Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)

@alienmelon
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Slovenian gamedev, i make experimental games and software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker… http://tetrageddon.comhttp://unicornycopia.com 🌈 non-binary they/them 🏳️‍🌈
#gamedev #indiedev #software #opensource #writing #animation #art #tools #desktoppets #artgame #indiegame #netart #weirdweb
Writinghttp://nathalielawhead.com
Gameshttps://alienmelon.itch.io
Portfoliohttp://alienmelon.com
Tetrageddonhttp://tetrageddon.com

imo solo dev has always been the answer to gatekeeping. if you learn to make everything on your own, if you are completely independent and self sufficient… you bypass social dynamics that have the power to exclude or single you out.

if you do everything on your own, nobody can stop you!

choose your fighters*…

🐦‍⬛ a murder of crows

🦜 a pandemonium of parrots

🪿 a gaggle of geese

(*they will not fight each other. they will fight you.)

the Premium Crayon and Kazoo Asset Pack is on sale, accompanied by a jam, and you can save nearly ten thousand dollars! it’s premium too!
https://damonwakes.itch.io/premium-crayon-and-kazoo-asset-pack
“Are you tired of the AAA games industry's incessant push for photorealism at the expense of more interesting styles?”
YES 👏
(via @DamonWakes )
Premium Crayon and Kazoo Asset Pack by Damon L. Wakes

A premium selection of richly textured crayon art assets and sumptuous kazoo sounds.

itch.io
@alienmelon I thought you might like to know about this asset pack I've put together. I'm hoping it (and the accompanying jam) will prompt some strange and amusing projects: https://damonwakes.itch.io/premium-crayon-and-kazoo-asset-pack
Premium Crayon and Kazoo Asset Pack by Damon L. Wakes

A premium selection of richly textured crayon art assets and sumptuous kazoo sounds.

itch.io

Me and @alienmelon
are organizing a free workshop series meant as an intro to
#gamedev where you will make your own walking-sim game in Unreal a span of 8 workshop days over 1 month. It's based in #ljubljana and open to all, with priority given to new game makers that are #flinta or #queer ❤️🚶

More info here: wiki.ljudmila.org/Controllers

the satanist arguing that my work is intrinsically christian, even after i told them i’m not christian, kept arguing that it is and that it’s a valid conclusion to make because i’m “an american”.
so i deleted the comments because it’s my page.
then they got upset that i deleted it “given what the game is about” 🫠

i honestly need the internet to stop 🤦
nobody is cut out for dealing with this much opinion.

AOL discontinued dial up internet just last year 🥲
https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued
idk what’s sadder… the fact that i thought it was dead all along, or the fact that it’s officially gone after lasting this long.
Dial-up Internet to be discontinued

Learn about why dial up internet has been discontinued.

https://help.aol.com/

ok i’m going to leave this (very good) Steam review here… which is the only interpretation of the work that i will presently accept as “nailed it”.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4430780/she_danced_in_the_wind_like_a_holographic_dream_before_the_world_died/

the character murdered was a victim. there is nothing to absolve. it’s the last hate crime. at least i’d think it’s era appropriate given epstein, weinstein, or any number of powerful predators and how the world helps them destroy victims. i think the work is clear about the type of social dynamic? 2/3
good grief when you get a comment to your work that so wildly misinterprets it that you feel icky.
how do you get christian from a commentary on unchecked power & greed? how society destroys itself by enabling powerful people? i mean at least the metaphor between Earth & the poet? the death of art?? 1/3