Det_Jacobian

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Managing Expectations Is (Probably) Impossible(blog.astroneer.space)
1 points by Det_Jacobian 10y ago|0 comments
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by Det_Jacobian 10y ago
I'm 27 and I've cofounded only one company in a lifestyle industry (video games). Despite being nearish the top of my particular field, I don't have a PhD in a relevant field like AI. Games are hard in that they are very co
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by Det_Jacobian 10y ago
Yeah you're right, Steam does offer a lot more than just file hosting. They also do DRM, friends lists, games promotions, and modding marketplaces, although each of these things certainly also have cheaper/decentralized solutions
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by Det_Jacobian 10y ago
So Valve is definitely idealized by people outside (and inside) the game industry, but definitely much less so by people who have worked there. The flat structure is sort of a pipe dream that leaves nobody actually in charge of important d
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by Det_Jacobian 10y ago
Whoops, off by 29!
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Inside the Development of Astroneer(unrealengine.com)
1 points by Det_Jacobian 10y ago|0 comments
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by Det_Jacobian 10y ago
Whoops, off by 30!
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by Det_Jacobian 10y ago
I have the luck of having written GPU code on the base pixel shader on a title (Halo 4) that sold on the order of 10 million copies, first game I ever worked on. A back of the envelope calculation for how many times this code has been exec
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Is Astroneer the Next Minecraft?(popsci.com)
3 points by Det_Jacobian 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Will a Kickstarter hurt my game's messaging?
2 points by Det_Jacobian 11y ago|0 comments
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by Det_Jacobian 12y ago
They're not embracing it, they're consuming it. Embracing another culture is altruistic. Narcissism is looking at another culture and considering whether to "inoculate against" or "experience" it as a featu
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by Det_Jacobian 12y ago
The concept was a lot more interesting to me than the implementation. I thought I would end up being able to view a and click bunch of masked, active HTML items, instead it seems to bake it down into a single image. Editing tools looked n
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by Det_Jacobian 12y ago
Shell out some monthly cash for a coworking space in your area ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking ). Assuming of course you live in a somewhat business-hopping city. If you do, the monthly cost is a no-brainer for