Posts by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
(DIR) Post #AYsJ69NOAEnEC3KggS by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-08-18T19:04:06Z
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This is neat, I feel like Masto turned a corner recently on "being a place to find news and stuff"Seems like we're getting that thing where news ripples across the network, which was part of why Twitter was useful. Probably crossed some active user threshold necessary for that network effect to kick in or something. Yay!(though thankfully the effect is less uh, "screaming into the void"-ish here, just folks talking about a thing)
(DIR) Post #AZh3p246Grd6TtZky8 by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-12T14:10:40Z
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Huh, so Unity has reached the killing-the-golden-goose point of their enshittification: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-to-start-charging-fee-pegged-to-game-installs20c per install doesn't sound like much to PC users, but that's potentially enough to nuke mobile gaming entirely. Which they know, because they also run the stats system mobile devs use to calculate ARPU/ARPPU.Unreal taking a small cut of revenue works fine. That's based on you know, money you made.Unity charging based on "Installs" might actually cost you money in mobile space. Or if you do a PS+ freebie. Or GamePass. Or especially an EpicStore freebie. They know what they're doing, and it's fucking evil.#GameDev #Unity3D
(DIR) Post #AZh3p3Sb5GoqoA2pn6 by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-12T14:17:29Z
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Oh fuck, @gord pointed out this is also a grab for your ad revenue. "Developers of free-to-play games (which have a much higher install rate than premium titles) will have the option to offset this fee by adopting other Unity services, such as its LevelPlay advertising mediation service."Yeah fuck you very much Unity, you had everyone over a barrel and thought "well who's gonna stop me".(We're fine, but I know a whole lot of devs who will be shitting bricks, because mobile has been low-margin for years now)
(DIR) Post #AZlcE5wsndWq15jqUa by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-14T17:33:14Z
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Oh gooood, this whole #Unity3D blowout?It literally happened because of that shitty Iron Source buy-out that everyone was pissed about. The call to add this fee literally came from the Iron Source side of the business, and it only exists to "kill AppLovin" (a rival ad provider that is better). https://mobilegamer.biz/unity-is-offering-a-runtime-fee-waiver-if-you-switch-to-levelplay-as-it-tries-to-kill-applovin/
(DIR) Post #AZlpbUlC13pB24l74a by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-14T18:47:50Z
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Humble just threw up a "Learn to use #Godot !" bundle and I am HOWLINGlooks like a rerun, so someone in their marketing division was able to go "I got this" and did the funniest thing by just flipping a switch https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software
(DIR) Post #Aa02Ag4Fj1qxBG96WG by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-15T02:28:28Z
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Unity saying "don't worry we'll send a bill to Microsoft and Sony and-" has huge Sovereign Citizen Sending Letter Signed In Blood To Reclaim Their Federal Taxes energy. https://twistedvoxel.com/unity-playstation-xbox-nintendo-pay-on-behalf-of-devs/
(DIR) Post #Aa3XGv6MQEdHbAT5ns by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-22T17:58:17Z
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It's nice that #Unity3D walked back to terms that don't apply unless you use their latest engine, but that's the take-away: you need to not use their latest anymore. Finish your game. Find another engine. This is just an escape clause.Anyone who sticks with them will get screwed the next time their c-suite wants to goose their stock price.If you can find a way to keep making games on old Unity versions, that works too probably. But. You'll hit issues if you want to target consoles. There is no porting path for most (any?) Unity versions more than 2 years old at time of port.EDIT: (but really even old versions, they already changed their minds once on that, so assuming they won't again is foolish- find a new engine after you finish out current projects)
(DIR) Post #Aa5Cp41O3VP8O4V9bU by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-09-24T01:07:14Z
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Folks, if you believe the #Unity3D backpedal, you need to- sit with your feelings a sec, because. Heh.Nobody deletes a git repo for "low views." #GameDevs don't delete anything unless someone tells them to / they need to, because, why would you? It costs nothing to just leave it there. Unless.
