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Ha! I did that a while ago. You spend four hours the next day trying to work out how you did it.

Not to mention, who doesn't like exploiting AI weaknesses? You know, lure them into walking over that proximity mine you laid and watching them go boom.

HOMM3 actually had this problem, they made the AI too good, which resulted in a campaign that to this day few have ever beaten.

@FleshToDust I think every large game company should have psychologists on staff! Not only to figure out how to drive ("manipulate") player behavior, but also to figure out how to make the games feel fun and compelling. Tapping into the brain's sense of flow, and framing identical mechanics in ways that feel rewarding rather than punishing, are things a psychologist can advise us on.

Speaking to the more general topic addressed here, though, I totally agree that mobile games (and increasingly other games) feel like way too much of a chore and not enough of a fun experience on its own merits.

Aside from Events, there's also the sense with energy systems that you don't want to "waste" your opportunities to grind for power/materials each day!

There is a difference between figuring out how to communicate better and figuring out how to manipulate people better. Specifically setting up the game to best cause a change in brain chemistry so that the user will continue paying for and playing a game they hate is inethical, especially since the majority of these games are aimed at children.

I don't think I like the traily cursor to be honest.

It's been shortened.

Sure that sounds like an idea, but everything needs to be tested to make sure it won't feels like derping around.

@MushroomCake28 my biggest issue is getting them to work around my cover system. Getting them to pick off the squishiest ally is easy, getting them to differentiate between an ally entrenched in cover to the point that their hit rate is virtually nil, and cycle around to get a better shot while keeping themselves out of your line of sight as much as possible is a horrible headache.

@Philosophus Vagus That is indeed trickier. If I had to think of something, I would draw a virtual straight line perpendicular from the enemy-ally line, and then test different position on that perpendicular line to see if a straight line from there gets to the target without interruption. After that, it would look for the smallest angle from which it can hit the target.

But is he 'Lawful Good' or 'Chaotic Evil'?

I disagree. That side character could be a backstabbing basterd that's secretly working for the enemy behind my back, for all I know. And my plan is actually super cool so he wants to talk me out of it!
Gibbs Rule #3: Don't believe what you are told. Double check!

lol

Anime chara design in a realistic environment kind of clash though.

u guys are no fun

Badass 5 year olds with pink hair take on the world. Hmm, yeah, hmm.

VXA does have the best RTP graphics, but MV's plugin support trumps scripts.

Best RTP is XP! I'll admit that Ace is better for some parts but XP wins with quality and numbers, IMHO. I think Ace wins at ease of use right now, if you want a reason why it might still be the "Greatest".

I love the XP RTP.

@Isabella Ava I've grown to like this community over the years because most people are nice and supportive. Sure, I've encountered some crappy people, but most aren't like that. I think there are a fair few people here who have to cope with mental and physical illnesses\disabilities.

I need to take a break every now and again. But it's back to work eventually. I find a break though helps rejuvenate you.

As a teacher I get the semester breaks, which is when I usually go full time on the game. I find that how that works is I work on it hard from 7 am - 11 am, then I take a break for the afternoon, and sometimes return from 5 - 9 pm.

Reminds me of the time I heard a Kevin MacLeod track in a TV show.

When Jobs was in top, it wasn't so bad. It wasn't particularly good, but it wasn't terrible. And it's not just the prices. Also obsolete hw. cpu throttling that they desperately tried to keep secret, monopoly on iphone parts, monopoly on the app store, which also has hardcore policies to ensure publishing apps is as difficult as possible, unstable OS and the impossibility to downgrade,...

Apples are super expensive. Had to pay £4 for a bag of six the other day, what a rip off.

I ended up getting an iphone because I didn't want to replace the stuff I had on my ipod touch. I'm still rocking my iphone 6 that was new when I got it.

same dude. time compression needs to be a thing.

So much things to do, so little time to learn

While I was moving last year, I listened to nothing but Ocean Man by Ween for a full 48 hours. I don't know why. I didn't get sick of it but everyone else definitely did xD

Don't ask me... I've been listening to Johnny Cash non stop for the last 30 years... lol

A few years.

Two years, because the requirements to actually complete the game sometimes obtained from off-dev time

What is this requirement you're talking about? Suppose there is no direct requirement like you just busy irl or simply didn't have much time to dev the game or addicted to other game to care about your own game

I tend to put brainstorming session and all things non-technical like writing lore in off-dev time, but yeah, mostly are IRL stuffs which may or may not give an impact to the overall dev.

@The Stranger are u talking about urself? Or response to my question?

To be fair, this particular vid was quite biased bcz i liked the anime lol. So seeing this remix was something

Personally, I can't stand the 8-bit style. I do love smoother, more detailed pixel art, though. TBH, I'm not even sure if I ever played 8-bit games as a kid.

I appreciate it more since I started pixel art. Now I understand how much work is in it and I admire the artist/animator.

...I can hear gold coins dropping already now.

And the most powerful weapon should be a pen.
Hmm, there may be a way to make a fun game with all those expressions!

But that will hyperdeflate the gold values. Because heroes don't talk when they go from point A to point B, it means this should also be generating gold. It should also generate gold when you load the game, because the characters were silent between saving and loading.

I love Terrible Writing Advice.

My bro needs to watch this. He's been ------thinking------- of writing something for years now, but still hasn't produced any results, despite saying he really ----------wants------------ to write something.

I've been watching most of their vid, and this so far is so accurate to describe my condition.

The Way of the Fur is only for the enlightened... MWAHAHAHAH!

Well there are worse kinks out there

It's really difficult. There ARE some legitimately sane ones that you'd admire, but with the rest...Let's just say the less said, the better...

The more I learn about how complicated language is and how it actually works, the more I realize that our ability to communicate at all is a miracle! Honestly, once you factor in the complexity of humans, our diverse experiences and points of view, we shouldn't be able to understand each other as well as we do.

In other words, I've totally been there, and I don't think it's an uncommon thing.

I know right?
Unfortunatly, doesn't matter how clearly you explain and articulate your point, here on the internet you are at the mercy of how people interprete what you wrote. It happens to me all the time, to either be misinterpreted or to misinterprete something myself and end up thinking that the other dude is an entitled p**ck for no reason