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cidney

@cidney@social.city-of-glass.net

Software engineer turned indie game dev. Worked with Sierra founders/alums and other classic game developers. Hero-U, Colossal Cave 3D Adventure, and other point-and-click games. She/her or they them.

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cidney, to random
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Solarpunk and game dev: some thoughts coming back from #amaze2024 .

https://cidney.org/2024/05/11/21-42-solarpunk-and-game-dev

cidney, to random
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Hey, do I know any 2D artist/animators looking for freelance work making game assets for a adventure game? Have a couple projects I could use help with in the near future.

cidney, to random
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Do I know any software developers who aren't in games who like and feel good about what they're doing?

cidney, to random
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No good words right now, but RIP @craigmaloney .

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1021/goodbye-craig-maloney

cidney, to random
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Hey congrats, Thailand! https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3256915/thailand-passes-bill-legalise-same-sex-marriage

ramon_wilhelm, to random German
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So happy that I'll be your host for the first time! ✨🎉

📢 I'll share your adventure games! 📢

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Have you played Yip Quest by the way? 👇

https://ramoramainteractive.itch.io/yip-quest

Yip Quest Castle Hall
Yip Quest Dungeon
Yip Quest Kitchen

cidney,
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@ramon_wilhelm I'm working on three right now. (One for a client, one with friends, and one by myself. Second two using Godot Engine and Popochiu.) Nothing announced officially yet, though.

cidney, to random
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I haven't done web development in 10 years now, except the occasional freelance project. All the feels from @baldur 's article.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/the-one-about-the-web-developer-job-market/

cidney, to random
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Managing to catch up on contract work more quickly than expected-- and it looks like #NotGDC and #FediForum are both this week? Anything else worth dropping into?

cidney, to gamedev
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Do I know any combat designers/Godot programmers interested in helping with a game I'm working on with some friends? It's a point-and-click adventure with beat-em-up combat sequences (think BROK the InvestiGator meets Quest for Glory). In the process of getting funding-- DM me if interested.

#gamedev #Godot #pointandclick #indiedev #adventuregames

cidney, to adventuregames
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Anyone going to Narrascope this year (at the Museum of Play in Rochester, June 21-23)?

It's a conference for everyone interested in narrative games (interactive fiction, adventure games, anything story-based). First one was at MIT right before the pandemic, and this is the first time in the new venue.

Signups just opened this week: https://narrascope.org/

@adventuregames

cidney, to gamedev
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Anyone know a good bug tracker aimed at indie games developers coordinating volunteer playtesters, that doesn't rely on Discord or Trello anything similarly enshittified? Asking for a friend. #gamedev #indiedev

cidney, to gaming
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Anyone I know in the community interested in helping with this year? I'm somehow on the conference committee but have virtually no time, but would love to get more people involved/connected.

Boosts welcome; feel free to reply or DM me.

zarfeblong, to random
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Today is the last day of my term on the IFTF Board of Directors. (I'm still around in other capacities though.)

https://blog.zarfhome.com/2024/02/departing-iftf-board

cidney,
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@zarfeblong Will try to help connect you with volunteers-- just seems like Narrascope really needs more energy and for people to be less intimidated about helping out. Has very Serious Nonprofit Vibes. :) @summerb or @deadsuperhero maybe?

cidney,
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@mike @zarfeblong I work for Scott Adams! :) Currently working on a point-and-click adventure with his team.

cidney, to random
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First blog post of 2024. Immigration and solo indie game development has been a rough combination lately.

https://cidney.org/2024/01/28/immigration-and-silence

cidney, to random
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With @Alon at this weekend's anti-AfD protest in Berlin.

cidney, to random
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This is more personal than I usually share on fedi, but-- here's what I'm going through with immigration and finding health insurance in Germany.

https://cidney.org/personal/2023/12/06/navigating-health-insurance

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That sounds awesome; do it.

cidney, to random
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I'm taking a look at Popochiu right now and it looks... too good to be true? Why are more people not talking about this?

Extremely intuitive adventure game level editor on top of Godot and GDScript; clearly AGS inspired without needing a Windows VM.

https://carenalga.itch.io/popochiu

afeinman, to Trains
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The #trains to #trans pipeline

cidney,
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@afeinman I think that describes 80% of the people on @Alon 's Discord.

JuliaMinamata, to pixelart
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AdventureX Day 2! This time sporting @0Npcs swag (I’m on the shirt as a sneaky rogue! 🦝)! I’m still giving out free The Crimson Diamond postcards, so come say hi! Demo on Steam! Please wishlist! #AdvX23 @AdvXConf #pixelart #indiegame #indiegamedev

cidney,
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@JuliaMinamata @edenwaith Was great seeing you!

chris, (edited ) to selfhosted
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— Updated with a Reply with Instances! -- OK Mastodon - I have a question about universities and #selfhosted instances. #PleaseBoost
Do you know of any Universities or other Educational Institutions that are hosting their own #Mastodon or other #Fediverse instances? Please leave a reply with the example if you do. I'm building the case for my University to do so.
Thanks!
#Fediverse #Education #PostSecondary #Independent

cidney,
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MIT has a server -- https://mastodon.mit.edu/ .

Seems like the sort of thing a student computing club would want do, though, not the university admin itself (since that might be a liability nightmare?)

cidney, to random
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This is brilliant and I love it.

https://misfitloserzealot.club/

cidney, to random
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Made my day today to see that @SQHistorian is using PeerTube and LiberaPay as YouTube and Patreon alternatives. Hoping to see more #AdventureGame devs/content creators shift to the fediverse.

https://spectra.video/accounts/sqhistorian
https://liberapay.com/spacequesthistorian

cidney, to random
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I just finished another draft of the novel I've been writing. It could really use more eyes. Any fedi friends interested in beta reading?

It's Southern Gothic written from the POV of a 16-year-old girl in Florida in the 2010s. I spent much of my time in Florida researching it. Some of the themes are quite disturbing. But the story is important for me to tell, and I want to get it as polished as possible.

DM or email me (cidney@cidneyhamilton.com) if interested.

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