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soy1bonus

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Technical Artist/Miniboss at Milkstone Studios
ร‰l/He/Him, probably AroAce?
Spain-Oviedo

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aras, to random
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0x2B or 43

soy1bonus,
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@aras I don't know why, but I though you were older! (I'll be 41 in a few months). Maybe it's because all the amazing things you've done. You rock! ๐Ÿ’ช

djlink, to random
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Whenever I open up Blender to try and learn the UI, this is what if feel like to me, and I've used 3DSMax a lot in the past (I actually have 2 finished courses in 3D modeling, 0 completed in coding)

soy1bonus,
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@djlink I have the 'industry standard' shortcuts and that helps a bit, but it still uses the blender ones on some places.

My workflow is doing as much as I can in Geometry Nodes though, that way I can sort of avoid 'using Blender' ๐Ÿ˜‹

But it feels good to leave 3DSMax behind, Blender feels more modern.

SpaceMyFriend, to random
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Finally working on steam page. Also a name change for my little #roguelike.

Still fiddling around with this.

soy1bonus,
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@demofox @SpaceMyFriend Maybe intentional? but yeah, I read that too at first ๐Ÿ˜…

soy1bonus, to boardgames
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I've been doing lots of inserts lately, using @Blender and you can download everything here: https://github.com/soy1bonus/BoardGameInserts

Ypsilenna, to VideoGames

I just played bootleg Hanzo in bootleg Overwatch. This game is hilarious
#Paladins #videogames #gaming

soy1bonus,
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@Ypsilenna I really like Paladins, even if you can tell they had a way smaller budget than OW. But it has some really interesing ideas (like the card deck to customize the characters).

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@Ypsilenna Yes, it's more of a cozy game. My friends play more OW, but I try Paladinds from time to time. I also love support, but will basically pick whatever role needs to be filled, as I'm equally bad at all of them ๐Ÿ˜…

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@Ypsilenna tanking is actually kind of chill in OW. Nobody bothers you much so I usually try defending the other players and it usually works. Yesterday's patch made OW a bit more like Paladins though (in terms of not getting instakilled!) it feels pretty nice.

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@Ypsilenna most of them except doom or ball. It's not always but tanks just require too much effort to kill, and sometimes people just go for the other teammates. Or maybe someone just goes in front all the time. If I get genjis/tracers/reapers on my team I usually pick Zarya and it works great ๐Ÿ˜‹

djlink, to random
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I was going through some old data, and I kid you not, in ~2012, before I could buy a working desk, this was my work setup for a bit of time.

soy1bonus,
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@djlink Wow, that laptop must've gotten on fire! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

djlink, to gamedev
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Dithering is one of those techniques that is not much used these days in games, because we have real transparency, but it does give stuff a nice distinct look. #gamedev

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soy1bonus,
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@djlink Not much used? I think it's used A TON, particularly on hair, but it usually looks almost like transparency because of the TAA (if it's done correctly).
Small example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvHh0Jd-D3Q

djlink, to random
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a lot of issues I see on initial stages of consoles ports are due to PCs being so much faster that we can get away with it. Doesn't even look like an issue until you dig deeper and the root cause actually makes sense. It's just that desktop PCs will just brute force most stuff.

soy1bonus,
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@djlink We're still rocking Nvidia 1060's with 3GB of VRAM. And we have a 1st gen Mac Mini to keep things in check even more!

andrewwillmott, to random
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The hardest problem in VFX is texture paths.

soy1bonus,
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@andrewwillmott For real! I'm trying to share a Blender Geometry Nodes library between several artists (PC and Mac) and it's a nightmare.

djlink, to random
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My smart TV updated and I just noticed this. Itโ€™s everywhere!! Anyone read Robopocalypse?

soy1bonus,
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@djlink but it's kind of standard recommendations (that you can turn off). Not nice, but not what I would expect from something called 'AI Service'. Hope it doesn't go much far though...

