Eliot Lash

I make #Videogames, live concert visuals, and procedural/interactive art. He/him.🌹🏳️‍🌈🕎

I boost liberally. Use the options menu to hide them if you don't want to see them or visit https://justmytoots.com/@Eliot_L@social.coop

Mastodon user since 2017

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Header: A game I worked on called Star-Crossed Sonata

#GameDev #Gaming #CreativeCoding #OpenSource #Android #MastoDev #Bookstodon #SciFi #Fantasy #Fedi22

Website: http://www.eliotlash.com
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2026-02-16 18:51:07 UTC

I just finished the audiobook of #Enshittification by @npub1fdr…lvhs . It was good! I read his blog intermittently so a lot of the arguments and info in the book weren't new but I like how everything was organized, the hopeful message, and I definitely learned some new things! It was great to hear it read in his own voice too, you could really feel his passion and righteous outrage coming through. Would recommend!
You can buy DRM-free digital copies of the ebook and audiobook direct from his website and a DRM-free ebook is also available on Libro.fm.
https://shop.craphound.com/
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250417602
#Bookstodon #Books #AmReading

2026-02-04 17:17:23 UTC

I am still using nearlyfreespeech.net as my domain registrar & DNS, which works perfectly well and has reasonable pricing but I have gotten a bit uncomfortable with the extremely libertarian policy they have towards what type of content they will host, so I am thinking of switching when my domain registration expires on the 18th. Does anyone have recommendations for a registrar that has competitive pricing, DNS, whois privacy, and doesn't seem like a slimy business?
#AskMastodon #AskFedi

2025-12-20 12:57:41 UTC

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If you like sketch comedy, anything by Mitchell and webb is golden.
I really enjoyed Scott Pilgrim Takes off on Netflix which is sort of a comedy action anime show. It's better if you are familiar with the original comic/movie but it can be enjoyed without.
There are a couple dramedy films I enjoyed recently too: Sacramento (featuring the city I live in!) and A Real Pain.
I also really enjoyed Poor Things. Not sure if it's a comedy but I laughed a lot.

2025-12-19 23:49:45 UTC

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I'm Jewish, I have family in Israel and I lived with my partner in Tel Aviv for 3 months, a decade ago. But I'm outraged at the atrocities Israel has been committing and I'm infuriated both by people who conflate opposition to Israel with antisemitism, as well as those who use hatred of Israel as a justification for actual antisemitic acts. Being Jewish and a supporter of Israel are not the same thing. And I see it as the duty of Jewish people everywhere to stand against genocide.

2025-12-17 05:10:56 UTC

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I know @npub1e9x…msz2 was working on helping found a co-op peertube instance. I am not sure how far along that is now. But I am partial to co-op governance structures in case you couldn't tell from my choice of mastodon instance. 😊

2025-12-15 05:36:14 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/721/948/737/785/914/original/ce906482bbd2ac39.jpg

2025-11-28 20:51:57 UTC

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I'm a huge fan of her work! Obligatory link to the article I wrote about the discovery of pulsars for the h2g2 encyclopedia: https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A882218

2025-11-14 21:59:05 UTC

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Yes, Spaced is fantastic but wasn't on the poll. ;)

2025-11-14 21:48:09 UTC

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This is a tough one as I thought Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim were all great movies. Haven't seen the others. I voted for Shaun of the Dead, although I think Scott Pilgrim has the best soundtrack hands-down.
Here's me as Shaun for Halloween when I was in college!
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2025-09-14 05:20:46 UTC

Been a long time since I posted for #Caturday!
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFedi
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2025-01-13 21:51:48 UTC

More women have stepped forward to accuse #NeilGaiman of rape and sexual misconduct. He was one of my favorite authors but after the allegations came out last summer I feel I can no longer support him in good conscience. I think he believed he was too rich, powerful, and famous to have to face consequences for his actions. Let's show him that's not the case.
https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html (original report, paywalled)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/01/13/neil-gaiman-vulture-article-sexual-assault-allegations/77672679007/
#MeToo #Bookstodon

