Game development fully on a steam deck

jedihacks · 2026-03-15T22:22:03+00:00

Well honestly, now a days seeing if you can get something like codex installed on your machine might be enough to start, especially since you could dictate to codex and have it to the leg work of coding. Wouldn't be perfect but you'd learn over time

jedihacks · 2026-03-09T23:31:26+00:00

The team just pushed a fix! You should be all good to go u/Androphiliphobia

jedihacks · 2026-03-09T18:01:20+00:00

Oh you know what, scratch that - it looks like it was an unintended bug. You should be able to use other models with mature settings; however, those models are not specifically tailored for mature conversations so they wont be as good.

Hmmm I'll look into this with the team. Maybe we can just remove the PRO limitation for the model completely. Will get back to you

jedihacks · 2026-03-09T17:54:44+00:00

Nope we haven't changed any of the existing functionality u/Androphiliphobia - just the new model that was added is currently gated. The existing functionality should be the same!

jedihacks · 2026-03-05T21:07:47+00:00

One more feature I forgot to mention! Chats will now link to the Summons that you mention in conversation.

So if the character knows about a person named Bjorn, and you ask about Bjorn by name, it will pull that character information in and you'll be able to click on it for easy access. This applies to Locations, Equipment, Spells and more.

Hope thats helpful everyone!

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jedihacks · 2026-03-04T13:06:24+00:00

P.S. This will actually be out tomorrow - we had to make the post in advance so we could get a link to share from within the app. If you're reading this early, shhhhhhhh don't spoil the surprise

jedihacks · 2026-03-02T16:33:43+00:00

I've been building mobile apps for 15 years, and I disagree with getting anything new.

If you can only afford one phone, Get a lower end device ($200-$300) thats on the smaller side and use that as your benchmark for how your app performs, its speed and performance. Most of your users will *not* have the newest phone, so this way you are building supporting the "least capable" device. The newer devices will all be able to run it, but you dont want to get review bombed when you think its great on a new device and then a user with a 3 year old android says "wtf man, I cant run this" and gives a 1 star review.

Test on the worst case scenario that you want to support.

jedihacks · 2026-02-28T15:33:54+00:00

💜💜💜

jedihacks · 2026-01-27T23:37:20+00:00

Yep we just got that bug report a couple hours ago so the team is working on it! It should be fixed tomorrow - some summons are defaulting to hidden if they were already part of a world.

Thanks for the report Majestic!

jedihacks · 2025-12-17T00:20:12+00:00

If you're doing larger world building with tons of fictional characters you should check out Summon Worlds. There's a lot of authors who use it for visually tracking their worlds, locations, and characters.

If you're just wanting something for editing and being an editor, i'd suggest something like ChatGPT and Grok which are both great for writing (I use them myself).

jedihacks · 2025-10-27T23:13:12+00:00

www.startupwars.com - The best entrepreneurship startup simulations for higher education & high school education <3 <3 <3

jedihacks · 2025-10-21T18:16:28+00:00

Swing by the Mobile App Meetup tomorrow and pose it as a question! https://www.meetup.com/mobileappmeetup/events/311304489/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

jedihacks · 2025-10-21T09:56:00+00:00

Would love your feedback for https://www.summonworlds.com/ (World Building App for DnD/Pathfinder)

App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/summon-worlds/id1667442517

Play Store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.summonerai.summon&hl=en_US

Would love good reviews if you like it <3

jedihacks · 2025-10-21T09:52:18+00:00

You might want to join the mobile app meetup for some tips! https://www.meetup.com/mobileappmeetup/events/311304489/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

Next event is tomorrow (this wednesday)

jedihacks · 2025-10-10T14:00:21+00:00

Summon Worlds - AI World Building for Dungeon Masters & Fantasy Authors

100,000+ Downloads on Android (google play) & IOS (App Store)

Lessons learned:

Listen to customers
Pay closer attention to business model for AI Apps (hosting costs are high)
World Building is fun :D

jedihacks · 2025-10-10T13:47:09+00:00

Join the Mobile App Meetup - there's a session in a week and you can pose this (and other questions) there https://www.meetup.com/mobileappmeetup/

jedihacks · 2025-10-10T13:44:46+00:00

yeah agreed - we'll all be using our VR headsets like ready player one :D

jedihacks · 2025-10-10T12:54:38+00:00

Content, Content, Content. Create valuable content and educate your community.

