My courtroom puzzle game Burden of Truth⚖️ is on sale until March 8th, so now is a great time to solve some mysteries! Huge thanks to everyone playing, and remember to leave a review if you enjoyed the game!! ❤️
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Our friends over at @papercatgames.com just released a FREE update to Paper Perjury featuring the first half of Case 6! 🧐
This is an exciting & ambitious story that builds off of the original game, so go support the project and pick up a copy now! #indiegame
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I apologize for the long rant, but I'm running out of places to turn and everything seems so unreasonably horrible and I don't know what else to do. I'm not sure what comes next for my project but right now I'm feeling immensely unstable financially/mentally and there's no solution in sight.
Knowing that this game will take so long to finish is crushing my spirits, especially since I have no idea if people will like it or if it will sell well. And it's so frustrating that I have to think like that because of the country's economy and all of the budget cuts from this administration.
I don't want to sound too negative but it's hard to be hopeful when I feel so stuck in my career. I've been making games consistently for over 10 years and I'm still not able to sustain myself with it. The job market is flooded with scams, misleading offers, and AI training garbage.
But that seems to be off the table as well with the tech industry falling further into chaos and unemployment numbers rising to insane heights. All of my applications have gotten me nowhere and I've been losing hope for many months. Now I feel at like I'm at my breaking point :/
One solution that could improve all of this is to find work so that I'm no longer pressured financially and can potentially take the time I need to figure some of this stuff out. But it's not ideal either since it means less time developing and longer waits until release.
The only other thing I could do is switch projects to something faster but I'm very reluctant to go that route. After all, most of my other ideas might take just as long to work through and appeal to a smaller audience. I don't want to worry about money but I have to at this stage.
And top of all of that it's impossible to accept certain compromises in the game/visuals when I'm trying to grow as an artist and make something that will appeal to players. I don't know if I have the time or funds to aim lower on it.
Though it may not actually be true, it at least feels like my productivity is decreasing with each day and not getting enough done. I have a terrible relationship with work these days and not doing enough makes me feel awful and doing too much burns me out. I can never find the right balance.
The terrain system is one example of that. Though I'm proud of it & glad I made it, it really took a toll on me focusing so much on it when the system feels so far away from the actual game. Now I'm finding I may have to replace (i.e. write my own) several massive tools I thought would be fine.
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. To be honest I've been feeling increasingly overwhelmed, anxious, and miserable as I continue getting stuck in development topics for my next game that I'm not sure I can pull off in any reasonable time.
This is somehow more meta than some of my games, I'm shocked
Honestly, this was a fun game. Was it perfect? No...but it was MEMORABLE. Not enough of those kinds of games these days 💚
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Now you're ready for peak Truth 😎 I think you'll really like what comes next now that you've got context!! I'm excited :D
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...I'll catch up on the VOD soon 🥹 thanks for playing!!
That's okay at least we have this
Visual Terrain version 0.8.1 is now available! As I continue to use the tool for my own game I'm glad to have added critical QOL features even if it's just for my own sanity lol. Will now try building out some real levels with it :) #programming #gamedev
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A screenshot of the Visual Terrain Editor showing Voronoi noise generated from a Simple Noise node and being used to create a heightmap for a terrain.
The next update for Visual Terrain will feature Voronoi noise as an option for noise nodes! By itself it might not seem like much, but when you layer it into existing heightmaps you can carve out more triangular shapes to fake eroded mountains 😎 #gamedev #programming #terrain #indiedev
It's not my usual type of video but I wanted to try something new and give some real developer insight on claims made by "hot take" accounts. Hopefully we can bring back some nuance and respect to these sorts of discussions: #gamedev #gamedeveloper #react #youtube
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I also included a bit of a blurb about what I've been struggling with and what I'm hoping for in terms of updates on my next projects. I don't have a definitive timeline yet, but I'll be sure to post here and on Discord when I'm nearing an announcement :)
Burden of Truth has been updated to Version 1.1.1 which includes typo fixes, alternate puzzle solutions, and new level secrets 🧐 You can read the patch notes here!
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The Steam Board Game Fest♟️ is now live! My futuristic chess/novel game Shinogi Chess Club is now 60% off 🎉 Join the club and learn the rules of the game to take down unique opponents in Shinogi Chess!
#gamedev #indiedev #chess #pcgaming #indiegame #SteamDeals
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Yes and on top of that the government is openly lying about the facts of what happened to paint the victim in a worse light. Again.
MN news this past month has disturbed me significantly, and I fear for the future of myself, friends, & family who must live under this tyranny. But remember that oppression is the mask of fear. The government lies because they're afraid that the truth will turn you against them.
What just happened in Minnesota is an example of what could happen to any of us if we don't stand up to the fascism that overtaken our country. I know I don't usually talk about stuff like this but I am shaken to my core by the escalation. We must protest and raise awareness.
Thank you for always fighting back against the corrupt and soulless actions of the current administration ❤️ This is why we voted for you Rep. Watson Coleman!
Gotcha, then it would probably come down to what you (or the courts/DMCA enforcement) consider a "substantial portion" of the software. If they copied a few lines from a 5,000+ line project, MIT would permit that. You might want a different license that applies to "any" portion of the code then?
If you're saying that forks/bundles of your code don't include the copyright notice, that's definitely grounds to take action on them. If it's uncomfortable that you don't get general credit... well that's what MIT allows and you should use a different license (like CC-BY) if you want to enforce it.
