Small but handy update today! While Josh has been deep in the feed overhaul, he fixed something that wasn’t working correctly and added something that was missing.
You can now ignore reviews for a specific project, where previously you could only ignore all reviews for that content category. You can also ignore reviews by a specific person, which was buggy before.
If you previously set your feed to ignore all reviews, you can undo that via your feed settings, if you’d rather ignore reviews on a project-by-project basis.
There was another bug where if you had a rule set for something that no longer exists, it could break your feed settings page. Now the page will load properly and you’ll see the rule with a missing item. A future update will auto-remove the rule if the associated item doesn’t exist.
Josh has bigger feed changes in the works but it’s all back-end stuff that will improve performance and long-term viability. Jim has been deep in the project system and text editor backend, which will solve a number of ongoing bugs and make things easier to manage moving forward. The “necessary but not glamorous” work continues! There is more delightful stuff we’re hoping will come later this year.
Flash Forward winners are up next! If you’ve been wanting new stuff made with Flash, look no further.
Pico Day is this Saturday, May 18th and there are two meetups:
Friday, May 17th - Pico Day NJ Meetup
Saturday, May 18th - Dublin, Ireland Meetup
Attention Star Control 2 Fans!
@Xenomorphian brought it to my attention that the original team behind Star Control 2 is hosting a Kickstarter to make a new game, alongside a new game engine they'll be letting people use. They've hit many of their goals but Xenomorphian noted they haven't reached their Voice Acting stretch goal yet. My brother Wade and I put a lot of hours into battling it out in the Star Control 2 VS mode so I'd be remiss to not give this Kickstarter a plug!
Other News
Check out the Best of April!
May - Lowspec Jam 2 month-long game jam.
May 15th - Sonic’s 33rd Art Collab deadline.
May 17th - Ghost Collab deadline.
May 18th - World Goth Day Collab deadline.
May 18th - Pico Day
May 20th - Kart Collab deadline.
May 24th - Pickle Collab deadline.
May 31st - Subspace Emissary Art Collab join deadline.
May 31st - Fartmania High Score Contest deadline.
June 2nd - Dreamcast Collab extended deadline.
June 5th - NGTV Summer Bash deadline.
June 6th - Arcade Pixel Art Mockup Zone Collab deadline.
June 8th - OneyPlays Sonic Shorts deadline.
June 17th - Art Inspired Music Contest deadline.
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.
July 7th - Concert of Love deadline.
July 11th - Christmas in July Collab deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
July 20th - Subspace Emissary Art Collab deadline.
July 26th - NG Summer Smash Meetup in Wildwood, NJ.
August - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event.
August 3rd - Short Short Fest at Marty Magee's in Prospect Park, PA - Open for Submissions!
August 9th - Short Short Fest at Capri Drive-In in Coldwater, MI - Open for Submissions!
October 12st - Brainrot Scam Ad Collab deadline.
November 1st - Nintendo DS Collab deadline.
