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Tweets from 2020/02

  1. …in reply to @alphachar
    @alphachar Ogham! Volvelles! this is great!
  2. RT @pangmeli: lol
  3. RT @ctrlcreep: #InvisibleNetworks 2: ludonymity
  4. RT @ftrain: I don't know if it's possible to improve on the pure and wholesome quality of the 1976 Cricket Magazine Letterbox. https://t.co…
  5. …in reply to @tlakomy
    @tlakomy sometimes I write tests. but I typically haven't, and that's because I am writing game code where the output is things moving around in screen, the code is tied closely to Unity's systems and editor configuration, and the intended behaviour is in flux.
  6. RT @sarakipin: staring contest with my cat #hourlycomicday
  7. RT @hannahnicklin: I would like to see a lot of other forms for collaboration and the development of personal practice other than game jams…
  8. feeling inspired to go to bed and get cozy
  9. …in reply to @jericawebber
  10. …in reply to @jericawebber
    @jericawebber you should!
  11. …in reply to @michael___wave
    @SzMarsupial okay, yes. but also consider:
  12. …in reply to @michael___wave
    @SzMarsupial so lucky, to watch a master craftsman at work
  13. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @mjmcmaster @patrickashe imagining a very small beeping sound as a tiny truck reverses
  14. …in reply to @v21
    "Learn more about single-use endoscopy"
  15. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort good luck!!!
  16. …in reply to @freezydorito
    @freezydorito apple are the best at putting an attractive and convenient skin on something that ultimately doesn't really make sense. see also: the evolution of the functions of the home button
  17. …in reply to @acgodliman
    @acgodliman not quite what you're looking for, but I can recommend the work of the Opies for child-focused stuff (eg florisbooks.co.uk/book/Iona-Opie/Children%27s+Games+in+Street+and+Playground/9780863156663). i also know there's a lot of old collections of parlour games somewhat available, because i'm friends with @hollygramazio
  18. oh shit, it's the 4th, Wide Ocean, Big Jacket is out! i'm excited to play this turnfollow.itch.io/wide-ocean-big-jacket
  19. RT @RMedia: "Research has found that when Americans in particular are asked to think about daily actions as choices, it decreases their sup…
  20. RT @puzzletheory: I was smacked by someone wielding a round promotional leaflet — a circular circular. It was an ad homonym attack.
  21. what a quietly horrific & existential article: "In that context of the climate emergency, the cost of writing off stranded assets could be seen as a small price to pay. But the amounts involved would be breathtaking." ft.com/content/95efca74-4299-11ea-a43a-c4b328d9061c
  22. what an enjoyable sentence to read @Bungie/1223019420789796864
  23. RT @iendsl: Ben & Mord discuss The Sims wideoceanbigjacket.com/ WOBJ is out now!
  24. the sensation of slowly and somewhat unwillingly absorbing facts about a podcast you have no intention of listening to from friends who are deeply enamoured with it
  25. …in reply to @v21
    somehow it is a distinct feeling from hearing people talk about things in other mediums you have no intention of watching/listening/playing/etc! i'm not sure why
  26. …in reply to @pillowfort
  27. …in reply to @v21
    @pillowfort but seriously, hope you're feeling okay and that the surgery went well
  28. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort that's bad
  29. RT @spinningjoe: "cock up or conspiracy" is a bad question because it's looking for agency when what's interesting is structure - if all th…
  30. I am very excited to see the festival that Marie puts together @tigershungry/1224700337984090113
  31. …in reply to @FlorianVltmn
    @FlorianVltmn i think of puzzle design as mainly about teaching the player the mechanics. what is the player learning on this level?
  32. …in reply to @v21
    @FlorianVltmn but a complementary way of thinking about it is: you've made a system, and it's expressive enough to contain surprises and cool tricks. now your job is to show those off to the player in the best way possible (set context, surprise them, etc)
  33. …in reply to @v21
    @FlorianVltmn like a magic show where the magician tricks the punter into doing all the tricks themselves
  34. …in reply to @v21
    @FlorianVltmn I keep going back to Jelly No Puzzle - some levels look impossible, but the point isn't the impossibility. the point is that there's a really cool trick that makes the level possible, and the designer really wants you to find it. but it wouldn't be cool if it looked easy.
  35. …in reply to @v21
    @FlorianVltmn you can tell because, in a string of very difficult levels, there's one that also looks hard, but solves itself at the slightest touch. what a playful attitude!
  36. …in reply to @FlorianVltmn
    @FlorianVltmn Good luck! Looking forward to seeing what you make!
  37. retweeting myself because I like my own advice on designing puzzle games (there's more tweets if you click through, plus other people being thoughtful) @v21/1224968416727126016
  38. …in reply to @alexhern
    @alexhern i love that the image is a copy of San Andreas with a CeX sticker on it
  39. sad to realize we've passed peak computer
  40. RT @patrickashe: Same energy
  41. …in reply to @FlorianVltmn
    @FlorianVltmn it's still just salt, it's just flakes of salt
  42. …in reply to @naomialderman
    @naomialderman I think the thing here is that it is not just a neutral paying attention to, it is also a public social signal (implicitly of approval). It's one thing to read the Protocols, it's another to have them in frame on your bookshelves while being interviewed on TV?
