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Currently making City of Glass. I hate writing bios. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.gamedev.place/@cidney, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
Crude sketch of new adventure region in my setting.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
I fucking love @Codeberg today. Glad I migrated my indie dev repos there a while ago.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
"It seems like many ‘vibe coders’ don't realize that they don't actually have a community around them. They build projects as if they had, and spend resources accordingly." "To us, it seems ridiculous to see projects with a single developer and virtually no users consuming as much or even more […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
And please use AI for your wedding vows, your eulogies, your apologies. Why struggle for the right words when a machine can give you beautiful ones? Words untouched by shaking hands. Words that have never sat beside a hospital bed. Words that have never known the terrible privilege of having […]
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jewish gore whore 🤡 @gorror.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
After making montages of horror films for a while i collected a handful together to curate a celebration of scream queens in all their bloody, sexy glory!! The Horrorgirl Mixtape!! thank you everyone for watching mwauh :3 spectra.video/w/evfMLVg3R3Au6mRjZ91…
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The Horrorgirl Mixtape
After making montages of horror films for about year i collected a handful together to curate a mixtape celebration of scream queens in all their bloody, sexy glory!! This is the Horrorgirl Mixtap...
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11688000358… It passed. codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/125… Codeberg bans vibe coded slop.
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random stranger @kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
an attempt at something: codeberg.org/kyonshi/Tabletop-Rolep… a collection of free #ttrpg resources I know that's a bit of a wide approach, but that's kind of the point. it's supposed to be like the awesome lists on github or the delightful lists on codeberg
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Tabletop-Roleplaying-Resources
Free resources to use for your Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs)
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026
Some indie games I've played to completion in the last five years and would highly recommend: A Date in the Park by Cloak and Dagger Games Perfect Tides by Meredith Gran The Order of the Thorne: The King's Challenge by Infamous Quests
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Darius Kazemi @darius.friend.camp.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
Discovered today that one of the most formative books of my childhood, Math For Smarty Pants (1983), is available as a full PDF online: arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/mat… It's not a super well known book, though I bet there are plenty of Fediverse nerds who loved it as much […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
Corey and Lori Cole streaming Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption for this week's livestream (at 5pm Eastern Time). Yay! :D www.twitch.tv/transolargames
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transolargames - Twitch
Transolar Games, Inc. was founded by Corey Cole and Lori Ann Cole to create high-quality role-playing adventure games. Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption (R) is the story of Shawn O'Conner, would-be thief on his journey to becoming a rogue hero. We've just released Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale!
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aburtch @aburtch.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026
#Trans
Social media post lifted from elsewhere reads:

Every day I contemplate the fact that
we still don't know what causes left-
handedness. Ages ago we as a
society decided it was totally normal
and stopped punishing and ostracizing
kids for it. Today the thought of being
anti-left-handedness is bonkers to us.

This is a post about trans kids.
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Mx. Aria Stewart @aredridel.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116946142… So very much this: Even if you think AI is net-positive, we have a duty to expand well, not on top of the most marginalized as always. The way we do it now is the way of paving natural beauty, discarding entire communities, and taking […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026
Since I've been curious about the 7th Guest remake and impressed by the music, I got a copy of the original on GOG and began playing it. And... wow these puzzles are just bad. No meta, no connection to the story or environments, just random, tedious filler content. I guess I didn't miss much?
