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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I might actually make this sometime, sounds like fun. Also, shout out to Reddit.com/r/VirtualDemocracy, a new political experiment happening on Reddit! Now that I think about it, it would be cool to see this game idea implemented with the people in r/VirtualDemocracy, idk. ☕️

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r/VirtualDemocracy

A political and democratic experiment on Reddit. We will hold elections between members for different positions and our elected officials will dictate the policy of the sub. Hehe let’s abuse the alg...

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Hear me out: A real-time cooperative/strategic virtual table-top war game where everyone manages specialized units to wage war against a powerful nation run by an imperialist dictator. #GameDev #GameIdea

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I accidentally became President of a nation. I found this new subreddit: reddit.com/r/virtualdemocracy. As the Speaker of Parliament, I’m the acting President too. Anyways, we’re still accepting candidates for the actual first President, and that honor could be yours! #PoliticalExperiment #Reddit

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VirtualDemocracy

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I love that take on the concept! I get so used to medieval fantasy themes that I forget to consider other themes that might fit an idea better.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hear me out: a pixel art game where your health is represented by a candle that is constantly burning down, and you need to find new candles to keep yourself alive. Also you can only see a certain radius around yourself, which shrinks as your candle burns down. #gamedesign #gamedev #randomgameidea

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I stumbled across something called a “simulated democracy”, and I think it’s a cool social experiment concept. There’s one that’s starting up on Reddit at the moment called r/VirtualDemocracy if anyone wants to join in the shenanigans. #politics #fakepolitics #rp #socialexperiment #democracy

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I’ll definitely contact you once I’m further along in the process, if that looks like the way I’m going to go. I may also try to self-host, depending on a number of factors. As it is, I still have to do a bunch of planning, code, marketing, etc. before it all goes live.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Depending on the game, I like to have a “crosshair” instead of a “pointer” cursor.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Gaming Question: What’s the worst thing that video game companies do, and what would you do instead if you had a say? All input is appreciated, including and especially slightly-off-topic rants. Thanks! #Gaming #Question #GameCompanies #HorribleBusinessPractices #HelpMeImprove

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I’ll also scatter treasure and traps throughout the maze, along with custom structures that house puzzles, mobs, unique loot, & strategic importance. There will be multiple levels, with stairs up and down scattered throughout the map. When the map resets, players get sent back to their team’s base.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Once I’ve got the code part figured out, I’ll start looking into setting up a public Minecraft server for people to play in it. My idea is that it will be a PvP factions server where the map (except faction bases) resets on a regular basis (e.g. weekly).

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Working on a C++ program that makes random Minecraft mazes. The green represents areas that are actually reachable by players. Hopefully I’ll be able to get rid of more of the gray by fine-tuning the settings. I am also working on a Minecraft mod that can translate the maze to the game. #Minecraft

A mostly gray map with green lines on it. The green lines represent accessible areas on the map, while the grayed out parts are unfortunately closed off.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I’ve been tinkering with the menu for my next demo. It’s vaguely Norse-inspired, and will showcase “the weapon”. Originally these boxes were going to be ui, but they’re too big. I invented a little runic pixel language for this, so the symbols around the edges actually mean something.

A basic video game menu with two buttons. The right one is blank and the left one reads “here there be dragons”

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I don’t lose momentum as much because I can finish a demo quickly enough, and then I get excited/inspired and can hardly wait to start the next one. I’m tricking my brain into being able to make one big game without getting too burnt out.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Thanks! And I completely agree. I’m developing a series of demos for the different game mechanics, since I’m not using a game engine. Once I have them all finished, I’ll combine all the code into a big game with its own storyline that will hopefully be really fun to play.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Thanks! I’m still toying with the concept in my head, but I might set it up sometime. Not sure how I would afford it tho, and I don’t want to put ads on it or use any illegal gambling to make up for server costs like some servers I can think of.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This is so real. I initially started working on my first (and so far only) game because I wanted to play it, and every once in a while I take a break from working on it to play it and enjoy the game I made for myself.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Idea: a PvP Minecraft server with a limited map and no block breaking. Players struggle to survive a dark, dungeon-like maze, gathering resources and fighting hostile mobs (plus other players). There are clans and static clan bases. The map changes each night at midnight. #Minecraft #GameIdea

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I agree. I get crazily inspired by stuff on itch. Amazing games out there. Whenever I’m in a creative rut for my own stuff, seeing what other people made gets me going again. Obviously I don’t steal anyone’s work, but I definitely pull and modify unique mechanics and gameplay aspects I come across.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

One day I’m going to make a factory-style production-based video game with a fully fleshed out multiplayer combat system (the actual buildings themselves will fight). I have no clue what that means, but I’ll take suggestions if anyone wants to contribute to my insanity. #gamedev #indiegamedev

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Also lots of dynamic upgrades that interact with each other. Like the whole thing is just upgrades. I’m really excited for it.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I’m working on the next demo for my game: the weapons system!! There’s only one weapon, and it’s going to be absolutely crazy and fully customizable. I’m flavoring it as magic for the demo, but it’ll be tech in the final version. Preview coming soon! #gamedev #sologamedev #indiegamedev #prototype

