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Hyper Light Drifter is receiving its own TV show led by developer Alx Preston and producer Adi Shankar, who is best known for creating the Netflix adaptations of Castlevania and upcoming Devil May Cry.

This is another example of video games being adapted for television, but it will be interesting to see how the two creatives will interpret a game with no dialogue for a new, non-interactive medium.

Preston confirmed to Polygon that he and Shankar are actively in development on the animated series based on Hyper Light Drifter, developed by his indie studio Heart Machine back in 2016 for consoles (and arriving to Switch in 2018).

“The difference between a series and a game is vast in a lot of ways,” Preson tells Polygon.

“Hyper Light as a game was pretty atmospheric and kind of overbearing at times. For a series, the question is: how do you sustain and keep your attention on a non-interactive run? Does it get really, really dark and serious? Does it have some levity?”

Preston added that he and Shankar are “leaning a lot more towards something that’s representative of the game on the style side,” but that the visuals will most likely lean towards a Japanese animation style as opposed to a literal interpretation of the game’s pixel designs.

It’s March in the gaming industry and that means we have come to another Game Developer’s Conference (GDC). We have already kicked off the week with the 2nd annual Gaming & Disability Community Reception! Hosted in partnership with Games Accessibility Conference, a one day series of talks on accessible game design from the IGDA Gaming Accessibility Special Interest Group, the crowd was bigger than ever with over 250 attendees and the conversations about how to bring gaming to more players through inclusive design were inspiring.

Held this year at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco, an innovative art and technology experience for children ages 2-12 and their families, is located just steps away from the Moscone Convention Center and GDC 2019. A few of the guests and topics that were shared at this year’s event were “Making Forza More Accessible” from Turn 10 Design Director Jon Knowles, “More Inclusive Communication With PlayFab Party” from PlayFab Program Manager Chris Palmer, and “The Xbox Adaptive Controller Story – GAconf Edition” from Microsoft Devices Inclusive Lead Bryce Johnson.

One of the missions of IGDA is to raise awareness that disability is a mismatch between a person and their environment, resulting in barriers performing day-to-day tasks, including gaming. Accessibility is a means to avoiding those unnecessary barriers, that often means to reinforce how information is communicated, and offering players some flexibility, both of which often translate into a better experience for all players.

Understanding and implementation of these principles has been growing at an exponential rate, with every year seeing many more developers making their first forays into the field and may more consolidating and building upon past experiences — this has made GDC 2019 a perfect opportunity to take stock and exchange experiences and expertise.

At Xbox, we believe that when everybody plays, we all win and we were proud to continue this new tradition of bringing together the community of people who work to make that a reality for players everywhere, and we look forward to the next time we’re able to share ideas to make gaming a better place for everyone.

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Snapshot intros are hard to write! They need to perfectly summarise all the information we gather each and every week, like the fact that Illagers now have amassed enough intelligence to open doors (congratulations!) or that you can trade in the middle of a raid. They should also act as a lighthearted segue into all that heavy information that are the bug fixes. Add a fair portion of memes, and you have the perfect Wednesday read! Since I’ve already rambled long enough, I can’t provide the latter. Oh well, maybe next week?

A full summary of the content available in this snapshot can be found in the changelog on Minecraft.net.

• Revamped trading UI
• Ringing bells now reveals all nearby mobs that can appear in raids
• Fixed bugs

• MC-121282 – Server icons erased on loading multiplayer menu
• MC-139017 – Rain goes through blocks when upgrading world from older versions
• MC-139273 – Destroying sugar cane from bottom doesn’t destroy the sugar canes one at a time
• MC-139506 – Lanterns can be duplicated with pistons
• MC-139763 – Client logs warning “Ignoring chunk since it’s not in the view range” while moving in world
• MC-141598 – Chunks won’t load in LAN world if the host isn’t nearby
• MC-142192 – Pistons can conduct redstone signal while retracting
• MC-145638 – Minecarts defy gravity
• MC-145687 – Banner patterns are inconsistently named
• MC-145696 – “Globe” shield is broken
• MC-145790 – Missing Translations: The “block.minecraft.banner.globe./colour/” banners are missing their translation
• MC-145813 – Chunks past a certain point (multiplayer cache?) fail to load when client render distance is less than server view distance.
• MC-145869 – The discount price overlaps the second item
• MC-146070 – Bossbar notch opacity messed up when more than one bossbar is active
• MC-146080 – Quartz Block Texture
• MC-146202 – Detector rail duplication
• MC-146432 – Moving glass hurts entities
• MC-146777 – You can’t unselect resource packs
• MC-146778 – World completely stops loading/generating
• MC-146783 – Ticking entity crash (villager)
• MC-146790 – Mob spawners no longer spawn mobs in air blocks
• MC-146795 – Crash when creating buffet world

• Accessibility button is now available on the title screen
• Accessibility and narration improvements
• Raid tweaks
• Bugfixes

RAIDS

Raids now follow a set pattern based on difficulty to determine the exact number of groups that will spawn as part of the raid: Easy – 3 Normal – 5 Hard – 7

If you or your fellow village mates brought more than one level of Bad Omen into the village during the raid or at the initial trigger of the raid, then you will experience a bonus wave equivalent to the final base wave you would normally see for your difficulty. Ex: Bad Omen levels 2-5 would experience 4 waves on easy, where the fourth wave is the same as the third.

BAD OMEN:

You can now get up to Bad Omen 5, and you only get 1 Bad Omen at a time from killing a captain. Each person that brings Bad Omen into the village will increase the Bad Omen level of the raid on that village up to Bad Omen 5. A higher level of bad omen means a higher chance that the enemies you face will have enchanted weapons.

HERO OF THE VILLAGE:

You now get an effect called Hero of the Village after successfully defending your village from a raid! The level of this effect that you get is equivalent to the Bad Omen level of the village that was raided. This effect will last for ~2 in game days and will give you great discounts on trades, with the discount dependent on the level of the effect. Villagers will also show their gratitude, so look out for your new fans in the village after you save them!

BELL CHANGES:

If the bell is rung, villagers will run into a random nearby home and hide for a short time.

OTHER CHANGES:

• All Illagers can now open doors, but Vindicators will still chop them down if they feel like it
• All raid waves have been rebalanced, with certain waves more heavy on specific mobs than other waves and the earlier waves being significantly less easy than the later waves.
• Evokers will spawn in waves 5-7, as opposed to just in the final wave before
• Raiders are much better at going door-to-door now, and seek to be constantly moving during raids, always looking into houses to try and find villagers
• Villagers now sweat all the time during raids, not just when you try to trade with them
• Also you can trade with villagers during raids again!

• MC-132313 – Buttons and levers can be placed on the bottom of hoppers
• MC-137467 – Ender dragon does not spawn if render distance is set to 10 or below
• MC-139376 – Crash when putting spaces and clicking on “Done” in the jigsaw GUI
• MC-139798 – Bad Omen disappears upon entering villages in spectator mode
• MC-141009 – Clicking “done” on a Jigsaw disconnects client on dedicated server
• MC-141358 – Tridents have the SoundEvent tag, but don’t use it
• MC-145758 – Villagers constantly breeding but don’t produce baby villagers
• MC-146282 – Entering Command Block UI Causes All Music to Stop
• MC-146346 – Backup world file saved without .zip
• MC-146350 – Splash water bottles do not put out fires
• MC-146353 – Structure integrity does not work, RNG runs for all blocks at once
• MC-146359 – Crash whilst rendering overlay
• MC-146360 – Exiting bed always puts the player or villager in blocks
• MC-146367 – Hostile mobs spawning on glass
• MC-146377 – Beacon UI is nonresponsive and doesn’t allow you to change the beacon effect
• MC-146380 – After sleeping in a bed, the player always spawns on top of it if there are no blocks next to it
• MC-146381 – Sleeping in a bed always resets the player’s spawn point to the world spawn point
• MC-146387 – Monsters spawning on leaves during night time
• MC-146454 – Eating food no longer plays the burp sound
• MC-146470 – Entities in forceloaded or world spawn chunks cannot be selected
• MC-146594 – Villager babies don’t have biome-specific skin
• MC-146707 – Splash text in main menu changes every time you resize the Minecraft window

Today sees the latest major Nintendo release finally launch on Switch, this time in the form of Yoshi’s Crafted World. A new launch trailer (with a Yoshi vocal track to accompany it, no less) has been posted to celebrate.

You likely know all about this one by now, but Yoshi’s new adventure has you jumping, ground-pounding, fluttering, and egg-laying in a brand new world made of everyday objects. You’ll be exploring each stage to grab every last collectable and then finding even more secrets by making your way through the stage backwards on the flip side.

If you want to learn more about the game before picking it up for yourself, make sure to read through our full review right here. If you’re more of a watching-type rather than a reader, we’ve even translated the entire thing into video format for you below. Because we’re lovely like that.

You can pick it up right now from the eShop for £49.99 / $59.99, or physically from stores such as Amazon (£44 / $59.99). Or, if you’re a mega Yoshi fan, the Nintendo UK Store has a bundle including the game and a Yoshi egg backpack for £59.99.

Will you be playing Yoshi’s new adventure? Let us know in the comments.

The Fedora OS is comfortable and easy for lots of users. It has a stunning desktop that makes it easy to get everyday tasks done. Under the hood is all the power of a Linux system, and the terminal is the easiest way for power users to harness it. By default terminals are simple and somewhat limited. However, a terminal multiplexer allows you to turn your terminal into an even more incredible powerhouse. This article shows off some popular terminal multiplexers and how to install them.

Why would you want to use one? Well, for one thing, it lets you logout of your system while leaving your terminal session undisturbed. It’s incredibly useful to logout of your console, secure it, travel somewhere else, then remotely login with SSH and continue where you left off. Here are some utilities to check out.

One of the oldest and most well-known terminal multiplexers is screen. However, because the code is no longer maintained, this article focuses on more recent apps. (“Recent” is relative — some of these have been around for years!)

Tmux

The tmux utility is one of the most widely used replacements for screen. It has a highly configurable interface. You can program tmux to start up specific kinds of sessions based on your needs. You’ll find a lot more about tmux in this article published earlier:

Already a tmux user? You might like this additional article on making your tmux sessions more effective.

To install tmux, use the sudo command along with dnf, since you’re probably in a terminal already:

$ sudo dnf install tmux

To start learning, run the tmux command. A single pane window starts with your default shell. Tmux uses a modifier key to signal that a command is coming next. This key is Ctrl+B by default. If you enter Ctrl+B, C you’ll create a new window with a shell in it.

Here’s a hint: Use Ctrl+B, ? to enter a help mode that lists all the keys you can use. To keep things simple, look for the lines starting with bind-key -T prefix at first. These are keys you can use right after the modifier key to configure your tmux session. You can hit Ctrl+C to exit the help mode back to tmux.

To completely exit tmux, use the standard exit command or Ctrl+D keystroke to exit all the shells.

Dvtm

You might have recently seen the Magazine article on dwm, a dynamic window manager. Like dwm, dvtm is for tiling window management — but in a terminal. It’s designed to adhere to the legacy UNIX philosophy of “do one thing well” — in this case managing windows in a terminal.

Installing dvtm is easy as well. However, if you want the logout functionality mentioned earlier, you’ll also need the abduco package which handles session management for dvtm.

$ sudo dnf install dvtm abduco

The dvtm utility has many keystrokes already mapped to allow you to manage windows in the terminal. By default, it uses Ctrl+G as its modifier key. This keystroke tells dvtm that the following character is going to be a command it should process. For instance, Ctrl+G, C creates a new window and Ctrl+G, X removes it.

For more information on using dvtm, check out the dvtm home page which includes numerous tips and get-started information.

Byobu

While byobu isn’t truly a multiplexer on its own — it wraps tmux or even the older screen to add functions — it’s worth covering here too. Byobu makes terminal multiplexers better for novices, by adding a help menu and window tabs that are slightly easier to navigate.

Of course it’s available in the Fedora repos as well. To install, use this command:

$ sudo dnf install byobu

By default the byobu command runs screen underneath, so you might want to run byobu-tmux to wrap tmux instead. You can then use the F9 key to open up a help menu for more information to help you get started.

Mtm

The mtm utility is one of the smallest multiplexers you’ll find. In fact, it’s only about 1000 lines of code! You might find it helpful if you’re in a limited environment such as old hardware, a minimal container, and so forth. To get started, you’ll need a couple packages.

$ sudo dnf install git ncurses-devel make gcc

Then clone the repository where mtm lives:

$ git clone https://github.com/deadpixi/mtm.git

Change directory into the mtm folder and build the program:

$ make

You might receive a few warnings, but when you’re done, you’ll have the very small mtm utility. Run it with this command:

$ ./mtm

You can find all the documentation for the utility on its GitHub page.

These are just some of the terminal multiplexers out there. Got one you’d like to recommend? Leave a comment below with your tips and enjoy building windows in your terminal!

Photo by Michael on Unsplash.

Skype in the Classroom will celebrate Earth Day throughout the month of April to build awareness and inspire the next generation of sustainable leaders to take action.

Look no further for exciting lessons to captivate your students’ imaginations, deepen their understanding of the environmental threats our planet faces, and empower them to take action. Use our resources to lead your students through interactive virtual field trips to parks, zoos, aquariums and connect live with experts to learn about climate change, conservation, sustainability, recycling and more.

“Environmental literacy is more important than ever, and with Skype virtual field trips, we have an opportunity to educate kids and raise awareness. After a Skype session, students realize the importance of protecting the forests, the oceans and all the amazing creatures trying to survive on the planet we all live in,” says Manuela Correia, a school teacher from Portugal.

And that’s not all for this month of celebration! Skype in the Classroom partnered with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots program for a broadcast and live chat with Dr. Jane Goodall. There will be two more live broadcasts for classrooms and families to hear from Dr. Jane Goodall on how every individual’s actions can make a big impact on our planet.

The broadcasts will air on April 2^nd at 12:30 ET/17:30 UTC and April 9^th at 9:00 ET/14:00 UTC and each will be followed by a 30-minute live chat with Dr. Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots team.

You can register for free at aka.ms/janegoodall. Be sure to use the classroom preparation materials to get your students ready for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

To add to the Earth Day fun, Skype launched a collection of emoticons that you can use before, during and after your Skype sessions this month to get students excited while celebrating and learning about our planet.

The Skype team also created a Dr. Jane Goodall emoticon in honor of her Skype in the Classroom broadcasts and all the amazing work she has done to make the world a better place!

So, open your Skype, type (janegoodall) and start sharing this emoticon with your friends!

Additionally, Skype in the Classroom has collaborated with the World Wildlife Fund to launch Our Planet Live—a collection of expert speakers and virtual field trips available via Skype.  These free classroom activities are designed to build on the themes of Our Planet, the new ground-breaking nature documentary series voiced by Sir David Attenborough streaming on Netflix from April 5th. Our Planet is the story of the one place we all call home, and this collection of live classroom experiences will teach students about the different biomes and species on Earth through Skype lessons with experts from around the world. Request your session here.

We hope that you join us in celebrating Earth Day 2019 by getting involved with one or more of our activities that will bring the curriculum to life and make learning fun for your students!

And as always, share your favorite moments with our global community on Twitter (@SkypeClassroom) with #Skype2Learn #MicrosoftEDU to inspire others to connect and bring the world to their classrooms.

Ok, I am in! Are there any resources to help me get started?

1. Once you register for the broadcast event with Dr. Jane Goodall, download our step-by-step activity plan with ideas on how to prepare your class for the event.
2. If you are joining the event, don’t forget to download the student’s certificate signed by Dr. Jane Goodall herself!
3. Explore and register for one of our environmental-related Virtual Field Trips at ms/SITCearthday.
4. Download our Earth Day activity plan—full of ideas and suggestions on how to organize your Skype sessions—to guide your classroom’s celebration all month long.

How can I expand the Skype learning experiences for my students for Earth Month?

1. Explore the Flipgrid Disco Library topics featuring Dr. Jane Goodall.
2. Discover FREE hands-on Hacking STEM lessons that you can use during Earth Month to bring more environmental themed activities in your class!