alienmelon

alienmelon, 4 hours ago to random

y’all i can’t even 😭 yesterday my mom watched the panel where we were sitting on the flamingos and she said my birdy was kissing the screen when i talked and omg now i miss my baby so much 😭😭😭 just look at her she is a GOOD bird 😭
she was kissing the flamingo too 😭

alienmelon, 19 hours ago to random

sharing the two links i mentioned during the game engine panel…
they r invaluable resources & if i’d choose just two resources for where to find alternative tools, these would be it…
the game engine database: https://enginesdatabase.com
tiny tools directory: https://tinytools.directory

alienmelon, 1 day ago to random

so first day in berlin… we explored the city until our feet 🩸 then i went to my new favorite piercing shop to get a new 🔪👄 explored more until our feet 💀 visited iconic punk fashion shop for 😎👢 attended A MAZE at night 🦩👍
now berlin is my new favorite city 💖🤩

alienmelon, 1 day ago to random

one of my favorite articles that i wrote about bitsy was just translated: https://note.com/fuglekongerige/n/n32a12f295294?sub_rt=share_h
thank you so much!! i’m going to make a list of these and update my blog posts with links to translated ones so people can read them in their preferred language too. appreciate the translation work 🙏

alienmelon, 1 day ago to random

proof: my game bluesuburbia at A MAZE!!!
i’m attending my first one 💖🎉✨🥹😎🤯

A photo of bluesuburbia at amaze. the sign describing the game is hanging in front of a giant projection of it. one of the glitch effects is playing.
another angle of bluesuburbia at A NAZE. there’s a giant projection of it on the wall. the projection features a skeleton.
a photo of a cool person playing bluesuburbia at A MAZE.

alienmelon, 4 days ago to random

sharing this again to protect myself because it came up again.

http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abusing-you-was-by-the-book-documenting-two-years-of-abuse-from-game-journalism-after-sharing-my-metoo-the-whole-painful-story-all-in-one-place

alienmelon, 5 days ago to random

someday i too will make a PS1 style horror game 🙂‍↕️💀 just wait and see 🫠

alienmelon, 6 days ago to random

Unity being a trending topic for all the wrong reasons kinda reminds me of when Flash was constantly under fire.
sympathies to Unity devs. it sucks when the tool you love gets fabulously mishandled by those who are supposed to be responsible for it.

alienmelon, 6 days ago to random

so proud of itchio & the indie game community for consistently raising so much for these crucial charities.
…like every time, there’s always a bundle that smashes all its goals.
it’s SOMETHING that got done in spite of everything awful. the money is a statement that will help.

alienmelon, 7 days ago to random

aaaah 🎉🥹 the Palestinian Relief Bundle just made
🤯 Half A Million 💰
for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund!!!
this is huge! there’s still time left to grab it & help it make even more for the charity. 🕊️🇵🇸
👉 https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle

alienmelon, 9 days ago to random

y’all the Palestine Relief Bunfle is 91% close to the 🤯half a million💰 goal. please keep sharing it around: https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle
this cause needs all the support it can get.

alienmelon, 10 days ago to random

Kidpix the Early Years: http://red-green-blue.com/kid-pix-the-early-years
this is inspiring reading. it’s worth sharing every time i see it!
“Since I was going to give the program away I decided I could design it exactly the way I wanted. These were its guiding principles:…”

alienmelon, 10 days ago to random

this is a really interesting development!
“Dominic Law has a plan to make Neopets last for another 25 years”
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/dominic-law-has-a-plan-to-make-neopets-last-for-another-25-years
i’m fascinated by how neopets still exists. it’s such a (nostalgic) relic. it makes so much sense that you could and should revive interest in it.

alienmelon, 13 days ago to random

it’s relevant again so i’m sharing this to protect myself again… http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abusing-you-was-by-the-book-documenting-two-years-of-abuse-from-game-journalism-after-sharing-my-metoo-the-whole-painful-story-all-in-one-place

alienmelon, 13 days ago to gamedev

the A MAZE schedule is up and you can now find my talk-performance-thing on it too! let’s make some stuff together ✨🌈💕💖🛠️🎉🎨 https://2024.amaze-berlin.de/schedule/
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev

a screenshot from the program page

alienmelon, 16 days ago to random

went to the city library yesterday and they had a bunch of my grandmother’s books. was kinda touched to see them on the shelf like that 🥹💖

a few of her self published books as well as one of the proper books

alienmelon, 16 days ago to gamedev

sharing again here icymi…
the Palestinian Relief Bundle is LIVE! an $8 donation gets you hundreds of drm free games 👉 https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle
it already reached its goal and the new goal is $500,000… can we get it to a $million? 🙏🕊️🇵🇸 “all proceeds from the Palestinian Relief indie bundle will be donated to the PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund).”
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donate, share, spread the word. every bit helps! ~ #GameDev #IndieGames #Games #Bundle #IndieGame #VideoGames

alienmelon, 19 days ago to random

was curious about how the Palestinian Relief Bundle is being received and ended up reading through reddit comments filled with vile, evil, disingenuous snark about it and… i’m fed up with how games, gamers, and gaming is so associated with such nasty entitled people.
let’s make a difference here! ✨ share it, spread the word, donate please 👉 https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle

alienmelon, 19 days ago to gamedev

“Palestinian Relief Bundle is LIVE! $~1657 worth of creative work for an $8 donation.”
https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle
it’s finally live and it’s a miracle it made it so please check it out, share, and spread the word.
this cause is deeply important. every little bit helps.
🕊️🇵🇸
“all proceeds from the Palestinian Relief indie bundle will be donated to the PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund).”
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#GameDev #IndieGames #Games #Bundle #IndieGame

alienmelon, 20 days ago to gamedev

yay 🎉 my post about “Solo-Devs and risk-takers” was featured on Game Developer!
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/solo-devs-and-risk-takers-an-artistic-exploration-of-experimental-tools-
now i have another reason to share it around again 🤩✨🎨🛠️
check out these wonderful tools, support the devs, or even go make some of your own (we definitely need it)

#GameDev #GameArt #Tools #IndieDev

alienmelon, 21 days ago to random

a big encouragement to keep writing is when i see my writing being referenced in wiki pages ☺️🙏 always feels like a huge honor 🥹

alienmelon, 23 days ago to gamedev

new post!
Solo-Devs and Risk-Takers (An Artistic Exploration of Experimental Tools)
https://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/solo-devs-and-risk-takers-an-artistic-exploration-of-experimental-tools
"Exploring experimental digital work will always be very new by principle that this is an ever growing possibility space where anyone’s wildest dreams can be made true…”
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#GameDev #IndieDev #Curation #Art #Programming #FOSS #Software