
    @edjeff oh shit - the show was good, but the theme always eclipsed it - Round The Twist
  514. …in reply to @anildash
    @anildash here's another take on this from Mark Ames, way back in 2003 exiledonline.com/elite-versus-elitny/
  515. …in reply to @aeoye
    @thealexmoyler saw what?
  516. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu i told you!
  517. RT @jonty: Either a perfectly executed troll, or the First Sea Lord really objects to "Boaty McBoatface" because it is a ship. https://t.co…
  518. if anyone fancies coming to see a production of @cardboardcompy's The Entertainment at Beta Public tonight, hmu - got a spare ticket.
  519. oh yeah! I didn't mention - I have a game at A MAZE - pls check out Intergalactic Jellyfish! intergalacticjellyfish.eu/
  520. …in reply to @frozenpandaman
    @frozenpandaman yeah, right?! no idea if they'll be a recording... but i suspect not.
  521. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @noodlenuuup it is such a good joke.
  522. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @noodlenuuup i miiiight hit you up on that... in a couple of days, maybe
  523. …in reply to @undefined
    @noodlenuuup @jonbro nvm, i got it now. less intricate a solution than i expected, actually!
  524. …in reply to @profaniti
    @profaniti @AMazeFest i've never had sky internet
  525. …in reply to @HJosephineGiles
    @HarryGiles @jonbro @noodlenuuup I just went through and cleared like 10 sausages in a row... and now I'm left with Lachrymose Head.
  526. …in reply to @v21
    @HarryGiles @jonbro @noodlenuuup satisfying to find myself suddenly in a headspace where I just knew the movement well enough to just do.
  527. …in reply to @retroremakes
    @retroremakes @patrickashe I read that as encouraging players to engage early, rather than at this kinda stage in the life cycle.
  528. …in reply to @PerfectPlum
    @PerfectPlum huh - loading from here. video at youtube.com/watch?v=BJJf8aTSApo&feature=youtu.be, anyway
  529. …in reply to @v21
    @PerfectPlum but it's hard to sell, as like 50% of the experience is a sense of dislocation from your hand, and that doesn't sell in video
  530. …in reply to @PerfectPlum
    @PerfectPlum it's probably that .eu domain that's doing it - i forgot that kind of internet doesn't travel well
  531. …in reply to @v21
  532. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC @Nifflas synergy just means you both benefit (you probably want to be at least half as popular for that to ever make sense)
  533. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas @smestorp @ADAMATOMIC flip, i remember you telling me about this guy before.
  534. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher @KommanderKlobb goddamn it, a minute too late. anyway... yeah: MEIHEM IN CE KLASRUM by Dolton Edwards (actually W. K. Lessing)
  535. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew at least it's in a mug, not a glass
  536. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew but i haven't even arrived yet!
  537. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew tomorrow morning
  538. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu @AOsher you don't need a reservation to eat without clothes
  539. …in reply to @v21
    @sheilamu @AOsher Monday night house dinner?
  540. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck tbh now i'm just thinking about rolling sausages again
  541. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC says so on Steam, so it must be true.
  542. RT @starsandrobots: Vintage hardware circuit boards from Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest Mims — Circuit Classics https://t.co/fj…
  543. …in reply to @PerfectPlum
    @PerfectPlum great delayed response
  544. RT @ellaguro: videogame design
  545. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @KommanderKlobb @FlorianVltmn whoa! Congrats man! Entirely deserved!
  546. My alarm went off but I didn't wake up! I missed my flight! Bummed not to hang with people at Amaze this weekend!
  547. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier Berlin - and it's an irritating thing of having enough time to get to the airport and watch it take off, but not catch it.
  548. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier at 7pm, for over £100 - would only be there a day, so not worth it. Ah well.
  549. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette it leaves 8:20 from Gatwick. I could get there at 8:15...
  550. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette leaves...
  551. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette there's one this evening, but I don't think it's worth it to go for a day.
  552. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc or dust! Lotta affection for watching dust caught in sunshafts.
  553. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff I'm glad you're here to make it all better.