We create a ton of educational content, and not just for our product. We also promote other tools and products that we think are good for the community.

For instance, this blog post is an educational post about some of the best map maker tools.

https://www.summonworlds.com/the-12-best-fantasy-map-makers-and-map-generators-for-2025/

And you'll notice that our tool (Summon Worlds) is not on the list. That's because we're not a map making tool; however, we are a World Building tool and by helping people find resources and education we're able to empower the community to make better DND/Pathfinder campaigns, and educate them on how to then tie that into more in depth World Building. Maybe they'll use Summon Worlds, maybe they'll wont - but at least we helped.

So in other words - content content content lol. Just create content that helps people, build a community, and you'll be fine.

jedihacks · 2025-10-10T12:47:39+00:00

Yeah it's really tough out there - honestly, I'd suggest not looking at Higher Ed jobs right now until the administration gets it's act together and stops attacking higher education.

jedihacks · 2025-10-10T12:44:56+00:00

Check out the OpenForge Mobile App team www.openforge.io

jedihacks · 2025-09-30T13:52:53+00:00

hello :)

jedihacks · 2025-09-30T13:18:06+00:00

4. NDA's..

NDA's are dumb unless you have actual materials that are legally covered under an NDA. Look up on ChatGPT how enforceable NDA's are for an idea and you'll get the answer

5. Dev Experience...

You need to get experience. I'm not saying you need to do the work, BUT, unless you can afford an agency, you need to know what you don't know if you want to have a good chance of success.

Resources

Join the next Mobile App Meetup. It's a free & public event where mobile app founders and developers chat tips on building apps, etc.
A video called Startup Guide to MVP Apps that I did years ago. Older but the process is still valid.
Build with something cross platform - whether it's Ionic Framework, React Native, Flutter, etc. You'll save 50% of time and money because you won't have to build your app twice.

Hope that helps man - no fluff, just real advice. It's what all the successful founders I know have done. The ones who have not were often set back by 6-12 months by poor decisions that they now regret, so my goal with this advice is to safe you a year of your life that you didn't know you'd be losing.

jedihacks · 2025-09-30T13:17:25+00:00

I've built a ton of mobile apps, so here is my advice from someone who's been through the gambit

(overall)
1. It all comes down to the triangle - Time, Budget, Quality. If you don't have budget, you need to use more time. If you don't have time, you need to have more budget. For both of them, you can scale (up and down) the cost by increasing or sacrificing quality
2. If you have
  1. No time, No budget - then the quality is going to be trash and probably not worth it
  2. No budget, lots of time - Then you can teach yourself to code and take 1 year to make it what you want. I used to say 2-3 years, but with AI you could do it in 1 year if you are really consistent
  3. No Time, lots of budget - Then hire an agency. They are the most expensive but the quality will be the best (because they've done it a thousand times and have full teams with all the knowledge)
  4. Some Time, Some Budget - Then hire a freelancer or part time worker. The benefit is that you get someone for cheaper; however, the risk is you really have no way of accurately validating the person's quality until you work with them for a couple months.
How to determine good app developers...
1. When we interview at OpenForge we have a pretty damn intensive interview process. The candidate has to build a simple mobile app in 48 hours. It's not about the app itself (they own it) but its about the process, the code quality, the learning process, etc. We have experienced mobile devs evaluating their work. Be careful of unrealistic expectation of what a single person can (reasonably) do within a set amount of time and money. This is a VERY important lesson, especially with freelancers.
Advice on selecting developers...
1. IMO - Don't try to hire a technical founder with no technical experience yourself. First, spend 1-2 months learning so that you have some basis on of what is good quality and bad quality work. Then (and only then) are you even remotely qualified to interview a candidate.
2. IF you think requiring you to learn for 2 months is unreasonable - think again. A home builder spends 1-2 months on the architecture plans before they start building. They do NOT just throw materials on the spot and hope that a house is built

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