MattRix

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by MattRix 2y ago
I think you’re getting consumed with HOW the game is made rather than WHAT is actually getting made. There are tons of super creative and unique games being made with engines like Unity all the time (or even with Game Maker, for example che
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by MattRix 2y ago
Ok I think we’ve come to the root of the problem. You don’t realize how much software development people who use engines still have to do! Just because there are things like GameObjects and Components does not mean you don’t have to think a
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by MattRix 2y ago
Well again, this is the problem with how far you’ve stretched the carpentry comparison. You said it was disingenuous for the CAD user to call themselves a carpenter… and as far as I understand, the CAD user is your equivalent of a game dev
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by MattRix 2y ago
Do you honestly think it is disingenuous for someone to call themselves a game developer if they didn’t write the engine as well?
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by MattRix 2y ago
I didn’t say gatekeeping was always a bad word, in fact I think some gatekeeping is often justified when it comes to AI art. As far as the carpenter stuff, I feel like your metaphor is once again going much too far. Someone can be a carpent
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by MattRix 2y ago
You aren’t disagreeing with me. I specifically said complaining about game devs who use engines is unnecessary gatekeeping. On the other hand, complaining about artists (or game devs!) who exclusively use AI seems like a valid use of gateke
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by MattRix 2y ago
The idea that people who use game engines are at all equivalent to AI art prompters is ridiculous. What you’re doing is being like a painter who says “real painters mix their own pigments”. It’s unnecessary gatekeeping.
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by MattRix 2y ago
People like designing and making games, so they design and make games… Making the engine (or underlying framework, whatever) is just not necessary for that goal. There are relatively few game designs (especially with indie scope!) where a c
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by MattRix 2y ago
That’s not what the person you replied to is saying though… They’re saying just use an existing engine, and if you really need to, you can always write your own engine later if you really need it.
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by MattRix 2y ago
Surely kids can do both? The fact is that kids of that age are going to end up spending a lot of time on screens, so the more time that can be educational/productive the better!
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by MattRix 2y ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of views also come from people viewing vertical screens, so it kind of makes sense? I personally have started to prefer the vertical format for certain kinds of videos, especially when viewing them on
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by MattRix 2y ago
To answer this question as someone who often writes messages the same way… typing that way isn’t actually much faster, but it’s often more enjoyable. It also helps to convey a more informal and relaxed tone.
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by MattRix 2y ago
There are other real time videos on this page https://daylightco.gorgias.help/en-US#article-493382
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by MattRix 2y ago
If you haven’t played The Talos Principle 2 (which came out around 6 months ago), I highly recommend it. They put a ton of effort into it, and it shows.
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by MattRix 2y ago
Yes! Animal Well is great, it probably most reminds me of Fez.
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by MattRix 2y ago
It’s funny that the button to close the popup without agreeing is disguised as a subtitle.
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by MattRix 2y ago
Not sure if I understand this complaint, since you can still use just a few keywords if you want, and it works fine, but you can also now be much more precise and it works even better.
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by MattRix 2y ago
This is a good video about a real housing development (ie. not just a single demo house) that explains a lot of those infrastructure details: https://youtu.be/Y-4S7cdo3tY
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by MattRix 3y ago
I’m guessing nobody else brought it up because the original article already mentioned this fact.
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by MattRix 3y ago
1. Our specific individual experiences are subjective, but the fact that we experience things is not. 2. It’s possible that some animals can experience some amounts of beauty, but certainly not on the level of humans. Also the lives of huma
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by MattRix 3y ago
I haven’t worked with him but it’s quite clear from his CV alone that he is very technical (ex. programming an entire commerical game at 17) and I doubt there are many things he struggles with. The quote you mentioned is just driving home t
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by MattRix 3y ago
I didn’t say we create beauty, I said we experience it. What is the point of beauty if no intelligent creature is around to appreciate it?
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by MattRix 3y ago
While I agree that climate change is an awful disaster, I think humans are way more valuable than you give us credit for. Can beauty exist without someone capable of experiencing it?
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by MattRix 3y ago
This is pure hubris. It is absurd to say “don’t worry, we’ll adapt” while also telling the people who care about climate change that they’re taking this too seriously.
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by MattRix 3y ago
I feel like you’re missing the point? Once the temperature has risen it’ll already be too late, it doesn’t really matter if you then reduce carbon emissions after that point because all kinds of drastic non-reversible effects will have take
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by MattRix 3y ago
Isn’t this exactly the sort of thing newspapers should be reporting on? The fact that there have been disasters in the past is a bizarre reason to stop reporting on disasters now.
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by MattRix 3y ago
Because I had to read it and it wasted my time. I (and I imagine most users here) don’t always read every single comment, so the inane ones actually do reduce the number of good comments we get to see.
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by MattRix 3y ago
Nitpicking, but I don’t really think that was worth a comment.
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by MattRix 3y ago
well it’s definitely inspired by pointillism, but they’re doing things like scaling the dots based on depth etc
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by MattRix 3y ago
The entire civilization comes to the belief that life is futile? Seems absurd.

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