Tweets from 2024/03
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@urLocal_Popeyes @Kotonoaware @pajamaboin @_drewseph @AndreaAHarris1 @vanoreo_ @jessfromonline the UK has suburbs too! but some of the British suburbs are constructed in such a way as to not require you to own a car (the factors that go into this are not really determined by the presence of vast tracts of land outside of them)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: It's not an act of chaos though, is it? It's calculated, it's designed, it's the intentional mass murder of Palestinians with…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@urLocal_Popeyes @Kotonoaware @pajamaboin @_drewseph @AndreaAHarris1 @vanoreo_ @jessfromonline the British suburbs of which I was referring largely developed out of villages which were connected to the central city via a railway line in the early 20th century. when that's the dynamic, then there's a strong push to be walking distance from the station - and thus density.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@urLocal_Popeyes @Kotonoaware @pajamaboin @_drewseph @AndreaAHarris1 @vanoreo_ @jessfromonline it's a different dynamic than you're used to! maybe you wouldn't even call them suburbs! but they exist - I guess the equivalent in the US would be streetcar suburbs?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @genmon: Just a note that OpenAI uses a really crisp definition of AGI in their charter It’s not a buddy you can talk with, or a post-s…Permalink Look on archive.org
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just realised that one reason it has been so hard to muster concerted action on climate change is because the situation has messed up problem-solution ordering (mainly the problem is vested interests purposefully trying to delay action, to be clear, but also a little bit this)Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's more on problem-solution ordering. basically it's that people understand stuff better if they encounter the problem (eg a locked door) before receiving the solution (eg a magic key). big game design principle! mkremins.github.io/blog/doors-headaches-intellectual-need/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElizabethLovatt can't resist dropping this taxonomy herePermalink Look on archive.org
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sometimes people talk about the importance of bearing witness. but i confess i don't want to see the horrors. i think i can know that they are horrors without directly looking. ceasefire now, and open the borders and let food and medicine enter freely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I'm away from my big pile of paper today, so here's a picture from my computer. Wednesday is the day! Let's make games together soon!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dwarph thanks! it's nice to have an excuse to do a bit of free floating graphic designPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dwarph (we'll see if I run out of ideas before the end)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kunktation: One of the best things I’ve read since October 7th, and one of Mishra’s best essays over the years. Impossible to pluck out…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I had a nap for like 5 hours this afternoon, so this is a little later than it has been. Anyway, 4 days to go! Some final things to get straightened up, but Downpour is all looking good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I love this kind of thread... rummaging through the detritus!! @maxbittker/1764092680500342954Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjenko so excited for everyone to start reading the bad/weird/great sequels!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RrobynneUK i would still wear a mask! or a cloth or some kind. but if you for some reason can't breathe through a normal one, then wear a loose one that can be breathed throughPermalink Look on archive.org
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@RrobynneUK it does kind of depend on what kind of setup you're trying to defeat. like: a distinctive mask might not be trackable by automated systems, but is obviously easy to spot by a person looking through CCTV.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RrobynneUK and also what situation you'd be in, and so what is socially acceptable to wear in that situation. i don't think there's a single best answer, unfortunately :/Permalink Look on archive.org
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today I am mainly writing HTML, but let's pretend my job is about looking at flowers in the rainPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ludist @martinpi as someone with a new macbook, and a similar taskset... i haven't ran into this at all, and the new ones are so much better.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I think I got on this while I wasn't on here, but: wow Letterboxd is such a nice time. You watch a film, you think about it a bit, you read what your friends thought about it. Love it. (I'm vtwentyone on there: boxd.it/6ukaP, if we're friends but not on there)Permalink Look on archive.org
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ah, my stupid coin flipping game got covered in the b3ta newsletter! how nice! b3ta.com/newsletter/issue898/Permalink Look on archive.org
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the game in question downpour.games/~v/flipPermalink Look on archive.org
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the truly consequential decisions happen when you're very tired on a Thursday afternoon, and you only realise that they were quite so pivotal a few years later @zarawesome_/1764633317368791364Permalink Look on archive.org
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Thursday afternoon, specifically, comes from a story Raph Koster tells in his book Postmortems about making a fateful decision about Ultima Online's economy that ultimately caused it to break. The story has haunted me ever since.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jeeyonshim this kinda makes sense. i don't want to think about death! but losing $250 sounds kind of annoying, i can think about that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leighalexander: do you find it frightening to grow increasingly helpless and codependent with broken technology in these isolation days…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@JimmerUK thank you/i'm sorry (and yes, someone has! and other people have cheated)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@louispilfold ahhh! congratulations!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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it's launch week! let's hope luck is with me on Wednesday...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SzMarsupial: fifteen children. fifteen children who died of starvation, who died beyond hungry, beyond exhausted, in pain and unimagina…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@a_rad_skull K2... that's a tall mountain to climb by Wednesday!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @evanhill: Israeli former hostage describes time in Hamas captivity theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/we-were-constantly-in-terror-israeli-hostage-tells-of-captivity-in-gazaPermalink Look on archive.org
