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Tweets from 2017/01

  1. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe and to you!
  2. Happy New Year, y'all!
  3. …in reply to @Blan_Fi
    @MHF_Error it's only half midnight here
  4. we adopt a national four day week. what day should get added?
  5. …in reply to @undefined
    @_cheesybeaver or removing, depends on how you look at it
  6. …in reply to @v21
    @_cheesybeaver converting?
  7. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy i broadly agree with the point here: the problem is white being a default and a less salient feature than blackness
  8. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy which is not "not you, tho", but kinda the opposite?
  9. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette i think i'd go for thursday? can take a day off and have a 4 day run for trips. but it's not a 4 day block. not sure, tho
  10. RT @partytimeHXLNT: What do you call the trade of marble-logic-machine building? Bitballery? Abacusdabra? Anyway, this is fucking cool. htt…
  11. …in reply to @sheilamu
  12. i reckon if i decided to be vegan, i would repeatedly forget that honey isn't vegan
  13. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow no! never!
  14. i am collecting videos which are dramatisations of the future of technology, pls send me any you know of
  15. …in reply to @v21
    this started with @HelenHester's great talk at Bot Summit, where she picked apart the classic "Knowledge Navigator" youtube.com/watch?v=kqDqmFKtGPI&list=PLX0BQnJh0dEzYUHjUd9oiCxfHLCIRYUQR
  16. …in reply to @v21
    i'm not entirely sure what i'm going to do with them. but it's v interesting
  17. …in reply to @HelenHester
    @HelenHester yes! also I'm stealing that name, it's much better than the one I had before
  18. …in reply to @n0wak
    @n0wak haha. i mean, i'm not even vegetarian. but yes.
  19. …in reply to @codejill
    @codejill yeah, i feel this. esp that whiplash of "this is awful, it's trash, why am i making this" to "i'm a genius, this is the best"
  20. …in reply to @v21
    @codejill (oscillating between them on a half hour interval for hours on end)
  21. trying out I Love Fur, and it's interesting to compare it to the genre of vulva-touching mobile games (La Petite Mort etc)
  22. …in reply to @v21
    often they make a point of not, uh, rushing to climax, and in so doing add an rhythmic element
  23. …in reply to @v21
    whereas I Love Fur has an only-escalating progress bar, and one right way to pet each fur. the interaction & goal feel disconnected, i guess
  24. …in reply to @sophienotemily
    @sophienotemily only a small one. but i can think of at least three?
  25. …in reply to @v21
    @sophienotemily (Lapis, Luxuria Superbia & La Petite Mort) (i don't know if there's a rule the name has to start with an L)
  26. …in reply to @sophienotemily
    @sophienotemily i'm a fan! it's a natural fit for touchscreens & the obvious need for abstraction leads to cool stuff
  27. …in reply to @sophienotemily
    @sophienotemily i dunno. "pay attention to yr partner" & "it's not a race", if those are things you didn't know before?
  28. best review of the game so far: my brother rang me up cuz they were playing and someone yelled "it's fucking awesome" down the phone at me
  29. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall hope you meet yr own Mr Bobtail @patrickashe/812282330798657536
  30. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @mildlydiverting both, i think. the ones i've found so far have all been corporate, but i'd be keen to see more critical ones
  31. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @mildlydiverting starting to look at these and already they're great. thanks!
  32. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry okay okay, i'll check it out. but meanwhile: youtube.com/watch?v=a9bXV0ac1S4
  33. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry oh my goodness
  34. …in reply to @v21
    A vision of the future from the GPO
  35. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck ugh, fine, dad, i'll try to understand the mathematics behind dot products again
  36. …in reply to @Draknek
    @Draknek reading that blog post it probably doesn't feel like it - but it seems to me you've found a good rhythm for making games
  37. RT @v21: A vision of the future from the GPO
  38. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc thank goodness for stuff sacks
  39. new years resolutions: - get better at seasoning food - start cycling to work again - find some new big ambitions
  40. RT @sofiabiologista: Know your cephalopods! 🐙
  41. "gold star heterosexual"
  42. RT @davidparfittRI: Recent monoprints #SomersetLevels
  43. RT @hollygramazio: This morning I've been reading about Uta-garuta, which is played around the start of the new year and sounds AMAZING htt…
  44. RT @sandwich_cool: AutoFind attribute: automatically find the best component, will search in children if asked nicely, cycle through all fo…
  45. …in reply to @ok_remi_ok
    @sandwich_cool this is v cool!
  46. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke a counterargument : @VengaBoom
  47. RT @JmeBBK: Bruv, these eCigarettes I see guys smoking nowadays are so tonx. Looks like mans playing a clarinet on the roads.
  48. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu it's okay, it's not real, just a fucked-up term that occurred to me
  49. RT @GalaxyKate: A store exists selling only big versions of everyday objects. Is neither a David Sedaris story nor @MagicRealismBot https:…
  50. …in reply to @q_dork
    @q_dork @v21/815883768372330496 (if you come to London, you're welcome to our couch)
  51. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu @katbamkapow hahaha. I take it you have been won over?
  52. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu @katbamkapow don't tell me too much! I started around e22, and still need to go back and watch the start.
  53. RT @beso_gugushvili: This is my handsome "BPG Classic" font and it has it's OWN Caps - this is ONE font! Is there a legal @unicode range I…
  54. Sad to hear of John Berger's death. Ways of Seeing is still one of the best documentaries I've ever watched.
  55. …in reply to @v21
    and... I read G recently (for which he won the Booker prize). It's tender & thoughtful & also has this in it:
  56. …in reply to @cynixy
    @cynixy @hoskingc I'm not a writer, but I know a few. Journalism, solo projects, small projects with friends, make friends & be making work.
  57. …in reply to @v21
    @cynixy @hoskingc which... they're all hard things to do. But people do notice if you finish things & they're good! Even small things.
  58. …in reply to @v21
    @cynixy @hoskingc though... idk what counts as a big break, it's kind of a weird way to think about it? "a good gig", I guess.
  59. …in reply to @v21
    @cynixy @hoskingc (which is to say: if you're writing for games on any level, you're a gamewriter - then it's "just" about getting paid)
  60. …in reply to @cynixy
    @cynixy @hoskingc well, I work at the small-scale end of the industry, too - so the big break is something being a runaway hit.
  61. …in reply to @v21
    @cynixy @hoskingc which is not something you can plan for, or someone can grant you...
  62. …in reply to @cynixy
    @cynixy @hoskingc yeah, I get you.
  63. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow at least you're getting some good core exercise
  64. RT @cryptbooks: Name a more iconic duo than Wanthriven Ovinnik and Philippa 'Shiver my timbers!' Patterson. I'll wait.
  65. bands that were big on soulseek
  66. RT @ellenbacca: ARE YOU KIDDING ME THIS IS THE COOLEST!!
  67. …in reply to @undefined
    @reallyfancy @hannahnicklin mmm, that'a a good risotto, i should make that again soon
  68. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami the people who make cooler stuff than i can think of getting paid
  69. …in reply to @nuclearfriend
    @nuclearfriend @sandwich_cool ahhhhh, neat - I looked up if you could do it from pure C#, but via the Unity way is obv it.
  70. i literally just clicked this but now can't find it to RT: but this is good medium.com/@iamchrisscott/whatever-happened-to-television-s-most-famous-couples-c9d569a892ea#.7kndmky39
  71. yesterday i was bad at (happily getting better at) InDesign. today it's SQL. good times.
  72. [python] i put a DateTime in SQLite using sqlite3. I'm trying to get it out via SQLAlchemy (via a %sql magic) as a DateTime. how?
  73. …in reply to @v21
    i'm proud of the amount of technical jargon i packed into that tweet!
  74. this is the only podcast i listen to @hannahnicklin/816325743374462977
  75. …in reply to @v21
    sorry, everyone else i know with podcasts. i'm sure yours is very good.
  76. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal @hownottodraw KoDP is amazing and very different to everything else, but also v old. but i love it.
  77. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw @notquitereal "kind of a pain in the arse, and you need more patience than you'd like. but worth it in the end"
  78. the reason he was great was not this quote (good as it is). it's that soon after, he gave over the rest of doc for women to talk instead @andizeisler/816019953362944000
  79. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw or there's the trick with pluses... or the trick where you insert extra dots in your name
  80. just watched the new KLF tape. it's good! they made some bangers, it turns out vimeo.com/197669227
  81. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC i played it over two train journeys, months apart. it felt appropriate?
  82. …in reply to @v21
    @ADAMATOMIC i guess i could have waited til i was on a ferry... i'm not on ferries that often.
  83. …in reply to @v21
    @ADAMATOMIC (ps I am now making the FJORDS boat noise to myself)
  84. …in reply to @mathewkumar
    @mathewkumar yep! though I missed his latest play, Party Trap
  85. RT @georgelazenby: here is the last page of a John Berger book called And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos
  86. …in reply to @tha_rami
    @tha_rami Forbes is a weird publication, and a bad fit for being influential in the games industry (they largely aren't, too?)
  87. RT @PastebinRecent: You must reply in order to see the hidden content!
  88. This is great news, both because this game is really good and should get a wider release, and for what it signifies about Steam's policies. @christinelove/816453123174756352
  89. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke morning!
  90. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher you'll get a Steam key! Also it's great, good life choices
  91. RT @newdawn1997: The Daily Express, 20 years ago today - Peter Hitchens writes...'Is nothing sacred to the children of today?' https://t.co…
  92. the transition from listening to music for pleasure to listening to music as a way of training an algorithm to make the right playlists
  93. RT @shy_charles: Just some thoughts on Taylor Swift's old MySpace pic but I think it may be a bit specific to queer teenagers who lived in…
  94. RT @avdi: OAuth client must present server with a TOKEN. Server will return a COOKIE. Give the cookie to the MONKEY. The monkey will lead y…
  95. RT @poem_exe: poems listen to it new year's day
  96. …in reply to @bad_tetris
    @bad_tetris that's definitely how i read it, too! congrats!
  97. RT @tomskitomski: This is excellent on why Alexa is Amazon's OS, and potentially very very powerful: stratechery.com/2017/amazons-operating-system/
  98. …in reply to @whitingjp
    @whitingjp @patrickashe @bfod I spent a lot of time playing Slime Volleyball in school
  99. i've been sitting here for 20 minutes trying to decide if i've grown enough as a person to not book a flexible train ticket
  100. …in reply to @v21
    manage my life for me
  101. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu @shistow only one option has people taking responsibility for their choices
  102. …in reply to @v21
    okay, fine - but it's your collective faults if this goes to shit (definitely not mine)
  103. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb too late!
  104. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb i am picturing me fast asleep in my bed with a little smile on my face .... on a train! (i got a sleeper ticket)
  105. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe i was literally just thinking i wanted a good bar/cafe to go to alone in the evenings and work at
  106. …in reply to @undefined
    @siobhangx I am @ING you. But only to tell you I approve of your problem-solving attitude.
