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He/him. Old enough to know better, young enough to be a bad influence anyway. West Virginia Hillbilly by birth, currently in SoCal. Discord: samwise3417 IG: samwise42_ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩷💜💙

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · Feb 23

Just so we’re clear, if you skeet or reskeet unqualified “men are so awful blah blah” shit onto my skyline, I’m unfollowing you.

Because you obviously give no fucks about me, so you shouldn’t miss me.

Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · Feb 23

Hi! Hello.

So, um, I know y’all keep forgetting we exist, but trans guys are a thing?

So when you say “men are trash”, are you including trans men in that too? Or do you really mean “cis hetero men are trash”, but just conveniently forgot about our existence again?

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 2nd anniversary to the Steam Dev Cheat Sheet 🥂

LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮

#indiegamedev

STEAM DEV CHEAT SHEET
Quick access to a collection of best practices & magic formulas:

STEAM CAPSULE
(Your Game)
The single most IMPORTANT element since it's seen the most
Clear
Readable
Game name
Genre
Hook(s)
Hire on artist!

THE DISCOVERY ALGORITHM
Get 7,000+ wishlists before launch
Get 10+ reviews ASAP (positive or negative, just need 10)
The only punishing review status is OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE (the rest are neutral for traffic)

WISHLISTS
About 15% of wishlists convert in the first week.
ALL wishlisters are emailed at launch.
Discount 20%+ to email wishlisters after launch.

SALES ESTIMATES FROM REVIEWS
One review represents about 20-55 soles.
It's the New Boxleiter Number! ~30 is good
So 100 reviews = about 3,000 copies sold.

TRAILER
(Viewers skip through trailers)
Start strong
Omit intro logos
Direct to gameplay
60 seconds or less
End with ONE CTA: Wishlist it or buy it

Made in October 2023

From the author of How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself
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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

Actually yeah, when you can fart it helps a lot 😅

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

Thankfully internal gas is usually only a problem if the surgery goes into a body cavity, so I haven’t had to deal with it this time - and even when I had a laparoscopy, the internal gas was less of an issue than the constipation from gut peristalsis shutting down and having to restart

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

You can post it to AO3 to gauge interest/gain a following/find your rhythm without pouring a ton of resources into building a website

Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

None of it is really “easy” but it can be done alongside a regular office job and can eventually make a decent income supplement

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

Goes for non-material things too - everybody and their brother has a Patreon or Ko-Fi with their essays or videos or recipes, short stories and poems can be sold to online magazines, stock photographs can pull in some cash, etc

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, ain’t no easy ways that are truly ethical

But if you create stuff, you can find ways to make *some* extra cash - I crochet, so if I ever have spare yarn and time, I can just make things and put them on eBay or whatnot

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

Rainy days are so much fun for snuggling 🫂🫂💖💖

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

*waving gently* Hewwo!!!

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny - the surgical site pain is basically over, and at this point my main source of discomfort is the bruising from other stuff that was done while I was under during surgery (repeated blood pressure cuff inflation, arms strapped in certain ways, drains placed)

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s Get Bulgogi Tonight

Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

Just comparing the feels I had after an old breakup to the activities I’m currently doing post-op and how the emotional healing process is similar to the physical healing process - thankfully, no recent breakups 🫶 but I appreciate you worrying about me 💖💖

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3d

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection.

Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 3d

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

I love you MOAR 💖💖💖💖💖

Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

Note for post-op recovery: stay away from cardio until your surgeon clears you 🫶

But absolutely seconded on the ice cream part 🍨🍦

Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

Well, to be fair, I am finally starting to feel successful in my life - just took a bit longer than I expected 😂

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3d

Let's go @govpritzker.illinois.gov Where you at buddy? It's time to put your money where your mouth is

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

Somewhere
In the wall of an old house
Exists
A nest
That a mouse made
From our hair clippings
To protect her little ones

Knowing that some small part of us
Will always be together that way
Makes my heart soft

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R.L. BurnStein @prairiepatriot.bsky.social · 3d

Alex jones had it all wrong.

The water is turning the Gays into frogs!

Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

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D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 4d

I need to buy a new sweater before it gets cold and also some of the unscented detergent that doesn’t give me migraines and $45 would be enough for both if anyone is able to help
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D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 3d

$45 means I get to be warm and clean and not sick about it if anyone is able to help with that

D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 4d

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Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social · 3d

One of us would have to rename our Ontario, though - it’s *already* confusing, since they’re both Ontario, CA 😅