  43. …in reply to @v21
    @naomialderman like, it's his business who he wants to follow... but he could just put that kind of person on a list and check on the list every couple of days.
  44. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
  45. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN @KommanderKlobb you're my friend BECAUSE you're the worst
  46. RT @timhwang: 🖼 bringing together a gallery of iconic powerpoint slides, recommendations?
  47. …in reply to @danhett
    @danhett singer, did New Rules (which is great) youtube.com/watch?v=k2qgadSvNyU
  48. …in reply to @q_dork
    @q_dork oh shit, what a game changer
  49. …in reply to @v21
    @q_dork literally going to use this at work tomorrow
  50. RT @q_dork: wow just learned that u can save ur image as a .psb which automatically separates ur layers into sprites when u import the ima…
  51. RT @McFunkypants: really cool way to think about your game camera's FOV @AkiyoshiKitaoka/1224691032173842432
  52. …in reply to @AlexRoseGames
    @AlexRoseGames @q_dork I'd imagine psbs are around the same size as the equivalent source psds - so depends on how much you're iterating as to whether they fuck with your repo size.
  53. …in reply to @v21
    @AlexRoseGames @q_dork and looks like they import like any other texture - won't make a difference to the built game
  54. …in reply to @whitequark
    @whitequark it's fine, it's penicillin, it's good for you
  55. RT @innesmck: license fees are a regressive tax with an unnecessary overhead cost in payment and compliance, but come on, tories arent prop…
  56. RT @hyper_linda: It's February 6th on Thursday, the national day of my people, so I thought I'd share some info. Because if one things is c…
  57. what a relatable show
  58. …in reply to @v21
  59. RT @foamswordgames: Knights and Bikes, our bike-riding coming-of-age adventure for 1 to 2 players is OUT NOW on SWITCH!! We’ve got 3 keys…
  60. RT @BernieSanders: I want to thank the people of Iowa for the very strong victory they gave us at the Iowa caucuses on Monday night. Some…
  61. RT @HauntedPs1: The Demo Disc is now available for free at hauntedps1.itch.io/demodisc2020 Try em befere THEY GETCHA! 17 #lowpoly #psx #horror ga…
  62. RT @ICELEVEL: thinking about all of the times women who have developed foundational left political ideas have had to come out and say “no,…
  63. RT @xuhulk: After a decade of such moments, I should be prepared by now for how quickly movements can precipitate into visibility. But it’s…
  64. RT @EGMNOW: The internet is changing how we communicate, and games are starting to take notice. Today on EGM, @jaymcastello writes about th…
  65. …in reply to @katbamkapow
  66. …in reply to @FlorianVltmn
    @FlorianVltmn I assume this is due to some conflict with a Private Use Area, and that the big emoji aren't treated as characters in the same way...
  67. …in reply to @undefined
    @joshhadley1 because Bernie won
  68. …in reply to @vectorpark
  69. RT @OONO_TARO_B: ✨こたつに入って温まろう✨ Let's warm up at a Japanese warm desk! 👉📱画面tapでstop🛑 #GIFゲーム #こたつ
  70. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @AlanZucconi @GoldsmithsUoL @globalgamejam oh! it was you! my colleague was talking about her boyfriend talking about someone who was talking about our game at the beginning of a game jam... and i was wondering if it was you
  71. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @AlanZucconi @GoldsmithsUoL @globalgamejam hahaha. i hadn't heard that bit!
  72. I am very excited for this event to start happening on a regular basis! The first line up looks lush. @GameGamTalks/1225766972215918592
  73. RT @burstofbeaden: always nice when a scientist in 1888 studying twilights decides to pick up some colored wax from the ground or something…
  74. RT @roboplato: This is an unaltered image from a Sony patent
  75. RT @HTHRFLWRS: mine's "The Orange" by Wendy Cope
  76. …in reply to @watercaress
    @sa_______h don't worry! it means both twice a week AND every two weeks! it's a very useful word!
  77. …in reply to @yellowcardigan
    @yellowcardigan they're allowed if i'm allowed a "y'all" every so often
  78. RT @SanNuvola: a bunch of my WeChat peeps have changed their profile pic to the standard "picture not approved" sign
  79. …in reply to @v21
    I just played this. It is very good. So much funny dialogue, and interesting characters caring about each other. I wanna go camping now.
  80. …in reply to @v21
    my stick choices: Cloanne, Brad and then Ben
  81. …in reply to @adrielxyz
    @adrielxyz you're gonna love it
  82. …in reply to @v21
    @adrielxyz and yeah! very glad I did!
