Understanding there are problems is the first step to solving them. =)

Gorgeous!

Besides the main character syndrome, there’s also plenty of strawman arguments there.

Late response, since a vida acontece, but there’s Piefed which I had noted down to help with but haven’t got the chance to do it myself yet: https://translate.piefed.social/projects/piefed/main-web-app/

Added degoogle and demeta to the deshittification sidebar.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Ooooooooooh

Thanks for the explanation! Indeed paints the original post different.

First time hearing “cribbing”. Merriam-Webster’s Thessaurus says it’s the act of copying an idea, writing, etc., from someone else. :V

Also, I got the impression this is a style a lot of people used in the 80’s. Maybe I got this perception wrong?

Imo, to do something like SNK or Digital Eclipse do, releasing the game/games emulated or partially rebuilt, and having the emulator / wrapper painted in a way the technical side is masked, to be as resistance-free as possible.

Also, some people would whine if they found a ROM can be extracted/rebuilt from the game files, sure, but if the final product looks and feels decent and seamless, and from my experience talking to people like those, them usually saying things like “why should I buy something I can download for free?”, I’d say these people whining are not the developer’s target audience anyways.

As for tools for wrapping or rebuilding C64 games, I’m not familiar with any, but I’d check if the emulators available have licenses that allow commercial use, if they require official firmware files - which would mean having to license those if they do require, and if the game can be launched from terminal/command prompt commands - which then I’d make a binary / executable file with the command for launching the emulator with the ROM and needed settings.

Sock of shame

Asmei

(Pun between “asma”, “asthma”, and “amei” , “I loved it”)

Not a deciding factor but it certainly tips the scale, usually in a positive light when it has relevancy.

Unity nowadays usually just works on Linux, despite usually feeling somewhat detached from any environments. Games made on RPG Maker, Scumm or to a lesser degree, Ren’Py, are super portable thanks to wrappers made for them. RPG Maker and Unity both also make it pretty obvious when a game was cheaply made. Unreal Engine’s graphics to me are anywhere between an ugly plastic/rubber appearance (but I could list some games I recommend in spite of that) to straight up and literally nauseating. Game Maker and Godot/Redot I’ve never had any major issues, so spotting them warrants a “nice, I guess” at most. And so on.

You do you, but what about my question?

Agreed it takes quite a lot of space, but I care for the ephemera just as much as for the main content, thus I am fine with the space taken.

Haven’t looked closely at recent releases, but it sounds like natural evolution of the genre, or even a potential split forming, like metroidvanias and 3D platformers coming from 2D platformers, the 3 still being around, however.

Thanks too! Was in a similar situation as B0rax.

“Global south”

Been a while since I heard that. Seemed like that agenda had been put in the fridge. Did anyone get peckish?

If it still turns on, it still has an use!

Welp, time to look for an alternative, again. Hopefully one that takes only direct donations.

“Why make it simpler when you can make it harder?” 😬

Wouldn’t doubt intelligence services from who knows how many countries are keeping an eye here, or even companies such as Meta (even if in their case, without Threads). Maybe an ill-intended individual or a monitoring entity doesn’t even have their own instances.

About profiles being public on the fediverse, everything’s possible with enough will. And if someone’s willing to chase another someone down, I’d imagine there’s enough will to track down everything that is shared by this other one. And I can think of some rather feasible ways that tracking can be done anonymously.