2024-11-04T19:05:23Z https://nostr.now Longplay Games :pc_color: 🎮 https://nostr.now/npub1x5qf6ryzwpslxwp4vnle0evq37pz8d2vkxehlmy3jm8uvu6p2x9sq83j0f https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/accounts/avatars/109/666/811/934/130/657/original/8e408c31b156e4c5.png https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/accounts/avatars/109/666/811/934/130/657/original/8e408c31b156e4c5.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy9zjsc32s6z60s6ae8kcspdd4kv9753tnrwfnmqgjqyv2gv5c69szyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck7c93m9 A survey recently made me think about why, exactly, I even created an account for our studio here on the fedi.<br/><br/>I created it as a way to gain feedback from people interested in our game, people who perhaps thought that making a forum post or leaving a comment in a matrix room was too difficult.<br/><br/>I&#39;m going to retire this account to being just updates. For issues or questions, please see our forum or channel.<br/><a href="https://forum.longplay.games/">https://forum.longplay.games/</a><br/><br/>Thanks! 2024-11-04T19:03:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvz2k4554cvjqd774gxw8qplndx7zzdk93wmusmyl53tlpv27gjfczyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck6uv2pm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrcyqx70lt4jap4vdnedvarr3rdfvylxuwvxcxzfmskeln9m3gvag6htlat'>nevent1q…tlat</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It does appear to have been a poor choice on their part though:<br/><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/openais-ai-transcription-tool-hallucinates-excessively-heres-a-better-alternative/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/openais-ai-transcription-tool-hallucinates-excessively-heres-a-better-alternative/</a> 2024-10-31T13:34:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrcyqx70lt4jap4vdnedvarr3rdfvylxuwvxcxzfmskeln9m3gvagzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckawr9pf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszefpnezpu6vqnpfl6qh7dwphcrfuwwgmv8myh3dxujvv3lkeclncuh5mzc'>nevent1q…5mzc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With the AI voice transcription?<br/><a href="https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/shotcut-24-10-adds-initial-ai-features-through-openai-s-whisper-audio-transcription-model/">https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/10/shotcut-24-10-adds-initial-ai-features-through-openai-s-whisper-audio-transcription-model/</a><br/><br/>I wonder how much &#34;AI&#34; is really involved in that considering that voice transcription was a pretty mature product before OpenAI the company ever existed.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/openai/whisper/discussions/1463">https://github.com/openai/whisper/discussions/1463</a><br/><br/>Looks like it runs locally (or can), and is not a genai, which reduces two of the larger concerns. 2024-10-31T13:32:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrc58g0danu42g98l5pa8yhstfm9d84xds2qy47cuvrn0d7ahzw4czyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckwxh3qh Happy Halloween! <br/>It&#39;s all treat with a brand new chapter of Odatria by [@Jess_Alter](<a href="https://mstdn.games/@Jess_Alter">https://mstdn.games/@Jess_Alter</a> ) out today: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-17-115078253">https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-17-115078253</a><br/><br/>#SmugglersOfCygnus #SciFi 2024-10-31T13:28:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4fuexguuceugxz2j3um45lvn9umcqp33a3kj49kafa0n6lc575gzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gcktr6mcs Tried visiting reddit again recently - what a troll farm that place is. It&#39;s always been bad, but the super obvious political trolls seem to make up a majority of the posts. 2024-10-31T02:21:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswlvwf6u0lwv3mwu43fmlj4jlkt6t8tw59x90nvt2xrqyhx3xrhcczyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck0v94cg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxu09hxv7f26f6f8gkwfsx0p3hntazz4es0wsrhf9u0lh6v4kdqcg8gq3t2'>nevent1q…q3t2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just started playing with Shotcut, it&#39;s been interesting so far! 2024-10-31T02:19:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspdhdcz3ra3cneggfxt5wemnr80rpee5l5ucnrgy2xn7q75drzgsqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckjcgexn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspw6r3fz4yctfyjlcj5w6w0ydx2rhnfy5h2knsp729a98sqa9aycgvlsuxm'>nevent1q…suxm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>RSS is the main way i follow the fediverse, the best way to keep up with the specific news feeds 