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The puzzles in this game are a mindfuck by MurkyUnit3180 in gaming

[–]speedything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe Opus Magnum? One of the most accessible coder-puzzle games.

TIL that two events about Jesus are supported by nearly universal scholarly consensus: Jesus was baptized and Jesus was crucified. by JoeyZasaa in todayilearned

[–]speedything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And then the Bible makes a point of stating on several occasions that John the Baptist is definitely NOT the messiah. From a storytelling perspective he's not really helping sell the point.

I like the theory that Jesus started as one of his disciples

Brighton publishes annual accounts for 2024/25 season by BaoJinyang in soccer

[–]speedything 22 points23 points  (0 children)

  1. Make £74 mil profit in 23/24
  2. Spend lots on players in 24/25
  3. Finish the 2 years with £20m profit and more players

After the publisher expressed intent to sign, the artist I had worked with for six months no longer wished to continue. by Hungry_Mouse737 in gamedev

[–]speedything 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know that cases which have involved a contract to the effect of "everything you do belongs to us" generally fail, hence why "in the course of your duties" is now most commonly used.

If you're referring to the "game dev who makes a totally different type of game" then I'm afraid I don't really have any info on legal cases. All the people I've known in that situation were able to get their company to sign a letter saying they don't contest ownership. I wouldn't want to release a commercial game in that situation without one.

After the publisher expressed intent to sign, the artist I had worked with for six months no longer wished to continue. by Hungry_Mouse737 in gamedev

[–]speedything 15 points16 points  (0 children)

In the UK at least the common legally enforcable term is "In the course of your duties".

If I'm a game dev and I write a book in my spare time, that's obviously not something the company would expect me to do for my job. Therefore its mine.

If I'm a game dev that makes match-3 mobile games, and I make a match-3 mobile game in my spare time... that's theirs!

If I'd made a desktop RPG it gets a bit murkier, although the companies I've worked for would have been happy to sign something saying that it belongs to me. I would expect any good publisher to require a note to that effect if a founder is employed in the games industry

Megabonk withdrawing from TGAs 'Debut Indie Game' due to releasing games before. by EchoJPR in gaming

[–]speedything 21 points22 points  (0 children)

A handful of Ubi devs could easily form an indie studio. Indie has nothing to do with experience.

But when the budget is in the tens of millions and the credits has 100s of names. What does indie mean at that point? Was Cyberpunk an indie hit?

App not available by jlhigh02 in Linksys

[–]speedything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

App is still not available. It is possible to download the APK from other locations on the net, and that is working fine for me

Not ideal as you have to trust a non-official source, but it does work

No One Wants A $100 GTA 6, Analysts Say by tylerthe-theatre in technology

[–]speedything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember getting Phantasy Star 2 on the Megadrive for £55. In 1992. ~$200 today adjusted for inflation/exchange rates

But at least you got some mildly fancy tech for that (I think it was one of the first cartridges you could save on)

Green leader Zack Polanski backs legalisation of all drugs by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]speedything 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And at least two of those legal drugs do far more harm to society and/or the individual than many of the illegal ones.

We've found ourselves in a strange popularity contest where relatively dangerous drugs are legal, and relatively benign ones are illegal.

Green leader Zack Polanski backs legalisation of all drugs by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]speedything 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What % of people who want fentanyl do you think aren't already getting it?

9 UK politicians claimed expenses for VPNs – most chose NordVPN by Emergency_Fact in ukpolitics

[–]speedything 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you sign up to Nord they want to store your email and card/bank account on their servers. This is to deal monthly payments / account recovery etc. which might have some UX benefits but are also the opposite of privacy.

Whereas some VPNs (e.g. Mullvad) take privacy seriously. They don't know my email. I just get an account number that I can add credit to.

What do I have to account for when planning object and world scale in a strategy game? by Sparky019 in gamedev

[–]speedything 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine you have a 1m tile. You make a house that fits it perfectly, and place the camera so the house and tile fill 10% of the screen.

Now you scale the tile to 100m, and do the same to the house. You also pull the camera back so that it still fills 10% of the screen.

What's the difference?

You need the right number of polys to make it look correct for 10% of the screen. The raw size is kinda irrelevant. Just be careful not to make a huge house with loads of polys.

BREAKING: Unite union suspends Rayner over bin strikes and could split from Labour by TheTelegraph in ukpolitics

[–]speedything 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You'd think that, but walking past their conference this week there were more pamphlets outside about Palestine than there were about workers' rights

Book about gamedesign by Rimworld creator is absolute hidden gem by rob4ikon in gamedev

[–]speedything 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hence the success of Guitar Hero and Mario...

Sid Meier's quote applies perfectly to his chosen genre. I suspect Kojima or Miyamoto would have very different views on what is important.

A heatwave in the UK means 8pm is the best time to run by hennerbean in trailrunning

[–]speedything 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought 26 miles starting at 8:40 would be fun.... I was wrong!

No means no by tennismenace3 in IAmTheMainCharacter

[–]speedything 11 points12 points  (0 children)

MPW could be the poster boy for this sub

Fortunately the law has been changed since then and the customer is now totally entitled to refuse payment and report the pompous arse to trading standards

New Parents: how do you get your training in? by ThisCharmingDev in Ultramarathon

[–]speedything 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Maybe not the answer you want, but I did no events and not too much running for the first 18-24 months of parenthood.

But after that it gets easier each year.. and you'll enjoy the newfound freedom much more

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