reflection law being debated as a conspiracy theory (rather than basic science) is my new favorite canary in the goldmine example for how any and all science can be brought into question as a “mind virus” 😅
like try looking up pyramids and not getting flooded with ancient aliens conspiracies, or cave paintings without conspiracies about aliens… it’s impossible to avoid. i think it’s such a perfect example that captures how social media, current tech culture…spreads this type of science distrust.
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"These systems and people need people to not rock the boat.
They need you to fit in just right, and hurt just right, and fight for yourself in a way that doesn't come back to anyone."
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out of context screenshots from today
[#]GameDev
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when you are testing your game 😬
but your game tests you 😶
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updated the game’s itchio page with the laurels 🥲
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💖 tool appreciation shout out ✨
these two font tools were very helpful when making my own fonts for my games:
https://yal.cc/r/20/pixelfont/ converts spritesheet image to a pixel font
https://fontforge.org/en-US/ a free feature rich font software. i used it to build on what i output from pixel font converter.
✨🔨⌨️🎨🖌️✨
[#]Tool #GameDev #IndieDev #FOSS
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every game is a lot of work invested in many tiny little pieces that have to come together in the end to shape a coherent whole. many small difficult steps that involved plenty of patience and planning.
so worth it in the end tho!
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all these little details that took sometimes days to get right… like the sparkle effect in the sand. that was so much reading and looking at youtube to figure out how to do sparkle just right… maybe not everyone that plays it will appreciate it, but all these pieces make this beautiful whole…
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making something that’s entirely all your own assets is a ton of work, but very rewarding in the end. i spent a good while making custom fonts for my most recent game. my arm was sore from all the hours of fine tuning, but now i see it in the actual game and it’s perfect…
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i’m sharing this again to protect myself.
it’s cruel to lie about what they did when i put out plenty receipts. at least read it before buying into their narrative.
http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/abusing-you-was-by-the-book-documenting-two-years-of-abuse-from-game-journalism-after-sharing-my-metoo-the-whole-painful-story-all-in-one-place
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i checked the itch reviews for “a butterfly” and it means so much when people really GET what you made. one review said “it’s hard to let go” and omg yes. 😭 that captures the game.
idk why but it meant a lot to read that comment. ❤️🩹🙏
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😂 the fun thing about a spinning comment field is that most comments end up being “weeeeee!” and you get a comments page that looks like this https://alienmelon.itch.io/shovelware/comments
see instead of a hostile place, comments sections can be fun! you just need to turn them into an amusement park ride 🙂🙃🙂🙃😵💫
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the first steam review is really thoughtful 🙏 i appreciate it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3439300/A_Butterfly/
fwiw the game prompts you to save a text file at the end and then closes because the small poem in the text file is its gift to you when you finish it.
it is a short experience, but you do finish it when you’re asked to save the poem.
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it’s a good quote
🤔💭
(honestly tho i made this because i’m tired of falling for these)
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sharing is appreciated (if you liked it)
i’m not sure what to expect but hope people enjoy it.
it’s just like .99cents…
worth the artgame gamble for some good dreamcore aesthetic poetry.
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if you bought the game on itch then you can request a key by clicking the "request key" button on your purchase page.
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A Butterfly is now available on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3439300/A_Butterfly/
"The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner."
a poem about overcoming, surrender, and death.
🦋✨🌒🌓🌘
[#]GameDev #IndieGame #Dreamcore #Poetry #InteractiveFiction
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i always circle back to being amazed at how much of game design is about trying to anticipate the player… how will someone else think if they’re in your world? what are you missing or not seeing?
the game can seem broken if you don’t anticipate everyone, because not everyone will play it the same.
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this is so cool! Mladina (another popular news outlet) quoted me from the Delo article as a quote of the day https://www.mladina.si/238006/videoigre-so-najvecji-priblizek-dozivetja-tujih-sanj/
🥳 now we just gotta start a good video game festival here.
(if slovenia can be a culture hub for philosophy then it also can be this for art games let’s go!)
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May 8: me and VSW Assistant Curator Nilson Carroll will have a live walkthrough of my work where we will discuss interesting things!
“an opportunity for exploration, sharing insight, and community connection”
https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-spring-2025/may-8-nathalie-lawhead-exploring-with-the-artist/
💖💕💖💕💖
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