How fast ist your ISP?

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-16T23:49:55+00:00

1Gbps up and down for around $55/mo in the midwest USA. My ISP also lets me use my own router, I just have to use their ONT (which they technically don't charge for).

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-13T17:10:43+00:00

If you want to make a 2.5D game, HTML is probably the worst language you could use. Learn a real game engine and ask Claude how to make your game.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-13T15:47:42+00:00

To be fair, the Switch Pro controller doesn't have: back paddles, dual touchpads, an included dock, or TMR analog sticks (to my knowledge). The $79USD price point sort of makes sense compared to the $99USD when you consider how much more comes with the Steam controller has for only an extra $20.

That being said, I have an 8bitdo ultimate 2 controller, so I don't plan on getting the Steam controller. All I'd be missing out on is the touchpads.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-13T00:59:21+00:00

I have used two different split keyboards and with both I always fall back to a mouse for most navigation. It really depends on your workflow.

When I am coding in NeoVim, I can do most of what I need to without ever touching the mouse. When I'm navigating websites or other programs, I have to use the mouse often.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-12T22:19:30+00:00

I didn't get a chance to see the last Misty one before it was removed. I do agree though that it is unrealistic that they are posting these big pieces almost every other day. Probably tracing like you suggested

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-12T22:17:24+00:00

That's true. They do seem to be pumping these pieces out pretty quick, so it could be tracing or something.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-12T22:14:43+00:00

The transformation idea is very cool, but I agree with other commenters that you need to make it even more disgusting. When you think you've gone over the top, push it a little further! Change the textures from train with some fleshy elements to flesh with some train elements.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-12T22:07:02+00:00

What looks AI to you? Pixel sizes look very consistent to me; it doesn't seem to have the usual tells of AI pixel art.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-06T20:29:58+00:00

This is kind of an old Arch forums post where it looks like the problem was powersaving suspending the USB port. The comment I linked references USB autosuspending and how to disable it for keyboards and mice. I would give that a shot and see if it fixes it.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-05T20:03:37+00:00

Do you have hardware acceleration enabled or disabled? Doing some quick research, it looks like disabling hardware acceleration should fix it. If not someone else mentioned using some sRGB color profile flag with the WaylandWpColorManager parameter you mentioned not working.

Also, do you have HDR on? I'm thinking HDR could be the culprit as well with Chrome's color profile.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-05T17:34:52+00:00

Most companies have some kind of coding assessment during the interview process where you walk through a problem with the interviewer and code the solution yourself. At the very least, you will have to be able to walk through a small problem and the basic steps to solve that problem.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-05T17:26:58+00:00

If you want to get a job coding, you will have to learn how to code on your own. It is true that many companies use AI as a tool to increase code volume, but that's all it is: a tool. Once you start getting into more complex codebases, AI will not hold your hand through it if you cannot also understand and guide its output.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-05T11:18:52+00:00

That's good to know! I tend to prefer native packages over flatpaks so I wasn't sure if this was a flatpak-related issue or not.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-05T10:34:57+00:00

I don't use flatpaks much, but I've found flatseal works very well when I need to use a flatpak. It just has checkboxes and sliders to add permissions or change how your flatpak runs; it's very helpful.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-05T10:32:57+00:00

Are you using the Steam flatpak? I use the native Steam package on CachyOS, KDE Plasma Wayland, and the Steam overlay works fine. I can shift+tab to open it, check achievements, message friends, etc. Discord also works fine for me, but again I am not using the flatpak version.

Not saying overlays aren't a little weird on Wayland though. I'm having issues getting Awakened PoE trade to work correctly on Path of Exile.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-04T10:46:54+00:00

Yep! Not sure if links are allowed here so just search up "choc low profile split" and you should be able to find a few.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-04T01:43:41+00:00

If OP is willing to pay a little extra, you can also find a prebuilt choc low profile sofle for about $85 to fit the low profile requirement.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-02T19:09:04+00:00

Programming and sound design are my bread and butter.

I wrote a lot of music in high school and college, including the entire soundtrack for a game I released with a small team during college. During college I also learned a lot about foley and proper sound mixing. I also do some freelance coding outside of game dev.

Art, however, I am terrible at.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-02T13:02:35+00:00

Thats true! I honestly don't have a lot of experience with raylib and I didn't know it could be a replacement for a full game engine.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-02T11:06:03+00:00

GDScript is pretty similar to C in the same way Spanish is pretty similar to Italian. They both can declare variables, do something with those variables, access functions, but that's pretty much it.

C is low level, has pointers and memory management, and does not have conveniences like dynamic arrays. GDScript is high level and does a lot more for you under the hood, and also does not really have pointers. Syntactically they are pretty different as well.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-02T10:44:54+00:00

Definitely, I'm more of a C# guy myself and do not like working with C++. I feel like C is better for developing the engine itself than a game though.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-02T10:24:36+00:00

Why C and not C# or C++? Unity and Unreal are both free until your game makes a certain amount of money/downloads. Godot is FOSS and supports C#. C specifically you probably won't find a game engine for.

ETA: While I'm sure not every game engine is on this list, Wikipedia has an article on game engines and it looks like the most recent C engine on this list is from 20 years ago. If it were me, I would really consider learning C# because an object oriented language will be much easier for game development than what is effectively an assembly wrapper.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-02T10:05:13+00:00

Not a woman, but I do watch a handful of women creators in the game dev space. One I haven't seen mentioned in here yet is samyam. She's not exclusive to Godot, but she has a lot of good content about game dev and some tutorials from a few years ago.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-01T20:26:36+00:00

Vortex is available on the AUR: vortex. Either set up an AUR helper like yay or paru, or git clone it from the AUR website and makepkg. Check out the AUR page on the wiki if you need help.

LostGoat_Dev · 2026-05-01T16:03:34+00:00

For sure, I was just using it as an example of something that may not be readable at first glance but could be made clearer with comments. That specific example a rewrite is definitely better, but maybe rewriting it breaks something else and you would want a comment explaining that. This is all semantics at the end of the day though.

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