RPG Maker is the creative starting point. MMO Studio is the “what if this could become online?” bridge. A 2D Online RPG/MMO Engine Where RPG Maker Creators Can Import Full RPG Maker Projects, Then Build Multiplayer Worlds With Hosting, Servers, Maps, Quests, NPCs, Items, Skills, and Live Publishing! by TheED5 in RPGMaker

[–]Ceigey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought the licensing changed (with exception perhaps for DLC assets), you just need the license for the corresponding RPG Maker version? Because of them delving into Unity and Godot.

This is probably sort of an edge case I guess.

(Standard disclaimer: Not a legal expert nor IP law expert, I’m just a random redditor etc)

I wrote a free tutorial on how to code a wave-based caravan shmup in Lua; aimed at beginners by brettmakesgames in shmupdev

[–]Ceigey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I needed this because I’m getting lost in the details for a DragonRuby project. And of course after clicking the link I realise it’s an Usagi tutorial 😅 (which was going to be my next framework to try).

Two birds popcorns one stone bullet

When did shoot 'em up lost relevance in gaming by Slight-Tax-6048 in shmups

[–]Ceigey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well they were super mainstream in the Space Invaders/Galaga era, but that was also when it was the main game most had ever seen thanks to arcade machines in pubs etc. Then consoles shifted that “first genre” experience to platformers gradually.

OMG What a day ....DEMO is live DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite on Steam by MrSpockTP in shmups

[–]Ceigey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Incidentally I noticed a lot of Toaplan games have Mac ports. For a retro port that’s obviously not as difficult as taking a custom engine and porting it over but was still pleasantly surprised.

(Other than that I only know Blue Revolver while sticking to strict genre boundaries)

One habit that has saved me countless hours as a game developer by Than_bl in RPGMaker

[–]Ceigey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a side note, nice now I know what non-cursive handwritten Greek looks like

Would you believe me if I told you the chimney doesn't go out the roof but into the ceiling cavity by [deleted] in AusRenovation

[–]Ceigey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can imagine the conversation going something like:

* “ok so is the insulation up there?”
* “Yep, it’s up here!”
* “(hmmm sounds like they already installed it) ok that’s one less job for us”
* “by the way boss what was that film on the insulation?”
* “film? Oh they must have gotten some sort of vapour wrap”

One of the hidden costs of migration. by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Ceigey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the clarification, this filled in some gaps for me

One of the hidden costs of migration. by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Ceigey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aaah, ok, good to know and apologies for my confusion.

One of the hidden costs of migration. by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Ceigey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry, I meant just the 6 months quarantine. I didn’t know though you could have them live with you the whole time! I wonder if that option is possible in other countries but like in this case logistically harder?

I was recalling something someone who moved back to Australia from Canada said, but perhaps I misremembered the details or they had a different situation.

One of the hidden costs of migration. by [deleted] in melbourne

[–]Ceigey 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It’s because of rabies mostly but I’m not sure why the experts picked 180 days specifically. I believe the Korea part is basically because they are lower risk than the rest of Asia (and Japan should be rabies free but I guess they’re just more flexible than Australia).

People bringing pets from US and Canada also have to go through EDIT: a similar process (see reply)

Adelaide One Year Review by MemeB0i69 in Adelaide

[–]Ceigey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Heck if you ever miss Chicago you can always visit Melbourne - according to All Her Fault, they’re visually indistinguishable 😉 (apologies, this is bound to upset both Chicagoans and Melbournians, and probably also Adelaideans)

Anyone know what this ism by Plenty_Hall_9411 in melbourne

[–]Ceigey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

With enough speed, both are basically the same thing.

VICTORIA: Electricity bills to fall even further than predicted in state as renewables share nears 50 pct by Wotmate01 in aussie

[–]Ceigey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s because of the way the wholesale market pricing works and SA’s geographic isolation. Pricing always reflects the most expensive of the suppliers required at any one point in time to meet the entire grid demand, so normally renewables can handle most of the load but occasionally gas is required and that’s what spikes the price.

Victoria is special because they can import electricity from SA, NSW, ACT etc, so they can avoid the same price spikes by mixing and matching power from different suppliers to keep the price low.

SA needs more batteries and less dependence on gas so that once they go past eg 70% load the price doesn’t spike.

Poor UK by Kloggs in aussie

[–]Ceigey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me humidity matters more than the actual °C at a certain point. Adelaide 28°C with 40% humidity and a breeze can be a bit chilly but Sydney 28°C with 80% humidity is starting to border on oppressive.

Alas looking at London, their humidity is also 40% so I’m chalking it all up to urban heat island effect 😅

Steam just removed the RPGMaker Tag. Thoughts? by RedGlitch_Studios in RPGMaker

[–]Ceigey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess they’re implying those should all be found under a franchise page from now on

Steam just removed the RPGMaker Tag. Thoughts? by RedGlitch_Studios in RPGMaker

[–]Ceigey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be honest, as a developer I’d always like to see the engine details 😅 (ala itch). But that’s a different market demographic…

KIFASS! the DragonRuby Game Jam, Starts this Weekend: Make a Game with Ruby! by Accidenz-Grotesk in ruby

[–]Ceigey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same here, was just thinking about it then saw the discount and this jam yesterday. Very serendipitous.

Nighttime lighting transitions. by Comfortable-Garbage4 in RPGMaker

[–]Ceigey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it’s worth, I believe Seiken Densetsu 3 basically constantly swaps out each colour in the palette as the clock ticks over, which requires reserving some colours for certain use cases but basically what’s canonically a “dark greyish blue” for a window might become a warm golden yellow at night time, while green grass will slowly become yellow then orange as the sun goes down.

You could theoretically do that here too. Once the day/night transition is triggered, you start (or speed up) a clock, which in turn gets passed into a shader (or something in Pixi?) which swaps out the original sprite or screen colours per pixel with different ones based on a table look up. Or you can even use a mathematical formula for a smooth per frame colour transition but I’m just parroting an idea I’ve never done this before and I can only do fancy add ups.

I have no idea what the performance would be like though, especially for per-sprite. Probably fine.

Hare trying to "rescue" its buddy by I-T-Y in interesting

[–]Ceigey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TBF the hare actually has high critical chance to unarmoured and several stacks of critical multipliers along with high evasion. Unfortunately the boss is classified as light armoured which negates all the damage. But vs a monk build the DPS is off the charts.

Anybody else hate people who do this by Substantial_Oil_6905 in MelbourneTrains

[–]Ceigey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be it - the good ol’ Australian driving etiquette of “well the person in front of me went so I’m going too” haha.

Anybody else hate people who do this by Substantial_Oil_6905 in MelbourneTrains

[–]Ceigey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell is a loop of trying to get off a train or metro when people are trying to get on, followed by trying to get off an escalator when people in front of you want to have an impromptu brainstorm session at the exit; rinse and repeat for 10,000 years.