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BaldSavant

@BaldSavant@mastodon.gamedev.place

✍️ Narrative Systems Designer
🧭 Quest designer and world builder
🧠 Psychology and Sociology in #GameDesign
🧙‍♂️ Wizard in need of a pointy hat

Currently @ Monolith

He/Him

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glassbottommeg, (edited ) to gamedev
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Been trying to figure out how to phrase the next era of my #GameDev / #IndieGame studio

If it's my partner and I making games, but she's a very silent artist partner and wants zero exposure, do I just roll the "single creator" angle?

It feels weird, but also a lot of single creator games sure have lots of contractors so shrug?

Like if I say "couple", EVERYONE gonna zero in on that. The angle they'll want is couple interviews. And, well. No.

BaldSavant,
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@glassbottommeg I think it's fine to say "This is a Megan Fox game" and tank the annoying aspects of the fame involved.

As long as you're not claiming you made everything yourself without any input from others because you're just that badass. Those Guys are the problem, ya know?

BaldSavant, to random
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Researching Montessori Method cause I've heard it's a good way to teach stuff, right?

As these videos go on I start to notice a pattern: "huh. I already know all this." I think to myself.

Turns out it's the same stuff as game design. Learn to design games and I guess you learn to teach kids too.

BaldSavant, to writing
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Some crunchy tips for Show v Tell, without the usual vagueness of that advice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpFbekAF1oQ

BaldSavant, to random
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2 quick minutes of advocacy for the impact stories have on our lives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHepXE7er8M

mcc, to random
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Web traffic analytics company's new figures find that at the moment Windows 10's market share is continuing to go up while Windows 11's market share is actually going down https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-reaches-70-market-share-as-windows-11-keeps-declining/

BaldSavant,
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@mcc I'm so proud of all of us for making this happen.

alabapsi, to random
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I somehow just watched The Dark Crystal for the first time

BaldSavant,
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@alabapsi OH MY GOD!!!

antimnguyen, to random
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Excuse me?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/

BaldSavant,
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@antimnguyen "hahaha, robodog is so cute and funny! Look at it dance!" --Person Immediately Before Their Sudden Immolation

PolygonAlex, to random
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Windwaker credits rolling. 🥲

BaldSavant,
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@PolygonAlex be sure to spray some lysol on your way out!

adrianhon, to random
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Just read Frank Rose's 2011 book The Art of Immersion. Amazing how Hollywood kept insisting it knew how to do interactive storytelling.

James Cameron thinks he knows how games and movies can work together; Carlton Cuse (Lost) says it's about exploring worlds with Avatar-level graphics.

BaldSavant,
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@adrianhon I would love to watch all the consistency issues arise from trying to make film Avatar and game Avatar "work together"

that sounds like a beautiful trainwreck to watch!

BaldSavant,
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@adrianhon oh good, it's faithful to the films!

Danc, to random
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Why watch horror movies when you have LinkedIn?

BaldSavant,
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@Danc it's nice that they're honest about their goal to just disrupt the normal flow of things without any added benefit for anyone involved.

BaldSavant,
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@Danc you'd think 'invest' would imply long-term growth and support, not a 12-month rug pull.

unormal, to random
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we should go back to having little shrines to tiny gods everywhere

BaldSavant,
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@unormal monotheism was a mistake

BaldSavant,
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@unormal something something that's angels anyway

BaldSavant, to random
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This is hilarious and I love it

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/the-fine-art-of-human-prompt-engineering-how-to-talk-to-a-person-like-chatgpt/

BaldSavant,
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Holding up a mirror to humanity so that we can understand ourselves is the one actual use case for AI that I give a shit about

alabapsi, to random
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April Photoblogging Challenge Day 7: Well-being 📷
Chromasonic

BaldSavant,
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@alabapsi So how was your time on the mothership?

James_Batchelor, to random
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Spider-Man 2 seems to be a prime example of a sequel where people recognise it's a good game but argue it doesn't do much to go beyond the original... to which I respond 'So what?'

(See also: Horizon Forbidden West)

BaldSavant,
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@James_Batchelor oh no! They created a perfect followup to a thing that was good! How dare they!

BaldSavant, to random
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Today I have learned that mastodon has not ended the earthquake posting culture, it's just that everyone I follow lives in NYC, apparently.

antimnguyen, to random
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"Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store. Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped."

💀💀💀

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

BaldSavant,
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@antimnguyen "I have this great tech innovation, it's called Underpaying Minorities!" --Every Tech CEO Apparently

ghosttownoli, to random
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Pawns in Dragons Dogma 2 give me the ick. I can't be the only one

BaldSavant,
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@ghosttownoli "Create the perfect person JUST FOR YOU!" pairs so creepily with that intro scene where everyone is just mindlessly praising your existence and telling you they couldn't live without you.

antimnguyen, to random
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Do not look up how often you're supposed to be replacing your wireless router. You do not need that negativity in your life.

BaldSavant,
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@antimnguyen I'll change my router when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

BaldSavant, to random
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I've just organically been served an Instagram ad for the goddamn Voynich Manuscript. That's what the algorithm thinks of me: "this dude likes incomprehensible plant languages enough to buy a book about it"

Who am I?! What is wrong with me?!

BaldSavant,
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And the worst part is that in being mad about it, I immediately tried to send it to a friend to join me in my WTF, except then it hits me: my friend might not even know what the hell I'm mad about!

So apparently the algorithm was right about me!

sos, to gamedev
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Mastodon GDC 2024 roll call! Who’s there?

BaldSavant,
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@sos on a bus headed there now!

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