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@r1kgames @_theMatteBlack I do like the looks of Destiny Spire though... downloading the demo now :)

@Steve86094 @_theMatteBlack I agree, but a lot of people wont bother to look into whether a game is fun if the graphics dont catch them first. For indie devs its good to use an art style that’s relatively quick to produce but also pleasing to look at. Something can have simple graphics and still look nice

What's something every great indie game needs? I'll start : A catching, unique ART STYLE #indiegamedev

@r1kgames @_theMatteBlack Looks fine. Gameplay is always more important. I don't care what a game looks like, because a good or amazing looking game can still be rubbish. Before people focused on graphics and tech, games did well if they were fun!

@_theMatteBlack @Steve86094 Even though gameplay is the most important you still need to draw people in and for a lot of people that gets accomplished via the graphics. Luckily, it’s possible to come up with a compelling art style even if the graphics aren’t all that. I think animal well is a good example

@_theMatteBlack Gameplay is all that matters. With everyone worrying about looks, you end up pushing higher, with costs growing. Suddenly you need publishers, bigger teams and then you're influenced by external forces.... the very reasons most games suck these days.

@Steve86094 That's cool! I'm one dude as well! What are some aspects you like then??

@exQUIZitely What is game 3?

Studies have shown that older games with simpler graphics had a much more stimulating effect on a gamer's brain - actively "training" creative skills and imagination, with positive impact on memory building and abstraction skills. If that sounded to scientific, have a look at the 4 images. The older ones among you will recognize some classic games. In the first one your brain would turn that into a "Rambo" style scenario, dropped in the jungle fighting against hordes of enemies. Have a closer look at the main character - that's 3 colors and a pile of pixels. Your mind does the rest. In the second image your brain converts the image into an epic space battle against aliens, with you sitting in a spaceship, fighting wave after wave. Again, have a closer look at the aliens. One (!) color, 2 animation phases. Now look at your "spaceship". In the third image you are teleported by your creative mind into a fantastic world with heroes, battles, an open world, portals and so on. A magic world, that was created aong the way, by your mind. The fourth picture turns you into Bruce Lee. The common thing in all of those examples is your brain "filling in the blanks" - and that's EXACTLY the part that's positively stimulating it. Now think of hyper-realistic modern games with graphics so good that your brain doesn't need to do any "imagining" anymore... instead it turns into pure consumption mode. Brain waves look entirely different then. No creative areas will fire up. The reason why many retro gamers have fond memories of old games is not just nostalgia. It is connected to what those games have done to our brains and imaginative minds at the time. They didn't oversaturate us - they merely hinted at the right direction and our brains did the rest. Old games were similar to books - the world was created by the reader/player. And those worlds looked different for each and everyone of us.

@Colinb65 @THEC64_RGL Thanks Colin 👍

@Steve86094 @THEC64_RGL When they were on sale last year they were 8Gb,so I assume these have the same capacity. But yeah,it should say in the ad!

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@boovie3 This is torture! I loved the demo, can't wait for the final release!

Open sesame! 🌀 #turnbased #dungeoncrawler #pixelart #retrogaming #rpg #screenshotsaturday

The Portsmoor Abysm, my atmospheric boulder-pushing puzzle game, inspired by classics such as Boulder Dash, Supaplex, or Emerald Mine, is now available for purchase on Steam! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame #steamdeck #steamrelease #steamdemo #cosmichorror #pixelart

@fandompulse If I won't be able to buy it on physical media , I'm not interested.

Nathan Fillion admits that they have not secured a studio to distribute or stream the animated Firefly. "The last piece we need is a home. And for that we need you. Like this post."

@GIMP_Official Fantastic! So now I can create a vector layer and draw a primitive in a few clicks!?

gimp.org/news/2026/03/1… GIMP 3.2 is out with vector layers, link layers (smart objects), DDS BC7 export, better PSD import including PSB for large images, MyPaint 2.0 brushes, and much more! #GIMP #imageEditor #GPL #openSource #libreGraphics #GIMP3 #GIMP3_2 #GEGL #news #release

@Techjunkie_Aman "Most Android phones ship with tracking. GrapheneOS takes the opposite approach." Most Android phones can't run GrapheneOS.

Most Android phones ship with tracking. GrapheneOS takes the opposite approach. And it recently started collaborating with Motorola devices. Key features: • Network permission toggle per app • Sensors permission control • Sandboxed Google Play • Storage & contact scopes • Hardened memory protections • Zero-day exploit defenses It’s basically Android rebuilt for security. Would you switch to this?

@GrapheneOS @Proton_Pass Valid reasons, and I understand what you're saying. But you are again proving my point that privacy & security at an OS level (on phones) are only for the well off. Any company that can solve this problem with be huge.

@Steve86094 @Proton_Pass We can't provide reasonable security on such insecure hardware. Where are we supposed to get massive additional recurring funding in order to have a massive team of people making a watered down variant of GrapheneOS for a huge range of insecure hardware? We have a budget too.

seen the good news?

@GrapheneOS @Proton_Pass Yep, you made my point. Privacy & security is only for the well off. I didn't buy a Redmi because I like them. I bought one because that was my budget.

@Steve86094 @Proton_Pass Redmi A3 doesn't freely allow installing another OS but rather has restrictions on it. It has absolutely atrocious hardware, firmware and driver security without bare minimum security updates. They only provide 2 OS updates and partial security patch backports every 90 days...

@BocaBola_ Step 1: Install Gimp. Step 2: Try drawing a circle. Step 3: Give up. Step 4: Install Krita.

As much as I hate paying for Adobe... Trying to use GIMP these past couple weeks on Linux has made me wanna tear my hair out...

@GrapheneOS @Proton_Pass Pixel 8a, Amazon uk: £309. My phone on Amazon uk (Redmi A3): £57. We have different ideas on affordability. Privacy & security should not be reserved for those that can spend more. Maybe 1 day that will change. It doesnt look like it'll be GraphineOS that changes the industry :/

@Steve86094 @Proton_Pass Pixel 8a is a budget device from 2 generations ago and still has over 5 years of support remaining since it launched with 7 years of support. It still meets all of the current generation security requirements for GrapheneOS. There are lots of cheap used Pixel 8a devices for sale.

@GrapheneOS @Proton_Pass "You should install it yourself with the very easy to use web installer." Yeah, back to square 1. Can't afford a suitable device, even second hand. Privacy & security for the well off. Everyone else is stuck :/

@Steve86094 @Proton_Pass You should install it yourself with the very easy to use web installer. You'll waste a lot of money having someone preinstall it which doesn't require any technical expertise. If you can follow instructions to bake cookies then you can easily use the web installer to install it.

@GrapheneOS @Proton_Pass Well, I would love to install GraphineOS. But I'm not able to afford a compatible phone, even second hand. Just searched "Devices with GrapheneOS preinstalled" All way too expensive. Privacy & security is only for the well off by the looks of it.

@Steve86094 @Proton_Pass The vast majority of people aren't ever going to install another OS on their phone even though we've made it very easy to install. People can purchase a phone with GrapheneOS preinstalled and there will be more internationally available devices with it along with cheaper ones.

@GrapheneOS @Proton_Pass So GraphineOS can be written off as a possible substitute/replacement for Android for 99.9% of Android users. Got it.

@Steve86094 @Proton_Pass The vast majority of smartphones either don't support installing another OS or cripple functionality for it. It's not even possible to provide a serious alternative for most devices. It's always going to be the case that people need to buy a device where they can use GrapheneOS.