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No, bacteria will drown so you have all your time
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Beldarak
@Beldarak@mastodon.gamedev.place
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I'm an indie developper from Belgium.
Liking indie videogames (Terraria, Valheim...), board-games, books (Gene Wolfe <3)... and beer!
Working on the Myrne games. Which are sci-fi and fantasy (sometimes both) lighthearted RPGs.
Also love to go into long tirades about ending capitalism.
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Joined November 06, 2022
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Working on all those little things that make a game, but also take forever to actually create.
Was starting to get really sick of those Item popups showing no data^^
What the fuck is this.
Trying to activate developer mode on my Android phone.
"Find the build number" that can basically be anywhere fuck you we change its place with every OS version...
"Tap it a shitton of time like a moron"
I guess a single switch was too easy ? That's so fucking dumb.
Also, my build number is nowhere to be found...
Wanted a gif of me getting absolutely mauled by those dogs with a clever comment like "Still not enough to survive those bad boys though"...
But the gods have favoured us \o/
Don't try this at home, folks. I still didn't implement armor values. This was a LOT of luck^^
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@billyjoebowers
They already made it so hard to find what you're actually looking for, now they want to effectively hide it. I hope this will mark their downfall, f them :/
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@theothersimo @SteveRudolfi
I'm glad I switched to DDGo but we really need a real alternative engine soon
Worked on melee combat for a few days.
I added some combos to each melee weapons, replaced their complex stats by pressets and atk types.
Instead of having a knife that does x% bleed chance, I now set it up with a three steps combo.
- First hit is a "Pierce", it has high chances of crit and bleed but less damages.
- Then it's a "Slash" (lower bleed and crit, more base damages).
- And it finishes with a Pierce but since it's the end of the combo, it deals more damages.
If you could go back in time, would you assassinate Akinator to avoid the LLM apocalypse ?
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@octorine@fosstodon.org @AmyZenunim@unstable.systems
Ofc not, I clearly stated I was in favour of socialism.
Feodalism wasn't the only system before capitalism. You took the worst exemple, why?
But anyway, I'm not saying we should go BACK, just that other systems are possible and that we should move FORWARD, away from capitalism.
To be fair, I also read about better capitalist systems, so those are options too, but capitalists will just close their ears any time someone says we should improve society somehow.
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@glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place
Me, trying to kill the urge to play those two new pirate crafting games
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@geomannie@mastodon.scot
In Belgium you can even get a fine if your phone is at pickup range :/
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@tezoatlipoca @guffo
It looks like some crypto-bro read Marx books while high af and tried to apply it while keeping capitalism at a maximum. Wtf ?! :D
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@octorine@fosstodon.org @AmyZenunim@unstable.systems
That new system would put the people and the planet at the center.
Using the technological progress we made and put it at work towards those goals.
But for that we need to get rid of the sociapathic oligarchs that are currently running the show.
Progress and production should serve humanity, not a few child rapists at the top.
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@nuclearplayer
First contact: the UI is so much better already Ôo
I'm so used to mobile-first UI that I forgot what it was to use a music player that actually uses the available screen space to display useful infos
That Similar artist block in the middle <3
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@2legged@mastodon.ie
"We don't have enough money for culture, health and general people well-being"
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@k37 @coreyspowell
They won't ever care about any proof. If some proof could convince them, it would have already, there are tons of them.
Anything that contradicts their model is simply labeled as "fake". AI will probably make it worse.
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@augieray
I grew up with the very strong belief that everyone was against nazis and that, confronted with one, hostility would be the default response. It was true, for a time.
Nowadays I feel drown in fascist ideology. It's everywhere. It's on TV, it's in the co-workers, in friends... it's like "that drunk uncle" we all have suddenly became everyone. It's sickening.
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@octorine@fosstodon.org @AmyZenunim@unstable.systems
That's one of the issue capitalism has I think. It comes from an exploitative system and evolved through crisisn revolutions and industrial changes to become another exploitative system.
But like I said, my point was just to say capitalism wasn't always there and can be replaced. I don't think it should be replaced with older systems though but rather a new one.
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Few months ago I said I would look into Diablo-like inventory, with big items taking multiple slots.
I still like the idea but it's really a lot of work, too much to rewrite and I'm not sure this is a better system in the end.