  107. RT @adamjohnsonNYC: yeah this is the worst timeline
  108. …in reply to @Poxican
    @Poxican have you ever actually watched "The K Foundation Burns A Million Quid"? I haven't!
  109. RT @martinpi: I love it that indie doesn't mean anything anymore. @megganpez/816694277690404864
  110. i've started saying (sometimes) i'm in "small-scale" games dev. feels more honest + healthy.
  111. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck yep yep. we're ~10 people and have investors (but we also have a bunch of operations stuff normal vg cos don't)
  112. …in reply to @v21
    @innesmck (so, like, it was me + some @jonbro what wrote all the code in the app)
  113. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @innesmck I enjoy saying triple-I, but I think partly because it annoys people.
  114. …in reply to @aeleitch
  115. …in reply to @Thairyn
    @Thairyn i like yr new profile pic!
  116. …in reply to @v21
    resolution updates: I made shakshuka, and it was okay BUT I have cycled to work every day this week. I'm good & tired.
  117. RT @thehouseofindie: Screenshake 2017 Early Bird tickets now up on screenshake.be Help us fund this edition: buy a Supporter Pass…
  118. my parents told us they were splitting on Boxing Day @priya_ebooks/816969211415175168
  119. …in reply to @undefined
    @_cheesybeaver that's great news, and much less talented people get better press than that on the reg
  120. …in reply to @radiodario
    @radiodario that point in a new project where you realize you haven't set it to "Force Text"
  121. RT @rom_txt: "I've heard that there are people living in the Forest of Doubt." "Because of the monsters, the mine was sealed up." - #ar…
  122. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN oh, sorry, this was years ago
  123. RT @mo0ty: how it feels to listen to podcasts
  124. Early call for after work pub tomorrow?
  125. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe 30 hours, we can do it
  126. …in reply to @undefined
    @AOsher was gonna see who was in - but this is because i cba going home between work & getting the sleeper at 11:30
  127. …in reply to @v21
    @AOsher so, like: "central"
  128. this describes itself as "A simple puzzle game" (Stephen's Sausage Roll describes itself as "a simple 3D puzzle game") @qrostar/817012614752391168
  129. RT @aburidashi: Stumbled on Sophie Woodrow's ceramic sculpture, thanks to the wonders of idly thumbing through Twitter. Smitten! https://t.…
  130. RT @core77: How IKEA's new joinery is advancing their design: bit.ly/2hRwLRY
  131. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy worse, CES
  132. love to stop a stressful task halfway through, so i can just continue to be stressed about doing it forever
  133. …in reply to @artcollisions
    @artcollisions i stopped because it was stressful
  134. RT @mjmurdoc: @xeographics here's a compiled gallery: imgur.com/gallery/IzMo7 I've been trying to make something every day :)
  135. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw @hollygramazio i am on three and so get internet in the states - but if you're not, you can get a burner SIM for not much
  136. RT @a_lutacontinua: Poster from the Gay Liberation Front, which consisted of a number of groups formed immediately after the Stonewall Riot…
  137. i have not re-read this bit in a while. yup. that's a thing i could imagine doing. @mtchl/817153219281305601
  138. RT @thehouseofindie: First #screenshake17 games 🙊 BEASTS OF BALANCE @sensibleobject ⭐ IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN @dreamfeelx ⭐ REMEMBERING VR @…
  139. RT @thehouseofindie: First #screenshake17 names 🙊 TALKS @PerfectPlum @hownottodraw @Mello42 @steggy_ ⭐ WORKSHOPS @pjarnfelt @Le_Mech Tix: h…
  140. RT @sanrio: Introducing, #Aggretsuko! She's a Red Panda who works as an office associate of a trading company in Tokyo. Watch this video to…
  141. Sometimes I go to tweet something, and then I think of the obvious non-funny joke answer someone is likely to give, and then I don't.
  142. Chris is sending a package out, and is weighing it with a deconstructed plinth and the test app on his phone.
  143. …in reply to @NotInventedHere
    @NotInventedHere should do up to 5kg, with 0.1g accuracy.
  144. …in reply to @v21
    i'm not even particularly popular. or particularly funny. or particularly female.
  145. i have never made a game with kissing in it @acosmos/817074049721532417
  146. …in reply to @edjeff
    @edjeff if you kiss them when they are stacked, the game will tell you to stop
  147. …in reply to @jazzmickle
    @jmickle_ good call imo
  148. i love all of sanrio's new characters, like depressed egg yolk, and put upon red panda office worker (with heavy metal alter ego)
  149. …in reply to @v21
    when a character encapsulates a story - they represent a moment of change, and yet they never advance from it
  150. …in reply to @v21
    (like superheroes)
  151. RT @PlanktonPundit: Jaws! Nom Nom Nom. The arrow worm has caught a copepod and it's ramming it down it's throat. Phyto-#Plankon carbon -> c…
  152. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
  153. …in reply to @MaizeWallin
    @MaizeWallin @vertxxyz just wanted to let you know I read this as alternate lyrics to "Venus as a boy"
  154. …in reply to @v21
    Euston Tap from 7pm!
  155. …in reply to @v21
    @AOsher @hownottodraw @Minkette ^^ (Euston Tap from 7pm)
  156. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain @mooonmagic oh my god, you HAVE to read the sequel to the novelisation of ET
  157. …in reply to @v21
    @mousefountain @mooonmagic it has very large vegetables in it
  158. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @Fortress_Inman I had a Thinkpad and it was great - might be the difference between their "business" & "consumer" lines?
  159. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow fuck 'em up, boyo, I believe in you.
  160. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain @mooonmagic yes, and it was great, and there was a sequel which was also great, but also weird in a good fantasy way
  161. …in reply to @v21
    @mousefountain @mooonmagic "E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet: A Novel"
  162. ah, remember Vice in the good old days? @pangmeli/817392414759538690
  163. …in reply to @v21
    [cn: extremely homophobic]
  164. …in reply to @jazzmickle
    @jmickle_ aye, sorry about that
  165. normally Unity questions I ask on here are pretty arcane... I don't think this one is. why won't it play? (the clip previews fine)
  166. …in reply to @lily_dot_com
    @rainshapes nope, it's just set in the inspector - but no missing reference errors
  167. …in reply to @chrisoshea
    @chrisoshea ayah, this is a little one day prototype - that's a bigger hammer than i need, i think
  168. …in reply to @v21
    also it's not working with playOnAwake ?? idgi
  169. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang i got excited about it ... but it plays in the preview & a new .wav also doesn't play
  170. …in reply to @mike_robbo
    @mike_robbo it totally does... i found the problem and it was as stupid as you'd expect
  171. …in reply to @v21
    oh, i found the problem, and it was as good as you'd expect
  172. …in reply to @v21
    thanks everyone! i hope we all learned something here today
  173. …in reply to @radiatoryang
  174. …in reply to @dwarph
    @dwarph it's just MonoDevelop with a dark theme ("Monokai")
  175. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo no... i tried that... @v21/817419536181903363
  176. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @Nifflas I still reckon weather control is more powerful geoengineering magic
  177. …in reply to @v21
    @KommanderKlobb @Nifflas a blizzard in the Sahara
  178. I wanna make a social network. It can't be that hard, right?
  179. …in reply to @Minkette
    @Minkette ah, no worries. Hope you beat it up something proper soon
  180. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall I feel you, and I hope you can manage to block out some time to be unapologetically, irredeemably sick soon.
  181. walking up to a girl i recognise (but don't know why) in a bar: her: do i know you from okcupid? (it was from roller derby)
  182. …in reply to @ra
    @ra thank you for this report, it made me metaphorically eat my fist when I don't have much battery remaining.
  183. …in reply to @sheilamu
    @sheilamu I do not know her name, but she is short and has v curly hair
  184. I have been on this sleeper train for 40 minutes (we are not yet scheduled to depart) and I am entirely in favour of them.
  185. …in reply to @v21
    It's completely fulfilling a weird mix of what I imagine of peak British Rail and what I imagine of peak Luxury Long Journey Trains.
  186. …in reply to @v21
    Now I wanna take more overnight journeys in other countries.
  187. …in reply to @Thairyn
    @Thairyn remembering Hannah Nicklin x Jake Elliot, where he talks about KRZ being the taste of gas station coffee on a long coach journey.
  188. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw I made a last minute dash for cans of G&T from the station. Which shows my naivety: there's a dining car.
  189. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal Edinburgh! A last minute weekend trip to hang with friends.
  190. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw go back to the "British Rail" bit...
  191. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart Edinburgh! I lived there for 4 years and never did it.
  192. …in reply to @v21
    @keefstuart I mean, in part I'm doing it because my housemate is away this weekend on some other mysterious trip...
  193. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart she mentioned a town, but I've certainly never heard of it. Knowing her, it's likely entirely fictional.
  194. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal think this journey was £70? A bit of a premium, but less than an extra night at a Travelodge (not that I would, but)
  195. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart unfortunately the joke falters here, on the rocks of me having no idea how to pronounce it correctly
  196. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy I am sorry I'm missing you! I panicked (pretty well, tbh) in the face of an empty weekend approaching.
  197. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy (also, yes, you feel me)
  198. …in reply to @v21
    @glassarmy (this is why I want to Amtrak, where the journey is several days long, and so accommodates all these things, multiple times)
  199. …in reply to @glassarmy
    @glassarmy because I know plenty of folk who've done it, I have my eyes set on the Chicago - SF route (California Zephyr).
  200. …in reply to @v21
    @glassarmy but I mean, I'm not too fussy.
  201. I've consulted partners about my hair. And, at least once, apologised for no longer having as good hair as they met me with. @KGuilaine/817526097063673856
  202. …in reply to @v21
    (which is different from them expecting that, or having their implicit approval a condition of our relationship, yes)
  203. I'm not on Instagram enough... and one sign of this is that I want to like every post. All my friends are pretty and doing good things?
  204. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN I'm sorry, I don't get this reference
  205. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN I'm in the lounge car of a train with a glass of wine at 1am, sorry.
  206. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou yesss. I like being logged in as @softlandscapes and @manygradients for this reason.
  207. …in reply to @v21
    sometimes people are mad at Insta's unrelenting cuteness, and like.. why shouldn't I be happy a friend made a nice cake, or saw a good thing
  208. …in reply to @KGuilaine
    @KGuilaine I did follow it up with @v21/817533111944839168
  209. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN it's just a trick of perspective
  210. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN and all the rest.
  211. …in reply to @v21
    I just posted about a nice fabric pattern I saw.
  212. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN I read it last year!
  213. fuck this is so good, i'm intimidated @q_dork/817545604096290816
  214. It's pretty wild that Leaf first wrote his own programming language, then used that to make itch. That's not the recommended way.
