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vga256, to coffee
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not bad for its first pull. definitely made a better tasting americano than my poor old via venezia

spinning_bird,
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@vga256 Not even a latte art? How can I tell if the coffee is tasty or not, without a latte art?

rootcompute, to retrogaming
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It's simple: if you are making a fan game project, just don't share it publicly until it's completely finished. I'm tired of seeing so many promising romhacks and fan games get this treatment. You can't trust any game company to support your endeavors, even Valve who has historically been pro-remix culture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdBzok8GjA0

spinning_bird,
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@rootcompute Wouldn't it have been shut down nevertheless even if he had only shared it after it was finished?

spinning_bird, to retrogaming
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I wonder , is the enjoyment of a game always colored by when it was released?
For example, I played some Portopia Serial Murder Case, a game originally from '83 and it was interesting to see the roots of the genre.
So I'm enjoying it. But is that really for the games own merits, or is it due to it's historical significance? I feel like if I found the exact same game as a free indie title, I wouldn't bother with it... which makes me feel a bit hypocritical to enjoy it.

COMPU73E, to random
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  • Click on game related hashtag
  • See toot from some rando: "periodic reminder that [game] sucks"
  • Fires tooter into the sun [uses block button]

It's not even a game that I have played or that I have any strong attachment to, but I've seen other people getting excited about, I just cant be bothered with that type of person any more

spinning_bird,
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@COMPU73E @chris “game sucks” wouldn’t even ruin it for me, it’s just a baseless claim.
On the other hand, if someone for some reason dislikes a game I like, I’d be interested to learn why

spinning_bird, to fanfiction
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I planned to go heavy PSI in my Prey playthrough, but they tell me my dear beloved turrets might hate me for it. Nooo way.

Probably hacking them would help, but now I more or less decided to not take any PSI powers, it makes me feel "pure" somehow.

Here I tried to depict my playstyle. Except I actually spend the majority of time hauling them around. And then in combat they fold up at the slightest touch.

buru5, to random
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i would have been too embarrassed to publish an article like this so props to the author for outing himself as too to sign-up, install, and play a computer game. truly we are spoiled in this

https://www.inverse.com/gaming/final-fantasy-xi-log-in-process-sucks-man

spinning_bird,
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@rootcompute @buru5 The article is a bit long winded in basically saying it's annoying to have an extra PlayOnline login.

But it IS annoying and unnecessary. When I was recently playing GTAV the "Rockstar Launcher" and Rockstar Social Club annoyed me as well. Each time I want to play I have to wait for the Rockstar Launcher to log in, and then in the main menu tell it I actually just want to play story mode. All because they want to push their unnecessary extra services onto people.

jake4480, to kaiju
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If you're not ravishing a universe for love, are you even really living

spinning_bird,
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@jake4480 Coincidentally I watched some of Godzilla vs Mothra yesterday. That was from '64 if I'm not mistaken. I'd always thought Mothra originated from a Godzilla movie, but it seems that the vs movie came later!

spinning_bird,
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@jake4480 Oh nice. :D
I also watched King Kong vs. Godzilla recently, and it's such a tonal difference to the original '54 movie. Suddenly everything is fun and silly

spinning_bird,
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@jake4480
Shin Godzilla is remarkable because it goes back to the roots in that it primarily deals with actual events. What I mean is, Godzilla '54 was of course about the terror of the nukes, and now Shin Godzilla is about the 2011 tohoku earthquake more than anything else. It's not as "fun" as the other movies, but watching it was probably the closest I could ever get to what the original film must have felt like for people in '54. Very recommended.

rootcompute, to random
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I like being on Mastodon, but it won't feel like I've really "made it" on here until I get some haters in my replies

spinning_bird,
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@rootcompute @nocoursewalks maybe you should look at some controversial topics and post very extreme opinions on them, using copious amounts of hashtags. Stir up some heated debate, at some point someone will snap.

Dinoracha, to random
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strained wheezing

spinning_bird,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds @Dinoracha Because it's a giant company and a big budget title, instead of a small and passionate team? But the attention to detail is pretty high you'll have to admit.

The thing is that a well-known game will usually win vs. smaller games, if it's just about how many people vote for a game :/

I'm more surprised about Starfields "most innovative gameplay" 🤨

darkstar, to unrealengine
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The wizards of the cloud people wield strange spells. Make sharp turns to avoid them.

video/mp4

spinning_bird,
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@darkstar this is made in unreal engine? Or am I misinterpreting the tag?

dosnostalgic, to random
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I was hoping that after a couple of years of Covid wearing masks if one absolutely had to go out in public while feeling unwell would be normalized. No such luck. Meanwhile we have two dozen cases of Covid at my work right now. FML

spinning_bird,
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@root42 @dosnostalgic what about wearing an FFP2 mask is it that made you feel uneasy? Aren’t they safe enough?
(It kind of reads like you’re feeling bad for wearing a mask in the first place)

spinning_bird,
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@nazokiyoubinbou @root42 @dosnostalgic maybe it’s the association with lockdowns that makes people hate the masks?
I can’t believe that someone would think they’re actively harmful in some way. Or would they…?

chris, to GTA6
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I really don't know anything about this trial but a life sentence for an autistic 18yo hacker who leaked a couple of #GTA6 videos seems excessive? This kid needs help and a Netflix deal 🤔

"Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone."