2024-10-26T13:45:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyejgh4ltaqgsd3xcnukl2tt3ll99k8zk44rldt057wpsextjl2yszyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckw2qzsa I suggest all #indiedev and #indiefilm folks grab the Quixel Megascans now, while they&#39;re free:<br/><a href="https://www.fab.com/megascans-free">https://www.fab.com/megascans-free</a> 2024-10-25T13:52:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2sadqhy7credw2w4ve0xkrm0wl32e8ptr0h4u907kttgy0dqrtgzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck4elvu7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpuu25mg76yxyakmyz3eednz0489cd93esdaxmany6znycnvt48gc785yw'>nevent1q…85yw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can argue that &#34;quiet public&#34; and other changes to the buttons in the new version make sense or not, but the hard line for me was reducing the font and requiring me to literally go change my browser setting just to be able to read the site. <br/><br/>When a user has to go reach for the browser settings, your UI is bad 2024-10-21T19:58:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpuu25mg76yxyakmyz3eednz0489cd93esdaxmany6znycnvt48gzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gcku07mgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pdju4m5pnu43nm4sldml4vxs0sns2mzgya923vxzzktm8al5xvgsgrzwq'>nevent1q…rzwq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not sure if that captures it well, but they reduced the font size like 2pts, possibly more. 2024-10-21T19:50:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0pdju4m5pnu43nm4sldml4vxs0sns2mzgya923vxzzktm8al5xvgzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck0k5edq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2r4c3j2jnwc3ypaulqv5lruyd53taehtk80g5g253lx0vc7h60cefhw7z'>nevent1q…hw7z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s how it looks for me without overriding font size, and with.<br/><br/>Previously, I never had to override it, the default accepted my brower&#39;s setting for minimum.<br/><br/>The other stuff is annoying, but par for the course with what passes for &#34;design&#34; in 2024<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/113/347/121/484/938/875/original/c5e9848521c7378c.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/113/347/127/044/925/964/original/f8296637e1839c67.png"> <br/> 2024-10-21T19:47:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs07egdzfsak60dh2ksvurg3cc6n7klcwcezkcvhrj8vkejwmvn9aqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckn4dw9w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg6l9a9xm2ws98a2jzqtn3zmkdaz4j9amftzyvazggjfuysrq53egaxntsk'>nevent1q…ntsk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I took a good week or two off from it just to see if the web interface was going to get patched. <br/>Apparently not, or not yet anyhow. 2024-10-21T18:51:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6l9a9xm2ws98a2jzqtn3zmkdaz4j9amftzyvazggjfuysrq53egzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gcknf6ucl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsghrsczw9d4jxv372m3afwntkjgx2ds28rfyau83qgw99kqquc6hs8en243'>nevent1q…n243</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Those things didn&#39;t change for me, but what did was a new unreadable font, a weird new version of follow/unfollow, filtered topics/words showing up as huge flags, CWs being super obnoxious instead of tags. <br/><br/>I am happy it&#39;s more functional for you, though! 2024-10-21T18:49:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdl7n0fftn0ukszej9tpqn9jgx33g9h3esqp77khvh8zelp6xhehqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gcknexwt5 Thank goodness for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18wvdjg4pjazamrekslsknpyjg3lnnz7r0cfj3dcparn2xuj8k7pqpw53pp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tusky</span> (<span class="italic">npub18wv…53pp</span>)</a></span> not updating to the awful new mastodon UI.<br/>I like that I can still easily read and use it. 2024-10-21T16:50:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstljxfmyt8cuqx0vdkphg3qxf94scvcyu2ts30pkwqltdv3a47zxqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckkcsjlk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80s3mwhltfkye0n7pe3kqwx2jxlt3dxgmpw7p4ns7s5dxpt7266ss6g8j5'>nevent1q…g8j5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I like the concept of gemini quite a lot, especially the part where the browser controls styling, but I think it&#39;s honestly a bit *too* far.<br/><br/>I think what I&#39;d really prefer is something more like elinks/lynx to get a few more GUI options so that I can choose to enable some additional GUI features (like images, for example, since some things really need pictures - like recipes and photography sites) 2024-10-06T18:31:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsysp72h829pgnaal2e48ux8hav5jc3wxrc626xjyqnzyswczm032szyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckxmydmp We&#39;re super excited about the ramp up to Halloween!