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Berin

@[email protected]

she/her, 20+, GER/EN
doing some gamedev with renpy
Interests: FFXIV and games in general, VNdev, art, anime, and books
Lots of random retoots!

FFXIV:
G'raha Tia enthusiast | Light/Zodiark | resident glamour addict of the Mangolei FC ❤

I stream on twitch sometimes!

#VisualNovels #IndieDev with @mangolei 🥭

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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random

Spent today getting the english translation for my fun fair dating sim ready and adding a few details here and there! 🌸

Just a little more testing and it's ready to go~

A gif showing a scene from my PC98 inspired dating sim. The scene shows a pretty girl in front of a sakura tree, petals are gently raining down behind her and she blinks sometimes.

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random

My outline's structure is mostly complete! And I'm at 3555 words now~ :blobmiou:

Just need to plant a few more hints, fill out a few passages and write the ending

Twine screenshot showing the flowchart-like story outline. There are numerous branches and 49 passages in total so far.
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random

i'm going to see babymetal live in june! :owi:

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random

Ready for Arcadion with my first mixed-class glam :D

Screenshot of a female Raen Au Ra in a red wrestling outfit with a long red coat. She has devil horns and is shooting a determined smile at the viewer, clenching her fists.
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random

Just browsed amiami and theres this extremely cursed nagito figure in the new section

The same figurine sitting between garbage cans and canisters, surrounded by green fog. It's head is slightly turned to the viewer.

The same figurine sitting between garbage cans and canisters, surrounded by green fog. It's head is slightly turned to the viewer.
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@_elena@mastodon.social avatar _elena , to random

Dear Fedi friends, I need your help!

We are working on motion graphics for the Fediverse promotional video... and we would love to do a sequence at the end with a mosaic of people's profile photos. For that, I need your consent.

If you'd like to have a small cameo in our video, can you let us know if we can use your profile pic?

Thanks! 🙏

Can you please boost this?

Berin ,
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@_elena feel free to use mine! :D

@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services avatar FediFollows , (edited ) to random

Hey everyone, a quick update and I need to ask for your help!

I've reorganised the fedi.directory website a bit so that there is now a dedicated "News" section, have a look at:

➡️ https://fedi.directory/news-media

It would be nice to include as many news sources as possible, so please let me know if there is a news account you would like me to add, or a country you would like me to cover better.

Very happy to list news accounts in any language and from any country.

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@FediFollows

I have a few gaming news suggestions!

For japanese game news there's
@gematsu

MMORPG News: @massivelyop

Otome-Game News and Reviews:
@BlerdyOtome
and
@otomekitten

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

dealt with a piece of paperwork today that had been stressing me out for a couple of months. i deserve head pats

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@eniko :patcat: :patcat: :patcat:

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social avatar gamingonlinux , to random

Seeing more and more games on Steam have their AI generation disclosures like “don’t worry it’s just backgrounds, voices…and so on”.

If you can’t be bothered to make it, why should I be bothered to play it? Or write about it?

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@gamingonlinux You're right and you should say it :blobcatcoffee:

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

so how does that bluesky<->fedi bridge even work? cause i'm pretty sure you can't display a long mastodon post on bluesky. is there just like a "read more" link back to the original post on fedi?

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@eniko yeah, pretty much

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

Kitsune Tails won the silver award in the Queer Games Festival 2024! https://stevivor.com/news/queer-games-festival-2024-winners-announced/

Kitsune Tails is a queer platformer featuring gay fox girls in the style of SMB3 and Super Mario World available on Steam and itch: https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

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@eniko congrats!!

@anubiarts@mastodon.social avatar anubiarts , to random

An Important Update regarding the AnubiArts brand.

An Apology Letter from AnubiArts and Anubi Inc. At the top, "AnubiArts" can be read in a big scale, with the subtitle "where art arts" next to it. In the middle, there's some text that reads the following "Hello, fellow anubers. I have come to inform you that New Art as a whole will be slowing down in the coming days, reasons being that my wrist HURTS, ow, ouchie, oof ow, aah. Hope you can understand.", with the text being separated between "reasons being that" and "Hope you can understand". There's also a hidden text that says "Reposts may still happen by the way". At the bottom, the logos of AnubiArts and Anubi Inc. can be seen. It's important to note that Anubi Inc. sadly isn't real, just like AnubiArts.
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Berin ,
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@anubiarts Please get some rest ❤️

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Game Development

How to cross promote under the new Steam Rules by Chris Zukowski

https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/26/how-to-cross-promote-under-the-new-steam-rules/