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so depressing to see all the people who got a taste of influence selling conspiracy theories a decade ago decide to have another go at it. please, the games industry is depressing enough right now. we all have enough troubles without you inventing new ones.Permalink Look on archive.org
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and also... the same as Newgrounds. remember Newgrounds? they're still going!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: did an interview with mobilegamer.biz where i explain that the whole thing is a terrible from a business perspective http…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TodePond hm, you did a pretty good job of persuading me it might be nice to write more online before, but maybe this post has persuaded me i *don't* want to write more accessibly onlinePermalink Look on archive.org
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i keep seeing Basteleur popping up places, PicNic too. it's great to see! fuck yeah Velvetyne velvetyne.fr/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@eefilp_ thank you!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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PicNic in use in @leighalexander's latest story thecouch.hethem.nl/the-new-build-a-companion-haunting/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Sosowski @martinpi i love Rust, i wrote the Downpour backend in it (and while it pulls packages, it does lock them to specific versions and checksums)Permalink Look on archive.org
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not to sound like a parody of Britishness, but: it's drizzling outside and i've ran out of teabagsPermalink Look on archive.org
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"the council’s spiralling deficit, estimated at more than £300 million, appears to relate to the disastrous launch of the Oracle IT system that went live in April 2022" theconversation.com/how-birmingham-city-councils-equal-pay-bankruptcy-provided-cover-for-ongoing-oracle-it-disaster-224416Permalink Look on archive.org
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doing *crucial* last minute prep for launch tomorrowPermalink Look on archive.org
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flying banana says helloPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @v21: flying banana says helloPermalink Look on archive.org
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@flexmandeville you should really treat yourself next time an Affinity sale rolls around. they're actually nice to use!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@flexmandeville but on that note: the last few days I was doing some video editing in Resolve and it is so fast and easy to use! incredible that it's free.Permalink Look on archive.org
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love this, and not just because it's nice words about my friends. but also because it's about the ways people push to keep together in atomised times. @TheWhitePube/1765316497155432940Permalink Look on archive.org
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It's finally here! Downpour is out! Downpour is my tool for making games on your phone in literal minutes. Collage together images & text, link them up, then share online. No coding necessary! 🌐 downpour.games 🍎 apps.apple.com/us/app/downpour-make-a-game/id1609421693?pt=v21_twitter&ct=1&mt=8 🤖 play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=limited.downpour.downpour&utm_source=v21_twitterPermalink Look on archive.org
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@louispilfold thank you! v1 buddies!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Or want to see how it works first? I have a video for that! Let's make a game about a frog, in 90 seconds, beginning to end.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @jeeyonshim: I’ve been looking for a way to noodle around making simple phone games for months and basically thought it was out of reach…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @angusdick: YOU GOTTA USE THIS IT'S AMAZING!Permalink Look on archive.org
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checking in on the backend (it's holding up totally fine)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mattxcurtis: This is very cool! I love how accessible it is — "Got pen and paper? Great, you can make and share a game" is neat. Lovely…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@sammyd33d thanks for checking it outPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SzMarsupial: when talking to cats you should follow the same advice as lawyers asking questions in court: never ask a question you don’…Permalink Look on archive.org
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i keep playing through this and laughing downpour.games/~mike/meet-a-guyPermalink Look on archive.org
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@RuberEaglenest correct. i'd like to, but probably not soon!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @molleindustria: Downpour is finally out and it's a delight! A great addition to accessible and focused tools like twine and bitsy. I c…Permalink Look on archive.org
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my friend @hollygramazio wrote some nice (and also thoughtful) things about Downpour on her newsletter buttondown.email/holly/archive/thoughts-on-instagram-bad-downpour-good-daffodils/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hollygramazio she is the one who made Where's Madeleine? which I am pretty sure is still the most played Downpour game downpour.games/~holly/where-s-madeleinePermalink Look on archive.org
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@lupinewolf @hollygramazio it's a different thing, kind of less complicated! maybe, maybe not - I'd be curious to hear from youPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TheWhitePube: the app I've been using to make little websites on is finally live for the public and it's called downpour ☔️ congrats to…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hannahnicklin: I’m so proud of V’s work on this super accessible mobile first zero code needed game tool! Make games right now! On your…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @brokenpencilmag: We spoke with @v21 about Downpour, flatgames and ensuring digital zine tools are just as accessible as their analog co…Permalink Look on archive.org
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another game that made me laugh downpour.games/~BearFishPie/silent-hill-downpour?p=64xPermalink Look on archive.org
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@RuberEaglenest gif support is in! don't think webp is, tho.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Brooklydamus i'm not going to argue!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Kalonica_: 💧✨💧💧💧🦋💧✨ ! It’s raining little games! ✨💧🪼💧💧💧💧💦Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @susepicious: Updated my downpour outfit log with recent nails and an outfit featuring @dingyfairy’s crochet and @tigershungry’s pube me…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Ludipe: Honestly, it's mind blowing that there's a cool app like this to make games from your phone in just a few minutes. Please, tak…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @o_withington: This is such a brilliant thing! Make games on your phone with 0 code and in no time flat. Cannot wait to see what everyon…Permalink Look on archive.org
