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SpookyDoom

@SpookyDoom@mastodon.gamedev.place

Strong supporter of Open Source Projects, allround 3D artist. Strong game and gamedev affinity. Only one actually finished personal game project of my very own - and that was a present for friends. XD

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djlink, to random
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This is incredibly concerning, I wish I could use other OS exclusively for my work, but Windows is still the only place for a lot of dev tools. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink and again we are at the level of "this is concerning - ah well can't do anything about it. Guess we accept it and move in to the next concerning thing." 🥲

aras, to random
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0x2B or 43

SpookyDoom,
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@aras Happy birthay! 🥳

djlink, to random
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Winamp is going open-source. kinda weird to announce the release so many months before, but still cool. I'm a bit worried about the call for "global collaboration" though, almost seems like they are just trying to outsource development to the community. Especially since it looks like they are trying to do a "spotify alike" platform https://about.winamp.com/press/article/winamp-open-source-code

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink the article only says that it's going to be source available, though. For it to be OpenSource they would have to adopt one of the open source licenses. As is it rather sounds like they want the benefits of open source without actually putting the player under a permissive license like Apache, MIT or GPL

GameFromScratch, to gamedev
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The fallout from the Unity run-time fee disaster continues, as Unity CREATE head Marc Whitten has resigned.

Is everyone responsible for the run-time fee now gone or leaving at this point?

https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-create-head-marc-whitten-resigning/

SpookyDoom,
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@GameFromScratch
In total 814,801 US$ of bonus payments before tax.

That is quite a substantial amount. Call me crazy but I think manager and CEO wages are out of ballance.

metin, to blender
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Started a new sculpting project in Blender Sculpt Mode.

I love SDF modeling, but I also like to remain adroit in traditional 3D sculpting. Both techniques have their own charm.

In this stage I'm determining the global shapes and add some crude first details.

More'll follow soon.

#CharacterDesign #Blender #Blender3D #design #artwork #sculpture #3DModeling #illustration #illustrator #art #arte #artist #DigitalArt #ArtMatters #3D #B3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon

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@metin
I get a lot of "handsome Squidward" vibes from him.

grumpygamer, to random
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A $199 jump rope with a $12 monthly subscription. The world is doomed. I'm calling it.

https://www.theverge.com/24134172/crossrope-amp-jump-rope-set-review

SpookyDoom,
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@grumpygamer
"After testing the set for a month, I can confirm few jump ropes are as well-made as Crossrope’s, and its workouts and community offer a lot of value for jumping enthusiasts. Yet, at $199, plus a $12 monthly subscription, it’s only for those committed to jumping consistently — not casual users. "

How can one write that paragraph and NOT reconsider a lot of life choices?

aras, to random
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How come everyone's on Visual Studio 2022, but pretty much no one is using Visual Loft 2022?

SpookyDoom,
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@aras I think the trend has passed. Personally, I can only afford VisualApartment 2022, anyways

metin, to amiga
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Back in 2017 I bought a Wacom Cintiq tablet for 3D sculpting (connected to the last iMac with an NVIDIA GPU).

The Cintiq didn't deliver the experience I hoped for, so I soon sold it again, but I did enjoy running the legendary Deluxe Paint pixel editor on it, via the FS-UAE Amiga emulator.

From the late 1980s to the late 1990s I used "DPaint" on a daily basis, creating graphics for games, demos, TV shows and commercials. ❤

#commodore #amiga #RetroComputing #PixelArt #retro #RetroTech #art

SpookyDoom,
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@metin DPaint IV ... my first love from the Amiga500. It was so legendary that i remember specifically that I wanted to get it on my first PC and somehow managed to get a hold of a second hand disk version but it wasn't the one with the animator in it yet.
Also the first 3D game engine I tried to learn besides modding Duke3D mentioned in the book that DPaint was pretty much the perfect drawing program.
*sigh - the memories

Seeing it on a Wacom feels unreal. XD

Which one is your favorite now?

didgebaba, to random
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“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.
"I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.
"This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable."
-- William Shatner, actor

SpookyDoom,
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@unlambda @Natanox @mral @trechnex @didgebaba This video is everything William Shattner seemed to have realized about humanity summed up in one minute. You just have to marvel at the beauty of the utter ugliness of the moment.
It's also a very good allegory of why we're fucked if we keep on going our current path in the speed we're currently still at.

And why I absolutely agree with Bernie Sandars that billionaires shouldn't exist.

djlink, to random
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I'm late to the party but I just found out about Tim Follin and the amazing soundtracks he did, just hear this title screen music for PICTIONARY on the NES, yeah pictionary. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink aaahhhh .... the genius who also made SilverSurfer a much better game than it actually was. :D

Also very noteworthy (but probably better known):

  • Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Soundtrack by David Wise (he also composed "Aquatic Ambiance" for DKCountry)
  • Contra Hard Corps (several composers)
SpookyDoom,
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@djlink unforgivingly hard game, though. Only beat it via emulator. on the actual SNES I never made it past the snakes. XD

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink Yeah. Back then games weren't released as frequent as today. And for 100 bucks they had to last a while. Aaah good times.

Battletoads frustrated me too much, though. The music from some games back then really went much harder than it neded to. And it was awesome!

GameFromScratch, to gamedev
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Good news for everyone terrified that Canva are going to ruin Affinity products now that they have bought them.

Affinity and Canva have released 4 pledges (including perpetual licenses!) that should make users breathe a LOT easier.

https://gamefromscratch.com/affinity-and-canva-release-pledge/

SpookyDoom,
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@GameFromScratch I mean ... I really don't like being so cynical but I don't trust these pledges any more. It probably means that at least version 3 will still be perpetual but if the last few decades and especially the last few years have taught me anything, it's that good intentions are also very flexible and big corporations buying smaller studios rarely ends well.

