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Indie developer of narrative games with unusual stories 🎮. Despite the name, we’re actually French. ✨ http://traumendes-madchen.com/ ✨ Visual Novel français 🔵⚪🔴 https://www.patreon.com/Helia

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Traumendes_Madchen @traumendesmadchen.bsky.social · 17d

The #FallinLoveFestival hosted by @vnstudioelan.com starts now & Chronotopia has joined the party! 💕

For a full week, you can enjoy a crazy schedule with multiple lovely people playing the game on their channel. I’ll be present...for emotional support 🤭.

store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10h

One of the wildest issues AI creates is that it makes people who shouldn't do things they don't understand, do those exact things believing they understand.

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

guy in a legal advice reddit wants to know how to get out of paying google the money he owes them after vibe coding one of his apps into running 40 times a second for several days straight, but says it's not his fault bc they should have stopped him by making it harder to use

r/LegalAdviceUK u/ShavedAp3 • 3d
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Google want to charge me 7 k for API access what can I do as they are denying appeals
Debt & Money
Hi there and thanks for reading.
I tried to keep this brief and just ended up rambling on trying to get as much in as possible so here is my edited hopefully a lot smaller problem.
Google are charging me 7k for a mistake that I told them about within a day, the bill went from about £45 to 16k in a day! when I asked for help I was told "dont worry well reset it as a one off, you'll need to put measures in place and ill guide you through those after you agree" So i did he then said "I will monitor it for a further 24 - 48 hours and then tell you how to put the measures in place. " Less than 24 hours later the bill was now 23k and I found out how to stop it myself. Then came the long back and forth to get it reset.
Fast forward 5 months they have finally given me a 20k credit but with VAT the total bill at the time of the credit was 27k
The 20k would have cleared the costs at the time of making them aware they claim its both our responsibilities to monitor costs I feel I did that by contacting them as soon as I saw the irregularity.
I asked them to reconsider they said no the appeal has said that is their final offer so 1 now owe 7k.
Is there anything I can do here from a legal standpoint. I don't have 7k I barely have £45.
Thanks for reading I am in England if it helps.

Intentional or not, OP used either 36k (16 + 20) or 43k (16 + 27) of API credit. Obviously what API it is matters, but with google maps, 16k would equate to ten million pulls. Or two hundred thousand Gemini 2.5 calls with 1000 token input and 5k token output.
Those aren't numbers that something running correctly should run up for any average person or company. So either google screwed up something (which is unlikely that it would only happen to one person in the entire network) or OP has some app or something which isn't running properly and is sending too much to the API.
Edit: It was OP's app, polling google maps nearly 40 times a second for days.

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According to other posts he ended up polling Google maps direction API 2300 times per minute for a few days. Looks like a combination of OP not knowing coding and asking ChatGPT to do it for him, and potentially Google's backend doing something weird in interpreting the janky code.
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Tiani Pixel @tianipixel.bsky.social · 8h

I know I can't beat the peak aesthetics of Mega Man Legends, but I'm doing the best I can!

(game is ABYSS X ZERO for those unaware! Coming out... eventually)

#gamedev #lowpoly

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 14h

They can't enjoy media like they used to, not like in the old days when games were just games and were wonderful and wholesome and yeah, of course they were.

Shit was great then because you didn't have some Youtube screaming head telling you it's all WOKE DEI AGENDA SWEET BABY BE ANGRY BE ANGRY!!!!

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 15h

Too many womens? *DING*
Woman in hijab? *DING*

Once you see it, it starts to bring into focus a lot of what these cringe crusaders complaints actually are, no matter how nonsensical, they're all playing at doing a Cinemasins for games. Gay characters? *DING* Story with environmental themes? *DING*

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 15h

Fashy Cinemasins

That's what this is, the effect the proliferation of "anti-woke" youtube grifters have had on their audiences as a whole, stunting their ability to engage with media and training them to look for "DEI sins" to call out, atrophying their ability to enjoy the games they're playing.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Night Asobu @nightasobu.bsky.social · 1d

👹We have an exciting new collaboration in store 🔪

We teamed up with talented devs to bring more intriguing horror to you!
Look forward to our next announcement!

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Kosmos Connections @thetaugames.bsky.social · 1d

We have released a brand new demo! @sayuui.com made us some beautiful art to celebrate! The demo itself contains:

- A 35k word script 📖
- 3 character routes ❤️💙💜
- 4 CGs 🖼️
- 10 music tracks 🎵
- high resolution character sprites & animations 🎬

#visualnovel #indiegame #vn #kosmosconnections #vndev

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Beeccoe | Comm waitlist @beeccoe.bsky.social · 20h

Hello! I've got a new small VTT landing page asset pack up on Itch again.

