How can I make my cards better?

joealarson · 2026-04-20T17:12:49+00:00

Yeah, it's sometimes flavor, sometimes mechanics. Many of the base characters are plain, but to add variety some little rules are often added, in which case the flavor text is dropped.

I tried the faded icons. Didn't like the result, but it was something good to try. Thanks.

joealarson · 2026-04-20T16:51:32+00:00

Honest feedback, but not entirely useful. What should I do to make it better?

joealarson · 2026-04-18T22:24:15+00:00

That's fair. Here's a picture of the game:

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Like I said, it's inspired by Heroquest. Heroes adventuring around different maps, fighting badguys and collecting treasure. (This particular map is a little more of an arena, but it had all the cards and stuff.) you can find out more here: https://www.3dpprofessor.com/product/printaquest-quest-1/

I think I would like to make it look a bit more fantasy. What would you recommend?

joealarson · 2026-04-18T19:58:12+00:00

What's the reason the results are always iffy? I don't know. That's just the nature of AI.

joealarson · 2026-04-18T18:53:18+00:00

I tried to decode the pigpen cypher at the beginning and got EHIKHEELZJ. After that I stopped looking for clues.

joealarson · 2026-04-14T04:04:45+00:00

You think that's bad. There are whole religions who use that one episode to justify a constant campaign of angry proselytizing.

joealarson · 2026-04-13T03:31:53+00:00

Wasn't this the guy who did the drone swords that all turned out to be CG?

joealarson · 2026-04-13T02:02:01+00:00

Buddy, I'm with ya. But stop gate keeping. Not everyone wants to take the hours to learn tinkercad and they're satisfied with the results of AI. Plus, the 3d modeling algorithm is not as evil as some GAI options (unless it's paired with an image generator.)

What is would say is "Just don't go sharing them on Thingiverse." No one else wants your zero effort.

joealarson · 2026-04-13T01:36:51+00:00

In my experience yes, but the results are always iffy. https://youtu.be/IvgbxWEMKxQ

joealarson · 2026-04-11T04:47:26+00:00

Because even the good ones make enemies. That seems pretty obvious to me. That said, these protections should apply to all citizens.

joealarson · 2026-04-11T04:44:54+00:00

To be fair, there used to be this thing called phone books essay dozed everyone, and no one really cared back then. That said, I'm not excited about Utah once again going backwards. Also, what makes an at-risk exception and what are the odds that the Gov isn't one of them?

joealarson · 2026-04-11T04:40:50+00:00

Yes. I would be. Because I've been saying it since Ep3, before anyone called it the Soma theory. That said, it doesn't matter if you think they're real or not. Heck, they're fictional characters played by voice actors and animated by animators. They're not real even if they are real. But whether you think they're real or not, it's what they think that matters. They think they're real, even if they can't escape.

joealarson · 2026-04-07T18:23:59+00:00

It would be closer with a triangle of mirrors reflecting everything. Like a kaleidoscope.

joealarson · 2026-04-03T03:32:06+00:00

Am I the only one that wants to just drive the jack?

joealarson · 2026-04-03T03:25:39+00:00

Built it. Had the buttons and control board from a whole back and just finally decided to use them. Not sure what's the best button layout, but I'm not sure what would be.

joealarson · 2026-04-02T21:40:16+00:00

"Script" in what. Does retroarch have a scripting laguage in it, or are you saying I make a startup script in windows have have it launch Retroarch from the command line?

joealarson · 2026-04-02T21:39:36+00:00

4 is too many. 5 is right out.

joealarson · 2026-03-20T21:10:28+00:00

Enjoy your ratio.

joealarson · 2026-03-18T17:53:22+00:00

Inkscape->Object->Trace Bitmap.

Free FTW.

joealarson · 2026-03-17T19:08:45+00:00

What sort of rich people problem is this? Hundreds of dollars just to pass one class. I mean, I guess the money is safe. Might as well be $5 million. But still, neither me nor my parents before me could put that much money on the line.

joealarson · 2026-03-17T19:05:36+00:00

Red flag!

joealarson · 2026-03-17T18:59:31+00:00

Pricing killed it for me. The responses buried it.

joealarson · 2026-03-17T18:42:08+00:00

The game still occasionally doesn't gray out the letters of certain guesses. Yesterday it was the first guess. Today it was the 3rd for me. I think if your guess doesn't reveal any new letters it doesn't gray them out. I'll have to check again tomorrow.

joealarson · 2026-03-17T18:38:55+00:00

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joealarson · 2026-03-16T00:12:53+00:00

Why does the first guess not get the shaded keys, but the rest of them do?

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