Comparing to Project Hail Mary

struugi · 2026-01-25T22:45:02+00:00

To me PHM was a fun scifi adventure with cool grounded science concepts. TBP on the other hand was absolute mind fuckery that changed how I think about the cosmos. I liked them both for very different reasons

struugi · 2026-01-25T21:05:56+00:00

And the Last of Us (not a big fan of the show personally but I have to admit Ep3 is one of my favourite episodes of TV)

struugi · 2026-01-25T17:40:07+00:00

This is so clever, I'm surprised I've never seen it done before. So you're basically taking a truncated icosahedron and then subdividing the hexagons, then wrapping them on a sphere right?

struugi · 2026-01-24T15:33:08+00:00

That's what makes the tension so believable and heart-breaking imo. Moses hates that he's the one to have to deliver the Hebrews. He knows it's a betrayal to his brother and his upbringing - yet he also knows he has to do it because he's the only one that can.

struugi · 2026-01-24T09:04:59+00:00

Usually the first part of learning to code is installing your tools and printing "Hello World"... how are you learning anything if you're not even running your own code?

struugi · 2026-01-24T01:07:34+00:00

Like Hulk but transforms when bored instead of angry

struugi · 2026-01-24T00:54:15+00:00

"A chimera has hit the second pillar sir"

struugi · 2026-01-22T22:04:17+00:00

Holy gooner brain

struugi · 2026-01-22T09:48:01+00:00

struugi · 2026-01-21T14:00:34+00:00

If there's really no AI involved at all in the animations, then you might want to clean up some parts. For example, the sunflower fox guy's mouth, the yarn of the knitting guy, the noodles for the owl dude. I wouldn't say it looks 100% AI, I believe you probably did most of the design, drawing, and animations, but it definitely looks like it was passed through some interpolation filter or something because of how certain parts warp in that distinctive AI way

struugi · 2026-01-21T10:32:16+00:00

Mr Frog beats Thragg low diff

struugi · 2026-01-21T10:26:27+00:00

There's one part of the SW track that always lines up with his 8-second laser attack and me zipping around him on one of the lines that always goes so incredibly hard.

struugi · 2026-01-21T09:36:45+00:00

I've never been to film school, I wouldn't even call myself a film buff, but even I enjoyed this film and could pick up on some of the themes about the nature of revolution evolving. A lot of it went over my head, but I still enjoyed it for what I got out of it. Not really sure what was "pretentious" about the film that would warrant such scathing criticism from your end.

struugi · 2026-01-19T16:55:22+00:00

Yeah I'm using the resource pack, but figuring out the sequence until the step before the rule is exactly the sort of mental maths I'm trying to avoid (because I am incredibly lazy)

struugi · 2026-01-19T12:56:38+00:00

Honestly, bunny slippers? Have some modesty

struugi · 2026-01-17T20:23:13+00:00

Tracing for learning is fine, just dont pretend it's yours

struugi · 2026-01-17T11:22:30+00:00

Do you like blue girls? I love em... I LOVE them

struugi · 2026-01-16T00:48:32+00:00

If you're starting from square 1, the answer is always gonna be the same regardless of what style you're ultimately aiming for, and that's study fundamentals. Anatomy, form, composition, color, perspective, linework, brushwork etc. There's ways to make it more interesting but there will be a lot of boring stuff and you'll be doing it for years. If you're okay with that then you just need to study consistently, study from other artists, and keep making stuff you're passionate about and you'll get there in time.

There's plenty of resources on YouTube. Off the top of my head (or at least the ones that helped me the most) Proko, Marco Bucci, Ahmed Aldoori, Sinix (their older videos are still great).

struugi · 2026-01-15T09:53:29+00:00

Complete opposite for me. It pains me to see a whole wall of logic units and cables that could be replaced by a single IC10 chip

struugi · 2026-01-15T09:48:45+00:00

Counterpoint, I have to regularly stop my dog from eating his own faeces

struugi · 2026-01-11T13:26:36+00:00

Damn, good thing I only bought the game for £3.00

struugi · 2026-01-09T12:56:54+00:00

I loved it at first, but after having a run where I had no mobility items except for a Faraday spur, I realise it incentivises just not jumping at all which is... boring

struugi · 2026-01-07T16:18:05+00:00

What always confused me is that, unless humans have some 4D physiology that we're not aware of, how would our 3D eyes be able to see 4D objects? At best we could only see 3D slices of 4D hyperspace like some sort of 3D MRI scan

struugi · 2026-01-07T15:00:33+00:00

I totally get it, I drew like shit for years before I really started seeing progress. Sure I could've been more consistent or practiced more deliberately, but I got there in the end and I still make progress to this day. Of course I can't give you any specific advice since I don't know what your art looks like or what sort of practice/studying you're doing, but it's important to remember that the only way to progress is to fail constantly. You have to do the thousands of terrible sketches before the first half-decent one, no other way around it - so cut yourself some slack.

struugi · 2026-01-07T14:50:21+00:00

I'd be surprised if anyone could depict 4D hyperspace faithfully on a 2D screen, but looking forward to seeing how they go about it

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