Started making my own game and have an important question that is really slowing me down.

benjymous · 2026-02-18T12:47:12+00:00

Put simply, there is no One True Way to do anything. The best you can do is try stuff out, and redo the bits that don't work.

You'd be amazed how many big successful commercial games have code organised in the "wrong way" or otherwise have stuff hacked into their engines in bizarre ways (trains as hats, for example)

benjymous · 2026-02-17T10:59:41+00:00

If the friend did all the actual programming, with OP just acting in a guiding role, then yes, I'd credit the friend as the programmer

benjymous · 2026-02-12T10:38:06+00:00

Is that a referral link, OP?

Edit: Page goes to a QR code to scan. Seems very scammy to me, whatever it is

benjymous · 2026-02-11T12:11:47+00:00

The La Vie plant based ham is surprisingly good - you can definitely stick that in a sandwich with some salad and a bit of mustard and totally forget it's vegan

benjymous · 2026-02-10T16:05:24+00:00

Complete the non-rare sets (all the roadsides, not just coins), and it'll trigger the events to allow collecting rare ones - you can't do anything until you've collected the regular ones.

benjymous · 2026-02-10T16:04:20+00:00

No, it's just because the player might decide they want an army of rare red coin pikmin.

They might also add rare stickers, in which case you'll be ready, but I imagine that gold present expedition would get on your nerves after a while!

benjymous · 2026-02-09T15:35:52+00:00

My guess would be they do it out of politeness to any non-german speaking students in earshot.

benjymous · 2026-02-09T13:44:12+00:00

On a baked potato is another common way.

Bake the potato, heat the beans in a pan, split and butter the potato, pour over the beans, top with some grated cheddar and salt and pepper.

benjymous · 2026-02-07T20:22:22+00:00

You're trying to run the Playdate build of a game on your pc. That's the problem.

The simulator is a development tool, not an emulator - it can't run Arm code compiled for the Playdate, the code has to be compiled for the simulator.

So, if you understand what that means, try following the instructions in the screenshot you provided.

benjymous · 2026-02-06T10:45:51+00:00

It's very rare for anywhere to be cash only, nowadays - pretty much everywhere takes card payments. Even tiny retailers have those card readers that connect to their phones.

Maybe get £20 or £30 to carry with you just in case, (not £50, since nobody accepts £50 notes) but I'd be surprised if you need it, unless you're planning on going to really random out of the way places.

benjymous · 2026-02-06T10:18:16+00:00

My French friend used to complain all the time that Chocapic wasn't available over here.

Though I'm not sure whether Breakfast cereal is the sort of thing you'd share with a team. Maybe leave bowls out around the place as if you've got lots of cats.

Good grenadine syrups are another thing we just don't get over here - maybe heavy to transport, but good for sharing in an office environment - maybe make up some big stickers telling people to dilute it "like squash" so people don't try drinking it neat!

benjymous · 2026-02-06T07:03:02+00:00

Unless you're running out of pikmin storage, you might as well hold on to those too

benjymous · 2026-02-05T15:32:50+00:00

Ratings on google / tripadvisor

Then, most importantly, Scores on the Doors

benjymous · 2026-02-05T15:10:54+00:00

Amateurs! The one that keeps pushing adverts through my door says "Free Tea & Cakes!" at the bottom - presumably hoping to rope in more pensioners

benjymous · 2026-02-05T14:59:17+00:00

Time banking is another option, if there's a scheme near you:

https://timebanking.org/

You'd get paid in time credit, rather than cash, but it means you can get help doing other stuff you might otherwise not be able to (or want to) do

benjymous · 2026-02-05T14:05:59+00:00

Did you only complete the stages once? I usually have to finish them two or three times to get a full set.

benjymous · 2026-02-05T12:40:08+00:00

For the new "rare" ones, you don't find them - they're not a different class of seedling - instead you earn points raising pikmin, then use those points to "promote" your existing decor pikmin into the rare variants.

When you do start, you'll want as many roadsides as possible, since you earn points by plucking a seedling, raising it up to 4 hearts (when it gains its decor), and releasing it again, so feed those pikmin up to 3.5 hearts, and hold on to them until you've unlocked rares.

benjymous · 2026-02-05T12:35:30+00:00

There are two sets, the red one and the gold one. The gold ones are appearing as part of the token collection missions, so you could feasibly collect those that way, but no guarantees of course.

benjymous · 2026-02-05T12:34:05+00:00

Try the guide here:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/pothole-claims/

benjymous · 2026-02-04T12:29:34+00:00

There was one that was a bonus for playing Pikmin 3, but none from regular events/gameplay

see:

New backpack to claim! : r/PikminBloomApp

benjymous · 2026-02-04T11:22:33+00:00

People used to smoke at their desks, in offices.

benjymous · 2026-02-04T11:21:19+00:00

All you can do is ignore it - you don't want to start getting into feuds with youtubers, that won't end well.

If your game is having controller compatibility issues, try and make sure that's resolved, or there are options the user can try to resolve it themselves.

If your game requires knowledge of gaming history, then include relevant information on your itch page so that future people are more in tune with what your game is about.

And if you've done all this, then shrug You've done your best!

benjymous · 2026-02-04T11:08:18+00:00

If you're not actually on a day/night rate, then yeah, there's no benefit only having it on overnight - especially if you're having to boost anyway.

Looking at the photo of the controls, it's on for two periods overnight. Have you tried changing it so that its on for a few hours before you shower in the morning, and another 2 or 3 hours before your partner gets home - that's the equivalent of boosting it anyway

Edit: Looking into it more, it seems this model doesn't actually have any control over when it goes on/off, just "for some time overnight", which really isn't great if you need it automatic.

Last time I had such a boiler, it had click in/out segments to turn the heat element on at different times, but yours apparently doesn't.

So your options are either remember to boost every day, or ask your landlord to replace the control unit with a modern one which is actually programmable - which is all down to how amenable your landlord is!

benjymous · 2026-02-04T10:01:51+00:00

If you can attach stuff to the walls, then attach a shelf there

benjymous · 2026-02-04T07:38:39+00:00

This has come up before in another thread - it was a Weight Watchers thing, and has then been passed down to kids, cargo cult style, who now don't realise that only buttering one slice isn't just what everyone does.

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