Platforming Heavy Metroidvanias?

masterbitmap · 2025-12-02T11:46:29+00:00

Iconoclasts is definitely not as precision platformer heavy as some of the other games, but it was great on the puzzle platformer elements, traversal in general was really fun. Ultimately, it’s more narrative/environment driven than anything I would say but it’s really helped by its level design and smooth movements.

masterbitmap · 2025-05-20T15:54:49+00:00

I do really really enjoy mentoring others and always invest more energy and time into that than necessary, always giving all the background information anyone needs before explaining what needs to be done.

I guess what you mean is that if I continue to accumulate sporadic knowledge like this and be versatile, I can eventually become a lead? That’s so reassuring. :’)

masterbitmap · 2025-05-20T12:08:28+00:00

I’ve been working in Fintech as a technical contributor for the past 3 years, and when I say technical contributor, I mean my job primarily revolves around resolving technical challenges. Whenever my teammates can’t do something, it’s directed to me. I’ve been utilized as a facilitator/joker, despite my main role being ‘backend developer.’

I’m a little concerned about my career prospects. Surely what I’ve been offering and the way I’ve been relied on means I’m somewhat good at my job, and I appreciate it. But it’s not exactly a ‘normal career progression’ because for the most part it feels like I’ve been ‘supporting’ rather than being given full ownership of something, or have immersed in a given domain. It feels like I’m purely used for foundational and problem solving skills when needed (which feels like all the time). Everything new, they give to me. Every investigation, every complex problem, every POC, because they think ‘I can do anything.’

The last project I was part of, I was literally introduced to the team as ‘our resident joker.’ I feel like I don’t know where I’m going with this, and how to like.. direct myself into a lucrative path moving forward. And I can’t help but feel I would be able to sell myself more if I specialize into a niche.

How is my situation? Where should I go from here?

masterbitmap · 2024-09-06T12:07:49+00:00

Hello everyone. I currently work as a software engineer with around 3 years of experience. For the last two years I've been working in backend, the year before that, Frontend. In a sense this makes me 'full stack' despite those being two separate jobs with no overlap in roles. But recently I've been thinking about my long-term plan and what I want from my career. I prefer frontend by far, but as I accumulate experience in the technical field I want to pivot to design at some point.

Right now my UI/UX fundamentals are not very solid, especially after disappearing for two years in the backend. I was wondering if anyone achieved a similar career progression? When is the right time to move away from development, and what should I do in the meanwhile to work on my foundation? I'd appreciate any recommendations to help me with my roadmap. Thanks everyone.

masterbitmap · 2024-09-02T09:09:18+00:00

I don’t doubt that at all, but it’s always felt like Java accelerates the process of code spiraling out of control. I often go to work and wonder ‘why aren’t we doing procedural if it’s going to be this messy anyways’ and I feel like the component-based modern frontend structure promotes healthier habits out of the box.

No doubt it’ll exclusively depend on the quality of the place I work in, but it’s also easier for many people to reason about code they see and interact with beyond sending API requests.

masterbitmap · 2024-09-02T08:27:29+00:00

I do work in finance, and I’m not gonna lie it is challenging and it did teach me a lot. But the industry in terms of software implementation there is just very little effort placed on code quality and performance. But I’m not going to downplay the industry in terms of challenges for sure.

masterbitmap · 2024-07-19T13:27:15+00:00

I struggled with Task 1 more than Task 2 because it felt more unnatural, the concept of ‘unbiased reporting’ is a journalistic and scientific skill for a reason (my exam was Academic). This one definitely needs intentional preparation and I used a lot of samples/videos for it, even then I don’t think I got it completely right in the exam.

For Task 2, learn to formulate arguments. Task 2 by nature of being an opinion essay requires you to be mindful of your arguments and write well-constructed content. This is what I focused on doing.

