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Barbs: /* Week 8 */

2026-06-09T10:03:22Z

Week 8

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	* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found their [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].		* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found their [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].
	* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!		* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!
	** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.		** ''Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.''
	* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards! This was probably the highlight of the event for me, I was like yaaaay I've found my people!! Sickhouse sounds like a really cool space and I would love to visit sometime, I'm definitely keeping my eye on the Overkill Festival		* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards! This was probably the highlight of the event for me, I was like yaaaay I've found my people!! Sickhouse sounds like a really cool space and I would love to visit sometime, I'm definitely keeping my eye on the Overkill Festival
	* After the talk I also spoke to Zuraida Buter who has worked on soooo many cool events and communities over the years and is curator for A MAZE in Berlin (which I intend to visit next year if time & money allows). She invited me to a Discord server for women in the Dutch games industry :) <3		* After the talk I also spoke to Zuraida Buter who has worked on soooo many cool events and communities over the years and is curator for A MAZE in Berlin (which I intend to visit next year if time & money allows). She invited me to a Discord server for women in the Dutch games industry :) <3

Barbs: /* INDIGO */

2026-06-09T10:03:07Z

INDIGO

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	===INDIGO===		===INDIGO===
	INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!		INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!
	* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found ~~his~~ [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].		* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found their [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].
	* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!		* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!
	** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.		** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.
	* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards! This was probably the highlight of the event for me, I was like yaaaay I've found my people!! Sickhouse sounds like a really cool space and I would love to visit sometime, I'm definitely keeping my eye on the Overkill Festival		* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards! This was probably the highlight of the event for me, I was like yaaaay I've found my people!! Sickhouse sounds like a really cool space and I would love to visit sometime, I'm definitely keeping my eye on the Overkill Festival
	* After the talk I also spoke to Zuraida Buter who has worked on soooo many cool events and communities over the years and is curator for A MAZE in Berlin (which I intend to visit next year if time & money allows). She invited me to a Discord server for women in the Dutch games industry :) <3		* After the talk I also spoke to Zuraida Buter who has worked on soooo many cool events and communities over the years and is curator for A MAZE in Berlin (which I intend to visit next year if time & money allows). She invited me to a Discord server for women in the Dutch games industry :) <3

Barbs: /* INDIGO */

2026-06-09T09:56:50Z

INDIGO

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	* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!		* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!
	** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.		** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.
	* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards!		* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards! This was probably the highlight of the event for me, I was like yaaaay I've found my people!! Sickhouse sounds like a really cool space and I would love to visit sometime, I'm definitely keeping my eye on the Overkill Festival
			* After the talk I also spoke to Zuraida Buter who has worked on soooo many cool events and communities over the years and is curator for A MAZE in Berlin (which I intend to visit next year if time & money allows). She invited me to a Discord server for women in the Dutch games industry :) <3

Barbs: /* INDIGO */

2026-06-09T09:38:18Z

INDIGO

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	INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!		INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!
	* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found his [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].		* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found his [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].
	* I spoke with Willem Hilhorst from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!		* I spoke with [https://www.beeldengeluid.nl/organisatie/experts/willem-hilhorst Willem Hilhorst] from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!
	** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.		** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.
			* I attended Marie Janin's talk about [https://www.sickhouse.nl/ Sickhouse] in Enschede and building communal art spaces and spoke to her afterwards!

Barbs: /* Week 8 */

2026-06-09T09:34:33Z

Week 8

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	===INDIGO===		===INDIGO===
	INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!		INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!
	* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff. I also found his [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].		* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff or if he can help with my research. I also found his [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].
			* I spoke with Willem Hilhorst from Beeld & Geluid in Hilversum, he maintains the Dutch games archive there. He said I should reach out if he can help with my research and that I could visit the archive sometime!
			** Been thinking a lot about retro gamemaking which is currently mostly fueled by nostalgia for older consoles and games, but could also be an avenue for more climate-friendly game development practices because of the technical restrictions and re-use of abandoned tech. Current retro game dev is mostly targeted at millennial consoles like the Game Boy or even older consoles, and an issue arises that those consoles are becoming less and less accessible and hard to find and maintain, so publishers will sell remakes of the old console to play the new retro games on.. There is a gap where nothing is being made for the Wii or 3DS, consoles that a lot more people still have lying around their house in working condition.