  215. …in reply to @PepijnWillekens
  216. i wanna make a game that feels like a @ppcrotty comic
  217. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful I thought their point was "well, if the NHS just spent the money _properly_ they'd be fine". Which is bollocks for other reasons.
  218. I went to the modern art museum and saw some art!
  219. …in reply to @v21
    I went there for an exhibition of Bridget Riley's paintings. I was previously uncertain of her stuff. After seeing it in person: okay, wow.
  220. …in reply to @v21
    AND THEN I went downstairs and saw some stuff by Karla Black. All cotton wool and peeling bright pinks and yellow, eyeshadow-stained balsa.👌
  221. …in reply to @v21
    Also there was a Mondrian & a Hepworth and I thought about the fine details & surface imperfections (compared to digital works)
  222. …in reply to @v21
    And then I ran away to catch a train home (with not quite enough time to hustle to find some chips and cheese for the journey)
  223. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops mmm, not surprising, if only cuz it's something I've thought about for a long time... But nice to do so while looking at good art.
  224. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb no, unfortunately, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Bit of a longer trip.
  225. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops did you see skrekkogle.com/still-file/ that went round recently - a nice contrast.
  226. …in reply to @xxvi_xxxviii
    @ank_wobl I feel like my emotional response to a song is a reservoir I can fill, but I can also suck on til it's dry noise.
  227. …in reply to @algcifaldi
    @amandaglosson @GalaxyKate oh, wow, these are via Cheap Bots? They're worth putting that SVG feature in several times over.
  228. RT @supership79: webcomic 1990s: those dumb users don't know unix 2000s: dudes play video games 2010s: blobs labeled "anxieties" kicking…
  229. …in reply to @lauraehall
    @lauraehall businessman levitating isn't goth! It's classic ska! What an outrage.
  230. RT @quicunquevult: I know I don’t normally do this but I’ve got something I want to talk to about & it's pretty important so I'm going to h…
  231. RT @atduskgreg: WeChat's "Red Envelopes" let users make mini social and gambling games for each other with real money: https://t.co/FJHAYK…
  232. RT @Sererena: Deep in a Reddit thread about sleep, found a post that really struck me
  233. Night Mode Twitter x @tiny_star_field <3
  234. …in reply to @miguelsicart
    @miguelsicart @bfod JS Joust, at dusk, on a rooftop.
  235. I don't know if this is a different question, but I'm now wondering: What videogames are visually perfect? @bfod/818199674196819969
  236. …in reply to @v21
    (perfect implies that it could not do better at doing the thing it's doing - best implies it could, if that thing is good enough)
  237. …in reply to @v21
    ((of course, "what is the thing a thing is doing" is a deeply subjective question))
  238. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC i heard a story about the custom engine they made for Limbo. at the end of dev, they realized they'd have to throw it away...
  239. …in reply to @v21
    @ADAMATOMIC ... at some point it had lost the ability to render colour.
  240. RT @urbanfriendden: Pan Xunqin (1906 - 1985) The Girl on the Couch, 1930
  241. …in reply to @pixelfootgames
    @pixelfootgames @ADAMATOMIC it's more - they're very prepared to go all the way down that rabbithole.
  242. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy I've been doing some thought about the shifting of labour recently, and : yeah, sure.
  243. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy unfortunately, declines in incomes mean that that deal is basically unaffordable - instead, both work, the woman also does this.
  244. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy (and obviously, even for people who want this, they want this to be a free option. I want this to be an option for men!)
  245. …in reply to @v21
    @alicemazzy (also there's a whole race/class thing that happens because this deal also usually ends up involving extra domestic help, too)
  246. bot of the day: @tinyspires Mary Blair fantasy spires
  247. …in reply to @Gib
    @Gib do it in 320 x 240 and just upscale it
  248. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro @Gib it's worked for me... but it's never something i'd suggest lightly.
  249. RT @poellll: Les portraits phosphorescents de Slava Thisset → ow.ly/fWlP307PbZ8 —via @Zeutcher
  250. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow I made CBDQ to win an argument.
  251. RT @ledgamedev: Dynamic dither showcase! #pixelart 🌟patreon.com/ledgamedev🌟
  252. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured I (for obvious reasons) think of you as an animator. But also capable of making the rest of the game?
  253. remembering that time I submitted a game to the BAFTAs and was told it wasn't a videogame (then they apologised. but still didn't let it in)
  254. …in reply to @v21
    (IGF couldn't round up people to judge Beasts of Balance, so we're getting our entry fee back)
  255. …in reply to @v21
    And we couldn't get in via Alt Ctrl because they showed us last year (before there was an award). Which is all fair enough!
  256. …in reply to @v21
    I am obviously a bit bummed (I think our game is great), but taking solace I'm continuing to make interesting things that don't easily fit.
  257. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro it's awkward, because they are - we're just not eligible for the Alt Ctrl prize.
  258. …in reply to @logodaedalus
    @logodaedalus thanks! It's good to hear!
  259. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro right, for sure. They did warn it might not work out when we submitted, too.
  260. …in reply to @janusrose
    @zenalbatross fuck that - there's plenty of happy people in fucked up states today. Life goes on.
  261. …in reply to @tigershungry
  262. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured thinking of Valve's T-shaped skillsets here.
  263. …in reply to @shahidkamal
    @shahidkamal it's so difficult! If you measure : Goodhart's Law. If you don't : bias & nepotism.
  264. …in reply to @v21
  265. I guess one reason comic authors tend to this kind of story is that they have artists following after and making their scripts real. @laura_hudson/818581986612637697
  266. …in reply to @v21
    I mean, wouldn't you go a little bit mad with power if all you had to do is write a script and Frank Quitely would draw it for you.
  267. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette @jawsew it'd work on me, but only if we both burst out laughing after exactly the right pause.
  268. …in reply to @mjmcmaster
    @mjmcmaster congrats! I know some people you should talk to about that (uh, beyond the obvious)
  269. …in reply to @bitpixi
    @kaseyjwang with that amount of cash, I'd start a small label pairing up small press artists with gamemakers. Or I'd buy property in London.
  270. …in reply to @sophmallinson
    @sophiemallins that's fair. I've been watching it on a friend's Netflix.
  271. …in reply to @v21
    @sophiemallins anyway, it really leans into the "mundane" part.
  272. …in reply to @janakinsman
    @janakinsman that's where it's from
  273. I started talking about this weekend after a friend put on Hackers. Then I decided to shush and watch the film. @pkmital/810551672917422080
  274. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 it is extraordinary
  275. …in reply to @Congenial_Virus
    @Congenial_Virus I really wouldn't put the blame there. But yes, the middle class is being hollowed out.
  276. …in reply to @v21
    @Congenial_Virus (I def think individual choices and structural changes are on different levels of analysis, and it's muddy to compare them)
  277. RT @zugenia: One of my books went missing years ago and I recently ordered a used copy online and it's my actual missing book https://t.co/…
  278. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw I can't see all the replies, so hopefully I'm not repeating but : check out Femicom Museum & @partytimeHXLNT's curation!
  279. …in reply to @v21
    @hownottodraw also see @OK_grl for a defiantly girly online interactive magazine.
  280. RT @hownottodraw: @kierongillen canonically, Barbie & Ken shagged behind the scenes of Toy Story 3. THE MORE YOU KNOW. https://t.co/jQ1jiEG…
  281. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @hollygramazio @kierongillen please please make this a bot & put Kieron out of business for good
  282. c'mon, send us yr stuff nowplaythis.net/contribute/
  283. …in reply to @vivschwarz
    @vivschwarz @GaiaBordicchia they're the new stickers!
  284. …in reply to @verityvirtue
    @verityvirtue yes! the form isn't set up for it, but feel free to just tell me (DMs are open)
  285. …in reply to @allanaaaaaaa
    @allanaaaaaaa they're not public domain (or even CC-whatever). but you have my blessing.
  286. i am recoiling in agony/sympathy reading these @yellowcardigan/818931509231030274
  287. RT @harinef: these came from the realization that i'd never seen images of trans women (with men) that were erotic but tender too https://t…
  288. i thought the story about hotels and blackmail and Trump was gonna be be about him blackmailing guests at his, not the other way round.
  289. i am downstairs and this explains a noise i was wondering about @katbamkapow/818970028427055105
  290. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw 6 mos after leaving primary school, calling my crush from the # they left in our leaver's book... and being unable to speak
  291. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 yay
  292. …in reply to @v21
    @hownottodraw also this reminds me of the time i ran into someone i fancied on a bus and they asked me my name and i had forgotten it
  293. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw just hanging there, gasping like a fish. i still do that sometimes, in high emotional times.
  294. …in reply to @UnburntWitch
  295. RT @KommanderKlobb: Hey folks, @Dick_Hogg and I are seeking an experienced UE4 developer to work with on our next game together since Hohok…
  296. …in reply to @GaiaBordicchia
    @GaiaBordicchia @vivschwarz i think they still are? madebycooper.co.uk/products/badges/soft-enamel-badges says you're looking at a bit under £2 a pop - so 40% of £5
  297. …in reply to @v21
    @GaiaBordicchia @vivschwarz some people order stuff from China, which I'm sure works out cheaper. Or with larger quantities...
  298. …in reply to @phoenixperry
    @phoenixperry happy birthday! keep kicking butt!
  299. RT @rabihalameddine: The first known photograph of a comet. Donati’s Comet, taken at Harvard College Observatory in 1858. https://t.co/5LIx…
  300. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw hahaha. thank goodness for christmas sweaters, tho
  301. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw i'm actually not sure either. and i'm squashing my immediate instinct, which is to fire it up at work and find out.
  302. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou relevant to my interests, thanks!
  303. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou yeah, i clicked over on his site just now. it's in the bucket for Now Play This, obv!
  304. RT @perlin_noise: ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➖➖➖➖ ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➖➖➖ ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➖➖ ➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ ➖➖➖➕➕➕➖➖➖➖➖➕➕➕➕➕ ➖➖➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕➕ ➖➕…
  305. @tchoi8 hey - don't know if you saw nowplaythis.net/contribute, but I would be interested to hear of anything that might fit!
  306. RT @_jorts_: the most common question people have for me after finding out I'm a chess teacher is "can you play chess?"
  307. …in reply to @nielsen_holly
    @nielsen_holly "in some ways the two of coins represents life itself, and the permanence of change"
  308. …in reply to @v21
    @nielsen_holly is it ironic that this divinatory method found a guide to divination?
  309. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal @jmickle_ @jawsew i was wondering how many fish, thanks for clearing that up
  310. …in reply to @jazzmickle
  311. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew @jmickle_ @notquitereal whatever, we have a squid in our game, too.
