#introduction
Hello,
I'm new to this server!

Motley Pixels is a solo indie games studio from Tasmania Australia.

With one game on Steam - Gravity Flux, a 2D local multiplayer game where gravity changes.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2072520/Gravity_Flux/

Currently have some other games in the works, such as Wizards with Rockets and FPS Fanatic. Likely to be released on itch.io
https://motley-pixels.itch.io/

I participate in many local Tasmanian game jams, occasionally some online ones.

Also a member and board member of Tas Game Makers - https://tasgamemakers.com/

Finally hopping on to Mastodon, secretly my favourite social media platform.

#gamedev #indiedev #tasmania #australia

oh look, a new luxe dev log!

dev log #15 - try luxe now!

As we continue to wrap up our goals for a wider release we're happy to note that you can try luxe already!

Read all about it in dev log #15!

https://luxeengine.com/dev-log-15/

#gamedev #createwithluxe #luxeengine

I love Geoffrey Golden’s insight on how the Muppets resist Disney’s stock power fantasies: “We are all weirdos. We are all chaotic…We want to express ourselves, but we don’t always know how. We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. Being a Muppet isn’t a fantasy. We are all Muppets.”

The first of what should be a monthly series of status updates on the state of the server, hosting costs, donations, etc. :astro:

Under new management! Server upgrades!

https://hub.peoplemaking.games/2025/06/05/devlog-may-2025/

#PeopleMakingGames

sunny.garden May review :blobclipboard:

database maintenance; mastodon update; peoplemaking.games; hosting costs and donations;

https://hub.sunny.garden/2025/06/05/the-sunny-gardener-may-2025/

#SunnyGardenAdmin

Update! We have a final bundle roster that's being processed by itchio. The timing is out of our control once we hand it to them. Please sign up to be notified when the bundle does go on sale and how you can help us boost it.

https://buttondown.com/delbert

AI coding tools are currently good at the first 80% of software development, which is putting bugs in. Not so great at the second 80%, which is taking them out again.

the draw to gamedev at all ages is simple bc you never stop wanting to put a little guy on the screen

For pride month we're running our deepest discount on Kitsune Tails yet: 30% off, available on both Steam and itch!

Get your gay fox girl game now via https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

@CareLevelZero server was upgraded this week, so hopefully should be much more stable going forward. Let me know if you run into any more issues.

@CareLevelZero also a fan of the Hoshino Coffee katsu sando, and their souffle pancakes.

@spodlife we didn't buy it, but I am kind of curious now... might pick it up and give it a try :meowThinkingSunglass:

Making sure image uploads are still working right. Here's some "Mexican" yakisoba we saw in the shop yesterday.

Going to try swapping over our S3 media storage from Wasabi to OVH. There might be some image loading hiccups for the next few minutes.

UPDATE: switch over complete, and things appear to be working smoothly. images that were posted just before the switch might take a few more minutes to finish syncing over.

#PeopleMakingGames

I've switched PMG over to using a caching proxy to serve media, which will allow us to switch storage providers in the future without the media URLs changing, as well as saving bandwidth costs.

If you're using the web interface, you may need to refresh the page for images load correctly.

#PeopleMakingGames

The Translate feature has been re-enabled using a locally hosted LibreTranslate server :goose_honk:

Elasticsearch has also been reinstalled and full text search should be working again.

#PeopleMakingGames

The next release of Mastodon will have features to better support communities in different jurisdictions around the world - multi-lingual rules translations, terms of service, and optional minimum age requirements for sign-up. You can learn more in our latest blog post. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/legal-features-updates/

@maize :ameowbongo:

Well, the server migration took 8 hours, but peoplemaking.games is back online and running on much faster hardware! :astro:

There are some features which haven't been re-enabled yet, such as full text search and translation. Those will come back over the next few days, but they shouldn't require any more downtime.

If you notice anything else that isn't working the way you expect, please let me know.

#PeopleMakingGames #MastoAdmin

In order to address the performance issues as soon as possible, I'm planning on migrating the peoplemaking.games server to new hardware tomorrow. :astro:

Based on my testing so far, copying the database off the old server is going to take a while, and it will have to be offline during that time, so I expect the server will be offline for approximately 6 hours, starting around the times listed below:

PDT May 28, 18:00
EDT May 28, 21:00
UTC May 29, 01:00
JST May 29, 10:00

Sorry for the extended interruption, but hopefully once this maintenance is complete, things should be a lot more stable and any remaining work should require minimal downtime.

Let me know if you have any questions, and I'll post further updates if there are any changes to the schedule.

#PeopleMakingGames #MastoAdmin