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I'm Zelda. Programmer (Sock Verified™), Gamer Girl, Streamer, Indie Model, Writer, Absurdist, Remix Culture Enjoyer, Voter, Roleplayer, Unshamable Slut.

She/Her. Trans. Tired. Doing her best.

Flirting/affirmation very ok! Call me Good Girl.

Accounts/Links:
https://zelda.zone/links/

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@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

I have done my monthly check of Kitsune Tails sales figures and I'm happy to report I do not need to have a nervous breakdown this month 👍

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@eniko awesome!!!

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

just noticed that tiktok muted the audio on a video of mine because of a copyright strike based on... silence

Sound removed The sound has been removed because it infringes on someone else's copyright. Sound details "3 Minutes of Silence" Posted on 04-19 at 11:01 1:00 Check for copyright Sound copyright check Run a check automatically every time you post something new. You can turn this off in TikTok Studio > Publish settings. Violation reasons Copyright claim We take copyright complaints very seriously and may take additional action if necessary. Change sound
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@molly0xfff MEANWHILE, IN ALGORITHM LAND:

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

for my anime/vtuber fan followers:

Still planning mt design, I'm thinking 100% on:

  • Brat
  • Shortstack
  • Huge tits (OBVIOUSLY)

What aesthetic theme works better with brat?

  • Shark
  • Cow
  • Jester
@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , (edited ) to random

begging people not to be weirdly negative to the people who wrote posts i boost

EDIT: this is not aimed at any particular individual, in fact it was prompted by something where i'm not even aware who the individual that did it was

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@eniko if it's not someone I know I try to just never leave a negative response even as feedback/criticism.

If it's a rando it's either report-worthy + mute, or it's not worth replying to. No sense making both of our days worse

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

Bugs are interesting. On one hand I just want to fix them and get on with my day and on the other they are a fascinating and engrossing mystery that delights me.

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@grumpygamer me if bugs also didn't mean people yell at me : (

@anubiarts@mastodon.social avatar anubiarts , to random

turns out that sleeping a lot fixes things

I'm already feeling better, but I'm gonna take a one-day break from posting art to fully recover :blobcatcoffee:

thank you for the support as always! It means a lot to me :BlobhajHeart:

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@anubiarts sleep debt is real!

It sucks because sleeping longer in single instances usually does not help you feel more rested, you can feel worse even, but you do need that long term sleep back

glad you're feeling better!!

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

A simple technique called “POSSE” offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party social media platforms.

https://www.citationneeded.news/posse/

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@molly0xfff ohhh interesting. I try with Buffer but it's not ideal...and paid and corpo silo'd of course. I'll c heck this out

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

hey look i finally did that mastodon verification thingermabobber :D

set of 4 profile links. the one titled "blog", pointing to enikofox.com, is green with a checkmark
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@eniko oh hecc I forgot to do that when I moved @s ...how I'm probably gonna do it again lol

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

It truly sucks that so much AMAZING shit is possible because of technology and often still is being developed but all the headlines are

CEO: "We have built a $10 billion dollar box that you can talk to"

Reporter: "Wow and it only tells the truth?"

CEO: "You can talk to it"

Reporter: "Okay, but it understands what you mean?"

CEO: "You can talk to it"

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

made an 88x31 banner for my blog (https://enikofox.com)

88x31 banner reading "Eniko does bad things to code" with a purple haired girl next to it, zoomed to 400%
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@eniko ohhh cute!! I've been thinking about what to do with zelda.zone I already got a guest book but want it to feel more old-webby

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@eniko I found a "friends" wordpress plugin but turns out it's not like a fediverse thing it's only wordpress :(

would like some kind of semi-formal Webring protocol thing

was supposed to revamp the website this year but the whole trans thing took priority i guess

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

do you ever just. want to

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 😫

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@eniko screams

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

is a frustrating kind of good. Very much a 8/10 sort of situation if numbers were used properly. When it's good, it's great, when Barret is talking, it's perfect. But there are a lot of inbetweens, mostly again the open world stuff, where it's just dumb.

The difficulty curve is a bit odd. They definitely compressed the top/bottom stats so you're not just stomping every enemy, but...that does take some of the Vibe out. Combat is...ok, better than expected. Not perfect.

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Some of the more iconic bits feel totally left out though. There's a train station scene they frame PERFECTLY like the original, and the first reactor is much like that too

But climbing the plate is super meh, it was a whole thing in the original.

And I do not like the daylight scenes at all. Just doesn't look Midgar. I guess they just never did daylight shots in the original game but still I can't deal.

