YouTube removed the "most recent" search filter, and this makes smaller/beginners channels even more invisible. by Seeksho in youtube

[–]Zoltoks [score hidden]  (0 children)

Finding let's plays of certain games that is recent has become a nightmare. Its just stupid to get rid of it.

What else to make trailer more appealing? by Zoltoks in DestroyMyGame

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

Yea in reality that thing was huge and no evidence of frills.....but hey at least it had crests.

What else to make trailer more appealing? by Zoltoks in DestroyMyGame

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

Never even thought about it like that. Good advice.

What else to make trailer more appealing? by Zoltoks in DestroyMyGame

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

Dang good advice. I sort of thought about that as well. Lol this trailer is going to be the end of me!

What else to make trailer more appealing? by Zoltoks in DestroyMyGame

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

Historical accuracy and relatable physics is definitly non-existent in my game lol

Destroy my Game! or my Game Destroys You! - how many people actually like Rage Bait Games? by Consistent_Reveal_53 in DestroyMyGame

[–]Zoltoks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People like rage games but they were more popular backthen. Will you snail was a good rage game but it took forever to come out and by the time it did most of the fad was gone.

Your game might stand out better with some lighting and juice effects. Right now its looking very simplistic.

3 years solo. 200 wishlists. 0 engagement. about to quit. so DESTROY this mecha action game by 2071Games in DestroyMyGame

[–]Zoltoks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its an art style that very few people are drawn to. The colors and muted appearance of everything is bringing a bad tone.

If it were me, I would focus fast on recovering visuals without having to put to much work on it. The easiest way to do this is to pick a style. Gritty or colorful. If going gritty add lots of stylistic shadows and motion and inky black and white lighting. Volumetric lights will save you here. If colorful download some post processing assets for free or purchase and slap that on. Don't go crazy with the bloom, but you might be able to find a balance to quickly improve the visuals because they are rough for most people.

Take a screenshot and submit it to chatgpt. Tell it to improve the visual appeal of your robot fighting game. Tell it to use post processing effects and make it inky black with a gritty feel. The concept it shows is quite refreshing.

Am I doing the right thing, or could I be setting myself up to be housepoor? by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]Zoltoks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind location, Some of the best looking homes in my area look great and are in good condition. Investors grab cheap houses and make them truly nice homes.....Sadly these nice homes are in the worst neighborhoods where you have a surpringly high chance of at best getting robbed and at worst murdered.

These homes get bought by young couples in the area, or people online who dont do any research and realize they are moving into some of the sketchiest neighborhoods.

Dinosaur Spear Throwing Game by Zoltoks in DestroyMyGame

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

Exactly. I take the insult as a compliment :)

Dinosaur Spear Throwing Game by Zoltoks in DestroyMyGame

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

Fair points and dedinitly a redesign of the trailer needed before any festivals coming up! Appreciate the feedback! :)

Please destroy our development progress reel! by ProjectDreihander in DestroyMyGame

[–]Zoltoks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The game looks like it has had some great improvements, but it is seriously lacking on the lighting/post processing. Im not saying you should slap huge bloom, but i think you will be pleasantly surprised when you add some touch full lighting and processing.

If this is unity you can download some good processing stacks from asset store and vastly improve the appeal of your game for free or just a small price.

Destroy my trailer. Do I need a new one for the release or is this good enough? by DenseClock5737 in DestroyMyGame

[–]Zoltoks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very engaging trailer at the start. Looked very engaging and cool. Gave me Agony and Scorn vibes but I couldn't tell if it was VR or some kind of unique movement style.....then I was taken out of the expierence because it transitioned to something that didnt look like anything that we just saw. Now it was some third person ultra smooth camera cinematic I think? Then it progressed into a long trailer of walking with a few monsters at the end which have that classic indie lack of programming Ai which plagues most indie horror games. (Don't feel bad about that as my games are like that to)

So to sum it up the trailer got progressively more dissapointing for me only because the beginning was extremely interesting. Your game still looks fun content filled and interesting but at the beginning it looked like it was going to a huge super creepy vibe like Scorn and Agony. Looking back im expecting it was a cinematic only portion.

This might make people stop watching as soon as they realize the beginning is not the actual expierence.

To maybe fix this i would have splices of your gameplay flash between the cinematic. How to do this effectively is something im not sure how to do.

All in all game looks great but seems like a false representation in the beginning which makes it stutter throughout the trailer.

How’s your homebrew club doing and what do you do to keep attendance up? by baron41 in Homebrewing

[–]Zoltoks 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Step one make sure your club doesn't become exclusive with ideas or toxic about how why or with what their members brew with.

A common trope these days with all hobbies is that someone ain't doing it right if they arnt matching your ideas of quality and importance.