  554. RT @nice_tips_bot: a cool tip: don't try to do too much. doing a little bit every day is better than burning out.
  555. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart Big Red Racing! I loved that game. It came free with a printer. I can still hear "Checkpoint!" in that voice.
  556. …in reply to @v21
    @keefstuart I mean clearly I loved it because it was fun and goofy and had split-screen, but yeah, I still remember the scraps of narrative.
  557. I just read Bug Boys and I am overwhelmed. There is so much love in this comic.
  558. …in reply to @genmon
  559. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew @nachimir gutted to have missed this! I hear David's really mastered the ball ratio slider.
  560. RT @JmeBBK: If somebody blocks you on Twitter. There is a 99.9999999999999999999999% chance it's for one reason and one reason only.
  561. RT @JmeBBK: You tweeted something they didn't like. That's all folks.
  562. Love this SVG CBDQ bot: @GamedPylori
  563. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver nope! That's just a thing that's not supported
  564. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver or, you can do that with Tracery, but you have to host the script yourself
  565. RT @kelliotttt: great stuff
  566. RT @timoni: Relating to this meditation on work + lives very strongly. 1843magazine.com/features/why-do-we-work-so-hard h/t @jazer
  567. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver hosting (& writing) a bot is kind of laborious - the Tracery part is easy
  568. …in reply to @v21
    @adrielbeaver this might be a useful ref: github.com/v21/tracerybot -doesn't do replies, but does everything else
  569. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver and thanks - sorry not to have seen you!
  570. …in reply to @HappyHorseSkull
    @HappyHorseSkull @timoni @jazer yeah, it straight up is. But I feel the same way (and sometimes feel guilty about that)
  571. …in reply to @dirtcreaturr
    @fromsmiling goddamn even with the wobble, that's too much (I love it)
  572. RT @tinkertailorbot: Following a trip to Hungary, former journalist Peter Villiers is coerced by the Government to tail a potential recruit.
  573. …in reply to @tburrellsaward
  574. …in reply to @v21
    @tburrellsaward @pmpygame they wish they were clean boys
  575. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas yeah! It's hard to code against, but super important.
  576. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas exceptions can be made for games where the metaphor is literally that you're typing the words.
  577. @patrickashe what's my banned status witha Public? Just came up with a great idea for a performance/game...
  578. …in reply to @lexicobob
    @lexicobob @nottartstheatre saw that recently - love the way Morticia's eyes are lit.
  579. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt Tile Gardener? Place Arranger?
  580. RT @FancyMichael: ice giant
  581. A formative game for me was KYE jr. - The Christmas Present (info at kye.me.uk/)
  582. …in reply to @kevinwatters
    @kevinwatters i had Very Specific Memories, but it took me a good while to find the actual game.
  583. …in reply to @HJosephineGiles
    @HarryGiles sounds like everyone's happy
  584. …in reply to @kevinwatters
    @kevinwatters @myabandonware the link I tweeted originally has builds! Needs Win XP or earlier to run.
  585. …in reply to @SK_Louie
    @SK_Louie you should rip off our GAME IDEAS thing, and put up cards with Pippin's tweets up hidden around the place.
  586. …in reply to @timgarbos
    @timgarbos my A Bastard, Become A Great Artist, Panoramical, @HilariousCow's unreleased space game, Word After Word
  587. …in reply to @timgarbos
    @timgarbos @KommanderKlobb @joonturbo Best stuff with mousewheel I've seen recently is Wheels of Aurelia/Firewatch dialogue selection.
  588. …in reply to @adrianhon
    @adrianhon it's not true, though - they fence off the bonfires so drunk idiots can't fully immerse themselves in fire
  589. RT @TVCommentBot: You know, we meet at a coffee shop of extraordinary hope.
  590. …in reply to @adrianhon
    @adrianhon have fun! drink some mead!
  591. quick bot: @descendingwords
  592. RT @tinysubversions: "the inside of a thing changes the outside of a thing even if you try to hide the inside" -@katierosepipkin #botsummit
  593. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen this tweet makes me happy (i checked the metadata to be sure)
  594. …in reply to @JmeBBK
    @JmeBBK i know some female gamedevs with private accounts. endless internet harassment & conspiracy theories will do it.