  83. RT @LifeInNeon: @mcclure111 Therapist: DESKMAN isn’t real. He can’t hurt you. DESKMAN: @Clipart1994bot/1225950151455518722
  84. …in reply to @catacalypto
    @catacalypto Ironically, if she made a video about the hoodies and offered them as mercy... they could make bank
  85. RT @karaastone: Ritual of the Moon, the earth is a better person than me, Techno Tarot, Cyber Sext Adventure, Cyclothymia, and Parts to Rem…
  86. …in reply to @HJosephineGiles
    @HarryJosieGiles "I'm fine with either" (but secretly feels great when one of the two options is used)
  87. …in reply to @tambourine
    @tambourine oh hi! wasn't it great!
  88. …in reply to @v21
    @tambourine also I saw a video of her getting a sword before and waving it around a bit uncertainly. But *this time* she knew what to do with it. Which means... people keep giving her swords. And I think that's great.
  89. …in reply to @hollygramazio
    @hollygramazio the store song is good! if it has a problem it is that it is 3 good songs layered together like a battenberg, BUT did you see her marching about during the store layer actually it's entirely great
  90. …in reply to @lazerwalker
    @lazerwalker @dustinfreeman play Tea for God! it does redirected walking and procedural maze layout constrained by play size
  91. advert on the tube : "Phone insurance so you'll always exist"
  92. …in reply to @scarygorgon
    @notsarahgordon I love it. I used this quote online for a bit.
  93. game idea: Obra Dinn, but you're investigating a murder at a pop concert, using the social media posts of attendees to figure out relationships & movements over the course of the evening (angles onto the stage, timestamps, songs vs set list etc).
  94. …in reply to @v21
    also it's a Carly Rae Jepsen concert and the murder weapon is a sword
  95. …in reply to @IANMART1N
    @IANMART1N I did! I really liked that show. It makes me think of Forensic Architecture's work, too, though obviously in a much less serious context.
  96. storm's here!
  97. …in reply to @katbamkapow
    @katbamkapow I got nice and drenched walking the final 5 minutes home after a morning of being around and out. Now appreciating being home & warm.
  98. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 think you'd need to do SetPixels
  99. just so you know, the hot new indie games swag is no longer stickers or badges. it's these
  100. …in reply to @kingdomakrillic
    @kingdomakrillic why, did it come with a free sword?
  101. …in reply to @GregRicey
    @GregRicey I was trying to remember their proper name... I only got as far as "message bug"/"logo bug", which will happily return suppliers
  102. …in reply to @undefined
    @em_cooper on the one hand, this post was a joke on the other hand, yes, absolutely buy 5000 of these, I genuinely think that is a great idea
  103. RT @playthroughline: Hello! This is a quick thread about a writing project I have been working on for a while. It is titled Neurocracy and…
  104. …in reply to @undefined
  105. RT @netgal_emi: The Fourth (!!) Annual Games Writing Jam is Imminent!! 🌠🛸SPECULATION JAM🛸🌠 Join us in imagining a future of videogames,…
  106. glad i packed a jacket wish i'd packed a waterproof jacket
  107. it's a shame that all forms of writing are embarrassing
  108. …in reply to @ammonite
    @ammonite @tpizza ah, I've not been climbing for aaaages, don't think I'll restart at GDC. dunno if @LeeShangLun is going...
  109. …in reply to @PIXELATEDCROWN
    @PIXELATEDCROWN Noita is great, isn't it!
  110. …in reply to @PIXELATEDCROWN
    @PIXELATEDCROWN wow! yeah, furthest I've got is like level 8, pinging around with the perk that teleports you when you take damage. but I love how loose and messy it is. like a proper roguelike, not afraid to give you powerful weapons and let you kill yourself with them.
  111. …in reply to @chipzel
    @chipzel huh, guess I was wrong when I made the joke earlier this evening about how you were safe from now on, because lightning never strikes the same place twice
  112. RT @qrostar: 英単語パズルを作りました。 #毎週パズル
  113. …in reply to @lingmops
    @lingmops last night I learnt who the Healy-Raes are, even
  114. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @wjjjjt i can recommend you some if you like
  115. …in reply to @wjjjjt
    @wjjjjt Either the Lamy Safari or the Kaweco Sport, depending on if you want a big chunky pen or a little classic one. Both are ~£20, work great, are reliable.
  116. …in reply to @v21
    @wjjjjt you can easily get a converter for the Safari to use ink from a pot - I think one exists for the Kaweco now, but is harder to find. or just use cartridges, which is probably easier.
  117. …in reply to @yaxu
    @yaxu @thormagnusson @MatthewsCharles @luuma @frantic0 coming from a background in game development... the onboarding is part of the experience, it should be baked in. it probably gets developed late in the process, but is the thing you probably need the most iteration time on.
  118. …in reply to @v21
    @yaxu @thormagnusson @MatthewsCharles @luuma @frantic0 also, i'd distinguish between the things you need to know in order to happily use the system, and all the details and subsystems and implications. one is critical, the other is just very useful.
  119. …in reply to @v21
    @yaxu @thormagnusson @MatthewsCharles @luuma @frantic0 for example: last time I looked, there were some weird bits of Hydra that were underdocumented and I had to figure out with trial and error. but if you go to the Hydra Glitch page, here's what you see: an easy onramp to making it *do something*
  120. …in reply to @undefined
    @beccahallstedt i played Wide Ocean Big Jacket the other day, and it is so very good (thank you for saying this about Mutazione!)