  312. …in reply to @v21
    @jawsew @jmickle_ @notquitereal (okay okay, it's an octopus, i lied, i just wanted to be cool like Abzu)
  313. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jawsew @jmickle_ @notquitereal for real, tho: i have been wondering about how well this would show at Now Play This
  314. …in reply to @edclef
    @edclef @jawsew @jmickle_ @notquitereal ah-hah! also curious also how painful it would be if you picked it up at x random point in-game
  315. …in reply to @hownottodraw
  316. …in reply to @turnislefthome
    @turnislefthome @y2bcrazy there's a good baseline level of knowledge that's always helpful, but beyond that, yeah, collab
  317. …in reply to @vivschwarz
    @vivschwarz @GaiaBordicchia i paid £6 for an enamel pin for an xmas gift. and would pay more for a super-cool one.
  318. …in reply to @v21
    @vivschwarz @GaiaBordicchia (i have x4 as a rule of thumb in my head - but you can squeeze those costs)
  319. …in reply to @vivschwarz
    @vivschwarz @GaiaBordicchia hah. yeah, depends on shipping, discounts, retailer margins, scale & overheads...
  320. …in reply to @GaiaBordicchia
    @GaiaBordicchia @vivschwarz yep, super sensible - also confirms people want it, and stops you from having useless stock!
  321. RT @British_Film: Thrilled to welcome @paul_callaghan to our team as British Council's first Programme Manager, Games & Interactive https:/…
  322. RT @MetaphorMagnet: 🚪. Join a religious order 👋. Become a priest 💒. Marry a rebel in your religious order 💞. Say rousing prayers together 💔…
  323. oh yeah! last night i dreamed i was watching an attractive trans woman baking on tv, wearing an apron with @hellophia's V&A design on
  324. …in reply to @v21
    it looked really good printed on the fabric, i wanted one. wouldn't it be great? @hellophia please make my dream come true.
  325. RT @tchoi8: Black Box, White Cube, Public Space. Claire Bishop skulptur-projekte.de/#/En/Publications/Publications/377/Out%20of%20Body
  326. …in reply to @TeddyDief
    @TeddyDief @SquareEnixMtl @songfeuds @gankstrr congratulations to both sides of that deal!
  327. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain i read it as less taboo and more... awe, or quiet reflection - respecting of heritage.
  328. me too, Internet stranger @_ireallyneedto/819137833965326336
  329. RT @wisdom_exe: to admit mistakes, you must start preparation the night before
  330. …in reply to @alienmelon
    @alienmelon I wish there was an "all of the above" option
  331. …in reply to @pangmeli
    @pangmeli as a game whose purpose is to teach you capitalism is terrible : 💯
  332. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain @notquitereal recently I watched @lauraehall and @radiatoryang and they had my friends being wise and cool in them.
  333. …in reply to @mousefountain
    @mousefountain @notquitereal yeah i was gonna follow up - i hope @lauraehall & @radiatoryang get big enough to also have garbage chat
  334. RT @profaniti: Come and learn to make games with @reallyfancy and me! A free 5 week course in unity for women... starts Monday! https://t.c…
  335. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow it might be it's just oversteeped and bitter? (also, of COURSE you have one of those)
  336. RT @xerosome: A 1925 design for rotating space-station from Herman Potočnik's "The Problem of Space Travel". Love the people floating in th…
  337. RT @UnlearningEcon: The fact that so many people have nightmares about past exams well into adulthood should be treated more seriously than…
  338. RT @TomWhitwell: I just published “It took Twitter 4hrs to block my modernist architecture bot. Why don’t they block anti-semitism?” https:…
  339. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe this tweet is made all the better for having been foretold last night
  340. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe i would absolutely subscribe to that tinyletter
  341. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas maybe "InvalidOperationException"? but more specific is better. see "Choosing standard exceptions" from msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.exception(v=vs.110).aspx
  342. RT @AnnisaAdjani: Shawl #doodles #fashion
  343. …in reply to @chenoehart
    @chenoehart previously was using a windows machine with a mac keyboard at home, and a mac with a mac keyboard at work.
  344. RT @brandonnn: this GRAVITY RUSH 2 promo video is the first really good video you should watch today youtube.com/watch?v=0lQMXyNUmDs
  345. tiny arcade machine update: @legobutts/819311933505449985
  346. RT @AranKoning: Starting February I am available full-time for freelance game programming/design jobs! RTs appreciated! https://t.co/spX88…
  347. RT @aaronrutkoff: Crazy..It might be cheaper for Mexico to buy and shut down Twitter than to defend the peso against Trump's tweets. https:…
  348. watching AGDQ, and remembering how much I love Kirby ("Why do you love Kirby?" "I think because Kirby is cute" Yes, I agree)
  349. …in reply to @v21
    i love this title screen so much
  350. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured i love Gooey
  351. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured he's got a big tounge
  352. RT @rhizome: #NetArtAnthology is back with Alexei Shulgin's Form Art (1997)! anthology.rhizome.org/form-art
  353. Thanks, everyone - I'm gonna have that fucking "put a donk on it" song in my head all morning.
  354. …in reply to @v21
    Donk d-donk donk donk donk.
  355. If you've seen these before, no cheating. If you haven't: guess the videogame.
  356. …in reply to @v21
    And a fancy prize goes to Mr. King-Spooner, for his answer of Bernband @king_spooner/819839946810945536
  357. …in reply to @v21
  358. inside and in the warm after cycling in and feeling heat redistribute itself around my body
  359. …in reply to @chrisoshea
    @chrisoshea yeah, same
  360. …in reply to @SK_Louie
    @SK_Louie i mean, i do mean redistribute - think my core is cooling off as my extremities warm
  361. …in reply to @SK_Louie
    @SK_Louie you wouldn't be you if you didn't
  362. this is very very good @q_dork/819635462419677190
  363. problem with designing a multiplayer game is you need to pester people to test stuff constantly
  364. …in reply to @v21
    and then you need to tell them to stop having strong opinions, because it's literally the first time you tried that idea, and it'll change
  365. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow but there's no space for my arms in my lap when i'm using my tray
  366. RT @dzifyr: Hey hello! You can pre-order a tarot deck again if you missed the last batch! ♥👁✨ louloucoshop.bigcartel.com https://t.co/TiRCd7rN…
  367. I'm interested in this game dandydungeon.com/
  368. …in reply to @herniquetxt
    @herniquecarai @hownottodraw sorry, it's just dandy
  369. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow filthy american
  370. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 oh, i thought their business model was using predatory pricing to create monopolies
  371. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 ah, i'd be more hopeful with Uber, the switching costs are much higher and there's fewer power players to negotiate with
  372. …in reply to @v21
    @mcclure111 "hopeful"
  373. RT @FakeUnicode: .@m_u_s_h_r_o_o_m <Translation>
  374. RT @HusaJaakko: My favourite footnote of all time. From 'Gifts - A Study in Comparative Law' by Richard Hyland.
  375. RT @hannahnicklin: Here it is! Idk how you do the thing where you make it a reasonable size, soz. Gibraltr Point, a #flatgame/storygame htt…
  376. RT @mousefountain: very good graphics + vibe here.
  377. I can suddenly taste cloves, and now I want to make crumble.
  378. …in reply to @loulayorke
    @loula808 @m1sp I was dismayed at an uncritical reference to Asmiovs Laws and the superintelligence bit.
  379. …in reply to @v21
    @loula808 @m1sp but it's generally reasonably solid (I read the first half).
  380. …in reply to @v21
    @loula808 @m1sp (while I haven't read it, from what I could tell I preferred the BSI's take, though)
  381. If anyone has access to BSI stuff, I'd love to read BS 8611.
  382. RT @ellaguro: i forgot to mention this is a quote from Kanye West's new album Turbografx 16 @ellaguro/820221922591969280
  383. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp I assume these are because they are circumventing rules about govt funding of business? That was the reason for UK tax weirdness.
  384. …in reply to @MaizeWallin
  385. …in reply to @MaizeWallin
    @MaizeWallin not that I know of - but the metro there usually doesn't have many obvious fliers on it
  386. …in reply to @smestorp
    @smestorp having done a tiny bit of digging, it seems like some of the weirdness comes from designing it for big cos (& allowing smaller)
  387. …in reply to @v21
    @smestorp a bit of "culture must be European culture" (which I obviously find weird, but whatever)
  388. …in reply to @v21
    @smestorp and a whole lot of "the funding model is a cut-and-paste from film funding models"
  389. …in reply to @v21
    @smestorp this is selling me on greater involvement with industry lobbying bodies, tbh.
  390. …in reply to @mink_ette
    @mink_ette oh, this is easy - Mutazione does (we got funding through this scheme, I think)
  391. …in reply to @dinosaurrparty
    @dinosaurrparty I have some friends in Cph I'd be happy to intro you to - they're all videogame people, though.
  392. RT @WildPalmCity: to say these small things are "unnecessary" is bullshit. it is necessary to occasionally forget being miserable for 5 min…
  393. I just blocked someone really insufferable in someone else's mentions, and even though he will never see it, it still made me feel better.
  394. …in reply to @mjmcmaster
    @mjmcmaster @christianmccrea @netgal_emi oh, yeah, remember I said I knew someone you should chat to about curation stuff. This is her.
  395. …in reply to @v21
  396. …in reply to @aparrish
    @aparrish I really like it! I wonder what it'd sound like if I wasn't thinking of the source material when reading it.
  397. …in reply to @polclarissou
  398. …in reply to @Osiefish
    @Osiefish you could be a hot boy
  399. RT @skeletonsday: 💀💕
  400. "something to think about" @deadhag/817613929232920577
  401. RT @AlexSteffen: Behind Trump's choices for cabinet is Big Oil's last ditch effort to cash in before climate action prevails: https://t.co…
  402. "possible though, too, that all acts of love are acts of prayer if they are also acts of truth" (from the little monsters tarot guidebook)
  403. …in reply to @iamdanw
    @iamdanw that's... a really useful middle ground between sea and air, actually!
  404. RT @adrianhon: Great article by @squidmania on running games and app. Nice to see an *actual runner* talking about these things! https://t.…
  405. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @digitalsqand my hero
  406. I've got a blister from too much Taiko Drum Master yesterday.
  407. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort Las Vegas in Soho has a machine downstairs
  408. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort also Bishi Bashi and a lot of DDR
  409. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @digitalsqand I'm not exactly a fan of hers, though I can definitely see the appeal...
  410. …in reply to @v21
    @haikus_by_KN @digitalsqand but as a gesture, that so perfectly and savagely cuts through a Gordian knot of obligation.
  411. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou that's a lot of kisses
  412. Just saw the board games exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood and it is very good.
  413. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou why can't it be both?
  414. …in reply to @radiatoryang
    @radiatoryang it's too good to be fake, I agree
  415. RT @rbnhay: Really interesting graphic showing the many uses of marine #bioluminescence. Taken from: annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-marine-120308-081028 https://t.co/x…
  416. Apparently Kat has never wished someone else could pee on her behalf, rather than having to get up and do it herself???
  417. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow well if they're going ANYWAY
  418. …in reply to @v21
    Have you ever thought "I wish someone could pee on my behalf?"