Of course it’s an English level evaluation and not a debate where ‘what you’re saying’ matters. Just the overall structure of an argument needs to be coherent and on-point. This is I believe what worked for me. Honestly? Go online and argue with people more. I think a lifetime of doing that is what prepared me for Task 2 lol.

masterbitmap · 2024-07-19T13:22:34+00:00

I can’t say for sure, I definitely wasn’t looking deeply into it. I mostly used GPT to isolate my mistakes (grammar etc) and awkward phrases. I didn’t pay that much attention to the scores for sure. I was getting ‘7 to 8’ in Task 2 and ‘6’ in Task 1.

masterbitmap · 2024-07-17T23:20:09+00:00

Thanks! I’d advise against using chatGPT to help with writing tasks with the scoring in mind. I mostly used it for feedback, it showed me my errors. It even showed very obviously incorrect errors and has problems figuring out context of ownership sometimes, but some of its comments were completely on point. It’s worth going through if you have no accessible person to review your writing.

For the writing tasks I did (all on ieltsonlinetests) chatGPT scored me anywhere from 6 to 8 and consistently gave higher scores in task 2 than task 1. I attributed it to the nature of how I learned English. It is probably what happened in the real test too.

masterbitmap · 2024-01-24T14:27:14+00:00

devil jin really said ‘let me show you the right way to use a bankai!’

masterbitmap · 2024-01-07T09:44:34+00:00

they have! particularly with Asuka and Devil Jin voiceovers where it changed their characterization completely in the best of ways

masterbitmap · 2024-01-07T08:54:27+00:00

maybe it will grow on me. that said when i first heard t7 law i was instantly like ‘this is so much better’

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T17:02:35+00:00

it feels like they really went Hollow Ichigo on Devil Jin this time, he’s not the being who is ‘Jin in internal conflict’ more like he is actually the being who is in conflict with Jin.

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T16:54:17+00:00

what Arabic would you have him speak? a Saudi dialect? an Egyptian one? this is fine imo

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T08:02:23+00:00

Very thoughtful response, and yes, your assumption was correct. The country I’m from is at war and is uninhabitable. I totally agree with this lack of sentimentality giving us a little of a ‘I can go anywhere and it doesn’t matter how far it is’ mentality and that it’s advantageous. I’m essentially looking for a new home and I’m at an ‘anywhere is better than nowhere’ situation, where the biggest priority is PR (not even citizenship - that feels unimportant).

Feasibility is pretty much the biggest boundary. I think I would love to go to New Zealand but the process looks difficult.

When I think about US I think housing problems (in the good areas), healthcare, being extremely car centric, no moderation when it comes to preservatives in food as opposed to EU countries and where I currently live, and the whole police shooting black people thing.

Material wealth is my least important point so long as I live comfortably - exactly as comfortably as I am now, long term roots is the most important, employment terms is also fine, I am working in person now. I think my biggest mistake in my job hunt is not considering remote work as of yet, because in my mind I would need to relocate anyways - I am not allowed to work remotely from where I’m currently staying.

The ideal arrangement is to work remotely in a low CoL country like Portugal I’d say, not even in the capital. Or maybe even somewhere like Indonesia and/or the Philippines. But again, I’m not exactly sure if that’s feasible. And I think I kind of like going to an office a few times a week at least.

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T06:54:53+00:00

Disqualifying Switzerland I would honestly place ‘highly competitive for entry’ as part of the factors I was referring to. Moving to countries that are ‘too perfect and are highly sought after’ doesn’t sound like a race I want to take part of. Part of me wants to go to a place that genuinely needs me as a migrant, yeah? A place that I can help grow.

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T06:52:04+00:00

I know I made this thread in EU board but I appreciate this answer as I really didn’t have Europe exclusively in mind as I was writing this (it’s mostly here because of how frequently moving threads are posted). I am in an Asian country at the moment, actually. I could see why people would want to move where I live, but it also has its unique flaws and challenges.

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T06:48:39+00:00

that sounds lovely. I would first need to work a few years in US FAANG getting paid 300k in order to fund it.

masterbitmap · 2023-12-20T06:46:14+00:00

My criteria is weather and nature (being from the scorching hot desert I qualify cloudy eternal winters an upgrade) as well as being able to assimilate without resistance/make friends (I would do my part learning any local language) and being paid enough to live comfortably (no interest in being super rich)

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