<br/><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1487030/Cygnus_Pizza_Race/?utm_source=Mastodon">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1487030/Cygnus_Pizza_Race/?utm_source=Mastodon</a><br/><br/>There&#39;s some neat #Halloween-themed easter eggs in #CygnusPizzaRace that will be appearing over the course of October.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/113/261/706/215/021/406/original/d456339574e44734.png"> <br/> 2024-10-06T17:43:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdhmu0kjqmcd6fq7x4t9hn76l4pn95jt6t2nzneaqa70a70ek40xczyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckp7nnhw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0m6chrpvmse9elsy5q0n28n05gffr0p0us0pdd7usg63gxhvyl4cythh9z'>nevent1q…hh9z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TBH, the barrage of super intrustive super hateful political ads isn&#39;t helping. 2024-09-26T18:10:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7sla766ny0h8styfvscxlvxqllpfl0cz4egqeu3hwpj0r8ulmugzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck9ydh79 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspk7n6tlh5lx933895zlvms3jukvl3fpf9l7aqrukk2afksx4cq8g9th84v'>nevent1q…h84v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t speak for others, but for me of the 50 or so people I used to watch on youtube, almost all of them have left. 2024-09-26T18:06:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs233j562kcpsnrm7etvdnpelf8ge6fuj6zsxc9r2tmw7jjh3fvvnqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckh2y6vj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkgl73ralrd9clyap357yckgv08j992ghth8nfjpta7xxpgjy0zcx4xhvu'>nevent1q…xhvu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s what I&#39;m feeling too.<br/>The number of people whose content I consume has dropped off such a sharp cliff.<br/>Now it&#39;s down to about 6 people, and only because that&#39;s where they post their patreon videos. 2024-09-26T18:05:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmywxq6rmp7q5h5j747frxy84nuz9yhntm5xf7mutw87xwrsj9agzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckwkk23n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wc4vpdx452rl0y70gyfp7mhgaepntur7l0w9059a6qlrsxw09yghm8j8v'>nevent1q…8j8v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Loads :D<br/>But mainly - I tried it, it had all the same discoverability issues of youtube with none of the perks.<br/>So if I already need to advertise and direct people to content one by one, it might as well be as simple for me to host as possible. 2024-09-26T17:59:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxunnvfnhpefk6eyxghpuedzlcvqxnuz7xvgzzj3sx9pg3m5z4gaqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gcknqrzph Big update:<br/>We&#39;re in the process of retiring our youtube channel.<br/>Content will be moving to our forum and our site. 2024-09-26T17:56:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ypgj39s28nw43rpgqnlusrgsfg336cnkw2e4r496lumj02uc6tgzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckm3py6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfh9svknsw965w05lujxt4wxur0nw4n9flaruz6266rlg2vwdshq4zfzjq'>nevent1q…fzjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A U6 remake... in the U7 engine?<br/>Oooo. I need to find time to play this. 2024-09-22T23:12:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs09kn8hnlqr2pwjy8asp6yha3qrhdh5qr4jgqgyt44dkjh28x960qzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckv7rjw6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw6njrchc70g0sm54nndetkwezct3pqvxlf7qq4dtcp3srmvmuz7qhyhzyg'>nevent1q…hzyg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Reminds me of the Star Fox solution.<br/>Expanding a system&#39;s capabilities via the game cart is a very cool (if expensive) technique.<br/><br/>I&#39;m interested in the final outcome of your game. 2024-09-22T19:26:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxdatdehc3y52f8yh6xtjhxrh22yzglzvn6szym8y8w3mql4t39wqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckh0833d I find it odd that there&#39;s an entire tier of indiegames made in a few specific low-income countries that are incredibly poorly tuned for &#39;normal&#39; computers.<br/><br/>If your game will barely run on the average computer in your country, wouldn&#39;t you want to tune for that? 2024-09-21T16:34:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszeeazdhkxs88n22p6neeaexzgdghz5jxjpee3vhpm9h9wntnyugczyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckeyms37 Anyone know a good android app that displays full-screen album art for music that&#39;s playing?