  419. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou is this not a normal thought process? I've made a poll.
  420. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow @notquitereal jack, to be clear here, I've said nothing against you.
  421. …in reply to @v21
    @katbamkapow @notquitereal if there is a flat dispute, it's a. news to me b. Kat who is against you coming here
  422. …in reply to @v21
    @katbamkapow @notquitereal I think that's quite unfairly harsh on you, but I'll let the poll decide.
  423. I'm really happy @netgal_emi is writing these posts: interesting thoughts on fan culture medium.com/@midboss/on-fanwork-and-what-is-outsider-d0ae7372bfe3?source=linkShare-46f71bbd09c1-1484513444
  424. This is a very straightforward and informative guide to the design of one of the best videogames this year. @christinelove/820686986369531908
  425. is there a term for when a character says something, and then the scene cuts, and another character says the same thing or in response?
  426. …in reply to @v21
    I've been watching A Series of Unfortunate Events, you might be able to tell.
  427. …in reply to @JenuinePanic
    @JenuinePanic did you just go find your copy of Mort and then find this bit in it?
  428. …in reply to @v21
    @JenuinePanic because: great work, if so
  429. …in reply to @artcollisions
    @artcollisions i really don't make the most of it
  430. …in reply to @v21
    one bit that made me stand up straight - of course, the vivid colours in the Ludo set I played growing up are there because it's Indian!
  431. …in reply to @JenuinePanic
    @JenuinePanic i very much know that feeling
  432. …in reply to @lasersyriacum
    @lasersyriacum oh my god, that's horrifying
  433. …in reply to @JamesWallis
    @JamesWallis i mean, when you literally cast yourself as Sherlock's cleverer brother...
  434. hey, the open call for Now Play This closes... today, I guess? when Holly closes it tomorrow, really. last chance: nowplaythis.net/contribute/
  435. …in reply to @godtributes
    @godtributes yeah, she's great
  436. …in reply to @Cyarron
    @Cyarron mine is bust, but: i inherited it from my parents, and i now have vinyl, so i don't want to junk it.
  437. …in reply to @v21
    @Cyarron i like buying vinyl because it's a nice object and it gives money to the artist.
  438. …in reply to @inconvergent
    @inconvergent i've been using it recently, and enjoying - i am using it to rerun sql queries & generate matplotlib stuff, tho.
  439. …in reply to @inconvergent
    @inconvergent it has the sql magic and it puts the nice pictures inline. it's more sql than python, tbh.
  440. really good interview with the founders of Ableton - on tool design, & startups, & a long view on electronic music roberthenke.com/interviews/ableton.html
  441. …in reply to @keefstuart
    @keefstuart my Panoramical scene was hugely inspired by the Overground around Hoxton. Here's Hannah's interview w me rockpapershotgun.com/2015/10/02/george-buckenham-interview/
  442. games are great because they allow you to put yourself in the shoes of others - feeling empathy truly is the best route to doing good @lifewinning/821038903268352001
  443. RT @HOLZERTRON: @womensart1 CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST
  444. RT @sergeybratus: I very much like the "line of death" metaphor for browsers textslashplain.com/2017/01/14/the-line-of-death/ --and it's weird that it is only just…
  445. i am very tired, but we're starting to have a new game mode? the software side is still just me sat with google sheets and a stopwatch, tho @beastsofbalance/821053811229937664
  446. …in reply to @v21
    and now to go to the pub (and play boardgames??)
  447. Thinking about the systematic damage done to people's perception of randomness by software that cooks the numbers (games, especially)
  448. …in reply to @vectorpark
    @vectorpark oh, of course. And it's rare to bump up against a well-defined random that's not designed by a person.
  449. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow COME TO THE PUB (instead)
  450. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno it could be both!
  451. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow that is fine, see you in a bit!
  452. …in reply to @BRKeogh
    @BRKeogh I thiiink your following GOs should ask the screenshake script for an offset to correct their screen position first.
  453. …in reply to @v21
    @BRKeogh but there might be a neater way that doesn't tie the two systems together as tightly.
  454. Overcooked feels kinda cheaply made? But the core concept is so good it doesn't really matter. I guess this is an inspirational tweet.
  455. …in reply to @angusdick
    @angusdick yeah, or like.. the bloom on the overworld failing to cover up that the art is a bit boring.
  456. …in reply to @angusdick
    @angusdick right! and i mean also: why spend another 6-9 months of your life polishing when it doesn't make the game more fun?
  457. …in reply to @Eastmad
    @Eastmad not at all! loads of indie things are polished and perfect, every detail correct (still small scope, tho)
  458. …in reply to @v21
    @Eastmad Downwell, Super Hexagon, Sportsfriends, Push Me Pull You - all very considered on the details.
  459. …in reply to @SK_Louie
    @SK_Louie haha. yeah, p sure i'm not tuff enuff to work in an actual kitchen.
  460. …in reply to @v21
    @SK_Louie but i do really like when you get deep into the zone of doing your stuff and keeping up with others and whew! i guess shift's over
  461. …in reply to @angusdick
    @angusdick @patrickashe aww! WHOS A GOOD BOY
  462. RT @womensart1: Russian Constructivist artist Lyubov Popova, textile designs, 1923-24 #womensart
  463. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow ah, that feeling of "this conversation is going badly, I might as well go for it and make it even worse"
  464. RT @JonnElledge: Has anyone else noticed the way the best case scenario keeps on getting worse?
  465. RT @nu_handen: Did anything come in three distinct waves besides feminism and ska?
  466. RT @_Qrion_: rip vine rip my history vine.co/v/O0xETKMLPpt
  467. RT @debcha: This poem. This. (via @flaneur and his excellent newsletter Pome). anneboyer.tumblr.com/post/48690531600/what-resembles-the-grave-but-isnt
  468. …in reply to @debcha
    @debcha this was also my response
  469. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow you're making me sad that i work in a hole in the ground
  470. …in reply to @v21
    @katbamkapow i mean, it's a very nice hole, but still
  471. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow ah, cool, glad to have that straightened out.
  472. RT @LennyReviews: Ok yeah goty hands down thank you sega
  473. @tburrellsaward possibly relevant to your interests @brandonnn/821419000978690048
  474. …in reply to @PIXELATEDCROWN
    @PIXELATEDCROWN life is different for people who don't render things in real time
  475. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck looking forward to it! (I am here with the cool people now)
  476. RT @mcclure111: Do you ever stop what you're doing and think about how disappointing it is that "the shadow dom" is so much more boring tha…
  477. RT @MinovskyArticle: One of the best Akira Toriyama interviews is where he admitted his villains always blew up the world because he hated…
  478. wrote a thing about designing online spaces and did not use capitals. v21.io/blog/consequence-online/ maybe this will become a thing for me.
  479. …in reply to @HelenHester
    @HelenHester @mrgnptts can confirm
  480. I also downloaded the thing.
  481. …in reply to @st33d
  482. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck @OxyOxspring @adrielbeaver @_mynameischuck @hownottodraw @Robin_B @marmalade_tim @LizRainsberry same sentiments from me!
  483. so glad i cycled into work today - beautiful hazy morning, the city looked amazing from Tower Bridge. and i like my route in now!
  484. late last night i put up a post about online spaces being garbage fires v21.io/blog/consequence-online/
  485. RT @Dempster2000: My parents have brought over wine in a plastic box because Mum is "increasingly wary of glass".
  486. RT @wisdom_exe: get a teacher to like you
  487. listening to some of the Beasts of Balance soundtrack remixes that have come in, and having "this was the best idea" feelings
  488. listening to the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack
  489. RT @EvanModel3D: Beastly moulds for @beastsofbalance, these are some pretty complex and precise moulds #moulding #casting # #silicone #resi…
  490. oh yeah, we put out some analytics! have an infographic (w more context at beastsofbalance.com/infographic-time/)
  491. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb aaaand it's always you. and me. alwayyys. and forever.
  492. …in reply to @patrickashe
    @patrickashe @KommanderKlobb listening to it again has made me really wanna do it at karaoke
  493. …in reply to @chrisoshea
    @chrisoshea yep - settled on using Unity analytics, and then exporting the raw data, ingesting it into SQL and querying it there.
  494. …in reply to @v21
    @chrisoshea would be very happy to hear of a less painful process that doesn't cost the earth and we can get interesting data out of
  495. …in reply to @v21
    @chrisoshea also happy to share details on bits of the pipeline
  496. RT @ebooks_goetia: № 1461 Commandant BENMAFER, DEMON of: ‣ tenably pillorying lavalieres
  497. …in reply to @v21
    the rich are continuing to empathise @AngstromHoot/821738991229669376
  498. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb this just makes me want to post more
  499. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw The one where you get to split the world in half in Kirby Super Star... oooh, or maybe the samurai one from that...
  500. RT @jostruitt: Because the world is a sad place & I need some nerding: here's a thread about the man Hans Christian Andersen fell in love w…
  501. bot of the day: @Keeling_curve how much carbon is in the air?
  502. look! it's Monkey See Monkey Mime! youtube.com/watch?v=dIfvwgOmKwI
  503. …in reply to @maxkreminski
    @maxkreminski no! i did totally think about it when adding the reply functionality, but never actually implemented it
  504. …in reply to @v21
    @maxkreminski thanks for the feature request, tho - helpful to know that's a thing that would get used
  505. RT @keiichiban: I'm officially withdrawing as a Davos cultural leader. I refuse to let my work be used to legitimise this grotesque charade…
  506. …in reply to @mtrc
    @mtrc no :(
  507. RT @HonestWilliam: gamasutra.com/view/news/288395/William_Pughs_journey_from_The_Stanley_Parable_into_Crows_Crows_Crows.php WRITTEN BY MEEEEEEEE ABOUT MY BUSINESS PROCESS OF MAKING FREE GAMES UNTIL I AM BANKRUPT
  508. thinking of code as the thing that chews through input and spits out output vs a thing you submit a request to and get a response from
  509. RT @mattholehouse: This is PM's thesis on how social media has "loosened ties of society" as people join a "global community" https://t.co/…
  510. hello, i am writing a job spec for a developer - can anyone point me to ones they've seen that are really good?
  511. …in reply to @HonestWilliam
  512. …in reply to @LiaSae
    @LiaSae @zarawesome @FinjiCo yep, i spent a while this morning digging that one out blog.finji.co/post/86287757948/building-a-new-team-part-1, i think?
  513. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt oh, that lovely anti-aliased text, good choice
  514. blogging's back, baby! [thoughtful thoughts on contrasting demanding cultural forms against long-ass videogames] @thecatamites/822150504071495681
  515. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck 1) no 2) I don't think I expect to, but I'd not be unhappy if I did. Depends how wide "the industry" is, though.