This one seems like a nice middle-ground and I think I'll stick to it with this game :)
Also, sorry to the person that once said to me "great, I don't like slot based inventories" when I announced the encumbrance system. If you read this, sorry for the backstab :$
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@bobthomson70@mastodon.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social
My first tought. I love that show
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@kat@is.burntout.org @tante@tldr.nettime.org
It tried to lead me to another article with "thanks to Jeff Bezos you can ....".
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@yora@mastodon.gamedev.place
Regarding the loot connection, this is something that, to me, Arc Raiders kinda fails to do (the game is otherwise really great ofc, I'm not trying to compare to it).
You just pick up lots of craps and don't really care about it. The important loot is stashed in your "safe pocket" anyway (can't lose it).
It breaks tension. I want my player to be aware of what they have on them and this mean the inventory has to be top notch.
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@lokigwyn
Je connais que via le taff donc sans doute différent, mais les exigences quand tu rends ton véhicule sont juste absurdes.
T'as roulé 4-5 ans avec mais ils attendent que tu le rende comme s'il sortait de l'usine.
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And it was simply not fun. Having to use quantity sliders to drop stuff on the ground, micro-managing quantities, etc... Just annoying.
I'm no big fan of having to sacrifice a full stack of bullets in Arc Raiders just to pick up that one rare material but let's face it, it's quick, it's clear what you sacrifice to get what... it just works.
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@cancel@merveilles.town
It also mean I can take some AI generated picture or music and just uses it, right? I wonder what people defending slop games will think of that xD
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@yora@mastodon.gamedev.place
That's the questions to ask, I agree :)
I feel some games may benefit from micro-managing inventories. That's something I really like in DREDGE, the different items/fishes have different shapes and fitting as much in your boat becomes a game in itself.
But in other games, it can be a real hindrance and managing inventory just remove you from the "real" game. That's why I always mod Dragon's Dogma to be able to carry more.
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@yora@mastodon.gamedev.place
In my case, the game is a loot extractor so it's really important to force the player to make choices and sacrifices I feel to give it some "connection" to the loot (not sure I make much sense here^^).
But I also realise I'm walking on the line between fun and tedious so I have to step lightly :)
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@glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place
Oops, looks like Triarchy isn't playable yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcei28LQ2c
(The second one is Windrose)
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@Alrecenk@peoplemaking.games
I got a lot of AI bots trying to know where I'm at regarding marketing. I guess they ultimately want to sell me some solution but none of them went through with it and post some links or comoany names before losing my interest.
I really don't get it.
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@Alrecenk@peoplemaking.games
The thing that puzzle me is I tried to go along to see where it leads but it always seems to go in circles.
Maybe they detect I'm not a good target as I often ask specific questions (where/how did you discover the game, what do you like about it...) to be sure it's an AI though (they'll reply generic stuff: found it on internet, I like the colors and mood and the gameplay looks fun...)... I know scammers can work a person for months and I'm not that patient xD
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@yora@mastodon.gamedev.place
Yes, regarding the Diablo inventory. I think the main appeal (for a dev) is to control WHAT the player can extract exactly.
If armors take a lot of spaces, you guarantee that a player can only extract one or two and that they'll fill their pockets with trinkets instead.
But I'm not sure it's the best solution. Like you said, it comes with the frustration of managing single tiles to make room for bigger ones, sorting inventory, etc...
It may be too much friction.
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It gives me more choices too btw !
I'll be able to add armors that gives more inventory slots ! Maybe sacrifice armor to get more loot^^
Technically possible with the encumbrance system too, except I wasn't doing it. it would be less visual and feel too much like micromanaging :
"So I can carry 5... encumbrance?... more but lose 2 armor... Ok... What is 5 encumbrance? What can I actually carry with this?"
vs
"Gives me 5 inventory slots? Whoo !"
You immediately see what it will do for you
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It also mean I got rid of the overweigh / overburden status. I was never too happy to have those even though they were a necessity.
In the end, it means a lot of players would overweight their character to extract as much loot as possible. You do it, I do it, we all do it, it's not fun, but we do.
Sometimes we play games in an unfun way because our brains like efficiency. Well, I don't want you to play my game in an unfun way :D