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a final tiny game that made me laugh, before i go to bed downpour.games/~MurraySomerwolff/swallowedPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @angusdick: Seeing the iterations and tweaks that Nils made whilst developing this style was truly magical!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rossatkin: This is, by some margin, the quickest and easiest way to make games I’ve ever seen! It was wonderful to meet V and try an e…Permalink Look on archive.org
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new Downpour game: let's play a boardgame, with @terrycavanagh downpour.games/~terry/do-you-want-to-play-a-boardgame-with-mePermalink Look on archive.org
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And let's put Downpour up on Product Hunt, too. Is anyone here a PH user? It seems like maybe it's this kind of triangular thing where you have to promote them in the hopes they then give you a bit of promotion too. Anyway, thank you if you do click. producthunt.com/posts/downpourPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @susepicious: Downpour is out NOW! An app made by @v21 for everyone to make little games and websites from the comfort of their phone…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty i think: - people are still playing videogames more than ever (okay, maybe a little less than when lockdowns were happening, but the trend is still upwards)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty - there's a lot of hunger for... let's say... _tactile_ experiences. and some of that is frustrated hunger! i keep thinking about how much stuff on TikTok/Reels is stuff about touching something - crafts, skincare, etc. but obviously you only touch glass, there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty - that said, pottery & other crafts stuff seems to be having a big moment? or maybe it's just that i'm into it & my friends are. i wrote more on this: cohost.org/v21/post/2383865-craftsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dinosaurrparty & actually on the watching vs doing thing, this exchange got to some of that x.com/v21/status/1762915198187274705?s=20Permalink Look on archive.org
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a counterpoint view, on the ways people can connect in human scale, non paranoid ways online elephant.art/the-grannies-grand-theft-auto-and-third-places/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @susepicious: Enjoyed playing ‘e-waste paradise’ on downpour this morning - a quiz on guessing what abandoned tech was re-homed or dumpe…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Downpour came out yesterday! I wrote a blog post on trying to do the hard work to make it easy to use v21.io/blog/downpour @v21/1765392365693362578Permalink Look on archive.org
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@spadgy_OTA thank you!! i look forward to playing a game about playing with a yoyo!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@SzMarsupial ahhh! thank you!! all in a day's work, really.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hannahnicklin: Here’s a playable willow experience I made in 5 minutes in Downpour: downpour.games/~hannahnicklin/playable-willow-experiencePermalink Look on archive.org
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can confirm that doing this stretch every day or so basically fixed my posture, my headaches, basically my whole life @hollycircling/1765459669894492463Permalink Look on archive.org
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@angusdick yeah, it doesn't work otherwise. i tried it with my shirt on once, and it was a real mistake.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Neonhive thank youuuuuu!Permalink Look on archive.org
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looooook at this!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@underskinnyhrt this? from before the AI boom: emotional-labor.email/Permalink Look on archive.org
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I've played with this & chatted with Fern a bunch. I think this project is really special! You should definitely get in touch with them if you're interested in this space. (not least because this is the tool that enabled a IGF grand prize nominee) @fernantastic/1765827550834565199Permalink Look on archive.org
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see, I was always told that gameplay was not copyrightable -- but was patentable, if you wanted to be a dickhead about it. but it seems like the NY Times wants to be a dickhead about it via the copyright route. 404media.co/nytimes-files-copyright-takedowns-against-hundreds-of-wordle-clones/Permalink Look on archive.org
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good article on exactly what this bullshit is, and explaining why it's bullshit. it's useful to know! @Vahn16/1765841986567741620Permalink Look on archive.org
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you can also make websites in Downpour! @TheWhitePube/1765440212870509018Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @_voidspace_zine: This looks incredible. Game making app - no coding necessary. C'mon friends of the void: who's going to be first to m…Permalink Look on archive.org
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I promise at some point I will stop only retweeting praise.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @rachelcoldicutt: For most people, the test with money is: what can you do without thinking about it? Can you do the weekly grocery sho…Permalink Look on archive.org
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But in my defense: look I spent two years on this thing, I'm very tired, and I want people to download it and play with it and maybe even give me money for it. And also the most interesting thing in the world to me right now is my friends having a nice time with the thing I made.Permalink Look on archive.org
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That said, about a minute ago the most interesting thing in the world was the sticky bun I was eating, that my friend brought round for my birthday yesterday. So never let it be said I have a single minded fixation on a singular goal.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @johntv: News showing Yuji Horii’s ref image for the Dragon Quest slime next to the design Toriyama came back with. Instead of going for…Permalink Look on archive.org
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meet the money frog!! downpour.games/~darealstevie/money-frog-adventurePermalink Look on archive.org
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@hauntologies good work, tho - this kind of tiring shit is where change happens (or doesn't)Permalink Look on archive.org
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fuck yessssssssss @HJosephineGiles/1766095221656309946Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HJosephineGiles what a cover!!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ca_dmv_bot2: Customer: SUP BRA" IS SURFER LINGO FOR "WHAT IS HAPPENING MAN?/HOWS IT GOING? DMV: BRA? WHAT HE SAYS IS TRUE Verdict: ACC…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @itsJenSim: Hello fellow likers of creative tools and general merriment - @v21’s mobile game maker Downpour is out now on iOS and Androi…Permalink Look on archive.org