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The Haunted House main menu, which has a dynamic list of other games by the same studio at the bottom in a "You may also like" section
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Berin OP ,
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@savvywolf gamedev@programming.dev icon Game Development That doesn't really serve the purpose these cross promotion methods were devised for. These are meant to help you gather wishlists for your upcoming games, which is supposed to ensure a successful launch by getting you into steam's promotional algorithms as quickly as possible.
I agree that most of these techniques are too intrusive from a player perspective, though. I'd add a link in the main menu and heavily discount old games at most 🤔

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@Kelly gamedev@programming.dev icon Game Development Chris went through the numbers in this blog post and the one before and apparently, yeah.
https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/21/valve-just-took-away-a-valuable-visibility-tool/
According to one developer quoted in that post, about 75% of trackable wishlists of their sequel were achieved through crosspromotion from the first game's page.

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Game Development

[Blog] Valve just took away a valuable visibility tool

Blog post by Chris Zukowski (How to Market A Game)

https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/08/21/valve-just-took-away-a-valuable-visibility-tool/

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Screenshot of a steam store page. There is a huge image at the top of the "About this game" section that says: "Join our Discord by squinting really hard to find the tiny Discord widget on the right of our store page, instead of clicking on this banner like before."
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Berin OP ,
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@Boomkop3 Yeah I guess 🤔 I wish they could provide an optional image-button UI for the socials widgets so theyre easier to see at least..

Chris also wrote that his next blog post will be about alternative strategies to cross-promote games. I'm curious what he'll come up with

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Indie VTubers

PyNGtuber - A new Free and Open Source PNGtuber App

Showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia5Hy_je_WA

Download here:
https://gemmstone.itch.io/pyngtuber

Source Code:
https://github.com/Gemmstone/PyNGtuber

Indie VTubers

Screenshot of the app showing a humanoid model in the center, with a menu to select expressions on the left and audio and animation settings on the right
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@literalgrill@sakurajima.moe avatar literalgrill , (edited ) to Anime

What is the last anime you watched over 100 episodes? (Or the longest you've watched if none qualify?)

In case folks are curious, I'm asking because I just got halfway through watching Tsurikichi Sanpei (109 episodes) and it got me thinking.

Yawara! ended up becoming my favorite series of all time (I have cell art from it and everything) and it had a whopping 124 episodes and two films! I think that's the latest one I've finished.

Though Attack No. 1 (104 episodes), all of Dragon Ball & Super, Yu Yu Hakusho, and My Hero Academia as well hit those big marks.

How about y'all Lemmy friends?

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@literalgrill anime@ani.social icon Anime

The last 100+ episodes anime I've watched must've been all of the original Legend of The Galactic Heroes! It's a classic :blobcatcoffee:

Apart from that, Hunter x Hunter and Naruto

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@cevn I'm happy that they could go all out with the CGI this time around but I didn't agree with the art direction and some of the characterization. Reinhard and Kircheis' designs I especially dislike, where are their luscious locks... they look like run-of-the-mill ikemen now :BlobhajSadReach: And since they decided to continue the plot with a movie series I kind of lost track of it

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random
Discord chat log Berin: (in all caps): Mother Berin: Fucking Trmin: question mark Berin: Pide Babyyyyy with a picture of a deep baking tin filled to the brim with fresh pide. The picture is decorated with a heart and sparkle stickers Berin, 40 minutes later: Yaaaaaaaaaa with a picture of the same baking tray with twice as many freshly baked pide
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , (edited ) to Game Development

New Rules for Steam Store Page Descriptions

TLDR You may no longer add:

  • Links to external sites (use dedicated fields instead)
  • Links or images pointing to other games on Steam
  • Images that mimic Steam UI elements

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/4145017/view/4201376568915048835


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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Game Development

Draknek just announced their "New Voices Puzzle Grant" for 2024!

It's a USD$15,000 grant for developers from traditionally underrepresented groups who are working on puzzle games!
Includes 1-on-1 mentorship and super flexible terms when it comes to how the money is used.
Deadline is October 7th 2024.

More info in the link here: https://grants.draknek.org

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Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant logo. Beneath it: The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Game Development

The Melbourne Queer Games 2024 Festival is open for submissions until August 23, 2024

There are no geographical restrictions regarding the submissions. Queer games from all over the world are eligible, and entry is free!

http://mqgf.com.au

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Website banner saying "Queer Games Festival Melbourne 2024" in a Pixel Font.
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Game Development

How To Market A Game: What Steam’s big demo update means for your marketing strategy

New blog post by HTMAG on what to do after the steam demo changes:

https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/07/31/what-steams-big-demo-update-means-for-your-marketing-strategy/

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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Otome Games

Dark fantasy x suspense otome visual novel Volontés Kickstarter campaign

This looks really good so please consider backing it! If the art style looks familiar, that's because the art was made by the same studio as Save the Villainess^^

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/locagames/volontes-otome-visual-novel

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Volontés key visual showing the female protsgonist and the love interest.
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Dawntrail Countdown Illistration #4 ( lemmy.world )

Few things are as important fell cleave as the bond between a warrior fell cleave and their Chocobo fell cleave. Standing on the front line fell cleave they are more than capable of taking fell cleave whatever the enemy has to give fell cleave, with plenty left in the tank for another 10 rounds fell cleave.

