Colin

Unity or Godot are my main guesses.

In Germany, eventually the Nazi party was defeated, destroyed, and no longer exists. I look forward to that future with the Republican party here in the US.

Step one of doing dishes: putting away the dishes from last time 😭

I've switched my main desktop and new gaming laptop from #Windows to #Linux. I used Windows mainly for #game compatibility. However, with Proton advancements in Steam and the increase in ads and poor behavior in Windows, it felt ok to do Linux full time again. So far it's going well.

From the godot community on Reddit: Telekinetic ability preview for my Godot game Explore this post and more from the godot community

Godot can definitely do 3D well (example www.reddit.com/r/godot/s/cL...)

I tried both unity and Godot and I found Godot just made a lot more sense to me. It was very intuitive and easy to learn compared to unity. While there's less resources, the documentation and community are amazing.

What would you call them?

Oh it became a crime scene alright.

Picture of the vision basic box

The vision basic manual inside of the box next to the box cover

5.25" floppy containing vision basic that came inside of the manual.

16GB USB stick with vision basic that came in the package

I bought a copy of #visionbasic for the #commodore64 and it came today and is amazing. A physical box, 352 page user manual, physical 5.25" floppy disk and a USB stick.

The care and craft of this software and package is inspiring.

There always seems to be a large backlash against using #AI for art (which I agree with), and yet that vitriol disappears when talking about AI for coding. Sure, there's the "slop" element of bad, unsafe, hard to maintain code, but a lack of the moral outrage of stealing like you get with art. Why?

Any official updates on the timelines for those who ordered? I know a lot of people are super excited to get their kits.

Yeah, if you murder someone, you should be in jail.

What's so dumb in all of this is ICE is insisting on intentionally hiding their faces with no official identifiers and then get surprised when they try to assault/kidnap people, those people flee from what appear to be dangerous people with guns.

I was shown an ad for the new Commodore 64 Ultimate and I ordered one. While waiting for it to arrive (probably in many months), I've been playing around with an emulator and "dialing" in to a few #BBS still running on #C64 hardware.

Man, I will say it is neat. I think I prefer this over discord.

Stop using #plex. I don't know who needs to hear this, but Jellyfin is free, based on the same code base, and without features gated behind a subscription (also open source!)

Anyone recommend a replacement for a DeathAdder V2 Pro? Mine's wearing out and the future DeathAdders (3 and 4) are crap.

I finally tried out the #Razer #DeathAdder Pro V4. And man, what a downgrade from the V2. I can't believe it ever gets positive reviews.

The battery refuses to charge. It's so light that when plugged into charge, the cable torque can lift it off the desk sideways. It's light and flimsy feeling.

Does Digimon have an online client like Master Duel?

I'm not sure when or why this started, but somehow #AI has become associated with a people to blue gradient.

I'm starting to see a lot of AI things with that splash of color.

I got a recruitment email from DOGE which is hilarious to me. Not only because some Nazi department would think I would want to work for them, but don't do during a government shutdown where they can't pay employees.

Any updates on this? I really enjoyed State of Dev. It was a great thing to watch in the morning with tea. I hope both of you are doing well, and want you to know that there's still interest in this dev series!

Enshitification has been saving me a lot of money recently. First I saved $360 canceling my #xbox ultimate game pass which I've had since launch (and I've had xbox live since beta) due to a 50% price increase. Now I've cancelled #discord nitro because I'm not paying to see ads in my app.

I'm excited for next Wednesday then! I hope you're having a great time in Japan.

Will you be doing a state of dev on Wednesday?

I had to return the MacBook I just bought (without opening it) because they released new AirPods. The computer came with free AirPods and they were updated between the time I ordered and received them. Unfortunately they wouldn't do a swap in store so I have to wait a week for my computer again.

Windows 11 has problems. Pushing ads in the start menu is not ok.

Mac also has issues. The maximize button should not full screen unless you hold a key or hover. The walled garden also isn't great.

Both have issues. I'm hoping Mac will be "good enough".

YouTube video by Jace Varlet Making a Dialog & Localization System in Godot

It was really fun to make. It's based on ideas from Jace Varlet's dialog system that he describes in youtu.be/6BsPkI4pCOI?... and some of his other videos.

I haven't released it or anything since it's just for my project. Theoretically though it should work on any project. There's utilities to pull data out of it which any app could use in code. I hope to use it in any game that requires dialog for myself.

So far mine is a plug-in to Godot. A dialog editor that lets me write dialog, associate it with characters and their images, and create POT files for translations.

I did some research looking for a laptop to program #Godot on and wrote a post about the research process.

I surprisingly went with a MacBook Air M4 due to battery life, build quality, and touch pad controls specifically for Godot and Aseprite.

#GameDev

Damn, I was actually thinking of switching to @proton.me and now I think I have to reconsider. I'm quite disappointed in them, especially with no communication.

As if he hasn't looked like shit in years