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ArjinFerman  Tinfoil Gigachad  7mo ago (text post)   601 thread views

Tinker Tuesday for October 1, 2024

This thread is for anyone working on personal projects to share their progress, and hold themselves somewhat accountable to a group of peers.

Post your project, your progress from last week, and what you hope to accomplish this week.

If you want to be pinged with a reminder asking about your project, let me know, and I'll harass you each week until you cancel the service.

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@Southkraut, how's your project doing?

It seems I may have been a tad too optimistic about Godot, though I suppose I'm still not wrong about it's license.

@Southkraut, how's your project doing?

Not at all. First the wife got the flu -> pneumonia, then I caught the same bug off of her. Well, at least I didn't need antibiotics. Anyways, no progress whatsoever, my brain was snot.

It seems I may have been a tad too optimistic about Godot, though I suppose I'm still not wrong about it's license.

Huh. RIP. The article states that an official statement from the Godot Board is to be published on monday, so I suppose I'll be looking forward to that. Honestly, you're still technically correct, but this kind of stuff just takes the joy out of it for me. Thin skin I suppose. Previously at least I could tell myself it's just their Discord moderation.

So damn it all, no idea what I'm going to do. Wait for monday I guess.

Wait for monday I guess.

Oh, that must have been yesterday! I wasn't paying much attention to the news this week, and am now catching up. Here's an update, which is... better than a full-throated endorsement of what happened, I suppose, but not really an honest response, IMO.

Honestly, you're still technically correct, but this kind of stuff just takes the joy out of it for me.

I know how you feel, this sort of stuff used to bum me out too. At this point I just wish I had the time / discipline to make some edgelord game and cover it with "Built with Godot" splash screens.

Okay, thinking time.

  • Unity is retarded.
  • Godot is gay.
  • Unreal is morbidly obese.
  • Making my own engine is manic pixie dream stuff.

This is why we can't have nice things!

I suppose there's "wait until Friday and hope the Godot minus wokeness thing pans out".

Oof. That'll take a lot of hoping. Still, I'll keep an eye on it.

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