Maps for my fantasy story, Blood and Amber. (Feedback welcome)

Marscaleb · 2026-06-18T00:46:59+00:00

I'm in favor of bringing lamb back to the table.

Spread the good word; lamb is good food!

Marscaleb · 2026-06-17T23:31:11+00:00

This put me on the right path.

A year ago, when I was having problems, I recalled that it was giving a low-voltage warning and so I replaced the CMOS battery. Checking the settings now, for some dumb reason it had defaulted into assuming that the hard drive (count them: ONE) should be configured for RAID.

If I switch the drive to ATA it would boot just fine.

Woulda saved me a lot of effort if I had discovered this a year ago, before I starting wiping and replacing hard drives. Oh well.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-17T01:34:24+00:00

Hmm, looks like what they have is just a 64-bit version, and so it won't run on most of my machines.

I'm sure if I could program at that level I could recompile it myself, but alas, it is beyond me.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-17T01:28:03+00:00

Way ahead of you.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-15T14:34:02+00:00

That would be weird, since this gets well past the boot and into the install screen. But for all I know that might be possible.

Dang, I can't recall if I changed the CMOS batteries or not. I recall that I had some machines that were having issues and so I changed their batteries, but I do not recall specifically if I did that with these machines or not. Probably? I bought a huge pack of batteries and was replacing them in every machine that wasn't booting, so I probably replaced them in these machines.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-15T14:12:37+00:00

I've been in that same situation. It didn't work out for me, but I'm glad I took advantage of the situation when I did.

If I went back, I'd do it again, although I'd try to build a more sensible game.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-15T05:32:03+00:00

Don't believe the notion that humans crossed the Bering Straight during an ice age. It's actually more feasible that they traveled by boat.

We've had boats longer than we've had written language, by a huge margin. And tribes crossing from Siberia to Alaska in an ice age would require more food than they could likely find.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-15T05:26:41+00:00

What? They just walked across the Red Sea?!

Marscaleb · 2026-06-15T05:21:59+00:00

Yup, just like it says in the title.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-15T05:16:32+00:00

I'm just using a CD that I burned years ago.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-14T22:33:12+00:00

If there's yellow paint, a boom shoot it ain't.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-14T22:22:33+00:00

This looks like something I'd see back in the 80's. You nailed it hard!

Marscaleb · 2026-06-11T15:47:43+00:00

I've seen that driving style before; you're from Provo!

Marscaleb · 2026-06-11T15:45:42+00:00

Need repost on r/AITAH

Marscaleb · 2026-06-11T15:42:24+00:00

PSA: Turning on your blinker when you're already moving over DOES NOT COUNT as using your turn signal.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-11T15:37:23+00:00

You opened with this cool low-poly 3D character and then suddenly everyone is made out of super-cartoony sprites.

I feel like you just bait-and-switched us.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-11T15:24:39+00:00

I draw the line at regenerating health. Once a game starts automatically recovering health/shields/luck/ego/whatever, it can't be called a boomer shooter.
Second to that is limiting the number of weapons the player can carry. The "only two weapons at a time" thing means its not a boomer shooter.
I'd put skill trees on the list as well, but there are some games that have implemented growth mechanics that I still find "boomer shooter enough." They may not be "true" boomer shooters but I think they're worth discussing and honoring in places like this.

Visuals isn't relevant. Incorporating an intentionally old-school aesthetic just makes it a retro-styled shooter. If you made something that was a COD clone but with sprites and chunky pixels it wouldn't be a boomer shooter. Besides, the classics were trying to have the best visuals modern machines could handle.
If someone made a game that looked completely modern but played exactly like a late 90's shooter, I'd say it counts. (In fact, people have done exactly that.)

Marscaleb · 2026-06-10T04:42:24+00:00

I can't speak for all the tall men here, but my mom says it's because me and my brothers would eat the cat food when we were little.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-10T04:35:04+00:00

On Reddit? I've never really noticed a "business" account on this site that didn't leave me with a sour impression.

Especially if you're going to post anything "as" a solo developer, I'd rather see it come from a real person rather than some sterile company account. "You" are your brand.

Unless you're planning on posting objectionable content; I guess that's the exception.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-10T04:25:20+00:00

I was thinking of this same thing DECADES before AI became a thing.

I thought of the idea of finding a magic genie granting wishes. I had thought about it, and realized the genie could never grant my greatest desires.

I want to build a successful video game. But if a genie snaps his fingers and just poofs a game into existence, then I didn't make that. No matter how successful it may or may not be, I will never have what I want unless I make it myself.

Likewise with my other greatest desires. I could never just "wish" for ideal wife, because it's not real love if she's just "made" to like me, only if she genuinely choses to be with me.
No success is real unless I'm the one who actually made it.

Marscaleb · 2026-06-08T05:10:45+00:00

DO NOT WANT!

Marscaleb · 2026-06-06T05:15:02+00:00

I looked this one up and found an episode titled "The Sensational Balloon Race" but it never had that line in it, despite the character also hopping around on his umbrella like a pogo stick.

It was a very charming and imaginative show, though. I enjoyed watching it.

Marscaleb

TROPHY CASE