2026-03-17T17:48:48Z https://yabu.me Eniko Fox https://yabu.me/npub193hvtgq03yy7p96q3u4cuwjnuj4rzt2a2f9gjezmtfen4dv08xtslsphpn https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/114/482/863/960/229/387/original/5dd3cda413077254.png https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/114/482/863/960/229/387/original/5dd3cda413077254.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspp4zt8zzt9qnjacccan3gf5qwja5cq0cx7swl4aruvlesctahslqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew2af5rn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz3smxdshlextc3sm7c9c4lu74wk8j9ufsn9u98jkyxvu53jzl8kc469r8l'>nevent1q…9r8l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>was commenting my code for future reference and it helped me find a subtle bug<br/><br/>yet another reason why comments are helpful: having to explain your code in comments helps you find bugs by having to reason through it 2026-05-07T17:47:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3smxdshlextc3sm7c9c4lu74wk8j9ufsn9u98jkyxvu53jzl8kczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew00tcwd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8k62zu2sywzkqkxydur97d43hsr802qz93p0xprhelfga8gg9fqcj4n5n'>nevent1q…4n5n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>aseprite is a fucking treasure<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/534/111/176/226/566/original/a539526c10c21078.png"> <br/> 2026-05-07T15:57:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv8k62zu2sywzkqkxydur97d43hsr802qz93p0xprhelfga8gg9fqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewdawgd8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j4rpxp5mmgsfukn6ax3v86qe9drp7ajwqwfw7lrzvj7ktw3atrq6tn4yp'>nevent1q…n4yp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>okay i have the color crumnching aseprite lua script done. it even has a nice live preview and generates only a single undo state<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/534/093/953/647/917/original/10774140f15d4c16.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-05-07T15:53:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9j4rpxp5mmgsfukn6ax3v86qe9drp7ajwqwfw7lrzvj7ktw3atrqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewe6ck2e RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116533043636034258">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116533043636034258</a><br/><br/>so next i have to convert my color crunching utility to lua so i can use it as an aseprite script<br/><br/>and then another one that crops and saves all the frames with position information<br/><br/>so many scripts 😩<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1xa6zfxl9pg2equ6pslfzw4h8u8w0yg9fj3lfjr4clel3vcurcphsm8gwj8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1xa6…gwj8</a></span><br/> </div> okay that wasn't actually so bad except for the whole having to use python thing<br/><br/>behold, moving cube!<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/533/041/455/460/054/original/f02d75192b51b71f.mp4"></video><br/> </blockquote> 2026-05-07T12:11:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwapyn0js59vswdqc05382mn7rh8jyz5egl5ep6u0ulckvwpuqmczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewf4w33s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrtm60svm808794sjt0em6uvd79p925zpruq7304ernfj7qdapndqpx9640'>nevent1q…9640</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>okay that wasn&#39;t actually so bad except for the whole having to use python thing<br/><br/>behold, moving cube!<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/533/041/455/460/054/original/f02d75192b51b71f.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-05-07T11:25:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrtm60svm808794sjt0em6uvd79p925zpruq7304ernfj7qdapndqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewa2gujy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j9rkyvrhr9eh4j6a5njk69kqw0zcalz3hlg866nrnfud2u7j4mc4nq52m'>nevent1q…q52m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s no way to procrastinate out of this. doing it manually would take 35 passes at render and save to file. in the same time i did that i could write the whole script<br/><br/>but it&#39;s blender. and it&#39;s python. and i don&#39;t want to 😩 2026-05-07T09:39:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9j9rkyvrhr9eh4j6a5njk69kqw0zcalz3hlg866nrnfud2u7j4mczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uueweavr3h oh god i&#39;m going to have to make a python script for blender to render out all the wall tiles for You Have Died&#39;s dungeon view 2026-05-07T09:24:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8rqvrgvare7z706tlrgecgu5t0h0nvgv44dsapjjezpkqyh0fcvszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7cklwt RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116527556547726350">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116527556547726350</a><br/><br/>So anyway this is what the dungeon looks like in the game where you get isekaid into a fox girl in an all girl dungeon town where you get to date the cute shopkeepers<br/><br/>No, I don&#39;t see any tonal whiplash there, why do you ask<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note16k2f7yu5am8p4pzmqc203zzsnasz7ugk0wtqyfjser6jdn32nzlquw0htf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note16k2…0htf</a></span><br/> </div> added a ceiling to the crumnchy dungeon view i'm working on for You Have Died<br/><br/>#GameDev #PixelArt<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/527/549/970/861/810/original/b8e7062335ec7472.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-05-06T16:20:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdt9ylzw2wans6s3dsv98c3pgf7cp0wyt8h9szyegv3afxec4f30szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewdefrjf added a ceiling to the crumnchy dungeon view i&#39;m working on for You Have Died<br/><br/>#GameDev #PixelArt<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/527/549/970/861/810/original/b8e7062335ec7472.png"> <br/> 2026-05-06T12:10:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsds884lgaqkvkzw98wu6n5e2mq4qp9csk4jrr3lkujymz6xhkk5gczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewygjx6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmxj7rcykkw722lnjjn3wvyvffh6tajdnzd8tyj374yrmywtnzlqtcrt3l'>nevent1q…rt3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;eniko are you joking about this&#34;<br/><br/>i&#39;ll get back to you 2026-05-06T08:38:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmxj7rcykkw722lnjjn3wvyvffh6tajdnzd8tyj374yrmywtnzlqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew8a3qek abandoning my career as a gamedev to start one of those youtube channels about making environment renders in blender 2026-05-06T08:21:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspylm52ucsjs0adeffzdt9szr6xesuwqqn6qq0fvcgh84n5n5t7tczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewn6r2uj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswpprq9jg437r003484g56ahxy202mej582c8twvyygaz3w6vn9wgl7sjvp'>nevent1q…sjvp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh yeah this is really comin&#39; together now :D<br/><br/>(floor temporarily mirrored to create a ceiling for effect)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/522/630/922/986/742/original/ec640b35f85328a5.