Your Second Favourite Carl

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Not my usual type of game, but I'd say the animation is very interesting.

Reminds me of Grey Fox in MGS1.

Madness is the only thing that feels grounded here. What are you talking about? I'm really not sure you're saying anything. I'm curious, but so far I've learned nothing.

Saving an image "whole to JSON"... What??

It's genuinely interesting. I'm not into recent horror games, but I'm still surprised I've never seen something like it.

Might be a bit tedious for the player? I think the balance between gameplay and map design would be a novel challenge.

Superior in every way.

I'm quite sure this is in part due to the legal restriction of not being able to freely call someone a "software engineer". The term "developer" has been accepted as a job title specifically for programmers in many places.

What do you make this with?

"Believe in Git, and your work will be saved."

I've seen professors teach this.

but how many months did it take? 🫠

What might be making the render seem less natural is the transparency of the atmosphere. Maybe you could fiddle with that.

It may be too complicated, but you would also expect the changing refraction angle to redshift the hue.

To me, it looks like the creeping shadows "melt" across the planet.

The melting effect looks cool though. If it's too high def maybe you can blend it.

These 499 dogs are on my "Top 10 Golden Retrievers" list too.

This is just monetized AI output, isn't it?

That sounds like more of a software development problem, in general. I'm under the impression a game engine doesn't just make design issues go away. So, don't let that idea make you doubt your decisions.

I imagine the economics of game development also play a huge part.

If you know the history of the "Village People" IP (not just the OGs from the village), it's not really a surprise.

Also, as challenging the lo-fi constraints are creatively, it takes a mind-boggling amount of time and effort to deliver anything hi-fi. Them critics never made anything themselves.

The fastest way to learn about something is to post about it on the Internet. You'll be better for it. 👍

Huh. Had never heard of Monogame before... Good to know.

Well, I'm curious how this one turns out for you. Research and planning is one thing, but all you can do is learn from your mistakes.

I just try and write all mine down. 🙃

Web does have its benefits, like you said. But if you're crafty and comfortable with webtech, you can make a web backend and make HTTP requests from your Godot game (or whatever).

It's definitely not *that* simple to integrate Steam with your own services - but that would be a problem regardless.

Sounds cool.

I'm not an expert, but I see two problems:
1. JavaScript is interpreted at runtime making it much easier to reverse engineer, clone, or copy.
2. Browser-based applications can be wrapped and sold in app stores like steam, but there are inherent security flaws the stores don't like.

Something I'm learning is languages are designed for specific applications. Sometimes the language you prefer isn't the best one for the job. And learning more languages, in return, helps to understand different problems.

That said, nothing wrong with browser games. Just might be tough to monetize.

why would you do this to me

I hope it's one of the ones where two boys fight over me.

I don't have experience but I looked into Python game development.

The big question with any python application is distribution. It's not trivial, and probably quite difficult to port to consoles.

I could be wrong, but I would make sure I had a plan before I committed.

I can't believe, of all times, I forgot about Boner Land.