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Temmy

@Temmy@mastodon.gamedev.place

Game designer & developer.
Believer in simple fun, and throwing words at adventures.
Figuring out a way back to Tobin's Tale.

#IndieDev #GameDev #TobinsTale #90s #DIY

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djlink, to random
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hum.... is duckduckgo broken for anyone else?

Temmy,
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@djlink Yep. More like DuckDuckNoGo for launch atm.

Temmy, to diy
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I did a light thing!

All using Zigbee bulbs and hooked into Home Assistant with a motion sensor.

Now, I can't blame a lack of light for stumbling down the stairs. Also, the ceiling is a bit of a mess, so please don't go telling the ceiling police.

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grumpygamer, to random
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Classic version control:

Temmy, (edited )
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Still a thousand times better than GIT and all the ambiguous errors modern source control platforms seem to get themselves into. What's that, a detached head? Bring me some sellotape.

Temmy, to design
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Hey, does anyone have any recommendations of books or talks about theme park design?

I want to learn about things that make people go "oooooooohhhh" and "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh" and sometimes "whooooaaaaa".

#themepark #design

djlink, to random
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kinda messed up situation because customers are rightfully upset, but we know it's the publisher pushing this, but devs will feel the pain.

Temmy, (edited )
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@djlink Yup. The negative comments should land at Sony's doorstep, not the devs. I sort of feel publishers should have their own Steam pages.

djlink, to random
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these jokes write themselves

Bike fall meme

Temmy,
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@djlink Lets layoff 1,500 CEOs to see what happens as a comparison.

Temmy, to gamedev
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Oh hey, turns out I'm releasing a game today. For the last few years I've been level designing and building in this gem.

How do you do release days again? It's been so long since the last I've forgotten. Something something about nerves and probably cocktails?

https://www.polygon.com/reviews/24134916/tales-of-kenzera-zau-review-ps5-switch-pc-xbox-series-x

Temmy, to retrocomputing
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Good news! Manchester has finished building the world's largest PlayStation 2. Reports are they used an unofficial 256mb memory card for some whopping huge capacity, so some games might not work.

#retrocomputing #Manchester

Temmy, to gardening
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tip; install some huge playing cards into the ground for that eccentric-owner-of-a-dark-magic-house-with-a-pirate-ship-underneath feel.

Temmy, to random
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There is no Dana, only Zool.

djlink, to random
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I used to have a folder/structs called "AI" where I'd put all the npcs/enemies logic, like pathfinding, A*, decisions code etc. But now I dislike that term and I don't know what to call it.

Temmy,
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@djlink NPCs?

Temmy, (edited )
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@djlink I feel like this is the makings of a Naked Gun joke.

Indeed, but wouldn't NPC work well as a folder name? Basically anything non-playable is suggestive of AI stuff.

Temmy,
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@djlink Very true. 'Tis a tricky one.

How about "behaviours".

Temmy, to retrocomputing
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I was there, Gandalf. I was there forty years ago. I was there when magenta ruled the world.

#retrocomputing #CGA

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Temmy, to random
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I still often think about the negotiation screen in the original Theme Park.

It's an example of great, simple design successfully dealing with something that could likely be very dry and boring.

The meeting table biscuits representing time. The frames of character art building towards a handshake. The moody shadows. Trying to decide how bold to be before the time runs out...

It's simple, atmospheric, and makes me feel I'm at that table.

Thirty years later, I still love it.

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Temmy, to random
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I miss . Those were good times.

psychicparrot42, to random
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    Temmy,
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    @psychicparrot42 I don't know how to explain it, but Mastodon feels like the dial-up era of the internet again in a very good way.

    Maybe the fact its relatively new?

    Maybe the sense that people aren't competing for attention?

    Maybe the lack of corporations?

    Probably all those things, and I like it.

    Temmy, to random
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    PCs were better when they had ignition keys.

    Temmy, to random
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    The urge to sing The Lion Sleeps Tonight is just a whim away.

    djlink, to gamedev
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    DirectX is introducing DirectSR, a new API to enable seamless integration of Super Resolution (SR), allowing the same code to use NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution, AMD FidelityFX or others in games. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directx-innovation-on-display-at-gdc-2024/

    Temmy,
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    @djlink They need to bring back the true logo.

    Temmy, to random
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    What do humans use to setup local SVN on Windows machines these days?

    VisualSVN? TortoiseSVN? SVNBreeze?

    Temmy,
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    @grumpygamer Any suggestions Ron? I think I read you were a cool SVN guy.

    Temmy,
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    @grumpygamer Thanks.

    grumpygamer, to random
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    Breaking news! Sometime this summer I am moving to New Zealand to start a new life adventure. Hoping there is a good tutorial. And maybe some achievements.

    Temmy, (edited )
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    @grumpygamer Please report back about how close it is to this.

    Temmy, to random
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    I apologise for nothing.

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