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Chit-Chat / Comedy

« on: December 17, 2013, 07:40:29 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejc5zic4q2A

Bo Burnham's new show "What." I thought it was pretty funny and interesting.

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Game Art / Re: Pixel Art Thread

« on: December 17, 2013, 04:03:59 pm »

How long does it take you for each individual animation?

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Ludum Dare 28 / Re: Some Day

« on: December 16, 2013, 05:18:15 pm »

There was one bug that directly killed me.

I interpreted that the plank from the mail box was supposed to be protection from the monsters, since I couldn't pick it up. Night comes and I hide behind the board. No monsters show up for a bit, but then I start getting hit by some invisible force in the way that the monsters hit you. It drained my hp all the way, and I was not hit by a single actual monster.

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Ludum Dare 28 / Re: Some Day

« on: December 16, 2013, 04:36:48 pm »

so I just don't know if people quit right away or if some potential bug does them in or what.

I played last night for around 30 - 45 minutes. What made me stop was the multitude of bugs, which isn't your fault with the time constraint. I probably would have played til completion otherwise.

with the only specific criticism being unsure of what to do (which I anticipated)

I liked the lack of guidance, and it only took me a whole 30 seconds to figure out that I should probably be collecting the orbs, and a few failures before I had a good idea of the world and what to do with the items. The only reason I didn't finish was because of bugs always leading to my death.

Honestly it is a good basis for an adventure/exploration game, and one of the more original takes on the theme.

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Game Art / Re: Pixel Art Thread

« on: December 15, 2013, 06:02:49 pm »

Miaubian, what is your process for animating pixel art?

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Ludum Dare 28 / Re: Ludum Dare 28

« on: December 10, 2013, 06:52:04 pm »

I don't think I will be able to participate because of midterms, which is upsetting. I guess I will just have to judge this time around.

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Journals / Re: Screenshot Thread

« on: December 09, 2013, 03:54:17 pm »

A pretentious game about a game developing a connection with the player
(discontinued because it wasn't good.)

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Journals / Re: Screenshot Thread

« on: December 07, 2013, 09:22:30 pm »

A pretentious game about suicide.

From who's perspective?

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Chit-Chat / Re: Help with FGL

« on: December 07, 2013, 01:56:58 pm »

2... I use ellipses to space out the sentences that don't have anything to do with each other to take place of new paragraphs.


3... I do over use them. But they are fun.

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Chit-Chat / Re: Everyday things that you find annoying.

« on: December 05, 2013, 06:52:11 pm »

I am aware the United States is relatively socialist compared to a region like Hong Kong which has a pure free market, but the United States still has a mixed free market economy. I never said advertising should be illegal. Also we weren't discussing government corruption, but more advertising's influence on the relationship between small and big business.

Anyway I do agree with you, but I wouldn't know where to start. The government since before America's creation has been working for the ideals of upper class society and the politicians own self interest except in times of crisis...well not including Andrew Jackson's presidency, but he also committed mass genocide, and caused one of the worst recessions in American history.

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Chit-Chat / Re: Everyday things that you find annoying.

« on: December 05, 2013, 05:24:16 pm »

The United States doesn't have a real free market and a market can't be considered free if advertising is illegal. Free markets aren't the problem; the problem is a powerful government that's largely controlled by elite corporations.

I am aware the United States is relatively socialist compared to a region like Hong Kong which has a pure free market, but the United States still has a mixed free market economy. I never said advertising should be illegal. Also we weren't discussing government corruption, but more economic factors that influence the relationship between small and big business.

But corrupt governments annoy me as well.

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Chit-Chat / Re: Everyday things that you find annoying.

« on: December 05, 2013, 04:32:28 pm »

Obviously having this discussion has no purpose other than to share ideas. I did not think of ads in this way until recently due to other opinions, and I'm thankful for hearing those opinions. We're just having healthy political discussion.

Definitely. I enjoy talking politics especially when taking place in a neutral environment. It breeds healthy discussion

It's curious that you have a problem with Capitalism's favoring of the big, yet you've argued that advertising is okay because the free market supports financial gaps, that it's a right-minded thing for big businesses to use to their gain and should be considered fair under the free market. You don't seem interested in dealing with the issue of monopoly unless the whole system can be uprooted entirely.

I was trying to blame the root of the problem instead of just advertising, and point out that a free market by itself is not ideal. It needs to be balanced over time, and if I were to speak specifically about America, I would say that ever since the Reagan administration that balance has been extremely disturbed. Of course that would be a whole different conversation.

Why feed the hungry when there will still be hungry people regardless?

LET EM STARVE

Not really comparable, but I could use the same argument here.

When we feed the hungry it solves the problem momentarily. It would help more to hit the root of the problem which changes from case to case...but we should definitely still feed the hungry. It is not a good idea to let em starve.

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Game Ideas / Re: Need feedback on something i am working on

« on: December 05, 2013, 03:47:19 pm »

Assuming this will be a mobile game it is hard to judge at the moment. Playing with my track pad does not feel right.

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Chit-Chat / Re: Everyday things that you find annoying.

« on: December 05, 2013, 03:43:00 pm »

You don't know what the choices are.

Do you? What are some other good choices beside ads or paid subcribtions?


EDIT...
TDonnaly. I saw your post. Your spot in in my opinion.

Also! If I'm offending or annoying anybody. Tell me and I'll stop. I didn't mean to annoy or offend.

Stop. Not to be rude but you are misinterpreting Blob's points.

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Chit-Chat / Re: Everyday things that you find annoying.

« on: December 05, 2013, 03:37:43 pm »

Advertising is a tool that artificially inflates demand by being able to pay for demand, without it, demand becomes significantly more about pure product quality and pricing. The free market does support financial gaps but that isn't a justification for a system that's unfairly biased towards businesses with more money (not because they can make better products, but because they can purchase demand).

Even in an idealist hypothetical situation where advertising does not exist larger companies will still have the advantage due to scale, and in a way will still be able to purchase demand.

Small businesses are not immediately inefficient businesses.

Relatively they are due to scale, but depending on the industry they can thrive.

If all things naturally gravitate towards monopoly that's fine as long as the system in place is fair, which ads imbalance for reasons said plenty already.

I would have to disagree. Monopoly is a bad thing except for in a few industries, and as I mentioned above without ads the imbalance would still happen.

I honestly don't have inherent answers to systems that are now reliant on ad revenue, this is a common problem in politics where a flawed system arises but can't be de-engineered because other aspects of society design themselves around those things. Moreover, you're looking at the problem in reverse, saying ad revenue is necessary is not the same as saying ads are necessary and glosses over the fact that I'm critiquing ads on their primary function (advertising) and not their consequences of existence (the now-reliant systems).

Your main problem with ads is that they cause artificial demand, and give power to those with more resources, but I do not think they are the main factor in the decrease of competitions leading to monopoly. Regardless of whether or not they exist a free market is flawed from the beginning giving an advantage to those who have and the disadvantage to those who have not.

Also I am hypothesizing that ads have always existed, but technology has allowed them to increase their scope. They are not just some recent hitch in the free market system. Ads exist because it is a smart business decision that allows a company to increase its reach.

So if ads exist, have always existed, will always exist, and the negative aspects of a free market happen regardless of their existence what is the point of this conversation besides to say that ads are annoying?


Also I will add that this is not a black and white issue. Of course some products/services will be able to exist without advertising and it still be a smart business decision.