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if you equip two magic materia and make one Elemental and one HP Drain, your normal attacks don't drain HP ; ;

IDK about this materia system. Some have WAY too high AP requirements, some too low, and I feel very limited. IDK how you're supposed to use half the armor in the game, clearly the one with the most materia is correct.

At least they got rid of no AP weapons/gear AKA "don't use this garbage"

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I never got why people actually wanted to be in Midgar. They make that a point in this one specifically it's like, The Place To Be

...but it's like...garbage. Even the upper place doesn't seem that cool?? Junon is way cooler. Cosmo canyon. Gold Saucer. Midgar is like, the worst possible place to be lol there is no seeming benefit about anything about it except many reactors

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

Do I know any people who know what rounds to make to get my email updated on assorted press lists? I haven't fucked with that in ages but my sorta-deadname is all over those things and not all emails tell me where they got my contact from. I think it's already updated on all my own sites/accounts so it's gotta be in some databases

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@eniko sure, there used to be some fairly centralized things but since GDPR I don't even know. Nobody uses DoDistribute anymore (they rarely did anyway, sigh) and IDK if that old 'big list of youtubers' is still maintained. I'm in a few things like woovit and terminals but I think most of those are updated

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

losers: there are only two genders

the same losers, somehow: okay so this pokemon strategy guide explains the 4562 types of Males

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

when elected president I will make it illegal to expect others to be awake before noon

you can be up and enjoy your morning, but you do not get to force me to be up

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

I've decided to be a responsible today and fix bugs rather then playing WoW. My day:

P.S. It should be noted that "dogs" are demon dogs from hell.

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@grumpygamer oh good, it breaks my heart if the dead dogs don't at least leave the screen after an interval of time

...I wonder if there's genuinely an ESRB guideline about that

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

Anyone else feel like whenever something breaks the only recourse is to buy the newer, much shittier version of that same thing, because nobody makes anything to the quality standard of the old broken one anymore?

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@eniko Depends on the product but totally. It's basically impossible to find non-antique reasonably made furniture, everything is several thousand dollars and sometimes it's STILL particle board shit at least in part

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

I fully appreciate that I am a "difficult follow" lmfao but it's honestly really funny to me that people are potentially following me for my political takes then get a post about Tifa's tit-sweat or follow me for gaming stuff and get blasted with Sexy Socks

Sadly if I vtube I guess I'll have to be semi-"marketable"? on that account and v in-character. But personally I've been going Radical Honesty esp this year. Feels better. Might be why I finally realized I'm trans too.

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

I want a "pay what the fucking sign says" bill for America:

  • Tax is included, ALWAYS, everywhere. Local, national, everything
  • NO expected tips. NO tip workflows, for ANYTHING. Ban even ASKING for or suggesting one.
  • No junk fees, no blah blah, one price, and ONE shipping fee if it's online. And you show me BEFORE checkout or you're shut the fuck down.

Sick of this. Just show me the fucking price! FUCK.

@anubiarts@mastodon.social avatar anubiarts , to random

Peach, Redrawn

everyone's doing redraws of that Peach sprite, so I thought I'd come back from my break to try and do my take on it!

A Pixel Art Fanart featuring Princess Peach/Toadstool. At the left there's the original sprite of her from the original Super Mario Bros. game, while in the right there's a redraw of that sprite. The most notable differences is that the Redraw has a more detailed dress, a more clear expression with her arms (where she has her arms crossed), a simpler head shape, and a more detailed hair and crown.
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@anubiarts cutie!!

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

It's just me. Regular Mario!

8 bit Weird Mario from Mario Maker, he is exceptionally tall and looks very odd
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Look how high I can jump with my regular length legs!

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(I miss my Regular Mario shitposting on Twitter so I'm just gonna put it here instead. Even if mario maker came out like 10 years ago)

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

I'm not gonna lie I'm kind of sad bluesky is taking off the way it is. I'll still be on there because I have a professional obligation (and also because I can't afford to put all my eggs in one basket again,) but when people say it's "just like old Twitter" they're right

It's just that it turns out old Twitter was horrible for my mental health

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@eniko I never liked Old Twitter too much, can't bother getting invested in something that can be shut down or ruined yet again personally. Until it's federated with the real fediverse I only do automated posts to it

It also like, sucks for be users? I can't find Jack shit on it I'm not seeing any of this super fun content

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

representation is important. thank you unicode team.

Face with Bags Under Eyes 🆕 Approved in September 2024 as part of Emoji 16.0. Expected to arrive on platforms in late 2024 and throughout 2025. A yellow smiley face with a strained expression and dark markings under its eyes, likely caused by stress or exhaustion. Face with Bags Under Eyes was approved as part of Unicode 16.0 in 2024 and added to Emoji 16.0 in 2024.

