Maddy Thorson

move slow and repair things

everything else introduced in world 2 explodes too so it should fit right in

im running out of steam making levels for world 2 so im prototyping a new enemy to add into the mix: a bird that drops egg bombs on you

i think he got me too'd

One encouraging theme in last night's NC primaries is the simple fact that being pro-trans is now like being anti-ICE among Dem voters: to them, it means you're a fighter, it means you're not giving into Trump.

That's a really, really good sign.

had a great story outlining sesh with a friend/collaborator last night for a future project ^_^

Still looking for my next role - if you know anyone who needs an award winning game designer, narrative designer, or content designer with technical skills and people managing experience who has been at it for 15 years and has made stuff that is taught in schools, hit me up at zoe@unburntwitch.com

progress on Jumper today: I added autoscrollers and thought of a framing device for them. there won't be a lot of them in the game but I think I found a fun approach that still allows for interesting speedrun goal times in these levels

it has final boss aura

These steps toward caution are wise, but an underlying problem remains: Society still has an irrational fear of effeminate boys, who should be free to live their life without altering anything about themselves. Gender-nonconforming children continue to get the strong impression from censorious peers and well-meaning adults alike that they’d be better off if they became something other than what they are.

My childhood experiences make me skeptical about pediatric gender medicine today. In many kids who grow up to be gay, gender nonconformity manifests long before overt same-sex attraction does. Yet from peers, from social media, and even from some school districts’ teaching material, kids learn simplistic lessons that equate gender nonconformity with gender dysphoria—in essence, If you act and dress like a girl, you are one. In recent years, many doctors and hospitals have been willing to provide puberty blockers and gender-related hormone treatments to minors after only the briefest evaluation of each patient’s circumstances, and LGBTQ activists have cheered the lack of gatekeeping.

Where? How? These people have been pooping this stupid myth back and forth for so long that they don't even bother to provide basic evidence anymore.

It's the *premise* of the article, how did an editor not ask for specific numbers and peer-reviewed studies on this alleged phenomenon?

make video game

valid!

well since you asked nicely :)

no its a less meme-y one from Masterpiece lol

lmao

lazy devs smh

today i also tried adapting a level from one of my smw romhacks to Jumper and it worked really well

the other accessibility/difficulty feature I'm working on is slow-motion like Celeste had. But this time you'll have a button to enable/disable it during gameplay without going back into the menu

I got save state practice mode implemented today, with options to disable save states or allow unrestricted use of them. very excited to playtest this

congrats thats huge!

ultimately i dont think I see its inclusion in celeste as a success. I was aiming for classy & subtle homage, but I think it is received by most as a "Ready Player One"-level arbitrary reference lol

yeah it was literally the first thing I learned about smb3! my cousins were like "check out this shit"

yeah i knew i was cooking with that one, wish they could've all matched that quality level!

my favourites for the record are 2 and 6 :)

this one appears to be pretty polarizing!

There, fixed it

im curious, what is everyones' fave and least fave blue crystal hearts from celeste?

this is incredibly fucked, im sorry

sorry to say but no one does it quite like me

Croak, the game I'm working on with @woodrunnergames, is now available to try for free! The demo features 3 playable levels (4 if you count the super-secret one), so you can get a good feel of its controls and mechanics. A must try if you're into Kaizo and precise platforming!