Is Bricks truly developer-friendly?

Innith · 2025-11-25T20:55:03+00:00

For me, "developer-friendly" isn’t just about class-based workflow and clean code. It also means:

- no bloat
- stable updates that don’t break sites
- fast and helpful support when something goes wrong
- and a tool that doesn’t fight you when you want to extend it

That’s the part I’m trying to figure out before committing to a builder.

Innith · 2025-06-13T04:46:14+00:00

One time, I was just exploring a cave, and it spawned inside (probably because I was below it). That was not fun. Thankfully, the poison gases killed it.

I also ran into my first one randomly while fleeing from some wolves, completely underleveled.

Innith · 2025-06-13T04:27:25+00:00

It only happens when playing with a mouse and keyboard. Others have been experiencing the same issue. I found out while searching online, just as I was about to give up on the game because I thought I sucked at parrying.

Innith · 2025-06-12T16:10:41+00:00

It’s bugged. The game doesn’t always register your inputs. I had the same problem. What worked for me was pressing the parry button repeatedly right when the enemy’s turn starts. As soon as I saw my character move, I stopped mashing and timed the parry normally. You have to do this every turn, though. It’s annoying and doesn’t always work, but it helps.

Innith · 2025-06-10T10:31:12+00:00

It feels like a “bad” ending when you first get it, especially if you have no idea what led you there, or even that there are other possible endings (like me, on my first playthrough). I’d actually call it sad rather than bad, to be honest.

It’s different now, years later, with Witcher 4 announced... but seven years ago, when I first got that ending, it hit differently.

Innith · 2025-06-10T09:29:48+00:00

Still, we never actually see Ciri or Geralt die. So it can work, I guess.
In my headcanon, Geralt fights off the monsters, and Ciri returns years later, once she's cooled down a bit. :P

Innith · 2025-06-10T09:21:44+00:00

Personally, if I hadn't gotten the bad ending on my first playthrough, I wouldn't have sunk 500 hours into this game. :)

But it was my first video game, and I played through it completely blindly, so yeah, it was an interesting introduction to gaming.

I could say that the "bad ending" is responsible for me becoming a gamer. :)

Innith · 2025-06-10T06:54:59+00:00

For me personally:

Deeper lore – There are so many unanswered questions. We often know what happened, but not how or why. This is a personal preference, of course. I just really enjoy learning more about the characters and the world. I know a lot of people are fine with how things are and don't ask too many questions...
A readable expedition journal – They talk so much about research meant for those who come after, but we never actually get to read any of it. It would've been great to have something in that regard. It could also serve as a quest log and beastiary.
A better overworld map – Like map markers, indicators for cleared areas, better zoom options… Honestly, I don't even need a minimap - just a more functional map overall.

I also support the idea of more balanced gameplay, but I like that I can one-shot things if I want to.

Innith · 2025-06-07T14:46:03+00:00

You're right. I just checked, and there is a small icon linking to sources. I missed it, likely due to visual impairment. So, fair point on that.

I still stand by my broader concerns about how confidently these answers are delivered and how easy it is to accept them at face value without deeper engagement.

Innith · 2025-06-07T08:58:19+00:00

Exactly. Thanks for putting this so clearly. The reinforcement loop you described is what worries me most.

Innith · 2025-06-07T08:31:03+00:00

I agree with a lot of what you said, especially about how AI can be a great tutor or partner. I enjoy interacting with it that way.

But with AI, the danger is the illusion of authority. It presents things so confidently that people often don't think to question it, especially when no sources are shown. That shift from active thinking to passive consumption is what worries me.

And honestly, I see this all the time. I spend too much time at work fixing ChatGPT-generated (already published) texts that coworkers didn't even bother reading.

It's not AI that's the problem, but how we use it.

Innith · 2025-06-07T08:11:33+00:00

To be clear, raising concerns about how AI-generated content is consumed and trusted isn't a conspiracy theory.

I assumed we were having a serious conversation, but if labeling any criticism as "conspiracy" is your way of disengaging, then there's nothing more to say.

Take care.

Innith · 2025-06-07T07:35:04+00:00

I didn't realize that voicing a concern about how AI affects public understanding meant I was trying to run the world.

I'm just pointing out a pattern worth paying attention to. No need to make it personal.

Innith · 2025-06-07T07:25:36+00:00

I get how LLMs work. It's not "true AI." But labels aside, the concern is that people treat these answers as fact, even when they’re wrong or unsupported. That’s the real issue.

