CODEMODD<p>Beyond Mechanics: How Story Becomes the Soul of Game Design (Plus a FREE Game to Prove It!)</p><p>Beyond mechanics, what truly makes a game unforgettable? It's the story! Discover how weaving narrative into every game design choice creates experiences that linger long after play. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlayerExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayerExperience</span></a></p><p>Ready To Play?<br>(FREE GAME INCLUDED)</p><p><a href="https://codemodd.blogspot.com/2025/07/beyond-mechanics-how-story-becomes-soul_2.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codemodd.blogspot.com/2025/07/</span><span class="invisible">beyond-mechanics-how-story-becomes-soul_2.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FREE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FREE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a></p>
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CommunicationGames<p>🥳 The Finalists for this year's game design challenge have two weeks from today to submit their completed video games about communication!</p><p>We will be sharing info about this year's judges tomorrow.</p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prevention</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/masscommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masscommunication</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/communicationscholars" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>communicationscholars</span></a></span></p>
toddmedema<p>Question: if you were going to make a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> game about the future of farming and food prep at scale, what would it feature? How would it work? </p><p>If the standard capitalist game model is a tycoon-style game where you're earning money to build things, research things, expand, exploit... What's the antidote? But in mechanics that still appeal to those who like city/factory building-style games? </p><p>It feels like there is a profound tension between solarpunk ideas of community and sustainability, vs builder/simulation games that focus on control and growth. I'm stumped on how to resolve it, but I really want to, because there must be builder games in the future!</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a></p>
Ki3 Games | Seed of Life 🌱🐺<p>I made a new enemy for Seed of Life<br>and I gotta say…</p><p>…it's STUNNING 💫</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screenshotsaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenshotsaturday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trailertuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trailertuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiegame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solodev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gameart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gameplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameplay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zeldalike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zeldalike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metroidvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metroidvania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamecube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamecube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ps2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ps2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nintendo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/madewithunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>madewithunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3d</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/puzzle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puzzle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actionadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actionadventure</span></a></p>
Lard Motel<p>“…Dreunen predicts that Apple may eventually purchase Unity, the engine behind over 70% of mobile games … such a deal would allow Apple to block Unity eliminating a potential competitor, while also undercutting Epic by offering a fully integrated toolchain...” - 80lv</p><p>Embrace, Expand, Extinguish. Over my dead body mofos. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vulture</span></a></p>
Arto Koistinen<p>I'm running a romantic fantasy / court intrigue scenario this year in <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Ropecon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ropecon</span></a> and would like to have a dance ball scene that plays out like a traditional <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/dnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dnd</span></a> style miniature combat, with the associated depth. So instead of killing your opponents, you'd gather secrets, influence connections, etc. But what kind of actions would the characters have, esp. in additional to the obvious talking?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a></p>
Bharath M. Palavalli<p>This is a fun <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interactivefiction</span></a> exercise or a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> (?) by Saranyan Vigraham at <a href="https://saranyan.com/projects/gdc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">saranyan.com/projects/gdc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. It comes with a short write-up at <a href="https://www.saranyan.com/blog/ai-cultural-intelligence-game" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">saranyan.com/blog/ai-cultural-</span><span class="invisible">intelligence-game</span></a>. Do check it out, there are some interesting design choices made in it. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DataPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a></p>
TECC :archlinux:<p>🎉 On June 22, 2000, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DeusEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeusEx</span></a> launched and changed gaming forever. Developed by <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/IonStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IonStorm</span></a> and led by <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WarrenSpector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarrenSpector</span></a>, it blended <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPS</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a>, and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/stealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stealth</span></a> in a deep <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> world full of conspiracies and player choice.</p><p>Built on the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UnrealEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnrealEngine</span></a>, Deus Ex let you hack, sneak, or fight — your way. It tackled themes like <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/transhumanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transhumanism</span></a> long before they hit the mainstream.</p><p>A true milestone in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ImmersiveSim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmersiveSim</span></a> history.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/PCGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/GamingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DeusEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeusEx</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a></p>
alxd of Story Seed Library<p>I finally had some time to try out the <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/earthborneRangers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthborneRangers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/LCG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LCG</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/boardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardGame</span></a> and I don't know if it's a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>game</span></a> for me.</p><p>I see all the beauty of the writing and the systems interplaying but we needed three multi-hour attempts over several days to properly understand how to setup the game.</p><p>A 4 hour long play session past the tutorial didn't even let us start completing the quest.</p><p>I think the basic game loop [for quests] is just too long for me. Too many things to interact with.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameDesign</span></a></p>
Joachim Scharloth<p>Podcastempfehlungen zum Thema <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Spiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spiel</span></a> und <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Spielsucht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spielsucht</span></a> </p><p>* Behind the Screens: "Videospielabhängigkeit behandeln"</p><p><a href="https://behind-the-screens.de/2025/06/05/videospielabhaengigkeit-behandeln-e112/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">behind-the-screens.de/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">05/videospielabhaengigkeit-behandeln-e112/</span></a></p><p>* Tim Gabel Podcast: "Tobias Hayer: Wetten du kennst einen Glücksspielsüchtigen?"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kntyZWo1m6U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=kntyZWo1m6</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>(Der Moderator immer ein bisschen cringe, aber der Gast großartig)</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gambling</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a></p>
