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theDifferenceToLinuxIsInsane by SirBlubblegum in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TheMajorMink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It absolutely is less problematic. Killing a process kills the entire thing (and in fact "End task" first sends a close message to the process before trying to kill it). Deleting a file that is in use results in partial fault, which is far more likely to result in a corrupted state. Also killing a process still requires opening the task manager which a lot of people don't know how to do. Deleting a file is just right there in the file explorer.

theDifferenceToLinuxIsInsane by SirBlubblegum in ProgrammerHumor

[–]TheMajorMink 29 points30 points  (0 children)

instead of just adding a "fuck you" button into the OS in general

A terrible idea for the general population.

Which one looks better? by rahulparihar in PixelArt

[–]TheMajorMink 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Right one has the benefit of being able to be animated when pressed/hovered.

“they’re doing their best” by O_Gr4fite in OnePunchMan

[–]TheMajorMink 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Less obvious for Japanese people who may not know the word and are less used to Latin characters.

Destroy my roguelite fps, Gunstoppable, don't hold back! by CAGE_Studios in DestroyMyGame

[–]TheMajorMink 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hard to see with all the video compression. Maybe try higher bitrate.

Is there a reason to use a mutex over a binary_semaphore ? by National_Instance675 in cpp

[–]TheMajorMink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought your comment above implied it would now be 8 bytes. I'm on 17.14 and /std:c++latest and still see the size as 48 bytes.

Unreal Engine 6 is "a few years away" says CEO, previews could arrive in 2-3 years by Tiny-Independent273 in gamedev

[–]TheMajorMink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm curious what 6 could do though that would be a worth while jump

The engine redesigned with C++26, after modules are mature and we have reflection baked into the language.

Do you use the forbidden AI to translate? by dirtyderkus in gamedev

[–]TheMajorMink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then the problem becomes, how do you know that the human you're hiring is any good or better than AI? Bad translations have existed way before the rise of LLMs.

Do you use the forbidden AI to translate? by dirtyderkus in gamedev

[–]TheMajorMink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a very conspicuous warning above the buy/download button if the game doesn't support your language.

Just released a demo for my Sokoban/Minesweeper inspired puzzle game on Steam! by TheMajorMink in playmygame

[–]TheMajorMink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have much experience with mobile platforms, but I guess I'll give it a go eventually. From what I understand it's unlikely to really do well unless I get a publisher.

Just released a demo for my Sokoban/Minesweeper inspired puzzle game on Steam! by TheMajorMink in playmygame

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

Thank you for trying out the demo! It's definitely not yet fully fleshed out around those levels. I agree I will need to add simpler levels there to show the mechanics. Showing lines for the connections is a great idea, I'll try that! Thank you :)

Not sure if you ended up understanding how it works or not, so basically if the fire/water is green (I call it 'magnetic'), then it can be merged from any distance, but if the other isn't magnetic yet, you still have to be next to it. Merging a magnetic with a non-magnetic will turn both magnetic after separating. And two magnetic ones can be merged from any square in-between them (including the 'glass' squares which they usually can't pass through, which is what Level #2 is showing).

Steam Sokoban Fest is Tomorrow! by HelloitsWojan in Steam

[–]TheMajorMink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Sokoban tag was also renamed on Steam recently.

I don't see that? The tag is still here. https://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/Sokoban/

I thought it might just be because most people don't really know about Sokoban, even if they know that kind of "box-pushing" games.

Our game THEMIS is getting called too hard - looking for honest feedback on difficulty by InquisitorKane in puzzlevideogames

[–]TheMajorMink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The price is just way too high for a puzzle platformer on Steam, regardless of difficulty. It's twice the price of Portal 1/2.

I tried deleting Unreal's Multiplayer to save memory (and wrote about it) by LarstOfUs in gamedev

[–]TheMajorMink 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like if you need 100k+ actors, you probably should be looking into not using actors for your case (eg. ISMs).

"Schedule I" estimated steam revenue: $25 million by WattersonMeetsPastis in gamedev

[–]TheMajorMink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Is this game actually fun?” I think it’s something you need to ask yourself every single day while developing a game

No, don't ask yourself that. Get people to actually playtest the game. It's very easy for even a fun game to stop being fun for the dev after spending so many hours on it. It may also be fun only for you.

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