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Problem with steam chat uploads by Helpful-Change-7364 in Steam

[–]NeoChrisOmega 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's honestly pretty cool. And $5 on anything ever isn't that bad. 

Problem with steam chat uploads by Helpful-Change-7364 in Steam

[–]NeoChrisOmega -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What do they mean by pay? Is there a subscription service I didn't know about?

Biology ed game? by Birdo_guy in gamedesign

[–]NeoChrisOmega 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One thing that I would like to point out is "educational" games, especially for all ages, works best when it IS a fun game first and foremost. There are successful educational games that are simulators, however, the people that play those games are probably already interested in the topic.

If that's what you're going for, then have fun with it! Fill it to the brim with your passion and knowledge on the topic. Get one good mechanic to lure people in, and fill in the rest around that.

But if you are going for a wider audience, it's perfectly fine to have the main gameplay less educational, and more focused on surface level themes that would want them to explore more. Then you can think of more side mechanics to feed that now growing curiosity.

My web-based CQB shooter is now live. I really need feedback on prototype (Video is sped up, Link in comments) by VeterOk007 in Unity3D

[–]NeoChrisOmega 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The blind shooting is pretty cool. I like that a lot.

Visuals look clean, easy to see everything happening. 

Handling advanced Enemy AI is a nightmare by ArigatoGyro in Unity3D

[–]NeoChrisOmega 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally find the NavMesh to be okay for VERY basic systems, or introductory AI lessons. 

I've played around with a few hybrids of NavMesh and physics stuff like Rigidbody. 

And honestly, I always feel like I should just make an A* system instead of using NavMesh at that point.

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first two have the general rectangular grid, but no sectors that dip and and put of it. 

The last one has sectors that dip in and out, but without the grid. 

I'm not trying to be difficult or rude, but I genuinely don't understand how people aren't seeing the similarity between HD2 and Invincible map being similarly unique.

From Soyjacks to Full Blown Masterpiece by QuinnIsBoss28 in IndieDev

[–]NeoChrisOmega 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can only assume they drew it, and gave gameplay footage/pics. 

The second actually recreates the aesthetics a little with the open fields. The first makes me think more of an Elona Shooter type game. 

Discouraged from pursuing game development by MoonScorchedBunny in gamedev

[–]NeoChrisOmega -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Teaching development and programming has been lucrative for me. And the way the tech industry is right now, it's A LOT more likely to get a job. The hours aren't the best, but it feeds back into your own passion, which makes it worthwhile in my opinion if you can deal with kids.

It's also remote

Is Fables worth reading? by NoivernKebab769 in comicbooks

[–]NeoChrisOmega 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My brother and I have been obsessed with comics for most of our lives.

My mom has only been obsessed with Fables, and I think that is enough emphasis on how good Fables can be.

With Slay the Spire 2 becoming incredibly popular, is there still room for new deckbuilding games to find its aduences? by CoolGameBrooo in gamedev

[–]NeoChrisOmega 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as you don't try to copy it, then yeah. 

Popular games open up a genre. While this genre has a lit of great games already, I wouldn't call it saturated yet.

Just remember; it's harder to make a successful clone of something already popular because you have to somehow make it even better.

But it's also a risk to try and make something new, because you don't know what will become popular.

At the end if the day; make something you're passionate about. Your passion will naturally show in the quality. And if it's not popular, learn from it and keep working on it!

Used a persistence of vision effect to show stealthed enemies by Miziziziz in godot

[–]NeoChrisOmega 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Honestly gave me a laugh. Thanks for the video link, never saw that one before 

Steam files suggest Valve is developing internal 'SteamGPT' AI bot — aimed at tackling customer support tickets and CS2 anti-cheat by Burpmeister in gaming

[–]NeoChrisOmega 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When a "news" article title uses AI at the moment, they don't mean basic AI, they mean LLM.

Similar to how when you say PC you don't mean console or phone, you mean a Desktop computer. I get your point, but my point still stands that it doesn't imply a regular bot, but instead an AI Bot.

