Notices by xianc78@gameliberty.club, page 36

Why is MSN Dial-Up still a thing? Microsoft has more than enough money to make an ISP based off of anything else.

https://get.msn.com/

@icedquinn
>IPTV

Isn't that something that MSN tried to get into back into the 90s but failed?

@icedquinn If I were to buy a TV, I would probably buy it from GPX because not only do they sell their products on their actual website, they are also the only TV manufacturer I know of that still makes dumb TVs.

https://gpx.com/in-home/televisions.html

@beardalaxy @DreamSketcher Minecraft is kind of both. Sandbox games also include games like SimCity where exploration really isn't a thing. Garry's Mod is more of a closed sandbox than Minecraft is. Minecraft has exploration and even an end-goal. It just so happens to have crafting and a true sandbox mode (creative mode).

>My game is almost like botw except the final boss is gated by defeating all the other ones.

That's basically the same level of linearity as Zelda 1 (though Zelda 1 had a few dungeons blocked off until you got the ladder or raft). I think your game just has the added complexity of a day/night cycle and choices that actually make an impact on the game's story (a completely open-world game can lack either of those things).

"You signed up to a free trial of Disney+, and the T&Cs you never read when doing so contains an binding arbitration clause which totally applies to the dispute regarding your spouse's unfortunate death at a Disney resort restaurant" is certainly an argument.

https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/borders-on-the-absurd-dead-womans-estate-rejects-disneys-claim-that-widowers-disney-membership-means-wrongful-death-lawsuit-must-be-arbitrated/

@beardalaxy @DreamSketcher Depends on your definition of "open world" and the type of game it is. Something like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, or BoTW is definitely a no-go. Something like a simple Minecraft clone is probably okay.

Ultima is largely considered the first true open-world game and it was developed by a high-schooler. Though I personally never played it. It could be open-world in the same sense that the first Zelda game was in that dungeons can be traversed in any order.

@Mr_NutterButter I can't remember if I replaced the projectile sprite with a non-copyrighted asset or not. The object is the same projectile launched by some enemies, so I probably should make a child object that is slightly bigger.

I kind of accepted that this will be an anti-climatic boss fight. I can't think of any other boss fights that don't require drastic changes to the code.

Music now stops after defeating the final boss.

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

Boss now drops the key which leads to the room with the MacGuffin item. I think it's slightly more climatic that way instead of it just ending abruptly.

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

@ArdainianRight What if the break-up is just a psyop and all the secessionist states are still controlled by the same elites?

@SockPuppet His mayor campaign failed because someone discovered that he was a former drug addict and that was enough for him to be disqualified. I personally don't think his "Exit and Build" solution is enough to work on it's own. I think it should also be combined with people running for local (and maybe even state) politics and using the nullification process to it's fullest potential. You are already seeing that in some states like Indiana, Louisiana, and Oklahoma where they are blocking CBDCs and declaring WEF mandates as unconstitutional.

>Also tangent, I just realized your PFP is Usagi from Mr Driller. I've only played the GBA port so I wasn't aware of Ataru or Usagi till I looked up Mr Driller and saw your PFP along side Ataru.

The fact that he is an obscure character, and mysterious yet so adorable is why I like him so much.

@SockPuppet There are a lot of these types of intentional communities out there (though not always libertarian in nature). Derrick Broze is also building one in Mexico.

https://theconsciousagora.com/

@Bad_Banner If he could post the video on to YouTube, he could've just emulated the games.

I don't know why but I'm so nostalgic over Google Video despite the fact that I only watched Lego stop-motion videos on it as a kid.

So apparently YouTube is going ballistic on Invidious instances (again). Just a reminder that Google Video not only allowed you to download their videos but also had their own desktop video player for watching videos offline, granted it was their own proprietary video format, but still.

In the late 1990s/ early 2000s the Mozilla project, and its not-for-profit foundation, was one of the most pioneering rallying points in the software freedom ecosystem;

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/details/

But for years now, most of their projects have either been hived off into for-profit subsidiaries (eg Firefox, Thunderbird), failed utterly (eg FireFoxOS), involved proprietary code or DataFarming tie-ins (Pocket), or all of the above (Firefox Hello).

Whatever happened to Mozilla?

#Mozilla

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@souldessin At least you are still applying your CS skills into a different job instead of letting them go to waste.

Seriously, I don't see any reason why emailing a ZIP file full of stuff you worked on over the years isn't a valid enough portfolio. Not everyone has a big enough presence to justify a personal website. They also want articles. For what? My opinions on the industry? It's just pointless.

A GitHub account, personal website connected to your real name, and a LinkedIn are basically required to get anywhere in the software industry now and it really sucks.