Hello #XIVFMN friends and family, and #XIVMerch enjoyers.

This is important.

On August 29th, the De Minimis exception will be lifted in the U.S. This means that any package imported into the U.S., regardless of cost, even if it’s a $2 sticker, could incur up to a $200 tariff fee. This is big.
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Posted about this before, but reminder that unless something major changes :

US shipping will be turned off on august 22. This gives me a week to get things though customs before any changes happens. If you are in the US and are interested in anything physical, please order ASAP.

Among the constant onslaught of AI crap, I'm proud to say I will never, EVER, use it. The world needs less corporate line-go-up bullshit, not more. We need humans to realise they are human more than ever. Never defer the stuff that makes life bearable to mass garbage-vomiting machines.

LRP: I started on something for PirateJam but ended up not being able to finish because life decided to cause havoc again.

I will keep my idea filed away though and keep chipping away at it in the future.

Hey, I just want you to know that I really, really care about you and I hope the best possible for you.

Yes, you, the person reading this right now. I hope your future is far more beautiful than you expect.

reposting an interesting question i received on tumblr re: the pros and cons of purchasing indie games on itcho vs steam!
#indiedev

I'm looking to create a library of inexpensive and pay what you want for premade graphics and templates for folks to make use of.

Streaming assets, socials templates, business cards and anything else I can think of.

Interest poll in the second post ⤵️

#marketing #streaming #smallbusiness #noai

Here is a very useful page if you are designing the assets for your itchio page: hedgiespresso.itch.io/itch-page-im...

Not to harsh the vibe but I would have a lot more faith in the notion of “community” saving us if more than 5% of people wore masks to protect themselves and others from the plague we still have going on.

Tomorrow is portfolio pieces or game proof of concept stuff whichever happens first.

I just need to make sure to do something to keep my brain busy.

Not all video games are everyone’s cup of tea, and that’s ok. You don’t have to like every video game released. No one expects you to. But instead of waging a war on a game you never planned to play anyway, focus on the ones you actually enjoy.

It’s a far better use of your finite existence.

Made a few pixel art animation tutorials. Figured I'd add my newer goblin to it and post it here for any newcomers who would benefit from a simple and digestible frame-by-frame tutorial! Please let me know if this is helpful! =]
#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #pixelarttutorial #tutorial

Playing around with GameMaker today and it seems really nice so far.