Game dev is a very varied field, there’s lots of ways to get into it and there’s (almost) no bad choice as long as you put effort into it. Game development includes even things like art, sound, music, writing etc. which all are exciting in their own right (and indeed, if you want to make a game by yourself you’ll have the chance to dabble in all of them), but from the way you phrased your question I’m assuming that you want to focus first on the programming(/game engine) part.
For game engines, I’ve heard a lot of praise for Godot, both for its good design and possibilities. For a first game engine, I’d pick one that is well documented, has a strong community and a doable learning curve, I think Godot ticks all boxes. After that, you can look around to see if another engine matches your needs better, but you’ll already be familiar with the basics which are transferable.
For programming, the basic skills are again transferable between different languages of the same type; any popular imperative language should do. Lua is simple and straightforward, Python probably has the most resources for beginners, C still is the basis for a lot of the systems in use and will teach you more about computer science if you feel like it, C++ is popular for bigger projects in gamedev, the list goes on. No reason to be overwhelmed by choice though; pick any of them that seems to “click” with you and if you want to switch a few months later, you’ll get up to speed fast. Once you pick a language and have gone through the basics of it, a good game dev exercise I think is to try to make clones of existing small games. Games like Tic Tac Toe, Snake, Pong hold a surprising amount of challenges which will all come in handy when you’ll start making your own (more complex) thing.
Personally I have more experience with programming than with game engines, but you could go with either of them and leave the other for later as needed. As long as you’re motivated and put in effort, you’ll get there :)
Theoden’s redemption arc across the second and third movie was one of the most fascinating side-stories for me, and Bernard Hill portrayed him in all stages brilliantly with range and nuance....
Da feddit.de jetzt einiger Zeit lahmgelegt ist, gibt es hier aktive deutsche Gemeinschaften? Oder sollten sie wieder hergestellt werden wie auf feddit.de?
Soweit ich das verstehe, kann man mit einem Account auf Instanz A bei allen anderen Instanzen mitmachen (lesen/kommentieren) die nicht explizit blockiert sind (was sehr selten vorkommt).
Insofern ist es schon dezentralisiert. Natürlich muss die Instanz der Gemeinde auch online sein um mitzumachen, aber das ist genauso bei zentralisierten Foren wie Reddit. Der Unterschied ist dass, wenn eine Instanz offline ist/blockiert wird, man mit seinem Account immer noch mit anderen Instanzen kommunizieren kann. Das würde bei zentralisierten Seiten wie Reddit nicht funktionieren (wenn Reddit nicht erreichbar ist, sind alle Reddit-Gemeinden weg).
Dubai, Berlin (dpo) - Nach der Jahrhundertflut in Dubai wächst in Deutschland die Angst: Immer mehr Menschen befürchten, dass nun alle deutschen Influencer, die in den letzten Jahren dorthin gezogen sind, wieder hierher zurückkehren könnten....
So wie ich das verstehe ist der Mehrwert der durch die Influencer produziert wird “Unterhaltung” (so nebulös der Sinn des Wortes auch sein kann). Die Werbung kommt dann theoretisch obendrauf.
Bei vielen Influencern fällt allerdings das Verhältnis zwischen Unterhaltung und Werbung mager aus, diesen schmalen Grad versuchen alle zu gehen. Man kann nun mal nur so viel Unterhaltung bieten, aber mehr Werbung(=mehr Geld) kann man immer machen (solange die Kunden/follower weiter zuschalten).
Was die Qualität der gebotenen Unterhaltung angeht, ist natürlich eine weitere Diskussion wert.
I’m on neither of those instances, but all four show up when I search for “patientgamers”.
If memory serves, I stumbled across this community from one of my server’s community highlighting bot’s posts ( !trendingcommunities ), it’s a nice way to discover active communities I wouldn’t have searched for otherwise.
