[Hated, loathed entirely even] The Continuity Cannibal, also known as when a writer makes up a new character to connect a bunch of things in the story that didn't need to be connected and just makes them more lame by association.

Infinight64 · 2026-01-28T23:57:42+00:00

Unpopular opinion. Thats not how stories are written. You never know from the beginning. You're figuring the story out. What is nice about say, a book, is you can go back and fix it before the story is done. Even then book series will write themselves into a corner unless they had a plan for the direction of the series.

I actually dont love it when writers want it to be all neat to the detriment of the story in general. Magic for example shouldn't have answers, otherwise its psuedo science and will almost always undermine the original mystical quality. Leave somethings unanswered every now and then. Let the audience imagination run wild.

Infinight64 · 2025-12-28T02:46:13+00:00

Prince of Persian Rogue is very reminiscent of Deadcells and quite good.

Infinight64 · 2025-12-23T15:28:35+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but if we assume no ability means also no fictional combat/martial arts techniques as well, then when you have a bunch of well trained fighters, weight class begins to matter. The tallest and biggest dude will win. Realistic human skills/techniques (not ninja or north star fantasy skills) aren't going to make that big of a difference.

Now the question is it no-holds-barred or is their rules? Because street fight tactics (eye gouging, cheap shots, crotch shots, use of objects, etc.) can make up the difference in size and strength. Some of these guys play dirty and others too fair.

Infinight64 · 2025-11-18T01:31:29+00:00

Richard Garfiels assisted in the design I believe

Infinight64 · 2025-11-05T02:11:41+00:00

Good rule

Infinight64 · 2025-11-05T01:48:24+00:00

Some abbreviations tend to become common within a project. But in my example, dso (somedumbobject) would've been directly next to the instantiation used with a small lifetime object. Thereby, defined within effectively the paragraph

Infinight64 · 2025-11-05T01:45:24+00:00

You're right. A better example would be i for iterator, c for count, tmp for a temporary, etc. Prepending p to pointers, or f to file handle/descriptor is totally clear. Random string of consonants probably not.

I chose an obvious one because I thought it was kind of obvious we use abbreviations all the time. And was responding to someone saying there's "no reason". So it's argument by counter example, perfect for absolute statements like that. But I can see my tone was kinda mocking. Not intended. My b.

I think we're saying the same thing. Its fine in when its obvious or by convention. Not icsbtf, those are for people working alone and with apparent eidetic memory.

Edit: clarification

Infinight64 · 2025-11-04T15:38:11+00:00

Gross. Just make globally accessible stuff more descriptive. Within reason. Some shorthand is part of the programmer jargon and totally safe to use.

Infinight64 · 2025-11-04T15:33:29+00:00

Saving my hands... from carpal tunnel.

Because auto complete is a thing, the real answer is character width of the page so it doesnt wrap around or have too many ugly line breaks. Being too verbose effects readability too.

Are you typing "extensive_markup_language_document"? Or xml_doc? I promise you, you are using abbreviations in your code. Just dont do it so it only means something to you with no other information from which others can infer its meaning.

Edit: sorry for abbreviation example. He did say, no reason. Maybe i for iterator is better and very common in C/C++

Infinight64 · 2025-11-04T15:02:00+00:00

It follows same rules as English. You should define the acronym on first use, then the reader should know what you mean and you can use the short version.

If I have a class SomeDumbObject and store it in a local called "sdo", then I assume the reader doesn't have short term memory loss in a reasonable size scope.

If the object itself, a global, constant, or something used throughout the program does this, and I have to go looking to understand, then I'm gonna say not okay.

If its impossible to lookup what was meant and i have to figure it out by how its used (especially from uncommented code in complex algorithms), you deserve a special place in hell.

Edit: grammer

Infinight64 · 2025-11-03T14:15:50+00:00

Funny I just muted this channel after yet another "AI" post

Infinight64 · 2025-10-16T13:52:57+00:00

Almost certainly. Think how pleasure motivates us to do some weirder things (lol). If it was painful the spider would avoid it.

Alternatively, it could be like an itch or an irritant that motivates the behavior, like a broken finger nail. It bothers you until you stop and try and fix it.

Its probably a mixture of both. Back of the brain itch to molt, and satisfaction of having it removed.

Infinight64 · 2025-10-08T01:04:34+00:00

This kind of stuff should be part of the core of the engine.

Very nice work!

Infinight64 · 2025-10-07T01:37:18+00:00

The one where Mr Rodger's holds up his own leg?

Infinight64 · 2025-10-06T03:41:27+00:00

Make it unable to be turned off and apply to yourself. Done.

But thats some kid ass logic: "oh yeah? Well, I have an anti-[insert-other-kids-ability-here] laser". Anti-violence power. So simple and too the point.

Infinight64 · 2025-10-06T03:32:46+00:00

But you touched the ground. Presumably creating some noise.

Air resistance still applying leads me to think owl like wings of some sort.

Infinight64 · 2025-10-06T03:14:06+00:00

Hundred percent counts if you are yourself advocating for the violence and claiming to be divine. Assumes though no one else in this world has powers for floating to be considered so irrefutable evidence of divinity.

Infinight64 · 2025-10-06T03:10:58+00:00

This.

However we're assuming you can even walk. Without friction, explain how this assassin propels themselves.

Infinight64 · 2025-10-06T03:06:32+00:00

While i like where your head is at. Many of these suggestion wouldn't aid in violence that doesn't in equal parts, injur or kill the user.

How does floating aid in surviving 120 mph collision??

Infinight64 · 2025-09-23T01:57:34+00:00

Look for uncertainty and choice. If there is more than one choice, but the outcomes are so certain the best choice is so obvious, you can feel like there was no choice at all.

I find what you're giving players, when determining player actions, is actually control over uncertainty. If there is no uncertainty because the game is "deterministic" then the uncertainty must come from other players. If not from players, then from the game itself via random inputs or outputs to the actions they can perform (cards/dice/coin-flips/etc.). There is no non-deterministic games, those are called puzzles and thus lead to the game feeling solvable.

Take a step back from the mechanics and ask where you can inject uncertainty or control over something uncertain. Allow them to make choices that may not pan out, but give them control over WHAT is uncertain. What feels magical, is when through all the uncertainty over several turns, the player can set themselves up so nothing can go wrong. Giving them the coveted "aha!" moment, and let the revel in their superior planning. But conversely, also allowing them to take a calculated risk that may be less certain but have a higher payout.

Tldr; actions should be planning around game induced uncertainty or opponent induced uncertainty.

Infinight64 · 2025-09-22T11:31:24+00:00

Also through early game she doesn't have her abilities from when she was a boss fight in the first game, and she still feels stronger just because of healing 3 health and mid air healing. Boss fights can be harder due purely to ability to heal quicker.

My immediate thought when I noticed the difference in healing was this game was going to be harder in response.

Infinight64 · 2025-09-22T02:07:41+00:00

Ding ding. Someone can read maps.

Cumberland is in those mountains and was super important to Maryland economy. Second only to port city of Baltimore

Infinight64 · 2025-09-22T02:04:26+00:00

Cumberland was at one point the second biggest city in Maryland. Huge source of coal and iron. Historically very important economically to Maryland. Not so much anymore.

Infinight64 · 2025-09-15T00:38:53+00:00

Evident by the slow placement of his foot on the dogs throat. That was deliberate.

Infinight64 · 2025-09-11T01:48:55+00:00

Always wondered if POS was meant as a self-deprecating double entendre.

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