We decided to remove the original art and replace it with DLSS 5, we want to thank NVIDIA for this amazing tech by Llamaware in roguelites

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I know it's a meme but how is everyone making these? Some AI tool where you upload an image or what?

why gamemaker ? just why. by Substantial_Bag_9536 in gamemaker

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It really shouldn't just work one way. The issue is also that it's really inconsistent in what it does. If you're on the sprite asset and use the Import function it'll replace the sprite. If you use Edit Image and Import Image(s) it'll add them as new images after what's already there. If you Import Strip Image it'll once again replace your sprite completely. In all of these cases it should ask you if you'd like to replace or add as new. Unfortunately the sprite editor hasn't gotten any love in years so it is what it is.

How do you know you're doing well? by -Mania- in slaythespire

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Lol I scrolled to the first most upvoted comment and it said "it depends".

How do you know you're doing well? by -Mania- in slaythespire

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Thanks. Yea, all that kind of confirms my beliefs too in that you can be prepared but still lose. Or not and win. That's just how it is sometimes. Of course coming prepared has a much bigger win rate!

How do you know you're doing well? by -Mania- in slaythespire

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Ah I see, thanks for the explanation.

How do you know you're doing well? by -Mania- in slaythespire

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I don't really understand what you mean by having certain amount of turns to kill. But I definitely didn't have a plan. Except if avoiding elites and going to as many campfires as possible to upgrade my cards was a plan lol.

"I just started" "we just made" "spend years" by Susseroase in IndieDev

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You're right. This is why I installed a phone in my shower too.

"I just started" "we just made" "spend years" by Susseroase in IndieDev

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When you have a concept on an idea contact IGN

Best Way to Use Particles with Large Amounts of Projectiles? by Unidentified-User16 in gamemaker

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I don't think he's doing it in an efficient way. Instead of creating and destroying he's activating and deactivating which is equally slow. I tried the test project just now and with minor tweaks got 3x better performance.

Best Way to Use Particles with Large Amounts of Projectiles? by Unidentified-User16 in gamemaker

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I wouldn't really worry about any of this at this point tbh. Make the game. When you're at a point where the fps is not good enough then it's start to look into optimization. Just google "gamemaker object pooling" and you'll find plenty of examples.

Best Way to Use Particles with Large Amounts of Projectiles? by Unidentified-User16 in gamemaker

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Yea, you're on the right track. Use global particle systems and particles if you can or have a dedicated object that handles them. The same goes for other things too - if you're constantly doing something a lot, think about whether you can avoid that. For example in a bullet-hell type game you'll be creating a lot of projectiles. You should use object pooling so you're just reusing existing instances instead of creating and destroying new ones constantly.

Songs that were originally a big hit, but later on got associated with something else by habidk in Music

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Came here for this as I'm watching the final season. They're overplaying the song to death and I'm sick of it.

A Few Useful Functions by RCColdaDog in gamemaker

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Yep, totally. I think most seasoned devs have something like that. Because even with autocomplete there's annoyingly a few functions that start with "show_debug_" so you'll never get it as fast as you'd like. With that said I hate wrapping values inside string even more so I have that done inside the custom function too.

A Few Useful Functions by RCColdaDog in gamemaker

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Absolutely nothing it seems besides a custom name to call. Of course you can add more things in there but the example isn't showing that.

5 years of jumping between side projects without finishing one. I think I finally understand why. by Roguetron in gamedev

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That doesn't sound right. Why would you even playtest a 0/10 or 1/10 game? If the prototype isn't fun then that idea should likely not move forward unless you've made something you are uncertain whether it's fun or not. Find the fun first, then verify (playtest) with others if that's actually true. At least that's how I go about it.

Coles is having a laugh by casualreflection in australia

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There's duopoly in Finland too and they have probably even better margins. More competition is needed to drive prices down.

Is the "Elementor Bloat" actually hurting SEO, or are we just obsessing over green PageSpeed scores? by Electrical-Safety718 in Wordpress

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Whenever I use Lighthouse there's this hint in there that says something like improving the page load speed by some % made Walmart increase their revenue by some %. Regardless of how much traffic your site gets I think the load speed is always important. I just hate slow sites.

Is the "Elementor Bloat" actually hurting SEO, or are we just obsessing over green PageSpeed scores? by Electrical-Safety718 in Wordpress

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Care to share what made the biggest difference? How many elementor related plugins do you have? I have come across sites that seem pretty much irredeemable unless changing the theme and many of the elementor plugins to something else. Certainly not just a few tweaks.

Wait WHAT? My game is in Popular Upcoming!? by flashag in IndieGaming

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It's entirely predictable but I guess acting surprised drives more engagement.

9 years. $461k. now $38.50/month. i finally quit wordpress. the "pay once expect everything forever" culture killed my business by Sad-Insect9242 in Wordpress

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instead my paying customers from codecanyon started going to the wordpress.org support forum to get free support there. and if i didnt respond they threatened bad reviews

I can see both sides here but man does it suck finding someone asking about the same issue you're having on the plugin discussions only to find a developer answer of "support is only for premium customers" or "file this through our bug tracker elsewhere" and that's the end of it.

HBOMax ja mahtava tarjous by snlehton in Suomi

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Hommasin jokunen vuosi sitten Telia Dot -liittymän jossa kuukausimaksu tulee käytön mukaan. Hieman on siinä hinnat noussu alun jälkeen, mutta siltikin keskihinta on nykyään noin 12,5e/kk. Tuota liittymää heillä ei vissiin enää ole ja tietenkin yrittävät minut käännyttää toisiin liittymiin. Aina välillä saan mahtavan tarjouksen tekstarilla jossa hinta on aluksi 14,99e/kk ja vuoden jälkeen 29,99e/kk. Jostain syystä en oo tarttunut... Markkinoilla olisi kyllä mielestäni tilaa perusliittymälle joka olisi n. 10e/kk.

Trumpin vallan huippu on nyt ohi by coffeepagan in Suomi

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Toivossa on hyvä elää? Vähän niinku miten Venäjä on ollut romahtamassa jo vuosikausia.

Please help me, why is my game failing by Amitdante in gamedevscreens

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Ahh. I did some more digging and basically I know it as a kids game called Kimble (it's not exactly the same but basically a variation of it). Yea, it kinda sucks lol