Tools engineer. Game dev hobbyist.
Working on @tangentnotes in my spare time.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@tangentnotes/116324069249333020
I think this kind of feature is only possible if you use what you’re working on. Little annoyances from real use (in this case notes for a D&D game) can just be shuffled away!
@stroughtonsmith Blow on Trump: "He is the best President we have had in my entire life, by far. It's a miracle."
Several creators of the puzzles and content that went into his latest game regret their involvement due to Blow's progressively extremist politics: Alan Hazelden, Tim Borrelli, Sean Barrett, and Jonah Ostroff. Thread: https://bsky.app/profile/draknek.bsky.social/post/3m7qybidq7k2s
Sad to see this guy boosted.
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
@whophd @stroughtonsmith It’s the art style / art direction. It’s what makes games (and all art) look different from one another. For instance, Studio Ghibli looks different from animated Justice League. Different art styles & direction.
As for the uncanny valley, still shots aren’t the hard part. It’s making things move like a human that’s hard.
@whophd @stroughtonsmith Two reasons. The uncanny valley destroys attempts at realism that get too close to the sun.
But more importantly, art direction that focused on realism has had way less staying power than graphics that went for a particular style. Style is more important than realism.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tangentnotes/116235855929692627
I want to thank all the people that have given feedback and proffered ideas. So much of this release has come directly from or been inspired by this feedback. I am so pleased to be able to build up something we all care about.
@unattributed @tangentnotes Not yet. It’s tracked here: https://github.com/suchnsuch/Tangent/issues/135
Like that thread mentions, it’s a situation where I never use tables myself. Combine that with the rather high effort required to make a good markdown table editor, and it’s something that has never made it to the top of the list.
Once again, automated tests did their job and stopped some seriously gross bugs (oversights) from going out.
IDK who needs to read this, but write tests! Time spent writing them is payed off in preventing obnoxious debugging and release embarrassment later!
Archagon