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as a little celebration of all the lovely things people have been making on Downpour over the last few days... I made a compilation of the pets of Downpour. enjoy! downpour.games/~admin/pets-of-downpourPermalink Look on archive.org
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@MagInTheSmoke where does it say Basil? i never wrote that! i definitely got it right the first time.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mtrc: New metric for game engines, a variation on @maxkreminski’s “if people are making trash with your tool” paradigm: if people are u…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RicoAlbe oh! Worm Detective is ace!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pangmeli I have felt a great deal of joy and community doing Auld Lang Syne with everyone in the room clasping hands in a big circle and then rushing forward and back and eventually devolving into chaos (and waltzing if you're fancy)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kendrictonn I dunno, it's got people talking about the motives of Lord Balfour for his part in creating the Israeli state.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@anandaaran ahh! thank you for playing with it!Permalink Look on archive.org
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i should have known i was on Hacker News when i got an email telling me that my blog's background image suckedPermalink Look on archive.org
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the half hour section on the nature of desire in the new Contrapoints video about the Twilight series is inadvertently pretty great lecture on game designPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SzMarsupial: i actually think a bit of iconoclasm - against a painting of a long dead racist no less - is more than justified in protes…Permalink Look on archive.org
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imagine spending more on beer than you do on rent. feels completely wild to me x.com/jackbar_ed/status/1766383529036800156?s=20Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @anaisisreading: It’s a great day to remind everyone that the potato famine was not a natural disaster but a product British rule just a…Permalink Look on archive.org
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the options are: milk? sugar? @bobbydigitales/1766559761200558194Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @elvedin: I made a little game with @v21's incredibly fun downpour.games. Check out "tintype rps": downpour.games/~elvedin/tintype-rpsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@shayla_felix thanks! look forward to seeing what you make!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@davidtoube @OliverKamm what would you say to the Jewish marchers who are at these rallies? what do you think they would say to you?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Superdillin: I could give a TED talk on the tragedy of Rachel. On knowing that making ruthless choices is ruining you. That you're disa…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @pillowfort: if you're only watching dunmesh anime you are missing so much of the best shitPermalink Look on archive.org
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a review of Room 2 at Floatplanet in Liverpool thewhitepube.co.uk/reviews/2024/the-floatation-tank/Permalink Look on archive.org
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got it set up so whenever someone uploads a new game to Downpour, i get a Discord message. it's wild to me how it keeps happening. like, i know that was the point of all this, but it's still very wild to me.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@elskwhite that's game dev!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LiaSae ok, confession time: i didn't get the proper legal text sorted in time, so i launched with some placeholder ones from a site online. which is Bad, i agree! and maybe you won't like the new terms either, but gimme a week or so to get those in place and then we can get into it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LiaSae yes, very fair!! and thank you <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff there's no option, but i have thought about adding one to it for this reason. perils of making a tool you can make lots of different types of thing in, really.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff some games design around this by adding links to all the options, most of which take you to a "wrong answer" page. ofc then you still have the issue of maybe seeing the little URL preview change for one of the options...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff see also: the back button working as you'd imagine for my game about flipping coinsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@edjeff thank you! but yeah, lots of stuff i could add, but you gotta get it out the door first.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Rahll: Midjourney is on a blocking spree. It may be time for me to finally do a lengthy video on their scummy business practices. Image…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kylebrussell @Rahll the bigger issue is removing researchers from the platform because they're researching security holesPermalink Look on archive.org
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castle quiz! downpour.games/~rahulricky/castle-clubPermalink Look on archive.org
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i'm always saying this: "If the amount of happiness, immediate or ultimate, is increased by any costume, it is right to wear it." @fakehistoryhunt/1766825397344260178Permalink Look on archive.org
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@em_cooper I enjoyed trying to feed you biscuits!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@em_cooper oh the whole thread loaded now. thank you <3 means a lot. gotta try to make these places, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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feeling emotional reading this thread & feeling part of a long lineage of making software you can make random little things in t.co/uoifRrMqS5Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin yeah, I don't think it applies everywhere but as a rule of thumb about bodily autonomy it serves you pretty wellPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @yandhiisntreal: you know what? FUCK YOU *uncooks your ramen*Permalink Look on archive.org
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if i was Kate Middleton, i would be so mad at whoever fucked up that photoshoppingPermalink Look on archive.org
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taylor quiz! downpour.games/~DYLAN13/taylor-swift-album-chalengePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @radiatoryang: made a short little web game with my phone using Downpour: "where's the beef 2!!" downpour.games/~radiatoryang/where-s-the-beef-2 did you know t…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang seriously considering using this tweet as a pull quote on the websitePermalink Look on archive.org
