@kettlecorn

Developer and designer. https://xitter.cf/t.co/BFJAVgEUXo https://xitter.cf/t.co/tP44Plt3Uu https://xitter.cf/t.co/eot0pEir2C

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Today I'm open-sourcing Tangle: a new library that automatically 'entangles' and syncs WebAssembly. Play with the demo: tanglesync.com And check out the code: github.com/kettle11/tangle
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The Rust game dev community with ECSs.
Ian JCV@jnvciaOct 21
>open source game engine >ECS come on guys can we try to not follow trends for one minute
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Note that the engine linked in the quote-tweet isn't a Rust one. ECSs are very good, but I think they're a tool for a job and not a tool for every job. Some problems map poorly to a general purpose ECS.
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These forces are coming for all software. If you want people to value your work you must find value beyond the software itself. That can be your unique personality & identity, an enduring social network, brand loyalty, cloud compute, etc.
Andrew Eiche@buddingmonkeyOct 20
This new world changes indie gamedev. If you want to protect your code you can’t use Unity or code that compiles to a VM (IL2CPP won’t be a defense for long) If you want to protect your idea, you need to show off depth of quality content. Simple mechanics will be cloned
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On that first point I think for indie devs they can succeed by making things that distinctly reflect the personality & life experiences of themselves, the creators. It's possible to clone code, it's much harder to authentically clone you.
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My mental-model of where software is going is that software is entering its goo phase before transforming into something different, perhaps a butterfly. I think a lot of the industry is building as-if much of the caterpillar is going to persist after the goo phase.
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Speaking of web standards more people should take a look at custom compression dictionaries are pretty neat: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/…

Compression Dictionary Transport - HTTP | MDN

Compression Dictionary Transport is a way of using a shared compression dictionary to dramatically reduce the transport size of HTTP responses.

developer.mozilla.org
Joost de Valk
@jdevalkOct 16
"we're learning that there's web standards that actually improve how our stuff works” Maybe have a scroll through specification.website

The Website Specification

A platform-agnostic, full specification of the technical features a good website should have. Built in the open under an MIT licence.

specification.website
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A technique in compression is to identify recurring patterns and assign them a small key. If both sides know the key they can share just the key and expand it to the full value. Brotli does this for common sequences in web files. Custom dictionaries let you define your own.
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As an example if you have a website with many similar web pages you could use this so that mostly only deltas between pages are sent, which is much smaller. Similarly for a game engine with a particular file format you could use this to shave off a lot of transmitted bytes.
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A thread on some parts of building Lolo. Not that the logo for Lolo is a masterwork, but you can see my design thought here where I began with the name 'Blam', bailed on that name, and then quickly was like "Hey LoLo has a face in it that's neat" and just decided to go with it.
Lolo.gg@lolodotggOct 10
Lolo is live! We launched 10/10 at 10:10 am because the numbers look like "lolo". It's a simple games website with a few carefully crafted classic games (we'll add more soon!). Check it out! #gamedev
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I'm avoiding AI for raw assets. Some thumbnails & animations have AI assistance, but they're heavily art directed. As an example the character falls asleep when tabs are switched, but I guided the animation through many back and forth prompts to explain what it should look like.
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My hope isn't to make the best game in each category but to make a very good version of many small games with consistent quality and a dash of originality. It's a fun wholesome endeavor to work on, and perhaps with some luck it will attract a player or two!
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This website is a side endeavor of mine. I've always liked big ambitious projects, and this is the opposite. I was making non-scammy games for family & friends as an alternative to the app store status quo, and they were enjoying them so I thought they should be public as well.
Lolo.gg@lolodotggOct 15
Emoji Merge is a free web game that uses Google's new 3D emojis to create a new take on the classic fruit merge games, with co-op multiplayer as well!
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This category of games is hyper-saturated. The odds of conventional success are low, but I am already happy it's brought a lot of fun to people I know. Still I'd like to put in enough effort enough to give it a chance at finding an audience.
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My hope is that if I build a mix of safe classics and new novel ideas eventually Lolo can be a place where people feel confident they can find something actually fun in a spare moment, or find a quick game to play with friends.
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