2025-01-09 17:33:00 UTC

#Babel by #RFKuang was one of my favorite books to come out in recent years. It's dark academia, anticolonial historical fantasy set in 19th century England. With a magic system based on translation that's super cool. You can pick up the ebook right now on sale for only $2.
https://www.polygon.com/good-deals/505728/babel-rf-kuang-80-percent-off-sale-ebook
#Bookstodon @npub1ny7…uv57

2025-01-04 01:08:15 UTC

Interesting article about the erasure of non-american #VideogameHistory and criticism:
https://felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrification-of-video-game-history-dfe11f1e08ae
#Videogames

2024-12-21 19:59:35 UTC

17 hours remain to back #868BACK, the sequel to the amazing #broughlike #868HACK!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/michael-brough/868-back
#MichaelBrough #IndieGames #Roguelike #Backerkit #Crowdfunding #Videogames

2024-12-19 17:02:25 UTC

#VampireSurvivors is free on #EpicGameStore for the next 24 hours. They are doing a free game per day instead of per week, I think for the holidays. Fun action game for short pick up sessions, great on #SteamDeck. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games/
#FreeGames #FreeGame #Videogames #IndieGames
/cc @npub14xr…84fx

2024-12-19 05:39:41 UTC

#SteamReplay #SteamReplay2024 #Steam #Videogames #IndieGames #KentuckyRouteZero #Riven #CitizenSleeper #UFO50 #MarvelMidnightSuns
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2024-12-16 17:02:19 UTC

This year's #Godot showreel is a banger! https://youtu.be/n1Lon_Q2T18
Not included in the showreel, there's also a new trailer for #SlayTheSpire2: https://youtu.be/ttVtllHkb4E
It's great to see so many amazing looking games being made with #OpenSource tools!
#GodotEngine #GameDev #IndieGames #Videogames #SlayTheSpire

2024-12-11 01:47:31 UTC

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For me it's more that I am not giving more money to Bezos unless absolutely necessary. I'm working on finding alternatives for all Amazon services currently. I don't think I'm going to buy a new eReader though. Don't read enough to justify it.

2024-12-11 00:58:20 UTC

Any suggestions of a nice #eBook store for recent release mass market books that isn't #Amazon #Kindle? (Kindle device compatible is a plus, but at a minimum it should have mobile apps for iOS/Android. Not looking to buy a whole new dedicated e-Reader. I would prefer #DRMFree but I have a feeling that doesn't exist despite it being trivially easy to strip eBook #DRM.)
#bookstodon @npub1ny7…uv57

2024-12-09 23:11:21 UTC

The #ConfoundingCalendar : an advent calendar of small #PuzzleGames
https://confoundingcalendar.itch.io/
#Videogames #IndieGames

2024-12-05 22:34:23 UTC

Many #SEGA Classics will be delisted from digital storefronts tomorrow, December 6th at 11:59pm PST.
They will remain in your library after being delisted: https://support.sega.com/hc/en-us/articles/29776767664145-SEGA-Classics-FAQ#h_01JBWBC4E7NJ9WH4TKAZXJK27N
No sale, but if you buy either of these #Steam bundles you can get a discount:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10143/SEGA_Mega_Drive_and_Genesis_Classics/
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14082/Dreamcast_Collection/
#Videogames #RetroGames #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #Dreamcast #SonicTheHedgehog

2024-12-05 04:30:50 UTC

I published a draft of my top 10 contenders for my #GOTY2024:
https://gist.github.com/fadookie/29e4f9f898820197284f42792a95d7c9
#GOTY #Videogames #IndieGames

2024-12-02 17:40:46 UTC

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#Alt4You Photo of hotel curtains clamped shut using the pants clips of a coathanger.
Please consider adding alt text to your images, it helps keep the fedi accessible! Feel free to use or adapt this alt text.

2024-12-02 01:33:24 UTC

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so far I have only seen this done in slack and it seems wrong. What if you intended to overwrite the selected text with the contents of your clipboard instead?

2024-11-25 20:14:04 UTC

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My email inbox is a disaster so I didn't subscribe to the email newsletter but I added the RSS feed to my feed reader. I am trying to get back into using one!

