artfight badge, ec
Put together a quick badge for this year's #artfight!
I'll be out of town for the start of it, but should be around to participate in the back half of the event. 💜
zelda totk modding, botw (spoilers?), oc in the video game
So anyway, it turns out backporting from TotK to BotW is more straightforward than expected, so a lot of the stuff being developed for the new game will work in the older one too.
Here are some images from the other project I did this weekend, where I backported GhostCabbit's Freakhound base from TotK to BotW for fun:
zelda totk modding, botw (spoilers?), oc in the video game
Wait, that's not TotK. What--
zelda totk modding, botw, oc in the video game
Here's the prototype guide I've been working on for this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OpaKDxEHFkXH9T43Gov-2sXm37Cjt2DyCarYTKN1VNs/edit
Not convinced I know what I'm doing, but I put together enough to maybe help others figure this out too.
meta (as in facebook) discourse
There's such a huge difference in how this is being handled between well-meaning-but-ineffective admins that want to avoid confrontation vs admins who are survivors and Have Seen Some Shit. Especially folks who saw this before during the LJ days or have seen what happened to XMPP.
Listen to the survivors, folks. Facebook doesn't give a flying fuck about Fedi, they want to push everyone back to their platform and destroy competition. We've seen this before, we'll see this again, and the only way to fight it is to deny them a platform before they gain traction.
Many of us are here because big social media platforms failed us, actively abused our personal info, became increasingly hostile spaces to queer and LGBTQ+ folk, and killed services that allowed us to manage attention and administrate our own spaces -- in favor of ad revenue and maximizing ROI. Fuck that, and fuck the notion of them forcing Fedi to capitulate to their demands.
I have absolute respect for fediadmins that are working very hard against the troll push on this one. Keep fighting the good fight. 💜
zelda totk modding, botw, oc in the video game
Turns out, the armature for Link in Breath of the Wild is almost identical to TotK, so I ran some experiments over the weekend backporting to Breath of the Wild.
No video yet since it's the start of my work week, but this works in BotW too, and that's awesome.
The people here before me were the people who'd been ostracised from Big Social Media; by its users and by its rules. The people that came here after me were the people who were still getting harassed off BSM and could find some degree of safety here, in communities created specifically to keep them safe.
When I took over on .art in 2021 I became the owner of a community of artists who were here because BSM had failed them, in one way or another. We have the 'you must write in the box why you -
zelda totk modding, oc in the video game
Was going to boost this through fedi, but seems to be a weird interaction between Awoo and Meow, so here's a direct link:
https://meow.social/@Goldkin/110587117973080744
https://medias.meow.social/media_attachments/files/110/587/102/523/371/670/original/366590d4fa2e550e.mp4
Turns out this wasn't too hard to set up now that other folks have explored how it works. Guide coming as soon as I have time to sit down and write it.
What size would you like your #dragon today?
Artist is siggy: https://twitter.com/siggymcc
(Huge thank you to @yingxera for finding the source! )
Happy Pride month! Pride is always, which is why I'm glad International Coming Out day is outside of it. And especially given things lately in the US and abroad, it's especially important this year. #pride2023
can't believe we're still doing this but it's GAMES MADE QVIICK??? HD Remix — make a game during SGDQ! or don't! you're an adult, make your own decisions
(i guess you could even double-dip and make a doom map for RAMP 3? wow that's a good idea maybe i'll do that)
how you, personally, can improve access to the legal system in the USA, for free, in a direct and concrete way
Reminder: PACER, the U.S. Federal Court electronic public records system, charges $0.10/page, but they delete your balance and do not bill you if you spend less than $30 in a quarter.
CourtListener's RECAP project is a free archive of the public records that PACER wants to charge money for. Those blue "Download PDF" buttons don't just happen -- every single one of them happened because someone, some specific person, installed the RECAP browser extension and picked up the document from PACER.
You, personally, can fill in the gaps in RECAP. You, an individual, can turn a black "Buy on PACER" button into a blue "Download PDF" button. Forever. For all time. For everybody in the world. For free, if you're under quota.
You have until the end of June to put 299 pages of court documents into the public eye. Which ones will it be? Which blue "Download PDF" buttons will be because, specifically, of you?
re: zelda totk gameplay and sidequest spoilers
Really proud of my silly player-made house, even though the system is very limited.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
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