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i think "dead internet theory" is a bad and dangerous way to think. it's like calling people NPCs but somehow acceptable outside of too-online reactionary spaces. people are just weird and use the internet in a different way to you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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this morning i am thinking about funnels, and about "App Store Optimisation" best practicesPermalink Look on archive.org
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like the whole thing with people calling accounts with default username (like @ AngelaB0284748 ) bots. no! they're just people who signed up for Twitter, never went looking for the setting to change their username, and use it in a completely different way to you!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@innerlmnt the flow never prompted you to choose a username, and these people weren't creating accounts to talk to friends but to follow celebrities etc, so, yeah, it happened a lot. they were using it in a completely different way to you, so it's hard to imagine.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@innerlmnt but, the average person i know on here has not created a new Twitter account in the last decade, so why would they know what it looks like now?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@innerlmnt (although, i should say my info is from a few years ago, when i was making accounts a bunch for CBDQ related reasons)Permalink Look on archive.org
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wrote a little note on what I'm working on on Downpour this week downpour.games/~admin/updatesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@badpalette thank you!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@btshourlyrics <3 really appreciatedPermalink Look on archive.org
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you, too, can play a boardgame with Terry Cavanagh downpour.games/~terry/do-you-want-to-play-a-boardgame-with-me @Sosowski/1767306849366290672Permalink Look on archive.org
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Rascal played a load of Downpour games and made a game to act as a kind of sommelier pointing you to some they enjoyed downpour.games/~Rascal/downpour-favoritesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@___frye with the disclaimer that I am actually a landlord & am in the UK... I live in a nice flat that was originally built as social housing and it was an active choice to stop building social housing. The capital that house buying provides is not the limiting factor on house building.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@___frye The way that housing (in London especially) is used for speculation and as a store of value distorts the market in ways that make the city hostile to live in. I would not argue to make renting illegal and make no other changes, but I don't think the current system works as is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@thebitterlesson @___frye okay but why are the ex council flats in London generally of higher quality than the new build flats? why could we build those flats affordably in the 60s and 70s but we can't do that now?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@steveruizok @OrionReedOne @tldraw huh, yeah, their schema doesn't handle the z ordering at all, unless it's implicit in object order (I prefer your schema, although either could map well enough to Downpour. although most of Downpour's data format is doing stuff other than just infinite canvas layout)Permalink Look on archive.org
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look mum, I'm in the Guardian! @keefstuart/1767486751017140421Permalink Look on archive.org
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@keefstuart such a good article! exciting! and I love your history of game making tools - especially the way the back button changes through the erasPermalink Look on archive.org
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here's Keith's game about the history of game creation tools downpour.games/~KeefStuart/brief-history-of-game-creation-appsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@GeekDadGamer it's 13 and above because it's so built on sharing games and it's not COPPA compliantPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mairispaceship look obviously i'm in favour of this, but i do have to point out: i could stop youPermalink Look on archive.org
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@mairispaceship (actually i don't think this is true, the app works offline and you can export the game even if the servers went down. but if anyone could, it would be me!!)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@maxbittker reading the Kid Pix essay while lying under the Susan Kare blanketPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @TaroNuke: this is so good lmaoPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @thoughtrise: excuse me. this is so fucking cool. old internet “messy creation” aesthetic and play. check out Downpour, which lets you…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @hautepop: “Web 2.0 came along and tidied everything up,” says @v21. “But people like making a mess! They try to make as much of a mess…Permalink Look on archive.org
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this game went places i did not expect downpour.games/~jamesofwalsh/snooper-s-delightPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @keefstuart: Hi, I spoke to the brilliant @v21 about her game creation app Downpour and I also made my own "game" about the history of g…Permalink Look on archive.org
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icymi! i'm in The Guardian today, talking about Downpour & making a mess theguardian.com/games/2024/mar/12/i-did-not-expect-so-many-games-about-peoples-pets-why-downpour-is-a-great-alternative-to-doomscrollingPermalink Look on archive.org
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i am not going to GDC because it is far away and expensive and i don't have any pressing business to conduct. but if you would welcome running into me & having a chat for 20 minutes or so, get in touch & let's do that on the internet instead (or in London, if you're in London)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cuddlepuunk yeah! that's a nice chat that's overdue! will email, we can set something upPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Sosowski i've not made any actual active steps towards it, but i hope to go this year! we'll see!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mtrc: The “Hello, World” of Downpour is basically “make a game about your pet” and I’m super here for it, here’s @jamie_woodcock’s amaz…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@omarieclaire i will probably be at AMAZE, but let's plan something otherwise anyway, just in case. will email!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @HeyStephenHey: Excellent piece by @keefstuart on the very fun Downpour by the relentlessly creative @v21 theguardian.com/games/2024/mar/12/i-did-not-expect-so-many-games-about-peoples-pets-why-downpour-is-a-great-alternative-to-doomscrollingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ryankramerllc @Carnage4Life for interest rates to go up?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@cj_1234_cj @graceelavery I am 37 & trans & wish the culture had been different when I was a kid!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @florencesn: Oh hey I also made my first Downpour documenting my early morning journey from London to Milan! downpour.games/~florencesn/anyone-can-take-thisPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: everyone should have autonomy over their body, including the right to death. but for that, we must first do everything possib…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @innesmck: when a politician routinely frames disability, poverty and being unable to work as burdenous, his support for assisted suicid…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @80Level: Check out Downpour, a free experimental game-making tool that allows anyone to make interactive games by stitching together pi…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@80Level nice article! thanks!Permalink Look on archive.org
