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  • TheoAllen
    Mobile games feels like a labor than actual playing these days. You 'play' bcz you don't want to miss the event.
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    Wavelength
    Wavelength
    @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.
    Wavelength
    Wavelength
    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!
    Sharm
    Sharm
    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.
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    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    Sure that sounds like an idea, but everything needs to be tested to make sure it won't feels like derping around.
    Philosophus Vagus
    Philosophus Vagus
    @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.
    MushroomCake28
    MushroomCake28
    @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.
    TheoAllen
    If a side character said "this plan wont work", it's absolutely won't work. Stop trying and listen to them.
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    DivideByZero
    DivideByZero
    But is he 'Lawful Good' or 'Chaotic Evil'? :D
    Otto
    Otto
    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
    TheoAllen
    "RMVXA improves every aspect of RPG creation, making it not only the latest, but also the greatest engine in the RM Series" - RMW frontpage
    TheoAllen
    If u have a full time to dev ur game. How much percentage u'd spend for actual dev the game, getting stuck, bored, and burntout?
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    @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.
    OmnislashXX
    OmnislashXX
    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.
    bgillisp
    bgillisp
    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.
    TheoAllen
    We live in a time where Apple is expensive.
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    Poryg
    Poryg
    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,...
    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    Apples are super expensive. Had to pay £4 for a bag of six the other day, what a rip off.
    taarna23
    taarna23
    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.
    TheoAllen
    What is the longest time you could put a song in a playlist and listen to it before it loses its charm?
    TheoAllen
    If my game took 2 years to complete but only like 6 months working effectively on it. Will i say 2 years or 6 months in making?
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    richter_h
    richter_h
    Two years, because the requirements to actually complete the game sometimes obtained from off-dev time
    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    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
    richter_h
    richter_h
    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.
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    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    @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
    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    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.
    cabfe
    cabfe
    I appreciate it more since I started pixel art. Now I understand how much work is in it and I admire the artist/animator.
    TheoAllen
    They said silence is golden. So whenever your char get silenced, they should produce more gold.
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    richter_h
    richter_h
    ...I can hear gold coins dropping already now.
    cabfe
    cabfe
    And the most powerful weapon should be a pen.
    Hmm, there may be a way to make a fun game with all those expressions!
    Poryg
    Poryg
    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.
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    I love Terrible Writing Advice. :D
    Milennin
    Milennin
    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.
    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    I've been watching most of their vid, and this so far is so accurate to describe my condition.
    TheoAllen
    I still don't understand how some people like furries.
    TheoAllen
    Sometimes whenever I re-read my sentence again, it could have a (whole) different meaning than I intended.
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    Sharm
    Sharm
    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.
    Sharm
    Sharm
    In other words, I've totally been there, and I don't think it's an uncommon thing.
    Otto
    Otto
    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 :(
    TheoAllen
    Is sleeping with empty stomach, silence, and in a kinda cold temperature resulting a nightmare / horror dream? because I just get one.
    TheoAllen
    Does multiple personalities exist irl?
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    Do you mean in general (different kinds of personality) or in a single person?
    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    In a single person. I watched a vid about it that a persona disorder used to be believed as something like a myth. But then some people admitted that they had that disorder.

    And having separate memory for each personality is intriguing too, like how it ended up that way.
    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    It's a very interesting subject. I imagine it would've been seen as possession at one point in time; it might still be treated like this today.
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