@4gateftw.bsky.social
Ex game developer, computer graphics engineer, I love video games and table tops and like to write about them sometimes!
I would love to know who is responsible for the whole "harassing people is good actually because I enjoy harassing them and I shouldn't have to think about it" thing, this seems to be a common idea among people who are mentally 13.
September 15, 2023 at 7:12 AM
I would love to know who is responsible for the whole "harassing people is good actually because I enjoy harassing them and I shouldn't have to think about it" thing, this seems to be a common idea among people who are mentally 13.
When I was fighting spoiler I was like "goddamn that's fine just keep all our paperwork bud idc"
September 15, 2023 at 6:24 AM
When I was fighting spoiler I was like "goddamn that's fine just keep all our paperwork bud idc"
Me at first: god what kind of sociopath would write this
Me after seeing that this appears to be from reddit: ah! makes sense
Me after seeing that this appears to be from reddit: ah! makes sense
September 15, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Me at first: god what kind of sociopath would write this
Me after seeing that this appears to be from reddit: ah! makes sense
Me after seeing that this appears to be from reddit: ah! makes sense
It has been a long time since I read a more incompetently hacked together take about the video game industry. The author shows repeatedly that he understands neither the difficulties involved in making a game engine profitable, nor the greatest failures of Unity's new measures. Why print this?
September 14, 2023 at 2:55 PM
It has been a long time since I read a more incompetently hacked together take about the video game industry. The author shows repeatedly that he understands neither the difficulties involved in making a game engine profitable, nor the greatest failures of Unity's new measures. Why print this?
I feel like that is mostly about people wanting to fantasize about seeing their favs on the same team not actually liking management
September 10, 2023 at 2:54 AM
I feel like that is mostly about people wanting to fantasize about seeing their favs on the same team not actually liking management
That does actually, thanks!
September 10, 2023 at 2:47 AM
That does actually, thanks!
Interesting! You are way further than me so question: do you think that Starfield's world or locations are compelling on their own, or do you find that loop to be the main thing pushing you forward?
September 9, 2023 at 9:51 PM
Interesting! You are way further than me so question: do you think that Starfield's world or locations are compelling on their own, or do you find that loop to be the main thing pushing you forward?
I think even something like the warp gate things from X3 would go a long way. Just something to make it feel like you're doing something meaningful when you jump. Just disappearing and reappearing makes it harder for me to get lost in that world the way I want to
September 9, 2023 at 3:06 AM
I think even something like the warp gate things from X3 would go a long way. Just something to make it feel like you're doing something meaningful when you jump. Just disappearing and reappearing makes it harder for me to get lost in that world the way I want to
"Sure is a nice board new ya got there, mister! Be a shame if you, eh, had to install Linux on there, huh? See, lucky for you, my boy Hardware ID and I are certified Linux exterminators, ain't that right Harry?"
"That's right boss!"
"But the fee's per board. We all gotta make a living, ya'know."
"That's right boss!"
"But the fee's per board. We all gotta make a living, ya'know."
September 8, 2023 at 2:00 AM
"Sure is a nice board new ya got there, mister! Be a shame if you, eh, had to install Linux on there, huh? See, lucky for you, my boy Hardware ID and I are certified Linux exterminators, ain't that right Harry?"
"That's right boss!"
"But the fee's per board. We all gotta make a living, ya'know."
"That's right boss!"
"But the fee's per board. We all gotta make a living, ya'know."
TLDR: anybody who says they've solved this problem is a charlatan, it lies at the intersection of many unsolved problems in computer graphics and may never be satisfactorily solved. Just pay one pf the numerous extremely talented artists out there to actually make some good work for you, please.
September 7, 2023 at 11:15 PM
TLDR: anybody who says they've solved this problem is a charlatan, it lies at the intersection of many unsolved problems in computer graphics and may never be satisfactorily solved. Just pay one pf the numerous extremely talented artists out there to actually make some good work for you, please.
3. This problem is somewhat related to computer vision, and if you want examples of how doing computer vision is very hard without a depth sensor of some sort, just check out Tesla's woes. 2D sketches will never have any way to gauge depth, which makes this even harder.
September 7, 2023 at 11:13 PM
3. This problem is somewhat related to computer vision, and if you want examples of how doing computer vision is very hard without a depth sensor of some sort, just check out Tesla's woes. 2D sketches will never have any way to gauge depth, which makes this even harder.
