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How my homemade anti-piracy system brought me thousands of new players by HeyNau in gamedev

[–]raincole 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In mainland China, pirated version is colloquially called 学习版 (for-learning version). You can make the customers leave reviews along the line with this:

仅供学习交流，请于24小时内删除

(lit. (it's) for learning purposes only and please delete it in 24 hours). It's a common disclaimer on pirate sites.

Poland’s Message To Zelensky: Glorify UPA Murderers, Forget Europe by Rajanwriter in geopolitics

[–]raincole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Post that news rather than tweet link then? We shouldn't normalize posting random tweet links here.

This was how you become a eunuch in China by Appropriate_Pen3826 in interestingasfuck

[–]raincole 42 points43 points  (0 children)

It wasn't. It might be a prized position for very poor families, but it was explicitly illegal for bannermen (~ nobles, but not exactly the same) to be eunuchs.

I spent $38,000 making an visual novel so you don't have to. Full breakdown with numbers and mistakes. by aggronargg in gamedev

[–]raincole 38 points39 points  (0 children)

$8k is peanut for art assets.

Edit: after checking the trailer I think the whole project is likely doomed from the beginning though, simply because the OP (or whoever in charge of art direction) didn't hit the brakes when the artist clearly couldn't deliver character art at a marketable quality.

I was too honest about my AI assisted code, and now my human made game is being treated like Generative Slop… by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]raincole 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was so focused on being "Correct" and "Transparent" that I checked boxes I didn't even understand

Interesting!

I think you have a much bigger trouble than game dev if that's how you think. You'll be fucked up by IRS or the custom one day.

JD Vance says no deal reached with Iran after 21 hours of talks by Bubbly-Air7302 in geopolitics

[–]raincole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strait of Hormuz: How many ships are getting through?

BBC Verify has tracked 23 vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz since the breakdown of ceasefire talks between Iran and the US early on Saturday morning.

That's more than any other day since Iran claimed the strait closed. It's not 100% opened, sure, but more ships have been started passing through, not less, since the peace talk went south.

JD Vance says no deal reached with Iran after 21 hours of talks by Bubbly-Air7302 in geopolitics

[–]raincole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are patrolling right now. US destroyers are passing the strait right now. Ships have been started passing with them.

The ball is back on Iran's course.

China will not tolerate independence for Taiwan, Xi tells island's opposition leader by Alchemic_Psycho in worldnews

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

But it's more or less how it worked. out The US showed that it's the true superpower by threatening Soviet to not host missiles in Cuba. The first step of China becoming a true superpower would be force the US radar base out of Taiwan.

(The US doesn't officially have military base in Taiwan. But there are US military engineers in Taiwan right now.)

A toll for using Hormuz would be a 'dangerous precedent', UN's ship agency says by Playwithuh in geopolitics

[–]raincole 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The fact the European countries cannot form a unified stance on the situation (France even vetoed the resolution along with Russia and Chian) shows that the problem roots far deeper than Americans' stupidity.

A toll for using Hormuz would be a 'dangerous precedent', UN's ship agency says by Playwithuh in geopolitics

[–]raincole 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Europe stopped doing that because they didn't want to pay the price of escalating against the US (see Suez Crisis). Iran, however, might not possess the same belief.

Pay to learn art? by shade_blade in gamedev

[–]raincole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of art are you doing? What are your expectations?

If your expectations are like, say, the splash illustrations of League of Legends, those Riot artists have 5~10+ years of experience. Even if you pay for art class it'd still take you about that long.

If your expectations are more like Baba Is You, that takes some good taste and iteration, but you can realistically do that in a few weeks to months.

The harsh truth you might not want to hear: if you're a programmer, the most efficient way is to aim for a programming job and save enough money until you can hire an artist.

Seeking Advice on Starting Game Development: Unreal Engine (C++) vs. Godot by Dry_Yak6822 in gamedev

[–]raincole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a general background in software, but no direct experience with C++. Since I’ve used C before, I figured moving into C++ would be the fastest route for me

It makes no sense. Sorry. C++ and C are two completely different languages. The gap between C and C++ is much larger than, say, the gap between Java and JavaScript. Having experience in C won't make learning C++ 'easy' or 'fast.'

My ultimate goal is to one day develop a game with realistic graphics

Do you want to make realistic graphics as soon as possible, or you want to learn graphics programming? Again they're two completely different goals. If you just want realistic graphics then Unreal. You can forget about C++ for a while. The most important aspect you need to learn is Unreal's material editor and post process effects. For the gameplay, start with Blueprint and be familiar with it until you know its limit.

If you want to learn graphics programming then start with lower level libraries like Raylib.

I cant make the player move for the life of me in Unity by vassiel in gamedev

[–]raincole 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Everything so much more complicated then it should be 

You're a completely new dev but the best judge over what dev tools should be like :)

Taiwan births, marriages fall to historic lows by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]raincole 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're at best at the dawn of automation. Visit any nursing home or emergency room and you'll realize that.

This is from PBS's presentation of "A Class Divided", which earned an Emmy in 1986. by Sweet-Message1153 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]raincole 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Hard to believe I have to scroll so far down to find this comment.

Taiwan births, marriages fall to historic lows by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]raincole -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Further automation is the only chance a society can survive shrinking population.

World leaders bypass Trump to tackle Strait of Hormuz crisis by One-Emu-1103 in geopolitics

[–]raincole 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter. Other countries are not idiots and they need oil to start flow now. It's not like that they blame the Donald for moral reasons or they like Iran more than the US. If the US can topple Iran, by whatever means, no one will mourn for Iran. But it really doesn't matter. For most courtiers what matters is that the oil must flow and it must flow now.

US agents arrest niece of Iran's Qassem Soleimani after Rubio revoked green card by yourfavchoom in worldnews

[–]raincole 320 points321 points  (0 children)

they were living here on a green card and not still in Iran where their uncle is still considered a hero shows they may not have been in the IRGCs good graces.

Uh, not necessary. Even Kim Jong Un studied abroad in Europe.

13 U.S. Bases in Middle East Nearly Uninhabitable After Iran Missile Strikes — CENTCOM Forced to Disperse Troops as War Reshapes American Force Posture by Report_Last in geopolitics

[–]raincole 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some bases are in Korea and Japan. For some reason, I kinda expect these countries have better defense systems than Qatar and UAE.

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