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T15:18:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswpprq9jg437r003484g56ahxy202mej582c8twvyygaz3w6vn9wgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew34n847 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva0zt4jp8tq2975j3k0f65y79q6kzq528cqumfjv6mxck5l834rg20n6qd'>nevent1q…n6qd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i made the grout a lighter color before but that was a mistake. it looks much better at this low res if it&#39;s much darker<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/822/126/611/878/original/7036b0e037f48b12.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T11:52:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva0zt4jp8tq2975j3k0f65y79q6kzq528cqumfjv6mxck5l834rgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewu8kd9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv4lztfe6zqezfl44w2puvk24mgk8k3af6w97clv07mrm5uu8w8ckjek2v'>nevent1q…ek2v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah this is kinda doing it for me, actually<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/758/269/121/074/original/37001a3aa2896f5b.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T11:36:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdv4lztfe6zqezfl44w2puvk24mgk8k3af6w97clv07mrm5uu8w8czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewyzgta2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdw2kwzny38pkds7dspze9ghulsyzqwlrz7c830nsx0dcuxshcdpccctvzl'>nevent1q…tvzl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>woof. that is *mighty* crunchy<br/><br/>... but i don&#39;t hate it?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/727/457/749/444/original/0b9f9c51b3931993.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T11:28:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdw2kwzny38pkds7dspze9ghulsyzqwlrz7c830nsx0dcuxshcdpczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7a7h8g moved my wall tile into my blobber dungeon rendering setup. had to replace the mist pass with compositor nodes. but the dungeon view for You Have Died is starting to shape up<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/521/660/034/361/070/original/b3464057a6dbcf71.png"> <br/> 2026-05-05T11:11:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9e6tn22lyueu0aeh0zh0tdvemyhv3kyhlgzzcukn0d9nh2sy0smszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewdr2w6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyk459x5alzv68ged33klryfgr9ses2hhda0mwgz3dlz7mtp7q49qwwsez0'>nevent1q…sez0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah I don&#39;t think dual booting works anyway. I always hear about people talking about how stuff gets messed up<br/><br/>So I run windows on my workstation and Linux everywhere else &gt;_&gt; 2026-05-05T07:05:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8pjzclnpzumgqdtj33fugvuxep4a7t9cuy26qxc5ltuhxm3kvhyqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uueweqg29r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxartes4z7e3rtzky08fjvhfqd9d2hthhfxhv2fmew0xeshn54e8cm3xvcl'>nevent1q…xvcl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for my 2012 laptop mint worked way better than bazzite which likely isn&#39;t terribly useful but it is a data point 2026-05-05T06:43:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8r2tnxawm9f3sx3gpdheh6nh8u56syjlx9vgcs76k5w2gstk054gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewuacneg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf6la7wuyuqjp2g6m0tlk5t8ydfhatuf2j4a7m6ktgq8xc0uqxmscznkrsu'>nevent1q…krsu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ranting about C/C++ being terrible, though, which has merit 2026-05-04T15:01:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf67vxmrj3ut2ahtqga2qqjyh78jg4kp93rp2e9fq05drqrv4mssszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewmy9jvg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08rfpmkrfpc7z0ye2h84nmp72004qmlcqrw0rc86h4mqkvuax80q7mp2sg'>nevent1q…p2sg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh yes i absolutely did that<br/><br/>its very funny 2026-05-04T14:35:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs90tx63u5z8ekg9t2gnu8qedv6cjg6ezmpkpxyny8s7eaz2jxhxpgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew00qtdl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsftrn2tknu0ejq0c7y8paxcqysymfupgppkxandy77ku02zg23p4qzrfzza'>nevent1q…fzza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you love to see it :D 2026-05-04T13:19:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsps9uxhmz5reh7p3h8v89qmkrrf4l09tf9s3gugpexykcwtd5mpkszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewky66g2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tehlej4cj8e539p9rqsvz4jnmda7tm6vwnsw2dnpdqywcssqa0qesqtp8'>nevent1q…qtp8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some of the more active folks in my feed off the top of my head<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y5k0awx64gpj6gyq88sr2nwlh9cz4a6tnx9k3fw4360aq45nafdqnd9wnk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Megan Fox</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y5k…9wnk</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r47xjtws6p6wmjtzusaawe5nuzqkr05rkms4fuh44xk36f4vywlqel2w6p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alien Bob but also</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r47…2w6p</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vh5wrsqqcwcmyujgpfdjh6qymt5wghvrge4tnjlaytwqw38mlpysj2r3th" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gabriele Svelto</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vh5…r3th</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>[@alice_watson](<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@alice_watson">https://infosec.exchange/@alice_watson</a> )<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1g8xss90hlwac30xt8f53wnczr3mnr6mud4js95qwtyfy6nd95r0q9r7wul" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️</span> (<span class="italic">npub1g8x…7wul</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ycvj968p0kv4y48g4tvmph87vz0vc3sh9tzxmq2acmwgwzv4v5pq94j9p5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ycv…j9p5</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub139cpf9jkc4swjvx40eqt7dwznkgznpa280nhuhs580h3zzqd4s3qnsw37s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>aeva</span> (<span class="italic">npub139c…w37s</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s7thnp4t2vyjn7a2tsa2q8s4rc6wu9ekvh3sejfjtjl4f9uv7drqe3xfa0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nikita Lisitsa</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s7t…xfa0</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>[@nina_kali_nina](<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina">https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina</a> )<br/><br/>[@ifixcoinops](<a href="https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops">https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops</a> )<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15tfqty56xd5w7g4a0zzpsfzlwtvstfrn6q4l3rlv99t00hhwqcvq5tera8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Brianna