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alienmelon

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i make experimental games and software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker… http://tetrageddon.com ✨ http://unicornycopia.com 🌈 non-binary they/them 🏳️‍🌈 #gamedev #indiedev #software #opensource #writing #animation #art #tools #desktoppets #artgame #indiegame #netart #weirdweb

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alienmelon, to random
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omg this is so cool! the Electric Zine Maker got a mention in this article about zine history in Quartz 🥹🤩🙏🎉
https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1851520940/zine-self-publishing-riot-grrrl

alienmelon, to random
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“…game history and appreciating games, is a lot bigger than their commercial sector.
Programming things from your bedroom, and sharing that on floppy disks, is very much at the core of this story too.”
👉 http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/thinking-about-the-berlin-computerspiele-museum-computer-games-museum
(sharing again icymi)

alienmelon, to VideoGames
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i wrote a post while stuck at the airport:
Thinking About The Berlin Computerspiele Museum (Computer Games Museum)
https://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/thinking-about-the-berlin-computerspiele-museum-computer-games-museum
“It’s hard to describe the feeling of walking in on a whim and seeing a very careful, thoughtful, extremely detailed curation of videogame history… just all out on display AND most of it invites you to actually honest to god TOUCH and PLAY.”

alienmelon,
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retoots appreciated 🙏✨🥰👾🎮

alienmelon, to random
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video game artists: graffiti as environmental storytelling is old. what’s keeping you from using ridiculous amounts of stickers on everything?

a door plastered with decades worth of stickers
a bedroom door (computer game museum in berlin) with stickers
a fck trf sticker with trans colors

alienmelon, to random
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you ever walk over cobblestone in an old city and catch urself thinking “damn that’s some good tessellation…” before realizing “oh wait this is irl nvm 😪”

a photo of varying cobblestone
a photo of cobblestone and the corner of a brick building

alienmelon, to random
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i just finished reading this. it’s amazing. y’all need to read it too! 🤯🤓
(it took me a few years, but i got to the end! i’m a slow reader lol.)

alienmelon, to random
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i’ve had my browser homepage set to this for a while and think i should share it because it’s so beautiful and endearing https://demos.littleworkshop.fr/infinitown
a procedural infinite city. it’s like looking at a goldfish bowl but the tiny town version ❤️🏡🚕

alienmelon,
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@Liquidream wow i didn’t actually go to see if they had other work. thanks for sharing that. now i’m blown away 🤯

alienmelon,
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@tclementdev @ben 😆 lol i guess the dead giveaway that it’s american is the lack of pedestrians. now that i see it i can’t unsee it.

alienmelon,
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@integerpoet a screensaver would be super cool. i would literally never get anything done lol.

alienmelon, to random
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lol sure got in a punchy mood after wasting my time filling THAT out and seeing the price tag 💀
i know if an opportunity presents itself you should take it serious no matter impostor syndrome or whatever but wow seriously? 😂

alienmelon, to random
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when only big rich corporations can afford recognition for their work
😅😣💰💀
(representation, support, opportunity, all the good things needed to thrive… for people without money, a big team, or that are just solo sure is hard when $$$ is one of the biggest gatekeepers)

alienmelon,
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the only way to get into a prestigious place like this is if you gun for a less popular category but it’s still an insanely pricey gamble that you gotta really believe in to take (like that you might have a good chance). in this case it’s a big nope for me.

alienmelon,
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good luck to all the rich trust fund startups with your submissions 🫡
https://bestinventions.time.com

alienmelon, to random
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i guess it’s not a real punk concert if you don’t get human-sardine-can people squished by the crowd, beer thrown at you, faint from lack of air, and puke on yourself or get puked on… you just haven’t lived until then 🫠👍

alienmelon, to random
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finally unpacked it and it’ll be the first thing i hang on these brand new walls 😍🥳

An official honoree certificate from the Webby Awards for the Electric Zine Maker… the photo is looking up at it with the name of EZM clearly visible.

alienmelon, to random
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reminder that if you’ve played my games (more or less getting added to Steam) leave a review so you can balance out weirdo’s like this (this one’s for “everything is going to be ok”)…
lots to unpack here. don’t psychoanalyze the dev please. it’s creepy and presumptuous. 🤢😵‍💫

alienmelon,
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@aetataureate i’m sorry too when anyone has to see stuff like this directed at their art. imo it’s a total lack of boundaries toward artists. like just because someone releases something artistically personal is not an invitation to go such extra lengths to project assumptions about them.

alienmelon, to random
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today is the day!!! i’ve been bouncing around temp places since march and today i move into our new home!
🎉💕🥹
we have a home!! 🥳

alienmelon,
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i don’t think it’s fully set in yet how huge this is 🤯 i’ve been renting my entire life. family never owned home. together we finally made this work and now… we have a place??? it’s forever? for real!? omg 😭🥹

alienmelon,
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@Langhamian yay thank u 🙏

alienmelon, to random
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my first surprise (shock?) when i got into the professional game industry spaces was that the higher up the chain of command you go (leadership) the more rare it was to find people that actually played, made, or really cared about games. still think about it sometimes.

alienmelon,
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@Langhamian ooof that’s well said.: “loving money is not really a passion”
i want this to be a graffiti in front of next gdc or something.

taylormccue, to random

@alienmelon Hi, I am currently working on an adult game that uses trivia as it's primary mechanic.

In order to boost queer devs I want to have a category of "queer games trivia" because my hope is that it'll force players to look up queer indies so that they can "win".

By doing this I hope they will find a new dev that they like or at least make them more familiar with the scene.

I do not want to make anyone uncomfortable by featuring their works in an adult game.

I was wondering if you'd...

alienmelon,
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@taylormccue yes ofc! please feel free to use whatever art or pictures you like (including the photo).

alienmelon,
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@taylormccue lol omg i love it! 😂 the one where it “started out as a pitch for a cartoon” makes this sound tricky like the post it notes are such an unassuming option tucked in there.

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