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IT'S FINALLY OUT!!!

My first commercial game and my first game under the Ioncom brand. It's an action, roguelite, dungeon-crawler with limited lives and permadeath.

It's currently Linux exclusive, but the source code is available and you should be able to compile it for anything that SFML runs on.

ioncominteractive.itch.io/refr

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I have a lot of ideas when it comes to worldbuilding. I have always been a fan of science fantasy (combining both tropes from sci-fi and fantasy), but I feel like most works haven't embraced both genres to their fullest potential. The original Phantasy Star series is probably the closest because they weren't afraid to actually call magic "magic" instead of "the force" like in Star Wars.

I plan on using these ideas for my dream game (or series), but I'm posting these worldbuilding concepts anyway just in case I never get to creating the game, and I just don't care if other people use these ideas. They most likely have already been done before (in fact I know some of these ideas have been done before). I'm using AI to generate these concepts because I suck at drawing.

Anyway let's begin. First off, I think alien worlds should combine both ancient technology, futuristic technology, and everything in between. Technological progress isn't a linear path, so you shouldn't assume that aliens go through the same technological progression as we do. They might be flying interstellar ships, but they might also still be wielding swords and bows. So you can have spaceships flying over medieval style villages or even mudhuts. Star Wars has basically already popularized this, so this should be a no-brainer, but you can always take it a step further. For example, replace lightsabers with steel swords while still having space travel.

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My political views in a nutshell.

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In case you want to follow me on Nostr, here is my public key:

npub1p254warljd049k4j67aftzzpj6keshfa649uk3uhxea33h2g679snnl0qt

I plan of mostly talking about gamedev stuff on it though. I want a more laid-back experience.

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Fun fact: even I don't know how to pronounce my own username, so feel free to pronounce it anyway you want.

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Apparently the F-Zero X PC Port is out, includes DD content?
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Closing hours and I'm still just fucking around mapping. Gotta finish this up. This is like the last gameplay thing before it's freeze mode. It's complete end-to-end. But the levels need more refinement for gameplay.
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💰 Paper money is political fraud

Depreciate the currency
Pay debts on the cheap
Rob the people in the process

“For where is there greater act of despotism
than that of issuing paper to depreciate
for the paying debts, on easy terms”
-William Grayson

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I do not think it is a big deal that support for those old 486 CPUs is being removed from the current Linux kernel.

I think no one is asking to be able to run the latest Linux 7.** kernel on a 486.

People who are running that hardware are very likely on older versions on Linux (or other retro operating systems) and not looking to run the latest Linux anyway.

However, on the other side of the argument, why remove it? I do not believe there are any pressing security issues with keeping the code that supports those CPUs. If there are problems, they could just be left with notices of what doesn't work for the three people in the world that may affect.

I don't really think it matters either way.

If someone wants to run a current OS on a 486, there's NetBSD.

... but I do not think we should expect to run a current OS on a CPU that old. That's what the 'retro computing' genre is about. Just run an old OS on that hardware.

#retro #Linux #NetBSD
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@mr_penguin

Rolling releases are simply for people with no lives. Get busy for 3 weeks and forget to update and magically you're in dependency hell with a bricked system.

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We just witnessed history!

For the first time ever…

A Git commit happened within TempleOS.
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TFW you want to call-in on a radio show to tell them they are wrong, but you are too much of a potty mouth to legally call-in.

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ocaml unsafe statements are pretty disciplined compared to what ended up happening later

c#/rust: :blobcatsipsweat: we might need to do this so throw in the unsafe block that completely sends everything to hell
ocaml: :neocat_sweat: we might need to do this so throw in a very specific keyword that allows exactly one type of bad behavior locally
c/nim: :comfystoner: safety is an illusion take your life in to your own hands
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@graf
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Cowboys getting married: I now pronounce this town big enough for the two of you
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I'm convinced the human race is suffering from mental retardation.

During the trial of Ian Freeman under the pretense of selling cryptocurrency without a license and somehow being a scammer despite not knowing of some small percentage of customers being directed on behalf of actual 3rd parties scamming people the prosecutor used the argument for why he was somehow responsible by saying "if not for" Ian's actions the victims would not have been scammed. This was an ingenuous, but misleading argument, and utterly illogical.

Well, today I'm reading a post from someone about Flocks cameras and a similar premises that if not for flocks cameras this women would not have been wrongly pulled over twice at gun point by police.

While that may be true the problem was not the cameras here. It was with the data entered into the system identifying her vehicle as being driven by a murder suspect. There are sound arguments for banning flock, but here it requires a more nuanced argument.

It's very similar to the prosecutor's argument with Ian Freeman in the crypto6 case. If Ian hadn't sold the cryptocurrency to the victims who were being scammed by third parties the victims couldn't have lost $$$. Ian didn't know about the scams, didn't partake in the scams, and took reasonable efforts to mitigate the risks under the law (even though the law didn't require it in this instance), but those mitigations were based on a flawed idea in law that this can be mitigated. Individuals are being held to a higher standard than the banks that were used to transfer money by the victims to Ian. Ian never transmitted value on behalf of anyone, only the banks did that.

"This couldn't have happened without Flock's involvement, and it demonstrates the risk to the public."

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@catmanmancat Yep. Gun owners are targets.

Bob Ferguson of WA state, spent millions trying to hem up gun owners going to Oregon and Idaho who were possibly buying high capacity magazines after "his" law passed. Millions spend on WA undercover agents working in border states. Didn't catch shit. Now with new laws, they know who owns guns and Flock helps them track you, even in the border states. Gun ranges and gun stores are heavily covered by flocks.
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Taxation: one single penny - is one too many

That was the warning from John Dickinson about unconstitutional taxes.

He said, “if they have a right to levy a tax of one penny upon us, they have a right to levy a million upon us: For where does their right stop?”

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As much as I want something like this I can’t bring myself to make a buy. I’m still paying for it with my Neo Geo AES+ Ultimate edition preorder awhile back. Plus I’m sure I’d just let it sit and collect dust. 😢 #gamer #gaming #videogames #vidyagames #retrogaming
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I wonder if kids these days know about slenderman. I still see Jeff the killer and smiledog getting brought up every now and then but slenderman's legacy seems to be limited to Minecraft's enderman.

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Codeberg uses Anubis, despite Anubis being against two Codeberg TOS policies:

1. Uses AI generated code
2. Uses cryptocurrency technology (proof of work)

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People are complaining that restaurants now require QR code scanning to view menus. I think it's an over-exaggeration. I've only been to two restaurants that required that (and I will never go to them again).

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Nym

Illinois requires age data collection on all operating systems, including Linux.

Linux is open source and used by privacy advocates, journalists, dissidents and developers worldwide.

Linux communities are already releasing scripts to remove the age fields.

The surveillance state moves as a slow monolith.

Remain agile.
https://bird.makeup/users/lundukejournal/statuses/2085043131330813997

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