  516. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander i do not want to be on an Internet where you can feel satisfaction for getting a lot of "afraid" points
  517. RT @jawsew: 2017 looks dry - "Men Not to Fuck in 2k17" katiemcvay.tumblr.com/post/156080722671/men-not-to-fuck-in-2k17
  518. …in reply to @leighalexander
    @leighalexander my friends are here, my work is here, and a decade-old dependency I've only very slowly gotten better about dealing with.
  519. …in reply to @SFBTom
    @SFBTom it's looking real good! Congrats! I enjoyed discussing exactly what happened, and look forward to hearing a bit of it from you.
  520. …in reply to @undefined
    @ma77gauthier @ABC I thought Trump was taking Friday off?
  521. …in reply to @bonaneh
    @bonaneh oh, shit, I'm so sorry.
  522. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou i feel you, but also: no? which i guess is weird for me to say, but
  523. RT @somegoodboys: watch out for that adultery boy
  524. poll
  525. …in reply to @SilverSober
    @SilverSober you have to pick! also, by voting you are committing yourself to this choice for everything, forever
  526. …in reply to @SilverSober
    @SilverSober what did you pick?
  527. …in reply to @SilverSober
    @SilverSober gradients are good! you can always make them super subtle and then pretend they're flat?
  528. …in reply to @Gib
    @Gib hahah - i was writing @v21/822399418842238977 as you wrote that
  529. …in reply to @Gib
    @Gib i learned how to get rid of banding for gradients for v21.io/calmingsphere/ - happy to talk about it/share code some time
  530. …in reply to @v21
    @Gib (basically you need to add careful bits of noise into it - can be done on the shader relatively cheap)
  531. …in reply to @AurenSnyder
    @whatisian def more gradient than flat, but shader cleverness is kinda it's own category
  532. …in reply to @sheilamu
  533. RT @CoolBoxArt: "Bomberman Hero" Original Soundtrack / Soundtrack / NTT Publishing / 1998
  534. remember when weird twitter was a thing? and now they all have patreons and poetry collections
  535. I always get paralysed by choice when I have to suggest a place to meet just "in central London".
  536. …in reply to @vectorpark
    @vectorpark well yes, clearly that's the case. But that's not a very fun poll.
  537. …in reply to @SimoRoth
    @SimoRoth "jugaad"
  538. …in reply to @vectorpark
    @vectorpark I thought you would
  539. …in reply to @vivschwarz
    @vivschwarz where's that?
  540. RT @john_brindle: Good piece by megagames Don Jim Wallman on influences & antecedents of the form (grew out of Sandhurst apparently!) https…
  541. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro boo! if i were you i would set up Parallels - I've gotten VS running in one on my machine.
  542. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro me too (though my laptop is newer and still good) (but i won't, because i don't have a desk at home)
  543. …in reply to @alicemazzy
    @alicemazzy were they actually that well-attended, though? And consider it a visual aid to his historic low approval numbers
  544. RT @timliljefors: your dog girlfriend is purple and loves anarchy, whats up with that??
  545. Calling it now : the outrage when Star Citizen launches, if it ever launches cleanly, will eclipse No Man's Sky.
  546. …in reply to @Eastmad
    @Eastmad thus the "cleanly" proviso
  547. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow MORNING
  548. RT @tigershungry: found @v21 @katbamkapow & @notquitereal #WomensMarch #womensmarchlondon
  549. RT @lauraehall: If you need more music for your soundtrack today, I'm fond of this worker's song from the 1910s, "Bread and Roses" https://…
  550. Twitter is full of people on marches and it feels so good.
  551. …in reply to @hoskingc
    @hoskingc if every choice leads to a justification for increased state violence...
  552. saw a lot of good boys today @arzesux/822905013332799488
  553. …in reply to @nielsen_holly
    @nielsen_holly I also did this. And then on to a friend's birthday. Well done us.
  554. …in reply to @nielsen_holly
    @nielsen_holly aren't we just? I hope your date went well!
  555. …in reply to @jonbro
    @jonbro need some brown sauce, mate
  556. …in reply to @LovedayBrooke
    @LovedayBrooke i'd be up for that
  557. RT @kenruze: frog dude solving the tower of hanoi (2014)
  558. played through the first two sections of Abzu and i like the fish and the feeling of swimming but feel weird about it's themes
  559. …in reply to @v21
    thinking about the game Abzu would've been if it was made with Proteus looming over it, rather than Journey
  560. …in reply to @jazzmickle
    @jmickle_ i saw! i saw at least five fish.
  561. …in reply to @undefined
    @mooonmagic mmmmmmm, maybe? it definitely has spiritual experiences that are mainly concerned with glowy orbs?
  562. …in reply to @v21
    @mooonmagic which, like, is fine as videogame nonsense in videogames primarily concerned with videogame nonsense, but feels bad here.
  563. what what what there's gonna be a nekoatsume movie??!! @ChorpSaway/823254429944025088
  564. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw a friend got a Christmas present, and it was a JRPG where you played as them, and made friends with all their friends.
  565. …in reply to @v21
    @hownottodraw this, of course, means that the maker had to assign stats to all their friends. i'm not allowed to ask what my stats are.
  566. …in reply to @ellaguro
    @ellaguro do you mean Star Wars?
  567. …in reply to @Shrubbette
    @Shrubbette I have heard bad things about that movie.
  568. RT @Flexi23: Making the spline editor usable would make much sense now perhaps, or playing with expanded projections. Snapshot with some po…
  569. …in reply to @Shrubbette
    @Shrubbette I have heard it is a beautiful film about a man repeatedly explaining jazz to a woman.
  570. …in reply to @Shrubbette
    @Shrubbette good luck!
  571. …in reply to @Shrubbette
    @Shrubbette nooo. can't justify the cash, and have failed to get other people to pay for it.
  572. …in reply to @v21
    @Shrubbette how did you find the film?
  573. …in reply to @Shrubbette
    @Shrubbette ah, interesting! i can see that.
  574. …in reply to @hollygramazio
  575. …in reply to @v21
    @hollygramazio i think water is the winner, but i am enjoying imagining a sports hall filled with 16ft weather balloons
  576. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern i def do still think he's running for prez - like, I see your point, but he's hiring political campaigners and finding religion.
  577. …in reply to @v21
    @alexhern it's so much riskier to burnish Facebook's image by raising his own profile than by doing it directly... eg the Hawaii thing
  578. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern i mean, on the other hand: it lays out nicely how much personal power he has rn, which will be a Real Problem if he does run
  579. …in reply to @chaeronaea
    @chaeronaea these people are exactly the reason to punch Nazis!
  580. RT @mclaughlin: When I was a boy, browsing the web in PDF form was just a beautiful dream. Now, it’s science fact! internetdotpdf.biz/
  581. here is a game about knowing what colour hex codes are yizzle.com/whatthehex/
  582. I wish we'd stop defining indie games in opposition to triple-A. If for no other reason than it neglects all the games that fit neither.
  583. …in reply to @v21
    And also... it sets weird and limited aspirations on what an indie game can be, the terms they succeed on.
  584. …in reply to @v21
    I'd rather play the games made by the people for whom triple-A is just not... relevant... than the ones by those who want to show them up.
  585. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow kinda not really? Same team size, same business model, but you're on Big Fish not Steam... and you're totally not indie.
  586. …in reply to @bonzrat
    @bonzrat @katbamkapow ironically, I was looking at this thread and wishing I'd learnt more about wine from the wine nerd I dated.
  587. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow @bonzrat I know, sorry for taking the thread off-topic.
  588. …in reply to @BRKeogh
  589. RT @toongif: "The Princess and the Frog," anim. Andreas Deja #penciltest scurviesdisneyblog.tumblr.com/post/147903838248/mama-odie-pencil-test-by-andreas-deja-x
  590. Perfect Stars relaunched in 2015!?! perfectstarscomic.com/ I used to love this webcomic, I made stencils based on it as a teenager.
  591. …in reply to @v21
    and of all the places to find out, a 2008 post on Sally Cruikshank's blog...
  592. …in reply to @v21
  593. …in reply to @mjmcmaster
    @mjmcmaster i did not appreciate how much work this took the first go around
  594. …in reply to @v21
    @jmickle_ i think you would like this comic in particular perfectstarscomic.com/perfect-stars/2016/2/16/hot-little-jokes
  595. …in reply to @jazzmickle
    @jmickle_ it's about jokes
  596. RT @patrickashe: Be nice if conversations about funding included the wider ecosystem of writers & curators etc rather than just focusing on…
  597. …in reply to @sokpopco
    @sokpopco you know i do
  598. RT @lilghosthands: some instructions moving forward from Ada Limón
  599. …in reply to @LuciusAnneas
    @LuciusAnneas i mean, sure. but political persuasion doesn't just happen via reason and logic, it also happens via social means.
  600. …in reply to @v21
    @LuciusAnneas if the nazis are afraid to talk, then it's harder for them to espouse nazism. consider it the sharp edge of the overton window
  601. …in reply to @v21
    @LuciusAnneas and yes, it would be awful if every political argument was had on this basis. but i'm okay making a special case for fascists.
  602. RT @VenusPatrol: THAT PARTY is returning! Tickets available at that.party/ WEDNESDAY, JAN 25, 10AM CST Tell your friends so th…
  603. Odd to think I did my most meaningful bit of work today while having a shit.
  604. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw @Gib let me know if you want a picture of the cubicle where the magic happened.
  605. RT @sarahjeong: A few unrelated screencaps for you
  606. RT @lorenschmidt: in case you missed it, my first arcade game, "luminous corridor" is out! it's pay what you want, give it a whirl and dona…
  607. RT @Gib: you got mail 🌿💌 play Floragram here dziff.itch.io/floragram
  608. RT @darkest_crown: sext: if you like my game, thanks
  609. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle just saw that he's starting an investigation into voter fraud - what's the odds it ends up aiding vote suppression?
  610. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle i mean, it's a double bind, tho? destroy your credibility, or give a sense that you've lost yr credibility.
  611. give Steven Universe a season or two... @saladinahmed/823905279267966976
  612. RT @sheilamu: Sex Menu, my new personal food photoproject is here and I'd love your help! Click on the link for more info! → https://t.co/…
  613. RT @KenJennings: Kudos to brave National Park Service employees who refuse to stay silent on Twitter.
  614. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow i definitely feel you.
  615. RT @renaudbedard: Not going to GDC but if you are, you probably want to keep an eye on this @brandonnn/824280812208136193
  616. RT @brandonnn: THAT PARTY 2017 tickets are AVAILABLE NOW! thatparty2017.eventbrite.com
  617. …in reply to @brandonnn
    .@brandonnn y'all should get on this if you're off to GDC. like, right now.
  618. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle @brandonnn i said "right now"
  619. …in reply to @io_brindle
    @john_brindle @brandonnn but, for real, get on the waitlist - often a bunch get recycled.
