0x0961h

@0x0961h@peoplemaking.games
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Game developer, programmer (currently: LÖVE / Lua and Odin / Raylib).

I rant a lot about gamedev-related things in-between posts about my project, you have been warned!

Bloghttps://0x0961h.neocities.org
Itch.iohttps://0x0961h.itch.io
Discord Serverhttps://discord.gg/XZ3FcXe2ZF
BlueSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/0x0961h.bsky.social
0x0961hApr 25
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) Apr 25
To love cheese : great
To shred cheese : grater
0x0961hApr 24
Rib Apr 23
Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)

She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded (web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).

So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!
Melissa Lewis (@melissa.news)

TIL: The 2000s piracy PSA used a font designed by the fantastic Just van Rossum, whose brother Guido created the Python programming language. https://fontsinuse.com/uses/67480/piracy-it-s-a-crime-psa

Bluesky Social
0x0961hApr 18
GeePawHillApr 18

How old am I?

I'm so old I remember when Google search provided more value than surveillance advertising.

I'm so old I remember when an operating system was not considered an advertising platform.

I'm so old I remember when "Artificial Intelligence" was a serious enquiry filled with brilliant people, and not a scam machine populated by sleazebags.

I'm so old I remember when "user" didn't mean "product".

I'm so old I remember when "corporation" didn't mean "person".

0x0961hApr 17
zep.p8Apr 17
Trying out outlines combined with other p8scii features for #picotron 0.2.0d. The outline command ("\^o") takes a colour and a bitfield indicating which neighbours to set. This will probably also make it into #pico8 0.2.7 along with rrect()
0x0961hApr 16
David AmadorApr 16

8-9 years ago during a live round-table, I said that game devs had a social responsibility especially towards children, to not put gambling-money-related spending incentive in videogames; and it was dismissed. I was right, this kind of stuff isn't good.

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/almost-19-of-japanese-people-in-their-20s-have-spent-so-much-money-on-gacha-they-struggled-with-covering-living-expenses-survey-reveals/

Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals  - AUTOMATON WEST

Results of a survey regarding the spending habits of young gamers in Japan have been revealed - here's how they spend their money on games.

AUTOMATON WEST
0x0961hApr 15
Jeffool Apr 15

Ubisoft’s Colorblind Simulation Tool, Chroma, Now Available For Public Use

https://lemmy.world/post/28238098

Ubisoft’s Colorblind Simulation Tool, Chroma, Now Available For Public Use - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28238032 [https://lemmy.world/post/28238032]

0x0961hApr 15
Nikita LisitsaApr 14

The best thing about making videogames is that you get to play¹ a lot² of videogames³, which is so exciting ⁴

¹ test, actually
² exactly one, for several years
³ unfinished, raw, or just completely broken versions thereof
⁴ typically boring as hell and exhausting

0x0961hApr 13
Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Apr 13

Hey fedi, so I have this cheap doohickey for using computers away from a desk. It's got a touch pad and keys and is absolutely the right solution for the problem

But it sucks. The keys start bad and if used too much stop registering reliably, the touch pad ain't great, and it keeps losing connection to the dongle despite it being like 8 feet away

Is there some kind of premium version of these that exists? So far I've only ever seen the terrible dirt cheap ones for sale anywhere

(If you don't mind plz boost for reach I am *desperate*)

EDIT: to be clear the handheld/gamepad-like form factor is what makes this work so a more traditionally keyboard shaped device with an additional trackpad isn't really a suitable replacement

0x0961hApr 8
Vertex RageApr 8

If you ever hoped that at some point Epic will clean Fab from AI generated slop, think again :|

#NoAI #ue5 #gamedev

0x0961hApr 8
Joe GroffApr 8
sometimes the ad stops loading at the perfect spot
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Joe GroffApr 8
sometimes the ad stops loading at the perfect spot
Show threadJoe GroffApr 8
a couple people suggested an 88x31. graphics design is my passion only, but seems doable by someone with talent
Show threadmirabilosApr 8

@joe yuk!

Draw the font yourself, pixelating, do not use the text function of the paint program for such small sizes.

Show threadJoe GroffApr 8
@mirabilos unfortunately I have other things to do, so I can only hope my lazy rendition inspires someone to do it justice
Show threadMx. Moriarty 🏳️‍⚧️ ​Apr 8
@joe @mirabilos this is beauty, no notes
Show threadm0xEEApr 8
@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org
You can use the text tool in GIMP, but you have to do it in much higher resolution then scale it down with proper dithering, when done in low resolution directly it's always messy.
Oddly enough, in Photoshop you can do it even in low-res and it looks okay — but it probably just does all those manual steps for you 🤷
Show threadmirabilosApr 8
@m0xEE at that size even that will be too mashed
Show threadFrost, glow wolf 🐺Apr 9
@joe This'd look really good with a pixel font! Try misc-fixed or Terminus (you may have fixed already installed, Terminus should be in packages if you use Linux).
Show threadFrost, glow wolf 🐺Apr 9
@joe Or you could just draw the text! :3
Show threadFrost, glow wolf 🐺Apr 9

@joe It might also look good to add a white or black outline to the outside of the Chrome logo, for additional contrast.