  595. …in reply to @v21
    @JmeBBK i guess they are literally victims, but mainly that just seems sensible to me. use it on your own terms.
  596. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo @droqen @KommanderKlobb @timgarbos if you're shopping for keyboards, the term to look for is "n-key rollover"
  597. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang it seems rude to keep bringing it up when i visit, but i do think that
  598. …in reply to @v21
    @radiatoryang (arriving back in the UK: grey, miserable, full of shit ads)
  599. …in reply to @inconvergent
    @inconvergent you can do email+botname@gmail.com and it'll go to email@gmail.com but count as a unique address.
  600. …in reply to @v21
    @inconvergent aaaand way too late. You can also just register with a phone number.
  601. …in reply to @inconvergent
    @inconvergent any time. Excited for you to be making bots!
  602. RT @mcclure111: No Compiler, part 3: Improvisational compiler phase design, and creating a second, tiny language embedded inside Lua https:…
  603. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou hello this one i am sometimes guilty of
  604. …in reply to @v21
    @polclarissou in fairness: sometimes it does! kinda!
  605. RT @kewgardens: Lots of wonderful spring blossom in the gardens at the moment. Pyrus, Prunus & Malus via @_TonyHall_
  606. some people are building a dildo which has sensors and electrodes and makes you feel like it's your dick. it works! tacit.livejournal.com/621416.html
  607. …in reply to @v21
    sex, haptic feedback, the rubber hand illusion, creative technology, making custom hardware : this is entirely my shit
  608. …in reply to @NoraReed
    @NoraReed well yes exactly
  609. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @KommanderKlobb wait, really? is all food basically brassica, then?
  610. it turns out that all vegetables are secretly the same vegetable, just bred to look different
  611. …in reply to @v21
    even cress
  612. …in reply to @LydNicholas
  613. …in reply to @Miss_Sticks
    @Miss_Sticks EVEN CRESS
  614. I've been enjoying this playlist open.spotify.com/user/anildash/playlist/63vIFAjuo2hSYGE1ixdBcw Prince gave it to the New Girl team as an example of music he'd play at a party
  615. …in reply to @Miss_Sticks
    @Miss_Sticks did you know carrots are just brassica with really well developed roots?
  616. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher @Miss_Sticks did YOU know that bananas are a type of ginger?
  617. …in reply to @Miss_Sticks
    @Miss_Sticks no, but honestly that's a better pitch for destiny than any i've heard yet
  618. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher @Miss_Sticks no, really, bananas are in the order Zingiberales, sometimes known collectively as "gingers".
  619. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou it's really hard, if not impossible, to tell the difference sometimes? like game design is 90% communicating w/ the player
  620. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou yeah, i can def understand that frustration. definitely have had similar unfair expectations on me before.
  621. …in reply to @v21
    @polclarissou best thing i've found is to start being very explicit about what your time budget is, and how much of it each thing will take.
  622. …in reply to @v21
    @polclarissou means you rhetorically have to give up power over choosing which to do, but at least he actually has to choose.
  623. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @polclarissou yeah, that's definitely a better option, if it's possible.
  624. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb @polclarissou my solution is a best of a bad situation affair (and useful education to make more open dialogue possible).
  625. …in reply to @Miss_Sticks
    @Miss_Sticks @AOsher but it must be true! the author received it in an email.
  626. this is a savage and merciless takedown of Neil deGrasse Tyson and also beautiful and inspiring and hopeful wired.com/2016/04/neil-degrasse-tyson-black-hole-sucking-fun-universe/
  627. …in reply to @dreamfeelx
    @dreamfeelx definitely feels like your capacity for work is something you can build up like a muscle.
  628. RT @krismukai: posted some rriiiisssooooo/zine infor comics that i made earlier this year krismukai.tumblr.com/post/143340190529/earlier-this-year-i-was-asked-to-teach-a-risograph
  629. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe I'd be up for that, despite deep ambivalence towards his work.
