thtroyer

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[–] thtroyer@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if you decide to not release it for the public and keep it to yourself, can be a political issue. The mere existence of something can create a imbalance of capabilities, e.g. people with access to the software have advantages over people with no access to it, which can be political.

In this sense, politics is a weird lens to view such abilities/actions, rather than something like socioeconomics. Granted, government policy affects peoples' wellbeing, which can definitely affect their political views, but making the jump to "everything is political" feels like a stretch?

 

First version of a new fantasy console/computer from Lexaloffle is available to purchase now, on sale till the end of the month.

I haven't tried it yet (other than limited messing around with the Picotron playground in the past), but am excited to check it out soon.

From their website,

Picotron is a Fantasy Workstation for making pixelart games, animations, music, demos and other curiosities. It has a toy operating system designed to be a cosy creative space, but runs on top of Windows, MacOS or Linux. Picotron apps can be made with built-in tools, and shared with other users in a special 256k png cartridge format.

Excellent video introduction by Krystian (Lazy Devs) here.

And like PICO-8, you can play anything posted to the BBS in your browser here

 

I enjoy the limited environment, retro-like environment myself. It limits my choices to stay focused on small projects, while providing a fairly robust and modern environment to work in.