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by dsirijus 14y ago
Developers are obsessed with tools and, for major part, not in a healthy way, is my observation. Maybe they escape drudgery that is most of development that way. :)
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Aside of asking for details of few high profile developers and sponsors, no. They have extremely widely distributed and viewed network of games, so I'm fairly confident in the accuracy of those trends reported. Another interesting point the
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by dsirijus 14y ago
To offer a business perspective on this, as opposed to widely spread tech-centric comments... Flash market is still there, and it's growing. Hard-on-3D browser based games are extremely sparse with business opportunities, as are HTML5 (We
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by dsirijus 14y ago
My perspective is - less people can target my market (online games primary). :)
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Um, how about content as a normal method?
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Edited, thank you. It was just a lapsus. Awkwardly placed one, though. :) Come to think of it, this kind of behaviour may even act as a solid social filter. After all, if you cannot comprehend that I'm actually being an active part of conve
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by dsirijus 14y ago
Not be demeaning, but there is an alternative way out of that - become a power user. I frequently continue programming/typing, slip in an audio note to self or search the web via Google Now, while holding a normal conversation. And people w
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by dsirijus 14y ago
My experience exactly. It needs to function order of magnitude faster, and guesswork it does is still pretty dodgy. Only one 'wow' was when it offered me currency exchange values when I was abroad. And then, Chrome stepped up with ads and
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For the ones in the unknown, it's a quote from Snow Crash. Liberal one.
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ASC 2.0 Conditionals Performance(jacksondunstan.com)
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Most answers offer a triple-A game dev perspective, so here's some indie... Toolsets are much more obtainable on Windows. That includes cracked apps, educational licenses, and plenty more sources. They're also more expansive; almost anythin
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by dsirijus 14y ago
To ones interested in how much AdBlock actually impacts ad performances, this is an interesting report. http://clarityray.com/Content/ClarityRay_AdBlockReport.pdf Almost a year old though. Anyone has newer data?
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by dsirijus 14y ago
In the spirit of the simplicity of the quote, I'd bet on volume.
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Out of interest - did you feel the sale bump after publishing the blog post and sharing it around?
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So, this is like Chladni patterns, but in 3D and high definition? Or just Chladni patterns with high framerate? I'm having a hard time interpreting this from very vague and pretty uninformative descriptions. Frank Zappa stated on multiple o
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by dsirijus 14y ago
Most, even. Nice quote.
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12 games in 12 months(mcfunkypants.com)
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Adobe Scout released(gaming.adobe.com)
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Life: Saying no. Programming: Saying no.
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by dsirijus 14y ago
Actually, I see your point at my faulty analogy with programming - conceded - but it's just what illustrates even more so my argument - some people just don't have mental capacity to do complex programming, and no matter how many hours they
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by dsirijus 14y ago
I applaud your persistence but I'd argue that you might be better off refining your work, than just making new sketch each time. But it's art - I can imagine you developing your own style this way, and I'd absolutely have no problem with it
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As mainstream art and design in particular goes, I'd agree completely. Loads of feedback from beholders is what has made me much better designer, probably by orders of magnitutde, if such numerical property could be applied.
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You cannot expect to have prescription on how to do art. It's about stepping back after you're done and saying "this sucks" and improving on that. Sure, there's methods and best practices, but they're not nearly as relevant as quality of yo
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by dsirijus 14y ago
Is it worth it, though? Some people just don't have eye for it. I've tried to train a musician for almost a year. He had the best of intentions, as did I, all with ample practice. In the end we gave up, he just couldn't hear when he's wrong
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by dsirijus 14y ago
To be fair, comparison between Inkscape and Photoshop is not really an appropriate one, as one is a raster and other vector based tool. It's usually Gimp vs Photoshop and Inkscape vs Illustrator.
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Being a little disillusioned with Adobe tools, and assembling a game dev enviroment on Linux, I am trying to setup some of my game art workflow using Gimp/Inkscape/Blender/other. What I'm hoping to acchieve is have a bunch of scripts in Pyt
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Hybrid 3D printer creates implantable cartilage that could be used in humans(theverge.com)
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I grew up in similar conditions, and only now that you've mentioned it, I made a connection of awaking to not knowing where you are and confused to such sensory deprivation. I don't recall that happening ever in urban areas. Quite contrary,
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by dsirijus 14y ago
I can quite relate to you, music is around me whole day, otherwise I fidget, hum, whistle, tap, sing... What I prefer over TV for killing the brain noise before sleep is, again, music. Music is the best.
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by dsirijus 14y ago
Sorry for derailing the discussion, but what do you think of foobar3000? Ideally, VLC guys would answer to this question too. :)

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