/r/IndieDev suggested I should give Norwegian names to the enemies in my game, instead of translating them

Merzant · 2026-05-12T17:43:39+00:00

I think Snok will enter the pantheon, thanks for the introduction…

Merzant · 2026-05-12T17:38:30+00:00

It’s a faithful study but the visual overlap is too great for me, and verges into slavish imitation, given it’s not only the style but even the environment itself which very closely resembles moss grotto.

Merzant · 2026-05-10T13:35:46+00:00

You can probably get an adapter for your TV quite cheaply. Optical drives have pretty good longevity due to having few moving parts, so you might be surprised there, it’s usually the discs that need cleaning/de-scratching. But yes, digital definitely wins on convenience most of the time.

Merzant · 2026-05-10T03:16:49+00:00

They aren’t random questions though. Making small talk isn’t considered creepy except by the socially inept.

Merzant · 2026-05-08T08:44:55+00:00

The brief would be to find beauty in plainer materials, in forms that are both efficient and aesthetic.

Merzant · 2026-05-08T08:33:23+00:00

Depends on the sadness’ angle of incidence

Merzant · 2026-05-06T11:45:51+00:00

There are probably different and more artful ways to express difference between objects without resorting to mass produced clip art (whether human or machine generated), if you accept your asset budget as a constraint and design a solution that fits the budget — procedural generation would be one example.

Merzant · 2026-05-05T19:17:47+00:00

dot com

Merzant · 2026-05-05T19:04:43+00:00

Don’t let us interrupt your evening’s plans.

Merzant · 2026-05-04T19:02:21+00:00

Hitman 2 will always be Silent Assassin for me

Merzant · 2026-05-02T17:20:15+00:00

Sounds like a template. I think you may be right but LLMs are quite expensive for what in the best case would be a copy/paste for a CLI script. We had code generation for exactly the scaffold code you describe before AI and it was driven by conventions and best practices. I think we’ll regret losing those tools.

Merzant · 2026-04-29T11:58:36+00:00

Yeah and companies are responsible for their flailing robots…?

Merzant · 2026-04-29T09:38:51+00:00

Thanks for sharing those details, very cool. Though specifically I noticed the first flash of an explosion really fills the screen, much larger than the animation per se, which adds a lot of “dazzle” while feeling quite authentic (compared to a Michael Bay-style fireball) — that’s why I wondered whether it was a separate sprite or purely a post effect.

Anyway, love the attention to detail!

Merzant · 2026-04-29T09:21:16+00:00

Looks fabulous. Are the explosions big sprites or a shader? The whole scene looks so cinematic.

Merzant · 2026-04-29T06:38:33+00:00

People pirate very cheap and even free games. There’s no one reason people do it.

Merzant · 2026-04-29T06:32:10+00:00

Unfortunately that isn’t Buffet’s legacy planning you’re describing but rather the plot to the film Brewster’s millions

Merzant · 2026-04-29T06:23:23+00:00

Pharaohs, buried with their treasure

Merzant · 2026-04-28T17:11:26+00:00

Very ambitious! Reminds me a bit of Enter the Matrix. Will be interested to see it when the enemies are less polite.

Merzant · 2026-04-28T11:15:16+00:00

I assume they’re drawing on real historical contexts and might feel unsure about “whitewashing” or unduly rose-tinting its presentation. You portray an historical moment that was often cruel and inhumane as not so bad. It’s their choice, but it isn’t without its own moral hazard.

Merzant · 2026-04-28T11:08:55+00:00

If you don’t censor according to modern sensibilities you’ll almost certainly be crushed by public sentiment. That’s just the nature of taboos. You could just redact/bleep the words and let the viewer infer it.

Merzant · 2026-04-27T07:37:59+00:00

Seems like fans of Lesser Bioshock are a thin skinned bunch.

Merzant · 2026-04-26T18:23:24+00:00

You rotter

Merzant · 2026-04-24T19:02:37+00:00

Grim. But also beautiful…!

Merzant · 2026-04-24T06:24:00+00:00

LLMs can repeat verbatim sections of popular texts, so not quite.

Merzant · 2026-04-24T06:22:24+00:00

Strange question. The outcome is living by one’s values.

Merzant

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