Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

7/8/2025, 4:34:23 PM

Public

ME: Modern game development is too complicated and contains frustrating details that detract from the work! I'm going to make a game for the original game boy! This will be fast-paced and rewarding

ME, ONE WEEK LATER: Why isn't my OAMRAM object displaying :(

Spindley Q Frog @SpindleyQ@gamemaking.social

7/8/2025, 4:50:00 PM

Quiet public

@mcc the appeal of retroprogramming isn't that the arbitrary obstacles are less finicky or obnoxious - it's that there is a finite number of them, there is a human-scale reason they exist, and they won't change halfway through your project

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