  630. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe i have also booked a ticket
  631. RT @hannahnicklin: Here are some Teviot Tales screenshots. The game will go live online on Monday 2nd May. I think it's OK? https://t.co/J7…
  632. RT @kirkhamilton: Some prime-cut video game worldbuilding going on in this mission description
  633. RT @muclorty: I have calculated the value of Pi on Sausage Island and found it to be 2. @increpare https://t.co/M0eH2kUGGe
  634. RT @MerriamWebster: People keep 1) saying they don't know what 'genderqueer' means then 2) asking why we added it to the dictionary https…
  635. Anyone free on Thursday evening? Planning on playtesting some exciting new possible features for @FabBeasts at @drinkrelaxplay Dalston.
  636. …in reply to @smartasslab
    @smartasslab this is kinda irritating? stop doing this (at least at any kind of frequency)
  637. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate (it totally isn't - i've told them to knock it off, though, and will edit the source if they don't stop @ING us both)
  638. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate the line i've got is you either need to be obviously harmless, or need explicit permission from the person you're @ING.
  639. …in reply to @v21
    @GalaxyKate there's good reasons i left the ability to do this in, though
  640. …in reply to @paullicino
    @paullicino ngl, i do totally think of empire when I look at this box. did you know tea comes from yorkshire?
  641. …in reply to @logodaedalus
    @logodaedalus @GalaxyKate hm! yes, i suppose it could. bit intricate, though, and almost everyone is sensible with it.
  642. …in reply to @v21
    @logodaedalus @GalaxyKate (sorry, Kate, for getting random spam from a thing I indirectly made)
  643. …in reply to @liaddh
    @liaddh this is really lovely, thank you so much for this. and thank you Butters.
  644. …in reply to @unfortunatalie
    @unfortunatalie at the back of our heads, there's the visual cortex. bits of this are basically laid out according to our field of vision
  645. …in reply to @v21
    @unfortunatalie gradually the information moves forwards, is fed through different configurations as it becomes more abstract & meaningful
  646. …in reply to @v21
    @unfortunatalie when we dream, that back layer of cortex is activated the same as if we were seeing things. information flows both ways.
  647. …in reply to @v21
    @unfortunatalie an eg of this is knowing what a thing is supposed to be helping you see it - reinforcement of the perception from both sides
  648. …in reply to @v21
  649. …in reply to @theweedorb
    @theweedorb I like Imaginary Advice! It's by a poet!
  650. …in reply to @TeddyDief
    @TeddyDief @theweedorb oh wait, i forgot i used to have a podcast, too! gameswehaveknownandloved.tumblr.com/ huh
  651. …in reply to @amaninaseem
    @amaninaseem neither are public Internet links, but : Games for People & Doug's GDC talk.
  652. RT @unicode_garden: ⶩⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ  ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ ⶩ  ⶩ ⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ  ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ   ⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ    ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩⶩ ⶩⶩⶩⶩ…
  653. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful my old flatmate started playing a lot more ukulele and going to ukulele circles to get a girlfriend. It worked!
  654. RT @PotterPapers: Harry Potter and the Association Between Postnatal Depression, Acculturation and Mother-Infant Bond Among Eritrean Asylum…
  655. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc @GalaxyKate I made a very minimal C# port once (no variables) - I seem to recall someone else was going for it properly?
  656. …in reply to @mtrc
  657. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN your choral sound thing?
  658. My reaction seeing this tweet was "the Unicode Consortium does way more than make emoji!" buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/inside-emojigeddon-the-fight-over-the-future-of-the-unicode?utm_term=.nm6avzLLgD
  659. RT @katierosepipkin: may the neighborhood bookstore never change
  660. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN this is really beautiful
  661. RT @LauraDockrill: And other favourite bit: Me: with your imagination you can become anything you want... 4 y/o boy: what, even a ladder?…
  662. RT @descendingwords: fruspu-fruspai
  663. RT @descendingwords: scapha sceephee
  664. RT @descendingwords: zauzau zauzou
  665. RT @descendingwords: schitischayti
  666. RT @descendingwords: paucau paucay
  667. RT @descendingwords: juju jouju
  668. I am clearly going to install this, play it a bit, get frustrated with the loading times and stop. Just like on DS. @genmon/725251365082136576
  669. Twitter is advertising me anti-slip rubber horse flooring. I had never considered the need for horse flooring before.