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

If anyone has ideas I’m open to suggestions. Might use one of them for my own stuff if anyone has an idea that my single remaining brain cell likes.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We could even maintain a collective block list for accounts that are known AI “imposters”. The biggest problem with AI is that people make it pretend to be human, and an easy way to tell the difference would be the have a creator-specified, community-enforced distinguishing characteristic.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Hear me out: We make a slogan for human made content. Make it brief and sound cool. Encourage people to mark their own stuff with it rather than a clunky “no ai” message. Create ownership and belonging. If you use it for anything ai-generated, we collectively block you, regulating it organically.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

No problems with this room. Has a ceiling and at least 2 walls (maybe 3, based on the upper left corner of the image). Semi-clean even. Ideal living conditions for a guy like me. If you’re not careful I might move in. Set up a mattress and maybe a desk if I feel ambitious. Then what will you do?

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Plus having more game devs means more opportunity for someone to break new ground. If we have less people making games, they will focus on catering to the general market rather than just making a new and fun game.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The global collection is worth more than it used to be, even if individual games aren’t worth as much. Worth of games in early days used to be based on scarcity of alternatives, now it’s based on novelty and a loose standard of quality. These are steps forward, not backwards.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We can’t tax churches without taxing all churches, unless we’re specifically discouraging large churches and encouraging churches to remain small, which (while not a bad idea) would be more than overstepping the government’s own limitation of not mixing church and state. It’s a lose-lose situation.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Churches are funded by donations and fundraisers, and they provide services to the community that wanted a church. Most of them can hardly afford to stay open even without taxes. Taxing churches essentially punishes religion; that’s how it would be interpreted. You’d have riots and more people hurt.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Good job on recognizing that as an area of improvement for your game and being willing to implement it!

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Lol. I like it better than using Google Docs for my code, but that’s about it.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Linux compatibility is now available for my Factory Demo game on itch.io This is a big deal, since it means future projects can be Linux compatible as well. echo-silicon.itch.io/factory-demo #GameDev #SoloGameDev #DemoGame #Prototype

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Factory Demo by Echo Silicon

A game made out of the demo of the materials production system for a larger project.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I am still working on Linux compatibility for my demo game on echo-silicon.itch.io/factory-demo. In the meantime, if anyone has ideas for the other two building types, please let me know! I’ve been considering add a “piston” like from Minecraft, but I’m not sold on the idea yet.

echo-silicon.itch.io

Factory Demo by Echo Silicon

A game made out of the demo of the materials production system for a larger project.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Some good ideas there. I’ll have to look into that, thanks!

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

It was recently developed, so you might still be able to get your hands on a free copy of the playtesting version.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I found one that I really like called Utopia TTRPG by Oridont. Great system. A little weird compared to other stuff in the industry, but rules-lite and incredibly modular. The core rulebook includes rules about how to make new spells, items, and creatures.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We don’t need to throw out everything, just a little bit here and there. AI may have flooded some platforms, but we still control THE internet. The power of humans comes from our connection to each other. The only “power” that AI has is that it can interfere with that connection. We stand together.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Small wins are how we turn the tide. That’s how we’ve won wars in the past, and it’s how we’ll win this one.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Bluesky is nice because it’s clean. It’s clean because it’s still sort of new. If we want it to stay clean despite regular use, we’re going to need to take care of it a lot better than we have for other platforms.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

AI is often out of touch with reality because people consistently misuse it as a replacement for using their brains. We have good reason to despise it: artificial intelligence represents the drowning out (and therefore the death) of everything that we actually value.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Dangerous? Yes. Danger is power, and power is an opportunity to make positive change. Those changes won’t happen if we’re divided. We’re human. Most of us want what’s best for each other. We struggle to find that sometimes, but rather than insulting your potential allies, try to find common ground.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

It’s unfair to say that we never learn. We learn, just not often. The problem is that we are stuck re-learning the same lesson. Almost everyone wants the same good thing: mutual thriving. But we lose faith in ourselves and each other and we never do anything to make those ideal outcomes possible.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The reason that we fight against AI is not for “quality”. It is because our society cannot handle it. We tried, and we did it wrong. We HAVE to go back. Generative AI is polluting the internet, and there’s no use in reminiscing about what it might have been. We do learn, but it takes drastic change.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Slop is coherent, it’s just low quality and disheartening to read. At best, slop dilutes pure human experience. At worst, it’s a pollutant; a corrupting agent. Your incoherency is inspiring, or at least thought provoking. Making sense of the senseless is part of the human experience. Not the same.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The war on AI has nothing to do with politics, and everything to do with whether we’re willing to accept gross behavior just because someone says they’re on “our” side (whichever side that may be). All slop is slop, regardless of what color it is.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

It would take a LOT of work, but it would be worth it in the end, and if history has shown us anything, it’s 100% possible.

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King Peter of Narnia @peterofnarnia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Ideally, there would be an organized movement against AI slop. If we could get multiple communities together, we could probably make a change. Authors, game devs, artists; no one wants AI. Enough talented people working together could probably shift the status quo. Where there’s a will there’s a way

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