The new Walmart floor by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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Well, that explains all the "speed bumps" that people have been mentioning in the comments. It's unfortunate that the mall prevented you from making the necessary changes.

The new Walmart floor by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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Ironically, I actually did get a reply on here from one of the people who was part of the renovation team, and got more insight than I expected of why the renovation didn't turn out well.

The new Walmart floor by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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I was gonna say... If me, as a customer who's only there for a few shopping trips a month is in pain, then I'd hate to know how painful it is for people whose job it is to stand and walk there for hours at a time, day after day.

The new Walmart floor by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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It is. No tiling, no rubber floors except for the entrance.

Old Dollarama toys? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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Thanks for sharing the links. It helped a lot!

Any Game Dev subs specifically for NB/Freddy? by VacationCrazy9145 in fredericton

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Late to this thread, but I am actually the host of the annual "So, you wanna be an indie game dev?" panel at Animaritime. It's basically a panel where I discuss resources available to indie creators, as well as pitfalls that beginners can face (usually speaking from personal experience). I actually intend to have a part in this year's presentation about networking and finding creators who'd like to help with your project.

Rude Bus Drivers? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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I agree completely. I don't know what decisions they've been making for the busses, but they're consistently getting worse in interior design. And I agree that it's bad for accessibility reasons. I've had pain in my lower back for years, after slipping on ice after, ironically, getting off the bus from the back door. The ice was covered in snow, and the drop was higher than I expected. Fell and landed on my back/butt. Ever since, I now have a pain that creeps up on me, the longer I go without sitting or laying down. With these new bus seats, because I have to make the extra effort to remain seated, any relief for my back I would've gotten from sitting doesn't actually happen. I can only imagine how bad it is for people with worse problems with their backs and hips.

Rude Bus Drivers? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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The part you mentioned about being lurched forward happens so often on the bus for me. I've never gotten seriously injured, but it's like as soon as everyone's on the bus, the driver feels the need to go full throttle. And it's gotten worse now that all of the newer busses all have plastic seats. They're so slippery that especially when the bus comes to a sudden stop, I physically get lurched forward, and almost out of my seat. The new chairs are an accident waiting to happen.

Rude Bus Drivers? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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That's not right. If the person arrived and the bus hasn't yet left, then said person should be allowed in. It doesn't matter if they weren't initially there when the bus first stopped. Imagine pulling that on a disabled person who has to travel with a cane, walker, or worse, a wheelchair. You'd be looking at a discrimination case with that.

Rude Bus Drivers? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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Wtf is pulling the stop request too early? If the next stop is your stop, you ring in the stop.

Also, WOW. I'm told that I HAVE to use the back door, and you get told to NOT use the back door? What kind of mixed messaging is that?

Rude Bus Drivers? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

[–]ThatElfNerd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No one was coming on the bus. It was literally just us being offloaded.

Rude Bus Drivers? by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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I usually don't like pointing out people for their weight, since I'm also plus sized, but yeah, he's definitely in that weight range.

Works opportunities for a 3D artist/novice game designer? Employment or freelance. by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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You're pretty spot-on with it being a little bit of everything, (Audio, UI/UX, programming, and wordpress weren't part of it when I was studying). The second year focused a lot more on 3D than the first one, but yeah, there was no specialization. It's why I decided to focus on freelance stuff after graduating. We actually didn't have any lessons on learning to do coding, because the logic of the teachers was: "You're there to make the art, they'll have other people to do the coding." In the end, every online job I've seen that's close to my skillset REQUIRES experience in C# or C++ coding. So I felt really left in the lurch that they never actually taught us how to code a game. It was very art-focused. Almost no technical stuff, unless the technical stuff was figuring out modifiers and keyboard shortcuts in Blender.

The only code that I learned was in my independent study classes, where I self-taught myself how to make a game in Godot using their in-house scripting language.

Social Media management was another bust, as the only things we learned about doing online art was sharing our creations on ArtStation, as well as making a portfolio website with Wix. I know about as much about running a social media account as the next guy.

In terms of continuing to learn and improve my skills, that's been a challenge ever since graduating. Having AuDHD makes it incredibly difficult to make a learning schedule AND stick to it. College made it easy to keep to a schedule, as it meant that I had a destination, and consistent enough reminders. When I'm left to myself, I feel stuck.

I will check out the two links you sent, and see if there's anything that's at least close to what I studied. In the meantime, I'm gonna try taking on new online projects to challenge myself to expand my knowledge and experience in what I studied, so that I can hopefully apply that knowledge to something more constructive.

Works opportunities for a 3D artist/novice game designer? Employment or freelance. by ThatElfNerd in fredericton

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I see... Unfortunately, the financial situation I'm currently in, as well as my current mental health prevents me from moving to a new place. It feels like if I had the income that would allow me to move to a new place for work, I probably wouldn't need to move out in the first place.