Anyone knowledgeable on #msx coding ( @reidrac ) know about the VDP acid test?
I find it hard to believe many games conform to this standard - an extra call and return per vdp register write at minimum seems absurd.
There are a couple things like this in the technical handbook that don't appear to have actually been implemented in practice, or abandoned in favor of better code.
If you're doing a lot of work in C/C++/Rust consider using sccache to cache compilations. It's easy to set up and will save you a lot of time and a huge amount of power.
Still on my Ys Memories of Celceta trip so when I was shopping for harder to find, but cheap Visual Novels and RPGs, I had to add this one to the list.
€33 brand new, so I'll call that a steal. 🥰
I feel there has to be a way of training neural networks to recognise the influence of their training data on the output.
This would probably include training a complementary indexing network + database that would then ”reverse-training” resolve and offer at some predetermined accuracy the #copyright-viable sources for each generated #aiart
I need some help though. A proof would show the companies know it can be done, but they just don’t want to.
@gimulnautti considering all of the Metadata that goes into every single pixel this isn't beyond the realm of possibility at all, but it will never happen even if you perfect it. Nobody is going to willingly prove that they plagiarized all of their art.
Okay, picking up from my video game post yesterday, I'm curious:
When you play video games, rpgs, ect, where you get to choose your character, do you tend to choose a character of the same sex, the opposite sex, non-binary, anthropomorphic, or a mysterious 4th option?
If you want to share screenshots of character builds I would enjoy that!
I was recently introduced by @clacke to Rod Hilton's Star Wars Machete Order which suggests the best way to watch the first couple Star Wars trilogies is in a specific order omitting Star Wars: Episode I (1999), and this quote from the blog article made me realize why I have enjoyed Episode I against a majority opinion:
Some people claim that Episode I isn’t that bad, and shouldn’t be removed (again, it’s not that it’s bad, it’s that it’s not relevant to Luke’s journey in the way that Episode II and III are)
It seems to me that I like Episode I because I absolutely loathe Luke Skywalker's character and his stupid one-dimensional journey. Every other character gets to take risky decisions (Han Solo by smuggling, Leia by resisting the Empire from a position of privilege, the droids by carrying out Leia's orders) but Luke is simply railroaded into a tool for the Rebels to defeat the Empire, including by Obi-One Kenobi and Yoda, who spring into action against galactic tyranny only when the Chosen One cross their path.
In comparison, Episode I shows there are other people in the Universe (the Gungans, Sebulba, even Jar-Jar Binks), struggling with more local problems (the Trade Federation, even if manipulated by Palpatine, the pod racing championship) and have no care for the Force or the stupid Skywalker bloodline.
And with Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), it gives some substance to a larger universe that otherwise only cares about one single family in the entire galaxy.
My friend made a tool that can help you randomly generate a number of styles of (very good!) music of hand made loops, royalty-free for you, and includes an easy to use tracker.
@froyok fascinating thread. I vote for make your own tooling, as if it doesn't exist, someone else would probably use it too (spoken as someone who has written many tools that I doubt anybody used)
You can take this test to see how "Normal" you are, and also how radically left wing you are! LOL Please share the results if you feel like it, or do nothing at all, because it really doesn't matter!
@RickiTarr This minimum wage question is loaded either way you answer it, so I had to pick neutral. Obviously we need a minimum wage, but one that is too low (like it is now) DOES do more harm than good. But abolishing it would be worse.
US patent office and #Sony can both go fuck themselves. This dangerous precedent set by #Nintendo and #Sega is only continuing on a worse and worse path.
Make no mistake - this is a CONSCIOUS ATTACK on #indiedev and smaller #gamedev to completely push them out of the market.
then how come i get bored of 99% of them after a single run?
conversely, why do my favorite jrpgs still manage to feel fresh the 10th time?
the care with which you build a world and the gameplay has nothing to do with your specific sub-genre. If your game has a lot to offer, people will play it.
proper randomization and dev time spent on it should be spent elsewhere.
