Randy "RangleMe" Angle

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Dear @microsoft.com PLEASE Stop it!!! Stop integrating CoPilot & AI with Windows, Edge, VS, and Office. I don't want this crap. EVERY upgrade just pisses me off. I will not be buying any software or hardware that uses AI. Microsoft used to make good software for 50yrs. I like working. #NoBots #NoAI

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WHY? @unity.com
So, why in Unity 6.2 would you remove the systems that make Unity EASIER to teach? Like the legacy Input System?
I realize that I sound like Grampa Simpson... still, Unity should get BETTER, not harder to teach.
I've been using Unity for 15yrs & teaching it for over 12yrs.

WHY? @unity.com
I DO NOT have time to teach these more complicated topics in a semester:
-Animation, Animator & Visual Node Graph
-UGUI
-UI Toolkit
-New Input System
-Shaders
-Particles
-NavMesh
-TextMesh Pro

WHY? @unity.com
I teach Unity to beginning #GameDev
I have about 1-week to teach any particular topic including:
-Installing
-Build Profiles & Settings
-Objects & Scenes
-Conditionals & Loops
-Player Controller
-Triggers
-Pickups & Scoring
-RigidBody & Collisions
-Enemies
-Prefabs & Shooting

Haha, jam ended in July. I made it 100% system independent. You can play it with characters from any system at pretty much any level of power.

Mutantoid BumbleBeast Brawling™ by RangleMe Atomic Kaiju Wrestline TTRPG

Almost Noon and am just going to bed... I worked through the last several days to get my newest #TTRPG #RPGzine finished in time to submission to the #OnePageRPGJAM2025.

This is a full reboot of my TTRPG from 40-years ago, "Made in Japan".
rangleme.itch.io/mutantoid-bu...

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For over 30-years, I've used @microsoft.com office for my professional & personal work. The latest update to MS Word removes the RED & BLUE curly lines for spelling & grammar with a new system... effectively ruining my productivity completely.

How do I FIX this? Or do I have to switch to Libre?

Mesh Normalizer | Utilities Tools | Unity Asset Store Use the Mesh Normalizer from Ket Play Games on your next project. Find this utility tool & more on the Unity Asset Store.

One of the notorious Unity tips is to move an object's pivot using a parent & offset. Nope, I call that a kludge.
Instead, use FREE Mesh Normalizer... to fix that.
assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...

Wise SVN | Version Control | Unity Asset Store Get the Wise SVN package from DevLocker and speed up your game development process. Find this & other Version Control options on the Unity Asset Store.

I've tried teaching GITHUB to students - NEVER again. Instead I now use my own webhosting for SVN repos, TortoiseSVN for Windows & Command Line & then the amazing WiseSVN tool so students do all operations with locking in the editor. No branching or merging. 😎
assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...

If you aren't already using Unity Playmode Tinting - do yourself a favor and go to Edit > Preferences > Colors > Playmode tint and set it to a pink or purple so you never make a mistake and do edits while in PLAY again.

I would switch to the New Unity Input system - but have 15-years of code using the old Input system. The old Input system is also WAY easier to teach. So, I enable Both in Edit > Project Settings > Player > Active Input Handling* (and ignore the warning)

I teach GameDev in college - but, learning UGUI or now GUI Toolkit can take weeks and still only barely learn all the tricks and details. So I teach students to use quads with sprites/textures for buttons or backgrounds and use OnMouseDown() or Input.GetKeyDown() or Input.GetButtonDown() in scripts.

UMotion Community - Animation Editor | Animation Tools | Unity Asset Store Use the UMotion Community - Animation Editor tool from Soxware Interactive on your next project. Find this & more animation tools on the Unity Asset Store.

I almost always solve my GameDev issues in code... but occasionally you might want to solve a problem in Blender... still I rather use ProBuilder or UMotion (FREE or $70 paid, but on sale for $35 right now)...
assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...

YouTube video by Tarodev Animate like a Programmer

I kinda avoid using the Unity animation node graph system at all. I prefer using something like Animancer Lite FREE (or paid)... but there is also a handy way to "Animate like a Programmer"... this works in 2D or 3D, like a champ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLe...

I stopped using Unity terrain a few years ago. Now I just make a tessellated box or plane and paint the height data on with PolyBrush. I can optimize and have more control (terrain inside a box or sphere on any surface) than I can with Unity's bloated and ancient terrain tools.

I'll also use Unity's own ProBuilder to build custom meshes edit meshes I download. Still, some tricks are just easier in Primitives Pro than ProBuilder.

PrimitivesPro | Modeling | Unity Asset Store Get the PrimitivesPro package from Reindeer Games and speed up your game development process. Find this & other Modeling options on the Unity Asset Store.

I like making stuff out of capsules - or truncated capsules - but I've got to move the pivot. For that I use Primitives Pro (sorry $15)... then fix the pivot with my last post...
assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...

Mesh Normalizer | Utilities Tools | Unity Asset Store Use the Mesh Normalizer from Ket Play Games on your next project. Find this utility tool & more on the Unity Asset Store.

One of the notorious Unity tips is to move an object's pivot using a parent & offset. Nope, I call that a kludge.
Instead, use FREE Mesh Normalizer... to fix that.
assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...

He lost it
#WanderOverYonder #Disney #fanart #art #sketch #cartoon

I can see that this year's #OnePageRPGJam / #1pgRPGjam theme "GROWTH" has inspired similar results from many of us. I'm loving all these wonderful giant monster games.

Mandibles! by Brian Transplant A single-page role-playing game of giant B-movie bugs by Brian Transplant

One #OnePageRPGJam / #1pRPGjam entry has been completed. Do you like old B-movies with giant insects and crumbling buildings? Then you'll love Mandibles!, the B-movie #TTRPG that just needed an exclamation mark in the title.

YouTube video by Dungeon Craft The SECRET Every DM NEEDS To Know (2025 Edition)

Still one of my favorite explanations of how #TTRPG's actually works - especially D20 systems like #DnD... Thanks again Professor Dungeon Master - who still needs to get on BlueSky - PLEASE!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mj...

People from both sides of the aisle need to understand what is happening. "“My Democratic colleagues and I have just left our beloved state to break quorum and stop Trump's redistricting power grab,” Texas state representative James Talarico said" heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-3-2...

We’ve already been over this. I’ve got the degrees, the credentials, and the receipts. If you’re looking for “low IQ,” try looking in the mirror—or at your own Cabinet. (2/2)

Noticing a pattern here.

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GOP Congressman Rep. Mike Flood NEBRASKA (R)

Amid frozen ruins, where the road met its end, Death awaited one final battle…💀⚔️

𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐘 ⚔️💪✨
Wielding his trusty axe, GOB-LOB, this Goblin Fighter punishes those who would dare invade the Goblin Cave!

This is my goblin for an upcoming zine that me and the Art Goblin Cave™️ crew are putting together. Hell yeah! 🔥🔥🔥

Small village map, clusters of homes sit atop little hills that poke out of a bog

Little swamp town map from my #solodark game. Think I’m gonna flesh out some of the npcs from each location next!
#shadowdark #ttrpg #dndmap