Barbs at 09:23, 9 June 2026

2026-06-09T09:23:52Z

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	* <code>loading='lazy'</code> html tag: will only load when reached by scrolling down.		* <code>loading='lazy'</code> html tag: will only load when reached by scrolling down.
	** Can cause layout to shift while loading. To avoid, specify <code>width:100px</code> & <code>height:100px</code> in same html tag.		** Can cause layout to shift while loading. To avoid, specify <code>width:100px</code> & <code>height:100px</code> in same html tag.

			==Week 8==
			===INDIGO===
			INDIGO is a 2-day conference aimed at the benelux games industry. I was kind of nervous about attending, expecting to feel a dissonance between my current evolving practice and returning to The Industry, but I actually talked to a lot of cool people that were very interested in what I'm up to at XPUB!
			* One of the showcased games was [https://cosmocatgames.com/astral-flux-origins/ Astral Flux Origins], a newly developed Game Boy Color game! I talked to the dev Nathan who was super kind and said I should reach out to him if I want to know more about retro game dev stuff. I also found his [https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=76427.0 devlog].

Barbs: /* Prototyping: Small-files */

2026-05-12T11:11:36Z

Prototyping: Small-files

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	====In website code:====		====In website code:====
			* Image size: Keep the original image size and the image width/height in the code the same. Loading a large image with smaller width/height in the code is more intensive.
			* <code>loading='lazy'</code> html tag: will only load when reached by scrolling down.
			** Can cause layout to shift while loading. To avoid, specify <code>width:100px</code> & <code>height:100px</code> in same html tag.

Barbs: /* Week 4 */

2026-05-12T11:07:01Z

Week 4

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	Choosing very situated characters is a step in the right direction, but even then there is an important choice to be made in simplifying behavior, movement, communication, actions.		Choosing very situated characters is a step in the right direction, but even then there is an important choice to be made in simplifying behavior, movement, communication, actions.

			https://www.veralistcenter.org/publications/transcending-movements-weeds-as-queering-species-boundaries

	https://www.~~veralistcenter~~.~~org~~/~~publications~~/~~transcending-movements-weeds-as-queering-species-boundaries~~		===Prototyping: [[Small-files]]===
			Following this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfrB4Gvpj8c video tutorial] on optimising images for web.

			====In Gimp:====
			Starting file size: 13.1 MB
			* '''Quality''':
			* '''Smoothing''': Reduces image size by removing pixel information, it helps mask compression artifacts. Recommends 0.1/0.15. By itself, doesn't affect the file size.
			* '''Progressive''': Checking this loads the image on a web page all at once at low quality and then increase detail, instead of loading high quality from the top down.
			* '''Subsampling''': Fewer color information, pixels share color from neighbors. Setting this to chroma quartered, it lowers file size to 8.4 MB.

			Batch process using https://imagemagick.org.

			====In website code:====

Barbs: /* Week 4 */

2026-05-11T14:28:34Z

Week 4

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	Choosing very situated characters is a step in the right direction, but even then there is an important choice to be made in simplifying behavior, movement, communication, actions.		Choosing very situated characters is a step in the right direction, but even then there is an important choice to be made in simplifying behavior, movement, communication, actions.


			https://www.veralistcenter.org/publications/transcending-movements-weeds-as-queering-species-boundaries

Barbs: /* Week 4 */

2026-05-11T14:22:13Z

Week 4

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	==Week 4==		==Week 4==
	To make a game I have to define roles and mechanics and rules, and simplify the complexity of the real world.		To make a game I have to define roles and mechanics and rules, and simplify the complexity of the real world.

	Kind of like map-making, this simplification is inherently political. Choices in what to include and what to leave out.		Kind of like map-making, this simplification is inherently political. Choices in what to include and what to leave out.

	Choosing very situated characters is a step in the right direction, but even then there is an important choice to be made in simplifying behavior, movement, communication, actions.		Choosing very situated characters is a step in the right direction, but even then there is an important choice to be made in simplifying behavior, movement, communication, actions.