FOSS 2D platformer "Spinny the runner: mechanical menace" has been updated to version 0.4.3. This update adds new bonus stage music, new physics, new hud information, and more. Spinny the runner: mechanical menace was made using the FOSS LÖVE 2D game engine. The code is licensed using GPLv3.0. The game is available for downlaod from it's Codeberg repo and is available in .apk, .deb, .rpm, and as an App Image which should cover pretty much any Linux distro.
The source code is available on Codeberg:
https://codeberg.org/glitchapp/Spinny-the-runner
The release notes for this update are available here:
I'm volunteer tutoring some high school students in #math at the local library.
I want to make it engaging for them, so I'm thinking about gamifying it. Any ideas? I'd prefer not to do individual rankings.
I was thinking maybe something TTRPG-like, where a character's success on beating the enemy depends on how many kids show up, what questions they bring to the tutoring session, and how well they engage. Struggling to work out the details though.
Thoughts?
This week's donation was to the Nitrux project. Nitrux is a Linux distro that is based off Debian and uses it's own desktop called NX Desktop which is based off KDE Plasma. It has no package manager and uses App Images instead although you can also use Flatpaks and setup other programs if need be. Nitrux uses OpenRC for it's init system, the Liquorix Kernel, and uses the EXT4 file system. It's a unique distro that is worth a look.
The main website for the project is here:
The source code is avaialble on Github:
The project has a presence on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.cloud/@ Nitrux_NX
If you wish to help the project financially they accept donations through Open Collective and Ko-fi:
today:
* fixed #fedora #openqa container compose test for a required syntax change in the kiwi call
* saw it broke *again* later in the day which sent me and @Conan_Kudo down a fun ISO spec rabbit hole, bodged it for now with https://pagure.io/fedora-kiwi-descriptions/pull-request/75
* fixed a bug in my compose metadata keep changes and got them merged to all release branches - https://pagure.io/pungi-fedora/pull-request/1321 etc.
* finished mwclient integration test PR, fixed another bug on the way - https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/pull/352 , https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/pull/353
Flipping the Script: Exploring New Paradigms in Secure Mobile Computing
https://puri.sm/posts/flipping-the-script-exploring-new-paradigms-in-secure-mobile-computing/
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Thanks to Thilo, developer of @Monal, Quicksy is now available on iOS!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quicksy/id6538727270
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I have been gaming since 1992 and building PCs since 2003. I enjoy Linux, supporting FOSS projects and am a tinfoil hat connoisseur.
Many FOSS projects rely on donations. If you have money to spare but don't know which to donate to take a look at the above links on Ko-fi, Github, and Open Collective. Anything on there that I have sponsered or contributed to is something I have found to be worthy.