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@pawlicker @admin @ArdainianRight @rasterman How many Poast users even have alts on other sites? It seems like the vast majority don't even consider checking out other instances or hosting their own. I think the problem is that Poast users think other instances "aren't based enough" for them.

Even the other "free speech" instances (including the ones that are actually more free than Poast) have libertarians, trannies, people who mostly don't care about politics/the culture war, etc which they despise, so it seems like they won't even touch them. But then again, those other instances hate Poast because admittedly the Fedi was a lot more laid-back before Poast arrived.

Honestly, this is why I think twtxt is potentially better than the Fedi. It just being a text file hosted on any web server means that it's much easier to host. You can host it on a static-website or a git repository as opposed to setting up a Mastodon, Pleroma, GNU Social, etc server.

@ArdainianRight @rasterman @admin To be fair, he does actually encourage his users to start their own instances if they have the technical knowledge. But Poast does give me honeypot vibes. Apparently, it was hosted on Oracle's servers (remember that Oracle has worked with the CIA) and sites with a culture like Poast tend to be honeypots.

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You can chalk this up as part of the "austerity is good actually, only chuds complain about it" playbook
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gamedev 

Enemies are no longer hard coded into the map. They are now loaded from the map file. Ignore the enemy placement. It moved before I could take the screenshot. (My screenshot utility is probably delayed)

The first two numbers defined the level width and height.

The block of numbers are the tiles.

Everything after that are objects. They are listed by object type and then the x and y coordinates.

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@rasterman @ChristiJunior @Kyonko802 @Tamamo
>That game would probably be seen as problematic by Matt the tranny now.

That game sounds more like some vegan commie commentary on how capitalism is abusive towards animals, even if you do play as the villain.

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A friend of mine (not on fedi) is currently looking to promote the games he makes, which are all currently non-commercial. He regularly releases beta versions of his newest game, first to supporters and a bit later to the general public, while the finished ones are available for download.
Since there are a few people here into indie games, I'll be posting a list of links to his work.

Feel free to share this post if you think your followers might find it interesting.

Games
https://gamejolt.com/@XryEcho
https://xryecho.itch.io/
Twitter
https://twitter.com/XryEcho
Donations
https://ko-fi.com/xryecho
https://www.patreon.com/xryecho

Latest release trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDp_bStNfE

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>only two gender options

I see that there is still some sanity left in you.

@Kyonko802 @ArdainianRight @ChristiJunior @rasterman @Tamamo Making games might not be their full-time job. I never heard of anyone making a living off of selling games on itch.io. The market is way to saturated to make a living unless you go viral or are already established.

@rasterman @ChristiJunior @Kyonko802 @Tamamo
Well if @ArdainianRight would stop being a console peasant, he would probably give it a chance.

It's just a Xevious inspired shmup. Nothing really special, but my point is that you can find some non-pozz out there if you know where to look, even if involves searching hours on itch.io and the Indie Game's Database (I think they're still around).

A lot of video game related imageboards have /agdg/ threads where indie and hobbyist gamedevs show off their games. You can also check there. There are even the lulz-games that you are talking about.

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@PhenomX6 If he's so concerned about overpopulation, shouldn't he love covid for allegedly depopulating the world so much?
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@lanodan My dad was the only one with a smartphone or a laptop for the longest time. I didn't get a laptop until 2013. I got my first smartphone around 2015.

@lanodan No because for a long time all are Wi-Fi was ever used for was online Mario Kart DS matches.

@shebang I had a B&W Kindle back in 2012. It had a browser. I didn't think it supported animated GIFs though, but I remember that scrolling on the thing causes a lot of ghosting.

Honestly, it kind of reminds me of that shitty Game.com handheld with it's abysmal refresh rate.

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Animations on eInk have an earie quality to them. The display looks almost identical to paper, so seeing a moving object on it feels unnatural lol
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