2024-11-24 20:31:30 UTC

How to Write #AltText and Image Descriptions for the visually impaired
https://www.perkins.org/resource/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/
Via @catsofyore.bsky.social
#Accessibility #A11y
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2024-11-20 07:12:26 UTC

Looking for another software recommendation, I would like to find a decent #AWS #S3 compatible GUI file transfer client for #Linux that can:
- List buckets, upload & download files
- Set ACLs and generate Signed URLs
- Customizable endpoint to use with non-AWS hosts
- Available as a Flatpak or vanilla binary
Basically, Cyberduck, but for Linux.
#DevOps #AskFedi #AskMastodon

2024-11-18 04:40:56 UTC

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Also, you can't really block ads in an app :)

2024-11-15 01:20:13 UTC

Okay, I am very reticent to pull off this particular band-aid but let's say hypothetically I wanted to replace #AWS with another managed host of some kind, mostly for low-traffic static asset/site hosting with HTTPS, and maybe periodically running a #Minecraft server or something for very cheap, maybe bulk data archiving (glacier), any suggestions for companies that don't suck or are at least less bad than #Amazon at comparable cost?
#DevOps #AskFedi #AskMastodon #AmazonWebServices #WebHosting

2024-11-14 17:29:18 UTC

#Castlevania Anniversary Collection and #Snakebird Complete are free on the #EpicGameStore
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games/
#FreeGame #FreeGames #GameDeals #Videogames #RetroGaming

2024-11-09 17:19:25 UTC

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Is there a chance of getting this addressed? I'm a mobile developer and might be able to contribute to this if there's interest in a PR after there's a consensus on the best way to fix this.

2024-11-09 17:18:20 UTC

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Thanks, this sounds promising, I'd be willing to tinker with a script to get this to work. However, I tried a vanilla OPML import to @npub17lf…3uhj and I am struggling a bit with the UX because I have 179 subscriptions. I feel like the UI is not really designed to handle this many. The side menu is populated with every single podcast. If I tag a podcast it appears at the BOTTOM of this list and there's also no way to filter the subscriptions list by tag that I can see.
https://youtube.com/shorts/s5ol8K4wvnY

2024-11-09 05:20:20 UTC

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Also FYI, I missed this reply earlier because you removed my name so apparently that means I don't get a notification even though you were replying to one of my posts.

2024-11-09 05:19:44 UTC

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thanks, but that doesn't solve the migration issue. I can import OPML from my current podcast app into most podcasts apps but that doesn't bring the read/progress states. Hundreds and hundreds of episodes worth of data would be lost during the migration which doesn't seem worth it to me right now.

2024-11-09 05:00:42 UTC

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I've heard of it, but unless it can read a Podcast Addict backup file it doesn't really solve the issue with OPML exchange missing all the read/progress information.

2024-11-08 16:44:26 UTC

Considering switching #podcast apps. It's nice that #OPML exists but dear lord, why does it only include #RSS feed links and no information about progress/read states for any individual episodes? This would be hours of manual work if I wanted to copy all that information over. How is this the standard everyone settled on? Ugh.
Also it's looking like my two best options for an #Android app that supports multi-device sync are #Playapod and #PocketCasts (which is made by #Automattic - yikes!)

2024-11-08 00:03:41 UTC

#Sega will delist many #ClassicGames December 6th
https://support.sega.com/hc/en-us/articles/29776767664145-SEGA-Classics-FAQ
#ClassicGaming #RetroGaming #Videogames #Genesis #Dreamcast #Steam #SteamDeck #NintendoSwitch #Xbox #PlayStation

2024-10-25 04:37:21 UTC

I just made another donation to the #Harris campaign tonight on top of my monthly donation. If you've been holding out to donate, I encourage you to donate now! It's not too late. Let's win this thing.
#MastodonForHarris #Mastodon4Harris #HarrisWalz #USPol

2024-10-24 23:57:07 UTC

Good news, #JetBrains #WebStorm and #Rider are now free for non-commercial use. I love Rider for C# development, and it integrates nicely with #Unity. I've heard it works for #Unreal with #CPlusPlus now as well.
https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2024/10/24/webstorm-and-rider-are-now-free-for-non-commercial-use/
#IDE #DotNET #JavaScript #TypeScript #CPP #WebDev #Unity3D #UnrealEngine #GameDev #Programming

