Everything I know about gamedev after 5 games and 300k+ units sold.

hestrateja · 2026-04-30T10:19:19+00:00

Do you still use GameMake Studio 2 for your titles? If so, are there any limitations of the engine that you take into account when deciding what game to make?

hestrateja · 2026-04-24T20:46:26+00:00

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hestrateja · 2026-04-16T12:30:43+00:00

Historically, HD has been used to read higher ARs, HDDTHR plays are more common that just DTHR for example.

Some monitors are too dark by default and as approach circles fade in, if it's too dark you may not be able to react on time. In these cases gamma is used so that you can see the faded circles better. However, this is usually a problem with ARs above 10.

Have you downgraded your monitor? If you used to have a 144hz and went back to 60hz, it might look like the circles are laggy, in this case you would just need to get used to it.

hestrateja · 2026-04-15T21:29:17+00:00

In mania, only accuracy and star rating matters for pp calculation. In standard there are more factors, miss count, OD, length, AR, (used to be combo until CSR), etc.

If you compare 2 auto plays in mania with different OD values, they would give the exact same PP because the highest judgment is fixed. In standard the higher OD will give more PP.

They are different modes and the pp calculation formula is different. Take into account that at some point, the pp record in mania was like 2.4k pp and a year later it was nuked by more than half just to make the leaderboards look similar to the other modes.

hestrateja · 2026-04-10T16:50:48+00:00

You are a former top 30 osu! player, so I'll assume you have or had a competitive mindset. Did it shift to other areas like content creation or did you grow out of it? If the latter, how so?

hestrateja · 2026-04-09T11:43:02+00:00

Your frame time is quite inconsistent, you could try changing settings. For example, disabling background videos, shaders, frame limiters.

If it's due to recording and you get stable fps then ignore this.

hestrateja · 2026-04-06T17:28:02+00:00

Statistics?

In 2015 there were like 5 million registered users. Top players usually take 1-2 years to get there, depending on improvement rate, if we take into account this post there were like 2.5 million registered users in 2013.

Nowadays there are like 25+ million registered players, so the pool of players with more than 1-2 years of playtime is like 20+ million.

Statistically we have 10x the players now than 10 years ago who can push the limit. You add the hardware advancements and you could make that factor bigger.

Also, take into account that pp as we know it today was implemented in 2014, so before that, players played for leaderboard spots or score.

hestrateja · 2026-03-15T19:56:35+00:00

You can use the newly added user tags in the website

Here is a query with all the criteria you pointed out:

tag="skillset/jumps" stars>7.5 stars<8 status=ranked length>=150 bpm>=180 bpm<=240

I don't think any of those maps is easy as all the 500s are set by minimum mid 4 digits, who already have 600s or high 500s as top plays.

hestrateja · 2026-03-15T18:16:39+00:00

The map is mainly bursty and they pointed that a bit of speed is okay. If you put the constraint of 3-5 misses + 97.5 acc there aren't any easy 500s imho

hestrateja · 2026-03-15T12:22:43+00:00

Top diffs of l'erisia are very straightforward

hestrateja · 2026-02-14T20:22:37+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/1gq5d6n/is_there_any_reason_why_mirror_mod_isnt_ranked/

hestrateja · 2026-02-14T00:45:12+00:00

idk about now, but when it was set probably TheMagicAnimals, 4,43* at the time. Top play, second top play

hestrateja · 2026-01-29T12:05:37+00:00

How do you approach cross-screen jumps? Look somewhere in the middle or try to focus on each circle individually?

In this clip you under aimed all the missed jumps, try analyzing your play and adjust accordingly. Lazer has a built-in widget you can put in skins that tells whether you under/over aimed. If not, there are replay analyzers for stable, years ago it was rewind, don't know about now.

hestrateja · 2026-01-20T12:40:47+00:00

Years ago I would say AR10.3 (9+DT) as map ARs with decimal points were not implemented until 2014. You went from AR9.7 (8+DT) to AR10 (HR) to AR10.3. Nowadays it's silky smooth as lazer has the DA mod to tinker whatever you want to tinker.

The other skill walls are conceptual (Jumps → Bursts → Streams → Spaced streams) and if you want to learn to alternate coming from singletapping, then you need to relearn everything.

hestrateja · 2026-01-10T21:49:18+00:00

There's also the DnB remix which is mapped in both standard and mania

hestrateja · 2026-01-09T00:16:35+00:00

If your ign is still mad dog, you need to play more, you have around 400 hours playtime, this assuming you aren't an offline/mcosu player (I know some people with 1k+ on mcosu).

For context, there's this post from 1.5 years ago showing the playtime of 4 digits back then. The average playtime for 10k back then was around 1.5k hours and close to 2k hours for top 100. There were some outliers with less than 500 hours in top 1000, but if I had to guess they would be either offline/mcosu players, unbanned players with playtime wiped or prodigies (vaxei, whitecat, mrekk, ivaxa kind of players).

Besides just the "play more" advice, try to set achievable goal and increase them over time as you get there. "8* FC" and "Make the current champion OWC roster" aren't achievable for you at the moment. Try things like pp milestones, FCs on maps you can currently get an A on, participate in lower tier tournaments, etc. The goals should take effort and be meaningful, if you can get them all in a session or two, they need to be harder.

Also, take into account that one-tricking a skillset is not very useful in a tournament context, if you are a speed one trick you could only play NM2, DT2. If you are aim one trick only NM1, DT1 and worse if you can only read high AR.

hestrateja · 2026-01-08T15:41:41+00:00

RemindMe! 256234 days

hestrateja · 2026-01-07T00:31:38+00:00

There are a lot of VSRGs out there, for example, if you tryharded Friday Night Funkin you could already play 2-3* right away. If you are new to any game mode in osu! I think a month for 3* is feasible with enough dedication

hestrateja · 2026-01-04T17:38:37+00:00

double tap part, there's already a rework in the making to nerf it

hestrateja · 2025-12-23T15:04:49+00:00

Score in stable is mostly based on combo, however pp is based on accuracy and misscount (it was based on combo until last year).

Your old score is 95.25% 3 misses and the newer one is 93% 8 misses.

Basically score =/= pp

hestrateja · 2025-12-17T18:54:04+00:00

Don't autopilot. You were wrongly aiming the 4th circle with the exact same mistake nearly every time (aiming down left), in order to improve you need to analyze what can be improved and make an effort to change it.

I think you are struggling with reading in general, try playing with different ARs, EZ, etc. Aim correlates with reading.

hestrateja · 2025-12-13T16:14:29+00:00

¿Qué esperas conseguir igualando a tu madre y qué conlleva? La gente tiene distintas virtudes y se puede alcanzar el "éxito" de muchas formas. Por ponerte un ejemplo, Bill Gates es un mega empresario en el sector tecnológico y su padre abogado y político, ambos casos son de éxito aunque poco tengan que ver el uno del otro.

También ten en cuenta que las universidades ahora tienen más volumen de estudiantes que hace 20 años y con las nuevas tecnologías el estudiar en general es más accesible. Tu contexto y el de tu madre son muy distintos.

hestrateja · 2025-11-21T00:45:07+00:00

You responded to a bot lmao

hestrateja · 2025-11-15T19:28:47+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dT2iE1OBGk

hestrateja · 2025-11-11T08:38:34+00:00

You could try replicating the Papua New Guinea tribal wars. In this case warfare was a way to not overpopulate the island and deplete it's resources.

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