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Yo, folks, know what we *shouldn't* take as a model these days? Zombie invasion stories. Especially you, Americans.

Oh, look! There's a text-based game jam coming to Itch. And it's just what I've been doing all 2020 so far: https://itch.io/jam/text-game-jam-2020

@MisterBeret Are you doing enough practice to consolidate your knowledge? By itself, theory doesn't stick around.

@ghost_bird @stolas Worse, Traveller in turn borrowed from a certain sub-genre of sci-fi popularized in the 1960s by writers like Andre Norton. So modern space-trading games are thrice-removed from the original inspiration.

@stolas That sums up everything wrong with the genre. Thanks for putting it into words.

@stolas But now you see how wearing one of these things can make you touch your face more, not less, and negate any supposed protection it may add.

@stolas My experience after day 1: I should have tied it over the ears most likely, not under, and covered my nose all the way up. Speaking of which: I have difficulties breathing through the nose, but with a scarf over the mouth, it's necessary.

@stolas But I'm so going to laugh if covering your face in public becomes normalized after this whole story. If nothing else it will boost privacy.

@stolas At least most experts admit they made a U-turn, and that it's more of an extra precaution than any serious safety measure. Some deny they ever dissed it.

@stolas And... as of yesterday, we have an official recommendation to wear masks after all, in a U-turn from previous guidelines.

It just struck me that Rogue will be 40 sometime this year.

@stolas That's what happens when creators recycle old tropes uncritically, thrice-removed from the original source.

Hello, everyone! Issue #314 of my #gamedev newsletter is here, with a big release announcement, an interview with Jon Ingold and a retrospective of The 7th Guest. Enjoy! https://notimetoplay.org/blog/weekly-links-314.html

@stolas *offers a hug*

And now... (drumroll) version 1.0 of Tee-Wee Editor is out! Here's the release announcement I posted on Itch: https://notimetoplay.itch.io/tee-wee-editor/devlog/134907/the-time-of-an-idea

Tee-Wee Editor isn't even at version 1.0, and there's already a story made with it, an exploration of the Chapbook format. My work has purpose! https://jigmedatse.itch.io/lets-build-a-chapbook-using-tee-wee

Version 1.0 draws near! Tee-Wee Editor now has a second toolbar; I tweaked the widget layout to account for it. Makes the user interface kind of busy: a reason to refrain from adding much more.

@stolas First we'd have to teach people again that it's a thing they can do: https://felix.plesoianu.ro/web/plain-old-webpages.html