2024-10-24 15:23:35 UTC

#MovingOut is free on #EpicGameStore this week. It looks great, I bought it on steam recently but haven't played it yet. It kind of looks like #Overcooked level co-op chaos but for moving furniture.
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/moving-out
#FreeGame #FreeGames #GameDeal #GameDeals #IndieGames #Videogames

2024-10-15 18:17:50 UTC

A cool and funny look into the audio of #AnimalWell:
https://youtu.be/Xoq43jR2ZGA
#IndieGames #SoundDesign #GameAudio #GameDev

2024-10-10 02:49:02 UTC

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Cool! I know @npub1qp2…ckuw has been using Linux and wrote a nice blog post about it: https://brodybrooks.com/posts/2024-linuxgamedev/
I've been using it as well for hobby projects! I did all my development for this past Global Game Jam on my Steam Deck using Godot, Rider, and REAPER! Not sure if you want to include jam games and smaller projects in this list, but here it is: https://www.eliotlash.com/works/slay-the-shire
I've also done a little bit of Minecraft and Doom modding on my deck, still working on that stuff...

2024-10-08 23:11:22 UTC

#Zachtronics catalogue sale now through 10/17, everything 50% off! I love their open-ended engineering puzzle games, and there are a few other genres thrown in there too. Now's a good time to pick up any of their games if you've been on the fence. https://store.steampowered.com/sale/zachtronicspublishersale
#IndieGames #GamingDeals #Solitaire #PuzzleGames #SpaceChem #Infinifactory #OpusMagnum #LastCallBBS #BBS #Exapunks #ShenzhenIO #TIS100 #IroncladTactics

2024-10-04 16:22:58 UTC

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The #UFO50 soundtrack is out and folks, it's huge! 331 tracks and 6 hours long.
It's #BandcampFriday so it's a good time to pick up this album for only $7 minimum, or Phlogiston's whole catalog for only $20.50, if you buy it today all proceeds go directly to the artist!
https://phlogiston.bandcamp.com/album/ufo-50
#Bandcamp #Chiptune #Chiptunes #IndieGames #RetroGaming

2024-09-19 02:28:12 UTC

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Is doing a year long takeover of their podcast with a new game from UFO 50 discussed each week on the podcast and discord!
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eggplantshow/113160261226144709

2024-09-19 01:30:14 UTC

#UFO50 released today! It's the long-awaited next game from Mossmouth (creators of #Spelunky.)
They describe it thusly: "UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design."
And all these games were supposedly made by the same fictional company. Can't wait to dive in!
#IndieGames #RetroGaming
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2024-09-17 22:10:04 UTC

#TIL about #P8Go, a mobile app for exploring and playing #Pico8 cartridges. It looks neat!
https://p8go.gg
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chronicler.leisure&hl=en_US
#IndieGames #MobileGames
https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/155/172/667/509/912/original/771a98ccb085bf4b.mp4

2024-09-10 16:43:17 UTC

A podcast I listen to did one of these lists and it inspired me to make my own. So here are my #Top10GamesThatDefineMe:
https://www.eliotlash.com/2024/09/top-10-games-that-define-me/
#VideoGames #ComputerGames #ClassicGames #IndieGames #RetroGaming

2024-08-26 19:39:54 UTC

I made my first #Doom #Mod back in 2018 for the #GlobalGameJam with some friends. We finally got around to polishing it up for a final release.
It's called Imps 'R Us. I'm happy with how it came out. It's a short, comedic #WAD so check it out if you like that sort of thing!
https://www.eliotlash.com/works/imps-r-us
#RetroGaming #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #GZDoom
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2024-08-23 20:00:06 UTC

What the actual fuck?
This is some wild investigative reporting from IGN.
https://www.ign.com/articles/a-prominent-accessibility-advocate-worked-with-studios-and-inspired-change-but-she-never-actually-existed
#accessibility #disability #GameAccessibility

2024-08-04 02:36:37 UTC

Ponzu taking a catnap on the #cat condo.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats
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