  670. i am really glad Viridi has found mainstream success @gamasutra/725308719181897729
  671. …in reply to @v21
    it's also an inspiring story of doing a weird cool thing to a new audience. it's possible! there are many niches.
  672. …in reply to @dirtcreaturr
    @fromsmiling for me, f2p is a specific model, which is only one way to have an initially free game with payments for particular things.
  673. a stressful situation that's been happening recently: we're having to change the name of Fabulous Beasts kickstarter.com/projects/sensibleobject/fabulous-beasts-a-new-kind-of-game/posts/1559335
  674. …in reply to @vectorpark
    @vectorpark haha, that's neat. the tricky thing from my perspective is that "fabulousness" is what your score is, currently.
  675. …in reply to @Burning_Luke
    @Burning_Luke @tburrellsaward @AnyaynA @hudseez <3 thank you!!
  676. RT @brandonnn: if nothing else, go drop $5 on this to get @lauraehall’s upcoming KATAMARI book 👉 kickstarter.com/projects/gabedurham/boss-fight-books-season-3
  677. I just backed Boss Fight Books: Season 3 on @Kickstarter kck.st/1SrNHst (My friend Laura is writing a book! It sounds great!)
  678. Hello come play our game and drink some beer maybe. @FabBeasts/725319108653420544
  679. …in reply to @Oujevipo
    @Oujevipo it is inane and a pain. sure it'll be okay, tho.
  680. …in reply to @rich_lem
    @rich_lem Land's End is better known, but shoutout to Cardboard Computer's The Entertainment.
  681. RT @smestorp: just sent out some review codes for Imbroglio, let me know if you're a game reviewing person & i've missed you
  682. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt with AAA games, it's like I have an overlay estimating man hours for each part. Man hours months years lifetimes.
  683. …in reply to @LucieViatge
    @LucieViatge I am so bored of those stairs.
  684. …in reply to @LucieViatge
    @LucieViatge don't forget to make them about half as wide again to aid locomotion!
  685. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou have fun!
  686. Looking forward to leaving the EU by June 2017! @pnkyfish/725625009465614336
  687. RT @zachlieberman: 20 pixel line w/ random angle, only draw if don’t intersect other line
  688. RT @zachlieberman: 30 pixel line with random angle, only draw if intersects any other line or is the first line
  689. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb going viral is the worst
  690. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @patrickashe "people you follow" might be your friend
  691. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno I have travelled with lots of electronics and tubs of powder pretty frequently. You'll be fine if you're white & middle class.
  692. RT @LabourLordsUK: *collective sigh*
  693. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo we're also hiring an animator! (thx for letting me know)
  694. Hello. Would you like to "produce" me? We're hiring a producer. Job description here: docs.google.com/document/d/1mcLRLq5Ct9_ridt4iwdK_BKZUY680NENFsM_innP0Ws - lemme know if you've Qs.
  695. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @joonturbo did you know: we hired a producer to write that job spec. But even they couldn't help me write good tweets.
  696. and reminder we're going to Loading Bar tonight to drink some beer and playtest some new features in Fabulous Beasts
  697. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr I'm imagining you doing a Bread Face spin-off, with naps instead.
  698. RT @hannahnicklin: Not gonna show you the full thing until tomorrow but look. Twine games made with... Twine :)
  699. …in reply to @GenerateACat
    @GenerateACat @patrickashe you're back! A cat for me, to banish the thought of OAuth?
  700. …in reply to @Choplogik
    @Choplogik this is how you end up compulsively documenting every single brushstroke, just in case.
  701. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @Seemo and better that than something everyone gets, but no-one loves.
  702. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb @Seemo both your games also turn off a certain type of core gamer that can sometimes think they're the only kind of player.