Selbst als Bayern-Fan kann ich nur Glückwunsch sagen. Eine wohlverdiente Meisterschaft, mit herausragendem Mannschaftsgefühl. Was Xabi Alonso vollbracht hat kann sich mit den besten Trainersaisons der Bundesliga messen.
Bayern hat nicht einmal so schlecht gespielt diese Saison - Bayer war einfach zu stark. Glückwunsch also, und auf eine interessante nächste Saison.
I’ve been playing it sporadically over the past 10 years and I’d say it’s a lot of fun! Very easy to get into, even for people with little strategy experience. The mechanics are clear and not overly complex; for beginners and intermediate players I feel like it’s just the right balance.
It also runs on pretty much anything (as demonstrated^), so I like having it installed and playing a short skirmish for 20-30’ if I’m bored. Alternatively, there’s plenty of decent campaigns, and a lot of fan content (and a map editor if you want to try your hands at it).
I’ve only played it a computer though, so not sure how well the interface works for touchscreens.
It would be nice if popular science articles’ headlines showed more nuance. “Reveal” is too strong, “suggests” would describe it better.
Interesting study regardless of what findings it represents, though. Analyzing centuries-old grain traces on blades sounds like something out of sci-fi; I wonder what tools archaeology will have at its disposal a few decades from now.
On occasion of yesterday’s leap day, I remembered that Tolkien had devised his own calendar system, called Shire-reckoning, that I find very elegant....
Nice idea about the GPS receiver, I hadn’t thought of this workaround.
I ~recently got a Fairphone as well, and while it’s the next model, the fact that I can see them still supporting the FP3 with both hardware and software was what convinced me that they’ll probably keep the same promise with my model in the future.
Apart from no headphone jack and it being a little bigger than I’d like, I’m very happy with the FP4. I intend to use it until the end of its 5-year warranty, and reading about the longevity of yours makes me optimistic. Thanks for sharing!
I’m considering getting an fp4 as an upgrade for my s21. Although I was wondering if its worth the money or not. should I just wait for fp5 to go down in price. Should I not go for a fp entirely and instead seek some better value alternatives I am after all on a very tight budget.
I used to only get lower mid-range phones (~€250, and not latest models) and keep them as long as possible, mostly due to financial and environmental concerns. My last phone broke a few months ago so I got a Fairphone 4 as a replacement.
I’m very satisfied so far, but of course I’m not accustomed to fancy phones either so I’m aware that the bar is lower for me. Functionally speaking it does what I want it to, and feels good enough to fulfill my modest needs even in 4-5 years from now when requirements will have gone up.
The price is significantly higher than any other phone I’d bought - but I’m fine with that due to the extended warranty. I’ll save money from not buying another phone in 3-4 years, and the added peace of mind from not having to replace the whole phone if anything were to break is worth some money in itself too.
But all the above would only convince me of 80-90% of the price. The fair production and environmental/personal freedom aspect of the phone are both the reason for the higher price but also why I’m happy to pay the price. I’d rather know that €500 is supporting things I want to see more of, than €300 is encouraging and perpetuating things that dislike.
But I also fully understand that I happen to have a little money to spare - a few years ago I was very tight with money, so as much as I would’ve liked to support it I’d have to make do with what I had. There’s other ways to help if money’s tight: Like I think also FP themselves say, “the most sustainable phone is the one you’re already using” (or something along those lines).
In short, my advice from my personal (limited) experience would be:
If you can afford it and don’t have very high needs, the FP4 is a good long-term investment.
If you want a higher-end phone/even longer parts availability, go rather for the FP5.
If you want a high-end phone but foresee that you’d like to continue switching to higher-end phones fairly frequently, a non-FP would make more sense.
If you are very tight on money and the FP4 is too expensive, a cheap conventional mid-range phone would provide most of the same functionality (bar longevity) for a significantly lower price.
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Finally, one note on the warranties: iirc (do correct me if I’m wrong), the FP4 will allow for an extended warranty of 5 years only until the end of 2023, after that it’ll be 3 years. So if you’re going for a FP4 it’d make more sense to buy before the year ends. The FP5 continues to offer a 5 year extended warranty regardless of when you buy it.