Townsend</span> (<span class="italic">npub15tf…era8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16kg9lwzqksrhasxqtasrey5dhz7dkyur86xtupw08ayxppqkj47smwafn8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:</span> (<span class="italic">npub16kg…afn8</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1urx3t48an3pv2vh37akfaks6ty5aujgslfccaa2g4egmam4c2czqg3v0z4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Christine Lemmer-Webber</span> (<span class="italic">npub1urx…v0z4</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1h80lu7h64v3w8sxdue77v9tlzup2f97epujpe4sq8p4zrxre4v2sgpvdl2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Clarissa | making Enigma Heart</span> (<span class="italic">npub1h80…vdl2</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1q8txha4xp6yxhmmlcmv9hakla8adf062uhewtkx76s3dhwy4hu3qw5hhsh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>molegato</span> (<span class="italic">npub1q8t…hhsh</span>)</a></span> 2026-05-04T13:11:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspme3x59la3fw5gvpxxg3l48cemyj6y9ccu0y82u9ej9g88mar3rqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxnkh24 creating your own business which then employs you, thus granting you access to all the things in society unnecessarily gatekept behind conventional employment feels like a cheat code 2026-05-04T12:30:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvywzru5ezggs858tq5jtxsede6zjun9gvzcdf4awc5z86rh8afczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew89ep3n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2jju2sc7a5qfj58l50llu0j5dx0swg4035epner3d74zlas4h2g37qmkm'>nevent1q…qmkm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>idk man i just think telling people who long for the days when the social contract hadn&#39;t been irrevocably and unequivocally broken that they&#39;re stupid is mean spirited and counterproductive 2026-05-03T10:28:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2jju2sc7a5qfj58l50llu0j5dx0swg4035epner3d74zlas4h2gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7l9785 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspv4ey39u3w03kwlgd8j3ecqmlw0c675qr5f8wl0huw42s3jw2klgm2y9kc'>nevent1q…y9kc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and if you&#39;ll excuse me continuing my rant a little longer, i think this attitude dangerously normalizes all the fucked up bullshit we&#39;re living through now in the name of cynically going &#34;are you stupid? things have always sucked, actually&#34; 2026-05-03T10:17:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv4ey39u3w03kwlgd8j3ecqmlw0c675qr5f8wl0huw42s3jw2klgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewd0vgx8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ga8lvkf4837qn6m0q77tkp4lwr6fpdjz4rlqjkds5c3h0ykk3eq3zskkn'>nevent1q…skkn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>its not something imaginary when people feel the weight of 30 years of global hollowing out of institutions, reductions in social safety nets in the name of austerity, and the rapacious pursuit of capital at all costs 2026-05-03T10:15:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ga8lvkf4837qn6m0q77tkp4lwr6fpdjz4rlqjkds5c3h0ykk3eqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewkjuna2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93qawnlagmxxwga2eenmdtlsp06a3v2m3atyg2jn2gcjzyv3ntlcgqrtpt'>nevent1q…rtpt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>like yeah things weren&#39;t perfect and in many ways things weren&#39;t good, they were outright bad, even! but in many ways the 90s were not the kind of dystopia we find ourselves in today and maybe you shouldn&#39;t be condescending people about that 2026-05-03T10:06:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93qawnlagmxxwga2eenmdtlsp06a3v2m3atyg2jn2gcjzyv3ntlczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewduje7h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9dwwd8uhx9na780eujdjtyr06uj6f3sfkgwx80t0yke7q59kp5s9u267y'>nevent1q…267y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and i&#39;m certainly not the only elder millennial (or gen x-er) i know with stories about how certain things were measurably less bullshit then 2026-05-03T10:04:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9dwwd8uhx9na780eujdjtyr06uj6f3sfkgwx80t0yke7q59kp5szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew3nrf90 i object to the whole &#34;90s nostalgia is just cause you were a kid and unaware of how terrible everything was&#34; because yeah, maybe<br/><br/>but in the 90s what nazis did was still very much living memory and people knew what you do to them. also technology actually was a source of life improvements and optimism instead of whatever the fuck this techno-fascist hype cycle bullshit we have now is<br/><br/>my home country the netherlands hadn&#39;t been hollowed out by decades of neoliberal bullshit<br/><br/>i could keep going 2026-05-03T10:02:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2gewkyhlq9my9swe5z2zftd29qk94m59a45hpwf6rrwadl5pnjaqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqzn4y0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgnnkk3h5p9z7fpamnfd5f56rj6hqzunj3kadfh7nyy2nfevwrt0q2cm7y5'>nevent1q…m7y5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>gaussian splats seem cool but i dont know/understand anything about them &gt;_&gt; 2026-05-01T16:34:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvucqk4kumct6dsy70g2ljkgpjunyuvecfg4d0q7jqsstpjphjxqczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvptwhr every time i play around in blender it makes me wanna do a game with prerendered backgrounds 2026-05-01T16:28:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpehp3vtfsev689xzlv48vuzzafwp0p3xap44gwt224ymv4wuhqczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewflq5dl our fortunes really turned when we started putting gay fox girls in our games so i guess i should start doing industry talks about how putting gay fox girls in your games is key to your success in the industry 🤔 2026-04-30T10:51:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz7p4dp5zrpmtd3jyd9p7mrpwx9tlfdrtpereqxfw3y4mhjvlhpyczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewp2mzjw Technology sucks now because it&#39;s become almost purely a vehicle for parting investors from their capital and nothing else 2026-04-28T18:59:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3set6y4sunkx4lhc4zj3j25wd7jfvgvpdghdudnh828myhzsuqgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew9jjc9a have... have i been doing edging wrong this entire time?