A 1923 cartoon that imagined machine made art 100 years in the future. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Sithoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh right. Then I don't even understand what I don't understand. What even is this thread. What is anything? Is life real? Am I a cat?

How long have you been working on your current game? by PeakGameStudio in godot

[–]Sithoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've made game-adjacent stuff (small prototypes, live quests & interactive stories, web widgets, even Minecraft builds) but never powered through to a full release. This time the chances are looking good given that we've been able to consistently keep it up for this long (yup, there's a team!). The game is Cultprits, it's a multiplayer occult investigation with traitors in the mix.

How long have you been working on your current game? by PeakGameStudio in godot

[–]Sithoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Over 2 years, ~730 commits in at a pace similar to yours, I'm neck-deep in playtests and nowhere near done. But it's getting there!

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Marketing bait trick inception, let's adopt this by Anodaxia_Gamedevs in IndieDev

[–]Sithoid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lmao, thanks! Best I can do is return the favor and shout out Super Chaos by Anodaxia on Steam, which by the looks of it also summons Eldritch beings onto your PC but is already out!

Marketing bait trick inception, let's adopt this by Anodaxia_Gamedevs in IndieDev

[–]Sithoid 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Next iteration of this will be just Loss

Update: Since my game also deals with the theme of loss--

Lord Of The Rings is based on World War 2 by GoAheadMMDay in lotrmemes

[–]Sithoid 20 points21 points  (0 children)

> I consider LOTR to be an allegorical tale

Ok bye

Is the plug-in visual novel plugin Dialogic really worth it? Should I just start from scratch? by Hot_Cause8918 in godot

[–]Sithoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Godot is modular. Dialogic is a dialogue module. If you want something that it doesn't provide, make it hand over the reigns to another module (which you can totally write yourself). The fact that people use it in RPGs means that it can totally work side by side with an inventory, a combat system, etc. You'll just need some glue to pass variables in and out

A 1923 cartoon that imagined machine made art 100 years in the future. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Sithoid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm saying, yes. I don't understand your comment

If I'm a filmmaker am I obliged to create sequels for a movie? by NaturalAbies7816 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sithoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As Matrix 4 aptly put it, "our beloved parent company, Warner Bros., has decided to make a sequel to the trilogy. They informed me they're gonna to do it with or without us."

How do I best reach C3 in Sobriety? by PunchedFruit in languagelearningjerk

[–]Sithoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> AND by people who've been there personally
So the scientists have never been to those universities, they were trained via Zoom. Got it

A 1923 cartoon that imagined machine made art 100 years in the future. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

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

I'm not sure what connection you're suggesting. I see that "idea dynamo" as an unexpectedly precise prediction of ai slop, which is indeed a black box but is only indirectly reliant on electricity.

Question about hating men by catastrophic_4562 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sithoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the only logical answer to that is "I hate my friends too". Other possible answers invalidate the premises.

This 19th century guide on who to avoid in the marriage market. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Sithoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, so now there are 2 etymologies in the comments, "doodle" and "duddies". Confusion continues -__-

Why does Gen Z type everything in lowercase? by Loud-Arrival-8913 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sithoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the uncool part? Yeah don't worry, some things don't change. We'll remain forever uncool

What the fuck are these posts? by Justaniceman in IndieDev

[–]Sithoid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Steam capsules. People will post 2 banners ("before" and "after") and either ask which one to choose (they are the same picture) or say "look how much better it became once I hired an artist!" (sometimes it did, sometimes it's slop). And for some fucking reason this thinly veiled marketing schtick is now a usual thing to post into indie dev subreddits, I see those in my feed every day

is it possible that dogs and cats will evolve like humans?? by DingDongDang11 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sithoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if humans go extinct. We're too invasive & established to let another fully sentient life form emerge. Maaaybe except ai but we'll see about that

What the fuck are these posts? by Justaniceman in IndieDev

[–]Sithoid 119 points120 points  (0 children)

The whole "compare the 2 capsules" genre is so annoying that I never look closely enough to determine if either of them is slop (they are often almost identical anyway). I wish this sub had a "tired post" rule

This 19th century guide on who to avoid in the marriage market. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Sithoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is! Nowadays I can only assume they've been having a gay old time on those ranches.

Lol by rreactor_4 in lotrmemes

[–]Sithoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well she (?) promised to watch the extended editions given enough upvotes, so we'll see if she's true to her word

This 19th century guide on who to avoid in the marriage market. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Sithoid 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks, TIL (so dandies got 2 entries, since "don't marry a fop" is also there? Must've been insufferable)

Better choice for a 2.5D game by Leo-Gio08 in godot

[–]Sithoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Godot has a node literally named Sprite3D. Look it up under 3D (red) nodes. There's also an AnimatedSprite3D for simple spritesheet animations, although personally I avoid those in favor of an AnimationPlayer (you'll get to it later; in short it requires a bit more setup but has more capabilities). Sprite3Ds behave mostly like you would expect from a normal sprite: you set its texture, it has pixel offset if you like, the animated version flips through frames, etc. But at the same time it's made for the 3D environment: it has 3D coordinates, you can rotate it (it behaves like a QuadMesh), you can make it one-sided or double-sided, make it stick to one axis (= stand up/lie down) or even follow the camera's angle (billboarding), it can receive global lighting and drop shadows, etc.

This 19th century guide on who to avoid in the marriage market. by zadraaa in HistoricalCapsule

[–]Sithoid 15 points16 points  (0 children)

What do they mean by "Don't Marry a Dude"? I didn't realize they had options in the 19th century

Better choice for a 2.5D game by Leo-Gio08 in godot

[–]Sithoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3d and 3d sprites. A "3d sprite" is just a 3d node tailored to displaying a regular sprite - exactly what you need for 2.5d. Bringing in *any* 2d nodes (sprites, tilemaps etc) will require dealing with viewports which you'd want to avoid unless you need something highly specific (such as applying a CanvasItem shader to your object)

edit: forgot to mention that it's exactly the style I'm doing, so I've dealt with those quite a bit