It certainly has a learning curve, and not everything is well designed. However, I think that’s unfortunately to be expected of the whole domain; ERP tends to be one of the most complex types of software. The question is, which option makes this whole complexity less painful/overwhelming.
For the scope, features and breadth that Odoo offers, I think it’s doing a decent job (albeit with lots of room for improvement).
Is there any alternative ERP system of a ~comparable scope that you could alternatively recommend? Python-based is ideal, but other languages are also fine.
This looks great, very clean and consistent hand-writing!
Did you copy the letters from the books one by one, or are there any further sources you could recommend? I’d been meaning to dabble in calligraphy one day (hoping to create something like the above), but haven’t found anything directly focusing on Elvish yet.
I’d probably start with Tengwar transliterations of English to get a feel for the script, and perhaps after that try my hand at Sindarin/Quenya (which to my outsider’s eyes seem as daunting as they are beautiful).
From the two TLDs, .world sounds like a great choice for something interest-related, like a small world that one can dive in temporarily to escape the real one. .life could also work, but sounds more all-encompassing, perhaps more suited to something that influences the majority of your life (like a profession or a life’s work).
Both hobbit and tolkien are good choices, like others have mentioned this can be used well to communicate the focus of the instance.
Hello Tolkien fans! Since this community has grown and likely will continue to, I would like to invite up to two potential moderators at this time. If interested, please reply to this post and message me through Lemmy to show you can navigate the platform somewhat and let me know why you are interested in helping to moderate....
Nice to see the community grow! I haven’t moderated a community before (in fact, never even had a Reddit account), but if that’s not a deal breaker then I’d love to lend a hand!
Editor’s note: Below are some excerpts from a speech on the meaning of the Fourth of July delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852.
I’d heard about Frederick Douglass but this is the first time I actually read something from him. Excellent writing and points; a good example of criticizing a group while simultaneously framing it from a perspective of desiring the best for it. It’s all the more impressive by the fact he was self-taught.
I have been considering starting higher education studies in Belgium (mainly in Flanders) due to several factors such as low fees, its central position, the opportunity to speak English (nonetheless I want to study the local language), the fact that Flanders is a rich region, etc....
I have a similar background and went to Flanders for a Master’s, and have been very satisfied.
There’s several good universities, and most everybody speaks good English (even outside of the university environment) - to the degree that it can even be difficult to practice Dutch unless asking people deliberately to do so. Nevertheless, learning some Dutch helps with some everyday things like the supermarket, and should you aim for an intermediate+ level (think B1/2) it can give you an edge when looking for a job later.
Job opportunities are generally better than in most European countries, both in the industry and with all the organizations hosted in Brussels.
University fees are low compared to the UK (though similar to other European countries), but living costs are high. Expect to pay at least €400 rent for a small student room, and monthly expenses of another €400 if living in simple student conditions.
Public services are mostly good, with decent education, excellent healthcare and mostly reliable public transport (trains are alright, but buses can have issues from time to time). Most places are safe (besides the occasional bike theft), and police are actually nice.
I’ve grown to like the people here. Coming from southern Europe they can appear somewhat closed, and indeed tend to keep to themselves mostly. But if you show genuine interest in the country and it’s ways, and even start learning some Dutch, it will be appreciated and you’ll find people to hang out with and even become friends (of course, the alternative to just mingle with internationals is very common). In general they’re polite, helpful and professional even when they don’t know you, it’s just that it takes a while to break this first “acquaintance” barrier. Sharing a dorm with them is usually a good way to get to know them better.
Quality of life depends on who you ask. The weather is pretty much what you’d get in England, and night life is limited to a few places and not too long either. But there’s a lot of opportunities for activities, sports, culture etc., and the region has a rich heritage with beautiful cities (also some nice nature in Wallonia). Work-Life balance is excellent which coming from the South is a very welcome change (Belgians will work well and efficiently until their shift is done, and then not touch work again until the next day).
