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Generally speaking, games don’t fail because of the decisions made by the developers. That’s usually caused by people higher up the food chain, you’d think a film/tv producer would know all about that

I always assumed they were a pepper

I read the headline and thought “RIP for a real one”

Then I read “He was 69 years old” and I thought “Nice”

Wtf is wrong with me?

I’m looking over his IMDB page now and it’s a lot of memories. I always knew him as a B-movie horror legend, but it looks like he didn’t shy away from voice acting for films and games. A lot of good stuff there that I had no idea he was in

Goodnight, Candyman

“Why do you want to live? If you had learned just a little from me you would not beg to live. I am rumour. It is a blessed condition, believe me. To be whispered about at street corners. To live in other people’s dreams but not have to be. Do you understand?”

Oh yeah, and if you want any online services, you’ll want to look up what those cost. I don’t know if they offer a family discount for multiple accounts

I guess ultimately it depends on what kind of games your family likes

As you mention, party games you only need one. If your family’s into single player or portables then each person needs one

How is it affordable? Well, it isn’t really. Although I guess a switch probably retails for about half the cost of a PS5

It’s funny though, if you compare it to other consoles, I think people are far less likely to buy an Xbox or Playstation for each family member. And yet, people would do that for the gameboy and DS without batting an eye. The switch is trying to be everything, for better or worse.

When we got ours, we were pretty content having just one and then playing party games or taking turns on single player games. Sooner or later though, we had to get another so we could play pokemon together. Which is a shame because my interest in pokemon seems to have suddenly fallen off a cliff and now my switch is collecting dust

So I guess all that to say: your mileage may vary

I wouldn’t worry too much about getting three down votes. Honestly, those are rookie numbers, and I’m sure as a fellow queer person you’ll get many more for just existing. Which is incredibly sad, but that’s life for you.

Some instances actually specifically disallow downvotes for similar reasons. My home instance doesn’t allow them because brigading has been a problem in the past.

At the end of the day, you can’t ever know exactly why somebody’s downvoted. The question you have to ask then, is “does it matter?”

I’m not saying that to diminish your feelings. It hurts when people are hurtful. But downvoting someone for being different is the refuge of hateful people who are otherwise impotent at effecting change in their own life. It’s sad, miserable, and frankly pathetic.

Consider it another way: if transphobes are seeking to make you feel bad by giving you a thumbs down, then not giving a fuck becomes an act of defiance and a source of strength. Haters gonna hate.

As to your specific question wondering if maybe you should ignore people asking about your pronouns: that’s up to you. You don’t owe anyone an explanation of your identity - particularly not if someone is asking in bad faith.

If someone asks you and you want to tell them “no,” again that’s up to you. But I can practically guarantee you’re going to get downvoted when you could have ignored them.

For what it’s worth, if anybody can’t figure out your pronouns from the context of how you talk, that’s kind of on them.

Funny enough, I just heard about this recently myself. There’s actually a community here for something like that

!penguinpebbles@lemmy.autism.place

This looks like a screenshot from 7 Days to Die

This appears to be a farming plot that a player has buried into the terrain. Due to limitations in the engine, the terrain renders weirdly when it’s deformed this way. This creates a weird sort of edge in the terrain, which appears to be made of dirt, stone, and grass

I think the only game that’s given me a hard time with linux is Call of Duty

And that’s not to say that you couldn’t get it to work, it was just more than one click to set up so I couldn’t be bothered.

Honestly, probably better of without CoD anyway

Hello, I’m here for the group hug 🫂

I’m pretty dialed into indie games. What kind of games do you like? I might be able to recommend some. I get most of my indie recommendations through word of mouth or curators.

The steam store page has an algorithm tuned to your preferences. If you’ve already been playing a lot of live service games, then it assumes you must like them. Once you start showing an interest in other games, you can probably just cruise through your discovery queue.

To skip the algorithm, you can try looking at the steam store web page in a private / incognito window. But if most of the money makers are live service or free-to-play then that may just be the default offering.

Discounts on games creates a sense of urgency in the buyer, as most discounts are temporary. Since discounts are often shown on the front page of a storefront, it gets a lot of eyeballs on it. If someone’s wishlisted the game then they’ll even usually get a direct notification.

Another way to look at it is that the game is always available at the full price. But if you’re a patient gamer then you can expect to get a lower price eventually.

Depending on how much discretionary income you have, you might be forced to wait for a sale. Or the difference in price might be no object to you. Or you may have to hoist the black flag.

Something else to consider is that the perceived value of the game differs from buyer to buyer. If I’m a big fan of a niche genre, I might be willing to spend more on a weird game than the average user. A $30 game might be worth it for me, but you might only think it’s worth $20

And more to that point, it’s extremely difficult to nail down the exact value of a game. What honestly separates a $12 game from a $15 game when they both offer a unique experience?

Anyway, all this to say, I don’t think having sales on games is strictly a predatory thing. Sometimes a discount is the only way you’ll get eyeballs on your game, or a way to reach more of the market that wouldn’t have otherwise bought your game.

I do agree that modern AAA prices are out there. I don’t pay very much for games now, and usually AAA prices me right out of the market

I’m feeling similarly about Sinking City 2.

The realities of game development are already fraught with risk, and that’s before you add violence to the equation. It’s pretty sad thinking of the games that won’t ever get made

Oh my gosh, thank you so much!

Keyboard support is definitely a must for our other games. I’m becoming more aware of the importance of accessibility.

If we were to compare it to our day jobs, the opportunity cost for the team and me would probably be around ten grand.

If we compare the time spent to the money earned, then we’re each worth several cents an hour.

It’s a good thing I didn’t get into game dev for the money, it seems I’m quite bad at it

I’m afraid not, this came out well before the deck and I can’t afford one to test on.

I’m not sure that it’s a good target for the deck anyway where it’s a splitscreen game.

@KeefChief13@lemmy.world @Amanduh@lemm.ee @indomara@lemmy.world Thank you all so much for your interest! :)

The game is called Shoot Your Friends. It’s a death match couch game for 2-4 players who share a screen and pilot tanks around an arena.

Please be aware that it is somewhat niche, it’s only compatible with controllers and local multiplayer. But if you ever get the gang over for game night it can be a fun way to spend the evening.

Haha, I’ve considered it. I’d really like to at least be able to buy pizza for the gang who helped make the game.

I released a game like three years ago and it’s earned $97 in that time.

I feel your pain

If you let the radius be Z, then you can find the area of a pizza with a simple formula:

Pi * Z * Z = A