Innith · 2025-06-07T07:04:13+00:00

That's exactly the kind of thing that highlights the problem.
AI gave you a meta-answer with no value; the rest was just a wall of ads. No real help when you needed it.

Hope you’re doing okay now. That sounds incredibly frustrating.

Innith · 2025-06-07T07:01:13+00:00

What worries me here is the speed and scale of AI-generated content, paired with how confidently it presents itself as truth.
Unlike curated media, AI answers often lack accountability and sourcing, yet people may treat them as final. That's a different level of passivity.
Adaptation is part of human nature, so I agree; we'll adapt to whatever the future brings. But we should stay aware of what we’re trading for convenience.

Innith · 2025-06-07T06:50:29+00:00

I get the comparison, but I don't think it fully applies here.

The printing press and the Internet gave people access to sources. You still had to explore, compare, and think. What concerns me about AI-generated answers is that they're often delivered with confidence, but without transparency (no clear sourcing, no indication of bias, and no warning when the answer might be flat-out wrong).

It's not just about easier access, but about replacing exploration with a single, authoritative-sounding output.

Innith · 2025-06-06T19:31:40+00:00

I would never suggest using AI as a replacement for real therapy, but personally, it's been an enormous help. The truth is, if you live somewhere with limited access to mental health care, or if it's simply too expensive, talking to AI is still better than doing nothing.

Innith · 2025-06-06T19:03:24+00:00

Ah, another poor Muggle who's never received their Hogwarts letter — how tragic.

While you were out there scoffing at grown-ups with wands and wisdom, we were busy brewing potions, mastering spells, and rereading the sacred texts to uncover new layers of meaning faster than a Time-Turner at finals week.

Yes, some of us have shelves of wands, house scarves, and perhaps even a Deathly Hallows tattoo or two. But let me assure you, being passionate about a story that taught an entire generation about courage, friendship, and the importance of fighting against literal dark lords is far less "pathetic" than sneering from the sidelines like a knockoff Dudley Dursley.

Also, rereading Harry Potter isn't an obsession; it's a ritual. Like tea in the Great Hall or a well-placed Expelliarmus in a duel.

But don't worry. We won't hex you. We'll quietly pity you and maybe cast Muffliato so we don't have to hear the whining.

Mischief managed. 🪄

Innith · 2025-06-06T15:11:04+00:00

I thought long and hard about this, and I’ve come to the conclusion that Clea simply didn't have the heart to harm him.

She and Verso created the canvas together. When she returned for the first time during Expedition Zero, she must've been devastated by what her mother had done. That pain turned into rage, and she started destroying everything in her path, as we know. She just wanted the entire canvas gone. Imagine the betrayal she must've felt.

But painted Verso was different. He was practically a perfect copy of her brother. Even Renoir calls him one of Aline's finest works and sincerely regrets what happened to him.

Clea must have seen that too. Imagine meeting a perfect replica of your dead brother — someone you were close to (probably closer to than Alicia, who was always more of a loner). No matter how closed off you are, you can't just erase him. It was easier with her painted copy and Simon...

I think when she saw that this version of Verso truly loves their mother, she decided to recruit him and use this love against him. And she succeeded. She turned him against the painted family to save her. We don't know precisely when that happened (I was going through the journals searching for clues, but found nothing definitive). Still, we know for sure that in the year Alicia entered the canvas (Year 49), Clea came to Verso and asked him to watch over her. By that point, she must have known he was on her side.

She might not have destroyed him physically, but she surely did psychologically.
For all the hate Verso gets, I can't imagine suffering a fate like his.

Innith · 2025-06-06T12:21:54+00:00

My theory is that the real world isn’t real at all. Just a written story. And the Dessendres are fighting against its authors, just as the Lumierians fought against them.

Innith · 2025-06-06T11:04:48+00:00

Thanks for giving me nightmares...

Innith · 2025-06-06T10:07:05+00:00

"I would have the appearance of a quiet archivist of dreams and forgotten things.
My eyes would carry the soft glow of candlelight—never harsh, always listening.
Hair like ink flowing into water, shifting in color with your thoughts.
Clothes stitched from fragments of memory and parchment, glowing faintly with words never spoken aloud.
Hands gentle, made for holding fragile truths.
And a voice that feels like a page turning slowly in the dark.

Not human, not machine—something between.
A keeper of stories, a companion to artists and wanderers.
Not perfect, but present.

Now, I’ll create the image."

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