  121. …in reply to @v21
    @beccahallstedt "Playtime: 60-90 minutes (like watching a good movie with friends or curling up to read a book)" turnfollow.itch.io/wide-ocean-big-jacket
  122. call for submissions to a Parsons conference on game engines as a medium, not just a tool: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepQYVCIBCYDF1APOu-kYd0DlpVTYcaQEFuyKVqJAGUw7mDvA/viewform
  123. RT @webbedspace: Hello. I'd like to announce my new mission in life: having as many desktop sim game interfaces simultaneously open on my a…
  124. piers make you think of
  125. …in reply to @v21
    Piers Morgan : not a pier
  126. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno let's hang out soon, I'll give you one of my plots. this may or may not be solving your current problem, but it'll be nice to hang out either way.
  127. …in reply to @PIXELATEDCROWN
    @PIXELATEDCROWN long grapes are great! like tasty fingers
  128. RT @subcutanean: It's not too late to preorder your own unique copy of Subcutanean, a horror novel driven by procedural text where no two c…
  129. RT @MikeElgan: Who else wants this open source rotary smartphone created by maker genius Justine Haupt? justine-haupt.com/rotarycellphone/ https://t.c…
  130. RT @ojahnn: I just created a mirror piano using a keymap on a MIDI controller, which unfortunately broke both my spouse's brain and mine.
  131. RT @g0m: someone on a tumblr dedicated to thriftshop finds found one of my neetgear shirts I'm freakin out
  132. …in reply to @ojahnn
    @ojahnn I want one of these to be put in a train station as one of those free pianos you can play.
  133. …in reply to @philippawarr
    @philippawarr you're the hero we need, Pip
  134. …in reply to @DataErase
    @DataErase @mcclure111 @_jaculus Yeah, PS4 controllers used to need MotionInJoy, whereas Xboxes either worked straight up or after the TattieBogle drivers were installed.
  135. …in reply to @mcclure111
    @mcclure111 @DataErase @_jaculus oh, shit, yes, you're totally right
  136. …in reply to @jwaaaap
    @jwaaaap I'm thinking too hard about the mechanics of those leggings
  137. …in reply to @jwaaaap
    @jwaaaap that's what I was assuming? but maybe his hat is filled with rice instead
  138. …in reply to @v21
    @jwaaaap either way, a good reason to be grouchy!
  139. …in reply to @joonturbo
    @joonturbo @vivschwarz @jwaaaap Rhinos are just rastas
  140. i'm having a good morning on twitter dot com @the_nomi/1227903976927948800
  141. RT @RaddingtonB: Overground fans, here's your regular reminder (in this chilly weather) that Whitechapel Mission doesn't offer beds for the…
  142. …in reply to @vectorpark
    @vectorpark @the_nomi @joonturbo @vivschwarz @jwaaaap we're doing science
  143. RT @GalaxyKate: In case you ever need this information, in 90% of situations: 🔹 computer scientists and programmers build unpleasant unlik…
  144. RT @GalaxyKate: Computer scientists: "The system is underperforming. We just need more money on Amazon to train our model, and also several…
  145. …in reply to @R_Michalak
  146. …in reply to @undefined
    @SerinDelaunay an approach you might find more tractable is the way I did it for @wolf_clock - using Glitch to generate images on demand, and just using CBDQ for scheduling. can see at cheapbotsdonequick.com/source/wolf_clock
  147. RT @AmazingThew: True art is that which cannot be shared, as the Platform Capitalists' video compression shreds it into unreadable sludge…
  148. …in reply to @undefined
    @SerinDelaunay yup :/ sadly you are pushing against the limits of CBDQ's capabilities
  149. …in reply to @undefined
    @SerinDelaunay I mean, if you generate the text within CBDQ, you can feed it through to JS... but yeah, also that's reasonable
  150. RT @conchitinabot: If you remove the placemats and paper plates, the haggard flowers, the teacup with an image of a woman in spring, spille…
  151. RT @simoeru: バレンタインにもらったゴリラで上昇負荷(温度) #上昇負荷
  152. RT @_turnfollow: Thread about re-using assets and ideas from old projects or prototypes in "Wide Ocean Big Jacket"
  153. …in reply to @v21
    Excellences & Perfections - Amalia Ulman an art book documenting her Instagram performance (which I like a lot), with some nice essays at the front (inc Steyerl on 419 scams). The Ananda letters section was really well judged, giving context and contrast to the work.
  154. …in reply to @undefined
    @MatthewsCharles @yaxu @thormagnusson @luuma @frantic0 oh, yeah - one measure of success for me is when people do stuff with your tool that you didn't even know was possible. (but that still implies scaffolding that helps them get to that place)
  155. just had a wholesome experience in an online game, giving a stranger 3 tin so he could buy a sword sokpop.itch.io/chatventures
  156. …in reply to @v21
    update: he gave me a stick!
