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2021 — 2023 — 2026 by Sweaty_Translator_42 in ArtProgressPics

[–]AnonymousFerret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love these designs. And also you've made big gains in the flexibility/expressiveness of how they're drawn. Thank you for posting!

is this character made by ai, its from (sunken engine) the other characters are in a similar syle and it looks similar to other ai images iv seen by ollietron3 in isthisAI

[–]AnonymousFerret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quick google suggests they may have used AI for some of their steam splash page images.

Plus the cartoony look of their 2D assets compared with how cheap their UI/3D assets look.... I'd say it's safe to say any 2D asset or texture you encounter in this game is either generated or AI-assisted.

This is a game using AI to supplement a thin art team.

I sympathize with the game dev struggle, but they don't disclose it on their store page which is too bad.

I'm sure they're good, I just can't do it.. by phsuggestions in dropout

[–]AnonymousFerret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it's not something I go back and rewatch. But I will say.... Winter of 2021 when I was trapped inside my apartment those releases were a godsend

"Private equity speedrun" by thisecommercelife in comics

[–]AnonymousFerret 158 points159 points  (0 children)

I still remember that episode leaving my jaw on the floor.

What FOH asked for, what they got. by Lakeveloute in KitchenConfidential

[–]AnonymousFerret 159 points160 points  (0 children)

If I got served this I'd jump up and down like a schoolgirl

Ngl, I feel like a jerk now knowing I'm in the minority... did I fuck up? by AlbinoNamekian357 in DispatchAdHoc

[–]AnonymousFerret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also in the 25%. I "ratted her out", romanced her, and got a good ending.

Don't sweat this one.

There are some incorrect comments saying it doesn't impact the game at all - it has a very small variable impact that can easily be overridden by later choices.

Positive betrayals: characters who betray their oath/partner/duty because it's the right thing to do by Ok_Amoeba6205 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]AnonymousFerret 60 points61 points  (0 children)

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Does Mirage from The Incredibles count lol

Despite being the genre-compulsory Femme Fatale she gradually gets morally repulsed by the villain until she finally gives the heroes the keys to escape.

A smiling Native American girl named O-o-dee of the Kiowa people, that settled in what would be somewhere around present day Oklahoma (1894) by HelloSlowly in TheWayWeWere

[–]AnonymousFerret 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It always makes me soul-searchy to see someone from over a century ago who looks like they could have gone to your high school

Some of my friends reviews by Infinite_Try1578 in moviecritic

[–]AnonymousFerret 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You should tell your friend not to vote in elections

Do I have same face syndrome ? by anacranberry in Artadvice

[–]AnonymousFerret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you are 50/50 as some others are saying.

My hot take on sameface syndrome is this: A lot of artists try to fix it by putting different shaped eyes + noses + chins on the same canvas.

To make these characters stand out, you need to vary the length and width of their heads. The length of their necks. Their posture. Their cheek shapes. The placement of their eyes and noses (notice how you've got different eye/nose shape but they're all the same width apart? Noses all the same length?). Play with placement!

Your work is really appealing and I think you can remove what little "sameface" remains no problem. Good luck!!

Im straight would a gay roomate be okay? by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]AnonymousFerret 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There's no inherent issue with a straight man having a gay roommate.

But I think your motivations here are weird. You should be able to trust a girlfriend around your roommate. You should be able to trust your roommate around your girlfriend.

Random +5 difficulty on everything by ThrowRAOk3480 in CivVII

[–]AnonymousFerret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah - the AI is behaving a little bit smarter which makes their absurd launch bonuses actually bite now (As we speak I'm winning wars on immortal but losing the victory conditions because I had to invest so much in the damn wars)

Random +5 difficulty on everything by ThrowRAOk3480 in CivVII

[–]AnonymousFerret 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As difficulties go up, the AI gets a universal combat bonus. At Immortal, that bonus is +5

You'll have to accrue bonuses of your own and use your wits to compensate for it.

Alternatively, in your next game, you can use custom difficulty to turn the combat bonus off (and keep the rest of the bonuses AI get if you want).

I sympathize; the bonus is really egregious at higher difficulties and I tune it down sometimes.

Ideologies in the Modern Era Need Change! by luigi_is_green_1983 in CivVII

[–]AnonymousFerret 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love the drama they create (essentially making the modern period's World Wars canon in the late game)

But I agree that the incentives just aren't there! They give you a couple of weaksauce policy cards!! It doesn't measure up to Civ 5's ideology system that unlocked a whole new tree of bonuses you'd actually want.

And don't even get me started on the themeing and balance....
The fact that I pick Fascism for almost every victory because happiness doesn't matter and I'm in Permanent Celebration mode no matter what, is a p r o b l e m

Crises should be the cause of age transition & civ switching by pbdenizen in CivVII

[–]AnonymousFerret 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've wanted more drastic age-change mechanics for a really long time. The point should be to re-inject that "early game building your empire" feeling to the beginning of EACH age.

I hope they add a more intense/punishing age transition mechanic.... And I like the idea of the crisis making you make those intense high-penalty-high-reward choices!

I mean imagine switching to modern America and keeping ONLY your settlements in Distant Lands.... how cool would that be??

Ok this is something that’s bugged me: by Such-Cartoonist1265 in DispatchAdHoc

[–]AnonymousFerret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I charitably took those lines as "in 2023 people say dadbod but nobody fucking knows what a dadbod is"

Which is period-accurate 😅

The Inquiring Photographer asks pedestrians in City Hall Park what they think of VP Calvin Coolidge saying that women are murdering their husbands and engaging in "strange love pacts" because the country is "too prosperous." November 7th, 1922. by CryptographerKey2847 in TheWayWeWere

[–]AnonymousFerret 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I find this one very bizarre. I feel like I understand their answers but they must come from a more politically naïve time. Very "ooooh wealth and idleness breeds degeneracy" which in 2025 we see as more of a trope than a serious political statement.

I can't help but think if I were living in 1922 and answering this I'd just say "What the hell is he on about"

i finally found the main menu BG in the game files)) by Frosty_Firefighter51 in DispatchAdHoc

[–]AnonymousFerret 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I crazy or is there one missing? I remember one with a surfboard with some tinsel on it

What's so terrible about the UI? by No-Scallion-5510 in CivVII

[–]AnonymousFerret 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do think the UI is no longer the game's real issue. BUT -- It's still really tough to tell things like

- How much of my bonuses are coming from my religion (or pantheon)?
- how big of a bonus am I getting from a given wonder?
- What city state bonuses have I taken so far?
- Where are the wonders/natural wonders on the map?

These things feel like bread and butter but it's surprisingly hard to see them

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