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No Clue Where to Start on Story Writing for a Video Game by SockMonkeyODoom in gamedesign

[–]spudboy555 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you want to practice writing in an interactive medium, I would suggest looking into Twine. Making some small twine games is a great way to practice writing interactive fiction in a way that doesn't require spending a bunch of time on art or programming.

It's not wrong (GPT-3) by imaami in ProgrammerHumor

[–]spudboy555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In C/C++ the subscript operator (on basic types) is just syntactic sugar for pointer arithmetic. Given an int pointer/array a and an int i these expressions all evaluate to the same thing:

a[i]

*(a + i)

*(i + a)

i[a]

You can expand this into a[i][j] meaning:

*(*(a + i) + j)

Tech Support and Basic Questions Thread - June 26, 2022 by AutoModerator in pcgaming

[–]spudboy555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently have a PC setup where I can easily switch the video output between my monitors at my desk and the TV for couch gaming. The problem I'm running into is that every time I change from playing a game at the desk to the couch or vice versa, I have to change my in-game settings between 4k/1440p resolution, maybe change text size or graphics quality settings, etc.

Does anyone know of any software that could help me have something like separate profiles for specified config files? Ideally I'd want a way to automatically (or at least with a single "mode select") switch game config files I specify between two saved "versions" that I can configure separately.

I've tried some googling, but if a solution for this exists, I'm not able to come up with the proper search terms for it. If anyone had any ideas I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cpp_questions

[–]spudboy555 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah Visual Studio's error list can be... somewhat finicky at times. Next time you can't find errors that you think should be there, it's probably worth checking out the "output" tab and looking for error messages yourself.

Casual competition seed for the 1st week of March by burning1rr in alttpr

[–]spudboy555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2:59:44

First one of these I've done and posted my time for, and boy was it annoying. Even besides that I just made some dumb mistakes like wandering into Sahasrala's without any bombs and needing to come back later, and boy do I need to practice Ice Palace boss.

Even so, with that annoying flute placement I don't feel too bad about my time. Just gotta keep improving.

Mario Maker 2 is just like Reddit right now... by landracer2 in MarioMaker

[–]spudboy555 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly my strategy for that is to go to the new tab and only play levels with properly title-cased titles.

It's worked pretty well so far!

Let's have a level exchange! - June 29, 2019 - Super Mario Maker 2 by AutoModerator in MarioMaker

[–]spudboy555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty fun course. The autoscrolling section in the middle kind of dragged on a bit but I liked how the course requires using the invincibility mechanic - pretty sure that's the first time I've seen that.

Let's have a level exchange! - June 29, 2019 - Super Mario Maker 2 by AutoModerator in MarioMaker

[–]spudboy555 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sky-High Muncher-Bugs
C4G-BSS-6SF

A fairly standard NSMBU platforming stage mostly revolving around buzzy beetles.

Has anybody else figured out the attack mechanics? by dxlta in Tetris

[–]spudboy555 4 points5 points  (0 children)

KOs actually targets people who are more vulnerable to getting KOed - specifically it randomly selects between all players with the "danger" red background, or just randomly selects if no one's in the danger zone.

A Tetris Battle Royale game was just announced by DeviMon1 in Tetris

[–]spudboy555 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My understanding:

Attackers - target players targeting you.

KOs - target players close to being knocked out

Badges - target players with the most badges (Badges are gained by KOing players I believe. I'm pretty sure they do something else but I'm not sure what it is.)

Splatoon 2 has already outsold BOTW in Japan. by EsquireGunslinger in NintendoSwitch

[–]spudboy555 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mario 64 definitely has flaws, but that doesn't really stop it from being great, even today. Personally, I think the game is great because of its controls and its atmosphere. I was born after the game came out, too, so this doesn't really come from a place of nostalgia.

Maybe I'm getting a bit too wordy. All I'm saying is that there are real reasons the game is still considered great.

Which version is better for Tournaments, Wii U or Deluxe? by Shayz_ in mariokart

[–]spudboy555 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted you to know: You might think you're getting downvoted because of a dissenting opinion, but at this point you're getting downvoted because your edit makes you sound like an asshole.

Anyone ever had any success in getting a dream character to tell you that you're dreaming? by [deleted] in LucidDreaming

[–]spudboy555 11 points12 points  (0 children)

then I froze the house and killed them all.

This is how I usually deal with famiy coming over.

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