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how did I miss that Linnea Sterte and Renee Gladman collaborated on a TTRPG?? kickstarter.com/projects/crum/detailsPermalink Look on archive.org
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my joke about getting confused between Ravicka & Ravnica is getting closer and closer to becoming realPermalink Look on archive.org
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@hauntologies i assume they'll be selling copies once it's shipped to backers? but idkPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kenthesimp: Idk much about downs, but this made me realize something. Most people have two models of others: adults and children. They…Permalink Look on archive.org
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If you're waiting for something from me, sorry, I've been sick since Wednesday and am still poorly. I think it's probably just the POTS kicking back against the hard work of launching Downpour, which is scary and depressing but also normal in a way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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ehehehe this game is great, it had me from the moment after the moment I counted the number of doubloons downpour.games/~WanderingRoad/dubloon-adventure-2024Permalink Look on archive.org
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@FreyaHolmer fwiw if you're ever in a a situation where this comes up, you'd probably like Dart. or at the very least find it very quick to learn. (mainly you'd use it to write a Flutter app... although actually you'd probably have strong feelings about their UI stack)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@quendergeer @SzMarsupial I came to these replies with a question, and that question has now been answeredPermalink Look on archive.org
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@rationalaussie @visakanv nah. comms professors are useful! it's just a different narrow domain: x.com/visakanv/status/1531946747290800128?s=46Permalink Look on archive.org
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@visakanv did you ever read Bernie DeKoven's Well Played Game? if not i think you might dig itPermalink Look on archive.org
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@visakanv i love how neither of these reviews really gets into the thing which i consider most crucial about the book, which is how it talks about consent. anyway, yeah, he was a huge hippie, but there's lots to chew on in there! i'm proud he once said nice things about my work!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rationalaussie @visakanv maybe he is optimising for different things than you! (I mean, actually to be clear this guy might suck, idk, it's the principle I'm defending not this particular guy)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lazerwalker on Tuesday I tweeted something about how I wasn't there because of money etc and the next day I got a flare up with some whole new symptoms just to remind me that that's not the only reasonPermalink Look on archive.org
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I like this advice because I was once given some media training, which means I am free to get in as much trouble as I like @bobbydigitales/1769127042749231185Permalink Look on archive.org
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I have not yet gotten in trouble from saying something I shouldn't to a journalist... uh, actually cancel that, I've been friends with lots of journalists, I've definitely pissed some of them off before. but not in a professional context!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@gojo_d @upondelivery yeah there's magic in the dungeon which means your soul stays attached to your body, which means you can get revived. you might be able to find limitations with this theoryPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Hobbitboy67 @OnlyAWorldAway I read it as a jokePermalink Look on archive.org
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@gojo_d @upondelivery 1) it's pretty horrific to hold the skull of your dead sister, magic or no! 2) okay, you have the skull... but do you have the rest of the body. how much body is needed? where does the soul attach? what about the other body parts mixed up in there?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"3rd floor baby, it's the most efficient way to visit a large cultural institution" downpour.games/~peppermintstickinsect/please-do-not-touch?p=b95Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RuberEaglenest no, that's good, i saw it but have been ill since! thank you for the feedback, tho!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@bryangale been there (or more specifically, walked past some at an art fair & thought... hm. I could buy that. It would kind of mess up my other plans for my money, but I *could* just buy that)Permalink Look on archive.org
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MISSING CHICKEN downpour.games/~Rascal/missing-chickenPermalink Look on archive.org
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too busy being sad I'm too ill to leave the house to be sad I'm too poor to be at GDCPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly *three* bright spots on the horizon!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @shutupmikeginn: Why must a movie be “good” ? Is it not enough to sit somewhere dark and see a beautiful face, huge?Permalink Look on archive.org
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a thing i love about making tools is seeing carefully made things with it, that i am in no way the target audience for. let's learn about... the scientific names of bugs??? downpour.games/~incoherentmandrill/some-insect-ordersPermalink Look on archive.org
