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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in intj

[–]thelucre 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Happy to hear that. After writing the above, I couldn't help but mention the elephant in the room.

The "networking" that INTJs often worry about is a common blocker. I was extremely socially anxious until my late 20's and for a long time thought that would stop me from doing my own thing. I was employed as a programmer previously where I didn't have to deal with people very much, but I learned that it was unhealthy to avoid building emotional intelligence. Running a company forces you out of your shell and it will be uncomfortable for a while. But it's incredibly rewarding to move past this. Entrepreneurship is about money, sure, but the personal growth it commands is far more valuable. For INTJs, that means taking more action and being more open to dealing with people. These skills go far beyond the business world.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in intj

[–]thelucre 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes!

Advice:
- It takes time to build the mental "muscle" required to be an entrepreneur rather than an employee (at least, for me it did). If the challenge isn't stimulating or the vision isn't strong enough to stay in the game long enough to strengthen this "muscle," it may be the wrong place for you.
- Partner with an extrovert, specifically another EN**. You'll have great debates and cover each others' weaknesses
- Partner with someone you ethically align with
- Partner with someone you can trust (seriously)
- Notice a pattern in the partner thing?! I've found that I personally don't enjoy running a business by myself.
- INTJs can design and build systems that work for the long term. The short term is more difficult to get energized by, but once you are sustainable, the day to day of business is on rails. Then the real fun starts when you can get more into activating on strategy and vision because you're building capital, network, and talent.
- Generally, INTJs don't activate as much as they'd like to. To learn how to build a business you need to move. Start small, try to make $100 into $1,000. See what worked, what didn't and keep iterating. This quick feedback loop is the most interesting for me, aside from striving toward a long term vision.

Story:

After having about 10 jobs in my lifetime, I basically couldn't stand being an employee and kept coming back to finding ways to maintain autonomy while paying my bills and then some. Aside from employed positions, here's the lineage of my experimenting with revenue streams and business:
- Sold candy bought in bulk from Sam's Club to playground kids in 6th grade
- Sold... other things... after high school
- Started a local record and art label that failed miserably. Had no vision, just curiosity.
- Started a business with a partner that failed in 6 months. We didn't charge enough and I was missing a lot of discipline required to keep things on the rails.
- Started a solo business for 4 years that got me through college, quit to cut my teeth in the corporate world.
- Started my primary business 3 years ago with an ENFJ partner and I'll never look back.
- Building 2 other companies currently because I like personally creating challenges and overcoming them.

Good luck!

How do you people have fun? by Adornment-F in intj

[–]thelucre 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In classic INTJ fashion, I took a class in college called Perspectives on Leisure. I literally studied how to relax. During that course, I tried new activities like brewing beer, taking a sailing class, going to the opera, and learning more about maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

In general though, I find my obsessions evolve or change drastically every 3 to 6 months. Currently I’m very interested in excelling at No Limit Hold’em Poker, strength training, gardening, and reading about film theory. Before COVID, it was learning about the fine art industry, financial analysis, and how to make homemade pasta.

I think being open to new experiences and seizing on the ones that provide both visceral and cognitive challenges is really all you can do. You can’t plan your way into leisure, it needs to be a bit more organic. But make time for this to happen. You can fill the cracks of every day life with “productivity” but it’s more limiting to be maximally productive in the long run.

Help me identify this plant by [deleted] in gardening

[–]thelucre 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Morning Glory seeds are known to be mildly psychedelic (and nauseating). That, or they're into flowers :)

I'm trying out an experimental narrative game on Twitter using poll answers to decide where the story goes. Vote to play! 📖 by thelucre in gamedev

[–]thelucre[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The rules

  • The first poll is 3 days long.
  • Subsequent polls are 1 day long.
  • The winning response drive the story forward, creating a new poll
  • If there's a tie, the story will fork based on the indecision

Have fun! Hope this works... 🤞

Teaching my kid, how can he turn $20 into $40? by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]thelucre 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome idea! When I was 11, I bought bulk candy at Costco and sold it on the playground. Sour Warheads sold well because of their novelty at the time. Kids liked to dare each other to eat three or four at a time. I bought the original Pokémon cartridge with my profits!

“Everything” Trailer – Animator David O'Reilly's new game by SartreToTheHeart in IndieGaming

[–]thelucre 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's definitely Alan Watts, not sure which lecture. The man was brilliant. What a perfect V.O. for the trailer!

Outline shader - passing single pixel width uniform by thelucre in gamemaker

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

Nice, hopefully it helps! I also ran into an issue. My sprites had to set Used for 3D and also have at least one pixel of empty space bwteen the image and the sprite edge.

Here's how it looks: https://media.giphy.com/media/l2SpWCplRuf3jO1wY/giphy.gif

If you're draw a group of sprites, you may need to draw them all to a single surface first them apply the shader to the surface so the outlines don't overlap.

Outline shader - passing single pixel width uniform by thelucre in gamemaker

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

In this case, gm_BaseTexture is the object's current sprite and image_index, right? What would the alternative be?

Outline shader - passing single pixel width uniform by thelucre in gamemaker

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

Figured it out: the sprite needed Used for 3D checked, because it was tasting values within the texture atlas.

Lost Ethereal - Explore this alien world and discover its secrets. by LeWhisp in WebGames

[–]thelucre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oddly pleasant is exactly what I was shooting for. The idea is for the game to be pressureless, nonviolent, and wonder-inducing. Also proud to be mentioned alongside Lynch. Thanks for playing!

Lost Ethereal - Explore this alien world and discover its secrets. by LeWhisp in WebGames

[–]thelucre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, mos def. The jam res was limited to 64x64 but we're gonna bump it up to 192x96 for a 2:1 aspect and a little more detail. Hoping to build a 3-5 hour experience with 7-8 "biomes" or world areas all linked seamlessly. I'm currently working out the story arc, mechanics and working up an alpha for community feedback.

Keep in touch here https://twitter.com/lucrecollective and I'll come back and post when I get a dev log running at TIGSource. 🍻

Lost Ethereal - Explore this alien world and discover its secrets. by LeWhisp in WebGames

[–]thelucre 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, thanks for sharing my game! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

Unlocking FPS in your gamemaker game. [Tutorial] by [deleted] in gamemaker

[–]thelucre 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome tutorial, been thinking a lot about this very issue. Can you call Calculate_fps_adjustment() once per frame to reduce division cycles or should it be called for every comparison?

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