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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I'm currently running online sessions on how to create your own 2D art assets for teens, and leading to the following exchange: Student: "Everyone who didn't sign up for this course is missing out on greatness!" Me: _looks silently at the greatness_

Blobby half complete animation of a pixelated stickman not quite walking

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

Chatting with someone about #ttrpg writing and was reminded of Nobilis 3rd edition, a game that contains my all time favourate example character and that has writing in its rules that you could quote for days. Like... how the interaction between your […] [Original post on bonfire.mavnn.eu]

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Lighting starting to get going, and no #godot logo! (No real artwork either, but hey). Initial performance tests are encouraging though; given the spells are basically a very slowly interpreted language built of Godot nodes I was worried it would be […] [Original post on bonfire.mavnn.eu]

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026

Hooking up barks (the short exclaimations made in games by NPCs to respond to events happening in real time). Death cries seemed the kind of moments of pathos where I could both test the plumbing and flex my mighty game narrative writing skills in some […] [Original post on bonfire.mavnn.eu]

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

Totally silly life hack when creating a physics based character that you want to stay upright and don't want to write all that fancy code for self-righting: move their center of gravity below the character's actual collision shape and let the physics engine […] [Original post on bonfire.mavnn.eu]

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Providing valuable services in chat channels

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Inside every tester there are two wolves: the confused one, the surreal one, and the one that always goes one step further than expected. #qa #testing

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

Physics engines are so much fun to play with. Just had a first project based #gamedev session with a new student, and went from zero to a player controlled #godot block bouncing around and bashing evil red godot faces out of the way - all in under an hour […] [Original post on bonfire.mavnn.eu]

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

Hmm. Looks like the Bonfire UI doesn't allow for polls with attached images. I'll try creating one via the API tomorrow. In the mean time, here's Eddy

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Don't know where y'all are at, but round here it's spring time #flowers #DoomScrollingBreak

Close up of a large butterfly sitting pretty on some spring flowers

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

My latest modern art creation: the warming of the soup. Worth at least an extra ten thousand due to the ephemeral nature of its satisfying beauty.

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Bodil: "I have a very particular set of skills" @bodil@social.treehouse.systems

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Turns out that my Boox Note Air 3C actually does a surprisingly good job of running #krita. Slightly laggy displaying the brush strokes but records them accurately, and the e-ink display and roughly A5 form factor means I can draw outside in bright sunlight […] [Original post on bonfire.mavnn.eu]

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2026

Short but sweet blog post today on tracking hidden consequences in #ink, responding to a question from my #visualnovel writing course. blog.mavnn.eu/2026/03/28/hid...

A screen shot of a visual novel where the reader is being asked "Is a wombat a wom, or a bat?"

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

The next train on platform 2 is going to Errore XSLT @kevlin@mastodon.social

Train announcement sign at a station with 'Errore XSLT' in the destination field

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Michael Newton @mavnn.bonfire.mavnn.eu.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Peace and joy to y"all. And merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate!

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