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Nothing inserting not just bloatware, but full on lock screen ads and Facebook tracking in the next version of OS is a stark example, especially because it's happening so out of nowhere and after building a huge part of the image on "no bloat" messaging

1X111 by @abagames.bsky.social
one of the classic japanese game hobbiests, Kenta Cho recently tied together 111 of his single-button games into an old-school wario-ware you can play on your phone (he's been making tiny free games since the 80s)

abagames.itch.io/1x111

did the responsible thing and closed the game to draw this instead of beating my head against a boss i’m too tired to fight for another half hour

So I made the smallest game I could.

This is sapito, a tiny daily classic roguelike, with a new level every day. Super simple, but finished! My plan is to keep updating it over time.

joaosdev.itch.io/sapito

Pixel art by @datagoblin.bsky.social and the whole game is inspired by 1 of their mockups.

An alternative question: is there any section/boss/part of Silksong that you personally would prefer to be even harder?

Silksong and other hard games can be genuinely frustrating at times: sometimes it's intentional, sometimes it's an oversight. How do you distinguish between those? Is there a point in trying to distinguish those at all?

Congratulations! What did your total playtime end up being?

I played through Hollow Knight a couple of times, but that was a long time ago and I purposefully didn't play it again before Silksong — and I also felt Silksong was harder. To me it felt way more inviting at the very-very beginning, but then it ramped up the "no mistakes allowed" really fast

You can also then wake up from the nap and play some videogames while eating ice cream (source: experience)

What's your favorite little mechanical change from Hollow Knight? Movement, combat, economy, charms system, weapons system — anything counts.

I feel like just studying changes between Hollow Knight and Silksong can make you a better game designer. The way a couple of small changes completely alter the gameplay flow and focus points is mesmerizing.

I was really afraid of the back leg of Portal, where you have to go through some backrooms with pipes and stuff. I think it just was a sudden change from the sterile first half which started to feel cozy by the end.

Compactors are the silliest machine yet deadliest. It probably won't catch you, but if it does — you are done in a very unflattering way, ironically

Brian on a clouded sunset background with the text "the crushing weight of two extremely manageable tasks at once"

a 3D maze with a cute li'l blob. it says "You encounter a SMALL BLOB. It jiggles menacingly."

The Paper Apps™ LABYRINTH proc-gen code is almost done!

Here's an example of one of the many exciting things that could happen to YOU if you get a copy!

Kickstarter begins next week. Check it out: kickstarter.com/projects/brintown/paper-apps-labyrinth

#procgen #kickstarter

Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?) We let Claude run a small shop in the Anthropic office. Here's what happened.

Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine business at their HQ.

People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss.

www.anthropic.com/research/pro...

Throwing a massive sale on Steam and itch! Get picoCAD as well as all my games for really cheap!

Steam store.steampowered.com/bundle/38093...
Itch itch.io/s/155911/sum...

#pixelart #gamedev #screenshotSaturday

If I ever have enough money I'd love to develop and try to sell (in very-very small quantities) a hardware device. I've always loved fiddling with software, but hardware feels like "they made software into a real thing"

Reacting to posts/messages with whatever emoji is perfect UI, no notes. People didn't know back then, but all those hundreds of emojis were created just for this, for tiny reactions under the message. And it should be everywhere. Why is there only a like on bluesky still?

Conspiracy theory: Apple's Liquid (gl)ass is this complex for many reasons and it's very intentional, but one of the reasons is how you basically can't reproduce it in CSS. If you want the native look, you can't use Electron and are basically forced to develop native apps.

I'm feeling a strong urge to write the very first proper blogpost in my life, and the theme is "my window management manifesto". Which tracks, I guess.

thought this was really beautiful

Start using en-dashes, confuse both people and robots alike, 9–5 sun–sat.

I am disappointed in the AI discourse steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am...

Or the channel might've changed something after you subbed (name, profile picture, title of the video that made you sub, its thumbnail...), or they just didn't post for a very long time. YT is an endless, never consistent stream of information, and it almost gives it some "dream-like" qualities imo

Meme in the style of "you wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign that says "you wouldn't overscope a project"

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic is reportedly fast.

I also do this! I'd rarely go to some older recording, but a recent one? It gets at least 3 plays for me. I feel like it taps into something about me now being very used to podcasts, plus an act of speaking (thinking about phrasing) is very engaging, and probably plus a lot of other things