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
A couple games I've worked on for Transolar Games are on sale as part of the itch.io Summer Bundle: itch.io/s/190452/summer-sale-2026
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Summer Sale 2026 by Transolar Games
A bundle by Transolar Games, $10.00 for Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption, Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption Hint Guide, Summer Daze: Tilly's Tale
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
I've been listening to the When We Were Wizards podcast on the history of TSR, which is quite good. But it's giving me a sense of relief to hear other people go through these kind of small-business egos and dramas. I feel less alone […]
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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
A lot of what I’m doing for 3D stuff is just straight up Blender plugins. There are many of them! You can do some pretty great stuff! But again, a lot of these are side gig projects or hobby developments. The actual cost of Free Software is patience, and time, and energy learning about how to […]
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Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero.fedizen.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
I’m slightly irked that more creative tools aren’t available on Linux. 😞 If ZBrush or Character Creator or an affordable copy of Divine Cut were available, that would be so fantastic. I know I could try to run them with Wine, but…eh. I feel like the Linux desktop is actually pretty great for […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
Updating #CityOfGlass to Godot 4.7 and Popochiu 2.1.1 has been... seamless? What is this wizardry? Usually this process is a lot more painful. :D
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Well-done, @godotengine . godotengine.org/article/contributio…
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Changes to our Contribution Policies – Godot Engine
Godot is growing fast, so here is how we are dealing with the huge increase in contributions.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Other people have shared this, but this video by Jason Schreier is very good. My career path I was "major in computer science at Wellesley, take IF classes and do IF research at MIT, work in tech/webdev for a few years, transition to full-time consulting, get indie game devs as clients, start […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
This looks incredible promising. Independent video game website and blog collection. www.warppoint.games
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Warp Point
A curated list of gaming blogs that support RSS.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
Going to Narrascope seemed to really pull me out of the depression I've been in for the last few years. It's good to be part of a community. Just released a song, and now a game poem, this weekend. cidney.itch.io/let-me-speak
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Let Me Speak by Cidney
You never shut up, do you?
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
Looks like I'm still being bridged to bluesky... should I turn that off? It's mostly spam, but more adventure game people are on bluesky than fedi, sadly. :(
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
Updated Let Me Speak to fix a bug caught by @summerb -- thank you! One of these days I'll figure out how to do proper playtesting for short IF things. cidney.itch.io/let-me-speak
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Let Me Speak by Cidney
You never shut up, do you?
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
Going to Narrascope seemed to really pull me out of the depression I've been in for the last few years. It's good to be part of a community. Just released a song, and now a game poem, this weekend. cidney.itch.io/let-me-speak
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Let Me Speak by Cidney
You never shut up, do you?
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026
Each broom agent can spawn additional, autonomous broom agents, each with their own pails. This allows apprentices to accelerate monotonous water-fetching tasks and save their time and energy for more interesting and useful work
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026
I have just discovered that Trans Theft Horso exists, and the developer seems awesome. (Yay for more queer adventure game developers!) store.steampowered.com/app/2268550/…
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Trans Theft Horso on Steam
A colourful western fantasy adventure, to save trans joy! Adric Belfonte embarks on a happy nightmare into the wild and bewaffling West. Explore the maddening desert, defy the admirals, ride the animals, fight the haters, and save the missing hormones! A feverish wild-west fantasy, in full colour!
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026
Last month I went from only showing #CityOfGlass to my polycule to having 15 playtesters with itch.io keys, including people I only know through their code. Plus several in-person demos. Eep. I'm really making this game? 😅
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
I have no trouble getting used to the metric system, but dates? There is no way to tell whether 12.7 is American or European. I am clearly not assimilating.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026
Today looks like it is going to be a catching up on emails day. Eager to get back to actual coding and creating. Need more time this week. Have zero time.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Josh Mandel on using interactions for storytelling in graphic adventure games, from #Narrascope2026 . youtu.be/IS_Mq7kMBdA?si=BnaR4JXATmq…
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Moos-a-dee 🫎 @moosader.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
@spectra this is why I put my rough, junk videos to YouTube and try to only upload my higher quality stuff to Spectra. :> I've also been thinking about just making lower resolution videos in general. Why does everything need to be HD??
