RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116285290986207759
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116285290986207759
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
This happened and no one told me:
Permadeath and Fire Emblem (why nobody does it that way):
“every time I ever lost a unit in Fire Emblem, it was because I blundered. I did something stupid that resulted in their death. And, personally, having to live with the consequences of your own stupidity is one of the more painful regrets to carry.”
https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2026/03/thinking-about-permadeath-in-fire-emblem.html
i like making music, i like when people listen to it
please buy my new album, and if you do it on bandcamp leaving a review is helpful
https://shehackedyou.bandcamp.com/album/glitch-wit-h
https://mirlo.space/shehackedyou/release/glitch-witch
thanks <3 sorry for the self-promotion

18 track album
Christine Taxi is about driving a car that repairs itself through pedestrians that don't.
A low-res mashup of Rockstar and Stephen King, exclusively on Pico-8:
How can game designers keep players entertained for long as possible?
RPGs show how goal density is important for game development — at any given point in time, a player needs to have a goal that is immediately attainable.
https://medium.com/ironsource-levelup/secret-power-of-rpg-mechanics-b618c09556d8
Beautiful Glitch (Monster Prom) discusses their custom work to bridge the gap between writers and programmers:
“Consider tool-building part of the general development process – not an annoying detour.”
https://unity.com/blog/monster-prom-building-a-dialog-system-for-a-dating-sim
seeing another round of "don't favorite posts on fedi"
folks it is a kind and lovely thing to favorite someone's post and anyone who tells you not to be kind and lovely has told you something about themself
it's true that it doesn't particulary increase the distribution of your post but the idea that we're all here to get things distributed as far as possible is pretty weird