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by juanuys 4y ago
This just published since your comment: https://godotengine.org/article/godot-consoles-all-you-need-...
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by juanuys 5y ago
There's nothing like having kids and other commitments to sharpen one's focus and make timekeeping a thing of perfection. I note the older students (40+/50+-year-olds, with families, etc) getting their work in way ahead of sc
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by juanuys 5y ago
A good place to start: The Art of Game Design By Jesse Schell. https://www.schellgames.com/art-of-game-design/
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by juanuys 5y ago
> 5.) Creating video games is extremely labour-intensive, which is why there are so few Free and Open Source ones If you mean free as in "gratis", then there are loads of free games available online. E.g. https://itc
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by juanuys 5y ago
This has been posted once before in 2018. I'm genuinely curious to know what everyone's opinion is of Eco. (finance noob here)
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Eco Is Not a Bank(eco.com)
2 points by juanuys 5y ago|1 comments
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by juanuys 5y ago
> Instead, try approaching people who are speaking in groups of two. I would advise to check body language first. If the duo are facing each other head-on, don't interject. If they're turned slightly outwards, like they're
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Lars Doucet on “crypto culture war”(twitter.com)
2 points by juanuys 5y ago|0 comments
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by juanuys 5y ago
They should call it WetaHuman. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/metahuman-creator
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by juanuys 5y ago
I wonder if it will feature Chocolatiers [0] as a mini-game... 0. https://www.proudlion.co.uk/product/chocolatiers/6476
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by juanuys 5y ago
Hi Walter, thanks for your time! Do you play many games nowadays? Which ones? What do you think is going to be the next big gaming breakthrough? Or the next big genre/theme? (E.g. for economics, it was F2P/IAP, never of which I&#x
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by juanuys 5y ago
Whenever I hear "fixed point arithmetic", it reminds me of the jittery graphics on PSX. Can't find a more official source than Reddit, but here goes: > It's because the position of each polygon's vertex (corner)
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by juanuys 5y ago
How about this: Mum, dad - you know how I always tell you to turn your stuff off and on again? Well, by turning it off, Facebook also turned off the On Button.
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by juanuys 5y ago
A few things that worked for me: Try some ideation techniques [0]. Take a long walk. Carry a sketchbook. Spend time with folks you normally don't spend time with, outside of your echo chamber. Unplug, and take naps. Near dream-states a
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by juanuys 5y ago
Quake: Let's not forget the NIN-composed soundtrack!
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by juanuys 5y ago
> Lastly, the growth in the car market is roughly proportional with the increase in population, while the gaming industry has grown at double digits per year for decades now. It's not like I'm getting five cheap 2008 Fiestas in
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by juanuys 5y ago
I was in the same boat a few years ago. Been a web dev since 2002. A first step was to start freelancing/contracting (since 2013), so I had shorter engagements that I can move on from after a few months. With the increased wages, I cou
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How the Bobos Broke America(theatlantic.com)
3 points by juanuys 5y ago|0 comments
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by juanuys 5y ago
Oops, I just realised you said Javascript. Never mind! :-)
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by juanuys 5y ago
Godot [0] is super intuitive, so I recommend it wholeheartedly. And then you ought to look at the Godot Card Game Framework [1], which I've also used for a uni project. The author has a couple of examples (check their Github repo), whi
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Moving Castles: Modular and Portable Multiplayer Miniverses(trust.support)
3 points by juanuys 5y ago|0 comments
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by juanuys 5y ago
Wasn't Bill Gates going to build a new type of reactor [0] before Trump became president and shut down US/China collaboration [1]? It seems there's some movement from Mr. Gates around nuclear again, but not sure if the Natriu
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by juanuys 5y ago
I came here to say the same thing. Maths ought to be up there with reading + writing as basic/required skills.
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by juanuys 5y ago
> This is the route I'm taking - I'll update with my progress in 5 years or so Nice one, mate. Good luck. I'm doing the same, so right behind you :)
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by juanuys 5y ago
An alternative: make a short devlog video. Talk about the things you delivered that week, plus a few seconds worth of new demo/gameplay.
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by juanuys 5y ago
One day, there'll be a "prototype" FPS shooter, akin to one of Plato's Forms [1], and the player will choose what the game will look and feel like at launch, and the game engine will apply neural style transfer in real-t
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by juanuys 5y ago
Just this weekend, I read this passage (p.219) in Making Of Prince Of Persia, by Jordan Mechner [1], where his colleague tries to dissuade him from tuition, and rather learning on the job: Deborah had this to say about NYU: "They say i
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by juanuys 5y ago
I say "my". I mean my daughters'. ahem
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by juanuys 5y ago
I thought I was going to see my Cognitoys Dino on that site... https://www.wired.com/2015/02/cognitoys-ibm-watson/
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by juanuys 5y ago
I'm in the incredibly privileged position to do this too. 4 day week, at a salary 20% under the market rate. My spare day is spent on doing a part-time masters, or personal projects in-between modules. Previously, I was a freelancer fo

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