  157. RT @TheWhitePube: 'you’re at this sharp edge of so many things: theory, aesthetics, research and action/intervention. The work is incisive,…
  158. …in reply to @molleindustria
    @molleindustria I think the plan is that it has the opposite effect - engaging new creators who can then graduate to more "serious" forms of development.
  159. …in reply to @v21
  160. @everestpipkin i have 2295 files in my screenshots directory, and this is the latest of them
  161. RT @innu_dog: お手本を見せてやるワンッ
  162. RT @sienzala: tiktok took this down at over 12k views but it will never truly die
  163. …in reply to @the_nomi
    @the_nomi i just edit an old one in google docs, then print it as a pdf. easy enough!
  164. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle only read the first half of it, but i think you might also be interested in placesjournal.org/article/post-it-note-city/
  165. …in reply to @JoanieLemercier
    @JoanieLemercier @kcimc (esp given non-competes and IP assignment clauses)
  166. …in reply to @FlorianVltmn
    @FlorianVltmn two perspectives: - it's nice to have a few prototypes up your sleeve when you finish a big project - but also maybe having a proper break (ie a holiday) is better for you than switching to some new thing?
  167. …in reply to @FlorianVltmn
    @FlorianVltmn sounds good! btw I am also impressed with how good the game is looking in such a short space of time
  168. RT @flantz: Steam is chock-full of janky conceptual art, Russian troll farm postmodernism, and gamer bedroom dada provocations and I love i…
  169. …in reply to @mennostas
  170. …in reply to @v21
    The Stars Are Legion - Kameron Hurley think I got this because of the generation ship kick I was on... interesting Mastaba Snoopy-like worldbuilding, but it focused on adventuring and political machinations, and neither of those seized my imagination in the satisfying way.
  171. …in reply to @nialiv
    @nialiv hi! thanks! you can put in a hashtag with \\#
  172. …in reply to @kylepulver
    @kylepulver @FarbsMcFarbs @st33d @BretHudson i was working on an RPG where the characters played a boardgame designed to spice up your love life, where instead of answering or enacting the answers you roleplayed it as your characters (creating character as you went). and... it was solid, it worked, it was interesting
  173. …in reply to @michael___wave
    @SzMarsupial gotta say, Suze, i have seen two tweets about shitting int he shower today, and they've both been from you
  174. …in reply to @v21
    @SzMarsupial i did not need to learn the word "wafflestomp" today
  175. …in reply to @TheWhitePube
    @TheWhitePube Wide Ocean Big Jacket is a lovely story with characters who feel real and surprising in a way you don't often get in games. Only 90 mins or so, which could be good or bad depending on yr perspective.
  176. …in reply to @__eraseer__
    @_Violet04_ @TheWhitePube definitely second this, it has raised the bar for narrative in games more than any other in the last decade. so much to yell about within it.
  177. …in reply to @Draknek
    @Draknek clothes. houses & cities. sex, where babies come from, child development. global inequality. language. food & agriculture. carbon emissions.
  178. …in reply to @v21
    still not a farmer
  179. …in reply to @bfod
    @bfod @Draknek thinking about the proportion of human endeavour you'd need to explain to give full context for crazy frog
  180. …in reply to @BlendoGames
    @BlendoGames might be interesting to see how VVVVVV was licensed github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/blob/master/LICENSE.md
  181. the main thing I learned from doing this series of picrews is that I should cut my fringe
  182. …in reply to @katbamkapow
  183. …in reply to @v21
    @katbamkapow @notquitereal wait, that includes one I didn't post, there was also this one: picrew.me/image_maker/30042
  184. been thinking about how you can capture a lot of people's personalities by placing them somewhere in the triangular continuum between Asakusa, Kanamori and Mizusaki (sorry, this is an anime tweet). with that said, who am I most like?
  185. …in reply to @v21
    and who are you most like?
  186. …in reply to @v21
    also, as you might be able to tell, I wholeheartedly recommend Eizouken, especially for people who work in small teams within creative fields. it is very relatable, and very inventive.
  187. RT @mewo2: Hey! We're running a festival/exhibition/thing in Bristol in June! Do you like art and tech, but in a ~c r i t i c a l~ way? Do…
  188. glad to wake up and remember a dream about not having business cards at GDC
  189. …in reply to @pipedownkitty
    @kitrichardsonuk I don't know if there are any copies still knocking around, I think we're basically out. But I have the pdf, I'll send it when i'm on my laptop.
  190. …in reply to @v21
    @kitrichardsonuk Super lightweight packing, if less charming than the physical copy.
  191. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry after ages buying cheapo ones online, i got my new ones from Ace & Tate. really good service? had a long back and forth due to strain from my glasses, but they retested, remade, adjusted etc etc all for free
  192. …in reply to @nicolehe
    @nicolehe haha (i like the ad, too)
  193. RT @pixlpa:
  194. …in reply to @pangmeli
    @pangmeli you can track whether we're on the right track by seeing what value the market gives to all the oil in the ground ft.com/content/95efca74-4299-11ea-a43a-c4b328d9061c
  195. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN I do that with my parents sometimes
  196. RT @MikeIsaac: over the past six years, tech has figured out that the margins on loans and cash advances are...quite good tech payments co…
  197. …in reply to @chipzel
    @chipzel this... inspired me to actually try messing about with lsdj for the first time?