  620. …in reply to @v21
    @john_brindle @brandonnn and there's probably a few in eventbrite limbo rn
  621. if Wild Rumpus was helping organize That Party this year, right now i would be terrified. <5 mins!
  622. …in reply to @v21
    as it is... this is the first one i'll not even be attending. definite sad feelings about that.
  623. RT @hollygramazio: 50%+ of the submissions to this year's festival came with an @itchio link. It is SUCH an amazing and important thing for…
  624. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @animalphase it makes me so mad to know i'll never come with something as good as that
  625. …in reply to @netgal_emi
    @netgal_emi i want to like... train a neural network on this... or do it in risoprint. or make linocut tiles. idk. lots of things
  626. …in reply to @awesommelier
    @awesommelier i really admire yr patience
  627. …in reply to @lalanl
    @lalanl i read a lot of blogposts and hope the thing I sent Apple for approval works okay when it gets rolled out
  628. RT @jimmyct: This venn diagram is titled "So How Have You Been Lately?"
  629. …in reply to @netgal_emi
    @netgal_emi this is interesting! i see your point. thinking about the weird way sightlines work in pkmn..
  630. …in reply to @v21
    @netgal_emi like, that house on the bottom right, visible but inaccessible from the south entrance
  631. …in reply to @v21
    @netgal_emi versus the focusing sightlines down to the ... nave? i'm too lazy to look up cathedral parts rn.
  632. Been playing some Dandy Dungeon! It's good! I've never played the Witness, but I imagine it's exactly the same?
  633. I'm ill and I just want to go home and eat greasy food and watch Luke Cage. I wish these trains would work.
  634. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured oh goodness, that is by far from the worse boring choice to plump for
  635. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured uhhh... mainly agreeing? I guess I'm saying: I have seen much worse.
  636. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured we had over 200 submissions to NPT
  637. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured I was being a bit mean - there was a full range of ugly to beautiful games in there.
  638. …in reply to @spacetreasured
    @spacetreasured and yes! It was great!
  639. …in reply to @mattbaldz
    @zomgmatt @passantino yeah - but probably a shit one. punch up.
  640. RT @gordonguthrie: What this means peeps is that storing information about European citizens on US servers is now illegal in Europe - shit…
  641. RT @anniebrookstone: 2017 mood af.
  642. RT @john_brindle: It was real! "How can you POSSIBLY," harrumphes John Humphrys, "merge a novel with a videogame?" (from 2h53) https://t.co…
  643. RT @hollygramazio: A task we have to do for @nowplaythese insurance is to write down, for each thing we're showing, whether it's a game or…
  644. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw have you had/have time for lunch?
  645. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw stop showing off
  646. read generously. read difficult writers.
  647. …in reply to @v21
    uh, if they're worth it. which is admittedly hard to tell in advance.
  648. …in reply to @deer_ful
    @deer_ful imo, if it's below 50% covers, you're fine
  649. these docs on optimizing Unity's UI are real good: unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/topics/best-practices/guide-optimizing-unity-ui?playlist=30089 (i hope i never have to do any of the more intricate things)
  650. RT @notquitereal: a poem
  651. RT @EllieJPrice: Lab MP tells me: Lab whips ringing Lab MPs telling them to vote for art50 while also telling them they themselves intend t…
  652. RT @matociquala: Hey you. It's okay to focus on just one thing, and work on that thing.
  653. rn i am sad that Sally Cruikshank's interactive works are all offline/lost
  654. @katbamkapow i got halfway through writing this tweet and then i thought of you @v21/824679729102028802
  655. RT @brendohare: Respect my work
  656. …in reply to @artcollisions
    @artcollisions she's an animator - best known for "Quasi at the Quackadero"
  657. …in reply to @netgal_emi
    @netgal_emi @katbamkapow what a concept! i LOVE it
  658. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow @netgal_emi i'll fund your face
  659. this game is very good! or it was about a year ago! maybe they've cocked it all up since then (i don't think so) @AdriaandeJongh/823926381759369217
  660. …in reply to @jukiokallio
    @jukiokallio in Unity I would probably define it as an AnimationCurve and just draw a line that gets kinda flatter in the middle
  661. …in reply to @q_dork
    @q_dork @burgess fun fact: "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen is also the right tempo.
  662. …in reply to @jukiokallio
    @jukiokallio ah, fair, you gotta do the mathsy stuff then. (oh, god, you know how I might do it? an ease out to .5 and an ease in from 0.5)
  663. RT @mousefountain: Nobody actually plays games and there's too many anyway so it's more efficient just to make screenshots and write an evo…
  664. …in reply to @maxkreminski
    @maxkreminski @mcclure111 unity only tracks that per-scene. But if you do a build, the editor log will list everything used, along with size
  665. …in reply to @v21
    @maxkreminski @mcclure111 I guess the actual GC function is Resources.UnloadAllUnusedAssets()... (this is a different problem, tho)
  666. this is why i usually settle for "mostly available" @b0rk/824826612164227072
  667. …in reply to @v21
    i spent a while trying to sort it - but the best monitoring solution i've found for cheap bots is people telling me it's down on twitter
  668. …in reply to @v21
    (sorry, i would like to improve this kind of infra thing... it's hard, and i don't have enough time)
  669. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @hollygramazio are you going to invent some kind of mechanical contraption for getting the dirt back onto the rollers?
  670. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @hollygramazio see also: lint traps
  671. …in reply to @chenoehart
    @chenoehart that's way more Rose Quartz & Serenity than vapourwave
  672. "vapourwave"
  673. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw you could do it as streams instead...
  674. you vs the guy she told you not to worry about @lasersyriacum/824947235402035200
  675. i am imagining Gravity Daze 2 with mouselook
  676. …in reply to @v21
    relatedly: i played a little Doom the other night on @katbamkapow's PS4, and it is great and i really can't play it with a controller
  677. …in reply to @erbridge
    @erbridge same VPS i run all of my stuff on - small one on Linode
  678. …in reply to @erbridge
    @erbridge i haven't - but it's tricky, because what i really need to test is the end-to-end posting to twitter
  679. …in reply to @v21
    @erbridge i'm handling website-is-up with uptimerobot, which is simple and works fine
  680. …in reply to @merrittk
    @merrittk i do worry a little about cliques, when particular ones form a necessary gateway to particular opportunities
  681. …in reply to @v21
    @merrittk but also: fuck, if I wasn't motivated by making good things with friends, then I would not work in the spaces I work in. fuck no.
  682. …in reply to @merrittk
    @merrittk oh, yeah, fuck that. the answer is to provide formalized routes to opportunities, not to make everyone pretend to be friends
  683. …in reply to @erbridge
    @erbridge i mean, the first step would be to actually do something smarter with the errors i get from twitter...
  684. …in reply to @v21
    @erbridge but yeah - this is handy to know, but the main thing is i need to spend a good few days sorting it out properly
  685. …in reply to @v21
    @erbridge like... it'd probably be good if i had a proper staging/testing setup???
  686. …in reply to @erbridge
    @erbridge node for the backend, php for the frontend (& obv a whole bunch of js for the editor)
  687. …in reply to @v21
  688. would like to add to this good thread: don't make friends for opportunities or to feel included, it will make you miserable long-term @merrittk/824984609465188353
  689. …in reply to @hownottodraw
    @hownottodraw that's allowed
  690. i saw excerpt of this at beta public and it was next level wellcomecollection.org/events/daniel-oliver-weird-seance
  691. bot of the day: @Stl_Manifest it's harder to like bots for their static & noise, these days here's a grim litany, instead
  692. …in reply to @v21
    not enough meaning => too much meaning
  693. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck whoa - the knocker is also a spyhole?
  694. fuck working (for someone else) for free. not everything needs to make money, but don't let other people get rich off your free work. @darrenrovell/825007545391661056
  695. RT @angusdick: @v21 1st yr in industry i worked on 8 projects. only one that led to more work was the only one that i was paid for (Frobish…
  696. …in reply to @angusdick
    @angusdick that rings v true for me! even if it's a project without cash on hand, revshare or something shows investment in your work
  697. RT @netgal_emi: For everyone who was interested I've quickly pulled together a draft of a Visual Essay Jam!! itch.io/jam/visual-essay-jam @ragzo…
  698. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver @greyLandscapes whoa, no. Amazing, thanks for poking me.
  699. I have been trying to think of mine, but so many are tiny shareware things I can't find any more and don't remember the name of. @bfod/825124172376502272
  700. …in reply to @v21
    That said... I played a lot of Christmas Kye as a kid (finally found this one last year)
  701. …in reply to @spacefinner
    @spacefinner no, don't think I've played a bunch of those
  702. …in reply to @v21
    It was a cool action-puzzler type of thing, moving around these landscape-machine-mazes and dodging festive-themed enemies.
  703. …in reply to @v21
    I just now noticed quite how lazy the reskin was - look at the bit at the bottom where it says "Diamonds left". Ha. Anyway: formative game.
  704. …in reply to @v21
    Another was Big Red Racing, which came free with our printer. I have the sound effects from that burnt into my head. "CHeckpoint."
  705. …in reply to @v21
    Oddly enough, it was @keefstuart who wrote the lore for it. It always felt like there was more lurking behind the scenes than made it in...
  706. …in reply to @BRKeogh
    @BRKeogh yes! Good featureless plains. I can't remember what happened if you went too far....
  707. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @bfod oh jeez! Yeah - I always remember Lemmings as one of those. James Pond! And then there were 3 BBC Micros...
  708. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @bfod yeah, I'm trying to remember what there was on the Micros... I definitely remember playing around with BASIC on them...
  709. RT @burstofbeaden: saw this Manet painting. there have always been cute dogs. can you imagine seeing this guy in olden times?? just dirt &…
  710. I was just dreaming about curating Now Play This. Forced myself awake when I got stuck considering a game you play while covered in ants.
  711. …in reply to @v21
    I also vetoed one of Holly's ideas, because it involved awarding a shoebox full of stew to someone. Couldn't really post it if we needed...
  712. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I don't know how to imagine being a mass of ants. Or would you be one ant?
  713. …in reply to @v21
    @mcclure111 an argument in favour of the covered-in-ants game was that it was okay if a few of the ants got squished.
  714. …in reply to @lorenschmidt
    @lorenschmidt yes! I can't remember the game, but it was important that you had a swirling mass of ants crawling on you while you played.
  715. …in reply to @v21
    @lorenschmidt at first it was just your arm, but we realised the ants would just go everywhere - so it became your entire body.
  716. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 I am sometimes distracted, sometimes decontextualized, but never escape being ultimately here, in this singular body.
  717. tarot cards told me to stop feeling so sorry for myself
  718. …in reply to @herniquetxt
    @herniquecarai a hard question. I wouldn't trust them any more than I do myself.. but it's hard to know how far that is. Which is the point.
  719. RT @near_rhymes: love this poem by Wendy Xu
  720. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal yesssss. deep cuts right here. i loved this song.
