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m₂

@msub2.com

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(Web | XR | Game) Developer. I enjoy doing things on the internet. Currently working on too many projects, always. Creator of the WebXR Discord: https://discord.gg/webxr Servo Contributor JS / Rust / OCaml Masto: https://arvr.social/@msub2

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m₂ @msub2.com · Sep 5

ah sweet, thanks

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VIVERSE Official @viverse.com · Sep 4

Grapple, climb, attack, repeat
🧗 Welcome to Grappler’s Gauntlet!⁠

🎮 Multiplayer gameplay⁠
🕹️ VR + PC controls⁠
⚔️ Advanced mechanics⁠
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🛠️ Created by @msub2.com
👉 Jump into viverse.link/GrapplersGauntlet 🔗⁠
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#VIVERSE #VRGaming #Multiplayer #ArenaCombat #GrapplersGauntlet #GameTrailer

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m₂ @msub2.com · Sep 3

My game "Grappler's Gauntlet" is now live on @viverse.com! Use your grappling gun to pull yourself up to the top before anyone else can stop you! You can play now at worlds.viverse.com/QTrnrXw and join the Discord at discord.gg/ccWHZtBXpA.

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m₂ @msub2.com · Aug 30

god I could not believe this trailer when it first came out. especially the final scene that literally shows someone *not* choosing to use the device in favor of actual human connection

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The Witch's Bakery - Sunny Lab @sunnylabgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later ✨

#indiegames #cozygames

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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · Aug 21

Every couple days I see a post along the lines of:
"Wow Godot graphics are this good now?"

Just FYI: It's just that more people are making good-looking things with Godot since it got more popular, not that Godot graphics "look good now".

#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Aug 15

hey, nerd. i got a "regular expression" for you: up yours

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philpax @philpax.me · Aug 13

the natural reaction to death threats isn't "okay, I will magic up a solution that has been heretofore unavailable to us and make everyone happy, including the payment processors who have our entire ecosystem by the balls"

it's going to be "fuck this, we're out."

stop acting like children

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philpax @philpax.me · Aug 13

the replies to the itch.io account are incredibly depressing

what exactly do you think sending them death threats is going to do? do you think they *want* to be in this position?

look at how you are behaving with respect to the only marketplace that has actively courted and hosted your works

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Viss @viss.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 16

if you put a webserver up on the internet. anywhere, hosting anything, you will see "the background radiation of the internet", and it looks like this:

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Nathie @nathievr.bsky.social · Aug 8

This Apple Vision Pro developer came up with a smarter way to select things in AR and the results are pretty amazing.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Bluesky is dying"

Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.

two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .

media.tenor.com

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m₂ @msub2.com · Aug 7

Today's my birthday 🎂

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James Clifford Kane @jamesckane.bsky.social · Aug 6

My Voices of VR interview is out! I spoke to @kentbye.com at @awexr.com about my game, WebXR broadly, and publishing on @viverse.com. I'm a huge fan of this podcast b/c of Kent's journalistic objectivity and ethics, but also his genuine enthusiasm and deep experience

voicesofvr.com/1615-viverse...

#1615: Viverse’s WebXR Publishing Strategy with James C. Kane & “In Tirol” Game – Voices of VR Podcast

voicesofvr.com

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m₂ @msub2.com · Jul 21

That guy had another post saying he was spending $8k/month on replit. The amount of money people are willing to burn to NOT code is baffling to me

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Mira Lucina @miralucina.bsky.social · Jul 11

drew my model in my style!!! hi everyone, i'm mira, a starry mage vtuber~

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m₂ @msub2.com · Jun 29

Hey all! I've never thought to post about it here until now but the WebXR Discord Monthly Meetup is happening now if you want to drop in: hubs.webxr.community/xjMXKJb/webx...

WebXR Discord | WebXR Community Hubs

Join others in VR at WebXR Discord, right in your browser.

hubs.webxr.community

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jun 18

Reading a Big Number

xkcd.com/3102/

Comic. Thought Process While Reading A Big Number: 54,000,000,000,000,000,000,0000,0000,054,000"000,00c2ef46
[comments progress along the line, approximately every 3 digits] (1) 54! Great! I know that number. Solid start. (2) Oh, a comma and some zeros. Cool. Must be at least 54 thousand. (3) A second comma! I wonder if we’re talking population or money. (4) Yikes! If this is money, it’s a *lot* of money. (5) Why am I reading this? Whatever this number is, I’m not going to be able to visualize it. (6) All right, either someone made a unit conversion error or this is one of those incomprehensible astronomy numbers. (7) [4 zeroes between commas instead of 3]] Oh no. Is this a misplaced comma or an extra zero? I guess we’ll see if the next group has two zeros or three. If it’s two, we can at least hope the digits are right. (8) [4 zeroes between commas] Oh *no*. (9) [repeat of the digits 54] What is happening. (10) [a quotation mark in place of comma] Someone messed up real bad. (11) [final digits are c2ef46, cut off] Someone messed up real bad and I hope it wasn’t me.

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qdot @buttplug.engineer · May 21

PICROSS AS COMBAT SYSTEM

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

I REPEAT

PICROSS AS COMBAT SYSTEM

Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.bsky.social · May 21

I'm still chipping away at GRIDHACK, a sci-fi RPG where hacking = fighting Picross battles.

I've been working on this one for a long time. Reposts are greatly appreciated. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...

#GameDev #IndieGame #Picross #Nonogram #Puzzle #SciFi #LowPoly

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m₂ @msub2.com · May 4

THE AKIRA SLIDE

m₂ @msub2.com · May 3

Same! There's honestly still so many loose threads I feel like I've just finished "Act 1".

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m₂ @msub2.com · May 2

New Tantacrul! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqao...

Finale - How Music Software Dies

YouTube video by Tantacrul

www.youtube.com

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Kathryn Yu @kathrynyu.com · May 2

The average American has three friends

Screenshot of the Blue Prince user interface, cropped to display the number of keys, gems, and coins the player currently has

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m₂ @msub2.com · Apr 29

Are there any example images for this?

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cabanier.bsky.social @cabanier.bsky.social · Apr 28

Quest Browser 38.1 went out today with some new features.
1. you can now foveate any texture (immersive-web.github.io/layers/#dom-...). Previously, you could only get foveation on webxr texture layers and the webxr framebuffer
2. Support for EXT_clip_control (registry.khronos.org/webgl/extens...)

WebXR Layers API Level 1

immersive-web.github.io

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