Some wisdom from a Japanese gamer. As a designer I thought about it in the context of UX. But, really, it can be applied to most any challenge in life.
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Finally finished implementing the classic 15 puzzle game but using the standard #OpenStreetMap tiles as the sliding pieces! 🗺️🧩
While there are many implementations of this game (some even let you upload your own image), as far as I know, not one directly uses OSM slippy map tiles for the pieces. I figured this would be a nifty side coding project and it was fun to do! 💪
Currently you can play any of 20 map locations. Enjoy! 🎉
![Screenshot of a web app showing a selection menu titled, “Choose Map”. The choices are: World, Europe, Southeast Asia, Aegean Sea, Ireland, South Korea, Tasmania, Lesotho, Hawai‘i, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Barcelona, London, Schiphol [AMS], Haneda [HND], Paris, Pentagon, MoMA New York, Shibuya Station, and St. Peter’s Basilica.](/proxy/post_attachment/462954/9436d0cad3.png "Screenshot of a web app showing a selection menu titled, “Choose Map”. The choices are: World, Europe, Southeast Asia, Aegean Sea, Ireland, South Korea, Tasmania, Lesotho, Hawai‘i, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Barcelona, London, Schiphol [AMS], Haneda [HND], Paris, Pentagon, MoMA New York, Shibuya Station, and St. Peter’s Basilica.")
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My ever-relevant search for friends continues:
I'm looking for people or a group of friends to hang out and play games with. At this point I don't even care what games, the only 2 I will not play under any circumstances are League of Legends and Valorant, due to Ritos Vanguard anti-cheat. From Overwatch 2 to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, heck even Fortnite, I'm open for everything.
And yes the main platform for me would be Discord, I know it gets a lot of hate but it is what it is (am open to alternatives like TeamSpeak or whatever tho)
I have absolutely no clue how you'd find friends naturally so I'm putting myself out there with this post.
#Gaming #LookingForFriends
Oops,
Pocket mammoths really existed. I only knew them from Elder Scrolls Online:
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Pocket_Mammoth_(pet)
But according to @wikipedia, they also existed on Crete:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammuthus_creticus
Image from @uesp
#Mammoth #Mastodon #Gaming #Science #Paleontology #NaturalHistory #ElderScrollsOnline
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Good morning, #hatclan! Happy Monday!
My streams for this week:
- Monday: „Railway Empire 2“ (DE/EN)
- Tuesday: no stream
- Wednesday: no stream
- Thursday: „The Raven Remastered“ (DE)
- Friday: „Baphomets Fluch 2.5“ (DE)
- Saturday: „Still There“ (DE/EN)
- Sunday: „The Case of the Golden Idol“ (DE/EN)
The streams start at 20 CEST / 18 UTC, and usually finish 5 hours later. I'd be happy to see you around.
https://live.hatnix.net #Owncast #Linux #Gaming #DRMfree #Livestream
The kids wanted to play Minecraft together and I nearly flipped tables after dealing with the launcher/ M$ account shit etc. for 2 minutes. 🤯 Just NO. But.. It took me 5 minutes to learn Minetest / Luanti exists, download and run two copies, create a LAN game on one notebook and join it on another. Great experience.. zero bullshit - just a folder with the game files, a client.exe - Zen! 😌 Thanks to @Luanti and all the people working on this! 💙
I played Nioh 2 and wrote a review on #neocities.
The game is lengthy and has a lot of content. I don't mind if anyone asks for more details on what I may have glossed over.
https://antares.neocities.org/blog/review-nioh2
#smallweb #videogames #gaming #nioh2
The game is lengthy and has a lot of content. I don't mind if anyone asks for more details on what I may have glossed over.
https://antares.neocities.org/blog/review-nioh2
#smallweb #videogames #gaming #nioh2
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Good morning, #hatclan! Happy Monday!
My streams for this week:
- Monday: „Pathfinder: Kingmaker“ (DE/EN)
- Tuesday: no stream
- Wednesday: no stream
- Thursday: „Baphomets Fluch 3“ (DE)
- Friday: „Chained Echoes“ (DE/EN)
- Saturday: „The Journey of AutUmn“ (DE/EN)
- Sunday: „Euro Truck Simulator 2“ (DE/EN)
The streams start at 20 CET / 19 UTC, and usually finish 5 hours later. I'd be happy to see you around.
https://live.hatnix.net #Owncast #Linux #Gaming #DRMfree #Livestream
I've played so many games that in case i'd see a human corpse in real life, my natural instinct would be to loot it.
I'm gonna make a prediction. The #NintendoSwitch 2 will either not have proper backwards compatibility, or if it does, #Nintendo will pay wall it.
Realised in talking with friends that #academia is basically Mario Party. A game with arbitrary rules where you’re forced to compete for coins and stars. It’s 40% skill and 60% luck and you can stack the odds in your favour a bit through early success. Everything that happens feels intensely personal. #gaming
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A lot of new folks coming to the #fediverse and I need to update, so here's a new #introduction.
I work as a #video guy. An aspiring novelist looking to connect more with the #writingcommunity. My debut novel is with beta readers.
I'm a rare sports fan on #mastodon, cheering the #Packers, #DCU, #USMNT and #USWNT.
Other stuff you can expect: urbanism (#train and #bicycle in particular), #fitness (mostly weightlifting), #newmusic and #gaming (#tabletop and video).
I tend to follow back.
Good morning, #hatclan! Happy Monday!
