#list of software

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[kcamberart]

Development going forward

So in case anyone hasn't heard, Unity announced this morning that they're going to be making some pretty major (baffling) changes to their licensing plans and monetization. TLDR regarding the pertinent info (from what I understand. The company hasn't made another statement at the time of writing, and the FAQ is very vague):

They've removed the cheapest paid subscription tier (Unity Plus) completely, and are altering Unity Personal (the free one) so that the editor needs an internet connection in order to function. If you're offline for 3 days, it kicks you out until you reconnect to the internet again for the software to phone home. This is apparently not an issue if you subscribe to Unity Pro, the $2,000/yr plan.

If you publish a game made using the Unity engine, once it passes a certain threshold of installations and revenue, Unity will charge you a fee for every subsequent installation of your game on a per-month basis (and it's not per-purchase, it's per-installation. So (allegedly) if someone on Steam buys, installs, uninstalls and then reinstalls your game, or if they need to update the game, that's considered multiple different instances of installation and Unity will (allegedly) charge the developer as such). This will go into effect in January of 2024, but will seemingly retroactively apply to all games published before then as well.

If I've misunderstood any of this, please feel free to correct me.

I would not be surprised if they heavily walk back some of this (i.e., "the last time we announced something bad everyone got mad about it, so this time we'll announce something unbelievable and then say that we changed our minds so people will be more willing to accept the slightly less bad thing we wanted to do in the first place"), but it's setting a very bad precedent for using Unity for any future projects.

I'm currently weighing my options on whether to finish Vollema in Unity and then migrate to a new engine for future projects (Godot gets better every day, from what I've heard), or to just take what I've made so far and start over using different software. Honestly, it's early enough in development that the vast majority of what I have finished and ready to implement is visual assets, dialogue, narrative stuff and audio, so I'm leaning heavily towards testing the waters with a different engine. I likely also will not be able to work on or release any smaller games in the coming months for the time being (RIP 2023 Halloween Game, I'll make it up to you) while I make some decisions. Regardless, I'll keep you all in the loop.

TLDR: I'm likely going to be changing game engines, which will definitely set Vollema's development time back a bit (along with my other projects), but development in general will continue regardless.

Hopefully I'll have more positive news to share with you soon! I'm gonna miss my add-ons, though. Oh man, am I gonna miss my add-ons.

[mochizuke-creates]

“Who are you, I wonder… Puppet? Or a human?” - GIF Ver.

[ardently-verdandi]

the past few days have consisted of me trying to collect and make lists of my favorite fanfics and authors i want to share here but then suddenly getting an intense overwhelming feeling mid typing i had to stop and stare at my laptop screen until it feels like the lists i’ve made so far look unorganised so i delete everything and start over

[zo1nkss]

i'm sure tumblr is generally UnBothered by the tiktok ban bc y'all don't seem to like that place, but I am currently very sad to lose it so suddenly :/

also i accidentally locked myself out of mobile tumblr for a couple weeks but its okay i fixed it

[stackyshenanigans]

Woe! Cringe be upon ye

Watch me slowly get the hang of motion tracking lmao

[teethbomb]

Are there any storyboarding apps that are good and not super expensive or subscription based

[gardenerian]

losing my photoshop subscription in the new year bc my job decided to stop paying for it, catch me stockpiling gifs in my drafts for the next ten days

[silenceofthewave]

( hrgggggg this blog needs an overhaul but that is so difficult to do on mobile....... )

[macademiastudies]

December 14th, 2024

Day 9/150 Days of Growth

Had a quiet study day at a medical library today. I did some Azure exam prep and then spent the rest of the day coding + watching some House MD. I picked up some new books including "unlimited memory" and an official GMAT guide I'll be doing only a section every day (slow, but steady). Also rewarded myself with this Krispy Kreme tumbler which is already SO useful. What I got done today: ✒️ Finished the current section of Azure exam prep ✒️ Completed my first ever assignment in Azure ✒️ Mapped out how to fix my portfolio in Python ✒️ Some LeetCode questions ✒️ Completed 2 parts of my CS50 assignment ✒️ 20 minutes of GMAT math review

Playlist of the day:

[morgandekarios]

Naviidi x Kisses

[tkbrokkoli]

nnnnggghh are these ppl fuckling stupid wtffffff

[phdpegger]

[gun to my head] ughhhh okay fine i'll make another edit

[regancastlelion]

ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE BETTERSSO!!!

The darling Emily Bondevik, have given Reddit another update with some screenshots.

Here are Bondevik's screenshots;

[frog707]

Unmaintained dependencies

A recent online discussion made me think about all the open-source software (OSS) I use regularly and in particular how much of it might be no longer maintained.

My curiosity was piqued. I decided to list my software dependencies with the dates their last-known releases. Here are the ones that are more than a year old:

2010-05-20 jmf v2.1.1e 2012-01-11 imgscalr-lib v4.2 2013-01-25 org.apache.commons.io v2.4 2021-02-13 junit4 v4.13.2 2022-01-11 jcommander v1.82 2022-04-05 lemur v1.16.0 2022-04-05 lemur-props v1.2.0 2022-04-05 lemur-proto v1.13.0 2022-04-24 Bullet v3.2.5 2023-01-26 sim-math v1.6.0 2023-11-02 jmh v0.7.2 2024-01-01 commons-exec v1.4.0 2024-01-28 jinput v2.0.10 2024-02-29 de.undercouch.download v5.6.0 2024-04-08 actions-gh-pages v4.0.0

While there are many reasons a project might not publish a release for 12 months, it seems to me a valid cause for concern.

[bmpmp3]

just found out there was a cover of tori no uta sung by tomoriru (as a character she voiced for something).... hell yeas.....