If you have any specific questions, I’m happy to answer them :)
Wenn ich Posts aus anderen Instanzen bei Liftoff anschaue, werden mir kaum Kommentare angezeigt, im Browser allerdings schon. Bei Liftoff bin ich mit meinem Feddit-Account eingeloggt, im Browser gar nicht....
Ähnliches ist mir auch aufgefallen, und ich glaube ich habe den Grund verstanden (bitte korrigieren falls falsch, ich habe keine direkte Ahnung wie das Fediverse auf einer technischen Ebene funktioniert):
Das Problem liegt nicht zwischen Browser und App, sondern zwischen Angemeldet und Nicht Angemeldet sein bzw. durch welchen Server der Inhalt abgerufen wird.
Innerhalb eines einzigen Servers sind die Dinge einfach - Kommentare usw. sind alle bereits dem Server bekannt weil auf ihm gespeichert. Wenn man aber von (/angemeldet bei) Server A eine Gemeinde von Server B aufrufen will, dann müssen die Posts und Kommentare erst von B nach A “gepusht” werden, wo sie dann eine Kopie von sich selbst errichten (daher haben sie dann eine URL unter Server A/post/123…).
Dieses Pushen scheint mit den Posts selber gleich beim Abfragen der Gemeinde zu passieren, sodass man die Posts alle gleich sieht.
Kommentare unter den Posts sind da etwas komplizierter: Sie werden von B nach A gepusht, wenn der Kommentar auf B veröffentlicht wird und A die Gemeinde in B in der kommentiert wird, abonniert hat (d.h., mindestens ein Benutzer von A hat die Gemeinde in B abboniert). Alle neuen Kommentare werden so nach A kopiert und dort angezeigt.
Was passiert mit den alten Kommentaren? Sie wurden zu einem Zeitpunkt verfasst, zu dem A noch nicht die Gemeinde von B abboniert hatte, also fand auch kein Pushen von B nach A statt. Also werden sie nie nach A kopiert, und Benutzer von A sehen sie nicht. Server B weiß natürlich um die Kommentare da sie direkt auf ihm leben, also werde alle Kommentare normal angezeigt.
Die Kommentare, die auf deinem Server nicht auftauchen, sind daher (falls die These stimmt) meist Kommentare, die veröffentlicht wurden bevor irgendein Nutzer deines Servers die Gemeinde des anderen Servers zum ersten Mal abonniert hat.
My mom gave me the Hobbit book when I was in early elementary school, and I loved it.
A few years later, the Lord of the Rings movies came out, though I was still too young to see them. Some of my classmates did though, but seeing them mostly imitating the “cool” characters fighting put me off of what I perceived was a generic Hollywood rip-off of the Hobbit (I knew there was a ring that makes people invisible, along with hobbits and elves, so understood that it was set in the same universe).
My godmother gifted me the first book around that time, and I realized that it was a real book by the same author. Hoping for a second Hobbit, I tried to read it but got stuck in the first twenty pages where Tolkien was describing the different types of hobbits, and gave up on it.
A few years later, the first movie was shown on TV. I didn’t have high expectations of what I still thought would be a shallow Hollywood adaptation of Tolkien’s world, but was (in hindsight predictably) blown away. I loved everything about it, enough to motivate me to give the books another try, and started looking for more information online about that world. The second movie came out on TV a little later, and I didn’t want to wait for the third one so I spent some of my precious allowance on the DVD collection and finally watched the whole trilogy.
Looking back, I don’t mind missing out on the movies the first time around; if anything, the absence of hype made it feel more personal (nevermind the slight mocking of classmates when I’d be googling “LotR” in computer class, three years after the movies came out and when the rest of my classmates were mostly over them).
And I am probably in a very small minority to have low expectations before watching the movie. The contrasting amazement and marvel I felt is something I still cherish to this day.