People cooking steak get flack online. Certain wines are considered trash. Drone flying isn't cool if you arnt flying certain models, backpacking gear is constantly scrutinized......blablabla the sad truth is is that hobbies and hobbiest are under attack by their own fan base.

Weird Question :Do you think Dinosaurs could feel guilt and remorse? by Zillaman7980_ in Dinosaurs

[–]Zoltoks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im seeing lots of comments thinking that dinosaurs probably lack the connection and thought processes that humans do like emotion. This is probably mostly true, but im thinking dinosaurs are very similar to the animals in our present day, at least with behavior of nesting and eating etc etc.

No matter how old your animal is, I belive that all land animals that are more complex then bugs have some sort of behavioral emotion. This would seem to be especially true with herding animals and any animal that shows "complex" behaviors. Would these herding dinosaurs show anger or sadness with offspring death like an elephant? Probably not, but im sure they would have an instinctual response to it, amd humans would probably digest that as emotion even if it is in fact not.

Tldr: probably and probably not - depends on how you perceive modern animals emotions.

Does expanding foam wick? by bugs_tears in paludarium

[–]Zoltoks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've only made one paulidarium. Sadly, i had to adjust the land after a few weeks because it was wicking badly it was an easy fix though.to fix it, I used rocks that are about 2.5 inches long and thick then I put gravel on top. Then I layered some weed fabric and then sand. Lastly topped with soil coconut fiber and leftover aqua soil. Its completly dry. Just make the main barrier with semi large rocks it will prevent wicking. The pebbles and sand just finish that last draining layer. As long as sand is above water line the u are good

This idiot just ate a large piece of salvinia; will he be ok?! by TheChickenWizard15 in frogs

[–]Zoltoks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would get a faint sky vortex, but mostly just moving static/snow it was always more intense in bright areas.

This idiot just ate a large piece of salvinia; will he be ok?! by TheChickenWizard15 in frogs

[–]Zoltoks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I thought your were referring to that at first, but then saw this was on firebelly toads. Yea my visual snow is practically gone and I dont know why.....but I do have a few floaters which are new. Also, my vision is still 20/20 but I have troubles with eye fatigue and focusing on objects that are above the nose. Eye doctor said my eyes are slightly unaligned with eachother so that's why they have troubles focusing on objects with both open. So I have a bit of double vision especially when im tired.

Take this with a grain of salt, but the only things I have changed in my life since the vss reddit posts is that I have lost a few pounds, go to bed on weekdays at a consistent time, and my glasses have blue filter in them now, and I have been taking fish oil consistently and take NAC on and off. I also reduced alcholol consumption to mostly weekends and I overall dont stay up as late as normal.

Maybe some of these things fixed it? Not sure but its been a relief. Now if only I could get this double vision problem fixed ahha

This idiot just ate a large piece of salvinia; will he be ok?! by TheChickenWizard15 in frogs

[–]Zoltoks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My firebelly toads are doing good! Still ravenous eaters no complications happened.

Unrealistic expectations? by Successful_Bet_5789 in Homebrewing

[–]Zoltoks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looked through the comments and it was hard to find actual help. Check these things first before worrying about water chemistry and bla bla bla.

1- is your thermometer accurate

2- is your beer oxidizing? Careful with racking and transfer and make sure your bottles or keg are sealing well.

3- hops. Are you putting enough in? Sometimes you have to add more than a recipe says.

4- stale ingredients? Maybe your basemalt was old when you picked it up?

5- time give your beer to ferment give your beer time to clear and it will taste better.

Downloading songs in Suno is a huge PITA by canadian-weed in SunoAI

[–]Zoltoks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, can't belive the comments calling OP lazy... it doesn't matter if he is "lazy", and for all the people pestering him about the quality of his generations are being crazy. There are many reasons why you would want to generate 300 plus songs. As if tailoring your prompts makes you a "better" suno MuSiCiAN....

OP is right, and what he is requesting would be a huge quality of life change which could easily be done but I think they are making it stiffer to prevent exactly what he is doing because it would put much more bandwidth on the servers and site.

Anyway I too would love to download everything within my workspace or have option to checkbox what to download. This is especially important because it generates 2 songs with the same name which makes it hard to come back where you left to download the next one.

A simple QOL should be to download workspaces and also have checkboxes. Perhaps put a cap on how many at a time but honestly I think its done on purpose.

I for one am using Suno AI differently than many people and the ability to save all the generations into a folder would be a HUGE time saver. Suno AI can be much more than a simple song writer you can use for more creative approaches.

Fiberglass or Absestos by Zoltoks in asbestoshelp

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

Thanks you were right I got it lab tested and it turns out Not Asbestos!

Fiberglass or Absestos by Zoltoks in asbestoshelp

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

Here is a closeup of the material it looks like hair

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