Ok can someone explain why did Affinity nuke all the tutorials and guides they had on their youtube channel? Isn't this an absolute loss for everyone?
31.10.2025 16:13
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Ok can someone explain why did Affinity nuke all the tutorials and guides they had on their youtube channel? Isn't this an absolute loss for everyone?
Now all that being said, I'll likely keep using my V2 Affinity for as long as i can.
Publisher was the one tool i thought the price of admission was worth upgrading from OSS alternatives. It has served me well so far, and i don´t see that changing.
This perpetual license will be perpetually used.
Back to Affinity. I do have concerns given their financial sustainability seems dependent on upselling features.
Terms of service can suddenly change, and are effectively pinky promises.
This business model might be completely unsustainable. And in hard times, promises are easily broken.
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Yes, continue to create and support human made creations.
Yes, vote with your wallets and attention against slop.
Yes, influence those around you to do the same.
Call for legislation, express concerns, express dislikes, be loud.
But given the chance, target the biggest "evils" first.
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In one shape or another, generative AI is here to stay. Even after this bubble bursts, the tech will still exist and be used, and companies will continue to favor it.
We need to do our part within that reality. This isn't something we can wish or bully out of existence.
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I know many people are in the boat of "any amount of generative AI is evil", but given the track record on Adobe, we have much more than just AI to worry about on their end if they keep their throne.
If you need some dark magic to take down the demon, i say it's "evil" well used. For now.
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Now, the AI-shaped-elephant in the room.
Like it or not (and i hate it) most businesses have incorporated AI features into their workflow, and have become reliant on them.
If Affinity wants to compete with Adobe for the offices, they NEED options with AI to be competitive in the market.
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Making the newest and most feature-heavy Affinity free, is a gamble to disrupt that paradigm
Free is hard to argue with, especially for companies that bleed thousands per year in licenses.
The perpetual license was cheap but free gets people talking and reduces excuses for not trying it
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This shapes the whole market, from design students and videographers who are taught Adobe is the only thing worth learning, to big and small businesses who have workflows that are dependent on the Adobe ecosystem.
The price is high, but that means it must be the best in the market, right?
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Adobe is a behemoth in the corporate world, for the overwhelming majority of businesses it just is the default, no other thing is even considered.
Their seniority, brand name and patents for features (this month alone they published 24) keep them that way.
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I am only a hobbyist when it comes to graphic design, but i've been using Affinity for a couple of years now.
I may be wrong, but Affinity has only really been popular with independent artist and small studios. Now they want to expand into other markets.
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I'm seeing both praise and cursing directed at Affinity for their announcement of the new free version of their software, with the optional subscription for AI features.
I know better than to trust Canva, but i do think this is a boon for us if it manages to reduce Adobe's influence.
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Keep an eye out, I do miss the interactions in there.
I'll go back to game design and session prepping streams soon enough!
In the end the party did succeed! But not without the heavy sacrifice of a few members.
On another note, your illustrations really sold the vibe of that setting!Brought it all together
Yesterday I played a one shot of Into the Dark, by Stras Acimovic and @johnwsheldon.bsky.social
I really liked the post-apocalyptic, post-murk world it painted and the flavor of magic in it.
My lightbearer had a mundane and meaningless death, just like that hopeless world demanded! Great stuff!
Something as simple as meeting up with friends and playing a boardgame, away from screens, can be seen as a small act of rebellion.
Despite everything, we have our communities, our stories, what makes us human.
Let's not trade them for convenience that makes us lonelier, lazier and angrier
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We are (and have been for a while) at a turning point in way too many fronts.
Personal and digital rights are eroding, economies are collapsing, creative fields are threatened, a wave of anti-intellectualism and complacency is rising, online platforms are becoming haunted towns...
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I dove into the impacts of tech in society, into cyber security, into the attention economy, digital rights, AI...
I decided to logged off, be more mindful of my digital life.
I spent more quality time. Being with friends, reading, playing, watching movies...
Even playing more TTRPGs.
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At the same time, unrelated to this hobby, I actively tried to change my digital habits to match my worries and beliefs.
I love technology and its potential. However, I cannot ignore that we live in messy times, and I needed to rethink my relationship with the digital before continuing.
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For the last few years, up to roughly 5 months ago, following online TTRPGs discourse was a part of my daily life.
I actively made an effort to keep up with creators in the space, be it on blogs, YouTube, Twitch, bluesky/mastodon, etc.
I was deeply surrounded by this hobby, and I liked it
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"where has the 12 Sided Goblin been?"
I took a long unannounced break from this to focus on more important things, which will be dealt with very shortly!
expect updates in the next couple of weeks
Collaborative worldbuilding and character creation for our Fabula Ultima game is up!
Get on it while it's new folk, this actual play will be a fun ride!
After being away for 2 months, today is as good a day as any other to go back to streaming!
Join me today as I get some productive pomodoros done, and talk about some recent RPG experiences, and plan how i will approach my next projects & streams!
www.twitch.tv/12side...
Thinking of going back to streaming my #TTRPG design work.
I miss the social pressure, and when some people show up to watch, its always good to discuss things over.
Also I have a ton of solo RPGs that I desperately want to play, and i would love to share all that online.
New Quinns Quest video? Stop everything, sit down and watch it.
Time and place for everything, and that is NOW and in the BIG screen.
Excited to know how he covers Chris Mcdowall's Mythic Bastionland.
youtu.be/P4-uUJ8iLTE...
Photo of a section of the Break! rules describing the Pocket Device mentioned. Underline there are mentions of a JRPG called Akenia Adventure!! and saying that it "can be referred to as a Beginner's Tome for queries regarding the ancient ruins and creatures of Outer World
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In Break!, the in-game world is canonically the one from a retro jrpg
One of the character options if you are isekaied to have basically a "pocket device" (with magical unlimited power), and it has copy of that game.
The rules say you can use that JRPG as an tome of the world's secrets!
The Isekai trend might be overdone in anime but @thaumavore.blue highlighted the potential for matching player and character knowledge in his latest video, by going through Break!
youtu.be/g5y6x0T4GLo...
I want to highlight the opposite approach: the isekaied with "meta" knowledge, somehow!
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I'm sure this wasn't meant to undermine non-D&D RPGs, it might not have been bad phrasing at all, just bad interpretation on my part.
As I said I'm happy indie games are being talked about, at all, by bigger voices.
"Old man yells at clouds" moment over.
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I understand the sentiment. And as you play more games you will understand more about what you prefer and why, no doubt.
But the phrasing seems to imply the main reason you play other games is to try to improve your preferred one only, instead of, you know, to play and enjoy it as a game.
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Finally, I liked what she said about about "playing an RPG like a game designer", being critical of the rules.
However then at the end she said "you don't play other RPGs to replace the one you like, but to understand why you like the one you like"...
That didn't sit well with me.
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