Ah, you are right, I installed Element from the Google store (using Aurora).

But Mastodon is from F-Droid and it uses Google notification service, I just checked.

I think Mastodon and Element use Google’s push notification service.

I have microG installed, and both apps show up as registered for cloud messaging.

All the mentioned repositories are located at https://github.com/projectharmonia. The game repository with my previous attempt is at https://github.com/projectharmonia/project_harmonia, which I plan to move to a separate archived branch since I’ll start from scratch. As I mentioned in the post, I’m currently finishing the remaining work on the crates I’ll need for the game while waiting for Bevy 0.17 🙂 The name “Project Harmonia” was just a placeholder; I’ll be renaming both the game repository and the organization to “Simgine” today.

Yes, being able to work on it full time would be a dream! Right now, I work on it in my free time after my full-time job, but I want to write an MVP first before considering any fundraising.

Yeah, I’ll definitely try to scale it down as much as possible!

Right now I considering using a mesh with morphs just to provide a proper API for character customization. I don’t expect this particular part to be that hard. The mentioned MakeHuman is FOSS, so I could use it as a reference.

I also don’t think it will be incredibly generic. It’ll be focused on life simulation, so it wouldn’t be a good choice for something like an RPG. This lets me scale the project down even further — and a narrower API will be simpler as well.

Thanks for the honest opinion!

Thanks!

Yes, I’ll definitely maintain a few mods. Not only are they useful as references, but actually using the API helps me improve it. I’m planning to use free models because I need to test things like clothing and morphing. Plus, the showcases look better this way 🙂

Also AFAIK there are vacuums with only Bluetooth connectivity to configure them from a phone, with no Wi-Fi and cloud bullshit.

Thanks, I will take a look! But I think it’s stills requires using a proprietary app for a phone, right? What I liked about Valetudo is they provide their own app.

Interesting observation!

Honestly, I’d buy a phone with RK3588S, but $1,300 is overkill. I’d rather much prefer to downscale other specs to make it around 400-500$.

Here is the comparison with Tensor G4.

RK3588S is a bit slower then Snapdragon 865, which is 5 year old.

I think RK3588S is nowhere near Pixel 9 CPU.

Awesome progress! What Linux phones do you use?

I have a PinePhone Pro, but it’s quite low-end…

Great news, I also found Plamo a bit sluggish in the past! Will give it a go!

Welcome aboard!

Never got a virus or at least I don’t know about it 😅 But always install packages from official repositories or AUR (but I usually inspect PKGBUILDS for unpopular stuff).

Ah, I thought it’s about Valve’s Proton 😅

It’s the code of the original game. If you build it, you will get the same version as the original. It also maybe work a bit faster due to modern compiler optimizations.

But leaked source code could potential lead to a maintained fork that improves the original game like https://github.com/OpenXRay