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Indie VR dev / founder of @cozycubegames.bsky.social. Making <<Penguin Festival>> in Godot. 🐧 Past: Owlchemy Labs. Proud husband and shiba dad. - Español / 中文 / français OK - 🚫 generative AI - 🚫 genocide - ✊ trans rights

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · Mar 11

I'm super excited to finally share a first look of the VR game I've been working on...

!! <<🐧 Penguin Festival 🐧>> !!

Any shares/wishlists would be super appreciated, y'all! 🙏

#gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine

Cozy Cube Games | Wishlist Penguin Festival on Steam! 🐧 @cozycubegames.bsky.social · Mar 11

Noot noot, everyone! 🐧

We are happy to announce our indie VR game, Penguin Festival!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1lO...

Wishlist on Steam: bit.ly/penguinfests...
For more info, visit our website: cozycubegames.com

Penguin Festival Announcement Trailer | VR Games Showcase Spring 2025

YouTube video by VR Games Showcase

www.youtube.com

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a suit and bow tie is sitting at a table in front of a microphone holding a pencil .

Alt: Eric André meme: Why would you say something so controversial, yet so brave?

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 5d

I've never seen a logo that makes me squirm but here we are.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 5d

No it's been there forever lol.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 7d

Oh man, it's about so many people / studios.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 7d

It's the exact same tactics used by manipulative individuals, and you see it time and time again happen to developers.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 7d

Official comms are often used to gain control of the narrative by speaking on things first. They also make people drop their guard because if it's nice enough or if they admit just the right amount of things (but not the important things), people will side with them. It's weaponized transparency.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 7d

In order of trustworthiness:
- private comms from developer
- public or studio-approved comms from developer
- comms from execs using collective "we"
- official comms using collective "we"

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 7d

After the amount of horror stories I've heard from devs behind some of the most beloved games, I will never trust any public materials on the dev process, ever.

Like, sorry dude, your beloved Nintendo doesn't always tell the truth, and your Miyamoto quotes don't mean shit to me.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 7d

If you think you know how a game was made because of an article/interview/documentary with the studio or execs...

You don't.

The bigger the studio, the more likely the truth has been distorted/sanitized.

If you want the truth, talk to devs. In private.

#gamedev

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 8d

It has been painful watching grown ass adults input a photo of themselves, get back a Muppet in the same clothes, and lose their fucking minds.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 8d

A real unsettling scenario would be if this bug got fixed, but this thumbnail still somehow doesn't go away.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, ya know what, I appreciate it. Thanks for stopping by! 😆

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 8d

You can find out more about the bug here (it's a pretty minor one).

github.com/godotengine/...

Resource thumbnails don't update automatically when the resource is being edited (needs an inspector rebuild to show up) · Issue #94921 · godotengine/godot

Tested versions 4.3 RC1 System information Godot v4.3.rc1 - Windows 10.0.19045 - Vulkan (Forward+) - dedicated AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; 31.0.21912.14) - Intel(R) Core...

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 8d

Because Godot has a bug in its thumbnail caching code, all of my penguin NPCs now show a thumbnail of Flesh Penguin from my last shitpost. 🤣🤣🤣

A screenshot of the inspector in the Godot editor, inspecting a penguin NPC, showing a thumbnail of Flesh Penguin's face.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you so much for your kind words, penguin friend.
🙏🙏🙏

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

They are part of the same system. One is determining the *state* of the map. The other is calculating paths *using* that state.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

For dynamic path-finding queries, it makes some sense to do async.

Note that there's two different things here: map state vs. path-finding. I don't mind async path-finding, but map state should always, always be accurate on load.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

If that's the case, then this is simply an additional hindrance, because you *still* have to wait for map_changed.

These settings, afaik, control map *changes*. Not path-finding. I don't have maps that are dynamically updating, so I don't care.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

I really don't like that this is how the nav system works. To be clear: even *after* disabling async, you *still* have to wait for map_changed in order to reliably query the nav map. I'm sure there's a reason, but this is one of those things that should be ready on... well... _ready().

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

This Godot quirk has given me so much grief. By default, nav maps update async. Which means when you load a scene, you have to wait an indeterminate number of frames before you can query the nav map. Even the map_changed signal is unreliable.

After disabling these, map_changed now works.

A screenshot highlighting two settings in the Godot project settings, under the Navigation/World page:
Map Use Async Iterations
Region Use Async Iterations

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

Old video of that time I accidentally made a "smear" effect because the penguin's hip lags behind when teleporting. Will probably leverage this bug for VR teleportation so it looks super cool for the spectator. 🐧➡️🐧
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

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2dchaos - Developing Nechromia @2dchaos.com · 10d

Bad news: I got laid off from a project and rent is still late, I'm afraid I'll receive an eviction notice soon. I managed to pay part of it last month but we're still struggling. Any help is appreciated!
You get:
- Steam Key
- Portrait In-game(If you donate $50+)
- + more!
ko-fi.com/2dchaos/goal...

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

Hey, for some reason the link doesn't work for me until I get rid of the ?g=0

Just FYI, in case others have the same issue.

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

For some reason this feels like it would be a really fun paint-over exercise lol.

Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 10d

You cannot separate the tech from its social context. That's why my stance on generative AI is one of hard rejection.

Is it here to stay? I think so. But there are many ways that can look, so resistance is important and necessary.

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