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Good news though, I did manage to get an affordable refurb PC with decent enough specs I can use in the short term. While I figure out what the hell happened later with new parts.

UPDATE: my condition is much worse than I thought... last July the docs found pre-cancerous tissue which will burst and KILL me unless I get 3-4 pounds worth of gut removed and replaced with a prosthesis 😖 my surgery is on 9/18 please help 😭🙏🏽 #mutualaid #helpsky #indiedev #disability #cancer

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Welp, main computer is having hardware issues. It’s great I have a spare to use though! I’m just going to be using Linux until I can acquire the parts needed to fix it.

We have literally just gone on image flip and made like 7 of these because we A) need money B) want you to have 1200 fonts for commercial use for just $19 ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

Looks like Hugging Face scraped ~all of GitHub into an AI training dataset... huggingface.co/spaces/Huggi... There is an opt-out link. You might want to use it.

For the Cookbook jam I made ABoxBlur, allowing arbitrary and variable-sized box-blur. I was in speedrun mode as I tried make entry in last two hours 😂 Now afterwards I am fixing bugs and adding new examples itch.io/jam/cookbook... #gamemaker #shaders #foss

Hey #GameMaker devs! I just released a new @gamemaker.io library called Fracture for @tabularelf.com's sixth #gmcookbook jam! Fracture is a free and open-source library for breaking objects into Box2D physics pieces using a variety of shapes and patterns. glebtsereteli.itch.io/fracture

Making lil stream tools is fun! :3 (name pending)

So, I did a thing. www.tabularelf.com/posts/new-bl...

me at the club hoping my dancing looks normal

16px control prompts 100% free for commercial use in your games! chequered.ink/16px-control... #GameDev #PixelArt

@dragonitespam.bsky.social, @tabularelf.com, @nkrapivindev.ru and I got to talk about the future of @gamemaker.io with @russellkay.bsky.social for 4 hours(!) today. We covered the recent spring update and other exciting #GameMaker features on the horizon with GMRT. www.youtube.com/live/bnCplHA...

In regards to my previous post, here’s that post with GX style released as an early access preview! (This is paywalled) ko-fi.com/Post/Test-A0...

I am making a change to how I release FOSS libraries and tools made for GameMaker. ko-fi.com/Post/Future-...

Following the GameMaker Awards 2025 we are delighted to share a GameMaker Steam showcase and sale 🎉 🔗 store.steampowered.com/curator/3304... Thanks for all the support @akuparagames.bsky.social

I forgot to mention, but I have an update. The artist saw it, and proceeded to crept around the source code to add themselves as a character in the VN dev demo. They don’t know GameMaker. Such an easy engine, I swear!

HOUSE CALL is now available for FREE on Steam. Featuring multi-language support, achievements, and the most up-to-date version of the game. Download now. store.steampowered.com/app/4348980/... #indiedev #gamedev #horror #gamemaker

Did I just really spend the past 3 hours making a multi-chapter live demonstration of how this visual novel engine works, that I've built in GameMaker, just so the writers know how it works? Yes, yes I did.

It's with a very heavy heart that we share the news of YoYo Games founder and original CEO, Sandy Duncan's passing. GameMaker would not be where it is today without Sandy and our hearts are with his family at this very difficult time. Rest in peace. www.linkedin.com/posts/sandyd...

🚀 🚀 IT'S OUT!!! Spout2PW for Linux!!! 🚀 🚀 Quick guide & download links: ▶️ github.com/hoshinolina/... 🎮 Works with Steam and umu-launcher! 🩵 If you like this please consider supporting me! 🩵 lina.yt/sponsor lina.yt/kofi lina.yt/throne lina.yt/magic #VTuber #LinuxVTuber #VTubingSoftware #TechVTuber

We are Teaming up with @Reddit for their virtual hackathon! There's a sweet $5k for the best GameMaker game 👀 🗓️ Jan 15 – Feb 12, 2026 💰 $40K in prizes 🔗 gamemaker.io/en/blog/reddit-hackathon

For some reason some of you guys wanted to see my debugging map, it's a mini recreation of gm_construct, very scuffed looking, but yk, I use it for debugging lol. #indiedev #GameMaker

The heat today is making me melt.. Cold weather come back!

Everyone cheers for Christmas, but you know what people miss out on Christmas Eve? Discounts on Christmas wrapping paper, get them for next Christmas!

I should really stream more. I am thinking late night streams work better for me in ways overall. 🤔

@tabularelf.com is an Australian game developer and VTuber making tools and helping the community from the discord 🔗 tabelf.link

Submitting one #GameMaker library for @tabularelf.com's #gmcookbook jam was somehow not enough for me, so here's another one! Lookout is a set of helpful Debug Overlay views for monitoring game systems and tracking down elusive issues in @gamemaker.io. glebtsereteli.itch.io/lookout

Hey #GameMaker devs! I just released my second @gamemaker.io library called Figgy for @tabularelf.com's fifth #gmcookbook library jam! Figgy is a centralized, persistent and live-editable config manager that lets you seamlessly tune and balance your games! glebtsereteli.itch.io/figgy

I got nominated as a community legend!! 🎉 I wish everyone the best of luck! \o/

We're compiling a list of places you can get scripts, libraries, tutorials, sprites, audio and other useful assets for your GameMaker games! Give us suggestions to add to the list :) #GameDev #GameMaker

This is sort of a test post, but also not really! I am doing some minor streaming today on some work! Seeing if this works... (yes, this is the test) 🤞 www.twitch.tv/tabularelf #livestream

Hey #GameMaker devs! Did you know 50% of your game is already done? You shouldn't be spending time in coding your own complex systems or getting headaches with perplexing shaders. So we present… LIST OF FREE GAMEMAKER RESOURCES, SHADERS AND SCRIPTS RT to save a live! #indiegame #gamedev

I am still in documentation hell, but I've got most of the basics out for Lexicon v4... Now I can start actually working towards a full release!

Another year, another day... I level up. Growing ever so more powerful and mighty!!!!!

ughghhghhghhghghhhhh documentation helll. That is all.

Perfect 😂

Next week I have 2 weeks off from work. Finally, I can work on other things I’ve been meaning to catch up on. 🤞

So, if you're thinking about backing Blanksword but are unsure, there's a demo you can check out right now, which might help you decide. 😊👍 store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

In less than 2 weeks, GameMaker Kitchen's Cookbook Jam 5 starts! Cookbook Jam is a chill libraries & tools jam, where you can make any tool or library, whether an idea you had, or a prototype system from a game, you can polish and submit! Check it out! itch.io/jam/cookbook... #gamemaker #foss

I'm still looking for short-term work to make ends meet! Things I can do: - Write and organise documentation for your #gamedev project - Consult on production for small dev teams - Write and edit scripts, flavour text etc - Program in GameMaker and Ren'py Portfolio: sites.google.com/view/els-whi...

Happy International Cat Day from GameMaker! 🐈 We're celebrating all the feline friends in the GameMaker community today! Share photos of your dev cats and any cats that make an appearance in your games.