(DIR) Post #AbPY1Gz8LlHqDlBn3A by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-11-02T22:14:42Z
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Oh thank god.(the git repo associated with this was archived today, fuck yea) https://9to5google.com/2023/11/02/google-chrome-web-integrity-api/
(DIR) Post #AbTQrXlx9qUsLMHGOu by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-11-04T19:08:14Z
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The Internet is at a point where I trust the geocities-ass page that looks like a child made it more than any slickly produced modern web experience.I crave your shitty blogs. Give me your UNDER CONSTRUCTION gifs.
(DIR) Post #AbTqaO9wFARsPjycls by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-10-07T16:44:09Z
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Just sitting here realizing that all the pay/login gates on articles are the single greatest force for archiving the web right now (since that's the best way to side-step them), hehGood job, capitalists, you're accidentally helping!
(DIR) Post #AbTqaPgEaZsP8C5vkW by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-10-07T16:56:25Z
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I bet someone could do a research paper on the relative power usage of browsing a web archived version of a site VS the live version and prove that the archived version generates substantially less carbon, too.That is, most of what makes a website slow to load is all the ad tracking and Java bullshit, and archive systems strip that entirely. Bet it makes a huge impact in aggregate.It's green to ad-block. You're just doing your part.
(DIR) Post #Abl6KhtqhG9qA6AZCy by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2023-11-13T05:13:32Z
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Don't use real brands in your games/novelsNot because you can't, but because you often can in novels at least— but shouldn't, because you're giving mega corps free advertising.I mean there's other good reasons too, like "inventing dumb fake brands is half the fun", but that's plenty reason already. Don't lick boots, even if they taste like Oreo.
(DIR) Post #AdeUvQ1TJBeajONmL2 by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2024-01-08T23:01:55Z
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Jesus christ, #Unity3D just cut 1,800 jobs. 25% of their work force. #GameDev https://kotaku.com/unity-layoffs-1800-people-jobs-25-percent-january-2024-1851150254
(DIR) Post #AhZBHm8RtfT0NVTUn2 by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2024-05-05T02:03:17Z
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@foone oh shit! One of those bullshit face scanning things they deployed everywhere during COVID lol
(DIR) Post #AlOlluogz63u0xVg4e by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2024-08-27T16:22:31Z
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If you're a gamedev releasing on Steam: PLEASE MAKE A DEVELOPER PAGEYou are literally leaving community on the floor when you launch a game without one, players can't follow you on Steam without that page being definedI'm even seeing PUBLISHERS forget to make onePlease, just do the needful 😭#GameDev #IndieDev
(DIR) Post #AlOpqPDmHZSdHtdkUi by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2024-08-27T17:45:29Z
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@apropos oh, OOF, that is a big oofI guess all devs have to learn at some point though, but. Still. OOF.
(DIR) Post #ArOIJBdg1gcYnxyx3g by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2025-02-22T22:25:06Z
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Hah, rad. The US is reverting gender markers on passport renewals.Mine had F. I did all the paperwork for that over a decade ago.Renewed passport I just got? Says M.So yeah fuck you United States, I guess? But whatev I can still use it to leave the country, and my license has the right marker.
(DIR) Post #AsikgiRj1SMLb62Jqi by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2025-04-03T16:14:55Z
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Right so I did one more spin on hitstop- now it ALSO stops all motion. And I mean, ALL, motion. So it freezes you in mid-air, it blocks the launches/blasts, etc.Weirdest vibes I've ever had. Where the lagged mesh felt like dropped frames, this suddenly feels like Final Fight. ⚔️🐭
(DIR) Post #AsikgoLD6aiHsd2CWm by glassbottommeg@peoplemaking.games
2025-04-03T16:17:49Z
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Codewise it's nothing fancy. Literally all I'm doing here is adding a root motion source that's SUPER high priority, so that it zeroes out all the other root motion driving the launches/etc. It also disables gravity, which gives you that airborne stop.