I've mostly been connecting via the browser, but tried Jerboa a few weeks ago and it seems decent.
There's a breaking API change on Lemmy 18.0 though, so Jerboa cannot work with instances <18.0. And since the Captcha feature won't be added before 18.1, it seems that someinstances wait for that release in order to upgrade, so unless this takes too long I'll just keep using the web version.
I like that there's several alternatives though, and hope it stays that way - it might be healthier for Lemmy development to focus on a good API rather than interoperability with the one app that the majority uses.
Wondering where to start? (question)
Some background info. I have like no experience with programming. I know basic Linux and that’s about it. I also want to start game development....
Bernard Hill, who played Theoden in the LotR movies, has died (www.bbc.com)
Theoden’s redemption arc across the second and third movie was one of the most fascinating side-stories for me, and Bernard Hill portrayed him in all stages brilliantly with range and nuance....
Deutsche Gemeinschaften? German
Da feddit.de jetzt einiger Zeit lahmgelegt ist, gibt es hier aktive deutsche Gemeinschaften? Oder sollten sie wieder hergestellt werden wie auf feddit.de?
Große Sorge nach Starkregen in Dubai: Kehren jetzt alle Influencer nach Deutschland zurück? (www.der-postillon.com) German
Dubai, Berlin (dpo) - Nach der Jahrhundertflut in Dubai wächst in Deutschland die Angst: Immer mehr Menschen befürchten, dass nun alle deutschen Influencer, die in den letzten Jahren dorthin gezogen sind, wieder hierher zurückkehren könnten....
Other Patient Gamers Communities (lemmy.ml)
I checked that Lemmy Explorer site and searched for “patientgamers” and this community don’t show up....
Schneller war nur Bayern: Leverkusen erstmals Meister (www.zdf.de) German
Glückwunsch an Leverkusen! Ein verdienter Sieg, auch wenn mir als Werderaner das Ergebnis etwas weh tut.
Obsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years ago (www.livescience.com)
Shire-reckoning (shire-reckoning.com)
On occasion of yesterday’s leap day, I remembered that Tolkien had devised his own calendar system, called Shire-reckoning, that I find very elegant....
Fairphone 3 - or how to be contend with a phone and its´ issues
cross-posted from: alien.top/post/231430...
Would you consider an fp4 worth the money
I’m considering getting an fp4 as an upgrade for my s21. Although I was wondering if its worth the money or not. should I just wait for fp5 to go down in price. Should I not go for a fp entirely and instead seek some better value alternatives I am after all on a very tight budget.
How I take notes. (lemmy.world)
Which is better for a Lemmy instance name? tolkien.life or hobbit.world?
I bought both domains, but can’t decide which to use.
Invite for Moderators
Hello Tolkien fans! Since this community has grown and likely will continue to, I would like to invite up to two potential moderators at this time. If interested, please reply to this post and message me through Lemmy to show you can navigate the platform somewhat and let me know why you are interested in helping to moderate....
What to the slave is the Fourth of July? | Frederick Douglass (minnesotareformer.com)
Editor’s note: Below are some excerpts from a speech on the meaning of the Fourth of July delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852.
Starting higher education in Flanders
I have been considering starting higher education studies in Belgium (mainly in Flanders) due to several factors such as low fees, its central position, the opportunity to speak English (nonetheless I want to study the local language), the fact that Flanders is a rich region, etc....
Deutlich unterschiedliche Kommentaranzahlen in App und Browser
Wenn ich Posts aus anderen Instanzen bei Liftoff anschaue, werden mir kaum Kommentare angezeigt, im Browser allerdings schon. Bei Liftoff bin ich mit meinem Feddit-Account eingeloggt, im Browser gar nicht....
How did you discover Lord of the Rings?
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/650959...
What app are you using for Lemmy?
I just found Liftoff! and I have to say I like it so far. It still has some issues but I see the devs are on it so for now this is the one for me....