nemo<p>Another thing I love about <a href="https://tatooine.club/tags/FulcrumDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FulcrumDefender</span></a> is the attention to detail in the UI - it takes a few games, but the use of space is absolutely amazing. There’s so many weapons+mod combinations, and timers, and points, and cooldowns, and keypresses, and level information. </p><p>The game UI manages to find a way to fit all of that in a 1-bit 400x240 display AND have a few enemies that darken the screen without any issues.</p><p>Lots of great <a href="https://tatooine.club/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> inspiration.</p>
Pete<p>My eldest offspring, Linus, has just finished his degree in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CreativeMusicTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeMusicTechnology</span></a>, and has put his <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ShortFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortFilm</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConceptAlbum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptAlbum</span></a> online.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO7eB1BO1F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=bO7eB1BO1F</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p>Linus is available for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> 🙂 as a composer, sound designer, scoring, game design, etc. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/composer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composer</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/composition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composition</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SoundDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoundDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jobsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobsearch</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FilmMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FilmMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/filmmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmmaking</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/filmmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmmaker</span></a></p>
Louis Ingenthron<p>Please boost for reach! Which would you prefer from a self-funded indie game studio that can't afford translation services:</p><p>1) Don't translate the game at all. Just leave it in English.<br>2) Use LLMs to translate the games, but have a crowdsourcing system to correct errors.<br>3) Have a crowdsourcing system and only make languages available when the crowd completes them.</p><p><a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/GameDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/GameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/VideoGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGame</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/Gamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gamer</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/Translations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Translations</span></a> <a href="https://ingenthron.social/tags/Localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Localization</span></a></p>
Malcolm StielowAre you normal, or did you not have a gift for your niece's birthday, so you conceived, designed, prototyped, and packaged a board game from scratch in a week?<br>
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So anyway, let me introduce Moto GO! A <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/motorcycle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motorcycle</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/racing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racing</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/game?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a> for 2-6 people.<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/boardgames?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boardgames</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/boardgamedesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boardgamedesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gamedesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedesign</a>
V ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@jomla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jomla</span></a></span> CfP: Blood and Bile: Perspectives from the Humanities, art and gaming culture on Blasphemous </p><p>Fancy engaging with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blasphemous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blasphemous</span></a>? Keen on other forms of contributions than individual long papers? See here <a href="https://zenodo.org/records/15462758" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zenodo.org/records/15462758</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and indicate your interest until July 16 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamestudieswatchlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamestudieswatchlist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a></p>
alxd of Story Seed Library<p>On <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> in <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameDesign</span></a> :</p><p>It's not about the amount of violence, but its role within the story / game.</p><p>It's not supposed to be a _solution_ to anything - it only generates trauma and complicates the problem, unless there is a systemic solution to the underlying systemic cause.</p><p>Solarpunk is about building alternatives, not only destroying what's wrong today without imagining what to do next.</p><p>It was quite an important part of our <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> workshop.</p>
alxd of Story Seed Library<p>Yesterday I led a <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameDesign</span></a> workshop - <a href="https://alxd.org/build-a-better-world-jam.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alxd.org/build-a-better-world-</span><span class="invisible">jam.html</span></a> as a part of <a href="https://itch.io/jam/build-a-better-world-ttrpg-jam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itch.io/jam/build-a-better-wor</span><span class="invisible">ld-ttrpg-jam</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/gamejam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamejam</span></a> !</p><p>It's available on YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuozcuXju8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=6yuozcuXju</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a> and PeerTube - <a href="https://tube.tchncs.de/w/apk1VqSPFA5ymhj4Dpovpy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tube.tchncs.de/w/apk1VqSPFA5ym</span><span class="invisible">hj4Dpovpy</span></a></p><p>We discussed how to represent hope, communities, technology-as-infrastructure and its cultural effects in game mechanics, building stories which give players agency in the face of the overwhelming disasters.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/rpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpg</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/futurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futurism</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
evan<p>(search engines are full of AI garbage) </p><p>Anyone have a favorite book (or websites, etc.?) about:</p><p>1) making board games, at a reading level appropriate for a precocious 7 year old, who's really into math?</p><p>2) or material for adults, about designing board games for kids?</p><p>My kid is really into this lately, especially a section of a book about maps, describing making a clue-like game.</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/boardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boardGames</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameDesign</span></a></p>
ipsquiggle<p>What are games I should play that feature models or stories about 🌟COMMUNITIES🌟?</p><p>Feel free to suggest the obvious ones (I'm not a prolific gamer), but I'm also interested in deep cuts and really heartfelt stuff. Simulations, interactive fiction, whatever!</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/gameDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameDesign</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameDev</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/indieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indieDev</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>So I've got my indie TTRPG, that's been in development way too long.</p><p>I finally broke up the main tome into 3 books, rulebook, bestiary, world (1 of several). Now I'm pondering if I should pull the GM stuff out, too. Where does it stop? Do I recreate OD&D's Men & Magic, Monsters & Treasures, Underworld & Wilderness Adventures, Greyhawk book cycle? (the game's not very OD&D-like)</p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/gamedesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedesign</span></a></p>
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