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/483/386/586/565/498/original/3145f5a677524929.png"> <br/> 2026-04-28T16:57:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9y4sfvc3tlmkuez4n4ykd73492hu2x7khgvyu93errxk4jgtd73qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew467evu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6vplunh9tqe3250hdmzfsllqxvttcen3rfdh7wekr53nrzqsehqcr2p7f'>nevent1q…2p7f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is that a good business model? i don&#39;t know, look at all that revenue i&#39;m making! please pay no attention to the fact that i&#39;m literally burning cash to make a number that looks nice on paper<br/><br/>this is a post about AI companies 2026-04-28T13:31:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp6vplunh9tqe3250hdmzfsllqxvttcen3rfdh7wekr53nrzqsehqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewe95w0z i really think people need to understand what revenue is. if i promise to pay people 20 euros if they give me 5, and 100,000 people take me up on it, my revenue is legitimately 500,000 euros<br/><br/>my operating expenses however are 2 million and my losses are 1.5 million 2026-04-28T13:27:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp726kmch70ynalg4kpezyue6kxhuvylzgn7yhqqhy78eckhkwvaqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewj0c4js very funny that all the AI companies (now copilot) are jacking up the prices. how much do you think people and businesses will be willing to pay to access the guy who is confidently wrong on demand? 2026-04-28T11:19:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8u8pal3n58hkjde36z8rmzwe2cm82wvzq67erdvv6w0dfpxr06nczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewu46mhu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2gyd9y73pzmp6cd29ugzw4cqj2pkd4f2qycpg55wv9q58s2hlu0saqmuns'>nevent1q…muns</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>power efficiency literally doesn&#39;t matter if your program spends 95% of its time sleeping until the next frame 2026-04-24T08:40:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6gd80peaqqe64mn4g33pr99w40vm3uxz3lw5tl8qmwtfyrhvd9czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewh5yajm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyne0py90zwr6spl9jx9s03cnc7xhfc66cmnpalhq7448jclgk4ucp4ydjz'>nevent1q…ydjz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i&#39;ll admit i haven&#39;t tried it in the last 10 years but i&#39;m pretty sure pushing a single quad to the gpu at a time runs way worse than blitting a single sprite on the cpu at a time on a single core because the last time i tried that naive approach that was the outcome<br/><br/>and yes of course the gpu is way more efficient with even a little bit of data organization but if your frame is taking a fraction of a millisecond to draw who gives a shit? 2026-04-24T08:23:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrgp9w0fqkunsmycju7geh7rxrvyjg04rjlpdc2764lp4kuyz8knqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewg6umdr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ttpaczvghhp6qd2ywq65n92av9gh3ykm44aajc4y0q9wuphgkqqsjj07h'>nevent1q…j07h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>like, batching is the devil. you know what doesn&#39;t have to batch? the CPU. you tell it to do thing, and shockingly it just immediately does thing<br/><br/>also, wanna do a readback of your framebuffer? no problem! it&#39;s just memory! reading it is as cheap as writing it! no synchronization required, no gpu stalls involved 2026-04-24T08:01:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ttpaczvghhp6qd2ywq65n92av9gh3ykm44aajc4y0q9wuphgkqqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewahduz7 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116455660335531694">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116455660335531694</a><br/><br/>for You Have Died i&#39;m just using software blitting between a front and back buffer held in CPU memory. and it really drives home how doing graphics on the CPU is easily an order of magnitude less complex than having to go through a GPU to do it<br/><br/>just jiggle the bytes around a bit and there&#39;s your result!<br/><br/>to be honest i&#39;m starting to think using the GPU for simple low res 2D indie games is a mistake<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1s79zmlkys0leq30q59x9fuwhpj5htqvekktwk05v0lp5gh7d43rss0665s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1s79…665s</a></span><br/> </div> got one of the most important things you can have in a game with dialogue done for You Have Died: proper overflow behavior for very long textboxes<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/455/651/659/906/770/original/b01d156f520ebc4c.mp4"></video><br/> </blockquote> 2026-04-24T07:53:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0z3dlmzg8lusghs2znz578tse2t4sxvmt9ht86x8ls6ytlx6c3czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew6mpa3v got one of the most important things you can have in a game with dialogue done for You Have Died: proper overflow behavior for very long textboxes<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/455/651/659/906/770/original/b01d156f520ebc4c.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-04-23T19:25:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qqwx5mz8pa2zjm53g0qzlh79wkql8knf7qjwzh7lq2d7tktx26gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvwvh8u the governments of the world are all bending over backwards to avoid regulating social media platforms to the point they&#39;re now trying to regulate literally everyone on the planet instead. it&#39;s absurd 2026-04-19T15:34:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyndnxpvkngkqt25grf8g7p0cwnmss3hfc9n3q3mfrkh7eea7pw4szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewkxu6wa i&#39;m shocked. shocked.<br/><br/>well. not that shocked<br/><br/><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/">https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-brussels-launched-age-checking-app-hackers-say-took-them-2-minutes-break-it/</a> 2026-04-19T10:23:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvgnygmexc9vtcmpas3m0qfss655rqwjkz7sxdu4w59xttg86t0szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewhfaev6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy732h8amkhm9el8dra8yje2yd4c3ydssmue6zqdd245tnwmzmn3szl535m'>nevent1q…535m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Oh its just like home made or artisanal vs mass produced goods like bread or furniture&#34;<br/><br/>No it&#39;s not. Code grows and evolves over time, like a living organism. And bad code (and slop code is bad code) doesn&#39;t evolve, it *festers*, it spreads rot in a way that isn&#39;t applicable to mass produced goods 2026-04-18T20:21:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy732h8amkhm9el8dra8yje2yd4c3ydssmue6zqdd245tnwmzmn3szyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewp077cu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy74qlf459e7ehwwfp95kccpq4aa9xdfcfuzd0wuje3rahmze6uvq6nmc3n'>nevent1q…mc3n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i hope eventually the dopamine rush of the code slop slot machine fades and you look around and find yourself in a morass of technical debt and realize how utterly fucking wrong you were 2026-04-18T15:02:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy74qlf459e7ehwwfp95kccpq4aa9xdfcfuzd0wuje3rahmze6uvqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewayu5ry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszkwstyed8p6qhenkdecsetzzj9szguq2k3kh39cqvvh3fn0wjancp3wxrv'>nevent1q…wxrv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;it doesn&#39;t matter what the code is all that matters is that it runs and produces the desired result&#34;<br/><br/>liar. what you&#39;re saying is bullshit. you know it&#39;s bullshit and you&#39;re saying it anyway 2026-04-18T14:54:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszkwstyed8p6qhenkdecsetzzj9szguq2k3kh39cqvvh3fn0wjanczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewdvf0mn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0czf70zdru37yzza27w460fgt26vxnfyjhxv9k25cwds7x2vnn0cnm0t96'>nevent1q…0t96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and for the record i&#39;m not talking about making code to create art like a game or something. i&#39;m saying *the code itself* can be art. a perfectly constructed api, a framework that fits together just so, when code comes together in a beautiful harmony, *that is art*, it requires artistry to create! 