Biggles

Here’s a video produced by “Led by Donkeys” out of the U.K. that puts down the timeline of how Musk used X to get Donald Trump elected. I would save it because I don’t think it will be up for long.

@ocarina0fslime Sorry, Issue 404: not found

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people. Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious. For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing. The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed! But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems. It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful. We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger. That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. vote.org

@ocarina0fslime Impressive!

@N1tch 👀

Any indie games out there looking for up to $100k in project funding? Hit me up! (This isn’t a grant, just to be clear)

@FayerDev Marketing isn’t a checkbox list of activities though. It’s understanding your potential audience and positioning yourself to stand out & be desirable.

We had different trailers for different moments (reveal, date announcement, release). By launch, we accumulated more than 60k wishlist and, day 1, we got like 1k sales. So I ask again, what should we have done? What can we do?

I've seen many messages like this and it makes me wonder, what does "marketing well" mean? We showed in several events (digital and physical), we reached out to a lot of streamers and press sites, we had a couple demos early out, we joined steam fest (and others) (1/?)

Oooh! This anti-4X looks super interesting. Impressive for a solo dev as well!

@newjorg @EurostarUK @DB_Bahn @tha_rami Which carriage are you in?

@reduzio For me (Having come from UE4, then dabbled with Godot for a couple of years) Unreal still wins out from the usability perspective in a whole ton of small ways that aren’t really related to graphics or even blueprints (though those certainly help)

@ocarina0fslime Ah, shame to have totally missed you! Hope you had a great Gamescom though & a safe journey back :-)

@ocarina0fslime @ManyCatsStudios I wanna see duckling pictures! Hopefully see you in there :-)

Ok, @gamescom, here we gooo!!!

Finally got around to actually booking Eurostar ticket to Cologne for Gamescom & somewhere to stay! Looking forward to pitching the new game :-D Should probably start lining up a few meetings…

A NEW THING FOR INDIES — Steam Publishers Database! ✨👀 It's still in preview, so there are quirks, but it'll improve over time. What do you think so far? There's Steam followers, reviews and news, Metacritic scores, and an investors section! 💰 #indiegames #gamedev

@valentinaChrys Woop woop!!

It's been a productive week at Develop filled with lots of fun moments. I'll miss the team so much! 🥹💛 Now, I'm super hyped to get back into it and get working on exciting things. See you next year! 👋

@markdrew Nah, don’t quite trust the weather right now tbh!

@Biggles No bike this time?

Obligatory en-route-to-Develop train selfie. This is what I look like, come say hi!