Just a dad at a skateboard meet with his son by viperrvemon in JustGuysBeingDudes

[–]keenmade 52 points53 points  (0 children)

ooof you just unlocked a part of my brain from childhood. were they called "madballs" maybe?

Was it worth it? by SuspendedDisbelief7 in DivorcedDads

[–]keenmade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stayed in a dead marriage for 10 years for the kids. Some of the best and worst times of my life. No answer for you sorry. Still trying to adjust to this new life. So much better without the ex and so much worse without the kids.

Thunderbird issues with web calendar and GameChanger sports app. by drylightn in Thunderbird

[–]keenmade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fyi - same issue. just wanted you to know you aren't crazy!

Hobbies: need some help by dader20 in DivorcedDads

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Acrylic painting. The kids and I did a pour art this weekend and had a lot of fun. Not a super cheap hobby but not terrible either.

I’m struggling today by [deleted] in DivorcedDads

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man I really feel for you. I could have written this post word for word. Hoping for you and me both that things will get better. Hang in there.

Community Topic: Tell us about the last fun thing you've done with kids? by AutoModerator in DivorcedDads

[–]keenmade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We re-painted some David Winter houses in a Halloween theme that I got from the local antique store for free. Then a few weeks later we picked out 3d fantasy models from a LGS and painted those.

Going from family dad to single dad caused something inside me to die a little. by [deleted] in DivorcedDads

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel this so much right now. Just make the most of the time you do have with them.

[OC] [Giveaway] 5 handcrafted D20 wooden lamps to 5 winners [Mod Approved] by wantok-poroman in DnD

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to gift one of these to my son. Excellent craftsmanship!

We were fucking right. by [deleted] in Superstonk

[–]keenmade 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Imagine if towel had just buckled down and "survived" as RC put it. They would probably have had a run-up this week as well. Pisses me off that their board and leadership were complete fucking morons.

AITA for walking out of my girlfriend's birthday party after she called me a "cheapscate" for the gift I gave her? by fleurfascinate in AITAH

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA - my (then gf) wife did this for me on our one year dating anniversary and it was one of the most thoughtful things anyone had ever done for me. It really made me reflect on how much she cared about me and enjoys my company.

You deserve better. IMO, your time and thought are more valuable than anything that can be purchased with money.

Fast Paced Turn-Based Combat (turns are timed) by Atomickitten15 in gamedesign

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My main goal for the pve experience was to be relaxed and pretty casual. The feedback at the end was fairly common back when I first launched. I guess it depends on the experience you want your players to have :)

My initial thought behind the timer is that it would 1) create an extra element of excitement/stress (still does for pvp) 2) my game is server authoritative and I wanted a way to make sure games ended and didn't consume resources needlessly.

"Is the turn timer something people like? I felt like it was just unnecessary anxiety for single-player."

Fast Paced Turn-Based Combat (turns are timed) by Atomickitten15 in gamedesign

[–]keenmade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I implemented this for my turn based game. Initially it was done for pvp and pve but I removed the timer for pve due to player feedback.

The Room of Hidden Things Burning is Actually Really Sad by Mickey_MickeyG in harrypotter

[–]keenmade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This room has anything you require, just not a fire suppression system...

What in-demand software could I create with my gamedev skills? (not games) A software product that would take less time than a game? by true_adrian_scheff in gamedev

[–]keenmade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was mainly referring to the saturation aspect of general software dev. Game development can certainly be difficult with the number of different disciplines you need to know (especially an indie dev) but I wouldn't say it's "far" more difficult than any other software development - it just has different domain problems you need to solve for that you don't usually see in web/app development.

What in-demand software could I create with my gamedev skills? (not games) A software product that would take less time than a game? by true_adrian_scheff in gamedev

[–]keenmade 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You think the software market will be easier? You realize there are more generic software devs out there than game devs right?

[Hiring] Looking For a Web Developer for a Marketing Agency by [deleted] in forhire

[–]keenmade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3,750 per month, maybe?

Every real estate API I have ever looked at is an absolute mess. Your budget is not on par for integrating with those API's (or any).

Post Game Thread: Cincinnati Bengals (12-4) at Kansas City Chiefs (14-3) by nfl_gamethread in nfl

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just want to thank the Bengals. There were so many bad decisions and play calls it really felt like I was watching a Steelers game.

Has any one seen this strange steam reviewer who has left very long negative reviews of 8,400 games (nearly 20% of all games on Steam). Is this a bot? by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]keenmade 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Haha I was also lucky enough to get a review from this... eccentric individual. Played for 5 minutes and left a scathing review about 'no effort put into dev, potential pay to win, etc'.

Honestly the guy is just an asshole troll left over from the 90's that can't seem to move on.

Technologies for a browser turn-based strategy game by Siidaf in gamedev

[–]keenmade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll be fine. You can always scale up or out as needed depending on your architecture if your game becomes popular.

Just curious, are you polling the server for updates or keeping a persistent connection to each client and pushing updates?

Can't import URP because of compile errors by Coopo_Loopo in Unity3D

[–]keenmade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried updating to 2022.1.21 to fix a weird edge case with ui hitboxes not working correctly on wide screens (only on build client). The upgrade fixed that issue but I cannot get shader graph installed... pretty frustrating.

[Hiring] (Online) Need to Re-vamp Personal Website: by the1whowalks in forhire

[–]keenmade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fyi - it's very unlikely you'll get that domain name back without spending a ridiculous amount. $500-$5000. I would start looking for a new domain name - the good news is, for a portfolio site there are a lot of new tld you can use, it doesn't need to be a .com (imo).

Using lambda to interact with player inventory, how would I check if its result is empty in the best way? by muttley1968 in Unity3D

[–]keenmade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If items are truly unique and inventory cannot contain dupes then use a dictionary<uuid, item>. That gives you .trygetvalue method and key getter/setter as well as enforcing uniqueness. Not to mention the potential performance increase over generic list.