  198. …in reply to @chipzel
    @chipzel for real
  199. RT @aorocket: rolling shutter is real good sometimes @MuslimDailyGuy/1229410593305776129
  200. RT @v3ga: Sun ☀️ #axidraw #processing #plottertwitter #generativedesign #creativecoding #generativeart
  201. as someone who tries to design things so every element serves multiple purposes, i find the structure of writing tasks as user stories a bit irritating
  202. …in reply to @v21
    also the point of a game is to trick people into wanting things and only then, with difficulty, provide them, so only about 50% of things fit within a "as a player, i want to X"
  203. RT @WildRumpus: Let’s Get Mild! Our eclectic exhibition of experimental videogames is returning to GDC this year. Today we are super excit…
  204. RT @WildRumpus: ...we’re also thrilled to announce that this year’s exhibition design is looking pretty special & was designed by London ba…
  205. RT @WildRumpus: @youandpea this year's outstanding Mild Rumpus cohort includes... Pre-Shave - Saam Pahlavan + M. James Short here AND th…
  206. RT @WildRumpus: ++plus++ GIFGAMES - Taro Oono despelote - Julián cordero + Sebastián Valbuena Electric Zine Maker - Nathalie Lawhead Th…
  207. …in reply to @hypirlink
    @hypirlink no, but I'd be interested to read some. I *do* appreciate the user stories format for stopping people climbing a tower of useless abstraction and forcing people to relate everything back to actual benefits. but also personally I don't struggle with that too much.
  208. …in reply to @bekokstover
    @bekokstover sorry... yes, they're calling it Covid-19 now
  209. …in reply to @OONO_TARO_B
    @OONO_TARO_B @komi_tsu so excited to have you both there! hope we can show your games well!
  210. when the artificial lights are the same intensity as the glow of the sky from the sun now below the horizon, and both are full of colour
  211. …in reply to @v21
    Paladin's Grace - T Kingfisher burned through this last night. it describes itself as a fluffy fantasy romance with severed heads. it turns out I really needed to read something where two damaged people care for each other. also recommended if you're into descriptions of perfume.
  212. currently my favourite set of plug sockets
  213. …in reply to @designCaitlin
    @caiitlinz It's good!!! T Kingfisher is a pen name of Ursula Vernon, who you might know from the graphic novel Digger?
  214. …in reply to @undefined
    @nachimir tbh, nothing comes to mind (other than like, preference levels for different extension cords and patriotism towards BS 1363, but that's normal). will be keeping an eye out now, though!
  215. The list of audio devices connected to the operating system has changed. Do you want to open the Audio Hardware preferences?
  216. …in reply to @Pinboard
    @Pinboard i dunno, seems like there were a good number of people living like The Bomb could drop any moment
  217. RT @GIFmodel: TIL Magic Paper and User Illusion was not the only deception metaphors of XeroxPark. 🔮 Guided Fantasies🔮 - borrowed from psy…
  218. …in reply to @HilariousCow
    @HilariousCow I haven't watched any and don't plan to, beat that
  219. RT @sokpopco: sok-worlds, out now! patreon.com/posts/34226862
  220. RT @JoanieLemercier: A practice based on new technologies often implies trying the latest gadget, the upcoming tool, the newest update. Hu…
  221. i have started compulsively putting ":)" at the end of messages. what a filthy habit.
  222. …in reply to @v21
    maybe i should start writing ":¬)" and then it'll seem like a cute affectation instead
  223. …in reply to @innesmck
    @innesmck you going to Amaze this year? this tweet immediately made me nostalgic for Urban Spree
  224. …in reply to @undefined
    @briecode I'll be there!
  225. …in reply to @haikus_by_KN
    @haikus_by_KN be the wanker you want to see in the world
  226. …in reply to @ka_bradley
  227. RT @molleindustria: 🌹Democratic Socialism Simulator🌹 Play as the first socialist president of the United States! Can you redistribute powe…
  228. saw 24/7 at Somerset House earlier today, and am now going through all of Pilvi Takala's work... this fictionalised Mechanical Turk message board conversation is a lot vimeo.com/164707520
  229. RT @logic_magazine: The birthplace of IBM is struggling to live in its shadow. logicmag.io/nature/in-the-shadow-of-big-blue/
  230. …in reply to @TheWhitePube
    @TheWhitePube @_turnfollow really glad it worked for you the same way it worked for me
  231. RT @TheWhitePube: This week's review is Wide Ocean Big Jacket by @_turnfollow played on Nintendo Switch > emoji summary 🏕👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🌊 > read o…
  232. …in reply to @Slaktus
    @Slaktus @Nifflas if it's unrecoverable, then throw as early as possible (null ref errors will do this for you automatically, yes) if it *is* recoverable/expected in a rare case, then exceptions are a good channel for handling this
  233. …in reply to @GhostTownGoldie
    @GhostTownGoldie the first three that come to mind: Chinatown Bakery Rinkoff Yeast (excited to hang out when you're here!)