2026-04-18T14:52:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0czf70zdru37yzza27w460fgt26vxnfyjhxv9k25cwds7x2vnn0czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewyzt9jq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcrdc4zylmn9p8xa4ujvf4w4dky5397m7ml8ky80tqctz0xcj92g4ncmh2'>nevent1q…cmh2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i don&#39;t know what AI brainrot has made otherwise prolific and proficient coders think that there&#39;s suddenly no distinguishing factors between good code, code written with artistry, and bad code, but it&#39;s baffling when this is a thing that we can measure and have measured in the past and they fucking know it 2026-04-18T14:47:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdcrdc4zylmn9p8xa4ujvf4w4dky5397m7ml8ky80tqctz0xcj92gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewspk9kh Imagine being a coder but thinking there&#39;s no artistry to writing code. What an empty existence 2026-04-18T14:17:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfquz40jfgq9ycry7dm84gfy386qmpq2lge5kwq954d99y3j726fszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewwlcj9q The beginnings of a hopefully fruitful long term business relationship today. Feeling good about it 2026-04-17T09:26:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvq5v8y0uhrltrmdmjanxtdtvlnzz377x0uwzp254yzwf5895y8qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew0ax0fc meta should be forcibly dissolved as a business and organization<br/><br/>and seize zuckerberg&#39;s wealth while you&#39;re at it 2026-04-15T13:45:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3efc8q3tu03mxuwsahqd6q53gsx5z60ema29kq5ysmgd80vgqrgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewrlqd3s RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/116408009568440679">https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/116408009568440679</a><br/><br/>would like to have a wee little word with all the people who said everyone was overreacting to the california OS age signal legislation<br/>nostr:note1308ljr3k8xdy9j43kvhqzq8v008mm6960pe3y2ddm79g7r2l8y4skdnp6y<br/> 2026-04-15T09:35:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8w8t8tjpazwysq2wega3yktg9lkfulz77htkfyaj0zt40quu9fugzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqk3rhr kitsune tails, the best lgbtq indie game award winner at the 2025 gayming awards, is on sale for 35% off on steam and itch!<br/><br/>get it for only $13 via <a href="https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails">https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/399/610/104/633/656/original/c3503b6634db2089.png"> <br/> 2026-04-13T21:53:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9n2dptkrft52m6qkeld7gwqdztjpfmy9h5rvy9xd6vwtwxm54l9czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewql0age i really hope 40 years from now people will look at banning kids from social media the way people now look at the satanic panic of the 80s 2026-04-12T17:26:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst5cec208srw33j9meekmlqdt9fs75lfpv976lt5mfnt279ct5wzczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewu8fa4v i should make a static site generator<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/386/733/184/460/442/original/367f8d39c9da8d04.png"> <br/> 2026-04-11T15:17:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyv4s7qd8p6g4fzkm0fqa4yrt73zpfas9vnrwcnk9psmm5grjcftczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewv4u3fs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9nqsxxs2myjpa7anp9tpm677xpnsc7d9a4hpyg6euh249ggvu5qvm30w0'>nevent1q…30w0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ahhh lisp my love 2026-04-09T10:38:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs27p0vcmf3xneq3g2dkqt8nfqe4kgt8zptglxd0945fy8kgry088czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uueweqr6we In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgzz772n7rl56kd4fdctn3y8w7z7cs9gj7qglpjwe5lmehy2rge7gf8kena'>nevent1q…kena</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i guess parsing isn&#39;t so bad until you get to expressions 2026-04-09T10:31:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyqy3pcw7sfatlqzp6pn3ena00te0u07738gn5nhk362r56mkzj2czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvfezj3 the problem in programming language development is not writing an interpreter or VM, the problem is writing a parser and compiler 2026-04-09T10:29:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz27f79h4xt7fhyuf7xswnl6c7p5jhmcsexfs6gqwea5qu36rm3qqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewd3h9yr can we actually be sure its 2026<br/><br/>like<br/><br/>what if they just forgot to count a year or two along the way. what if its actually like 2031 and we don&#39;t even know it 2026-04-08T15:57:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd6ajph9d4kv5xzty92nmqghaf4rseqtpyyfwyyqypjyutf5e5k2qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewn8r3pd hate to do this again but our accountants hit us with a bunch of fees that we can&#39;t absorb right now, so i&#39;m forced to do this again 🙃 <a href="https://ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko/goal?g=0">https://ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko/goal?g=0</a> 2026-04-07T14:12:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspw5692tat0a69y02lpgr8pvlz42d4tfuwvlnhphex06q0ktyxjegzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewgy37hm here&#39;s a free idea: RAM shortage jam, where you have to make a game for a system with low RAM capacity. like maybe less than 128mb or something 2026-04-07T08:18:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhr2qcpc7rshfth4adxr77qets3uptm2hg7k9mgxzzvdlapuq2gqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew4nkrdz microsoft: you have to upgrade to windows 11<br/><br/>people: okay. it says my computer doesn&#39;t support windows 11<br/><br/>microsoft: you have to buy a new computer and upgrade to windows 11<br/><br/>tech industry: we just bought all the ram, buying a new computer is now 10x as expensive<br/><br/>microslop: ah well, nevertheless 2026-04-05T15:32:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqru6yhyv3qeulwssx0zulmjpaz5pd5w58a9mwvfw7w8rda6685lgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewxs798x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhw9c7al4n945ey36pr7sh64alza5qet9kf2w8pde5xxgtqa93pga7xa69'>nevent1q…xa69</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AI code is definitely slop 2026-03-31T14:52:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsttgnd2yng7rj2ya4w0dda8hylj02wdneg9ruvp507ar0ml36qj4czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew7f0zxx