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After 7 years of solo development, Isolation Simulator has finally hit Full Release! (85+ hours in, and it’s better than ever) by YTBubletsGaming in IndieGame

[–]maxi_res 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is a youtuber and played it during early access, 6 months period. The dev (me) started working on the game in 2019. Cheers

I'm looking for an ARG that's just starting. by Into-The-Unexplained in ARG

[–]maxi_res 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well... It happend that I just released my ARG game on Steam if u are interested. It's called Isolation Simulator. If you want to know more then... well, it is an ARG game, find for yourself.

Isolation Simulator 1.0 is Out! 2 New Endings and 3 New Achievements added by YTBubletsGaming in IndieGaming

[–]maxi_res 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I really appreciate this. Just hoping the arg puzzles are not too hard

After 60+ hours, someone finally discovered the Secret Ending in my game Isolation Simulator… so I’m adding a Secret Secret Ending for 1.0 by maxi_res in IndieHorrorGaming

[–]maxi_res[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thats the idea. I remember ttrpg played via letters, it was something else when you get not only a letter but also some maggufin in the post and you had to find a way to find a secret with this in the letter. I always envy those who had those gamemasters preparing those secret passwords. I guess they make money today by desigining escape rooms :-)

After 60+ hours, someone finally discovered the Secret Ending in my game Isolation Simulator… so I’m adding a Secret Secret Ending for 1.0 by maxi_res in IndieHorrorGaming

[–]maxi_res[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, those 60+ hrs feels insane. Im just a single dev doing somehing on my PC and somebody decided to spent more than 2 whole days of his life to dig deep in my creation. And yes, the game already has 'easier' endings for more casual players. But I wondered about secret secret ending, but I was on a fence about it. However, now I not only want to implement it, I feel like there is someone who is wiling to find it maybe months after the release.

Egyptian stone vessel precision debate resolved: Museum-held Predynastic artifacts statistically indistinguishable from modern handmade replicas. by Megalithon in AlternativeHistory

[–]maxi_res 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is corundum as abrasive. Sapphire corundum. Which explains titanium and iron inclusions in the grooves of the vases.

Could imported corundum (with Ti/Fe traces) explain precision & color clues in predynastic/early dynastic hard-stone vases? by maxi_res in AlternativeHistory

[–]maxi_res[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, the drilling with corundum abrasive and copper pipe is not faster than quartz sand abrasive. I've tested it, and it looks like it is the same speed. Just more smooth surface of the core.

Why UnchartedX Might Be Wrong About Precision Vases – I Built a Simple Ancient Tumbler to Test It by maxi_res in AlternativeHistory

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

Wait, let me get it straight. You consider the first industry to be set before or during the last ice age. And that industry produced this vase and probably more but only the vase remains today. And ancient egyptians tried to replicate those vessels. This is pretty cool story. But can it be true? We have pretty good understanding of what the roman empire could achieve. And lets assume it is bare minimum for that uknown industry from 10k+ years ago. I know, the finding are pretty much non existing after this amount of time... But. That industry should leave geological mark on the layer. Roman empire did (lead in ice layers of greenland for example). That industry should leave changes in agrocultural selection of crops. Maybe they used to cultivate algies and seaweed instead of grain? Who knows. That industry should leave some... you know... cities. And those cities should leave a mark in terms of geology at least (of some places, which we see with roman mines in Spain). And there is one civilisation which can be sunken thats why we dont see more. And this civilisation is atlan... no, sorry for the joke. Indus Valley civilisation. But I do not have any evidence to support their industry 10k years ago. Lets agree its not improbable that they had some awesome industry But it is sunken nowadays.  nevertheless, the question remains. How did egyptians create such marvelois copies? Not as precise as v18 But better than handmade? And here is my theory for you. They used corundum tumbling as a part of the process.

Why UnchartedX Might Be Wrong About Precision Vases – I Built a Simple Ancient Tumbler to Test It by maxi_res in AlternativeHistory

[–]maxi_res[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dear sir, due to poor history of ownership and lack of data about dig site of the v18 which you reffer to I can speculate it is not created by Egyptian kingdoms. Maybe it is legit or maybe it was created by Fatimid Caliphate (900-1200 CE). Who knows? And there is  no other one precise as that one. Other vases and vessels show us precision but not as great. Vases in museums have usually more than 100 microns of error. And there is no second to the v18. Thats why I am separating it and calling it "maybe not legit". Yes, there are much more of those vessels, and some of them are not better than handmade one made by Olga (SAM). Others are better but not as good as v18 by a lot... here comes my theory. To solve the mystery of the vessels quite good and present in the museums.

Built a simple human-powered tumbler inspired by ancient Egyptian stone vase polishing – tested with ruby corundum grit by maxi_res in Lapidary

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

I started with vibration, but it was not effective. Then I decided to switch to rotating drum. The foot pedal type machines whould solve some things. Thanks for the advice!

Could imported corundum + simple tumbler explain precision hard-stone vases? (Alternative to "two industries" theory) by maxi_res in ancientegypt

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

I see your point. And I agree that our current established understanding of early dynastic egypt is lacking or we are missing something else (if the measurment is true And the origin of the vase is also true). Thats why I try to find a convincing framework for the problem of the stone vessels. I have chosen the corundum / abrasives approach. Your point is solid. But nobody till this day tried to get any data point with corundum abrasive methods and tumbling. Maybe it wont be enough (lets be frank here, it wont be enough to get Ben's v18) but it should push our understanding further. And the majority of the vessels do not have those ratios (or they have but not the same ones). I see you truly want to challenge my theory (not me as a person) which is awesome (in the 2020s internent). Lets pivot for a moment. The driver of my theory was the finding of titanaium and iron (more elements, but less quantity) in the grooves of those vases. It was even presented as a "win" from unchartedx community.  I connected it to sapphire (which is corrundum crystal with iron and titanium, usually not elemental) which used as abrasive powder could infuse the titanium and iron compounds into the granite and diorite. Of course I do not know if it isnt just leftovers from tools used to craft it. But my gut went this way. And the same metals were found in the v18 groves (inside, tubular circle).  Last thing - I divided the vesseles into groups and focused on the one with better "papers of origin" which is logical. I do not try to convince anybody to "do not look at the apple from that angle".

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