grumpygamer, to random
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For me, personally, 2023 was a crappy year. 2024 might not be better, but it will be different.

soy1bonus,
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@grumpygamer variety is the spice of life! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

djlink, to random
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what is the game you most associate with Christmas time?

soy1bonus,
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@djlink I always play the original Doom during this holidays!

aras, to random
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"temp feature" <...> "14 years ago". Yup, checks out -- the best way to ensure anything stays alive forever, is to mark it as "temporary feature/hack" :)

(found in video sequencer related code)

soy1bonus,
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@aras Everything is the final version unless proven wrong ๐Ÿ˜…

djlink, to random
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please don't make default game settings uncapped FPS/no vsync, a lot of people won't check for those settings and just puts extra pressure on hardware.

soy1bonus,
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@djlink then people complain about the GPU being too hot ๐Ÿ˜ญ

demofox, to random
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I finally got a copy of Diablo 4. I worked on the game and maybe unsurprisingly, introduced blue noise to the project (there is a lot more use of it than when I left the team!).
I'm playing a lightning mage and the game is pretty fun so far!
I stumbled on the butcher and he wrecked me though hehe

soy1bonus,
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@demofox it's fairly fun altough there's too much open world and not that many dungeoning. But the visual are fantastic!

djlink, (edited ) to random
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1996 was THE gaming year

Super Mario 64
Quake
Diablo
Resident Evil
Super Mario RPG
Pokรฉmon Red/Blue
Tomb Raider
Broken Sword
Crash Bandicoot
Metal Slug
C&C Red Alert
Mario Kart 64
Civilization 2
Duke Nukem 3D
NIGHTS into Dreams
Pajama Sam!!

soy1bonus,
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@djlink I was a kid and I shouldn't be playing Duke3D, but I couldn't stop making maps! Build was great.

djlink, to random
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someone got their hands on PS5 "slim", I was hoping for a bigger difference. Sure it's better but only because OG PS5 is gigantic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCGZ6pkbD5E

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soy1bonus,
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@djlink PS2 Slim was soooo good, But at that time technology was still evolving really fast.

soy1bonus, to gamedev
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In 2 we're distorting the far away terrain, to avoid it being too flat and 'blocky'. And it doesn't seem to break the seams so much!

reduz, (edited ) to random

For those using C# in Godot. C# works by making .cs scripts you assign to nodes (like GDScript).
This is a bit slower with virtual functions such as _Process, overriding low level areas of the engine (like audio streams) is harder to maintain the code.

A future alternative is to make C# classes like extensions: you just inherit the node like a script, but select class from the Add Node dialog instead of assigning a script. This approach makes C# code faster and easier to maintain.

WDYthink?

soy1bonus,
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@reduz faster and easier to maintain sounds good. And we would still have gdscript if we want it the other way.

djlink, (edited ) to random
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Only one can exist!

soy1bonus,
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@djlink I refuse to vote ๐Ÿ˜…

djlink, to random
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In response to Unity changes, Re-Logic (Terraria) is donating 100k to both FNA and Godot, plus 1k/month each to support the open-source projects. birdsite link: https://twitter.com/Terraria_Logic/status/1704227519027651016

soy1bonus,
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@djlink I'm not a fan of Terraria, it's just not for me, but this move sets an amazing example.

djlink, (edited ) to gamedev
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A couple free & open-source Engines and game frameworks you can use today as alternatives. Feel free to comment with more.

Godot - https://godotengine.org
MonoGame - https://www.monogame.net/
FNA - https://fna-xna.github.io/
SDL - https://www.libsdl.org/
SFML - https://www.sfml-dev.org/
Adventure Studio - https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/
bgfx - https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx
armory3d - https://armory3d.org/
ogre3d - https://www.ogre3d.org/
Renpy - https://www.renpy.org/

soy1bonus,
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@djlink I guess it's time to check out Godot for real... We released many games on XNA back in the day, but we need the tools of a proper engine, at this point.

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