Often when our list of Adobe alternatives is shared people comment that it's okay to pirate Adobe software. It's not, because that still supports Adobe through usage and staying in their ecosystem. Instead, do look into alternatives! github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...

After years of being a pretty alright podcast app Pocket Casts has entered the enshittification zone. With the double whammy of an AI chat bot being used to reply to feedback emails. Nice…

This Place In Time A new #wareware thing I made. thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/placeintime

Another pile of games that I think are worth playing or wishlisting. Share the love. open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...

I think it's becoming clear that if you like indie creators, you're going to need to support them any way you can. And that doesn't mean money, just spreading worth of mouth can be powerful as well.

quick weekend prototype...

"You've already jumped the shark. Now grate a pear to add to the sauce."

The free to play architecture is off putting but you can always define your own fun: throw on a podcast and just ignore it all.

There is a bug where it will jump to the other framing option sometimes. Clicking the right stick (which can happen accidentally) will toggle between the two.

reminder: Jimmy Kimmel is enough of a mensch that he devised a segment on which actors who are just short of having enough work to qualify for union healthcare come on his show and deliver a single line of dialogue deadline.com/2024/07/jimm...

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

thumbnail change made a big difference for the new video.

a good game design post blog.joeyschutz.com/the-case-aga...

Seems to be ticking up - might’ve been kicking out some dust / re-indexing things on first launches. I’ll report back at the end of the week

Can confirm iOS 26 has quite poor performance on a compatible but older iPhone. Avoid if you can.

Game of Chess - made with the #wareware tool thelemurconspiracy.itch.io/game-of-chess

I came for the frog saunas, and stayed for the dick-punch to capitalism:

Game Pile #4 post open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...

In a baffling development, future games academics will be arguing over the correct wording of "Silk Song" versus "Silksong"

Glou Wine Bar in Collingwood - the bar that donated all of the drinks VS used during our federal election campaign - had Nelson Alexander reach out to ask if they could have their Christmas party there. Their response is marvellous.

Grah! I'm struggling with this Silksong boss! Does anyone have any tips? He's just always hungry!

When a pawn starts to interrogate it's place in the world... A new thing I spent the weekend tinkering on with the wareware tool: make.wareware.rip

Will the absence of reliable automatic metro service in the United States mark the moment its citizens notice how far behind their country has fallen?

It's been a while, but I've still been working on adding new stuff to "The Bridge". There's now an endless mode that scores points for each enemy you take out, so the longer you can survive the more points you get! #pico8 #gamedev

Last night I started to work through watching or rewatching every Studio Ghibli film. First up was Castle in the Sky. First viewing and it was a great time.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

We've put together our top tips for journalists to help guide you through the do's and don'ts of reporting on neo-Nazis. Please share it with your colleagues, and feel free to get in touch with us with any feedback. thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com/9-principles...

PSA: The Standard Hotel no longer have the chilli bean enchiladas on their menu.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

THE ENTROPY RPG IS HERE After Dread Delusion, I am back working with the Lovely Hellplace, serving as the art lead (...I guess?) this time around🙏😎 Please check out our trailer, wishlist the game on Steam, and let us know what you think!

A pile of 8 games. A few small ones, one weird one and a trip down memory lane for me. open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...

Good fit for mobile

We are really living in a golden age of radial energy meters

Corru Observer is a neat game. A nice kind of weird. corru.observer

If anyone needs us after sept 4 we'll be playing the hell outta silksong

Öoo or ElecHead. So hard to pick a favourite.

Do game reviews like @thinkygames.com does: no rating, lots of lovely info!!

All our employees are flesh and blood, not AI. In fact, many of our staff members have described themselves as having "too much flesh" and stated "please help, there's more every day."

"The Making of the Perfect Martini" by Guy Buffet (2000).

Swim through memories and solve an urgent case in Obra Dinn-inspired puzzle game Mind Diver!

Another game pile. Just stuff I've been thinking about or playing open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...

Feeling old 🙂

Cheers to @cronobreak.bsky.social for a neat logo too!

I just want to share games I think are cool. I've been sharing single games recently with friends and colleagues as I find them. I was asked why I didn't have some kind of feed they could subscribe to. Not having a good answer as to why not, I made game pile. open.substack.com/pub/gamepile...

Hyped for Öoo

The original soundtrack to Kaizen: A Factory Story, by me, Sam Kulchin, and @drewmm.com is out now on Bandcamp and coming to streaming services soon! coincidencegames.bandcamp.com/album/kaizen...

my dudes I just realized we're building square-miles sized multi story datacenters packed to the brim with rack mounted servers and theyre all just reading reddit

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Gonna try finish one of my games this weekend 🃏