<br/><br/>Thinking of making a little display to sit on top of my hi-fi to show the album. I used to do that with the record sleeve, and CDs are just a bit too small... but I *do* have a really bad old android tablet... 2024-09-21T16:29:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvduyqjdv9nm2z8xcepqhgd82cym4xe32zzw4g2nsf72n2y8sn9nqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck0q8vaq Chapter 15 of #SmugglersOfCygnus Odatria by [@Jess_Alter](<a href="https://mstdn.games/@Jess_Alter">https://mstdn.games/@Jess_Alter</a> ) is now up on the patreon:<br/><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-15-112123900">https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-15-112123900</a> 2024-09-15T20:26:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2vuqjs2rwff86nfxmhwhx2550vz35x3wmx38aypm0twsc0t02fdgzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck856mvw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda3qe5nmzwlxhglzjlkhdqm07fzvse03us95vnk2tg9g4nw7yf0qyl0fxe'>nevent1q…0fxe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exult is SO good, it&#39;s my favorite way to play U7 2024-09-15T01:06:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx30ghlqthvhcswfxf8tg3gpkjq78gcjwhh7h303qs5y94znguwjgzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckjyc74d Chapter 14 of #SmugglersOfCygnus &#34;Odatria&#34; is now out:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-14-110582286">https://www.patreon.com/posts/smugglers-of-14-110582286</a> 2024-08-22T14:23:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2fu6p545dmp7u48zj32j6sr22zecmpfy9dutg4erwslst28kvseqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck0rmqqv #Indie #film maker Kyle Hester (who also does some of the voice work in our games) just released his latest documentary &#34;Haunted Lake Lanier&#34; on Amazon and other platforms if you&#39;re looking for a #spooky documentary to start the season.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D7SV9RZP/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r">https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D7SV9RZP/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r</a> 2024-08-21T23:09:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsycp9s0raa04wcj5gxlraekt5seajdgws8h86q9984lgxz6gg5w0szyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck7vf02j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5r95vk3fw4rezd3kh6hla89sahehejmthnqcpcp57zyyy6375zqav5cfu'>nevent1q…5cfu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Neither of my adult children own a &#34;real&#34; laptop. Or a desktop.<br/>The closest one has is a steam deck, the other has a chromebook.<br/><br/>Even amongst the fairly technical millennials the owning of a real computer is becoming rarer. <br/>I&#39;m glad Graphene can install via browser. 2024-08-19T18:09:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrcqy964ghktzkj8tfljs4zrwtdzjrv3as2wc76tqavxx7fd82g0szyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckr4wymj YouTube: giving me a block message because I use ff with an adbloc<br/>Me: closing the site and watching my friends on owncast instead.<br/>YouTube: :cat_smudge: 2024-08-19T14:52:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw8my4k40t36phut8xl0g7stnq2y2hjdumk7ttxau08sct3hs9a4czyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gck9sgkhg Never fails. I download Euro Truck Simulator 2, play for a session or two, they needlessly update the nearly 10 year old game, and break it again. <br/><br/>So I delete it. Again.<br/><br/>At this point, I&#39;m just going to delete it from my steam library. What a regrettable purchase. I hate steam&#39;s forced update of single player games. 2024-08-18T02:09:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9n7wy3f8t8ks3n33309mhvaadhq5zjncaaygefnwfnqwqqqz3snqzyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gckuf0tkl New August #SmugglersOfCygnus #wallpaper up for all members.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-wallpaper-109548825">https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-wallpaper-109548825</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/mstdngames/media_attachments/files/112/912/662/215/213/495/original/8d66eab60d1597f4.png"> <br/> 2024-08-06T02:16:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9v0g8kzkekpccpd29jv2q36v2z8ym34ajnr0k4l6l0cus4rf8lszyq6sp8gvsfcxruecx4j0l9l9sz8cyga4fjcmxllvjxtvl3nng9gcku3qxlv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5rz6mrgeq8z6mala3c90dudneymwm8j6s2ky3vnvd4fn5paq9ngzndrj4'>nevent1q…drj4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meanwhile other bootloader fans:<br/>Grub: &#34;It works&#34;<br/>Lilo: &#34;Sorry, you wanted my opinion on what?&#34; 2024-08-05T19:33:48Z