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I understand the desire for verification (domains can be spoofed and may be hard to understand) but I feel like adopting the verified “iconography” from Twitter is a mistake

that way verified people can make official statements, etc, and even attest their own identity upon request when needed (by posting, "hey that's really me" with the check). but they are require to present the same as "regular people" most of the time to get any meaningful engagement

I understand the desire for verification (domains can be spoofed and may be hard to understand) but I feel like adopting the verified “iconography” from Twitter is a mistake

IMO you need to fight differentiation of status at the UX level, either by making verification seem “duller”, or by requiring sacrificing some functionality in exchange for it, therefore making it undesirable, unless absolutely needed

I understand the desire for verification (domains can be spoofed and may be hard to understand) but I feel like adopting the verified “iconography” from Twitter is a mistake

To verify people, you must also unfortunately decide who is/isn't worth verifying. Unless your policy from the get go is clearly “everyone that wants to be verified can be verified”, (not feasible) it will become a status game around either meeting the criteria, or skirting them somehow

I understand the desire for verification (domains can be spoofed and may be hard to understand) but I feel like adopting the verified “iconography” from Twitter is a mistake

My unpopular opinion (?) is that Link *should* speak full dialog, and should have a fully fleshed-out, well-defined personality, in both the movie and in at least one mainline Zelda game. Their (arguably) greatest game (BotW) was achieved precisely by subverting expectations of the Zelda franchise.

The hardest part is of course finding a viable personality that is iconic enough, fitting enough, and not plain insufferable. Existing attempts so far haven't been very good.

My unpopular opinion (?) is that Link *should* speak full dialog, and should have a fully fleshed-out, well-defined personality, in both the movie and in at least one mainline Zelda game. Their (arguably) greatest game (BotW) was achieved precisely by subverting expectations of the Zelda franchise.

📣 I'll be speaking at the Bevy Meetup #9 early next month about my experience using the Bevy Engine for my indie game project! The talk will be live streamed and later made available on @rustunit.bsky.social's YT channel. Check out the meetup page for more details! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Swimming controls and Archimedes' principle 🛟🏊 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #BevyEngine

The ECS/modular nature of Bevy and Avian made buoyancy surprisingly straightforward to implement, and I'm really happy with how close it came out to the plain formulation of Archimedes' principle

Swimming controls and Archimedes' principle 🛟🏊 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #BevyEngine

Carpet/fabric shader with fuzz #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame #BevyEngine

Doors and (fake) mirrors 🚪🪞 #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #BevyEngine

Currently attempting to implement doors

It's going pretty well! #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

Just posted the first development update video for my indie game, VARG, on YouTube, showcasing the first daytime stage, destructible walls, and the fire axe melee weapon. 🪓 Check it out! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

You can also join our Discord server! We're just getting started, but I'll eventually post playable builds there when they're ready 😉

Just posted the first development update video for my indie game, VARG, on YouTube, showcasing the first daytime stage, destructible walls, and the fire axe melee weapon. 🪓 Check it out! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Just posted the first development update video for my indie game, VARG, on YouTube, showcasing the first daytime stage, destructible walls, and the fire axe melee weapon. 🪓 Check it out! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev