Okay, this is something that has been a long time coming I suppose. Warning: This is probably gonna get long because I tend to ramble.
TL;DR: Some close friends and mutuals have informed me that I was marked red on shinigami eyes - basically, someone flagged me as being overtly anti-trans. This is pretty concerning to me because, well, I’m trans. Some of my close friends are trans, and I try and strive to make my blog a LBTG+ friendly place! Through talking with friends, I realized it’s probably because someone browsing the depths of my blog found posts from a period of time, about 2-3 years ago, where I was an anti-sjw. Yeah.
Now, I’m not proud of this. It was a dark time where I was in hard denial about my gender and sexuality, and I felt like I was forced to hide a part of myself to avoid ridicule. I mean, my dad actually told me, to my face, that he didn’t think gay people should be able to get married! I was a social outcast, heavily bullied for most of my life because I was mentally ill and gnc, and was actively suicidal.
It took a lot of work, and the help of my lovely friends (an therapist!), for me to move past all that and accept myself. I’m in a much better place now, and I’ve moved past a lot of the opinions that I realized I had simply absorbed from my childhood. I’m still working on myself, and I’ve got a long way to go!
But this entire thing means nothing if I don’t actually… state what I believe. SO, here we go!
Me - Afab, Nonbinary, Bisexual (Mainly attracted to women)
I’m a socialist liberal. I’m not a trans-medicalist, I am not a radical feminist, and I hope nobody thinks I’m even near being alt-right or even conservative. I believe trans people should have access to a therapist specializing in trans issues during their transition, it should be on a voluntary basis. If you see me reblog from anyone like that, it’s probably because I saw a meme and didn’t actually check who the meme came from.
Lastly, I want to let my followers and mutuals know that they can come to me with any concerns or questions they have. Again - I want my blog to be welcoming, not exclusive. If there is a post you have questions about, send it to me! I may not respond straight away because tumblr is trash and refuses to notify me when people send things in my inbox, but I’ll try and make sure to respond.
Aaaaahhh LGBT+. Not … Lbtg??? Kinda wrote this in a panic on my phone but I don’t know why that wasnt auto corrected
I only have $294 but I need to reach $484 to get my truck back from the towing company that my lovely property managed decided to call today (6/10/2023), on a holiday, when the towing company was closed (so they’re charging more).
I need this truck by tomorrow so I can get to work, it’s my Lifeline right now and it isn’t even mine I’m borrowing it from a coworker and I’m honestly freaking out so bad I really need the help please. I don’t even care how many of you see my deadname I just need the help.
It’s only $190 I need, please even just $1 helps me. I can offer nudes and content in exchange for those interested with an incentive.
Not much we can do right now for college applicants of color, indebted graduates, or lgbt people facing discrimination from businesses, but we CAN donate to the Navajo water project https://www.navajowaterproject.org/
hey!! sorry to hijack this post, but there are a bunch of ways you can make videogames without knowing shit about computers!!
for starters, there’s Twine, which is fucking great for making all kinds of interactive experiences (it’s what Crystal Warrior Ke$ha was made in so you KNOW it’s good) at all skill levels (i picked it up and made a game in two minutes a few nights ago)
if you want a bit more involved experience there’s Inform 7 which is a simple language for text-based adventure games that reads like slightly-weird English and also relatively easy to learn
you can do some pretty fucking cool stuff with Unity (my personal engine of choice) but you may need to dig a bit farther to get at the good stuff. there’s lots of really good presets though (i made an entire game just mixing and matching pre-existing templates and adding in my own art, won an award at a game jam for that one) and if you want help the community’s pretty dang friendly from what i’ve seen!
this is just a taste of what’s out there from what i’ve seen, but there’s so many cool resources out there. if anyone wants help getting started, i’m around to give you a leg up on making something in the coolest, most unexplored art medium around!
I’m addin’ to this post because lowering the barrier to entry for making games is super important to me!!!! If y’all have any questions about making games, you’re welcome to come and ask! I made this list a while back with some friends, so it has some of the programs John already mentioned.
2D Editors:
GameMaker : Potential for pure drag-and-drop “programming”. It is recommended to read-up on the program’s functions to make good use of it. Good for prototyping. Uses its own language called Game Maker Language (GML) that is similar to a C language (e.g. C++ or C#). For both Mac and PC; free version available.
Construct2 : Drag and drop level editor that uses an “If-Then” event sheet structure for programming. Good for prototyping and for beginners. For PC; free version available.
GameSalad : Drag and drop with no code requirement. Good for programming. For both Mac and PC; free version available.
Solpeo : HTML5 based game engine for 2D and isometric game development. Some programming knowledge needed. Platforms supported: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 9+. Free version available.
Stencyl : Drag and Drop “programming,” templates you can edit the variables/values for.
Scratch : Lego-block-style coding platform by MIT; totally free and a great intro to thinking in code. Very kid-friendly and comes with a community site. Browser version available.
3D Editors:
Unity : 3D editor that creates 3D games. Can build games for browser, as an app, or for mobile devices (iOS and Android). For both Mac and PC; free version available.
UDK (Unreal Development Kit) : Full-fledged, highly advanced editor. Features a complete set of tools that go from level design to visual scripting to cut-scene creation. Uses it’s own programming language called Unreal Script that can be arranged with Kismet, a visual code editor. For Mac and PC; free.
2D Art/Animation Software:
GIMP : Free photo editing and digital painting software.
Easy Paint Tool SAI : Free digital painting software with a UI similar to Photoshop.
Mischief : Free digital painting software with an endless canvas.
3D Art/Animation Software:
Sculptris : From the company that created Zbrush, this free software is ideal for beginning 3D sculptors.
Maya : Animation, VFX, lighting, and rendering software.
Magical Voxel : Voxel Art (3D Pixel Art). Very intuitive and quick to pick up.
SketchUp : Architectural modeling software, great for creating 3D environments and buildings. Free version available.
Text-Based Games:
Twine : Create interactive text stories using Twine’s visual map system that links your game together. Easy to learn and use. End result is browser-based. For Mac and PC; free.
Quest : Interactive text stories that you can build in-browser.
Ren’Py : Create visual novels using a modified version of Python that reads like a combination of stage directions and a CYOA novel. For PC, Mac, and Linux; free.
Audio Resources/Editors:
Indie Game Music : This site offers free indie music with no need to worry about royalties or licenses.
Audacity : A free, open-source, cross-platform sound editor that allows you to record and arrange sound.
Super Flash Bros. : This site allows you to record theremin-like (8bit) sounds and export them as .wav files for your games.
AND SOMETIMES, LOVE IS SHAPED LIKE A TRAINING CLICKER
Schrodinger, wherever he may be, is in a sealed box, and he is unobserved, writing love letters in mercury upon his skin, he is picking up the pen and dipping it into the poison, and he is writing over and over, “Pavlov, to whom I never got to meet,” and you can never disprove this without finding him first.
While I exist superpositionally, this is what love brings me: I am more alive than dead, these days. God gave me teeth, and a jaw to bite down with, but it’s nice to know that I’m able to sing, on average, more than any given swan.
And I could not have done it in a vacuum, there would not have been the air. No, instead, I was loved enough to be allowed to be observed when I was comfortable. And, sometimes, love is shaped like a training clicker, shaped like positive reinforcement, shaped like a series of low-to-high-value treats, done so slowly, so cautiously, that I would not even realize my belly was full until I was no longer hungry.
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