geiagal

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by geiagal 3y ago
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings enters the public domain in New Zealand, Egypt, and a couple other countries. Would have entered into the public domain in Canada had the government not signed a last-minute 20 year copyright extension act l
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by geiagal 3y ago
This is the man who was sued to oblivion by Nintendo for modding the Switch. He likely owes 30% of his income for the rest of his life to Nintendo. Did you know he's confined to a wheelchair and has kids? Consider emulating your next N
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by geiagal 3y ago
Was just about to post this! I'm so excited for a free ecosystem again. But I'm wondering about this "android compatible" thing. I would like to be able to install any extension, marked compatible or not. Who decides whe
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by geiagal 3y ago
I wonder what portion of Hacker News users aren't technical. I thought this headline meant a technical founder needs a technical co-founder even.
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by geiagal 3y ago
Gameboy games aren't typically developed on Gameboy (though NES games used to be!) and most consoles will run on linux via emulation or ("simulation" in the case of Playdate). The steam deck has some unique features. And rega
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by geiagal 3y ago
thanks for the link! I do a lot of hand decompilation and I wonder if AI could be helpful...
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by geiagal 3y ago
I don't think it's better or worse. Restrictive hardware targets are a perfectly valid game jam. I am amazed to see NES game jams, Gameboy jams, Playdate, etc. A Steam Deck game jam would not be simply a Linux game jam. The form f
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by geiagal 3y ago
I was hoping this would be a Steam Deck-based game jam.
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by geiagal 3y ago
This company changes their licensing terms every three years or so. This is the same deal that Game Maker Studio 1.4 was licensed under, then they brought out a subscription model for GMS 2 with no free tier. It's hard to take them at