snprintf can safely format a string into a target buffer<br/><br/>it can also, without writing anything, tell you the size needed to safely format a string into a target buffer<br/><br/>however, this being C, there is (as far as i can find) no helper method to use snprintf to find the size of the buffer you need, allocate it, and then write the formatted string, unless you make it yourself<br/><br/>this is great since writing a wrapper function like this is extremely easy to fuck up, leading to buffer overruns 2026-03-30T20:16:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs26jkga3ajtqnqe283z0uk39m8mr3skhlagz744tp66w6h0l27vtszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewumz8pl RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116316864694769329">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116316864694769329</a><br/><br/>Ate too much delicious Italian food to celebrate. May explode<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1rcfp8zl2jdz6v9n8vh9ymmhfzw939yxas3qwyf9sg48vwnt7klhq9xx47g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1rcf…x47g</a></span><br/> </div> we *finally* have [@Njord](<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@Njord">https://zeroes.ca/@Njord</a> ) 's cyprus residency card!!! </blockquote> 2026-03-30T17:52:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0umpsmwsk9lvak3edvz5d6j33yewy3eu09cyvs46fqru4sreg25qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewy9y0tj i feel like people who are in favor of age verification are traitors to humanity 2026-03-30T15:18:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspuysn304fx3dxzenktjjdam538zcjjrwcgs8zyjcy2nk8f4lt0mszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvt58z4 we *finally* have [@Njord](<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@Njord">https://zeroes.ca/@Njord</a> ) &#39;s cyprus residency card!!! 2026-03-30T07:08:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr99g4nzkndj5wz0zdc709hqsdmdxfknw0qjkvqk3685eks55pxfgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew0fau2r part of me thinks the PS5 getting *more expensive* at the end of a console generation is kind of funny. like. the tech industry got so ravenously hungry that now the flow of progress is reversing<br/><br/>if they keep it up long and hard enough maybe making games for outdated systems will become a necessity rather than a quirky niche thing some of us do<br/><br/>(probably not though) 2026-03-28T15:51:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9f4nxgp6tsedqvnjkghrx3hm22szs5v0rmjhdgktgay3yrac7hqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewsfm5l5 the idea that the web ecosystem isn&#39;t &#34;open&#34; anymore because of complexity is ridiculous. anyone can still write basic html and javascript and get a site working. you don&#39;t have to use flexbox. you could just use nested tables. nobody gives a shit<br/><br/>the web ecosystem isn&#39;t open anymore because 5 planet spanning companies richer than god monopolize it now and you can&#39;t fix that by buying into the AI slop those very companies are peddling<br/><br/><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/">https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/</a> 2026-03-27T08:59:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0szqwzpgm3uy5qv3hydjldj3xlf4296vdhjuh054p86x6xglkxsczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewx6uylm Have you ever picked a lock?<br/><br/>edit: a practice lock is any lock that you were picking purely for practice which was not securing anything. a lock in the wild is a lock that was in place to actually secure something (love locks count) 2026-03-22T10:53:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84wjqgxc3q943n7cq806jczavldwhhpscfws9k5xh73exgmlep6qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewm9hwj3 RE: <a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz/-/a-KgM0TJSFTneadtDwOt9Sig%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0">https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz/-/a-KgM0TJSFTneadtDwOt9Sig%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ll believe it when I see it. It&#39;s not like the last wake-up call (Russia&#39;s war with Ukraine) seems to have stuck<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1fz9cgdrxpw4s7tjhmaxykxu445qsppqr2cu86p267qje65dn99yqj0n5vz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1fz9…n5vz</a></span><br/> </div> Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy<br/>[<a href="https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> ](<a href="https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> )<br/><br/>Posted into Business and Finance [@business-and-finance-AssociatedPress](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz">https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/business-and-finance-pbj3bpclz</a> ) </blockquote> 2026-03-20T07:00:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8g3450kfkugfqmapetck9wf7x8820agmf0m2rmud3h9jptrrw97qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewllxrea saw a video on youtube about the indie web and now i wanna build a multiplayer social space using my software rasterizer in C with webassembly<br/><br/>like i need more project ideas :| 2026-03-18T18:21:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8mv3ullukv6lhun7rma3r28ylxja825pr9t35slegaf9079jnfaqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewr6y95r When you wake up what do you do 2026-03-17T07:39:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9x3ct8une0jjqgf23x2tkkrql8vsgawwnnnsq6d6dk0f9lr73j9gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqj08eh RE: <a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber/116205343316077705">https://social.coop/@cwebber/116205343316077705</a><br/><br/>i&#39;ve said this before but i&#39;m gonna say it again: it&#39;s *fascinating* watching the software industry rediscover why best practices exist in real time<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1r5l82jhj3zzwdw38lydrc9fk5sssvnfu5ljq7cgu96jszej0s4fs3ex288" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1r5l…x288</a></span><br/> </div> It turns out GenAI code changes are causing serious incidents and outages at Amazon with "high blast radius" <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de">https://www.ft.com/content/7cab4ec7-4712-4137-b602-119a44f771de</a><br/><br/>Junior / middle engineers no longer allowed to push GenAI code to production without senior engineer review<br/><br/>(HT <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dpjjymqszlzp2zyuqvzf3s0ptvgeum2aajn0kdz9eyp5vadge4psum222w" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kim Perales</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dpj…222w</span>)</a></span> ) </blockquote> 2026-03-10T15:38:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswf7wr0sewq46rz06hn8j45sd7a56sehlv05edz5m5trdvccswveszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewvu0e6t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvdcp7czflvpak82h3jf6ya628yr35annh7a2vk03wkjyaadpc6vsc80w4s'>nevent1q…0w4s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes<br/><br/>scalar<br/>flat random triangles/sec 1,049,510 -&gt; 