xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

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.

https://ioncominteractive.itch.io/refractored-depths

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gaming #indiegames #indie #indiedev #videogames

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.

My political views in a nutshell.

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

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

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

After watching DYKGaming's recent video on the NeoGeo Pocket (Color). I'll take back what I said about it because I regarded it as a disappointment and something only for SNK fans, but I was not aware of some of the unique features like having wireless multiplayer with up to 64 other players, which I think nobody has ever done.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ojxn1ucTX0M

I've also just bought one other game for it today: Fatal Fury Contact and I enjoyed it for what it was. Though the sub battery on my system needs to be replaced. This system requires two separate types of batteries. The sub battery is just a watch battery and it is required for some game's clock functionality. I've ordered a new one and I even plan on using this system as my alarm clock because why not.

Too many IRL happenings made me forget where I was in terms of game development. I also lost even more track with the game itself because I was mostly focused on the level editor.

As much as I enjoy seeing Drew Devault getting a taste of his own medicine, it still doesn't change the fact that the cancel culture isn't going away and the people who are doing it now are probably much worse.

This ideological purity spiraling and bringing unrelated political issues to movements needs to stop and this list of AI-free projects that Drew is blacklisted from is a good example.

Now, I respect anyone's decision to boycott any and all projects/products/services/companies that use AI. In fact, in the coming years we will probably see something like the Non-GMO Project, but for AI. However, once you bring unrelated politics into it, it immediately falls apart and it drives people away from it.

Case in pint, the open-slopware AI-free list has blacklisted Suckless, Cat-V, DHH, and Jack Dorsey. Now, Jack Dorsey seems to be pro-AI, but he is also blacklisted for working on blockchain projects. I guess it never occurred to them that it's possible to be anti-AI but pro-blockchain. Suckless is one that only exists for reasons that seem out of context. One person pointed out that they had a meetup and they hiked with tiki torches, but tiki torches have existed long before C-ville. The other reasons they listed seem to be weak.

And to top it all off the list has badges that say shit like "enbyware" and "sponsored by the gay agenda". Not very helpful for those who just want to live without "AI-slop" and don't care about your other bullshit. Though, if you put your tinfoil hat on for a moment, maybe this is part of the plan. Maybe the AI pushers want you to accept AI in everything so they are going to make these AI-free projects/companies/organizations look unappealing as possible just like how they made organic products be associated with smelly hippies.

https://archive.ph/BfwLb