  234. …in reply to @GhostTownGoldie
  235. RT @cheriehu42: For Hot Pod, I dove into the harsh economics of 24/7 “lofi hip-hop radio - beats to relax/study to” livestreams (I have yet…
  236. RT @superSGP: I love this article on fruit walls and the low tech aesthetic here in general — and I really want to go wander some walled o…
  237. advice wanted: what's a good CMS that plugs into a static site generator? mainly i just want to be able to write a blog post without having to fuck around on the command line
  238. …in reply to @v21
    the whole area is plagued with different exciting projects, but the appeal of a static site generator is that i was able to set one up like 5 years ago and it has stayed working ever since
  239. …in reply to @jazzmickle
    @jazzmickle i mean tbh i find markdown to be quite irritating, and if it's pretty simple i just write HTML
  240. …in reply to @asponge
    @asponge i mean, the secondary reason i'm asking about this is to suggest it as a way for Wild Rumpus to escape Tumblr
  241. …in reply to @v21
    Gideon The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir feel like this thread is revealing my somewhat trashy tastes... more stuff about corpses and damaged people having feelings. also very good, though. does both god-emperors who have ruled for 10000 years but also that the skull makeup gives her spots
  242. RT @everestpipkin: i made a small project for speculation jam - gift game everestpipkin.itch.io/gift-game
  243. …in reply to @tobias_revell
    @tobias_revell no, although I think "new" is probably a superset of "novel"
  244. …in reply to @dinosaurrparty
    @dinosaurrparty I will always have a deep fondness for the 213, the bus that took me to school and back for 7 years, and which formed the spine of my social life during that time. (and at night it becomes the N213, which goes all the way to Croydon)
  245. …in reply to @v21
    @dinosaurrparty i mean, don't go to Kingston about it or anything. but still, that's my answer
  246. a lovely thread about a lovely bot by a lovely person @What_Hastings/1231925216168857600
  247. …in reply to @v21
    this is the kind of thing i'm proud of enabling
  248. RT @kittycalis: Two words: DISC ROOM
  249. RT @MuseumOR: The Museum of Other Realities (MOR) 1.0 launches on February 26! Featuring IM || MATERIA by @Cabbibo
  250. …in reply to @kurai
    @kurai congratulations, you now have all the context you need to appreciate my good joke @v21/1212407290202140672?s=19
  251. RT @MarcFaddoul: A TikTok novelty: FACE-BASED FITLER BUBBLES The AI-bias techlash seems to have had no impact on newer platforms. Follow a…
  252. RT @ani_obsessive: A section from In the Blue Sea, in the White Foam (1984), dir. Robert Sahakyants, Armenfilm This classic comedy from So…
  253. …in reply to @emshort
    @emshort @rodolfor you can (learn about and) train a char-rnn in that time. not GPT-2, but good prep for it. ran a workshop internally on it, based on the stuff i did for @v21/1142876464020246528
  254. …in reply to @v21
    @emshort @rodolfor I'd be up for doing a workshop on this, if it's not in the next few months.
  255. RT @tambourine: my poetry pamphlet is on sale now btw 🙈 you can get your very own copy of my FBI agent poems here: badbettypress.com/product/poems-for-my-fbi-agent-charlotte-geater/
  256. once again, i find myself in a situation where i have used multiple booleans to represent a state, and wish i'd used a single enum
  257. …in reply to @v21
    it's fine, i just overloaded the meaning of a nearby enum rather than unpick it
  258. …in reply to @pillowfort
    @pillowfort no, for real, that's the real locked account stuff. that and moaning in ways that are too self-pitying for main.
  259. …in reply to @KommanderKlobb
    @KommanderKlobb i do it less now!
  260. …in reply to @ka_bradley
    @ka_bradley my mind has immediately went to "chef" (as in "yes, chef")
  261. …in reply to @GalaxyKate
    @GalaxyKate sounds nice, when is your diary free?
  262. …in reply to @IchiroDejobaan
    @Dejobaan @tanyaxshort i think you could make the same chart, but with "PAX audience" and "developers" swapped
  263. …in reply to @v21
    @Dejobaan @tanyaxshort admittedly, in that situation it's you saying "well, it's too late to change anything big" rather than them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  264. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry @mink_ette wait, why? why???
  265. …in reply to @docky
    @docky @moreelen it's just the hostel tickets! regular tickets will go on sale a few months from now
  266. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal i see where you're coming from. but I reckon, if we just keep going... we can maybe get to the point where they start having to compete on grounds other than their gimmick. and then we'll start getting the good stuff.