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026
Time to do another round of #introductions . Hi, I'm Cid or Cidney. I've been on the fediverse since 2016; starting with mastodon.social, moving to some topical and self-hosted instances. Lately I'm too hosed for self-hosting, so this is my main account. @cidney@dice.camp is my TTRPG alt. I'm […]
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Spectra Video @spectra.video · 23/06/2026
Spectra currently stores 7.5 TB of videos. As our costs continue to rise, we need to make a serious decision about the long-term viability of our platform and operations. One thing we are thinking seriously about is defaulting to a set per-account upload limit, with the ability to pay for […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
The Well Edited Game: Talk from #Narrascope2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQLvaxva2QY
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
The last time I worked in an office was 2014 (in South Boston). I like coffee shops and coworking spaces in small bursts. But control over my environment is important.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
Josh Mandel on using interactions for storytelling in graphic adventure games, from #Narrascope2026 . youtu.be/IS_Mq7kMBdA?si=BnaR4JXATmq…
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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026
What people don't get is that I wanted to love the United States. I wanted to love Elon Musk. I wanted to love capitalism. I was sent as an unknowing kid who read the entirety of Elon Musk's biography into the heart of capitalism, the Silicon Valley, and talked to entrepreneurs, people who […]
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026
How are Millennial oldies even a thing? Nobody liked this shit when we were tweens in the 90s either.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026
Hi, I'm working as a solo indie dev on an adventure/RPG called #CityOfGlass, developed in #GodotEngine and #Popochiu . Here are some preliminary screenshots for #ScreenshotSaturday .
Pixel art of shoreline in small fishing village in City of Glass.Pixel art of village cottage in City of Glass.Pixel art of top of lighthouse in City of Glass.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026
Going Union Part 2: How Indies Can Hire Top-Tier Talent and Not Break Their Budget by @GrundislavGames from #Narrascope2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=svMI5cvkTwE
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026
The Life Games Require Of Us. Meredith Gran's phenomenal #Narrascope2026 keynote speech from last weekend, is up on the @IFTF YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLsLh56pkw
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Darius Kazemi @darius.friend.camp.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026
There are a lot of reasons I've been in a creative funk recently but one of them is the chilling effect where I think about the inevitable LLM plagiarism that will occur and I think, huh, do I really want to release anything publicly? I feel myself more drawn to making stuff that never goes on […]
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Mx. Aria Stewart @aredridel.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
RE: glammr.us/@TeamMidwest/116754577266… The ivory tower isolates. That gives safety but it has downsides.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
Things #VideoGames Should Have: Mooses. Each chapter ending with the player hanging out in a homoerotic hunt club. A song called "New Age". Things They Should Not Have: AI usage, even code virtualmoose.org/2026/06/14/things-…
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Things Every Video Game Should Have
This is not going into the manifesto jam because it’s more of a goof but at the same time I do get excited about this stuff anytime it shows up so maybe it’s entirely serious. **A Moose** – Well yeah, obviously. Playing as a moose is the best part of Wacky Wheels and Moose Life is one of the best Llamasoft games. **That song from The Incredible Machine 2**– Maybe you can’t get this exact song for licensing reasons but throw a New Age song into your game. Your players will thank you. **FMV** – Doesn’t have to be a lot. You don’t need to get Malcolm McDowell in your video game. Even a tiny bit of stock footage of a train will make me happy. **Samples, possibly unlicensed** – I love all the samples that show up repeatedly in Llamasoft’s games. I feel like some of them are maybe unlicensed but clearly no one has said anything yet because they keep popping up. Build up a nice little library of sound effects and other assets that you keep throwing into your games and people can recognize. Folks get annoyed about asset reuse and they’re wrong and should be pushed into a volcano. **Each chapter ending with the player hanging out in a homoerotic hunt club** – Maybe some explanation for this one. We all love the Hunt Club in Gabriel Knight 2 but I understand if you don’t want your player character needing to talk to any hunting enthusiasts or shitty libertarians, but I do really like when games have the player coming back to the same place to hang out with other characters so more of that please. It should also be gay. **Someone that taunts you** – Your game should have some kind of asshole that keeps taunting you like Rudy in Funhouse or Sinistar. **Someone that hangs out** – There should also be someone that’s just hanging out near the beginning of your game but doesn’t do a whole lot. Maybe they give advice if the player is stuck. You probably can’t license Peter Gabriel for your person that hangs out but they should probably be listening to music or reading. **Things It Should Not Have** **AI usage** – Even code. You’re still wasting massive amounts of energy and polluting communities if you use AI for coding. Fuck you, I won’t play your game.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
Exchanging itch.io handles is so much more fun than the usual networking social medias. Met lots of very cool people at Narrascope; now to catch train and attempt to zzz.
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Cidney @cidney.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026
Quick #Narrascope2026 selfie.
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