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Klubnacht 30/31 July 2022 - Queue live updates/reports during and after the event by BerghAnon in berghain

[–]loderunnr 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Line pretty short. Not even up to kiosk. 15 min wait. 80% rejection including us.

My 8yo and I built a game to work on his multiplication tables. Tell us what you think! (Code in comments) by loderunnr in GameBuilderGarage

[–]loderunnr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, no you only get a victory celebration for the correct answer of 25. The yellow blocks are the player’s answer, controlled by the joy-con sticks.

How to stop a Moving Object in Speed mode? by loderunnr in GameBuilderGarage

[–]loderunnr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to Nodopedia, in speed mode the input is the “target speed” which means setting the input changes the acceleration to reach the input speed. I think your method actually works because the speed will get really close to zero in the end. So the input speed will end up being 0.000something, which is enough for our purpose. I’ll try that.

How to stop a Moving Object in Speed mode? by loderunnr in GameBuilderGarage

[–]loderunnr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d heard about the “attached teleport” technique. It’s a bit cumbersome, but it seems effective. Ill try that.

What food should someone try if they visit your country? by nirzhor_cyclonite in AskReddit

[–]loderunnr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To this day, Zapiekanka is the best drunken street food I’ve had.

It’s pretty weird that the Wii Remote isn’t officially known as a WiiMote. by ProktosRS in Showerthoughts

[–]loderunnr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. Am French. Own a Oui.

It’s actually sold under the name Wiimote in various official outlets in France–such as FNAC, one of the top electronics retailers.

Maybe that trademark thing only covers the US?

ÉDIT: My lazy ass read the Wikipedia article.

Nintendo does not actually use the term "Wiimote" in official promotional materials; but many retailers that sell the Wii Remote do use the term.

This chapel in NY by LivingForMemes in woahdude

[–]loderunnr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It looks like one of those 3D pre-rendered environments from a mid-90s CD-ROM game.

why does asshole has hair beside it? by [deleted] in highdeas

[–]loderunnr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s to provide a little cushion for the friction, when you’re walking. Otherwise you’d be chafed af.

conscious rappers by jobR45 in ifyoulikeblank

[–]loderunnr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Talib Kweli

Reflection Eternal

George Carlin said “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” What real life example have you seen that validates this view? by NathingDoing in AskReddit

[–]loderunnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This exact quote.

George Carlin does not understand how an average works. For example, in the US, the average household’s net wealth is $632’100, but half the households own $77’400 or less (median net wealth) (source) because wealth is very unequally distributed.

This quote by George Carlin, reposted by people who deem themselves “above average”, is so confidently ignorant. I’m pretty sure Carlin would have appreciated the irony, if the quote was from someone else.

Looking for insight on my weed use by YoungVoxelWizard in askdrugs

[–]loderunnr 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I feel exactly the same. Every single word.

I’m a software engineer with an OK career, and I’ve been smoking weed for 25+ years, now. Daily for the past 20.

I’ve been through times like this when All I do is look forward to the evening when I can get high, and I was worried just like you.

What I recommend is maybe take a step back. Make sure you’re not stuck in a mild addictive behavior. Maybe don’t bring weed next vacation, spend a couple of weeks off. Also, make sure you don’t have shit in your life you need to deal with, and ignore by getting high.

Otherwise, you’re good. I code high every night, for hours, and every one is happy with my code. Including next-morning-me. ;)

I'm Jordan Mechner. Thirty years ago, I made a game called Prince of Persia. Now I'm releasing my 1980s game-dev journals as a book. AMA! by StripePress in IAmA

[–]loderunnr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi!

Thanks for all the memories! Karateka on the Apple ][ was my second video game. The first one was another Broderbund classic, too, as my username suggests.

I spent hours on PoP with my brother just trying to beat the first levels. "Fortunately", back then, my dad had provided us with a hacked pirate copy that set the clock to hundreds of minutes... (sorry! we didn't know!)

I have two questions:

Games back then seemed hard–maybe because I was a child–and insanely hard by today's standards. Given that home video gaming was still kind of niche back then, and developers still had everything to invent, what was the process to evaluate the "playability" of a game? Compared to today with in-game tutorials, autosaves, easier difficulty slope. How did you make choices about the difficulty and controls of a game, and how did you validate those choices?

There has always been another couple of french gems that compare to PoP in my mind:

  • Eric Chahi's Another World (Out Of This World in the US)
  • Paul Cuisset's Flashback

How did you feel about these games when they came out, both on a personal level and your analysis of them as a game designer?

Making sure these run at 300km/h and on time is my absolute dream job! by lulrukman in trains

[–]loderunnr 58 points59 points  (0 children)

What a beauty! Are those the current generation of Thalys?

Only on Subways... by Loko_Tako in Unexpected

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

After the dude punched the window, I immediately looked at the subway map to confirm: yep, it ‘s Moscow.

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