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I was recently struck by the notion that modern technology workers have a role in many ways comparable to that of free weavers in medieval western Europe†.
Anyway, whilst exploring that to see if it has legs, I came upon this (possibly apocryphal) story from 1107 in the records of the Benedictine monastery of Sint Truiden in Brabant (Belgium).
This has pretty much nothing to do with my idea for an analogy, but it is peak medieval weirdness, social compulsion, and the awkward fit of free labourers into a system that is still largely feudal in nature.
A rustic of Villa Inda, with the complicity of local judges, devises a trick to play on free weavers working in the town, "to diminish their haughtiness and pride and to avenge a personal injury," wherein they are compelled to haul a ship on wheels from place to place.
When it reaches the town of Sint Truiden, the authorities of that place order the weavers there to watch over it day and night, to the great amusement of all and sundry, whilst other villagers engage in bacchanals around the ship beneath their gaze.
The weavers are subject to this by legal bans placed upon them by the justices and the text states that "they are generally regarded as more impudent and haughtier than other hired persons".
Because they're free (i.e. not bound to lord and land, unlike serfs), they hold a distinct social status, and one that is likely less integrated into the local bonds that underpinned reputation and law in much of 12th century Europe.
†I'm not about to start comparing furries to Cathars or anything but if you give me a run-up, I could probably make a spirited attempt
Humble has not only discontinued its Android download app, but if you manually download its Android games, a number of them download as zip files that have to be renamed to .apk before you can install them.
I miss pre-IGN/ZD Humble.
Huh, Pokémon Go works on /e/ OS. Cool!
And yes, I am aware of the irony of installing spyware on my de-spywared phone. But this one has gratuitously cute virtual cockfighting on it!
Okay, who the fuck called the new Covid variant Eris, and do they know the meaning of the phrase "asking for trouble"?
nostr:npub1y5hmf467svdjc8e6hunt43a5t5x6hv37vqtjk7lmq76rpkv40vqsul7m3c ooooh, i love that music, good job! :D
oh, and thank you, of course :d
nostr:npub1463cytykcesu2zf48s3g3ps608fyfaz7ec2k2ec45x79rmhyet3smq00qn high fives in mutual admiration society
Some hastily thrown-together instruments later, the HOG demo still has no hidden objects, but does have music.
Going to make/grab some satisfying clicks for it later.
(Art by nostr:npub1463cytykcesu2zf48s3g3ps608fyfaz7ec2k2ec45x79rmhyet3smq00qn - you should commission him, btw.)
#gamedev #HiddenObjectGames
Spitfire Audio: "Your operating system is not supported, please try again using Windows 7 or higher, or Mac OS 10.10 or higher"
Me: changes useragent string
Spitfire: Hah! But our app is for Windows!
Me: Your app is for Bottles.
Spitfire: you'll need Kontakt!
Yabridge: Exists.
Me: Emits sinister music
_Tools used: _
Useragent string changer: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/
Bottles: https://usebottles.com/download/
yabridge: https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge/releases
A step-by-step by this hero: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/comments/vj9gmw/comment/j7t08p0/
#AudioProduction #MIDI #Linux
My Hidden Object Game now has the key characteristics of a Hidden Object Game, in that you can click on stuff and have it disappear!
Still need to implement counters and a win condition.
And make levels in which objects are actually... hidden.
If you're wondering about the inordinately spectacular art, all my placeholder graphics are by nostr:npub1463cytykcesu2zf48s3g3ps608fyfaz7ec2k2ec45x79rmhyet3smq00qn - the pumpkins were part of some commissioned work, while the background one of his CC0 images that you can download for free at https://ko-fi.com/lashman
#ScreenshotSaturday #HiddenObjectGames #gamedev #GodotEngine