  721. RT @netgal_emi: I just published “Catching Frogs” medium.com/p/catching-frogs-1c3ca6edf83b
  722. screenshake is a nice place, y'all @brammichielsen/821409342868090881
  723. RT @mbostock: N=14,281
  724. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate yaaaaah
  725. kat is this dog's owner now. watch dogs 2 is kind of... not great? but i would absolutely play a game where you owned a dog and lived in SF. @katbamkapow/825450643716444160
  726. …in reply to @v21
    had a house in the Noe Valley, and every day you take your dog for a walk in the park. you could go see the seals sometimes. escapism.
  727. …in reply to @v21
    there are these huge huge expensive maps laboriously built, and... sometimes you just want to own a dog and go to the park.
  728. RT @cardboardcompy: Kentucky Route Zero is 50% off on @itchio & all sales go to the ACLU - cardboardcomputer.itch.io/kentucky-route-zero - or donate directly ht…
  729. RT @SFBART: You can take BART to all kinds of weekend events - also, direct service to SFO is running great right now.
  730. …in reply to @PonchoRebound
    @shirley_naught entirely my pleasure! :D
  731. RT @juliettekayyem: Hearing that customs officials in tears because they can't get guidance from White House, DHS not returning calls, etc…
  732. Games that have encouraged me to be an indie dev recently: -One Way Trip -Dandy Dungeon -A Normal Lost Phone I think I wish they'd stop?
  733. Always a boss and never a worker, always a liar and always a thief and never caught. @ICELEVEL/825537935856447488
  734. I'm gonna do a thread on US politics, I'm sorry. tl;dr: blame the Republicans, not Trump personally.
  735. …in reply to @v21
    The question has come up a few times, especially before inauguration : is impeaching Trump a good idea, if we just get Pence in return?
  736. …in reply to @v21
    This brings up a plausible theory for the Republican party's plan:let Trump trash things, pass the most outrageous stuff (that they suggest)
  737. …in reply to @v21
    Then, when he steps over some invisible line... they impeach him for many of the good reasons he could be impeached.
  738. …in reply to @v21
    And then we get President Pence, who can roll a little bit of it back, seem ever so normal in comparison - and still really evil.
  739. …in reply to @v21
    (Like... Pence seems much less fascist than Trump. So it's probably still good if he gets in. He's Republican-evil, not Bannon-evil)
  740. …in reply to @v21
    But fuck the Republicans blaming this just on Trump. He was your candidate, you pulled behind him, it's not a surprise he's like this.
  741. …in reply to @v21
    They're supporting him, and they don't get to wash their hands of him. (also their plan is SO incredibly dangerous). country > party
  742. …in reply to @v21
    So: pin this on the Republicans. They can stop him but aren't. This will not magically become all fixed once we do the thing to the bad man.
  743. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn oh, they definitely didn't plan this in advance. But: while not get while the getting is good?
  744. …in reply to @undefined
    @deathmtn I mean, yes, I agree.
  745. RT @poem_exe: give me a homeland every one of them is equal clinging to dry grasses give me a homeland
  746. …in reply to @vertxxyz
    @vertxxyz @manygradients i think it's 4 stops, with 2 of the stops verrrry close together.
  747. soundcloud.com/ross-sutherland/23-nice-my-selector this is touching and funny and has nothing to do with politics
  748. …in reply to @ADAMATOMIC
    @ADAMATOMIC oh god - the thing about signing EOs then not letting anyone see is gonna get worse, isn't it?
  749. …in reply to @v21
  750. …in reply to @rclarke
    @rclarke why doesn't he mention the massive amounts of ageism in Silicon Valley? like, that's the actual problem with these stereotypes...
  751. …in reply to @v21
    @rclarke like, esp in that TV show - it's making fun of an actual problem, and the point seems to have flown way over his head
  752. via @thecatamites, by Georg Trackl
  753. i did my taxes! and it only took all weekend of faffing about and doing things other than doing them!
  754. …in reply to @v21
    weird reliving April 06 2015 - April 05 2016 via the medium of bank statements. was a good financial year for me (not financially)
  755. …in reply to @hypirlink
    @hypirlink not at a computer to poke at this myself right now - but try four backslashes
  756. …in reply to @hypirlink
    @hypirlink... three? This is definitely possible. Possible I even put it in the explanatory text up top.
  757. Kentucky Route Zero is abbreviated:
  758. …in reply to @v21
    to be clear here: this is a poll with a correct answer
  759. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver kronenberg is not very bad, it is just another generic lager.
  760. …in reply to @undefined
    @_cheesybeaver I don't wanna bias the poll by saying in this thread!
  761. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielbeaver I mean, that's the point of generic lager, right? Basically tasteless mass market drunk juice
  762. …in reply to @saltyhorse
    @saltyhorse yes! That README is fine writing
  763. RT @salobonavia: lmao this burn RT @chewacow
  764. Today I reread A Wizard Of Earthsea, and I appreciate it a lot more now than I did when I first read it.
  765. …in reply to @v21
    A incomplete list of things to like: the spare, poetic, matter-of-fact prose style. The importance of warmth and food. Differing cultures.
  766. …in reply to @v21
    I was reminded of Kissing The Witch - a similar prose style, there even more deliberately folk-tale.
  767. …in reply to @danbruno
    @danbruno if you lean more towards sci-fi, or the consciously political (these are good times for it), then I'd say The Dispossessed?
  768. …in reply to @v21
    @danbruno but still: yes, A Wizard of Earthsea is good, and a good place to start.
  769. …in reply to @sarahjeong
    @sarahjeong think riot cops were also seen at JFK yesterday, but they had the good sense not to deploy them.
  770. …in reply to @jazzmickle
  771. RT @karaswisher: You don't see other Fortune 500 ceos brag endlessly and loudly about changing the world when times are good. https://t.co/…
  772. …in reply to @jazzmickle
    @jmickle_ @hownottodraw yes! Let's watch one man introduce another man to a table : together
  773. …in reply to @bonaneh
    @bonaneh suits you, though!
  774. RT @skullmandible: I love doing everything online. watch film, make friend, break heart. all is possible. when I sit and type at my keyboar…
  775. RT @hannahnicklin: There are ~ 11 immigration detention centres in the UK, sometimes holding people for months for things as small as mista…
  776. RT @hannahnicklin: I've been to Campsfield. I took part in a music workshop with detainees. Some barely 18. Most withdrawn and listless.
  777. RT @hannahnicklin: 'One of the better ones' workshop leaders said, grimly.
  778. RT @hannahnicklin: Borders are a violence, doubly so the way we deal with those without privilege who cross them. State sanctioned violence…
  779. …in reply to @BRKeogh
    @BRKeogh @hoskingc i hear they have reservations on Moscone 20 years or so in advance
  780. …in reply to @v21
    @BRKeogh @hoskingc UBM could afford it, mind.
  781. …in reply to @lefishy
    @lefishy can do stuff in canvas in phantom... or cairo is popular, too... it's always a bit of a ballache, mind
  782. RT @fitnr: One of the protest signs here in Cadman Plaza is a quote from @Stl_Manifest #botALLY #NoBanNoWall
  783. …in reply to @nielsen_holly
    @nielsen_holly I think it is likely to help with that feeling.
  784. …in reply to @undefined
  785. …in reply to @v21
    @nielsen_holly (the women's march definitely did, for me)
  786. RT @liamwong: Hong Kong in 1950s, captured by Fan Ho - still the most breathtaking and inspiring photographs I have ever seen. #FanHo https…
  787. RT @CPriestman: Welcome to The Zero: the making of Kentucky Route Zero's open road pcgamer.com/welcome-to-the-zero-the-making-of-kentucky-route-zeros-open-road/
  788. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb @patrickashe hello i would like to register interest in this gig
  789. RT @ncasenmare: I'm making a tool to simulate feedback loops! Will users program it with drag & drop? nah, too mainstream how about program…
  790. hey, look at our game (testing a thing here) beastsofbalance.com
  791. …in reply to @v21
    yeah, that card looks alright
  792. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow lately i've been feeling a real ache to go quiet and deep on some projects
  793. …in reply to @v21
    @katbamkapow there's time enough for staring, despairingly, at the news, and for thoughtful creative work
  794. I just signed: Ringfence the NHS from trade deals petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178082
  795. The signs are a lot scrappier than the women's march. Even that is heartening.
  796. …in reply to @v21
    "Theresa the appeaser" is definitely gonna stick.
  797. …in reply to @undefined
    @jon_ellis still rhymes!
  798. 50 of you are wrong wrong wrong @v21/825829711708352514
  799. RT @aparrish: I don't usually "thread," but... thread @jtlevy/826181185466425345
  800. RT @MPSWestminster: @MPSWestminster
  801. …in reply to @undefined
    @_cheesybeaver I feel all of these. And they're not irrational fears! You get over them by looking back and noticing they're not now true.
  802. …in reply to @v21
    @_cheesybeaver I obviously know your life worse than you, but I'd hope you'd be able to look around and see people who assuage each of those
  803. …in reply to @undefined
    @_cheesybeaver deffff not alone
  804. RT @lexicobob: HEY! I'm looking for a #javascript library for making fancy online quizzes? #webdev can you help? :3
  805. …in reply to @notquitereal
  806. …in reply to @v21
    @notquitereal tho, tbh, 4am is about early enough i would have been tempted to stay up anyway. but drinking & not looking at news.
  807. going deep on Taylor Swift's image: buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/how-taylor-swift-played-the-victim-and-made-her-entire-caree i am very curious to see Swift's image come next album (rooting for a heel turn)
  808. …in reply to @polclarissou
    @polclarissou yes please
  809. i ate some bibimbap and it was too hot and i swallowed it before it cooled down and i wish i hadn't
  810. …in reply to @v21
    i have been eating things for many years, i don't know why i haven't mastered it yet
  811. …in reply to @v21
    fucking Malcolm Gladwell
  812. noticing a service is testing a thing on you, and deliberately altering your behaviour to help sway the results the way you want
  813. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern hah - your tweet made me notice that as a particular behaviour
  814. …in reply to @Nifflas
    @Nifflas i'd rather not have the option though (if they're that obnoxious, an option in-game would be preferred)
  815. RT @TsengIsland: Jane Wong. From her poem, "Encyclopedia, Vol." in her stunning debut, OVERPOUR.
  816. note the scale (both time and space) @adrian_luckman/826464392837488641
  817. the poetry book is $12 shipping to the UK is $20 i have not bought it yet
  818. …in reply to @I_Get_Hilarious
    @MrHenryOrbit sure - not exactly a chatbot platform, but it can make them
  819. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal did you have a nap during the course of the day?
  820. …in reply to @notquitereal
  821. I've been thinking it over, and I am convinced that @v21/792406017619492868
  822. RT @partytimeHXLNT: ICYMI: A tale about Barbie, Picasso, stress dreams, A Boy and His Blob, and a bracelet made out of dog treats... http…