"Let PlayStation have a Wii U generation" goes so hard.
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https://piouspigeon.nekoweb.org/?post=projects Developing Developer- Hablet for Playdate~ out now!
“Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead.”
On the topic of vibecoding in retro gaming, it should also be made aware that the lack of information about making custom games for old systems has lead to people vibe-coding games. If you don't want people to vibe-code, then we NEED to have more ACCESSIBLE information ABOUT coding in general!
STAR BENTO! This week made a title screen, and wrapping up the polish pass on the prologue.... #playdate #gamedev #pixelArt #screenshotSaturday
This should replace gender selection in character creation
Most AAA studios unless they overtly express anti AI philosophies are definitely developing with AI.
A raylib user ported #raylib to @play.date! 🤯 Port just adds a new rcore_playdate.c and 3 new functions for the crank, it was possible thanks to the new raylib software renderer; definitely, it keeps delivering, best new feature ever! 🚀 Source code: github.com/plaidate/ray...
STAR BENTO! スター弁当 Big week for menus. #gamedev #screenshotSaturday #pixelart #playdate
PSA google “NAS”, Buy yourself a hard drive and plug it into your router, it’s life changing and maybe a great way to rebel against corporations telling you you can’t own a digital file due to enforced scarcity :D the rise of self hosting is a direct result of streaming and loss of ownership.
Reposting because of the sony news
Bethan's Rock is a small grey stone on display at Poole Museum in Poole, England. It was donated to the museum in 2019 by a five-year-old girl named Bethan, and it has since attracted significant attention on social media and become the museum's most famous object. - Wikipedia
Heads up! We’re about to make some shifts to Playdate’s production — no, none to Playdate itself — which means a factory pause. Soon, Playdate will be temporarily "sold out”. Once we're back up, more stock will start to arrive later this year. But if you want a Playdate soon… now's the time to buy!
Gamedev is 99% just showing the player entries in a data arrays in fun and exciting ways
Gaming is more accessible than ever to all, itch.io has tons of games for free, steam, mobile, tons of free/ super cheap absolute masterpieces. It’s capitalist propaganda that you have to be paying 80$ for the latest release to be participating in the culture, don’t buy it!
As storage and RAM prices skyrocket and make powerful PCs and consoles feel increasingly out of reach, there's only one real option: Everyone go back to 2D
I don't want to be resilient, I want to make video games with peace of mind.
Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.
That’s cool. Did your CEO and other executive level employees also take commensurate pay cuts to ensure future sustainability?