It's only $3 and also has 2 templates up for free! ☺️🫶💕
siyokoy.itch.io/witchy-vtt-l...

[ #art | #artph | #assets | #ttrpg | #vtt ]

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 9d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Fiction Factory Games @fictionfactorygames.com · 1d

The demo for Laugh Track is now available on Steam, just ahead of #SteamNextFest! Become the writer of a totally normal sitcom in which nothing weird happens!

The full game will release for FREE in January, but you take the pilot episode for a spin right now! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

Laugh Track on Steam

You're now the lead writer for Juno's World, a perfectly normal sitcom in which nothing strange or horrible happens, ever! Choose your scripts, decide what characters to build relationships with, and ...

store.steampowered.com

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Mawxiwtz @mawxiwtz.bsky.social · 1d

Just rolled credits on this and ... it's easily far and away my game of the year (unless Galaxy Princess Zorana also hits these peaks as well). Not only is it a heartfelt love letter to space opera anime but a deeply sincere and optimistic journey of being there for each other. Also there's cards XD

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW 🤖 @team.trinketstudios.com · 4d

BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOW‼️

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade team’s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 2d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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🌵🌺 mado 🌺 🌵 @madocactus.itch.io · 1d

what are some good renpy games with fun gameplay loops… ive been trying to find examples but. my brain is kinda feverish rn

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cosmoflash @cosmoflash.bsky.social · 1d

Lecornu II : Matignon Drift
Lecornu 3
Lecornu 4Ever
Lecornu V Infinite
Lecornu Origins
The Lecornu Tales
Legend of Lecornu

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Meiri Games 🎮🇧🇷 Game Dev / Queer Games @meiri.itch.io · 1d

[Announcement]

The demo of Doce Fim, the game I've been building up to for 10 years, will be out for free on itchio and Steam...

⭐ On October 21st, 2025! ⭐

I've worked super hard for 9 months on this, so I hope everyone looks forward to it! ❤️

Wishlist: s.team/a/3808270

#VNDev

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Studio Ephua @studioephua.bsky.social · 1d

📜 You were a hero once before, but what kind of hero will you be now?

In Ashes is an LGBTQ+ fantasy adventure where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust.

🎮 cutt.ly/Dr24en2l

#InAshes #IndieGame #VisualNovel #indiedev #Otome #Otomesky #Otomedev #Gamedev #VNdev

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 1d

added room customization to one of my upcoming games. now you have to have lucie on your walls

screenshot of a game showing a bedroom with different options for the wall color and decor

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 2d

it is not polite to say so but no discussion of the state of the games industry/press can really avoid the reality that the audience is just. really really bad.

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Lucy Blundell @kinmoku.bsky.social · 2d

My husband recently came back from Japan and brought a Japanese N64 with him! I’ve wanted to play Hey you, Pikachu! since I first read about it in Nintendo Official Magazine…

Now, at 38, I can finally say I’ve said こんにちわピカチュウ！元気？ and Pikachu responded to me!! My heart is full! 😄❤️

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 2d

It's a sad giggle, but a giggle none the less

NDAs as a sort of institutional Don't Look Up

Anton @antonhand.bsky.social · 2d

One would think being behind NDAs was cool, but in the two decades of doing so, the most common experience I've had has been akin to looking up at a giant Asteroid plummeting to the ground, wondering why no one is doing anything about it, then remembering no one is allowed to know.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Sep 4

Masking at conventions makes so much sense I don't know why we don't all do it. The chances of getting get sick at a con are so high we have a cute little name for it: "con crud." That its easy to get COVID at cons should come as no surprise. Why would you not want to protect yourself and others?

Jadzia on stage at New York Comic Con, wearing a K95 mask.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 2d

Truly. I don’t really dream of working on big IP anymore. I humbly wish that maybe one day my art will be liked and supported enough that I can eke out a living doing my comic or own stories. It’s hard to get started on shaky finances and no support, but alas

The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 2d

This is why, more and more, I just can't muster up any desire to be a success in the mainstream art world. They want AI to make "content" for people who don't care.

I care about my art, and I want to give it to an audience who cares.

An audience i like and respect.

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 3d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 3d

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mandoqueer (Hypnobait) @mandoqueer.itch.io · 3d

it was said by someone like half a year ago that learning how to deliver passable if not good work under both immense pressure and short notice is actually an important part of the college experience and an incredibly useful skill and the person who said that was right

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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