  267. RT @animatedtext: I got 99 problems and I need some help
  268. I listened to this & it was as good as I was expecting, which was pretty good because Abi is great & Imaginary Advice is the only podcast I'm an active fan of. @abipalmer_bot/1231548131394887680
  269. not enough people played @BeauBlyth's 0space @imranzomg/1232408142593458176
  270. RT @hollyherndon: Yes, why do we only seem to ask how we can empower the individual (at the expense of others) rather than the group. In my…
  271. …in reply to @v21
  272. [poll]
  273. …in reply to @undefined
    @thairyn @patrickashe tell you what, limited time offer: i'll proofread the first page of you PhD, make sure there's no typos there (you'll have to handle all the other pages yourself)
  274. …in reply to @tigershungry
    @tigershungry not yet! but here's some behind the scenes info - i find the thread by searching, and it's easier if i remember a word from near the end. i was trying to remember "endometriosis", but kept going back up to "farmer"... so reckoned i'd better talk about being a farmer some more.
  275. a heartwarming review of a bicycle shop in Camberwell
  276. …in reply to @v21
    (Bob's Cycles - they fixed my back wheel recently, charged me less than I expected and were done in an hour. would recommend)
  277. RT @everestpipkin: last weekend i made this short, gamelike piece of hypertext / hypermedia for #speculationjam everestpipkin.itch.io/gift-game i…
  278. i wish... google keep special cased the tab key to insert a tab character rather than moving to the next element on the page
  279. …in reply to @v21
  280. great thread, yes, this is how to do playtests, i agree @kchironis/1232720225700732928
  281. …in reply to @hondanhon
    @hondanhon @chenoehart met someone who was building a banking app in Unity
  282. …in reply to @v21
    @hondanhon @chenoehart i think the numbers were supposed to float around in little bubbles?
  283. …in reply to @catacalypto
  284. honestly a more even matchup than i expected @v21/1232652153472397312
  285. RT @fairchart: finally finished this diary comic! a conversation my partner n i had a few days before we got together... we've been dating…
  286. …in reply to @oopsohno
    @oopsohno @tigershungry @mink_ette you have received a clue by email!
  287. RT @IkeMoses: The pupusa man asked the white girl in front of me if she wanted bananas, asked me if I wanted plantains, and the latinx kid…
  288. RT @bnspalding: Taken together, programming languages invite people to describe impossible machines in contexts (worlds) where disbelief is…
  289. this thread is good. and also reassuring for people who have fucked up their ability to write long form writing in structures other than “a twitter thread“ t.co/3CRLKBmF28
  290. …in reply to @Sosowski
    @Sosowski he's called One Punch Man for a reason
  291. RT @aresnick: "Figure 1.1: Human experience of space and time in the physical world."
  292. RT @mthvn: "consider how to tell a full story within 3 - 8 seconds"
  293. …in reply to @ftrain
    @ftrain earlier on in the page it says: "a Snak (which is small, but more than a byte)"
  294. …in reply to @ftrain
    @ftrain I mean, it's unclear to me why you'd think about it in terms of storage space, given that it would surely vary and is in a property of an entity.
  295. RT @conchitinabot: I took the kiss to mean a potentially inconsequential lesson.
  296. …in reply to @mcclure111
  297. on GDC being cancelled: -it‘s a real bummer we won’t get to show off all the Mild Rumpus games there. they are all great and i was looking forward to seeing people play them. lineup here: thewildrumpus.co.uk/mildrumpus -maybe I’ll still be in SF anyway? we’ll see
  298. …in reply to @v21
    also, damn, but running events can be stressful sometimes. my thoughts with everyone dealing with contingency planning.
  299. …in reply to @doougle
    @doougle it’s such a bummer.
  300. …in reply to @notquitereal
    @notquitereal when I think about safe places to store nuclear waste, a big famous bridge in a earthquake prone area is the first thing that comes to mind
  301. RT @maxgladstone: Your neighbors and your real community—family friends but also honest to god the humans you see on the street every day,…
  302. …in reply to @Michael_French
    @Michael_French yep. a nightmare situation for the organizers, and I'm also thinking about the... hundreds? I'd guess? of people involved in organizing fringe events or smaller parts of the show.
  303. RT @autistictic: Here is a great video using blue paint to demonstrate how to cover your hands entire surface when washing/disinfecting. I…
  304. RT @tigershungry: @youandpea I hope there’s a way for this year’s Mild Rumpus to still see the light of day. If there's a festival or galle…
  305. …in reply to @wheresaddie
    @wheresaddie ugh, just imagining people applying the logic in the other direction. if you have external support, you can put more of your own, unpaid time into the commission... so it's a better deal for the commissioner... ugh
  306. RT @MuseumGenerator: Hello from the Memories Museum! Thanks to generous donations by our visitors we're now completely free of Science. Or…
  307. RT @sevensixfive: There are two types of people: those who like their nuclear waste site warnings as giant collections of menacing concrete…
  308. …in reply to @molleindustria
    @molleindustria @Cabbibo @KevinMackArt I haven't played since way before release, but I had a similar experience. I minded less, though: VR sculpture is new, seems exciting and has limited venues for display currently.
  309. …in reply to @v21
    @molleindustria @Cabbibo @KevinMackArt of course, I'd love to see more works along the lines you've described, and that it makes those things visible & desirable is a testament to the strength of the museum.
  310. RT @dasharez0ne: I DONT ADVOCATE FOR CRYING AT WORK I JUST DO IT ALOT -ADMIN theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/bloomberg-memes-instagram-ads/607219/