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Mendicant Gamer
@mendicantgamer.bsky.social
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Dad, dad-joker, reader, gamer, library tourist, otaku, former lawyer, new gamedev, insect glaive main. No A.I. (He/him) Loves in fiction: murders, combat, cyberpunk, stompy mechs, magic. Loathes in reality: murders, combat, cyberpunk, magical thinking.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · Feb 26
Tinkering with the Godot code today instead of doing my taxes.

I also gave it a suitably dad-pun rename:
Les Quiz de Grognards

#sologamedev
#godot
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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 1d
Today we released our 8-bit Adventure Pack! Over 1400 graphics, made by humans, including tiles, NPCs, enemies, bosses, items and a hero character. Everything you need to make a Game Boy-style adventure game 100% FREE for commercial use ci.itch.io/8-bit-advent...

#gamedev #pixelart #indiedev
710 Tiles - overworld, animated and indoor tilesets 346 frames of NPC sprites with all kinds of different characters represented The main character - Papantzin - with 107 frames of animation Other enemies, bosses, items, effects and more to make 1489 assets in total!
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David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social · 4d
CAN. NOT. WAIT. First ever co-design with the amazing Brett J. Gilbert (and 48,237th co-design with the similarly awesome @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social). Also my first collaboration with @mightyboards.bsky.social, and it's been fantastic.

2e0yc.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1...
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Geoff Thew @mothersbasement.bsky.social · 4d
It's time to talk about the enshittification of Crunchyroll
youtu.be/B-DX0Zolr6g
The Enshittification of Crunchyroll
YouTube video by Mother's Basement
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RyanKamos @ryan-kamos.bsky.social · 5d
Hi, I'm looking for work! 💡

I'm a pixel game artist, with +9 years of experience doing environment, characters, animation and UI.
I'm mainly looking for long-term contract, but I'm open to other types of works.

Portfolio and more information below +
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 4d
Apparently, M’Quve is also ready.

(Seriously, Gundam 0079 can get very… odd?)
A still image from Gundam 0079 Episode 36 showing two men. The standing man reports, “Sir! It’s ready.” The sitting man is cupping a phallic sculpture in his lap.
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Warcraft Cares @warcraftcares.bsky.social · 5d
💕✨The Annual #RunningofTheGnomes is NEXT weekend‼️✨💕

Join us Sat 10/11 Scarlet Crusade-US to raise money for The Pink Fund & run from the Gnome starting zone to Booty Bay & beyond! 💖

Run LEAVES @ 4pm PT, show up early!

💕Info: gnomerun2025.carrd.co

#warcraft #gnomerun2025
A screenshot from World of Warcraft. An extremely large cluster of pink haired Gnomes from World of Warcraft wearing tabards of the same color with a white heart and white trim, as well as a few other races from the game are seen riding the tram that travels between Ironforge and Stormwind City in the game. A handful of pink haired Gnomes from World of Warcraft as well as a rainbow lounge chair can be seen as they approach a checkered racing flag in the distance. An extremely large cluster of pink haired Gnomes from World of Warcraft wearing tabards of the same color with a white heart and white trim are gathered in front of a racing goal for the Great Gnomergan Run in Elywnn forest. An extremely large cluster of pink haired Gnomes from World of Warcraft wearing tabards of the same color with a white heart and white trim are gathered on the roof of the Booty Bay bank, as well as in the water of the city. More Gnomes can be seen in the background running along the paths to the area where the Gnomes are gathered at the finish line. The Gnomes are celebrating with pink and purple boats in the water, and on the roof gnomes are using rainbow toys, tents, and setting off colored rockets including pink ones. The in game town has a piratey vibe. There is a building that is part of a ship, and other building parts are made up of organic tropical tree materials like palm trees, and have the architecture that one would expect from a location on the water where fishing is a primary source of revenue, in a tropical island or alongside the coast in a tropical setting. Some of the walkways criss cross in a haphazard way and are on multiple levels and the gnomes in the background are walking on all of them. The weather in the screenshot is very bright and sunny, and the water is clear and blue allowing people to see under the water some distance and see Gnomes swimming under the water.
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Travis D. Hill ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 6d
Hey @gilarpgs.bsky.social, I'm back. And I'm back on my 7 day, let's-get-this-game-out-there thing.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 6d
On the right, Bagration has made the mistake of pushing 2 artillery to the approach without any other units in support. He is about to lose them and the entire location when the enemy takes advantage of his (my) stupidity.

(Napoleon’s Triumph by Rachel Simmons.)
On a board, red and blue wooded sticks representing armies are fighting the battle of Austerlitz. Some of the sticks are pushed up against each other. This is a board wargame.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 9d
Which retro video game shop?
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 10d
"Yes, obviously the OLED Steam Deck is purely for research and testing purposes," I said to my skeptical spouse.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 12d
Thank you @vangamegarden.bsky.social !

