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the shit unity's pulling right now is horrible, of course, but if a lot of people switch to godot because of it, that's a great silver lining. imo it's a lot better designed overall, it's friendlier to beginners, and it is of course open source

Today, september 16th, is Mexico's Independence Day ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ

Hoy, 16 de septiembre, es el dรญa de la independencia de ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ

hi please hire me to make you pixels i'm broke and unemployed and i need the money maple.pet/commissons thanks for having boosted this post already i know you won't have failed me ๐Ÿ’œ

When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is:

Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem -- which did we fail?

If youโ€™ve decided to start using #GodotEngine this week, this thread is for you.

Firstly though, donโ€™t switch mid-project. Youโ€™ll have a bad time! Godot is not a drop-in replacement for Unity! Finish your current project, then start learning Godot by making a few small games. ๐Ÿงต

The universe has weird timings.

In the 20 years of using Steam, I virtually never got a random scam contact request.

Today, I was waiting for a coworker to send a friend request.

I got a freind request, accepted, but it turned out to be a scammer.

Anyway:

I hear so many older people saying things like "If I were younger, I would be nonbinary", and listen: you can be nonbinary now! It sounds like you already are!

The Shadow King has been released!
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ massive map!
๐Ÿ‘น lots of different enemies!
๐Ÿฆ˜ fun platforming!
๐Ÿ’ก boss fights and secret rooms!
๐ŸŽถ beautiful soundtrack!

Get the game on itch:
johanpeitz.itch.io/shadow-king

Please spread the word! โค๏ธ

#๏ธโƒฃ #pico8 #indiegame #pixelart

We passed the โ‚ฌ30,000 threshold on the Godot Development Fund today! ๐ŸŽ‰

Thanks everyone for your support! ๐Ÿ’™

Our current goal is to reach 50k as soon as possible, to secure the current payroll, and enable us to add a couple more developers to the team.

fund.godotengine.org/

tips for being more #positive about your work!

โŒ โ€œI canโ€™t fix this bug no matter what I tryโ€
โœ” โ€œI am an avant-garde software artistโ€

โŒ โ€œmy code wonโ€™t compileโ€
โœ” โ€œthis is an abstract pieceโ€

โŒ โ€œI never get around to implementing any of the features I wantโ€
โœ” โ€œI consider myself a minimalistโ€œ

โŒ โ€œsorry I forget to document my codeโ€ฆโ€
โœ” โ€œmy art is about the journey, not the destinationโ€

โŒ โ€œI have never finished a projectโ€
โœ” โ€œI prefer to leave the ending open to interpretationโ€

โŒ โ€œsorry, this software is not compatible with โ€œ
โœ” โ€œhere I have chosen to make a political statement against
โ€œ

โŒ โ€œthis memory leak causes the program to crashโ€
โœ” โ€œthis program symbolizes the transience of mortality and reminds us all what is important in lifeโ€

Shadow King launches tomorrow on itch and patreon. Made with #pico8 I had some help to overcome some of the restrictions - read on! ๐Ÿ‘‡

Also, boost this post for a chance to win a key tomorrow! <3

Era dรญa del programador en Mรฉxico ayer miรฉrcoles 13 de septiembre y no lo sabรญa :blobfearful:

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