Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet.
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@VANTABlack2000 @withinity welcome to Mastodon! It can take some time to find your feet here, but once you've found your "neighbors" there's nothing quite like it elsewhere on the social web. As another reply mentioned, tags are an essential method of finding topics you're interested in here. Definitely a good idea to find some you're interested in (though most game stuff I see doesn't really use them
)I can confirm that @Alblune and @LukaTheMouse are great follows!
Also think these folks are awesome:
@glassbottommeg
@eniko
@aeva
@lisyarus
@typeswitch
@unormal
@Gord
@Alrecenk
@silverspookgames
@zarfeblong
@djlink
@maddy
@zeux
@zep
@Doomed_Daniel
@icculus
@alienmelon
@rygorous
@cmddx
@demofox
@radiatoryang
@inform7tips(I'm sure I am leaving people out, though!)
@SnoopJ @VANTABlack2000 thank you both for the mention!!
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity on most mastodon clients, you can follow hashtags on particular topics like #decolonization #environment #technology #politics #science #history or your local city, which can be helpful for discovering interesting individuals not just org and brands.
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity can't tell you much about gamedev or recommend people to follow on that specific topic, but check out @FediTips
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity My recommendation would be to check out hashtags of things you are interested in, and then follow the people who are posting interesting stuff.
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity I'd suggest Ron Gilbert of Monkey Island fame @grumpygamer and Andrew Plotkin of text adventures fame @zarfeblong
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
Use hashtags, they will come.
The trick of Mastodon is its artisanal, hand crafted, no algorithm to steer your posts.
Hashtags and follows and boosts are the rocket sleds of engagement.
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity Welcome
Some people I'd suggest at random, trying to avoid people you've already had recommended: @psychicparrot42 @sinbad @pixelkabinett @memoriesin8bit @crussel @draknek @namelessvoice @abban @DevteamLife @runevision @kenney @Nestach @maxim @lisyarus
If you're interested in gaming on linux at all, @gamingonlinux
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@withinity I also make games
Using GodotEngine since 2017 
I try to only use FLOSS
@timkrief Nice! Added you
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@withinity @dekirisu shares some fun-looking game dev progress here sometimes. (I believe all with Rust + Bevy)
@tschundler Bevvy is pretty awesome! I do have a hard time giving everything over to ECS but I will follow them. Maybe they will convince me to try it again
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity Gamedev people, you say?
@grumpygamer came to my mind at least.
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@withinity just use a hashtag and then names of subjects you like, in the search.
@timo21 Thanks Timo, I'm figuring it out now that people have kind of helped me
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Hi I am new to Mastodon, I don't really know what I am doing here yet. Does anyone know of any cool nonprofits or gamedev people to follow? Currently my feed is just the internet archive. I love that, but it might not lead to a very satisfying experience.
@withinity remember you can follow hashtags too. Like #gamedev for instance
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@withinity
@HadroSoft
@ClarusPlusPlusShe is developing a side scrolling game loosely based on Zelda 2. The demo for Enigma Hearts is out, and I've heard great things. Can't wait until I can find the time to play it. That's a good place to begin, I'd say.
@meadow Looks awesome thank you!
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@ravensrod ewwww
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@Downes Thanks Downes!
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@withinity if you want a feed of usually mundane, sometimes bizarre, but always unsafe consumer products, the @uscpsc feed is also occasionally leavened with shitposting
@Wharrrrrrgarbl wow this is awesome hahaha thank you!
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@withinity on most mastodon clients, you can follow hashtags on particular topics like #decolonization #environment #technology #politics #science #history or your local city, which can be helpful for discovering interesting individuals not just org and brands.
@weekendspy Thanks for the tips! I'll have to see how active my city is
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@withinity can't tell you much about gamedev or recommend people to follow on that specific topic, but check out @FediTips
@rozeboosje thank you those pages are really helpful
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@withinity My recommendation would be to check out hashtags of things you are interested in, and then follow the people who are posting interesting stuff.
@mikemccaffrey Thanks Mike! It seems like hashtags are the way to go
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@withinity I'd suggest Ron Gilbert of Monkey Island fame @grumpygamer and Andrew Plotkin of text adventures fame @zarfeblong
@Tuftears Thanks for the recommendations!
