Nathalie Lawhead

i just shoehorned a save system into my already nearly finished and functionally complex game. it was surprisingly survivable 🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂

((i never know what’s better. to do state saving at the very end, or as you build. either is a brain breaker.))

This is so peak, I'm still waiting for Chapter II.

i think now that i know Unreal it would be hilarious to just skip to chapter 6 (or a very high number) and it’s an unhinged first person shooter, story is an obvious progression of *something*. when people ask about the other chapters… no we don’t talk about those.

i miss the physical world. digital just escalated and empowered greed so much that it seems to prefer grifters rather than humans.

i’m at a point where i’d rather barter (if not cash).

Artists can't pass the same 20 dollars around in a circle if every time it changes hands another chunk gets eaten by middlemen.

oh man this metaphor 🥲

killing cash was a mistake. you can't take cuts from cash. you can even avoid taxes with cash (not recommended but possible). if you have cash, every penny stays yours.
please... i want to be "left behind"

also lets not start talking about EU tax laws and how digitizing everything just made everything more complicated because you have to have digital IDs for everything also for apps that are constantly breaking... but ok technology is important you don't want to be "left behind"

i say this after my face ID got locked from the bank app, resulting in me getting locked out of my bank, because i got logged out of google and couldn't get the 2FA, because the authenticator app logged me out and 2FA can't get sent to my international phone number so...

i work incredibly hard for every penny i make then...
the storefront takes a cut, the payment processor takes a cut, paypal takes a cut, the bank takes a cut, the credit card takes a cut, the currency conversion takes a cut, then the taxes take a big cut.

I started writing this article back in june or july, then it got postponed because I was asked to give a talk, then life just kinda started to happen and whatever now it's done and so far i am happy you all enjoy it <3

YouTube video by Dia Lacina Let's Play Blade Runner - Episode 1

It's time for a NEW adventure!

Come watch as @shirokumahi.me and I ACAB our way through this real-time procedural adventure in the grim, racist cyberpunk vision of Los Angeles, 2019 as only Westwood Studios could deliver in 1997.

It's BLADE RUNNER time!

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YouTube video by Amy Kate Alexander Pacific Drive (or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Zone)

I'm gonna need several thousand more of you to watch @itsmeamykate.bsky.social's Pacific Drive video if you know what's good for you.

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Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Productions went big on CD-ROM, as seen by this 1996 CD-ROM Today article about their star-studded 'psychedelic Myst' debut title, 9.

it's easy and it gets easier (nilson)

"unplugged"

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it does always mean a lot when a journalist reaches out to say that they condemn how i was treated and that they’re sorry. it makes the space feel less unsafe, like at least here’s another who’s work is safe to follow because they have a conscience. it means a lot to be reminded there are good ones*

imo performance is an accessibility issue, so it’s important to do my best to include clunky computers :)

i have great dev news! i did a TON of bug fixing these last few days and playtested it to death. it actually runs in my old Dell now!!! i was able to play it to completion. if it runs on that machine… then i’m calling that a performance win. 🎉
(optimization victory)

HTML5 Reader for Electric Zine Maker by Jeremy Oduber Easily display your zines on itch.io

OOOH i found this digital electric zine maker that only uses javascript and image files!! jeremyoduber.itch.io/js-zine

done! thank you!

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All submissions unapproved by Febr 6 will be pruned so the bundle can start on time on Feb 9. Please share for visibility & tell your friends who joined the bundle

i have great dev news! i did a TON of bug fixing these last few days and playtested it to death. it actually runs in my old Dell now!!! i was able to play it to completion. if it runs on that machine… then i’m calling that a performance win. 🎉
(optimization victory)

My theory remains that the turning point for technology into the dross that it is today was the iPhone and Facebook.

But that's the thing though right, flash was basically Photoshop that made videogames??? We had a fucking Photoshop that could make videogames and they decided to take it away from us because fuck you that's why.

yay thank you 😊🙏

i agree lol. stylized lighting is everything!

your portmantblue is perfect! :D
(ok i tried)

brutalist architecture illuminated by a blue glow. The angle of camera is looking upward.

brutalist architecture illuminated by a blue glow. The angle of camera is horizontally, facing the buildings.

a couple screenshots from testing today. sharing here before deleting. #GameDev

brutalist architecture illuminated by a blue glow. The angle of camera is looking upward.

brutalist architecture illuminated by a blue glow. The angle of camera is horizontally, facing the buildings.

a couple screenshots from testing today. sharing here before deleting. #GameDev