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@martinpi there are second order effects not captured there - ie erosion of trust in images, spam outcompeting genuine content, the capital requirements needed to train new SOTA models increasing tech oligopolies...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@lgfp @selentelechia @Bootlegregore @sonyasupposedly mmm - in my experience, releasing some of the shame and forgiving yourself is one of the most important steps you can take to facing this kind of stuff head on. which is different from self-soothing - it's not denying the problems but trying to decrease the stakes around them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @oncloud_e: just found out about "e-gay" vr chatters, dudes who are straight irl but will vr chat with the homies in girl avatars and fl…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@carmineclaire I read (some of) the manga, but a long time ago, so I kind of knew we were going there but I forgot how hard it was going to hit. Excited for the logical consequences of the world building to play out in the ways they have implicitly promised! Just as it was before!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Very much a fan of Delicious in Dungeon and the way it takes world building very seriously. Which sounds like it could be boring, but actually it turns out if you take it seriously enough, you end up with an open sense of curiosity that is completely charming.Permalink Look on archive.org
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And then on top of that! You get into the show/manga & become a weird nerd for the lore... and so find the main character completely charming and relatable, as his personality is all about being a weird nerd for the lore. But in a charming way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just... what a great lightness of touch to pull all of this off!Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, if you haven't seen it... don't worry about that, it's a cute show about adventurers cooking in a dungeon, I'd recommend it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@elite_gz other way round, I would do it. curated playlists for free & the full archive search is premiumPermalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly sung to the tune of "bad idea, right?"Permalink Look on archive.org
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it happened to me: I'm contemplating a painful migration from a Google service after they deprecated itPermalink Look on archive.org
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technically they aren't deprecating it for my use case, but also it doesn't work sometimes and the fact that they're officially deprecating the service (except for this one use case) doesn't give me any confidence they'll actually solve the problem. kind of the opposite.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort @Jam_sponge yeah! I was reading it back before she'd finished it, never went back once it was finishedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@florencesn yes! I need to go back and finish the manga!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@florencesn I'm so impressed by how she doesn't stop at the biology of the creatures, but starts considering more and more layers of the system of the dungeonPermalink Look on archive.org
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fuck yes! @Official_GDC/1770678101179248667Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tldraw would it be weird if it only lifted up when the drag started? style points for the lifting up animation being tied to the distance of the drag, rather than time since the drag startedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tldraw ah! so it is.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @danielkolitz: Me at 23, interviewing the world’s foremost amphetamine historian while out of my mind on amphetamine: https://t.co/VfoEF…Permalink Look on archive.org
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okay, i think i'm better now & can work at a normal pace again. guess i need to catch up on stuff now???Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nielsen_holly @Singyamatokun fwiw, i would have a nice holiday insteadPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @PixelProphecy: Extra, Extra! The latest issue of my newsletter is out: 📰 buttondown.email/PixelProphecy/archive/the-pixel-prophet-13 Featuring: @arstechnica @emptyvesselp…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @SzMarsupial: i understand the impulse, but i think it’s incorrect to say that israel’s bombing of hospitals etc in gaza “has no militar…Permalink Look on archive.org
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VLC's commitment to not dropping support for old OSs is an admirable ecological action. Think how many old devices are out there, being used to watch stuff with VLC but not much else. If VLC stops working, a not insignificant number of new devices are purchased. @videolan/1771104206872555660Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle alright, if you're gonna quibble with those examples - people definitely lost the knowledge of how to make FOGBANK, tho, that's definitely a thing that happenedPermalink Look on archive.org
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@samsam411sam @Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle yeah, it turns out that abstract knowledge is less important than all of the implicit knowledge embedded within processes, which only persists while the system is continuing to function.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@samsam411sam @Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle that's why stuff like the red list of endangered crafts exists : heritagecrafts.org.uk/redlist/ theoretically we might understand how to do coracle-making, but there are aspects of it that are lost unless it is continually practiced, and that tacit knowledge passed downPermalink Look on archive.org
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@samsam411sam @Lithium_Wave @pronounced_kyle like, this is also a description of the FOGBANK situation, right?Permalink Look on archive.org
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on Lime bikes in London downpour.games/~Ellis-Other-People/limingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@DevRelCallum i posted this & then immediately fell ill! but yes! that'd be great - not sure what i'll be around for except Now Play This, but it's not far to come in for anything else.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @kchironis: it’s just not the vibe for me to learn to parry in games. press G to respond with a riposte? love that energy for you babe,…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ryangrim: Brutal from Amed Khan, former major Dem donorPermalink Look on archive.org
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@thesephist @NeuralBricolage gonna take my Edinburgh Cog Sci MA as the overseas equivalentPermalink Look on archive.org
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what a shame! what a waste! canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity/Permalink Look on archive.org
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the core of the issue is, i think: Firebase's magic link auth is built on their Dynamic Links product, which they've now deprecated (except for this auth case). and it also... doesn't work for a small fraction of users? and it's so deep in their tech i don't think i can fix itPermalink Look on archive.org
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i'm so looking forward to solving this auth issue on Downpour - i wanted to launch & then make lots of quick small changes to get some momentum up, but instead the big issue is one that needs some annoyingly deep work. i'm making good progress, but... it's a lotPermalink Look on archive.org
