I did the thing.
I changed one category (to a renamed version of "guilty pleasure" because I don't subscribe to guilty pleasures).
Some of these also change daily 🤣
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SCHEDULE UPDATE

Mon - Jay & Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch
w/ @thatradiogeek.bsky.social
Wed - Mass Effect
Fri - StarFox 64 #DZrewind
Sat - #DnD4Dummies Episode 5

a FULL week on #VideoGamesWithFriends!
🤘💜🎮
twitch.tv/DZselectstart

#retro #DnD #retrogames #TTRPG

Took my drone up the height of a saguaro in my grandmother's yard.

A manga styled poster for Amtrak warning passengers to be on the lookout for suspicious packages and unattended luggage. It features a redhaired anime girl noticing a lone backpack and notifying the train authorities via a text message. One panel actually says "sus"

This is the most millennial ass anti-terrorism poster I've ever seen and I'm 100% here for it.

This week we’ll cover a new hostile faction for the port of #ArkDefender (a #roguelike #missilecommand where you defend from threats external & internal). The Arsonian Republics use barriers & rapid fire missiles.
#indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

Looks like a couple charity streams are now on the docket for May - stay tuned!
w/ @stjude.bsky.social & @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social & @tiltify.com

Also currently listening to the #Starfield soundtrack during work
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4/20 is coming up and I'm gonna be doing a special stream with @dzselectstart.bsky.social playing Jay & Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch! It's gonna be good times.

With the number of encounters we have in order to allow them to actually shine we group many of them into story chains. At the start of game a couple of story chains will be selected as occur-able within the run.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Individual encounters are made up of options, conditions, & stat adjustments. Options have stats & flags they change values for & display differently depending on if their requirements are met (e.g. have resource).
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

An excerpt from Believe Media’s wikipedia page, subsection “Copyright controversy”: Believe has been accused of copyright trolling, particularly on YouTube, where it has been alleged to engage in claiming copyright for works that are either copyright free or that they do not own the rights to. The company was the subject of a New York federal lawsuit alleging that they were behind large scale, willful copyright infringement. Concerning the copyright and its management, Believe submits content under its license and available on YouTube through the Content ID algorithm, YouTube's automatic-identification system that detects copyright-protected content on the platform. If the system finds a match, a Content ID claim is applied to the matching content. Despite the previous lawsuit, Believe Music has persisted in making copyright claims even on music very clearly in the public domain and on songs by independent artists.

Ah, I think I may have found the source of the issue…

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Mass Effect was good & tonight was a fun return to stream after 2 weeks off.

Thanks to @marcodejough.bsky.social for the raid AND for being our resident loremaster 👊🏻
Thanks to @cptcrunch85.bsky.social for gifting the game 👊🏻

See y’all Friday for more!

Endeavour, by Stellardrone from the album Echoes

So, for the past couple videos my vods have been getting content claimed on my intro music. Apparently, these two songs are the same. What do you think?🤔

#youtube #youtubesupport

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DZSelectStart - Twitch Gamer dad & connoisseur of many things geeky, nerdy, or both - I'm just trying to be a more positive force in the world! This is a place where we can all escape the Real World & enjoy good (or bad!) g...

Don't call it a comeback

...but I'm BACK on stream right now w/ my first time playing Mass Effect!

You should come hang out w/ me!
🤘💜🎮
www.twitch.tv/DZselectstart

Twitch Twitch is the world

God Save Us From The Witch-Queen!
Live with Tomb Raider (2013)
www.twitch.tv/marcodejough

#vtuber #envtuber #tombraider #promosky

I'm back tonight!

Starting my first time playing Mass Effect (for more than a couple hours) & giving it a real go!

Come hang out w/ me after a couple weeks off - just don't call it that thing that you're not supposed to call it.

6pm Pacific
twitch.tv/DZselectstart

The last major piece to remake for Ark Defender, was the encounter editor. Purely a development tool, but it had to be completely overhauled redone as pieces depended on Unity specific systems.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Ark Defender Encounter Spotlight: Clones! The clone saga encounters got your Shakespeare reference your Star Wars reference (if you have robots you send to fight them), some Paranoia vibes, and I just snuck a Spider-man reference in here!

This week's Ark Defender short, clone sagas!
youtube.com/shorts/svPAb...
#roguelike #spacegame #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #gamedevelopment

SCHEDULE UPDATE

Tues - Mass Effect
Fri - Mass Effect

I've started Mass Effect at least twice, but never played more than a couple hours.
Now I'm giving it a real go on #VideoGamesWithFriends!

twitch.tv/DZselectstart

In #ArkDefender (a #roguelike #missilecommand where you guard the last humans) there is rarely a certainty what the next encounter will be, so we write encounters to be self contained. Or only allude to consequences.
#indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

Bosses in #ArkDefender (a #roguelike #missilecommand where you guard the last humans) usually focus on twisting existing systems into cool gimmicks. A few have unique systems, but we prefer to use existing ones.
#indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday

Twitch Twitch is the world

*String's Bow* Island's Haunted
Live with Tomb Raider (2013)
www.twitch.tv/marcodejough

#vtuber #envtuber #tombraider #promosky

Added something into the setup in preparation for next week's (don't call it a comeback) return to stream...

#retro #retrogames #Nintendo64 #DZrewind

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We're BACK tomorrow!

#DnD4Dummies returns for Episode 4, featuring:
@kellydanielle.bsky.social
@phillonidier.bsky.social
@mattbartlettvo.bsky.social
& more!

Join us as the party continues searching for what some are calling the Ice Hard Killer!

Stream starts at 3pm Pacific
twitch.tv/DZselectstart

The thing that still gets me is how it completely ate Horizon World’s lunch despite dramatically less funds, and even its corporate trade shows like VKET look leagues better and more professional than anything Meta pulled off despite playing with the GDP of a small nation.

We’re working on tooling so this week's posts cover our design approaches. We usually start with 1 or 2 ships for a faction, which then become the base for all the faction’s visuals. Maybe something with wing guns.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Lore is not a big part of Ark Defender, but it is there. Mostly in data entries unlocked when destroying hostile. Broadly we prefer to imply, rather than state.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame

Twitch Twitch is the world

Lara’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Live with Tomb Raider (2013)
www.twitch.tv/marcodejough

#vtuber #envtuber #tombraider #promosky

If soopersmert is on bsky, I can't find them. But they wrote a rare good post about difficulty, and another post that (through the technology of time travel, clearly) jacked my shit.

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We’re working on tooling so this week's posts will cover our design approaches. Enemy factions are based around a mechanic with 4-6 ships spread over 5 enemy types.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame