It's also really hard to add alt text when I can't actually see the image. #Mastodon ...
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Moos-a-dee 🫎
@Moosader@mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon 4.7.3Late-30s in Missouris 🥲
Job: C++/CompSci teacher, previously software/web dev.
Hobby: Open Source Indie gamedev, videos, animations, zines, MUDs
Tech: Linux Mint/mate, emacs
Languages: Esperanto, कुछ हिंदी
Queer: Panro/Ace/Enby (they/them)
Lore: Formerly homeschooled, AuDHD, half-adopted, husband from India, infertility - no kids, dead mom, absent dads.
you should really carry no less than 5 computers on you at all times, like a sensible person.
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Joined March 16, 2019
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@jameshowell@fediscience.org and last semester there was an outage due to AWS as well! "1 outage per semester" - good thing I already host all my stuff on my own webpage, might as well write a backup file uploader as well AND maybe use the Canvas API to periodically backup grades to my local hard drive.
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Make browser-based remake of Storybook Weaver.
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A BASIC or Lua framework with PETSCII inspired character graphics for teaching beginning programming.
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Use OCR to digitize old HeartQuest books, turn into text adventure. (Twine?)
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Work on a base game, ask people to create Pull Requests to add silly new features.
So if I learned 3D modeling I assume I'd be learning Blender. I prefer all Free/Open Sources tools.
From what I've heard about it over the years, I could also make animations or even games *in* Blender.
Any notes or pitfalls?
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@spectra@social.wedistribute.org this is why I put my rough, junk videos to YouTube and try to only upload my higher quality stuff to Spectra. :>
I've also been thinking about just making lower resolution videos in general. Why does everything need to be HD??
I want to make an open source game series that anybody can make sequels to any time without licensing or permission.
Tired of games dying because companies decide to just shelve the IP for literal decades.
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@mttaggart@infosec.exchange TBF the way I "talk" to a search engine is like "KANSAS CITY COFFEE HOURS".
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@oantolin@mathstodon.xyz maybe also true for my programming classes. 😅
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AUDIT tools.
Anyway I've downloaded Terminator and I am thinking of modifying an audit/logging plugin to build something to detect words from the MUD I play and execute scripts/commands when triggered, instead of using a MUD client.
#MUD #MultiUserDungeon
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@davidgerard@circumstances.run dang, in KC it's at very specific times that I can't make it to. 😭
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@Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net I want to retoot this but the quote toot within is so long 😭
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It's not a developer job and it pays $19/hr but maybe it's something stable for a little while.
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@robinhood@yiff.life this is how I learned so much about computers and software as a kid.
I just tooted earlier today about how I hate all the hidden buttons and features these days. You used to be able to see what all was offered in toolbars, drop-down menus, etc. now everything's a white background and you gotta hover over stuff before buttons come up, or on mobile weird gestures.
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@glyph yeah, some level of me had assumed that others in tech would take a similar journey to me, but instead a bunch of even worse techbros evolved. 😩
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt I initially moved my car's time to 30 minutes in between daylight savings / standard time and thought it was funny, but then it really messed with my anxiety while driving to appointments. 😅
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@DrPen Since I teach coding, I do have to make a note in the differences between a plaintext editor and a document editor, to me a "text document" is going to be plaintext, but that's just specific to my area as a programmer.
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@nick_ocb@mastodon.social honestly I might just ride the ADHD wave and do different things each week as they sound good, and hopefully return back to an idea again once the wave hits again. 😜
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@TheFarshief@mastodon.social yeah! I've never made a fan game (except I made one of the Action 52 games lol) cuz I'm afraid of a cease and desist.
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@dey@mastodon.social @briankrebs@infosec.exchange ope new password: Louve2026!
Ok all good now for this coming year.
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@taranion@rollenspiel.social Looking for options and not wanting to rely on a piece of software that may in the future allow contributions from people using AI.
TT++ dev at least said no plans for AI, and that "it's definitely something that will result in a mess without strong oversight".
But again, just checking options.