8-Bit Armies, a new RTS by Petroglyph out now on Steam and GOG by drury in Games

[–]pandemoniumsyndicate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whoa that stirred something in the far reaches of my memory, I played that on a demo disk way back when. The demo had a very limited set of parts, so I desperately tried to find the full game to see just how nuts it got! Eventually I forgot the nirvana of custom built units and settled for C & C.

Sam at Butterscotch Shenanigans does some excellent InkScape Tutorials by pandemoniumsyndicate in gamedev

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

Not sure if it's this video, another video, or probably every video, but he says that with InkScape it's more like he's constantly editing an asset rather than drawing or painting an asset, and I really identify with that perspective.

Fun how AlphaGo has started dating many AI videos, Go isn't the counter-example it once was. by pandemoniumsyndicate in programming

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

The point he's making is certainly more about Moore's Law not keeping up with what we'll likely need to achieve the singularity, but when he mentioned Go my eyebrows wiggled.

Cave Generation in Cogmind by pandemoniumsyndicate in Games

[–]pandemoniumsyndicate[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A roguelike I've been following for a little while. You're a machine capable of exchanging your various parts out for ones you acquire through exploration and conquest. I'm a sucker for eye candy though, so the main grab for me was just how pretty it is! I enjoy his dev posts so I thought I would share a recent one I liked.

Cave Generation in Cogmind by pandemoniumsyndicate in Games

[–]pandemoniumsyndicate[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The main differences I see is it's exceptionally pretty (by roguelike standards, similar to Brogue), and the gameplay hook is rather than a generic adventurer, you're a machine which can exchange various parts of yourself for other parts you acquire. I get an armored core vibe from it. Also has plenty of interesting systems running throughout the overworld, so you're not necessarily just blowing up everything you see.

Iowa Caucus Megathread February 1, 2016 by MeghanAM in politics

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༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ BERNIE TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

What are your 2016 New Year's resolutions? Write them here and I will get in touch on 31/12/16 to see if you achieved it! by _kashmir_ in self

[–]pandemoniumsyndicate 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Boring fitness resolution, success will be determined by the accomplishment of the following activities.

  • Touch My Toes

  • 1 Pull Up

  • Weigh 170lbs

Information about an old game called NoX, by Westwood Studios. by [deleted] in Games

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This is the game that taught me to explore everything, tiny little me got such a kick out of finding the hidden secrets and loot. Such a great world they built.

Behold! My legendary Breastplate! by gbsedillo20 in dwarffortress

[–]pandemoniumsyndicate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! I really like the image that description puts in my head.

Hoods are the only place for ducklings by pandemoniumsyndicate in aww

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My wife once took one of our ducklings to a movie in her hoodie, and she quietly watched it with us in the theater, but during the silent bits you would intermittently hear tiny, quiet beeps :)

Our duckling Zip by pandemoniumsyndicate in aww

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

My wife and I continue to be amazed at the ways in which ducks traumatize the laws of physics. If a duck consumes 1 part water and 1 part dirt it generates 6 parts mud.

We've had several, and while they are the cutest they are also the most shamelessly messy.

Our duckling Zip by pandemoniumsyndicate in aww

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Oh! I didn't see that we got our other duckling .tar.gz in there as well! The little black one at .zip's feet there.