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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 8h

So we finished #Psychonauts 1, and I said I wouldn't do Rhombus of Ruin for two weeks.

It turns out it's a very short game, so I will actually have time to do it next Wednesday after all!

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 14h

Can we just take a moment to appreciate this comedy gold from twitch.tv/Hanaconda_Aquaponics (who you should definitely follow)

Screenshot from a Twitch stream of a VTuber reading a visual novel. The artwork is a dark green ominous hallway.
Text: "The moment he enters the house, stale air thich with mold and dust fills Koji's nostrils. It is the unmistakable smell of a house that has long lain untouched.
There is also a faint hint of something else in the air, something reminiscent of damp sewers and fetid cisterns"

Comment from Hanaconda: "It's Joanne's house"

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 18h

I think I need recommendations for a shortish visual novel that's actually cute, fun and wholesome. (Kemomimi is a bonus)

Kemono Teatime was supposed to be my palate cleanser between Danganronpa V3 and Saya no Uta. It was genuinely brilliant but not what I was after at that specific time

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 1d

So... that was... a lot

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 1d

The guy who made Madoka Magica made a highly regarded horror visual novel 22 years ago. I know little about it but am going to check it out.

Please read the content warnings!

twitch.tv/LumKitty

#VTuber #ENVTuber #VTuberEN #Catgirl #Horror #VisualNovel #Twitch #Stream #Streamer #SmallStreamer

LumKitty - Twitch

[CW:18+/gore/horror] First Play - The Madoka Magica guy made a VN, let's check it out!

twitch.tv

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 2d

How in the everloving fuck has one of the hooks used to attach my VR cable pulleys to the ceiling ended up tangled in my hair after that Beat Saber stream?!

None of the hooks are missing from my ceiling!

What the heck, physics!

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 2d

Ofcom are attempting to fine 4chan, a company with zero assets in the UK and zero fucks given. Imgur have geoblocked the UK, and Discord age verification images got hacked

#OnlineSafetyAct performing about as well as expected then

Time to get a VPN and just ignore the Great Wall of Starmer

#UKPol

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 3d

A comment during stream, about my timer being limited to 60 minutes (5 digits).

"Good job it's a stream starting timer, and not a marathon timer".

I probably ought to support longer timers at some point, shouldn't I?

Fuck

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 3d

StreamStartingTimer v1.0-RC1 is out
- Added a bunch of error checking, alerts & QOL
- Ability to amend the time from the commandline or Stream Deck
- Tested and fixed a whole bunch of stuff
- Option to disable VNyan and/or MixItUp connections if you don't use them

lum.uk/SST

#VTuberTech

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 3d

They are great little machines. This particular example is over 40 years old, and it's needed zero work, it just keeps running. (I did, however, replace the electrolytic capacitors in the PSU as a precautionary measure).

Had some fantastic games on the system too!

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ISS Piss Tracker @iss-piss-tracker.bsky.social · 8d

The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 9d

Pushed out a quick update to 0.7b - It turns out the Spout2 sender I'm using no-longer requires OpenGL, so I removed the dependency on OpenTK.GLControl and no-longer initialise OpenGL at all.

This means the timer starts much faster and the EXE has dropped from over 9MB to under 4MB

LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 10d

0.7 of my Stream Starting Timer is out, and unless there's any issues I haven't spotted, this will become RC1 next week. Changes are all internal

- Automate events in #VNyan and #MixItUp (e.g. Twitch ads)
- Use images as your clock font
- Spout2 output
- 100% FOSS, no monetisation

#VTuberTech

Screenshot of a Windows application showing a timer (time: 4:20)
Overlayed over it is a transparent pixel art purple & cyan clock showing the same time

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 10d

Changes:
- Convert images to RGBA at load time instead of run-time
- Only re-draw digits that have actually changed
- VNyan and MixItUp connections moved to self contained classes
- Use data bindings for connection status labels
- Check all PNGs are present before loading an image font

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 10d

0.7 of my Stream Starting Timer is out, and unless there's any issues I haven't spotted, this will become RC1 next week. Changes are all internal

- Automate events in #VNyan and #MixItUp (e.g. Twitch ads)
- Use images as your clock font
- Spout2 output
- 100% FOSS, no monetisation

#VTuberTech

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

All times in BST (subtract 5 for EDT, 8 for PDT)

Mondays
20:00 - Beat Saber (with user song requests)

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

Tuesdays
18:00 - The Song of Saya (18+)
A 22 year old horror visual novel from the creator of Madoka Magica. I don't know too much about it and will be going in spoiler free. Content warnings for gore & psychological horror.
(Note: This is the Steam version which I'm told has been made twitch safe)

LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

Wednesdays
19:00 - Psychonauts (and sequels)
An classic platform adventure from legendary point & click creator Tim Schafer. The original now counts as Retro, which is my excuse for playing it on Wednesdays. The sequels (Rhombus of Ruin VR and Psychonauts 2) are not retro but continuing the story

LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

Thursdays
18:00 - Open collab slot
Collabs with the VNyanbassador crew, currently Peak but may include other games

Fridays
18:00 - FFXIV collabs

LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

Saturdays
13:00 - FFXIV: Shadowbringers on @LemonDingo 's channel with @Linokii, @Rywek, @UnabashedlyAsh, @Sky
18:00 - Void Stranger (EX Mode)
Delving deep into the void with some post-game ridiculously hard puzzles
22:00 - FFXIV: P10S (raid night)

LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

Sundays
18:00 - Software dev (honestly the biggest horror can be found here!)
23:00 - FFXIV: M6S (raid night)

LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 12d

It's spoopy month, and that means it's time for my spoopy schedule.

Text description, times and more details in the replies

Stream schedule for twitch.tv/LumKitty
Please see the replies to the original post for times listed in this image

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 13d

Having issues with BSky not showing a proper #Twitch thumbnail when you post? Here's how I it to work (on desktop Firefox):

First type a link to e.g.
www.twitch.tv/LumKitty (not HTTPS)
Remove the embed, edit the link and remove www e.g.
twitch.tv/LumKitty

This should give you a working embed!

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 14d

A quick 0.5a release of my Stream Starting Timer. It's the exact same binary, but a slightly older version of Spout.dll which appears to have resolved the occasional crashes on startup!

github.com/LumKitty/Str...

#VTuberTech

Release v0.5a-beta · LumKitty/StreamStartingTimer

Update: v0.5a is the exact same EXE but a slightly older version of spout.dll which appears to have resolved the random crashes: AWAS666/Spout.NETCore#1 Added new option "Show Leading Zero" to togg...

github.com

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 15d

I have just now realised that instead of loading my images and doing the pixel format conversion when I write to my OGL texture, I should convert them at load time and store them in that format. Also as the : is only written to texture once it doesn't even need to be stored!

To fix on Sunday :3

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LumKitty @lumkitty.uk · 15d

Next version I think I should add options to enable/disable the integrations with VNyan and MixItUp, so that people who only use one can still use the app.

Maybe I should look into integrations with other software like StreamerBot but that's a bit harder as I don't use it and can't test it

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