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MEINOS KAEN
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Writer, #indiedev, Papa of teamjpde.bsky.social. Doing #Kinktober WISHLIST BABELOMANIA - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/BABELOMANIA/ COMMS OPEN - https://vgen.co/meinoskaen YT Channel - https://youtube.com/@jpdeofficial #gamedev
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 14d
It! Is! OOOOUT! The first demo for BABELOMANIA! I thought about enrolling it in the Steam #nextfest for the spooky month but it's a bit too far removed from it's release date... So we'll enroll the 2nd Demo in the February one :) #indiedev

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BABELOMANIA on Steam
BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 3d
if you like my writing, this month is REALLY urgent, as I need to raise a TON of money to pay my tax bill, which the state is making me pay early because, I shit you not, I did my taxes. Apparently a change to the balance, like filing taxes/extensions is bad

paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT
Pay Garrick Burford using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/stompsite and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 6h
The future of the US Republican party, ladies and gentlemen.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 17h
Still a lot of people that seemingly don’t know we’re all @secondwindgroup.com now making the best stuff we’ve ever made.

There’s literally nobody left working on video at the old site.

Just a dead brand being used for name recognition for gambling shit.
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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 23h
Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh
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arimia @arimiadev.com · 1d
yes I'm going to write a timeloop horror romance harlequinade, yes the flowchart is going to get even worse from here
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Rasmus Indie | Wishlist Mindbreak 🤯 @rasmusindie.bsky.social · 1d
One thing that came up during play test was the very placeholdery enemy AI. It looked just one move ahead based on raw distance to a player. Not good when obstacles are in the way. I spent yesterday evening implementing a classic A* approach, and it's already much better. #indiegame #gamedev
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 14d
It! Is! OOOOUT! The first demo for BABELOMANIA! I thought about enrolling it in the Steam #nextfest for the spooky month but it's a bit too far removed from it's release date... So we'll enroll the 2nd Demo in the February one :) #indiedev

store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/...
BABELOMANIA on Steam
BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....
store.steampowered.com
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r1kGAMES @r1kgames.bsky.social · 3d
New Destiny Spire demo will be up tomorrow just in time for #SteamNextFest

New things include optional tutorial battle, new NPC room, dream prophecies, and times critical hits

Any YouTubers/streamers/press interested to check it out during the fest?
#rpg #indiegames #pixelgames
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 4d
Except the article blatantly misrepresents what E33 is. The issue is that character choice in that game boils down to: choose A or B at the very end, and either way you're gonna feel terrible because the choice has nothing to do with 90 of the story so far.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 4d
I deleted the post with the hate comment, as I did not feel comfortable leaving it up like that... I screenshot and archived everything before deleting it off my story, I hope it's enough.

I have been writing fiction for 20 years. I've been insulted before but never something like this.

I'm sad.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 4d
Also, I think the person actually has her own account on Ao3 because while commenting as a guest, they left their nickname in and I found a profile by the same name. I screenshot everything, blocked them, and deleted the comment from my story. Hopefully that's enough...
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 4d
Yeah, okay, I restricted my comments to registered users only now. At the very least, if this happens again, I can report them more easily.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 4d
Like, this is seriously a bit upsetting, especially in this day and age. Maybe I should restrict comments to registered users...
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 6d
Fair enough, then I am curious because writing and ludonarrative dissonance and writing cohesion is something that, to me, is very important but I seldom see brought up. And it's caused me a few regretful and not cheap buys.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 6d
Sorry I didn't mean it as a swipe. I meant that with the volume of games that come out each week, not all reviewers will be able to set aside the dozens of hours needed to finish an RPG. It's something I've seen many people in the business complain about.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 6d
Then why have player choices at all?

No. Seriously. If we've come to the point where player choices don't even need to be validated, there's no point in having them anymore.

Unless it looks good on your press release.
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Kotaku @kotakudotcom.bsky.social · 6d
Stop Relying On Game Creators To Validate Your Player Choices https://kotaku.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-ending-choice-canon-correct-2000633292
Clair Obscur And Choice-Based Games Don’t Have To Validate You
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the latest game to offer choices, followed by players asking if they’re right or wrong
kotaku.com
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 6d
E33 is like this, the endings don't gel with the game because the devs cared about making you feel a certain way about a certain topic more than giving a satisfying resolution.

Game reviewers likely didn't touch on this because it requires you to finish the game. They don't have that kind of time.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 6d
In my head, I always split narrative heavy pieces of art in two groups: those who are created to make you feel/think about something, and those who are for telling a stories.

In my experience, the first ones are always much more hit than miss, because everything else comes 2nd to the message.
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Malindy(looking for work) @yourkyotowife.bsky.social · 6d
The endings have been a large Clair Obscur bugbear of mine because one of them invalidates everything you've done during your playthrough, which to me is a much higher emotional cost, while the other casts you as bad. Sandfall says these endings are equal, but they're not set up that way
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Kotaku @kotakudotcom.bsky.social · 6d
Stop Relying On Game Creators To Validate Your Player Choices https://kotaku.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-ending-choice-canon-correct-2000633292
Clair Obscur And Choice-Based Games Don’t Have To Validate You
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the latest game to offer choices, followed by players asking if they’re right or wrong
kotaku.com
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 8d
Doing #Kinktober has been a great idea. I'm learning a lot, getting out of my comfort zone and challenging myself in ways I haven't in a long time.

Also love how, whenever I look up a new kink from the list I don't know, my reaction is either "Oh, interesting." or "NNOPE!". No in-between. XD
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 10d
Greta Thunberg is held prisoner by Israel at a jail in the Negev. Read what Sweden’s embassy in Israel reports are the conditions of her detention ⬇️

Now just imagine: if Israel treats a world-famous Swedish activist this way, how badly are its prisons abusing Palestinians?

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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 10d
My reaction finding out you can soft-wrap code in VScode by simply clicking ALT+Z.
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 10d
Day 4 of #Kinktober and I really would love some feedback on this one, as I have hardly ever written anything sapphic. Leave alone combined with #voyeurism in a Zelda BotW setting... #erotica #smut

archiveofourown.org/works/71867831
Lost in Translation - MeinosKaen - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 11d
Hot new demos you say :D

store.steampowered.com/app/3515630/...
BABELOMANIA on Steam
BABELOMANIA is a technogothic horror adventure, with a visual novel style narrative, point&click puzzles and light survival elements. Arm yourself with your wits, determination, and an open mind.....
store.steampowered.com
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MEINOS KAEN @meinoskaen.bsky.social · 11d
PSA for team-mates in the #SonicRacingCrossworlds festival: can you please NOT TAP BOOST WHILE WE'RE JUMPING THROUGH THE AIR IN A SHORTCUT?! 6 TIMES OUT OF 10 YOU KNOCK SOMEONE OFF COURSE. O_O