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Marina McFab
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It's a me the person who likes making games and does absurd 3D shit in GameMaker of all things
Programmer for Studio Pismo
Reposted by Marina McFab
My non-Spanish followers may not know this, but on the 29th a huge storm flooded and devastated the region of Valencia The body count is at 200+ and more than 1000 people are missing.
I want to donate as much as I can to help the people so I'm joining #ArtistsforValencia
November 2, 2024 at 1:07 PM
OK I can't not share this just in case:
My MX Master 3S mouse has been suffering from a "stiff" scroll wheel. Problem is dust stuck under the wheel
A random youtube comment suggested sticking doublesided tape on the wheel and rolling it.
It works. Perfectly.
October 4, 2024 at 11:40 AM
September 29, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Hey, uh, everyone who's excited about the free BBC sound thing - make sure to read the fine-print before doing anything silly, free isn't always free
September 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
It's wild that seeing gamedevs posting what they're doing again has kinda got me excited to make games again.
Like, it's not like I've not been making games the whole time, I've been working on a game for a studio for the last 2.5 years, but it makes me want to work on my own stuff again, too
September 19, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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Ride the Sewer Shark! 🦈🚽
September 17, 2024 at 3:00 PM
lmao, take that. The goalposts moved and now I'm a bluesky elder somehow (according to some, an elder was from before the media tab. I was not around before the media tab)
Either way, I kinda like this place. It's been getting better since more devs and artists finally started sticking around
September 16, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Eheheeh I have received the gift of video!!
September 12, 2024 at 8:14 PM
@ozone.birb.house I may be quiet, but I'm also definitely a game dev!
September 6, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Hey, if my GameMaker stuff has helped you, or you want to support PokeyPoke, or you generally like the things I do/make, or you just have a pile of money you don't want my Patreon exists: patreon.com/shaunjs

My best work has never been algo-friendly so I do rely on it <3
Get more from ShaunJS on Patreon
creating Games, Tutorials & Resources
patreon.com
February 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Boosting this again in light of the blackout in Gaza. Please don’t be silent on this, please don’t close your eyes to this
I just wanted to re-boost these resources on here for some ways to donate to Palestinian aid! If you’re unable to donate, please make sure to call your reps!
October 28, 2023 at 12:28 AM
Did the thing cos I realized I don't talk much about what I like so I'm immensely unrelatable lol

No particular order, lotta nintendo, their legal stuff may be crap but they make good games
October 2, 2023 at 10:43 AM
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Folks, if you believe the Unity 3D backpedal, you need to- sit with your feelings a sec, because. Heh.

Nobody deletes a git repo for "low views."
September 24, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Reposted by Marina McFab
the true valuable thing that Unity created was a community of hoobyists and developers that supported each other and lifted everyone up. and that can survive without the company or even the software itself
I wish it did not bother me as much as it does to see people gladly leaping to Unity’s defense. They are a multimillion dollar corporation with the worst assholes in charge, and is your friend
September 23, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Anyway regardless, I hope unity does a freeze on per-version ToS's, I hope your game development journeys are safe and I hope you finish whatever unity thing you're doing right now and then jump ship. Don't think it's too much effort, this isn't the first or last time they will try to screw you
September 23, 2023 at 10:22 AM
Anyway this would probably annoy people but stop putting 100% of your eggs in someone else's basket. Learn at least 2 major engines to a point where you can swap if one fucks you over. My backup is currently Literally Any C++ lib if GameMaker screws me, so I can't be stopped
September 23, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Can you imagine if Ableton saw you got a million listens on Spotify and decided you owe them 200,000$. What if adobe took a cut from every picture you sold. Even they aren't that evil.
Why do game developers roll over so quickly to terrible corpos. Have some self respect
September 23, 2023 at 10:10 AM
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It's nice that #Unity3D walked back to terms that don't apply unless you use their latest engine, but that's the take-away: you need to not use their latest. Finish game. Find another engine.

Anyone who sticks with them will get screwed the next time their c-suite wants to goose their stock price.
September 22, 2023 at 6:00 PM
finally ,we know how an xbox controller would wear pants
September 19, 2023 at 10:20 AM
Really feeling like this place needs gifs or vid support before I can really settle in (I like posting gamedev stuff that benefits from video hugely), but maybe I can get away with stupid rambles
At least it feels less daunting + more stable than masto? I guess?
September 19, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Anyway Splatoon ruined shooters for me since stick+gyro is my fave combination. Ever since, if a game has aiming, I wanna put gyro in it. Just finished with a wrapper for SDL for gamemaker just so I could use gyro on desktop.
So if Microsoft officially supports it, I'm happy
September 19, 2023 at 9:54 AM
If the new Xbox controller information is legit, that means one super cool important thing is probably coming: gyro and accelerometer support in Xinput

Sure, maybe it's just mouse emulation, but I can dream
September 19, 2023 at 9:45 AM
Yanno what I should probably actually post at least 1 tweet here.
A good start would probably be a picture of the most perfect little guy, yeah? 🪶
September 19, 2023 at 9:11 AM