  703. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb @Seemo the incomprehension people can have that acquiring skills and demonstrating mastery are not the only joys in games.
  704. Enjoying @NoraReed fucking stuff up on their TL.
  705. @NoraReed ah, shit, sorry. Thanks for correcting me!
  706. …in reply to @vectorpark
    @vectorpark @KommanderKlobb @Seemo I used to think the best way to reach a wide audience was by winning over gamers, then using that...
  707. …in reply to @v21
    @vectorpark @KommanderKlobb @Seemo as a springboard to broader attention. But your work, and Viridi etc, means I don't think that anymore.
  708. …in reply to @v21
    @vectorpark @KommanderKlobb @Seemo (it's probably still a good tactic if you can swing it, but it's so limiting on what can get through)
  709. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb @Seemo imagine liking comics, but preferring teenagers having emotions to explosions and fighting.
  710. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb @Seemo yeah, and that's inspiring. But those are well defined genres with their own communities.
  711. …in reply to @v21
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb @Seemo how does ie Klondike find the larger, sustaining, audience that'd clearly love their shit?
  712. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb @Seemo this question is also a decent part of the point of Now Play This & Wild Rumpus.
  713. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @TomNullpointer @Seemo yeah, for sure. I wanna dream bigger though - one new genre isn't enough.
  714. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb @TomNullpointer @Seemo also, I truly believe this stuff is more inherently mainstream than gamerbro stuff.
  715. …in reply to @tullyhansen
    @tullyhansen @NoraReed a fuck by any other name
  716. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb @Seemo but there are also rom coms, and Pixar films, and Wes Anderson (there is also Candy Crush)
  717. …in reply to @v21
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb @Seemo (there is also Toca Boca. And Minecraft)
  718. …in reply to @TomNullpointer
    @TomNullpointer @KommanderKlobb yep - mainly pointing out the gulf between "people who'd like this stuff" and "people who know about it"
  719. …in reply to @edclef
  720. We're having a meeting about what to name the game. pray 4 me
  721. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @edclef that's why that's important - it lets you pay yourself and keep pushing.
  722. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc still not over you lot calling them doonas
  723. …in reply to @king_spooner
    @king_spooner looking good!
  724. …in reply to @king_spooner
    @king_spooner @patrickashe @hllwpnds registering my interest in having a pint and hanging out
  725. it's such a joy to discover a whole new weird massive corner of the internet @leighalexander/726047131568594945
  726. …in reply to @bad_tetris
    @AlecThomson hello red yoga ball, it's good to see you again
  727. …in reply to @undefined
    @animalphase @googledocs can't load it on my phone, but Now Play This and Wild Rumpus!
  728. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou @animalphase yeah! Playful Arts Fest, Feral Vector, Screenshake, GameCity (dunno if it takes subs), Juegos Rancheros (same)
  729. RT @Jayisgames: Thanks for all your support over the years. You were all worth it. jayisgames.com/review/until-we-meet-again.php
  730. …in reply to @undefined
    @animalphase speaking as the digital curator of now play this : you totally should have submitted!
  731. …in reply to @undefined
    @animalphase yeah! the actual events are kinda ... infrequent, but we do. It's important!
  732. …in reply to @undefined
    @jon_ellis @SoFuckinSuave wait, really? Haha! Amazing
  733. Peak videogame hipster: I got round to hanging prints of @katierosepipkin & @lorenschmidt's inflorescence.city before they released it.
  734. Also I read Siri Hustvedt's The Blazing World this afternoon and loved it so much.
  735. …in reply to @undefined
  736. …in reply to @Willeth
    @Willeth I read through in one sitting. I can see it working less well in nibbles.
  737. …in reply to @zebraphon
    @zebraphon small demonstrations of love, interleaving perspectives building up a story, discussions of perception and cognitive science.
  738. …in reply to @v21
    @zebraphon exploration of the importance of "the work" vs family vs happiness, the sense that the characters had rich inner lives
  739. …in reply to @v21
    @zebraphon complicated feminism, and believable descriptions of interesting art