1,210,082<br/>flat random pixels/sec 460,701,636 -&gt; 529,507,748<br/>+15%<br/><br/>tiled (x4 workers)<br/>flat random triangles/sec 5,440,951 -&gt; 11,253,417<br/>flat random pixels/sec 2,388,405,031 -&gt; 4,924,271,126<br/>+106% 2026-03-10T08:49:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspps0d0yezwpgc0hj3usq7sw92nrxf2prjn7xxwe76vu7dphge5sszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew07jtp5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgla7cm27788fgxq2fjxe9akcqe5q5lcrayspllhwhjswl7d9quccpvpygj'>nevent1q…pygj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not sure offhand and I&#39;m in bed now but my CPU is a Ryzen 7 5600g 2026-03-09T22:45:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp05der3c09cpwjdrx0uu80e2t5vzq0kyhdnwy4kms7j8drkfm4rczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewern247 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5u7xfzr77y629nz6huza7a6vy0wphymtfdnx0fh6ydma3lwf3ng2cka7z'>nevent1q…ka7z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know? &gt;_&gt; I just split the screen between 4 worker threads that all draw each triangle to their quadrant 2026-03-09T22:37:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyedn4m7zqn7u2daw23jhga8s9z5ddw5p96gxkd032j09av0dgyngzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewwvnrgj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhklsc2rmt7t9ssqdjqjt0cjq5h4axk7hzsjmcq7njh8qt0ru5lgzgxk3c'>nevent1q…xk3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have completed the triangle rasterizer fixed point conversion<br/><br/>The benchmarks have all improved between 0 and 35%<br/><br/>Except for threaded random triangles with flat color. That metric has increased 106%. As in its twice as fast as before <br/><br/>I have no idea why but I&#39;m fairly sure I&#39;ve ruled out bugs in my benchmarking<br/><br/>I am very confused 2026-03-09T22:25:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqhklsc2rmt7t9ssqdjqjt0cjq5h4axk7hzsjmcq7njh8qt0ru5lgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewgd4c5x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszes8pvunun3537t8vy6mlfr8crvgzwsmwfrhv4w4d2jpnnnh9j8cr2ve3c'>nevent1q…ve3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fixed point was in fact *not* a mistake 2026-03-09T19:35:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszes8pvunun3537t8vy6mlfr8crvgzwsmwfrhv4w4d2jpnnnh9j8czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewjh2wc2 fixed point was a mistake 2026-03-09T11:13:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xy99lqf80ps0dxm3hj8selskcprns28wj0jq3zt2nu9tma6ztxczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewmr9sze RE: <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116161382313971996">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/116161382313971996</a><br/><br/>it&#39;s international woman&#39;s day and i am a very international woman so please buy my gay jumping game so i can pay rent thank you<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1550qd54g4q205xfhgxecnk32svggg487xs6nysqectgdsdztr48q2f4sx2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1550…4sx2</a></span><br/> </div> kitsune tails is 33% off on steam and itch.io! <a href="https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails">https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails</a><br/><br/>an award winning gay fox girl platformer sitting at overwhelmingly positive with 800 reviews on steam, in this economy? it's more likely than you think!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/161/380/691/920/730/original/29924bf44aeeaf88.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-08T22:04:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0q6g0hwj0s4de3wzhjdj7w6qmlqc7z4ravwz403q0zlyu6jcx3qgzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewm6n0k5 RE: <a href="https://zeroes.ca/@ndrwy/116183773515454356">https://zeroes.ca/@ndrwy/116183773515454356</a><br/><br/>it&#39;s not the flu 2026-03-07T08:34:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxdyey57shayhkt2tpj6tkh4vskhv232xrwuzxy6tj44yundnqwhqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewpy2s6d It&#39;s 2006. I&#39;m working with threads in C and it&#39;s awful<br/><br/>It&#39;s 2016. I&#39;m working with threads in C and it&#39;s awful<br/><br/>It&#39;s 2026. I&#39;m working with threads in C and it&#39;s awful 2026-03-06T19:03:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0uqptlh77lusdu6llxrpw2l2n2cgz4tk3n02cwg63nln8dh99ngqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewn5xqjg RE: <a href="https://aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/116168022775980614">https://aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/116168022775980614</a><br/><br/>Can&#39;t believe this is actually news in 2026 when I distinctly remember a scientist talking about seeing covid shred heart muscle fiber cells literally in March 2020 on twitter. Which was the point where I decided I would try my best to never get this disease<br/><br/>Are we just going to keep &#34;rediscovering&#34; how bad covid is every few years while doing jack shit about it?<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1xvputy2ymvfprh7fm9rqxltutaws5m9kftvxkjt5n3ygv307nvvs9jlr4y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1xvp…lr4y</a></span><br/> </div> COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue.<br/><br/>"Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a human heart cell model demonstrating that the virus that causes COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue, providing new insight into why some people experience serious heart complications during and after infection."<br/><br/>Source: <a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-mini-hearts-covid-virus-infects.html">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-mini-hearts-covid-virus-infects.html</a><br/><br/>Study: <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/ae38d7">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1758-5090/ae38d7</a><br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/167/981/075/760/105/original/42ce20825e80c90d.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-03-04T08:29:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxk9wtkcu9w4r0t82w3gl9huxldm3vy4846ygxcn3utg9g5ywwj7czyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew742aeg According to my feed today computing is basically over and software engineering is basically over and people buying games is basically over so I guess what I&#39;m getting from all this is my life is basically over thanks 2026-03-04T08:24:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs228sx6252s986rym5rvufmg4gxyyy2nlrgdfjgqvu95xcx3936nszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew2qz7u4 kitsune tails is 33% off on steam and itch.io! <a href="https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails">https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails</a><br/><br/>an award winning gay fox girl platformer sitting at overwhelmingly positive with 800 reviews on steam, in this economy? it&#39;s more likely than you think!