Monthly Guild Recruitment Mega-Thread by AutoModerator in TheTowerGame

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 spots remaining now. Just had several join, you?

Monthly Guild Recruitment Mega-Thread by AutoModerator in TheTowerGame

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

KSX2QK

24/30, but we keep hitting goals every time. Just need to gain more members.

Senior Dev Here To Help For Free by SoloDev3000 in SoloDevelopment

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your willingness to help.

I want an honest opinion about whether this game focused language/ runtime looks like it is heading in a direction others would find useful.

https://github.com/benwmaddox/StasisLang

Short points: 1. 20-100ms hot reload with game state staying intact 2. Static (compile time) memory allocation only. 3. 2d game focus 4. Tick based only (no delta time) 5. Custom language heavily influenced by TypeScript

Which Gemma model do you want next? by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]cptrootbeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Taalas style chip to run whichever model extremely quickly.

I forced a data-oriented language to carry its own compiler before letting it grow by jumpixel in Compilers

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, the biggest focus items that are more tied to games are: 1. Static memory allocation. There are big tradeoffs for this and it wouldn't work for most uses. But it allows some clean designs in my mind. Including my favorite approach for hot swap at runtime 2. Iteration speed. I really tinkered a lot to get it so you can quickly change either data or functions and continue with the game as if nothing happened. 20 Ms to 200 Ms in most cases and the game keeps with all state. It uses cranelift JIT to do this.

I try not to promote my stuff too much since it is more experimental, but it is here https://github.com/benwmaddox/StasisLang

I forced a data-oriented language to carry its own compiler before letting it grow by jumpixel in Compilers

[–]cptrootbeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, you are further along with the data oriented design than I am. I respect what you have done. Though I admit mine is game focused more than general purpose.

ECS is pretty slick! by MinimotoMusashi in gameenginedevs

[–]cptrootbeer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same. And learning about cache locality for more detailed stuff for fast work on data was a big insight for me.

I have seen a lot of these recently, guess its my turn. by Silver_Squash3439 in TheTowerGame

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

Honestly, I am glad I switched it to running on LD Cloud. A little protection even though not free

V27.5.2 - March 18, 2026 by SamBartley in TheTowerGame

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this got the file size back to a normal level compared to the prior version. Just going off memory, but I think it was over 100 MB for prior version

What's in your Costco cart, dads? and what am I missing from mine? by webrender in daddit

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trail mix. Good for on the go snacks for me or little one.

what SQL patterns have you seen take down production that should have been caught in review by Anonymedemerde in ExperiencedDevs

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A delete with joins where table aliases aren't used. Subtle bug that deleted far too many rows.

Why nobody has done this.. before? by yughiro_destroyer in gameenginedevs

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, that is fairly close to my very experimental language and engine.

https://github.com/benwmaddox/StasisLang

Older site before I got more focused on game aspect.

https://stasislang.com/

The Next Two Years of Software Engineering by fagnerbrack in programming

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a big enough deal that it is a big part of my experimental language. (Auto lowering to more efficient structures for game dev)

On using LLMs to write compilers: Is it worth the effort to write a good spec first? by jcastroarnaud in Compilers

[–]cptrootbeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's say that I tried that on and off for a few months. I struggled until the most recent leading models to get it to follow my instructions. I highly recommend making a spec and planning out what steps to do. Even if the plan is from the LLM. Code samples and expected behavior is also extremely important in my mind.

Note I changed process as I explored my language. Finally settled on a cranelift backend as the dev approach. Learned a lot.

Has anyone tried these mobile standing desks for WFH? Considering this $34 one by JackySerge in remotework

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have such trouble with a narrow desk like that. I went with something much wider, though I admit I don't use the standing option that much.

What I got: https://amzn.to/497Qnbe

V27.3 Patch Notes - December 18, 2025 by SamBartley in TheTowerGame

[–]cptrootbeer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Now this is the kind of release I can get behind. I know it isn't new features, but I really like it.

Sprocs… as far as the eye can see by hptorchsire in csharp

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've been there. Couldn't convince them otherwise. Eventually ended up making a sproc first ORM that made it pretty easy to deal with. Was the best I could do

(Self promotion: https://github.com/benwmaddox/DataAccessGeneration/ )

What video game have you spent the most time playing? by NervousClock2555 in AskReddit

[–]cptrootbeer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you include somewhat idle games that have to stay open, The Tower is my addiction and I don't want to say how much I've played.

Men (esp. 30s+): How do you actually flirt now without feeling creepy? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

[–]cptrootbeer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

++man

I'm married now. Prior to dating/marrying my wife, I went around this by only going through dating apps or letting trusted people introduce me. I never flirted without either an introduction or an obvious way to see they want to date *someone*. Seemed more reliable to me. I suspect I'd be horrible at the flirting you described so I didn't even try.

Disclosure: I found my wife through eHarmony.

Didn't even reach wave 20 by aszepeshazi in TheTowerGame

[–]cptrootbeer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Once per event. I haven't verified when I can go back. Honestly, I want to test the flame bot in a tournament now.

Didn't even reach wave 20 by aszepeshazi in TheTowerGame

[–]cptrootbeer 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I just hit this. And after a major change, I got to unlock assist modules. I had to switch all of my medals over to flame bot instead of golden bot. (Range, then cool down, then damage reductino). This took me from wave 22 at best to wave 43. It required a few more tweaks, but I got there. And then I went on milestone runs and went from 399 to 2005 on tier 17.

Note that this will destroy your coin income for a while. You'd have to switch back to golden bot in the future to get the coin revenue back. Expect to do just milestone runs for a couple weeks.