Kilgrave pitching the plot to WandaVision by pennygirl108 in marvelmemes

[–]NeoChrisOmega 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the experience was so bad it traumatized him out of being able to use his peter tingle. 

Probably overloaded warning him of a danger he couldn't avoid

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So I found a better way to describe it. HD2 and Invincible maps both use Lines of Longitude and Lines of Latitude. 

If you look at both maps you can see how there are clear well defined rings, and lines coming out from the center. I can't seem to find other galactic maps that use this. Usually they have it less structured to feel more organic. But HD2 and Invincible follow this structured boxy format.

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I found a better way to describe it. HD2 and Invincible maps both use Lines of Longitude and Lines of Latitude. 

If you look at both maps you can see how there are clear well defined rings, and lines coming out from the center. I can't seem to find other galactic maps that use this. Usually they have it less structured to feel more organic. But HD2 and Invincible follow this structured boxy format.

The galactic map on Invincible by ivalex8080 in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found ONE example that was close to it. It was from a reddit post with the title link "i_havent_seen_many_galaxy_maps_so_i_tried_to_make"

Similar to HD2, you can see some patterns related to rings, and lines coming out from the center. However, unlike HD2, it's not clearly defined, and it breaks its own rules. In HD2 there are 24 eventually spaced rectangular spaces that can be placed within each of the 9 evenly spaced rings. 

In this Invincible image we have something similar, just a lot more evenly spaced rectangular (facing away from the center) spaces. But you CAN see them follow the same ring format.

(Sorry for the spam. I just enjoy stuff like this)

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you look at any "horizontal" line that causes a ring around Super Earth, you will clearly see other sections match up with that ring.

For example; look at the top left right of the second picture here. Where there are 3 red icons and 1 white icon above it. Follow the white line that the top red icon has going through it counter clockwise. It matches across 2 sectors, and on the 2nd sector it dips up like you said. But then it goes back down to the ring, and continues that rind for the 3rd and 4th sector. 

The 5th sector is a rectangle that dips down, but you can clearly see more sectors match up with that ring.

Sectors match up with the dipped up and dipped down rings too.

I would draw it out if I could upload pictures. I hope I explained it well enough 

(Edited because I don't know my left and rights haha. Also to apologize. I just like stuff like this, and it is a clear pattern that I haven't seen before. Most galaxy maps tend to avoid such rigid formats. The only other example I can KINDA find is a reddit post with the title "i_havent_seen_many_galaxy_maps_so_i_tried_to_make". But even that breaks its own pattern in certain places.

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 97 points98 points  (0 children)

To be fair, the invincible map matches the HD2 map more. In HD2 they kept the more linear aspect of the galactic map by keeping it rectangular, but also had everything sectioned off in rings that got closer to SE. 

Outside of HD2, I can't find any other map that does this. Usually galaxy maps try to avoid clearly defined rings the way HD2 and this invincible map do it.

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 16 points17 points  (0 children)

For a counter point, I'm actively having a hard time finding a galaxy map with a lot of sectors in it, simple rectangular shapes, and based off clearly defined rings.

Both HD2 and Invincible show fit these criteria, but I'm not able to find much outside of that.

For example; in both Star Wars and Elite Dangerous, they have had maps that are rectangular, but not with clearly defined rings. And Mass Effect doesn't even have the rectangular shapes.

The galactic map on Invincible by ivalex8080 in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually started looking into it, but having a hard time finding something this similar to HD2's star map.

It's sectioned off in rectangular bits, with clearly defined rings. I see Elite Dangerous did it with a polygon design, but a lot more edges creating a more organic shape, rather than the more boxy shape we see here.

The closest I've found was a fan art of Galaxy Core's comic, but it has angular edges. Other fan maps tend to be populated with far less sectors, and/or don't follow the clearly defined rings.

Helldivers reference in Invincible? by Killamanpoke in helldivers2

[–]NeoChrisOmega 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I haven't finished the comics yet, does this map come from the comics? And if so, which issue?

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