2. We really do not have satisfactory ways of converting 2D to 3D yet. We are sort of kind of getting there with photographs, you can look up "siggraph NERFs" for examples, but they still have serious unsolved problems and do not generate stuff that is production ready at all.
September 7, 2023 at 11:11 PM
2. We really do not have satisfactory ways of converting 2D to 3D yet. We are sort of kind of getting there with photographs, you can look up "siggraph NERFs" for examples, but they still have serious unsolved problems and do not generate stuff that is production ready at all.
1. Rendering anything stylized in 3D is hard. Games you see like Breath of the Wild or Civ 6 that have very nice stylized graphics in 3D did not get that way through any simple process. Figuring out good ways to render 3D stylized art takes a team of artists and engineers years.
September 7, 2023 at 11:09 PM
1. Rendering anything stylized in 3D is hard. Games you see like Breath of the Wild or Civ 6 that have very nice stylized graphics in 3D did not get that way through any simple process. Figuring out good ways to render 3D stylized art takes a team of artists and engineers years.
Yep and just so people know, the Vice quote they have up is not from the Waypoint or Motherboard folks you likely know. Both those places were systematically dismantled and the people who made them what they were are no longer at Vice (and have not received severance).
September 7, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Yep and just so people know, the Vice quote they have up is not from the Waypoint or Motherboard folks you likely know. Both those places were systematically dismantled and the people who made them what they were are no longer at Vice (and have not received severance).
Catniss gets all quiet and sad after every time she goes to the vet I always feel so terrible :((
And then I wake at 3 AM to her biting my feet as if nothing has happened and I no longer feel terrible
And then I wake at 3 AM to her biting my feet as if nothing has happened and I no longer feel terrible
September 6, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Catniss gets all quiet and sad after every time she goes to the vet I always feel so terrible :((
And then I wake at 3 AM to her biting my feet as if nothing has happened and I no longer feel terrible
And then I wake at 3 AM to her biting my feet as if nothing has happened and I no longer feel terrible
Heh. If you think this is bad, let me introduce you to tortured phrases. arxiv.org/abs/2107.06751
There used to be (and may still be) entire dedicated journals full of B.S papers that use phrases like "underground creepy crawly province" (meaning ant colony) and nobody noticed for like ten years.
There used to be (and may still be) entire dedicated journals full of B.S papers that use phrases like "underground creepy crawly province" (meaning ant colony) and nobody noticed for like ten years.
September 6, 2023 at 5:17 AM
Heh. If you think this is bad, let me introduce you to tortured phrases. arxiv.org/abs/2107.06751
There used to be (and may still be) entire dedicated journals full of B.S papers that use phrases like "underground creepy crawly province" (meaning ant colony) and nobody noticed for like ten years.
There used to be (and may still be) entire dedicated journals full of B.S papers that use phrases like "underground creepy crawly province" (meaning ant colony) and nobody noticed for like ten years.
He has passed into Dunkey video infamy at the very least www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JW...
Gamers Review Starfield
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September 6, 2023 at 1:15 AM
He has passed into Dunkey video infamy at the very least www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JW...
Jobs are weird. Being an academic felt more like what I thought being an engineer would be than being an engineer ever has. And being a game developer just felt like slowly having my being consumed by a sludge monster or something. Jobs that sound fun are never actually fun.
September 5, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Jobs are weird. Being an academic felt more like what I thought being an engineer would be than being an engineer ever has. And being a game developer just felt like slowly having my being consumed by a sludge monster or something. Jobs that sound fun are never actually fun.
Of course, you did the work, credits are too slapdash in this industry for them to matter to that extent
September 5, 2023 at 9:06 AM
Of course, you did the work, credits are too slapdash in this industry for them to matter to that extent
"Where are theme parks? Outside. And what can one not do while outside? That's right: play video games. Theme parks are yet another torpedo in the listing hull of the persecuted gamer."
September 4, 2023 at 4:19 PM
"Where are theme parks? Outside. And what can one not do while outside? That's right: play video games. Theme parks are yet another torpedo in the listing hull of the persecuted gamer."
I had a phone like that for 3+ years, solidarity.
September 2, 2023 at 5:57 PM
I had a phone like that for 3+ years, solidarity.
damn this HITS
September 2, 2023 at 5:41 AM
damn this HITS