Face with Bags Under Eyes 🆕 Approved in September 2024 as part of Emoji 16.0. Expected to arrive on platforms in late 2024 and throughout 2025. A yellow smiley face with a strained expression and dark markings under its eyes, likely caused by stress or exhaustion. Face with Bags Under Eyes was approved as part of Unicode 16.0 in 2024 and added to Emoji 16.0 in 2024.
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@molly0xfff hell yeah! I think I'm gonna make sure my vtuber girl has them lol

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

bro I get you're old but how are you so old you've missed literally 20 years of memeing about 9/11 online

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

the demise of cohost has finally spurred me on to make a personal website. i have registered a domain name (with namecheap, of course) and set it up with netlify

now i'm looking at publii to set up a simple blog

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@eniko hell yeah! I use Cloudflare and Wordpress now myself, keeps stuff simple and no manual SSL bs. I should probably set up certbot some time though I think it sucks...marginally less now

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

so apparently kitsunegames.com's RSS feed is served on http and not https and im not sure if there was a good reason for that or not. does anyone know if serving an RSS feed off https is a problem? i feel like given the entire site is served on https there's probably some kinda reason the feed is not

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@eniko shouldn't be mine is https. Stock WordPress RSS so I didn't do any setup

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

rip cohost. the main site is under heavy load right now so you can read an archived version of the post here: https://archive.is/nSbkS

it's pretty sad, though not unexpected

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@eniko glad I never got too into it...from all the talk I assumed it was federated but it wasn't. I don't think I want to start on any new platforms again unless I can self host/migrate, or someone's literally paying me to do so

...then again I'm looking at indie modeling so I might be forced to use some evil social media garbage for that but

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

slowly coming out of the foggy daze of no money + working all the time. taking small steps to relearn how to be alive and enjoy things again, by doing small nice things for myself

i dont know how long i was operating as just an automaton for producing code but its at least 8 months

2024 has been truly miserable

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@eniko you're doing great!! It can take a long time to get used to "good" things again it's still really hard for me tbh

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

What's your favorite "out of place" enemy in a video game? I find it endlessly amusing that in the basic water enemy is literally just a Koi fish

I suppose Birds in literally every NES platformer almost count but it's so common they're now expected...and birds ARE jerks tbh

@sertaptap@mastodon.social avatar sertaptap , to random

advertiser spends billions a year and spies on me through 30 different apps

"d-do you want to buy... looks at my receipt for a GPU purchased yesterday do you want to buy a GPU?"

@grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

It's nice to have a magnetic refrigerator again.

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@grumpygamer I have pusheen and a Mario 1 level all over mine

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

I wonder if it's a bad sign for whether or not I have burnout that I keep sleeping like 9 and a half hours every day 🙃

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@eniko Slept debt is real and unfortunately you don't usually feel better after sleeping longer even when your body is 'behind'. PRobably very common post-cronch

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

if fedi is the place for weird nerds then i guess i'm glad to be a weird nerd

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@eniko hell yeah

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Allow me to ruin your TL:

Is TF2 a "hero shooter"

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@eniko hey at least like one of them might not be a war criminal

IDK though maybe Scout has edgy backstory that's only in the comics

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

PSA: You don't necessarily need a special client for mastodon on mobile. Imo the web interface works great

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@eniko it's all I use, though Statuzer (also a web app) is a nice tweetdeck replacementy thing if you use multiple accounts

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , (edited ) to random

"oh my god you dared to charge TWENTY DOLLARS 😱 for this indie game? why that's as much as an extra large pizza with delivery!"

god, fuck people who say shit like this

especially fuck people who say this while also saying they didn't enjoy any aspect of the game. mfer you didn't like the fucking game, that means i couldn't sell it to you for any price, why are you complaining about how much it cost?

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@eniko ironically whining makes some people feel superior

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

i would be more upset about steam reviews that are like "get this one on sale" if 99% of all revenue on steam wasn't from games that are on sale anyhow

this is why you should never price your indie game below $20

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@eniko yeah I don't like the attitude but it's the default

Axiom verge seemed to have success with an official "no sales for x period" announcement before launch but it's also a really fucking good game

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@eniko was console first so not sure about that, esp early ps4 Gen. I only wait for sales for AAA stuff myself though there's plenty of stuff I'll forget until it's on sale. Just playing ff7 r rn actually

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

god i wish it would rain

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@eniko I never get rain on my time off 😩

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

and with that, having delivered steam workshop support for mod creators and in-game timers for speedrunners, i am officially on break

don't ask me for nuthin' for the next 3 and a half weeks

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@eniko enjoy, you've earned it!!