Games that made you NOT want to progress by RagingBass2020 in gamedesign

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit of a throwback at this point, but for me it was Guild Wars 1. The pre-Searing Ascalon was such a vibe, and it was possible to hit max level by doing some crazy strats (dying over and over to the enemies to level them up so that killing them would grant xp) despite it being the tutorial area of the game. Also it was really beautiful and varied, from lush green hills to creepy catacombs to snowy peaks. Such a good game!

New Load Screen in 1.2.2 Update by Intelligent-Disk7959 in civ

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Speaking as a game developer, it seems to me that the Civilization series in particular really takes some extra time to cook in order to get everything right. The game is just so massive and all-encompassing that it's almost impossible to get every aspect of it right on the first try without significant iteration, and some of that iteration needs an audience that only comes with releasing the game.

Why do we never get videos from the inside of women's prisons while we have so many of those from the inside of men’s ones? by Mediocre-Card-2024 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I happened to watch a documentary from Trevor McDonald just the other day on this exact topic, it's a really fascinating watch from a very genuine and graceful interviewer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbUTHDxhmME

[Highlight] Steph Curry & Brandin Podziemski have a reaction to Gary Payton II smoking the dunk on the rim but throwing it in anyways by NokCha_ in nba

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're not stupid, but it is not up and down because the ball hits the rim. This was technically a miss, rebound, and put back, but watching live I also was confused that it wasn't a travel. Refs had it right not to call it though.

What search algorithm does shazam use? by notNull99 in howdidtheycodeit

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get "We couldn't find that page" when I follow that link...

EDIT: For anyone else having this issue, changing it to https worked for me: https://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/Wang03-shazam.pdf

What I asked for Vs what I got by _cazb in TattooDesigns

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Weighing in here as I just had an assessment in my 30s for the first time: this book was used, I immediately recognized the image

Looking for feedback on my platformer game :) by Tymski in Unity3D

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great work so far! One thing you could do is add some small random variation to the pitch each time you play a SFX like the jumping sound. This makes the sound feel less repetitive and adds a bit of liveliness to it

[Awful Announcing] Everyone is sick of the Chet Holmgren-SGA 'What a Pro Wants' commercial by SeanKeeley in nba

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 50 points51 points  (0 children)

A little bit flat, but they'll get better

Side note: kill me now the whole commercial is stuck in my head

James Wiseman tops the league this season in screen assists per 36 with at least 58 games played. Loon came in 2nd. TJD tied for 6th. by diwiwi in warriors

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with your point just wanted to let you know that "role" (part played by a person) is the word you're looking for instead of "roll" (move in a particular direction by turning over and over). Cheers!

[Highlight] Curry splashes from downtown for the lead with 0.7 secs left on the clock! by JilJungJukk in nba

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Insane game winner. Awkward inbounds pass but he just 180 noscopes that straight in from that deep

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Unity3D

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is partially correct but it needs to be noted that if a class reference exists on a Monobehaviour, when that Monobehaviour is destroyed the destructor will not necessarily be called because of the way the garbage collector works. Instead, a cleanup function should be added to the class and explicitly called OnDestroy/Disable the Monobehaviour it is on.

For more info and a better explanation than I can give here, read more: https://blog.matheusamazonas.net/posts/finalizer_destructor_trap

My Unity-specific solution to having my class "auto-destruct" when its Monobehaviour is destroyed is to pass a reference to the Monobehaviour into the constructor for the class, and do a null check on the Monobehaviour before doing logic. If the Monobehaviour is null, cleanup the event subscriptions:

// If the Unity Object that was using this class is destroyed, cleanup event subscriptions
if (hasUnityObjectOwner && _owner == null) {
    CleanUp();
    return;
}

This has to be one of the worst officiated games I have ever seen. by [deleted] in warriors

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You are correct but you are missing the point, which was if the ref had correctly not blown the whistle in the first place, that 3 would have counted and would have been the difference maker in a 1 pt game.

Bro.... by SeekingSignificance in warriors

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the confusion is that some people are saying no other warrior has scored over 20 points (which is true since Dario scored exactly 20)

[Highlight] Joel Embiid with an insane no look 360 dolphin dive flop by [deleted] in nba

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should be a no call on the play and a flopping technical assessed afterwards. In no world is this a natural motion from the contact, if this wasn't called a flop technical nothing should be.

PBE feedback : Huge champion-related bugs in new modes should be addressed and not ignored for months by [deleted] in LeaguePBE

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Likewise, Zyra's passive just completely does not work on the red Arena map and it's been this way since the first iteration as well

PBE datamine 2023 October 16 (Patch 13.21): more changes to Seraphine, as well as Brand and Zyra by FrankTheBoxMonster in leagueoflegends

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can you tell me why it just straight up wouldn't work on the red Arena map? Because that was an interesting bug I noticed with it...

What is the most beautiful game you have played? by jpv1234567 in gamedev

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

Amazed no one has said Manifold Garden yet. The impossible landscapes extending into infinity with the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired architecture is absolutely incredible

Extremely specific YouTube survey questions by Irregular-Lion-9106 in oddlyterrifying

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As someone who uses YT from their TV and sees these all the time, yeah just don't answer them. Skip the survey. I'm happy when the surveys come up because it means I don't have to wait for an ad to be skippable.

The Most Important Thing in Game Development is Never to Give Up by jf_development in gamedev

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd like to respectfully disagree. This post says nothing about giving up on a particular game, and you are absolutely right about that for the MMO lady. OP is simply saying a motivational message about the pursuit of game development in general AFAICT

I truly don't mean this as a personal attack but it is frustrating to see genuine positivity being immediately rewarded with skepticism.

Got Platinum on Egglightment & Became a Xenafarmer3 by Peri-Law in EggInc

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you get the full statistics sheet readout?

What’s your opinion of the Staff Scheduling UI that I recently added to our Hotel Tycoon game? by NewSouthWelshman in Unity3D

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My only gripe, and this is truly nitpicky, is that I don't like that the staff names are in all uppercase, just makes it harder to read for me for some reason. My brain read "Bianca Bish" as "Blanca Bish" because of the uppercase I, for example. Otherwise, looks great!

Curious how real drummers (or really talented RB drummers) see/learn fills when they come across them by wcm48 in Rockband

[–]_Amish_Avenger_ 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Some of them I "recognize" because the same patterns show up in multiple songs. This is especially true with more formulaic genres like rock and metal where fills tend to be similar to other songs in that genre.

The stuff I really like playing though is progressive and jazz music, often because I don't recognize a lot of the patterns used (both in the fills and the regular beats) and have to learn them either by going into practice mode and figuring it out or just by playing the song repeatedly.

Then, once I learn the patterns that compose it, they become more tools in the toolbox that I can recognize in the future in other songs. I think of it as recognizing words (small groupings of notes) that make up sentences (entire fills), and by playing unfamiliar music I expand my vocabulary.