But then I feel insane when I talk to people about a popular game and I have all these random issues with it nobody else has

Or worse, I just don't like the vibe. Well Designed Video Game, but the vibes are poison to me specifically, 0/10.

Often it feels like I need to get out of my comfort zone, but then "out of my comfort zone" would be like, what? The same derivative games I've been exposed to for the last however many years?

But they're games people have actually played and I can talk to them about, I guess

It's annoying because I know there are plenty of games people really like, but what I really want out of games is so specific, and I can't just force myself to care about those games when they have different things that I find less interesting

Even something basic like the spraypaint tool can get some really cool textures, or just layering a couple strokes

Once you select your palette gradient, drawing with either the left or right mouse buttons will brighten or darken the area a single shade

The Ooze: now available via Dial-up Modem

peak

EXACTLY

Why is something so basic such a riddle to figure out in this engine specifically??

When you're working on a game one asset as a time, the game can feel so disjointed and unfocused, but then I'll actually play a larger chunk to see how it actually flows and I think

"This is actually turning into a video game????"

the reason right now is finishing the video game I started in 2021 lmao

Should also mention that two of those methods I mentioned don't work on built-in variables, and the other one completely disables the object's draw event

shout out to the classic:

show_message("PAUSED")

It's just unique in having a massive fanbase that's willing to decompile and dissect every little thing about it

Armchair programmers really get under my skin, especially when they're video game modders that are way too deep into their fandom

GOD yea i didn't even think of that one

Bonus vaguely eris shaped scribbles