It's pretty obvious it was designed for a smartphone just by seeing the word "tap" as soon as you open it. Viewing it on desktop was an awful experience, mainly because of the background videos taking up the whole…
Not just Incheon, all around South Korea.
Another notable game AI that is still considered quite outstanding is the AI from F.E.A.R that uses a planning-based approach. Article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/03/why-fears-ai-is-... GDC presentation by…
Another important thing to understand is that "industrial AI" and "game AI" have different goals. Industrial AI's main goal is solving hard problems. Game AI's main goal is to provide an entertaining experience to the…
>Is the problem with open parking stealing bikes, stealing parts or breaking bikes? I'd like to add an often overlooked problem with open parking: bikes that are left there forever to rust and rot.
I think average office people don't know how to use A/C and heating well. Every time I work in an office with a large and diverse enough population I have to endure stuffy warm air in winter and being blasted by cold…
I think this is a good point: Valve doesn't make games, but it definitely seems to be trying out other gaming-related things. Examples: * Steam Machine [0], an alternative to consoles * Proton [1], incredible boost to…
>But that leads to a second theory I have about abusive commenters, that this is a "tech" or engineer thing, and not a creative person thing. Don't think it's specifically tech-related. Probably goes deeper. One of my…
>-I wish that the progress bar allow more control of when to jump. Shift + Arrow - jump 5 seconds For cases like yours this is what I use, and usually it gives enough control in the context of a movie.…
Some projects have adopted donation systems with different grades of success. However this really requires having a combination of factors to work out, such as people actually needing the product, developers not being…
It's not just nostalgia. Nintendo keeps providing excellent gaming experience that no one else does. Super Mario Odyssey is awesome not because it's the same old Mario guy from NES, but because it is just a great game.…
They did the same with a fan-made remake of Metroid 2, though that was Nintendo USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM2R http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/
>So, should a person's eyes not be trusted when it comes to "something important"? A documentary called "Murder on a Sunday Morning": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFLbptkb1eM A woman was murdered in front of her…
There's also the mental tax of transferring. I was a pretty active competitive player in Street Fighter 4 in my local scene. I spent a lot of time learning intricate things about the game. I knew so many different…
Same as with any addictive thing, you can use and you can abuse. And the change isn't instant. You can play MMO socially in a guild, or you can simply grind max levels / rare items endlessly. You can play an IAP and…
>And of which the creators were as passionate about the their creation and genre as you, as opposed to cynical 'let's make another addictive MMOG' or 'let's make another FarmVille' or 'let's make Angry Birds 335'…
Could it be an issue local to your school / university? Frankly, I can understand many institutions using those services simply because they actually do provide convenience. I live in Korea and haven't really noticed…
Embedded automatically played videos are a scourge upon Internet.
Surgical masks don't protect from PM2.5 particles.
That doesn't prevent the following scenario: * play the game in an airplane mode * switch to another activity and turn on the internet * game prefetches an ad or even several while in the background So next time you…
As per OP, using NRF you can fine-tune what is blocked and what is not. Say, for a game with an online component you would want to allow the game to access game servers, but not the advertisement servers.
>But I think its very obvious that he is a good programmer. His work is literally legendary. "His work", as in, the game he made. Game development is a multi-faceted beast. It is quite possible that while game design is…
I have recently read a pretty resourceful thread on music mixing and recording (https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=29283). A related piece of info from there is that rock/metal music is supposed to be loud: drums…
This is why I liked Reddit so much when I have discovered it. You get thematic subreddits for these kind of discussions, and you didn't even need a full-fledged account. Just a nickname. No email confirmation, no phone…
Unless it's a "game as a service" and even after release you have to keep on polishing the turd.
It's pretty obvious it was designed for a smartphone just by seeing the word "tap" as soon as you open it. Viewing it on desktop was an awful experience, mainly because of the background videos taking up the whole…
Not just Incheon, all around South Korea.
Another notable game AI that is still considered quite outstanding is the AI from F.E.A.R that uses a planning-based approach. Article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/04/03/why-fears-ai-is-... GDC presentation by…
Another important thing to understand is that "industrial AI" and "game AI" have different goals. Industrial AI's main goal is solving hard problems. Game AI's main goal is to provide an entertaining experience to the…
>Is the problem with open parking stealing bikes, stealing parts or breaking bikes? I'd like to add an often overlooked problem with open parking: bikes that are left there forever to rust and rot.
I think average office people don't know how to use A/C and heating well. Every time I work in an office with a large and diverse enough population I have to endure stuffy warm air in winter and being blasted by cold…
I think this is a good point: Valve doesn't make games, but it definitely seems to be trying out other gaming-related things. Examples: * Steam Machine [0], an alternative to consoles * Proton [1], incredible boost to…
>But that leads to a second theory I have about abusive commenters, that this is a "tech" or engineer thing, and not a creative person thing. Don't think it's specifically tech-related. Probably goes deeper. One of my…
>-I wish that the progress bar allow more control of when to jump. Shift + Arrow - jump 5 seconds For cases like yours this is what I use, and usually it gives enough control in the context of a movie.…
Some projects have adopted donation systems with different grades of success. However this really requires having a combination of factors to work out, such as people actually needing the product, developers not being…
It's not just nostalgia. Nintendo keeps providing excellent gaming experience that no one else does. Super Mario Odyssey is awesome not because it's the same old Mario guy from NES, but because it is just a great game.…
They did the same with a fan-made remake of Metroid 2, though that was Nintendo USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM2R http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/
>So, should a person's eyes not be trusted when it comes to "something important"? A documentary called "Murder on a Sunday Morning": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFLbptkb1eM A woman was murdered in front of her…
There's also the mental tax of transferring. I was a pretty active competitive player in Street Fighter 4 in my local scene. I spent a lot of time learning intricate things about the game. I knew so many different…
Same as with any addictive thing, you can use and you can abuse. And the change isn't instant. You can play MMO socially in a guild, or you can simply grind max levels / rare items endlessly. You can play an IAP and…
>And of which the creators were as passionate about the their creation and genre as you, as opposed to cynical 'let's make another addictive MMOG' or 'let's make another FarmVille' or 'let's make Angry Birds 335'…
Could it be an issue local to your school / university? Frankly, I can understand many institutions using those services simply because they actually do provide convenience. I live in Korea and haven't really noticed…
Embedded automatically played videos are a scourge upon Internet.
Surgical masks don't protect from PM2.5 particles.
That doesn't prevent the following scenario: * play the game in an airplane mode * switch to another activity and turn on the internet * game prefetches an ad or even several while in the background So next time you…
As per OP, using NRF you can fine-tune what is blocked and what is not. Say, for a game with an online component you would want to allow the game to access game servers, but not the advertisement servers.
>But I think its very obvious that he is a good programmer. His work is literally legendary. "His work", as in, the game he made. Game development is a multi-faceted beast. It is quite possible that while game design is…
I have recently read a pretty resourceful thread on music mixing and recording (https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=29283). A related piece of info from there is that rock/metal music is supposed to be loud: drums…
This is why I liked Reddit so much when I have discovered it. You get thematic subreddits for these kind of discussions, and you didn't even need a full-fledged account. Just a nickname. No email confirmation, no phone…
Unless it's a "game as a service" and even after release you have to keep on polishing the turd.