This event is such a ray of goodness in our world.

My chibi-artist and I had a great time visiting and hope to run our own booth there next year.
On a black table top is placed a plethora of stickers, postcards, and bookmarks from many, many indie games.
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Andrew Berkshire @berkshire.bsky.social · 13d
No private corporation is going to spend billions on a project they can’t profit from.

Government not only exists to take on projects in the public interest that would not directly create profit, but also to do things PEOPLE want instead of corporations.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 15d
Leviathan Wilds, it’s very good. I don’t want to stop playing.
I will be pushing this on the family to tackle this weekend but first I must play through all the characters and classes…

(I should note that I play 2-handed solo instead of using the solo rules.)
On a green felt covered table, a spiral bound book is opened and dice are on it. The illustration on the book spreads over both pages and depicts a giant monster. Cards are arrayed around the book. This is a boardgame.
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Kenney @kenney.nl · 18d
Often when our list of Adobe alternatives is shared people comment that it's okay to pirate Adobe software. It's not, because that still supports Adobe through usage and staying in their ecosystem. Instead, do look into alternatives!

github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
GitHub - KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives: A list of alternatives for Adobe software
A list of alternatives for Adobe software. Contribute to KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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Armchair Dragoons @armchairdragoons.bsky.social · 22d
We're baaaa-aaack!

Mentioned In Dispatches S15 E1 – The Wargaming “Canon”

Brant/Cyrano/Ardwulf/Liz try to answer Liz's question:
“what’s in the Wargaming Canon of those games that you expect people to have played if they’re claiming to be a wargamer”

armchairdragoons.com...
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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 24d
I would like to say that Rupert Murdoch is an awful person who has contributed almost more than anyone to the collapse of democracy. And I'm saying that now b/c I likely won't be allowed to say it when he dies.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 27d
Ruin a song by adding the word "literally" to the title.

“Literally Bad”
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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social · 27d
Ruin a song by adding the word "literally" to the title.

We are, literally, the Champions.
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Mexicology @mexicology.bsky.social · 27d
Ruin a song by adding the word 'literally' to the title.

Literally Killing Me Softly
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Geoff Thew @mothersbasement.bsky.social · 27d
With everything going on with YouTube lately, I think you should know about another problem that's particularly bad in the anime space, and getting worse everywhere.
youtu.be/q95m-4Wm1to
The Cancer Eating Anime Youtube
YouTube video by Basement Life
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · 27d
Played La Famiglia last night. A strictly four player (2v2) area control Euro with a mafia theme.
Three hours to play but it was a good flow of action.

Not a theme I am interested in but the game play is solid.
A board game featuring a map of Sicily divided into 36 areas. Green, orange, blue, and yellow pieces litter the board.
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SDHistCon @sdhistcon.bsky.social · Sep 9
We're proud to announce the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists, recognizing exceptional pieces of gaming media from 2024 by @amabel.bsky.social, @fredserval.bsky.social, @charlietheel.bsky.social, and @danthurot.bsky.social. More on their nominated works here: sdhist.com/2025-bobby-n...
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · Sep 9
Wedge’s Amble
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Michael A. Stackpole 🇺🇦 @michaelastackpole.bsky.social · Sep 8
Slightly diminish a book:

Bridget Jone's To Do List...
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beaubodor.bsky.social @beaubodor.bsky.social · Sep 8
Abridged Too Far
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · Sep 7
No bite Nobita, Doraesaturnmon!
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · Sep 6
¡Ay! Santísima Trinidad, such a chonker that even your counter stack is huge. (She had more guns than any other ship of the Age of Sail.)

Near her, Héros has struck and Redoutable is aflame.

(Flying Colors by @gmtgames.bsky.social)
On a sea of blue hexes, cardboard counters of red, blue, and yellow represent ships of war from the Napoleonic era. The lone Spanish megaship Santisima Trinidad is surrounded by red British ships and in deep trouble. This is a boardgame.
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · Sep 6
British still have weather gauge on the Spanish but if Gravina turns then it’s going to “get a bit hot” 😅

We gamers tend to carry on a battle far past time to retreat just to “see what happens”. I blame real world Nelson for normalizing reckless audacity!

(I’ll make a video of the whole thing.)
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Mendicant Gamer @mendicantgamer.bsky.social · Sep 6
I meant historically accurate Spanish, not British! The Spanish, historically, would probably have loved to stay entirely out of it.

At the real battle, the British had no qualms about wrecking everything in range. 😑
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