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@travelmats

I've been making things for the Internet since 1995. Solo developing web apps. Open web idealist. Nostalgic futurist, enthusiastic tourist and art lover. There will be art retweets and travel photos.

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Free Wifi fee? 🀨

(From reddit)

26.02.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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VERY serious Trailmarks playthrough

23.02.2026 09:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trailmarks on Steam Inspired by Carmen Sandiego, Trailmarks is a globe-spanning strategy adventure where you circumnavigate the planet as a travel guide fact-checker. Plan routes across 1,200 cities, answer 120,000+ triv...

In the hard deadline, release prep for the last round of refinements into a game!

It's a really fun geography quiz card game where you travel around the world as a fact-checker, answering questions and learning along the way!

You can check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/4015290/...

18.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BlueSky's three suggested moderation services are pretty funny. "Anti-Alf Aktion"... Nice to see they take things seriously πŸ™„

14.02.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[Everyone liked that]

09.02.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I feel this is data science trauma or something, but even when making a game I somehow add a graph.

#datascience

04.02.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Download the latest indie games itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...

Sheesh I published my game demo on itch.io and already after half an hours, there's 14 more new games posted?

02.02.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One Battle After Another was really excellent!

31.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trailmarks on Steam Trailmarks is a globe-spanning strategy adventure about travel, fact verification, and resource management. Travel by land, sea, and air, verify trivia, trade souvenirs, and manage time, money, and mo...

Actual demo live on actual Steam!!

store.steampowered.com/app/4015290/... #games #gamedev #indiedev #travel

30.01.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trailmarks on Steam Trailmarks is a globe-spanning strategy adventure about travel, fact verification, and resource management. Travel by land, sea, and air, verify trivia, trade souvenirs, and manage time, money, and mo...

Actual demo live on actual Steam!!

store.steampowered.com/app/4015290/... #games #gamedev #indiedev #travel

30.01.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nah, they're working 9am to 9pm, extremely inefficiently, sitting at home in front of their computer the entire time constantly distracted by social media, endless meetings to sync a poorly aligned organization, 1 hour coffee breaks and scrambling to think of anything to say in the standups.

29.01.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Being technically correct is, technically, the only way of being correct.

24.01.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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*So, then, "Claude" is a public figure and a virtuous moral actor that has a mature understanding of right and wrong

*But you're still gonna shoot it in the head if it doesn't earn money for you

22.01.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You could potentially also just get it in the console like this, that should work everywhere:

23.01.2026 02:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you mouse over it with the selector in the console in Chrome, you can see the actual font that is being used

23.01.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Note what these people (stillonx) are doing:

They are shaming people who are on X but trying out the waters on BlueSky. They are not shaming people who are fully on X. They are shaming the people who wants to move to BlueSky and have not been ready to go all-in.

It's textbook wreckerism

#bluesky

22.01.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

You really need to cancel this project.

bsky.app/profile/trav...

22.01.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Either these people don't understand basic movement building, or they understand very well what they're doing and are sabotaging on purpose. But you don't attack the newcomers and people on the fence.

Either way, if you want BS to grow, reject this completely.

#stillonx

22.01.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Note what these people (stillonx) are doing:

They are shaming people who are on X but trying out the waters on BlueSky. They are not shaming people who are fully on X. They are shaming the people who wants to move to BlueSky and have not been ready to go all-in.

It's textbook wreckerism

#bluesky

22.01.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I agree it’s unethical to stay on X, but it’s shaming initiatives and lists like this that keeps me from going all in on BlueSky. Absolute worst of this site.

22.01.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As it's the state with the most people of Scandinavian heritage, it feels like he has just got a problem with us across the board.

22.01.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
1. Your game isn't out already.
2. Your game is far enough along that you're comfortable providing a few screenshots to run in the magazine.
3. You're willing to answer a few questions about your game so we can quote you in the preview. Over email is fine, but a quick live demo over Zoom and short Q&A would be great.

1. Your game isn't out already. 2. Your game is far enough along that you're comfortable providing a few screenshots to run in the magazine. 3. You're willing to answer a few questions about your game so we can quote you in the preview. Over email is fine, but a quick live demo over Zoom and short Q&A would be great.

Making an indie game? Want people to read about it in the upcoming new issue of EGM? As in, in an actual paper magazine?

Pitch us at support@egmbook.com and include "Under the Radar" in the subject line.

Three main criteria to keep in mind:

13.01.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 1

Sad, but not surprised, to see SXSW Sydney go. I enjoyed the game track a lot, it got me into gaming and just enjoying things being fun.

Crossing my fingers that it will reappear in Singapore with a bit more international scope 🀞

14.01.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I went every year and will miss it. The tech stream was awful, though, so it just became a fun week of games, movies and music festival for me.

14.01.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kids in Australia were supposed to be allowed to browse without logging in, but YouTube has now made it almost impossible to use the site without signing in.

What's going on down here... #socialmediaban

12.01.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I fleshed out the #quiz experience a bit more in Trailmarks. Trying to make the stack of cards give you more of a feeling of how you're doing.

#webdev #games #Trivia #gamedev

06.01.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I fleshed out the #quiz experience a bit more in Trailmarks. Trying to make the stack of cards give you more of a feeling of how you're doing.

#webdev #games #Trivia #gamedev

06.01.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s nuts how Finland used to be known for high tech and sleek Nordic design 10-20 years ago, and now they have EU’s highest unemployment and are rebuilding their image as a vulgar backwater.

25.12.2025 00:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's the word for when you realize mid-conversation that a shop attendant has no idea what they're talking about, and now you must either ignore their advice to their face or buy the wrong thing?

17.12.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anything to keep the kids off Facebook!

15.12.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0