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HIATUS CANCELLED I GUESS, TIME TO GO BACK TO MY DIALOGUE MAKER (after im done with finals)

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JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

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im now going back to my hiatus

goodbye

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hello deltarune community

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We Will Both Find Out, Just not Together - submitted by @thetwistedwhiskersshow

#041422 #0075E7 #59C6F9 #AFECF8 #F9BA3B 

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hey tumblr what is uh, going on, with firefox?

is this like, the end of the line? its joever? is this just a telephone game going extremely wrong? is mozilla actually changing to become a for profit? they are going to integrate ai for real and use our inputs to train it??? what

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Unions and the Defence of Supergiant Games

Hey, so I'm pretty sure everyone and their mom has seen takes on Hades 2 rn bc of what one of the VAs said. This is causing a lot more harm then good rn and, while I don't claim to be an expert on unions, but even just basic research shows Supergiant is largely innocent and this is a misunderstanding.

Supergiant stated they will not be recasting and also they don't fall under the companies that can not be working or supported during the SAG- AFTRA strike.

Being an indie development company, they do not fall under the issues SAG is striking and possibly can not even sign said agreement because they are an indie company (i'd have to fact-check that). This strike is supposed to affect larger companies like EA, Sony, X-Box, etc who are pushing for AI. Below is a statement from Supergiant about the statement made by the VA.

When similar strikes happened for both SAG and the WGA, other smaller companies did not have to halt production because their work did not meet the guidelines that the strike fell under. Spindel Horse and GLITCH are both indie animation companies that did not have to halt production.

One other example is Dropout.TV where they did not need to stop under SAG rules and guidelines, they did so out of respect. While Supergiant could, they don't have too and why would they? Fans have been waiting for almost three years now and they are polishing at a record speed.

Secondly is the term "Scab" being thrown around when it comes to who Supergiant hires, which largely comes from people not knowing what a true scab is.

A Scab ISN'T any person working in a given position when a strike is happening. It's a member of SAID UNION who crosses the picket line or does work for lower pay then the Union states.

Unions have several levels of entry that not all people meet. Being under smaller workers unions for starters along with proof of employment and others.

Supergiant, being smaller and indie makes it so it can hire people who aren't SAG members and help promote them to be bigger names in the industry along with eventually becoming possible members of the unions.

For example, Michael Kovach (famous VA for Jax from TADC, Several characters from Poppy Playtime, One character in Billie Bust Up (IDK), and most famously the original pilot VA for Angeldust from Hazbin Hotel) is not a member of SAG but supports the union and has been in multiple roles since the SAG strikes began.

While I have not done research into who exactly is being called a "Scab" in terms of the Supergiant controversy, please keep yourself educated about the term because it is super derogatory and may cause these people to never be able to join the unions. Being labeled a "scab", even incorrectly, makes it nearly impossible for people to join unions.

A lot of the "If you don't join a union then your against unions" mentality I've seen from people creates a harmful, uneducated stereotype that large corporations want. They want normal consumers to see Union Supporters as aggressive and hopping down your throat to deny you money. This villainizes unions in the long run.

Overall, Supergiant is not doing anything wrong and the mob mentality jump on them comes from a lack of educated perspectives (esp since a large portion of this community is the younger demographic with not much union knowlege).

While I don't see it happening, the large explosion of this on social media along with the VA's lack of understanding may cause Supergiant (or even other companies) to not work with them again after Hades 2 is complete. This is a huge liability that is harming their company and, if they do proceed to go this route I do not blame them, and neither should you. This is safety and security in their brand so more games we appreciate can come out in the future. The VA is a grown adult who has made decisions and will deal with the consequences when/if they happen. Please send no hate to Supergiant or the VA who I have intentionally left nameless so nobody can attack them. Thank you.

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This just in, Mel learns about pronouns and deco !

( Requested by @m1nsur0 )

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Hi. I love Hades and Hades 2 as much as everyone else but we NEED to make some noise because Supergiant is refusing to sign contracts with fair pay and anti-AI clauses. And they are straight up recasting VAs to punish VAs who are striking (sag-aftra has been striking for 7 months).

We really need to make noise here because this mistreatment will continue if we don't.

I'm providing a link for the company contact page in the replies. Please send them a comment on their contact page and encourage others to do so. Maybe even leave a steam review about it, idk.

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It's updated and actually downloading images, can you believe it Check it out 🫵

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yes i did reuse the ones in my pinned solely cause theres a new meleris interaction in the new patch and im not on my pc to make something new

anyway i finished playing (most) of the new dtuff in the patch, will update the maker once i manage to get my hands on those assets

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hey hades players, i have a thingy here for you, updated recently and to be again with the new stuff soon 👀

Behold

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AW SHIT HERE WE GO AGAIN

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should i add the hot spring / bath house sprites to the dialogue maker

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should i add the hot spring / bath house sprites to the dialogue maker

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anyway troubleshooting the save image problem took Longer than i thought, i need to go mirmir have fun yall

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by the love of god if you find some bug, or is just having a hard time using the dialogue maker, drop me an ask, it can be anon, ill see what i can do to fix it

ik it took me months for this update but i really do care abt this thing so having it be a good experience is very important to get right