xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@nach I've considered using it, though I haven't used it myself (mostly because I already have a Fedora Mail account, which is free). They seem pretty good, if you don't mind paying, but I wish they supported custom domains.

@djsumdog Have you tried Blender's video editor? For a while, I've heard it was Linux's only good video editor.

Fixed the boss bug. Although I didn't record the bug, the bug was that some bosses would just hang upon death. Turns out they aren't calling the animation method.

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #indiegamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indie #SFML #cplusplus

@Mr_NutterButter Even back when their first game, Alien Shooter, came out back in 2003, isometric games were being phased out as even budget PCs were starting to come with dedicated GPUs. They are a small team in Russia though, and they even said in an interview that they felt like they weren't ready for fully 3D gaming at the time. But even almost 20 years later, they still insist on making prerendered isometric games, despite tons of 3D engines being available now.

Maybe, they just like the style. I mean, it does have it's charm. I kind of like it. It reminds me of when 2D games weren't going to fly, so if you can't do 3D, then you had to at least fake it, and an isometric perspective with pre-rendered sprites seemed to be the easiest and most effective approach.

I also love how these guys just straight up pretend that it's still 1997 and that 3D PC gaming is either a luxury or non-existent. These guys brag about how "advanced" their engines are, even though they are just isometric engines and dead bodies not disappearing isn't something to write home about.

https://www.sigma-team.com/

@Hephaestic >Substack is a known focal point for people who want to say something in the standard online political method.

That's my other beef with it. It's 90% philosophy/political blogs. At least Medium has blogs on things like programming, even though I wish they were hosted somewhere else.

Substack and Medium "blogs" are the most soulless abominations to have ever exist on the Internet. Paragraphs of black text on a white background with constant pop-ups telling you to subscribe. Get an actual blog, either through self-hosting or on a site like WordPress.com (it's free). You get your own theme (even if it's pre-made) and no annoying pop-ups outside of banner ads that can easily be blocked (though I think WordPress.com allows you to disable them for your viewers if you pay).

I see zero reason to use Substack or Medium unless you want to paywall your content or avoid censorship (both of which can be achieved through self-hosting).