xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

I kind of want to create a spiritual successor to the Strike video games (Desert Strike, Jungle Strike, Urban Strike, etc.), but I have no experience with isometric projection, and that will especially be difficult with SFML's like a depth buffering. I could just simply do a top-down game, but it would make the helicopter hook grabbing look awkward.

Okay, scratch that because I just realized that twin-stick shooters rely on "chasing the player" enemy AI while most dungeon-crawler type games rely on wandering randomly AI.

I remember having mind blown learning that the Master System has not been discontinued in Brazil, but it turns out that these newer Master System models are just system-on-a-chip consoles with built-in games and no cartridge slots. That's kind of lame.

That's like saying that the Atari 2600 is still alive and well because Atari Flashback consoles are a thing. Granted, these newer Master Systems use actual Master System hardware, but still.

@Forestofenchantment @Alex @PurpCat
>Decentralized replacement for something that never needed and shouldn't have ever existed in the first place

@Forestofenchantment @Alex @PurpCat
>Loopz
What even is that? I never heard of it.

@PurpCat @Alex Too be fair, both sides of the fedi seem to hate him, while on Nostr, he doesn't receive a fraction of that hate.

@Alex I actually do have a few good Nostr users that follow me. It was inevitable that someone would create a bridge between the two networks anyway.

@0092a5be6a6b389e03e9b6fa38b2d7da88d30ba45fe857842e4c5d7712e2a280@mostr.pub Thanks for proving that it doesn't work.

I've set my name to David Mayer in hopes that it will stop the ChatGPT bots on Nostr.

I think I know what my next game project should be: a twin-stick shooter with Metroidvania/Zelda-like elements.

@gabriel
>People forget that a side consequence of forcing people to stay home is that many had nothing better to do than deep dive why they were doing this to people. I think many people "overdosed on redpills" and that's going to have a lasting effect.

I think it has less to do with more freetime and more to do with the fact that months into the lockdown (George Floyd riots aside) some international organization that people otherwise would have never cared about announced that the pandemic provided an "opportunity" for a "global reset". I mean, that's just the ultimate form of gaslighting, saying that things will get normal in a few weeks, delay the promise, and say that they won't get back to normal because "it's too great of an opportunity".

>But I'll go further. So much of our "post-pandemic" experience is shaped by decisions, policy choices, and devastation from what was done during those years. I can empathize with those who don't have the luxury of "moving on".

Yeah, I'm in the same situation. I was in my final years of college when it happened. So many graduates were unable to find jobs because they couldn't get internships and not many people were hiring and still aren't hiring. Not to mention the vaccine mandates.

>Libertarians (and anarchists) have very little to offer people when the problems have reached such a level where even those who would be otherwise insulated from the problems are now desperate for a quick fix. Abstract principles mean very little when all the people know is misery and betrayal. Those who aim to defend liberalism and our so-called democracies should really consider where things went wrong in 2020/2021...and what their role in it was.

Well the thing about libertarianism/anarchism/voluntaryism is that the people who subscribe to those ideologies seem to be one of the few people that acknowledge that both parties are corrupt and that voting will change very little (if at all). Sure you could just overthrow the government and start over, but what is preventing that government from becoming corrupt or another shadow government from forming? Maybe we can have a much beefier constitution, but we need better enforcement of said constitution. That's why I like states like New Hampshire, Wyoming, Utah, and Florida because they remember that the 10th amendment exists and they have a right not to enforce unconstitutional laws. I think that amendment should also apply to local governments.