GameFromScratch, to gamedev
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Canva have just acquired Affinity/Serif, makers of the best Adobe alternatives out there, Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher. Well known for being affordable and subscription free, I pray they remain this way!

https://gamefromscratch.com/canva-buy-affinity/

SpookyDoom,
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@GameFromScratch
This happened too often already and at some point there are no places left to go. Ultimately if there are only subscription services left people can just as well go back to the original.

So the better question is - what can we do to get some free and reliable Open Source alternatives going?

And no - GIMP is neither there nor close to it. 😕

djlink, to random
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Oh no, Affinity got purchased by Canva. I wonder if it's time to buy those perpetual licenses before it moves to rentaware. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/canva-statement/

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink Open Source really seems to be the most reliable type of Software left. There are very few companies that do software subscriptions right

Actually the only ones that I can remember are Jetbrains with their development environments. If you stay on the subscription you pay less each consecutive year over three years and you always keep the last LTS as perpetual after each 12 complete months.

But in terms of reliability - Open Source all the way, baby!
So ... who can tackle PS, ID and AI?

SirLich, to godot
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One of the weirdest things about Godot is that nearly any possible extension or API change you can think of already exists in a github issue (usually closed, due to migration to the suggestions repo).

Even really obscure stuff has been thought of in 2017, requested, and sometimes even a non-merged PR created.

I just wish these improvements actually made it into the engine more often :(

SpookyDoom,
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@SirLich sounds like a problem of nearly any bigger Open Source project, no?
At least that's what I've heard from others and it sounds very familiar from what I've seen in Blender.

godotengine, to random
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🟡🖌️🤔

SpookyDoom,
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@godotengine It's marked yellow. You are on the right path. Can you grab onto another ledge from there?

djlink, to random
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"There's this fear that exists—if we don't have everybody working overtime and we don't make AAA games that have $200 million budgets and the focus is on photorealistic graphics and 1,000-hour playtimes, [...] and that's the only way to make games."

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/if-working-overtime-on-aaa-games-with-giant-budgets-is-the-only-way-to-succeed-then-maybe-the-industry-deserves-to-die-says-rpg-veteran-david-gaider-there-is-another-way-to-be/

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink total agree. So much of our work culture and economy in general is broken, sadly. The digital world as in games and movie SFX production is just much more apparent to us, probably.

djlink, to random
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wow that's a lot of games in the Mega Man franchise

SpookyDoom,
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@djlink and that's despite how much Capcom has overall neglected the IP over the last few years.

aras, to random
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Ever get a feeling like you spend a week reading upon and trying out various clever solutions to a problem, and they are all complex and messy? And then do the stupidest simple thing possible in an hour instead, and it actually works well?

Yeah, me neither. 😭

SpookyDoom,
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@aras Adam Savage always says that all failures along the way are not actually failures but steps to the solution that finally works. And I like that.

AlSweigart, to random
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    SpookyDoom,
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    @AlSweigart given the success and story of the game I think he might just be the kind of guy who is very satisfied with the success of his game and feels better to keep offering it for the same price without any weird shenanigans.

    And if that is the I highly respect it.

    Also what Ogi said - just buy it on every plattform you want to be able to play. Or buy it for others as gifts. :)

    godotengine, to random
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    How many of you are using C# to program in Godot 4? ❓

    This blogpost delves into the history of .NET and delivers the happy news that mobile support for C# is finally back 📱

    🔗https://godotengine.org/article/platform-state-in-csharp-for-godot-4-2/

    SpookyDoom,
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    @godotengine I'm still kinda torn on C# ... one one hand I really like that it is statically typed much better than GDScript. On the other hand building the project and still not really being on par with lots of things labeled work in progress plus the lack of learning ressources really are a bit of a turnoff.

    Still cool to see progress on this. I'll eagerly await all the former Unity people to help push this further along now. 😅

    lovoki, to krita

    My first first learning project on @godotengine after the 2D tutorial. Not playable yet but looks cool. Doesn't it? Textures need work but not so bad for fast sketchs in @krita and @inkscape

    https://github.com/vokimon/godatan/

    SpookyDoom,
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    @lovoki @godotengine @inkscape @krita LOL. That is precicely the same game I started to recreate after I worked through a lengthy tutorial. XD

    Is there a chance you made this because you are not satisfied with the state of the official game any more? :P

    djlink, to random
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    not sure how I fell about tiktok quickly replacing search engines as source of "news", it seems like a recipe for disaster. https://www.adobe.com/express/learn/blog/using-tiktok-as-a-search-engine

    SpookyDoom,
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    @djlink WTF?
    Why? How? °___°

    metin, (edited ) to ElectronicMusic
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    When I was a youngster in the late 1980s, I formed an Amiga game dev team with 2 friends.

    Before making games, we started by trying to sell game music that used minimal RAM, made with our music editor SIDmon.

    To promote our game music, this energetic music module was composed by our musician Ramon Braumuller. The file, including tiny sampled sounds, is only 22 kilobytes.

    Check the hashtag for more tunes.

    SpookyDoom,
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    @metin the Amiga as well as the C64 had some wicked cool sound chips. Even if I really like NES, SNES and Genesis/MegaDrive chiptunes. The Amiga and the C64 had a ballance between smooth and crispy punch none of the others could really match.

    I think the first time after the Amiga i was really suprised by how awesome music in a few kb could sound was in Unreal and Unreal Tournament.
    For me Turrican II started it and unreal Tournament pretty much ended an era. Kind of since it's a different tech

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