raytopia

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by raytopia 3y ago
There are a lot of double standards when it comes to AI generation.
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by raytopia 3y ago
There's a good post [0] on stackexchange discussing this. [0] https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8146/are-u-s-co...
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Physically-Based Rendering, and You Can Too(marmoset.co)
3 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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by raytopia 3y ago
So PBR has become the default in the industry since starting around 2009 but really took off around 2013 - 2014. It was adopted because it could represent a larger range of physical surfaces then previous models while looking more consisten
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by raytopia 3y ago
Panda3D while not perfect is awesome! Wish more people knew about it.
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by raytopia 3y ago
A lot of people who are designers and artists already know Python because of its heavy use in 3D pipelines. Honestly I'd argue it makes more sense to also let them do scripting in something they already know.
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by raytopia 3y ago
For open source 3d engines that use Python check out Panda3D or Ursina. They're both a blast to use and let you write your code how you want. [0] https://www.panda3d.org/ [1] https://www.ursinaengine.org&#x
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by raytopia 3y ago
IDK Python was used by Disney with two of their mmos in the early to late 2000s and those were targeted towards super low end family computers and they didn't seem to have issues with performance. Python's slowness seems to be ove
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by raytopia 3y ago
I mean while impressive all the art assets were very clearly knockoffs of Angry Bird's art.
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by raytopia 3y ago
I'm not sure how this reduces the barrier to game developement. There are already lots of free assets and game engines designed for making arcade games that are a lot easier then say Unity or Unreal. Like https://arcade.make
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by raytopia 3y ago
Cool project! Reminds me of Grail https://grail.sourceforge.net/ which was written entirely in Python.
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Grail a internet browser written in Python(grail.sourceforge.net)
3 points by raytopia 3y ago|1 comments
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List of Internet Forums(en.wikipedia.org)
9 points by raytopia 3y ago|2 comments
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Open Source SDK for Nintendo DS(github.com)
3 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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by raytopia 3y ago
Web rings and web directories are also good solutions to this makes it easy to find content you actually like. Also maybe hackernews should do a monthly post your blog/website just like the monthly job posts.
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Writing games: A blog dedicated to text-based gaming(writing-games.com)
119 points by raytopia 3y ago|26 comments
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Bottle: Python Web Framework(bottlepy.org)
47 points by raytopia 3y ago|10 comments
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In Praise of Weird Game Engines(ledoux.itch.io)
2 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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by raytopia 3y ago
I'm starting to wonder if the all the AI stuff is being overhyped. "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." There's a lot of cargo culting going on right now.
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by raytopia 3y ago
It is intresting given how much hype mojo has especially when there are many similar projects for Python like Cython, Numba, Taichi Lang, PyPy, etc. Mojo must have better marketing.
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Ayaneo are working on a dual-screen handheld like the Nintendo DS(overkill.wtf)
1 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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On Evaluating Godot(caseyyano.com)
8 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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John Carmack working on small project glBegin FTW (2013)(twitter.com)
1 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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by raytopia 3y ago
With tech like this I'm starting to wonder if realistic games are going to become normalized and what will happen as a result. Also has anyone been working on solving the "blurry" look these splats have up close?
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Peter Molyneux wants Project MOAT to represent his life's work(gamedeveloper.com)
36 points by raytopia 3y ago|46 comments
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by raytopia 3y ago
Awesome website! Honestly I do believe there is audience large enough to sustain a hn for retro computing and gaming. Truth be told a lot of those types of posts get drowned out here by business and programming posts.
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Threads – Peter Molyneux(developmolyneux.blog)
2 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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Chorography the art of describing or mapping a region(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by raytopia 3y ago|0 comments
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Write code like you just learned how to program (2010)(prog21.dadgum.com)
50 points by raytopia 3y ago|54 comments
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by raytopia 3y ago
I like it. I'm going to give it a try.

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