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/161/380/691/920/730/original/29924bf44aeeaf88.png"> <br/> 2026-03-02T20:07:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxklc7mwq9p0lq6t49542myflp8rq6m7zfmvht6jv25ekzj85x08gzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqarxd5 for some reason sales were shockingly bad this month, so we could really use some support to help me and my partner cover our basic cost of living<br/><br/>even a few dollars helps us not fall behind as badly<br/><br/><a href="https://ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko/goal?g=0">https://ko-fi.com/sharkhugseniko/goal?g=0</a> 2026-02-27T07:36:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r8z0dx4ymfkukp4zvcpn8ukw3z9drjxl7g6ajlvnjll2ggxnkwczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew8tgwza i really like ... blender?<br/><br/>oh god what&#39;s happening to me 2026-02-25T14:22:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06wvvvejrnk7v7peez0wumpfhj3z8rw4073hpv2rnyyxn4709wfszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewskztuw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7c9d9zv80f4qh5ggqg74u6ah9lfxdmk8a86yhjcs0ul3u379ntc2w8hdq'>nevent1q…8hdq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe since smart TVs need RAM and storage the shortage will bring back dumb TVs 2026-02-19T22:04:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv7c9d9zv80f4qh5ggqg74u6ah9lfxdmk8a86yhjcs0ul3u379ntczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewy862fh Welp. Bedroom TV is dying. Which is something I can&#39;t afford to replace, but I need it for my sleep hygiene and mental health so I guess we&#39;re replacing it anyway<br/><br/>I hate piece of shit &#34;smart&#34; TVs 2026-02-19T21:54:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqh5hu8arrzlyj9efcc8hduevg59ztndtpeyu2d8rqu6uapp9ww3qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewq6ugyk people keep talking about the shortages like &#34;in the future you&#39;ll only be able to rent a computer in the cloud&#34; and i just want to be clear about the fact that i would rather fucking die 2026-02-17T16:00:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgf79dmtaq0wu8gusq9geyrn0kxh5fmn6gqpt9smhrty8urz8vqjszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewcwz5lj RE: <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark/116085140534424348">https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark/116085140534424348</a><br/><br/>we&#39;re sitting on two broken high end laptops (mobo failure) and i&#39;ve started thinking maybe we should sell the old sticks of DDR4 RAM for rent money :| 2026-02-17T10:26:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrydqrlur0skg8p6m8zj8wk9qwlpz4j36gchz3c0augw7awku9knqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewqgtfvw should i set up one of those print on demand merch stores? would you be interested in merch for any of the following?<br/><br/>also if you have experience with these things i&#39;d love to hear if it was positive or negative 2026-02-15T11:18:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8es7ymds87l3qgjelq9h8qjgghtmmlcjl2t9fgauewv5zeuf7mmqzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew0d53js i can&#39;t really put into words how much the neoliberal movement that thinks it&#39;s imperative to kick teenagers off literally all social media &#34;for their protection&#34; enrages me because it doesn&#39;t give a single shit about protecting them from covid despite estimates that as many as 1 in 5 kids develop signs of long covid post infection <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vulnerable-kids-long-covid-030001649.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vulnerable-kids-long-covid-030001649.html</a> 2026-02-10T12:26:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhxrc6zk648nxul0a7vfdjyk9gpcgg82aar930c0pjqjkpyhgfaszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew87tf35 As someone who still uses IRC daily please understand that telling people IRC is a replacement for Discord is utter nonsense<br/><br/>IRC does not<br/>- let you post images or other files (DCC send doesn&#39;t count even if you somehow get it to work)<br/>- show link previews<br/>- do voice chat<br/>- do screen sharing<br/>- have offline messaging capability<br/><br/>Please stop saying IRC is an alternative to Discord. It&#39;s not. Or at best it&#39;s a very shitty alternative 2026-02-10T08:05:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyhk4dmqsatdrkfca2kq5esgn6dutplw2sjn3ncjtv5kpwz09s9qzyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewpzmvsn i&#39;m making a #QBasic game using mode 13h, 320x200 8bpp. i&#39;m using the line doubling feature of the VGA card to make it 320x100 then manually doubling each pixel horizontally for 160x100<br/><br/>i realized i could use a palette with 3 bits red/green and 2 blue, and then do &#34;subpixel&#34; dither to generate the in between colors. i made a converter to test if that would look good, and it does<br/><br/>here&#39;s a thread of images showing what that looks like<br/><br/>1/5<br/><br/>#PixelArt #QBasic #dos #RetroComputing #RetroDev<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/120/217/654/265/original/e7835a05c819eca2.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/120/684/668/882/original/5ae698bdbd96e312.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/121/077/375/411/original/0619e024b9bcf89f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/041/121/580/186/209/original/ba1a16f6dd282f9e.png"> <br/> 2026-02-09T14:27:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09gf3raeh0wqk5ghwzfsphcte60rhfdrklm8357v5slz77vyq4jczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew6a05er In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa2040kzj44sxpz5quhhxx7737n7r0w0rgp0jvwmppmarl5lqgpsnjvkxt'>nevent1q…vkxt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i added a 0-1 scalar that biases colors towards non-dithered to make things less busy. here&#39;s factors 0, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 in order:<br/><br/>#PixelArt #GameDev #RetroComputing #dos #RetroDev<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/026/443/212/original/da29896eb8e82087.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/289/640/413/original/db520af3bd6d8f17.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/460/526/206/original/70028fab3056775f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/116/040/105/617/094/749/original/534089b5ef703a17.png"> <br/> 2026-02-09T10:05:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8t55cell9z5t6u2uyrvd68vke6d5l8622vf4k9jxdu33z80cw3yczyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuewh2zn5k I hate that discussing the facts of the world makes me sound like a conspiracy theorist now 2026-02-09T08:34:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfa2040kzj44sxpz5quhhxx7737n7r0w0rgp0jvwmppmarl5lqgpszyqkxa3dqp7ysncyhgz8jhr3620j25vfdt4fy4ztytdd8xw443uuew2rvef5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22ykd9njdm6wmlhwxdvdcdm8uvd6932egfyweej0ynejy0vdemaqf0w5uf'>nevent1q…w5uf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And now that I have a structured palette I know what bits are red, green, and blue, and so I can easily do cool effects using PUTs binary operations, OR, AND, and XOR<br/><br/>Fuck yeah this is going so well! 2026-02-08T22:47:09Z