I know there's many, many serious and complex reasons to hate American prisons but the idea of charging imprisoned people for and then taking away a free open source strategy game for no discernible reason is uniquely vexing. How dare the prisoners have fun. https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/03/31/popular-video-game-banned-federal-prisons/
#prison #prisonreform #prisonabolition #opensource #opensourcegames #mindustry
@Hyperlynx Challenging (not only mechanically) video games tend to be nice for getting better at things other than just the games themselves in a way that can be hard to know exactly where it'll lead in advance.
Remembering that time where We got into #Mindustry for a while and ended up getting better at cleaning things up offline because it turned to be a similar exercise of actively considering the space elements take and the purpose they fulfill.
And, yeah, makes total sense that a game that encourages a healthy relationship to dealing with frustration ends up affecting that beyond just the gameplay, too.
Remembering this research study (of a small sample size) that compared a group of folks who were given a brain training game with another that was given Portal 2, and the group with Portal 2 ended up showing a better response to cognitive tests. https://myweb.fsu.edu/vshute/pdf/portal.pdf
Don't forget! Tomorrow is our onFOSS event with a lovely co-op theme this time. Join us to play #LibreQuake, #SuperTuxKart, #HurryCurry, #Mindustry, #Teeworlds DDRace mode, and #NaziZombiesPortable
https://onfoss.org/news/2025/11/22/Next-event-December-6th.html
I the loving memory of Sonoj Convention. It did not materialize this year. Enjoy my last year's presentation:
https://media.ccc.de/v/sonoj2024-2403-bespoke-synth-live-music
In the above prebestation I demo and teach the basics of Bespoke Synth - a libre music playground / modular "DAW"(ish) / live music performance powerhouse / generative music composition tool, and digital sound tinkering kit.
https://bespokesynth.con
#SonojConvention #BespokeSynth #FOSS #audioProduction #MusicProduction #Factorio #Mindustry #FOSSaudio #OpenSource
Habe mir in #Mindustry mit zwei Prozessoren und einer Speicherzelle eine Stromanzeige gebaut.
Bin ich jetzt schon Data Scientist?
Finally took the time to document the little utility I built two years ago to be able to use NAT-PMP to be able to host locally and play with remote friends/relatives.
BTW Mindustry is a great game.
Many games have some form of support for local or LAN multiplayer. This can be quite practical when all the players are in the same place, but is not useful when playing with remote people. I developed a simple Linux tool that in the right conditions, enables you to make your locally-hosted game accessible over the public internet, at no additional cost.
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