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Kiosade Drusenija Today was early access, the official release is July 2

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

trying to lure more gamedevs from twitter and bluesky to mastodon so if you have active accounts there, you may wanna share these:

twitter: https://twitter.com/Enichan/status/1806239679047504218

bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/eniko.bsky.social/post/3kvvewx6itp2h

Berin ,
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@eniko It never occurred to me to use edit notifications that way.. :0 ✏️ 🗒️

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Drusenija This is one of my favorites so far!

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to FFXIV Online

How will you spend your time during this maintenance?

I'll clean my desk, and get a bunch of energy drinks and snacks, probably.

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Drusenija the increased armory bonus 👀

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Drusenija pls squeenix....my crops are withering and ravens are eating my mustard seeds...just a few more glamour plates 🥺

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to Game Development

How to Sell Visual Novels at Conventions

This is a guide on how to set up and run a booth to sell games and merch at a convention. Super useful if you have never tabled at a con before:

https://arimiadev.com/how-to-sell-visual-novels-at-conventions/

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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to FFXIV Online

Announcing the Chocorpokkur Twitch Viewer Rewards Campaign!

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/50502fc1b3f3a42ca2bf68e6001a14f1df8597cc

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FFXIV x Twitch campaign banner showing a lalafell on a chocorpokkur mount
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to FFXIV Online

How are you preparing for Dawntrail?

We only have a week left until early access starts, what are you guys doing to prepare for it? I've grinded out the carbuncle earring from the mogtome event and plan to do the wondrous tails for that extra exp. Also, both my inventory and glamour dresser are completely full, so I'll need to make some room beforehand.. But most importantly, I still need a fitting glam :D

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@Drusenija @Berin Your glam is really cute!! I really dread cleaning out my inventory 🫠 I plan to play picto so, i should prepare some gear as well..

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to random

I'll stream the Kitsune Tails demo for a bit! I usually don't play platformers, so don't expect too much though 😅

https://www.twitch.tv/berinrin

A stream announcement banner showing the Kitsune Tails main visual and a purple haired bunny PNGtuber. Heading: "Stream announcement"
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Berin OP ,
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@eniko yeah the auto-revive mode really helped a lot 😅

@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

having random people online decide what art does or does not look AI generated in the absence of actual evidence is going to go about as well as letting gamers decide when the term "asset flip" should be applied to a game

that is to say, not well at all

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@eniko On the flip-side, artists with very clean and polished art styles now have to scramble to clarify that their stuff is not AI generated at every turn... ;v;

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current mood

anime catgirl slams glass mug on the bartop and says "i did my best" in a slurred manner with tears in her eyes
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to FFXIV Online

Dawntrail Media Tour Discussion: The Media-Tour Embargo has been lifted

Let's discuss the news here!

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Berin OP ,
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ffxiv@possumpat.io icon FFXIV Online My takeaways so far:

  • Chat bubbles are on the way!
  • 2-Dye channels look pretty good
  • Yoshi-P mentioned multiple times that they want to get more experimental with mechanics again, and I can't wait to see what they'll come up with!
  • I'm still unsure if I'll like PCT or not - the paint mechanic looks kind of annoying to use with the cast-time, still gonna try it though
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ffxiv@possumpat.io icon FFXIV Online Also story-wise, Yoshi-P recommends to take a look at the Alliance raids and the convocation... 👀

@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to FFXIV Online

The benchmark Update is online!

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/67957a9b866c766925cf8bd12c6ece4ab1a4acdf

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Dawntrail Final Fantasy XIV Benchmark Promo image with Meteor/Default WOL as Viper
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@Berin@mastodon.social avatar Berin , to FFXIV Online

Dawntrail promotional site has launched

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/dawntrail

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@eniko@peoplemaking.games avatar eniko , to random

Wtf am I even supposed to do during a week off

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@eniko Take a nap on the softest, greenest grass you can find :blobcat:

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

kitsune tails is officially feature complete

i am taking time off until monday

note: feature complete doesn't mean done >_>

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@eniko congrats! :blobaww: