A screenshot from Daddy Dating Sim. Five smiling men, dressed in casual clothing, stand on a background of woods at night, lit by a fire. From left to right, the men are hispanic, African American, a redheaded caucasian, a bald caucasian, and Chinese.

– Daddy Dating Game by @bobcgames

Four Years of People Making Games#

peoplemaking.games was founded four years ago in April 2022 by @esdin, coincidentally within a day of sunny.garden also going online. There were of course many of us thinking along similar lines at the time… let’s get away from that other place.

I’m glad that I’ve had the opportunity to keep things rolling for the past year and hopefully many more! – @brook

Mastodon Updates & Maintenance#

Mastodon v4.5.9 was released containing some minor fixes.

The server was rebooted for scheduled maintenance once since it had been almost a year since kernel updates had been applied… and then again a couple of weeks later to apply the kernel patch resolving the recently discovered Copy Fail exploit.

Costs and Donations#

Cost spreadsheet, text follows.

Expand Costs Table
peoplemaking.games April 2026 0.74
CAD USD
Main Server 12-32GB-512GB -$50 -$37
Media (OVH) 190 GB -$8 -$6
Media (Wasabi) 48 GB -$11 -$8
Backups 85 GB -$1 -$1
Domain Name $37/yr -$3 -$2
DNS $30/yr -$3 -$2
Email -$5 -$4
Patreon $121 $89
Monthly Totals
Previous Balance $469 $345
Expenses -$81 -$60
Donations $121 $89
Balance $509 $375

Thank you to everyone that has donated through Patreon. There’s no obligation that you donate in order to use the server, but it is most appreciated!

– Brook