Joe
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Talking to developers by day, listening to bats by night.
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I’ve just stuck the last Bodgeham smart pass hexpansion in an envelope. Cannot believe there are (about to be) 99 of these things out in the world, I’d never opened kicad in my life 2 months ago.
It brings me so much joy that Nominet have now had to deal with not one, but two @emf@social.emfcamp.org parody governmental bodies attempting to register highly legitimate URLs. @BodgehamVillage@chaos.social and @glastonledburyshire_on_severn@fedi.semtex.net, standing together against registrars
New Coincidence (the new studio by the Zachtronics folks) game alert!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2536720/UVS_Nirmana/
Did you know that you have not yet submitted a game for the @emf@social.emfcamp.org arcade?
We have become aware that you may not be aware that you are yet to submit your game to the #emfcamp arcade.
You can correct this grave error here: https://grist.orga.emfcamp.org/forms/hSvAx5uwafxjXsna529kcx/44
So the @emf@social.emfcamp.org arcade has a stage addition this year, and we had just been planning on game dev talks and workshops. But now @jon@activitypub.blankpad.net has suggested rhythm/flashy game performances, and now I’m also thinking speed running, and anyway someone should volunteer to source/run these or submit them as content because I absolutely CANNOT get sniped into trying to do this as well
The @emf@social.emfcamp.org call for participation is open, and so are submissions for the arcade! Starting in 2024, we pivoted from an arcade of classic and retro commercial games, to a space for games makers in and adjacent to the EMF community.
We offer DIY cabinets with x86 pcs or raspberry pis for digital game makers, and have space for more bespoke mechanical and physical games and playable objects.
Just like with the CFP, makers of accepted games are guaranteed the opportunity to buy a ticket, but submitting your game to the arcade is also a great way for folks who can’t make it to the event to have a lil piece of themselves present.
You can find the Arcade submission form along with other CFP details here: https://blog.emfcamp.org/2026/03/24/emf-2026-call-for-participation/
Good news everyone! Copper tier, the self-service, <£1000, online checkout sponsorship option for @emf@social.emfcamp.org is now available! You hold a corporate card, I know you do. Go on. Stick the details in. Just a lil sponsorship. Call it learning and development spend. We won’t tell.
I host a little Computer Science Education reading club, as a chapter of https://paperswelove.org/. On Thursday, we're back with Professor Felienne Hermans, to chat about her paper "Hedy: A Gradual Language for Programming Education". All the details, and where to tune in and take part, are on our GitHub Discussions! https://github.com/papers-we-love/edu/discussions/11