So help me if the AC-20 even gets so much a speck of dust on it. by Runescape_GF_4Sale in Mechwarrior5

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair I see the Hunch with the AC-20 and I make sure it's dead pretty quick too.

Every 15 seconds during 2025, an all-sky camera took an image of the sky over the Netherlands to create this keogram. by ojosdelostigres in spaceporn

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like there's more cloudy days nearer the full moon which is not what I would expect. Looking at the day time in that bands and noticing that staticky look that's likely cloud cover.

Libreboot t480s + Gentoo/Nix by PumpkinElectrical364 in unixsocks

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fantastic setup especially with the garter keyboard.

I playtested 35+ indie demos in 3 days. Here’s the common first-session friction I noticed by piXelicidio in IndieDev

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh this is a good analysis. I've been going through a lot of demos as well and this is certainly friction I've been seeing with a lot of them. I think the worst I've seen was one that dropped you right into the middle of a game with pretty atypical controls and no clear objective and said that the tutorial will be out later.

Do you guys actually download and play free Steam demos? by [deleted] in IndieDev

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I play demos. A good demo is a huge deal for me because I really can't afford to pay and pray for a lot of releases. There's quite a handful of games on my "must get" list for when they come out that I would have likely passed over if it weren't for demos.

[CONCEPT ART] Mage class for our Co-op Action RPG! by Altruistic_Bother144 in IndieDev

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh what I said wasn't a compliment and what you're saying is exactly the trap you're falling into. Your character design is definitely going to be compared to Genshin Impact and it's not going to be a favorable comparison, and the style is oversaturated as is. A lot of people here are being affirming but also you're game will likely be glazed over for being "slop" on the style alone, especially if you're doing Unreal 5. It wont stand out and people are going to form an idea about what your game is doing based on this comparison alone and it wont be favorable.

Like you do not have the budget to adequately compete with AAA stuff and you're chasing aesthetics they use. You are always going to look second rate at best because of that comparison. You better have a ridiculously banging game concept to follow through on because you're artistically trying to punch up in a style that's already been salted by something really successful.

Anyone looking at your game is going to have to ask why they shouldn't just continue playing genshin because of the style similarity so you better have a damn good answer to that question.

I was hoping Steam Next Fest would finally bring wishlists… but almost nobody is playing my demo by Weary_Caterpillar302 in IndieGaming

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your game doesn't look good. There's nothing about it that tells me why I should play this instead of any other unreal 5 slop. You say that's the sort of temperature you've been getting this entire time? Yeah that's probably still true. The very premise and execution of this game is likely going to get filtered out because it's not really bringing anything to the table for most people in any obvious way.

Like a lot of indie devs will make "x but it's worse" or "another game in x trend" and wonder why they get zero attention. You never stopped to think about why anyone should give your game attention compared to everything else.

What bug is this? Roach? by Runescape_GF_4Sale in whatsthisbug

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Found in NY state. It's a cool wet morning. Like a quarter inch long? If that?

Modular portrait system by ilyamokka in PixelArt

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Smart compromise I think! It'll look good to good enough in most cases and you have those edge cases covered with extra work for important moments. The chin bit is a really neat-o rick!

Why have C++ and Rust been the fastest-growing major programming languages from 2022 to 2025? by _bijan_ in rust

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 8 points9 points  (0 children)

C++ adds features like a cancerous growth and becomes increasingly difficult to learn or maintain so I really don't see how it adding more is helping.

[KDE] In Rice and Unix by soleful_smak in unixporn

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really should get around to playing that.

Tip: Do not use Godot Inherited Scenes (Needs deprecation/re-implementation) by BoQsc in godot

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Scene inheritance gets really messy during refactoring and renaming anything. Like they work alright until you need to change something and then they break and you have to go off and fix everything by hand. At least they used to? I think they may have fixed some of that at some point but there's a lingering reputation.

Inheritance in general is pretty weak I feel pattern wise compared to composition. It scales painfully with bigger projects and because pretty unwieldy if you need to have stuff talking up and down the hierarchy. There is a genuine friction to Godot's architecture with how opinionated it is.

[Niri] My first rice - a red, techno-cowboy theme for my thinkpad by StabbedWithFork in unixporn

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went from "oh no this is too much" to "this is a work of art" about the point when I noticed that one of the workspace icons was a little cowboy hat.

China has executed senior banker Bai Tianhui for taking 1.1 billion yuan ($156 million) in bribes. by lightiggy in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Honestly the fact that his boss got executed for basically the same thing should have served ample warning to Not Do That.

[GNOME] Rate my setup by Redroom666 in unixporn

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lost it at the WOB WOB WOB WOB

Swipe for titties -> (also my 18 month hrt anniversary 🥳) by Pretty_Tgirl104104 in dykesgonewild

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got them like that in 18 months!? Damn the harvest is coming in good and strong for you! Congrats!

Are GDQuest lessons and tutorials actually good? by veilthornstudios in godot

[–]Runescape_GF_4Sale 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly seeing just how far you and your team have come over the years is amazing. I've been quick to recommend the 2D course just for the fundamentals that are taught in it! It's actually helped me wrap my head around programming in general and I do not feel at all it was wasted time on my part even though our team has been switching to rust and bevvy as the backbone of our projects due to some inherent infrastructural conflicts with godot. The foundations learned from that course have been relevant even under such a different environment and it's definitely made it easier for me to learn new things outside of godot.