So, I joined Ko-fi. Here goes nothing, but I don't know what else to try anymore: https://ko-fi.com/notimetoplay
Today at work I attended a mandatory lecture on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The speaker espoused ideals of making the University an inclusive space.
Good thought, however the talk failed to address the fact that the University exists because of and to perpetuate inequity.
The University is hierarchical and exclusive.
People are admitted on the basis of cognitive ability.
People go to university to obtain privilege.
The University exists, primarily, to ensure its continued existence.
Americans: I'd hate to live in a dreary commie land where all housing is identical and I'm not allowed to use it as I see fit
Also Americans: well I'd like to paint my house a nice bold blue, but then it might not resell for as much. Beige it is! Wait hang on, the HOA is emailing me about my food garden they say is unsightly. I'll have to dig it up.
"Business Wargames: Early Complex Text Games" https://if50.substack.com/p/business-wargames
i have been saying this
"Telling kids they have autism when they are younger may be best"
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/05/02/telling-children-autism/7921651513058/
Kofner, Kapp and their colleagues answered that question by asking 78 university students about how and when they found out they had autism. For the most part, the investigators found that telling kids when they are younger helped them feel better about their lives as they grew up.
"we tried actually listening to autistic adults for once"
this is just totally off the dome but i feel like the idea of being "professional" is really just another conceit to alienate laborers from each other. you can connect genuinely with other people while still being respectful of their needs, both personally and to get a job done
Here's a big, filterable list of open-source games and game-making tools:
Another month, another link roundup. And what a month: https://notimetoplay.org/cgi-bin/wiki/2022-04-30_Assorted
My big problem with those donation economies - patreon, github sponsors, etc - is that they tend to concentrate on a few big people.
People join a mastodon instance and try to give to Gargron, who already gets *checks notes* a bit over 6000€ per month.
Instead of doing that, check if your local admin needs it more, tbh
Inform 7 v10.1.0 is now open-source! https://intfiction.org/t/inform-7-v10-1-0-is-now-open-source/55674
You dont have to respond to people. If someone is talking about a game they love and you don't. you can just... not tell them how much you hate it.
start your own thread on your own page to talk about your opinion on it. Don't be an ass to someone else for liking something.
How ironic that it mentions HotGlue.me, which is open source but doesn't run on modern versions of PHP because the language changed too much.
I make #games because the alternative is to lie down and never get up again.
I make #art because art is good. One of the few good things we have in life.
I #write about it all so that others get a better shot at success than I did.