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but Supabase does their auth tokens differently, so I have to rewrite the backend to accept both kinds. and i have to rewrite all the auth flows within the app... and i'm trying to leave Firebase in place for now so i don't make everyone reauthenticate...Permalink Look on archive.org
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i can see a Github issue with other people complaining about the same thing... but i have little hope they'll fix a tricky edge case in a deprecated product. so the best course of action seems to be... to switch auth providers entirely. so... i'm migrating everything to Supabase.Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, it's a classic high risk yak shave, but hopefully will put the whole thing on better foundations. just annoying to be doing as a solo dev when i'd rather be adding some nice text decorations or alignment snapping or something. but that's life!Permalink Look on archive.org
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in happier news: please visit Gary's fortune telling tent downpour.games/~tallywinkle/gary-s-fortune-telling-tentPermalink Look on archive.org
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saw some recommended tweet on how as you change a product you build up "design debt" and so you should do an entire product design refresh every couple of years. anyway, I think those people should read this article mcsweeneys.net/articles/class-is-canceled-until-further-notice-while-i-do-my-jobPermalink Look on archive.org
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no doubt they would have some very Silicon Valley answer about reducing bureaucracy or something but also as software people they should also have a better understanding of how to make effective changes to a complex and interconnected system like a universityPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @irondavy: I struggle to remember most historical dates, even very approximately. I’m a spatial thinker so I’ve tried making a number of…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @GrantCuster: alphabetizing is a technology!Permalink Look on archive.org
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in an exciting milestone for the platform, I just banned my first user from Downpour. glad I added that functionality ahead of time! (not going to talk about why, but let's just say it wasn't a borderline decision)Permalink Look on archive.org
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TIL: there's a popular Russian spec fic genre that's basically isekai except for going back in time and being real good at fighting wars. russiapost.info/culture/popadanestPermalink Look on archive.org
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I say isekai rather than portal fantasy because the explicitness of the power fantasy seems to be a key component.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @DilettanteryPod: https://t.co/l2hBAoiBV7Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @aanand: This cuts both ways. I’ve taught countless women about the works of Hideo Kojima, and they’ve presumably gone on to impress and…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@new_nomad oh, this isn't even that, no personal hostility, just... not content i was going to host.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@catacalypto i wonder what syntax the spammers are using to generate their postsPermalink Look on archive.org
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hey, guess who's a gaming superstar?Permalink Look on archive.org
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here's the story, you can see an even bigger nice picture of me and nice words about my app and i guess also the other people as well apps.apple.com/story/id1735291814Permalink Look on archive.org
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@AlexisTrust yeah, right!!?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort I'm a gamer. I game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@pillowfort I guess technically I play like 100x more games than before Downpour came out, just cuz I have a look at all the ones people upload.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @elite_gz: the major labels have been getting everything they want from spotify. the demonetization of tracks with under 1000 plays was…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro was it the pandemic? i thought it was all of the stars getting fucked off with their bad & sexist dealsPermalink Look on archive.org
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can you make the perfect cup of tea??? downpour.games/~terry/a-proper-cup-of-teaPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @mtrc: This game is perfect, its takes five minutes and you can play it on your phone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @danhett: GOTYPermalink Look on archive.org
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@danhett yes yes yesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@danhett gotta get the kids into scope creep earlyPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @Glenn_Kipling: This is incrediblePermalink Look on archive.org
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@headfallsoff I'm not proud but when I was ill and bedbound I enjoyed watching through the entirely of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. a lot of the appeal is the presentation of the world as a complicated system that you can slowly understand and master.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@headfallsoff I guess what I'm saying is your critique could also apply to any videogame where the core appeal is learning a made up system and inevitably gaining power and abilities over time. Except without the "having to do stuff" part.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@headfallsoff to be clear: the above comment is totally a diss on videogamesPermalink Look on archive.org
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extremely cute to see both of these games get posted at the same time: downpour.games/~nekokaniclub/five-high-high-five downpour.games/~farfama/high-five-five-highPermalink Look on archive.org
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trans day of visibility and I continue to be a trans person in the world. right now I am failing at throwing some ramen bowls.Permalink Look on archive.org
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moderate success! and there were some glazed little guys (and vase) for me to take homePermalink Look on archive.org
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@dashimaruJPN I'd love this - lemme know if I could do anything to support!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dashimaruJPN @farfama aw! so good to hear from you! glad you enjoyed!!Permalink Look on archive.org
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if I had a little in person Downpour games making meet up at Now Play This one of the weekends, would people come along to that?Permalink Look on archive.org
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iirc, the Giphy acquisition was almost entirely about getting this kind of data on their competitors. @matthew_d_green/1774439806723821792Permalink Look on archive.org
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@florencesn I feel like I don't say this enough, but: damn you're really good at wearing clothesPermalink Look on archive.org
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