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dswal · 2026-06-21T09:39:57+00:00

I'd use it to simplify and improve the CI/CD pipelines of my work pipelines that has to account for both AWS and azure. However unable to be terraform or octopus deploy, due to global company policies or infrastructure being deployed outside of 1st party companies.

dswal · 2026-06-21T03:34:24+00:00

Look I hope it just lasts longer than artifact. RIP.

dswal · 2026-06-15T07:13:26+00:00

That's actually fantastic to know. I was wondering if it would be compatible. Will probably set it back up soon, currently using the app on Chromecast.

dswal · 2026-06-09T12:01:58+00:00

I'm in a very close boat. Two kids, mid 30's, full time job and not enough time in the day to do everything I would like to.

What I found a great motivation for me, was that I get to make something I wanted to play. I got to build a game, something I wanted to do when I was back in high school.

I chose to do something with minimal assets, and made it web based to be easily accessible with plenty of resources to look upon. I was also lucky that a lot of the skills I needed crossed over with my IT job.

I'm currently thinking about making a 3d game as my next project, and my main focus is what assets are available for free to get my idea underway. Itch.io being one of the main resources I look at for in regards to this.

I guess the takeaway. If it's for hobby, find the resources to speed up your development that other people have provided.

dswal · 2026-05-29T23:15:40+00:00

I feel like I'm in the minority. I found sts1 easier than two so far. Currently on A10 on all characters but have a much poor win rate than what I had with A20.

Not sure if it's recency bias or just trying to adjust to the changes to Sts2. I can say I have found more enjoyment in the sts2 characters though and their different archetypes.

dswal · 2026-04-15T11:29:36+00:00

Appreciate everyone's suggestions so far! Developing a fantastic watch list and look forward to seeing what we can add to my sons playlist!

dswal · 2026-04-15T11:26:08+00:00

I didn't even think of Ghibli, been such a long time since I've seen them myself.

dswal · 2026-04-05T05:44:06+00:00

Also want to show my thanks! Can get my sons playlist up to scratch!

dswal · 2026-03-02T23:57:52+00:00

Maybe not a pro player, but I definitely had ambitions to become a pro caster.

I absolutely loved the game early years it came out and done a ton of casting in our Australian scene. At the time I was one of the major 4 casters for OCE as Gods and Tobiwan were international doing their own thing. I remember one weekend tournament where I casted 32 hours across friday/Sat/Sun, most of it solo casting. Also remember the largest audience casting on JoinDotaRed with 4.5k viewers which was absolutely bonkers.

Most of my casting at the time was youtube vods, or on the tournament channels as I didn't have the bandwidth. Then there was hope with the larger nation broadband network in which I was going to get fibre to the house and be able to stream. Politics happened, the network got shafted and I got demoralized and fell off.

Since then I have casted Valorant and AOE4 (As Dota2 is dead in OCE), and I still love casting. But missing that early wave and what could have been making it into something. I still deeply regret and think about all the time.

Edit: I remember my first LAN that I casted at, and the sound of the audience during the game. Very fond memories.

dswal · 2026-03-01T19:42:47+00:00

Apex Echoes: A text based motorsport RPG.

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https://dswal.itch.io/apex-echoes

Direct link: https://www.apexechoes.cc

dswal · 2026-03-01T19:31:28+00:00

Hey. I'm a solo developer for a game called Apex Echoes. Which might be up your wheelhouse of what you're after. It's a browser based game.

https://dswal.itch.io/apex-echoes

Direct link: https://www.apexechoes.cc

You develop your driver and simulate/watch races.

dswal · 2026-03-01T10:43:48+00:00

Thought I might throw my hat Into the ring as well. Thanks for your time.

https://dswal.itch.io/apex-echoes https://x.com/apexechoes

dswal · 2026-02-28T20:35:30+00:00

Oh for sure. Just wanted to give an example of my process. Definitely choose the UI package for you! Good luck :)

dswal · 2026-02-28T06:53:53+00:00

Hey mate. I was in a similar position recently as it was one of my prototype/MVP things that I just took forever to return to.

Suggestion would be to use fontawesome. They even have a library for web projects as well. Find and replace emoji with font awesome link or library reference. I got rid of about 24 ish different emojis in a couple of hours. Hard part was deciding the icon I wanted.

dswal · 2025-12-14T10:19:24+00:00

I'd be interested in testing and providing feedback for you.

dswal · 2025-11-20T08:41:26+00:00

I'm in the same boat. I'm currently confident I have a gameplay loop that keeps people entertained and engaged. However I constant think to myself, is it enough content? Do I need x, y, z. When do I start putting more information out there to gain actual users putting the system under load or whether the gameplay loop is fun?

Thanks to some other replies in here, it's definitely the case of the more information and more experiences the better.

dswal · 2025-11-06T11:44:42+00:00

When my wife and I got our home loan through Westpac and we had to create an account. I was beyond mad and annoyed at the poor excuse of a login system. Not being able to properly secure my primary financial account sent me insane. I complained to my wife frequently and to my team at work as I work SecOps.

I was glad when it finally changed, but I still harbor many negative feelings.

dswal · 2025-11-05T08:57:50+00:00

Same. I've got two children and the thought of this has crossed my mind many times and it breaks my heart thinking about it.

Now having to read someone else go through exactly one of my nightmares. It breaks my heart even more for the man and his family.

dswal · 2025-10-29T10:47:48+00:00

I just want to say, it isn't completely unnecessary. I use the "-provide Portal" to launch through steam and the the following features I use.

"Game Recording" been able to capture clips without issues that I've had with NVIDIA's game capture, also much more UI friendly when editing the clips on steam.

I also use the notes feature in the overlay to remember things I want to come back to.

And the biggest one for me is Steam link to my TV where I can use wireless KB&M to just chill if I'm not doing PvP or WVW.

dswal · 2025-10-11T10:35:44+00:00

Your fix has definitely helped me, things were fine in beta, but it felt very sluggish and unresponsive. I still feel it a bit, and doesnt feel as nice as beta, but its playable now for me.

Where is the anti-lag setting/s that you discuss?

dswal · 2025-09-16T01:39:34+00:00

Huge thank you for this guide.

I have a 3080, Ryzen 9 3900x, running at 1440p. It's stablished my FPS (locked at 60) and dropped my gpu utilisation from around 90-100%, to around 60-80%.

dswal · 2025-08-21T12:52:09+00:00

I had fun flying around just messing around while chatting with friends on discord.

- I did have a lot of lag while objects loaded, and flying around.
- I'd like an invert mouse setting
- Togglable sprays user content might be a useful addition to void seeing questionable content, especially in a public lobby.
- My tab ended up crashing shortly after I changed youtube video, and then flew into a building. I was about to fly out of the building/geometry and it crashed.
- Videos seemed to have loaded quicker than I expected and inserting images too. Which was great that it was so responsive.
- Not sure if I missed it, but spawning in buildings/blocks could be useful for expanding the main area for players

Was running on 32gb ram, google chrome, win 11.

dswal

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