My streams for this week:
- Monday: „Caravan SandWitch“ (DE/EN)
- Tuesday & Wednesday: no stream
- Thursday: „Baphomets Fluch 5“ & „The Sundew” (DE)
- Friday: „Chained Echoes“ (DE/EN)
- Saturday: „The Mystery Of Woolley Mountain“ (DE/EN)
- Sunday: „Boxes: Lost Fragments“ (DE/EN)
The streams start at 20 CET / 19 UTC, and usually finish 5 hours later. I'd be happy to see you around.
https://live.hatnix.net #Owncast #Linux #Gaming #DRMfree #Livestream
I'm trying to build my community for my streams and YT channel. If you'd like to join me (and my friends) in our AlphabetStreams: It's Raining Humans Discord, we'd love to have you.
Chat is chill, meme-friendly, and friendly. Bonus points if you also want to play games with us sometime! #gaming
Good morning, #hatclan! Happy Monday!
My streams for this week:
- Monday: „Star Trucker“ (DE/EN)
- Tuesday & Wednesday: no stream
- Thursday: „Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw“ (DE)
- Friday: „Chained Echoes“ (DE/EN)
- Saturday: „The Will of Arthur Flabbington“ (DE/EN)
- Sunday: „Civilization VII“ (DE/EN)
The streams start at 20 CET / 19 UTC, and usually finish 5 hours later. I'd be happy to see you around.
https://live.hatnix.net #Owncast #Linux #Gaming #DRMfree #Livestream
Good morning, #hatclan! Happy Monday!
My streams for this week:
- Monday: „Cozy Caravan“ (DE/EN)
- Tuesday: no stream
- Wednesday: no stream
- Thursday: „The Sundew” & „The Lost Crown“ (DE)
- Friday: „Chained Echoes“ (DE/EN)
- Saturday: „The Excavation of Hob's Barrow“ (DE/EN)
- Sunday: „Civilization VII“ (DE/EN)
The streams start at 20 CET / 19 UTC, and usually finish 5 hours later. I'd be happy to see you around.
https://live.hatnix.net #Owncast #Linux #Gaming #DRMfree #Livestream
EA has uploaded full source code for Command & Conquer. C&C Red Alert, C&C Renegade, and C&C Generals + Zero Hour to github!!! #game #games #gaming #retro #retrogaming #cnc #commandandconquer #tiberium #redalert https://github.com/electronicarts
Arcane Cache: Review to Glittering Light 2
A ASCII art game that breaks with quite some conventions in a wonderful way. Instead of moving an @ through a maze of lines, it feels like moving through a strange, mysterious world ... a game with a limited, set scope, where the atmosphere and the fundamental idea of the game are much more important than the balance or the gameplay ... a parabola on life itself.
https://thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/arcane_cache/2025/02/06/glittering-light-2/
#game #videogame #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #undergroundgame #exploration #2D #surreal #art #digitalart #opensource #freesoftware #freegame #free #libre #gaming #browser #indie #review #underground #ASCII #text #roguelike #crawler #rpg #crawl #rogue #angband #retro #text #experimental
A ASCII art game that breaks with quite some conventions in a wonderful way. Instead of moving an @ through a maze of lines, it feels like moving through a strange, mysterious world ... a game with a limited, set scope, where the atmosphere and the fundamental idea of the game are much more important than the balance or the gameplay ... a parabola on life itself.
https://thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/arcane_cache/2025/02/06/glittering-light-2/
#game #videogame #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev #undergroundgame #exploration #2D #surreal #art #digitalart #opensource #freesoftware #freegame #free #libre #gaming #browser #indie #review #underground #ASCII #text #roguelike #crawler #rpg #crawl #rogue #angband #retro #text #experimental
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BAFTA is asking everyone what the most influential video game of all time is for you. If you have a game you want to have included in the survey, go here:
https://www.bafta.org/stories/the-most-influential-video-game-of-all-time
Little Bits: Issue #22 for February 2025
Exciting times are ahead, a motivational message and loads of new curated bits found in February 2025 while surfing the Internet for you to enjoy.
Guten Morgen #hatclan! Schönen Montag!
Mein Streamplan für diese Woche:
- Montag: „Theme Hospital (CorsixTH)“
- Dienstag: streamfrei
- Mittwoch: streamfrei
- Donnerstag: „Scott Whiskers in: the Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw“
- Freitag: „Gamedec“
- Samstag: „The Will of Arthur Flabbington“
- Sonntag: „Sumerian Six“
Die Streams starten um 20 MEZ / 19 UTC und enden etwa 5 Stunden später.
https://live.hatnix.net #Owncast #Linux #Gaming #DRMfree #Livestream
I think it's time for a re-introduction!
Hello fediverse! I am an admin for Veganism.Social, VoIP engineer, sim-racer with @ethixracing, gamer, foodie, and long-time ethical vegan. I'm originally from South Florida, but now living in the Orlando area as of 2020. I'm usually not a very social person, but I'm trying to change that! I want to make a difference in the world, and one person cannot do that alone, so connecting with others is essential.
My political and ethical views are all centered around equality, compassion, and environmental protection. I am anti-capitalist, but I also understand that it's impossible in the current state of society to avoid participating in it. So I try to make the best decisions I can with the options given to me in order to minimize the harm it causes.
Humans and animals all over the world are facing troubling times, and thinking about it has taken a massive toll on my mental health. Now, I am trying to focus my efforts on things that I can change, rather than spreading myself too thin and not helping at all. This doesn't mean I'm ignoring all of the other suffering, but simply trying to prioritize based on what is within my reach.
Thank you for taking the time to read, and if you feel like we have something in common, give a follow! I look forward to meeting like-minded individuals and organizations that seek to make the world a better place!
For a bit more info about myself and my sim-racing efforts, check out this interview I did with @veganeasy last year.
https://www.veganeasy.org/discover/news/interview-eracing-driven-by-compassion/
#introduction #vegan #veganism #equality #compassion #SimRacing #eSports #gaming #VoIP #hospitality #ethics #connect #Florida