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67663128

#gaming #hackers #GTA

spinning_bird,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds @chris Seems like he did a lot more than release a few GTA6 clips, according to the linked article.

Hopefully it's not just a "prison", but a therapy with good prospects to get him on the right path.

jake4480, to random
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Loving all my highly important and useful stats and metrics in this email from PayPal 🤣

spinning_bird,
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@jake4480 it's like having a business meeting and getting explained for an hour and a half, how your non-existent business didn't make any sales, acquired no customers etc.

However, it's still better than a lot of other businesses that saw red numbers and many layoffs in the past year.

vga256, to random
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i'm experimenting with implementing an isometric perspective in Adventure Game Studio

this is all temped in programmer art while i figure out a style for the game

one of the frustrating things is having very little control over the depth sort. you can see several places where the water level and character sprites do not stack properly, making for a very weird perspective.

i either have to reconsider doing an isometric game, or perhaps ditching AGS completely. either one is not a super appealing prospect

An isometric 2d scene of a character in a scuba outfit. They flip a switch, and the water level rises.

spinning_bird,
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@vga256 I'm not sure if this is what you mean by "not stack properly", but when the water line is around the characters waist, their head should be in front of the water, but the legs not, right?

Can this even be solved with pure sorting of whole sprites? I don't know what the options are in AGS, but perhaps something like splitting the sprite in two at a certain point (one half covered by water, one not) or drawing some sort of overlay over the bottom half could work?

Dinoracha, to random
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Gotta love how Grammarly is wanking about its AI tools and less about - y'know - REAL ways to help improve its proofreading and editing tools? Like better writing language/tone recognition? It'd be great if it's stuff made by real people and not some shit-ass bot.
"But those tools have to be made by real people in order to exis-"
Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike I giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive a fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

spinning_bird,
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@WanderingInDigitalWorlds @Dinoracha I’m willing to bet though, Grammarlys user numbers saw a sharp decline the moment ChatGPT came around.
You can say what you will about LLMs, improving wording or diction is what they’re really good at. People at Grammarly probably felt pressured to catch up, after all their tools aren’t free like ChatGPT either.
If they don’t, they’ll be pushed out of business I’m sure.

spinning_bird, to random
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One of my point & click plot ideas is about the staff of a company who unwittingly get involved in a violent mob conflict.

I tried making a storyboard for a possible opening, to get a better idea of the characters. Guess it turned into more of a comic, after all.

It's a single, very tall image. Let's see if this'll work..? Please tell me if you have trouble viewing it, then I'll chop it up and repost it as several smaller pages.

#pointandclick #ConceptArt #comic #storyboard

spinning_bird,
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Now, this begs the question of how I'd adapt this into a point & click style game. The answer: This is why I never get anything done.

But it was a lot of fun as "goal oriented" practice (as opposed to random doodles). Still sloppy and inconsistent, but perhaps it's getting better? (The order of the panels isn't 100% the order I drew things in. I believe the later panels do look a bit better)

spinning_bird,
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@Dinoracha Ohh, why'd you delete it? Now I'm curious.

Gameplay wise, as far as point & click style games go, it would be light on puzzles and more about exploration.

But I thought it might be fun to have some optional puzzles. As in: crack the password on a colleagues computer, and you get to look at their browser history. :P

jake4480, to random
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Washing and putting away laundry is easily one of the worst parts of human existence

spinning_bird,
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@jake4480 @elizach How tastes differ. I just finished folding up and stowing a pile of laundry, and I always find it kinda nice and relaxing.

Of course the setting must be right: Find yourself a comfortable place to sit, put on some music and treat it as the hands-equivalent to "going for a walk".
Hope this helps :D

spinning_bird, to gamedev
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Some footage of a prototype I've been chipping away at. I implemented walking, looking at things and basic interaction.

Mainly throwing things together to see how it looks and if I can get away with a 3-frame walk cycle.

Background is more or less placeholder. The way the perspective doesn't match between character and environment gives me pain. You'd think 2D point & click games would all have that problem, but I never find it so glaring in games like The Dig etc.

Some footage of a prototype point n click game, a character walking around a room, looking at stuff and opening the veranda door

spinning_bird,
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Also, perhaps it's due to taking the 3-frame cycle and adding onto it, but somehow the feet pass by each other too quickly, it looks weird.There should be a frame where both legs are next to each other...

(Walking, or any kind of subtle motion is really more difficult than large, forceful motions. When you look up tips on animation, it's all about "spring" and "bounce", but that's hard to apply to person calmly walking along 🤔)

spinning_bird,
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@media_dept yes, rather than really holding on one entire frame, it’s probably easier to draw, say, one leg in (almost) the same place twice. That way, like you say, other parts like arms can continue moving smoothly.

I’m using Unity to put it all together

spinning_bird,
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@media_dept I do like it, too, which is why I emulated it as much as possible in this project. Also, the way its UI works is like the lingua franca for adventure game UIs. :D

If only I could find that font from AGS… it looks like the one all the LucasArts adventures use.

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