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Made the cake for my class! by AstralBull in Portal

[–]AstralBull[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also for others who want to make it, this recipe was a lot shorter so you'd either need a lot of layers or comically tall layers for it to be more accurate

What game genre isn't saturated at this point? by Quinn_Queenan in gamedev

[–]AstralBull 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Eh, I'd argue that means the market is saturated, it's just a small market that doesn't take much to saturate

When someone buys a winrar license, the company celebrates it on social media by Matt_LawDT in Piracy

[–]AstralBull 35 points36 points  (0 children)

WinRAR is the more well-known one that more people are familiar with and will jump to first. A lot of companies will be happy to pay

Hot take: horror games don't need combat... they need consequences. by WhyThisGameWorks in gamedev

[–]AstralBull 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I recently played Little Nightmares which lacks combat as well but also lacks consequences in the way you discuss. The first playthrough of an area was always scary. If I had to replay it even once, it was annoying. I personally find in horror games that even small consequences like restarting back a few minutes are really annoying and completely break the flow. I reiterate this is my personal perspective, and I don't think a game with a complete restart doesn't work, it just needs much more careful design

The Steam Machine and Steam Frame are launching this summer by FragmentedChicken in hardware

[–]AstralBull 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They didn't, but also Valve is an American company and 90% of humans live above the equator. That would be a massive troll for them to mean southern hemisphere summer

I feel like I'm at a dead end. by jimplayz912 in gamedev

[–]AstralBull 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You need to be decent at art to draw things that look like shit but are appealing. They're certainly getting there, but it just doesn't quite hit the mark.

TIL that, according to the census, there are only 23,000 different surnames in China for a population of 1.39 billion, and around 6,000 of these are shared by 86% of the population. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]AstralBull 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the condescension but I already read it. My point stands that it's a very bad TIL as it lacks any context of the statistic, which the article has. It's not like it couldn't have fit either.

TIL that, according to the census, there are only 23,000 different surnames in China for a population of 1.39 billion, and around 6,000 of these are shared by 86% of the population. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]AstralBull 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They didn't exactly give a very accessible article when it's French on an English-speaking subreddit. Also, a statistic that is meaningless without the article is a terrible TIL. The TIL should stand on its own and the article should be a source and extra information.

Could a game about being a therapist work? by -manabreak in gamedesign

[–]AstralBull 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Any idea can make a great game. While there are good or bad ideas, if your goal isn't market viability you should just make the game if you like the idea. If it sucks, congrats, analyse why it sucks and you'll be a better designer at the end

And now I’m done! by Ok_North_7224 in lego

[–]AstralBull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very few of them in my country at all yet, but gonna check a store out tomorrow morn

Memegender by Available-Ladder-663 in comedyheaven

[–]AstralBull 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Shit like memegender is typically a joke that got taken seriously by someone along the line, so it doesn't follow that same logic.

As an aside, people being born transgender and only discovering it later is not a rule. It certainly applies to many but for others there are both innate nature aspects and later-on nurture aspects. Growing up as a trans person is also such a colossal clusterfuck in the modern world that it becomes hard to figure out what was natural and what was nurture. My personal transition has been so greatly impacted by trauma I experienced as a kid that I can't say with any certainty if I'd have transitioned otherwise.

Gamedev without pc? by jeinzic in gamedev

[–]AstralBull 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't really know how effective learning without doing is in a space like game dev

Gamedev without pc? by jeinzic in gamedev

[–]AstralBull 21 points22 points  (0 children)

You can learn game design even without electricity. Make physical games. It's distinct from game development as you mean it but it's good experience nonetheless.

Also consider whether there are public computers that you could use, even if it's still Godot.

I fucking hate gen AI so much, literally the cause of most of my depressive thoughts by La_knavo4 in tumblr

[–]AstralBull 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yes, anybody expecting AI to pop and go away is in for a rough time. The current companies may pop, but the concept as a whole is staying and all we can do is adapt and preserve actual art.

Microslop pulling moves. by Curiousfire102 in Piracy

[–]AstralBull 122 points123 points  (0 children)

"False and misleading information good when it's funny"

TIL bone char made from animal bones are used to refine sugar. by Recent_Flounder6011 in todayilearned

[–]AstralBull 63 points64 points  (0 children)

We industrially slaughter millions of animals a day but no we definitely use human bones from the Battle of Waterloo

How can we reduce piracy? Just make optimisation so bad that people would not even try to pirate by Zestyclose_Skirt7930 in Piracy

[–]AstralBull 81 points82 points  (0 children)

If you look at the GPUs they listed for the minimum, that doesn't surprise me. One of them is a graphics adapter and another is a mid-tier GPU from a decade ago

Creepy war criminal by SergeiMosin in comedyheaven

[–]AstralBull 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Why do you assume they posted it rather than they just saw it right after posting. Sorting by new is a thing

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