They are a flavor that we crave and miss. It’s like these memories we hold onto about games (basically nostalgia), translates to art tools too. That there’s a craving for that interaction you get when creating with weirder software. That people still seek out these old programs. It says a lot that things like Kid Pix are still talked about. Small tools by small devs, made to serve a specific creative niche, bring me back to my earliest memories of creating stuff on a computer with these silly edutainment programs, or things like Mario Paint ( which I regularly gush over in my posts). To me, they remind me why it’s fun to make stuff on a computer. These things are like a breath of fresh air. We see genuine enthusiasm for quirky artistic tools… things that you could basically call a creative “toy”. The level of interest that exists for freeware and shareware tools (in general, tools made by small creators) is really exciting to me. Some months ago I asked if there was interest in another one of these, and yes. This is a followup to my first post where I talked about the wonderful world of tools and art toys that exists outside the mainstream. Exploring the beautiful worlds of games made with “RPG in a Box”. ![]() The open-source no-code world of GDevelop (if you miss browser Flash games, this is keeping that dream alive!).The GDevelop Game Jam #3 is here (with prizes!) and I’m honored to be a judge….A curation of beautiful thoughtful poetic silly and queer zines made with the Electric Zine Maker. ![]()
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