With my stimulus money many months ago I bought a gaming PC. This was my first gaming related purchase since 2013. (GTAV for 360, my last console) Over the first part of the pandemic I spent a lot of time indoors with my gamer roommates and played some games I had missed but what really inspired me to get a PC was the idea of modding and potentially developing games. When the hobby was new I got really into it, aided by ADHD hyperfocus and some amphetamines from a friend, but inevitably burned out.
My main two projects were a 16bit 2D sidescroller starring my cat that I was making in Stencyl (discovered after falling in love with an indie game made in it [Skateride]) and Making modded maps for SkaterXL (I got pretty good at modeling but I'm still vexed about textures and working with them between blender and unity projects)
AAAAANNNNYYYYway all of that to say who else here does game stuff? I want to get back into it and perhaps collaborate on some games with a commie lens, if anyone needs pixel art/animation or blender models?
I think its use in exploration-based games has settler colonialist roots: historically, such bases in lands being explored were set up to establish dominance over the land, expand the reach of the setter culture, and act as strongpoints against indigenous resistance.
That's not to say that nobody should play games with base building, but it would be at odds with what I was going for if the player was dropping fortresses all over the planet.
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