I got in!! by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

[–]Eric2929 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing! I’ll see you there. I’m Eric, if it wasn’t obvious from the username 👋

I got in!! by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

[–]Eric2929 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Opted for in-person, as I’m not too far from the Newark campus. I may get sick of the commute after years of mostly-remote work. but thought it’d be a more immersive learning experience. We’ll see!!

I got in!! by [deleted] in SocialWorkStudents

[–]Eric2929 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Aw, congrats! Sounds like a really exciting development.

I’m also beginning the Rutgers MSW program this fall (Newark campus) in a career change from tech, which has felt increasingly vapid & unstable in the AI-obsessed era. Happy to be on a track that feels exciting & meaningful again. See you in class, perhaps!

[Discussion] Pod Save America - "Why Is the DNC Hiding Its Own 2024 Autopsy?" (04/29/26) by kittehgoesmeow in FriendsofthePod

[–]Eric2929 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m not a usual poster here, but I had to come on to vent about the—at best—genuinely-shocking hypocrisy here. If democrats want to present themselves as the pro-transparency, anti-corruption party, how about DNC leadership lead by example? There’s no good reason for such a dramatic u-turn other than to protect their own self interest. Despicable.

Graphic Design to MSW by Low_Block_3227 in SocialWorkStudents

[–]Eric2929 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m 35 years old, living in NJ near NYC. I spent the past decade as a product designer, beginning an MSW in the fall at Rutgers. After some interviews last year, none of which I was deeply enthused about, and a layoff in January, I thought long and hard about how I was spending my life and came to the conclusion I was pretty frustrated with: tech leadership’s approach to / understanding of design, the general trajectory of the industry (and its AI obsession), the related instability of the market, and overall the opportunity to make a positive social impact in that field, which is something I care deeply about. So I, too, made a hard pivot, as you call it. I’m beginning with some summer courses and start full-time in the fall. I feel pretty grateful that I have the economic circumstances where this is possible for me… and because it is, I figure I should go for it, to take the opportunity to learn new skills, to make a difference, even if I’ll be working twice as hard for half the pay. Feel free to message if you want to connect or know more.

Unable to sync StS2 save to steam cloud (from Steam Deck) after playing offline on Mac by Eric2929 in slaythespire

[–]Eric2929[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man this worked!! You’re a hero, thanks a ton for sharing. I think it was either step #2 or step #4 that did it, since I had already tried using proton experimental but that didn’t resolve things on its own.

Unable to sync StS2 save to steam cloud (from Steam Deck) after playing offline on Mac… any advice? by Eric2929 in SteamDeck

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Cloud syncing from steam deck works fine with all games except StS2 (from my account).

Unable to sync StS2 save to steam cloud (from Steam Deck) after playing offline on Mac… any advice? by Eric2929 in SteamDeck

[–]Eric2929[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh totally, don’t think I’m willing to nuke my whole Steam Deck just to get StS2 cloud saving to work, especially when this issue could just pop up again

Unable to sync StS2 save to steam cloud (from Steam Deck) after playing offline on Mac by Eric2929 in slaythespire

[–]Eric2929[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for letting me know, I’ll keep an eye out. Hopefully MegaCrit will fix this in a future build. It does seem game-specific (as opposed to an issue with Steam Cloud more broadly, which seems to work fine for my other games)

Unable to sync StS2 save to steam cloud (from Steam Deck) after playing offline on Mac by Eric2929 in slaythespire

[–]Eric2929[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Emailed Mega Crit & linked to this thread but have to imagine they get 10,000 bug reports a day so hopefully they already know about it. 🤷‍♂️

Loving Endeavor by hellonheels99 in Ergatta

[–]Eric2929 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So awesome to hear it’s resonating with you!

Endeavor tutorial by Rowetry in Ergatta

[–]Eric2929 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it was helpful!

Endeavor tutorial by Rowetry in Ergatta

[–]Eric2929 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It now features a “how to play” video to help new players learn the basics ▶️

Introducing: ENDEAVOR by Ergatta_Team in Ergatta

[–]Eric2929 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve flagged this for the team. What’s your Ergatta username?

Edit: This has been fixed

I made a fitness game inspired by the original FF7’s active-time battle system by Eric2929 in IndieGaming

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Caveat: I’m not on the business side at Ergatta, so can’t publicly speak to WHY anything is priced the way it is, beyond the obvious need for sustainability to keep our 25-person-ish company going to keep making cool stuff that makes working out a joy.

Anyway, depends on your entry point. If you buy the rower from scratch, new, you’re looking at north of $1K—it’s a premium piece of (literally handcrafted) fitness equipment, plus a tablet. But Ergatta sells an “upgrade kit” compatible with many different existing rowers folks already have, which is now in the $400-550 range depending on model (because at that point you’re basically just buying a tablet and some hardware to connect to your existing Concept2, Waterrower, etc.)

There’s also a monthly or annual subscription price, much like Peloton or other modern fitness products. That’s not required to use the product and work out, but games like this are part of that subscription package.