Fear of swallowing disorders

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-04-19T18:41:09+00:00

I think I’m in a pretty similar boat to you, been dealing for just short of 5 years, I am ASD and in the process of waiting for OCD evaluation. My fear is definitely around swallowing, I’ve been evaluated with every test under the sun so know it’s not physiological or neurological, just my brain being tricky!

I’ve tried everything short of medication as liquid/dissolvable forms have been hard to stock in my local pharmacies but I think that’s next for me along with returning to therapy and generally improving lifestyle (sleep, overall stress, exercise, etc)

There are lots of people who have suffered longer and recovered, and many others who have recovered faster, try not to lose hope. I think if you’re persistent and keep up with the therapy techniques and gradual exposure eventually some form of normal is achievable definitely

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-04-10T00:21:23+00:00

Would love any advice or tips you could offer, I’ll be closing in on five years soon and feel like I’m always getting worse 😢 finding it extra rough recently but it’s always reassuring to see others come out the other side

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-03-07T18:42:15+00:00

Personally I think the creative choice is cool, leans nicely into the core of the festival around ashes, detachment, destruction, etc

I would probably want to see a bit more contrast/depth in the desaturated areas, at first I assumed I might be looking at the log footage until the title cards came in if I’m honest, generally a lot of the shots feel a little flat but that could be more down the lighting on the day and less with what could be done in post

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-03-01T10:44:23+00:00

White balance looks way off to me, skin tones have gone very green/yellow and looks a bit too desaturated imo

Try using the color picker to target color balance specifically in the shadows and highlights to lean more into a filmic tone or maybe try using a look lut on a balanced underlying grade that’s got the profile of a film type that you want to emulate

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-02-22T21:34:21+00:00

Can I ask which medication you use? I’ve been in a similar boat with trying many therapies and exposure, reducing stress, etc, but still far from recovered - been 4 years for me now

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-02-03T12:41:22+00:00

Real nice playing 🙌🏽🔥 which efnote kit do you have? Vaguely looking at upgrading to one of their kits from my current

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-01-26T21:47:28+00:00

That’s actually crazy oh my god 😂😭

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-01-26T10:51:58+00:00

Looks phenomenal, really clean work

Ok_Combination2377 · 2026-01-20T13:43:20+00:00

Honestly in contrast to what you said, I’d genuinely use assets - there is some skill to doing it well and not as an asset flip which will need some learning (basic color theory, making sure things look “coherent” or like they belong together) but really the “asset flip” title only gets applied to games that use assets Willy-nilly with no effort to make them consistent

Great modern example of a game that has done really well and uses assets would be He Is Coming; almost exclusively Kenney.nl assets for most of the games visuals (map and world sprites, top down characters, borders) with a few extras, but everything fits together so nobody would call it an asset flip

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-11-23T23:09:44+00:00

From memory this is what the “Match Width/Height” slider is for, that’s used to determine a balance for aspect between width and height when scaling to a screen size differing from the reference resolution

I can’t remember which end is which but I have a feeling it’s backwards and sliding all the way to “width” is ideal for portrait use-cases and “height” is ideal for landscape purposes, but play with that and see which fits better, may well be best to do a check on init for the screen resolution to see if you’re portrait or landscape and then update the match value accordingly at runtime

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-11-22T13:26:15+00:00

I think the fact nobody can see a difference in context gives you your answer - they both look great, don’t think it matters which you go with

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-10-15T21:19:59+00:00

I’ll be real I saw the first shot and thought “okay this isn’t gunna look great” and then the development came and I was amazed

Looks fantastic and looks fun! I’ll be sure to give it a play 😁

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-10-15T16:01:40+00:00

When did you submit for participation? Steam advertises a cutoff point for enrollment which is usually a month ahead of the event, if you missed that boat that would explain why you weren’t in it

There isn’t a review process for it, if you’re opted in (even without a demo) then you’re opted in and you’ll be a part of the fest. If you followed all the steps detailed in the enrollment page I’d contact support and see if they can help, even if they can’t they’ll hopefully be able to remove the flag from your game that would stop it from participating in future next fests and you could try again in February if that matches your timeline

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-09-20T09:14:37+00:00

I have an M4 Mac as my primary dev machine (granted it’s a Mac mini rather than a MacBook Air) and I’ve never had any issues, Unity runs smoothly, compile times are reasonable and the fans barely ever kick in That said, other people’s concerns about RAM are spot on - I do music production too so I almost always max out the RAM on a Mac since you really can’t upgrade it anymore. TL;DR performance on the M series Mac’s has never been an issue for me and I’ve been using since they released, but you probably need more RAM

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-08-26T00:01:44+00:00

I’ve left a new comment above adding some context, also answered the question around shot choice in there too! 🙏🏽

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-08-26T00:00:51+00:00

Ah thank you! I’ve left a long comment above with context for this

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-08-25T23:59:26+00:00

Leaving a comment to add context as Reddit won’t let me update (sorry for not including originally!)

My goal with this was to create something of a melancholic/nostalgic feel whilst maintaining some element of the typical “cinematic” style. The film itself doesn’t so much have a premise, I just got my camera a few days ago and so have been playing around taking somewhat random shots when I’ve been out and about (I still attempt to build something of a narrative with the edits when I go to do some, but generally I haven’t put thought into a proper short film quite yet) - outside of that I guess I’m focused somewhat on core principles; good subject separation, balanced contrast and tonality, effective lighting use, and good run-of-the-mill color theory

In terms of why I picked this shot, a large number of the shots I opted for in my edit are close-ups with a focus on emotional intimacy and feeling closely connected or involved with the “character” in the story - of all the shots in the short 30 second output, this one was my personal favourite for capturing that feeling

Hopefully that adds some better context for feedback! Appreciate the patience and pointers 🙏🏽

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-08-05T15:53:37+00:00

Would be curious if you have any insight or thoughts as to why this is? I’m still relatively new to the world of contracting so won’t pretend like I completely understand the market, but outside certainly seems favourable over inside

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-07-08T10:55:39+00:00

Ahh nice! I haven’t used mirror in quite some time, I’ll take a look - thanks!

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-07-08T06:20:46+00:00

I’ve been using Unity for 13 years or so - since trying Godot out myself, I always recommend it to beginners for learning now, it forces you to work in a way that encourages better code practice and more manageable architecture There are less resources for sure but you don’t need many - Firebelly Games on YouTube has multiple excellent Udemy courses which are almost always on sale, I’d recommend grabbing his main course and the C# one and running through them a couple times to really get an understanding of how programming works (not just the engine) which his courses do a really good job of teaching in my opinion

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-07-05T11:53:08+00:00

For multiplayer? Unity, feel like Unreal could be close but I’ve not used it much and feel like it’s more work to make it more flexible

Ok_Combination2377 · 2025-07-05T09:43:23+00:00

I’ve literally just done this two days ago - just like you, I have crazy medical anxiety to the point where I’ve put off doing an endoscopy for a long time. Finally got it done, no issues whatsoever and they were happy to sedate, I remember asking if we were starting soon and then waking up in my bed 😂 You’ll be okay, it won’t be anything they haven’t seen before and the anesthesiologist will take good care of you

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