But "graphic design is my passion" has its own charm too, so no need to. :3

Show thread🇵🇸 single use plastique 🏴‍☠️Jul 9
@joe his is isn't bad at all
Show threadViral ObscurityApr 8
@joe truth in advertising right there
Show threadOzzelotApr 8
@joe
Everyone, 2002: You should install anti-spyware.
Everyone, 2022: Our spyware is the best spyware.
Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @joe

Microsoft Defender for endpoints has entered the chat 🙃

Show threadOzzelotApr 8
@project1enigma @joe I didn't know what it is, so I read the Microsoft site... I still don't know what it is and now I have an uneasy feeling in my stomach.
Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @joe

It's a "security solution" apparently. With some kind of "cloud based" dashboards etc.

And with "remote forensics" i.e. RCE as a feature.

Employee privacy is cancelled too.

Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @joe

And yes especially as highly marginalized person (Trump would hate me), and with an US company involved, and of course with closed source. Uneasy feeling in the stomach is an understatement.

Show threadOzzelotApr 8
@project1enigma
This is why, for better or worse, I need to leave IT and never look back. Just so much dependency on (or currently, threat from) US crap...
@joe
Show threadOzzelotApr 8
@project1enigma @joe Although with how IT permeates everything, it feels inescapable sometimes. Sigh.
Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @joe

This is such a mood. Even something seemingly very different like smaller scale organic farming or gardening might be IT infested nowadays. I've read even things with AI there. 🙃

And it's not only US stuff there but the general deterioration. Bloat, inefficiency, snake oil, "rational astrology", security theater etc.

Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @joe

Even where I'm working... Like an in-house non US legacy code base... And not ever getting enough slack to clean that stuff up. Sometimes makes me wanna quit and do whatever the simplest kind of work just to be as far away from this as I can.

Show threadOzzelotApr 8

@project1enigma
Solutions. Clouds. Forensics.

Which way are the woods again? I'd like to become one with them. Just chill with the moss.
@joe

Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @joe

I swear I hear you so much. I'm in for forests with trees and mosses. Perhaps a few nice creeks.

Show threadJordan BiserkovApr 8
@project1enigma @ozzelot @joe
Imagine my disappointment when I found out that the "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" does NOT in fact remove Windows.
Show threadOzzelotApr 8
@jbiserkov
We have a few tools for that. It's called (a plethora of Linux distros, GNU and not, several BSDs, etc)
@project1enigma @joe
Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @jbiserkov @joe

Only for "MDE *for Linux*" entering the chat... 🙃

Show threadfascism is treif (mh break)Apr 8

@ozzelot @jbiserkov @joe

And thing... I mean I called those things "Windows fix kits" years ago...

But things like bloat and monoculture creeping in there too. (Monoculture for example browser engines...)

Show threadm0xEEApr 8
@joe@f.duriansoftware.com
Chrome used to have a top bar notification about it not being the default browser that often got truncated in a funny way and read like "Google Chrome is not a browser" — which is true of course, Google even admits it now 😅
Show threadadison verliceApr 11
@m0xEE Google chrome is built-in malware lol
Show threadToot EngineerApr 8

@joe

need this is 88x31 gif, perhaps the ugly ball thing pops in and out of frame

Show threadVftdanApr 8
@big_louse
I tried
@joe
UPD
Mastodon made it mp4, how do I attach gif?
Show threadvftdanApr 8
*oma seems to not butcher GIFs, so here it is
@vftdan
@big_louse @joe
Show threadvftdanApr 9
Remaster
@vftdan @big_louse @joe
Show threadAlex 🐘Apr 8
@joe LOL
Show threadWooShellApr 8
@joe If ads were honest..
Show threadMatilda LoveApr 8
@joe accidental truth in advertising
Show thread 7222e800 "memdmp"Apr 8
@joe someone needs to turn this into a 80x30 badge
Show threadadison verliceApr 11
@joe Google finally admits chrome is built-in malware
Show threadSnowApr 13
@joe owo I love some good old built-in malware
Show threadTisha TigerJul 9
@joe Honnest ad 👌
Show thread🇵🇸 single use plastique 🏴‍☠️Jul 9
@joe some fedi friends made these a while back, gonna put them on my website
Show thread🇵🇸 single use plastique 🏴‍☠️Jul 9
@joe mastodon hates gifs for some reason but you get the idea