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buckysbears:buckysbears:buckysbears:buckysbears:buckysbears:buckysbears:A New Morning an educational game by autistics - for everyone happy autism acceptance month 2020! i am happy to announce that i am releasing my educational game, a new morning, now with new features, custom graphics, and custom music! in a new morning you play as bee, an autistic child getting ready for school. the goal of the game is to get ready without losing too much energy (spoons). the game is meant to teach people about autism in a fun, interactive format. both people who don’t know much about autism and autism community veterans can learn something from this game! the game must be approached from an autistic perspective - you never know what might make you lose spoons! but that’s okay - learning is the main goal. “mistakes” are encouraged, and dialogue trees may be taken multiple times features: game design, art, music, and beta testing by autistic folks 15 minute play time (windows only - sorry!) 25 interactive objects with a log of found and not yet found items3 original music compositions by @originshippingandautismno video game skills necessary! includes community knowledge, lived experience, and statistics sourced from recent studies learn about stimming, special interests, sensory overload, service animals, and more! ***for the month of april, half of all tips on my kofi will go to the autistic self advocacy network, and the autistic women & nonbinary network*** link to kofi & website to download to be added in just a minute! both of these are also on the sidebar on my blog! you ARE ALLOWED to use this game in classroom settings, please let me know if you do as i would be overjoyed! please boost if you can & have a great autism acceptance month!! since this is already a long post, detailed image descriptions under the cut: Keep readingwebsite to download kofi every donation and boost is appreciated! if i make enough money i will get rpg maker mv, which will let me make more free games like this for mac & smartphones as well! i am currently unemployed because of covid so every dollar helps! i am over halfway to my goal of getting the next game developer program!! so far we’ve raised $50 for autistic led advocacy organizations! thank you everyone who’s boosted and donated! one week left where half of donations will go to ASAN and AWN! raised $126 so far, thank you so much everyone!! signal boosts much appreciated! last day! half of donations will be donated tomorrow! [ID: two screenshots of web browsers. the first is from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network website saying “thank you, luka vorona, for supporting our organization! you donated $32″. the second is a screenshot of a paypal screen saying “you’ve sent $32 USD to Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network Inc”. end ID] TIME ISN’T REAL AND I MAJORLY PROCRASTINATED ON THIS - but big big thank you to everyone who shared, supported, and donated!! i managed to get the game development program, so as soon as my new desktop gets here i’ll be able to start on my next game! that one is going to be a much bigger undertaking, but i will also make it free to play. the mission is to share knowledge and fun! THANK YOU EVERYONE! i’ve decided that any further donations will continue to be split between @autisticadvocacy and @awn-network. they’re great organizations and deserve all the support they can get! -- source link
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