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This could be of interest to people here: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/390/mastodon-for-python-devs

@mastohost Hey there. Your service looks interesting. Just a question though - are your customers able to export their entire instance (database, I guess?) if they somewhere down the line decide to self-host? I'm currently self-hosted but I might be convinced to move to your service if I know I won't be "locked in" there.

As it happens, I've decided to pretend that it's 1995 and build my own personal website from scratch, except in #Python and #Flask. I've heard a lot about interconnected #indyweb sites, but I don't know how that works - will have to look into it.

How do you plan the implementation of an interesting turn-based combat system in a world where most gamers prefer fast-paced action?

https://enfors.medium.com/blind-luck-mud-development-diary-entry-7-combat-planning-f860f3e6e412

#python

Text-based games should take care to remain accessible to the #visuallyimpaired who use screen reading software. In this entry in my ongoing series of articles about my #Python project Blind Luck MUD, I write about the implementation of two simple commands that can make a lot of difference for how accessible a MUD is.

This is the second article in a row of mine that have been curated by Medium staff.

https://enfors.medium.com/blind-luck-mud-development-diary-entry-6-blind-mode-2a0f12871567

Do characters in roleplaying games really need genders? That is the topic I explore in Blind Luck MUD Development Diary Entry 5.

https://enfors.medium.com/blind-luck-mud-developer-diary-entry-5-gender-in-games-3642dffaadd5

#python #evenna #gamedev #gender

I've posted Entry 4 in my Blind Luck MUD Development Diary. Feel free to read it and let me know what you think!

https://enfors.medium.com/blind-luck-mud-development-diary-entry-4-rooms-991c730de946

#python #MUD #roleplaying #evennia #visuallyimpaired

I've posted Entry 3, in my ongoing Blind Luck MUD Development Diary. In this entry, I go over the newly added support for gaining experience points and levels, and how you can increase your stats at each level.
https://enfors.medium.com/blind-luck-mud-development-diary-entry-3-experience-levels-stats-e5168cc53c26
#python #evennia #visuallyimpaired #blind #gamedev #MUD

#nerdalert #linux

I just had a legitimate usecase for the text editor "ed", which is the predecessor for "ex", which is the predecessor for "vi" (read: ed is *really* old). I wanted to add some lines to a text file from my terminal window, but I didn't want to start vi because then I'd no longer see the lines I wanted to add (copy & paste is cheating).

I thought it was funny. I'll show myself out.
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