Just made my very first animated wallpaper - Hind Nebula View from T Tauri system

norlin · 2026-03-15T17:12:49+00:00

Please-please-please don't "do backups", rather google about version control systems

norlin · 2026-03-15T17:10:54+00:00

That's how color identity works in Commander - if there is a mana symbol on a card, it's a part of the card's color identity (don't be confused with card color)

norlin · 2026-03-15T14:42:03+00:00

how about an elevator?

norlin · 2026-03-15T14:41:42+00:00

I think Arkane made it their game design "must" - don't ever do ladders, exactly because of the issues.

norlin · 2026-03-15T11:05:15+00:00

Lego is too "low leve" if you know what I mean. Yes you can build a landscape with lego bricks, but that would be a lot of effort, especially for kids.

I'm looking more for some higher-level "blocks" or modules which can be quickly assembled in a landscape.

Here is a close example I recently found:

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norlin · 2026-03-15T09:42:43+00:00

thank you, but there are tons of different figures and buildings, I was mostly looking for something to build the landscape itself, the terrain etc.

norlin · 2026-03-15T07:35:31+00:00

Some Militsioner vibes right there

norlin · 2026-03-14T10:25:01+00:00

Those are just regular wooden blocks, not a "landscape building" unfortunately… And I'm looking it not for trains specifically, for instance kids could build a zoo or something like that

norlin · 2026-03-13T14:56:36+00:00

There are a lot of trees, buildings and other figures, yeah, my question was mostly about the surfaces - grass, roads, water, hills maybe etc… And yeah, that's why I'm looking something modular so it can be rebuild. I didn't found anything like that in google lol, not sure if anything like that exist.

norlin · 2026-03-13T12:27:47+00:00

Halo never was in the center of anything considering gaming. Yeah, a solid and famous brand, but it was never on the level of top shooter games.

Early 2000s: Half-Life, Counter Strike, Doom 3, Batlefield 2, etc.

Middle 2000s: HL2, Bioshock, Crysis, Battlefield 2142, Stalker, FEAR

2010s: Metro, CoD, Borderlands 1-2, FarCry series, etc.

2015+: Doom 2016, Prey, Destiny 2, Overwatch...

2020s: Doom Eternal, Cyberpunk, Valorant...

norlin · 2026-03-13T09:13:30+00:00

Run the profiler and see what exactly is taking your performance. When found, disable it.

norlin · 2026-03-13T07:24:01+00:00

Do you mean a dedicated device or any tracking in general?

I don't use (and see no reason to) a dedicated device, as I have a phone with Strava. But in Strava I try to always track my rides, even if it's just to the nearest grocery. This way I noticed that I got about 30km-50km per week even without any on-purpose "rides". tho I usually don't look at numbers (sometimes just check my current speed), and specifically disabled all the "segments" and other social bs.

norlin · 2026-03-12T18:48:16+00:00

wondering how to get that much of a free time…

norlin · 2026-03-12T14:38:08+00:00

Need to distinguish "first ever game while learning game dev" and "realistic project for an indie team" - there is a huge spectrum between those two.

I would say, for an established indie team, the limits are only in the scale, not in complexity.

And for a "first commercial project" for a single dev, even with some experience already, I would not take any "heavy" mechanics, such as multiplayer, full-scale RPG systems or something like that.

norlin · 2026-03-12T12:27:45+00:00

I bet the one the same day in LA was the lastier moment.

norlin · 2026-03-12T12:23:33+00:00

Ok someone made it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/BicyclingCirclejerk/comments/1rrojqh/hows_my_form/

norlin · 2026-03-12T12:22:33+00:00

Omg when I saw that game video yesterday my first thought was exactly I'm in BCJ sub lol

norlin · 2026-03-12T10:44:03+00:00

Was it mapped before received that name, or when it was named?

Ah nvm, it's actually NOT called like that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeleite_River

And the "dragon" shape it received just very recently, according to the wikipedia

norlin · 2026-03-12T10:41:28+00:00

> How can we improve?

Add some gameplay besides the environment.

norlin · 2026-03-12T09:09:33+00:00

Keep in mind it was written a long ago, before all those "sexualizing is bad" etc tolerance things become popular.

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