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This was cute, I liked it. I don't think I've seen flickgame before either, that's a really neat tool.

Should the mistle toe be working? I couldn't get it to destroy anything. You also might wanna lock the cursor http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Cursor-lockState.html

Yeah, I'm actually using Ziba's buoyancy plugin! I helped out a little with beta testing after he presented an early version of that talk at our local Unity group.

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The colors came out a little weird in this gif edit: better colors gif. I switched to perceptual pattern in PS and it almost doubled the size, but it looks much better! I was having trouble extruding the 'bergs but it turns out Unity has some handy examples of how to do procedural mesh generation/deformation: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/5141

Team Big Dogs is looking for another programmer to help build the level editor component of our pro skating game. We're working in Unity 5, PM me or join the bigdogs channel in Slack and say hi if you're interested. Here's out devlog if you're curious: https://www.idlethumbs.net/forums/topic/10556-dev-log-winter-wizard-pro-skater/?p=387776

Wow, that's looking great. I've poked at mesh generation and found it to be a huge pain so I'm suuuuper impressed at how good it's looking after 2 days. Also, even though as far as I know no one else is making a serious game (y'know, Serious Games), I think it's only good to have a wider variety of games and you shouldn't at all worry about it fitting in with all the other stuff that gets made.

whoops! I misread and sent all three sounds...this seems like it'll be fun and goofy, looking forward to playing with everyone's voices!

I recently discovered that you can mod .swf games into Fallout 4, so I'll probably try making one of those for the jam if I have time, in addition to whatever the large team I'm working with makes. I've been thinking about what would be fun and interesting to add to FO4 and have part of an idea for myself, but maybe this knowledge will spark someone else's creative inferno.

Ahhhhh that is super exciting to me, I looked it up and it's by the same guy who did the More Where That Came From mod for Fallout 3, which I abolutely loved (and still listen to sometimes) http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/637/?

There are locations in Fallout 3 and 4 that are references to Dunwich (Dunwich Building in 3, Dunwich Borers in 4), so it wouldn't be that out of place.

I played a bit this weekend during the stress test too and wasn't really feeling it. It looks fantastic and I feel like it's successful in its marriage of loma and fps mechanics, but the shooting just doesn't feel satisfying to me. It seems like there's a lot of potential depth in making interesting team compositions, so maybe there'll be a competitive scene, but I don't think I'm gonna pick it up.

This is something I've been thinking about as I deal with my Marvel Puzzle Quest addiction. MPQs model is that you build a team of Marvel characters by collecting comic book covers for that character; there are 5 rarity tiers of characters, and to max out a character you need 13 covers for that character (each cover is tied to a specific ability, and abilities max out at level 5). The core issue is largely the same as LoL: in order to keep growing and making money, they need to continually add new characters to the game. The difference is that in League you could save up currency to buy the character you want, whereas in MPQ you just have to hope that the covers you need drop, and as the number of characters grows the odds of getting what you need decrease. Where this gets really weird to me is thinking about what keeps me playing. I got an intense endorphin rush when I put $50 into the game and got a bunch of covers I needed, and I get a lil' taste of that excitement when a cover I need drops. Although I do think the match 3 portion is fun and has some neat strategy you can employ, to me, that sensation is the main positive experience in the game, which feels to me like it tips over into exploitative/unethical territory.

Last one*, I promise *until I make a proper Fallout 4 pip boy games mod Edit: Kotaku put up an article about how bad the UI in Fallout 4 is, and I learned this tidbit: "Did you know, for instance, the brackets around the word HIDDEN actually indicate how hidden you are? The closer they pull to your character, the less hidden you are." http://kotaku.com/fallout-4s-user-interface-is-truly-terrible-1743826375

Unfortunately, after some more fiddling, I can't figure out how to change any of the code; all I can do is replace images. Probably gonna have to wait for the full editor to come out in the spring to make more games. That said (Edit: Nevermind, you can totally just make a game in Flash and drop it in) if anyone really wants to replace the images in all the pip boy games let me know and I can give you instructions I guess?? Edit: Alright I made my first Fallout 4 mod. Donkey Kong/Red Menace ROM hack. https://www.dropbox.com/s/aa3zni369y3hd2k/fo4_dk.zip

I saw this Doom for the pip-boy mod on Facebook (it's just some image swaps) so I got curious about whether I could make some pip boy games... (Fun Ghosts Haunted Fun Factory is my LLC)

I have very fond memories of trying to beat Jedi Knight and having a friend sit at the PC with me, mashing the key to do Force Heal during the final boss fight so I could keep moving around. There were some really cool levels in there; granted some are massive and really difficult to navigate, but seeing some grimy industrial parts of the SW universe was really neat. Kinda surprised you like the lightsaber stuff, I remember thinking it was pretty lame. It got really fun in the next game (and peaked in Jedi Academy) but it never really felt useful to me in JK1.

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I was trying to figure out why my main settlement wasn't growing despite having plenty of food/water/beds, then I noticed that the settlement that you have to build a recruitment beacon in for a mission had 8 settlers living there, despite only having 2 beds and no food or water. I don't understand how the system works at all, but I suspect that settlement was snatching up all the new recruits?

fancied up my basketball court a bit after hearing last weeks Beastcast

I'm also about 40 hours in, and only have the starting suit plus a couple random pieces I got off a raider, so it's not just you.

What was it? As far as cheap bourbon goes, I have a soft spot for Old Granddad and its vibrant orange label.

Just got tickets to Tables Ladders and Chairs in December! Section 316 I'm a relatively new WWE fan (only really been watching the past year or two) but that'll be my 3rd live event this year. I have trouble putting what I find so great about wrasslin' into words, but that interplay of reality and fiction is definitely part of it. Seeing what happens in the wake of stuff like Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins' injuries, or seeing the company struggle to push Roman Reigns has an element of unpredictability that's fun to see play out. Aaaanyway, New Day gifs. First one is from (get well soon Seth) Also if you weren't aware, Xavier Woods has a youtube channel where he streams games with other superstars, and there's some good goofy stuff in there. For example this video where Stardust shows off his surprisingly deep Star Wars knowledge while playing Battlefront:

The base building stuff (to me) feels like it's really intended to be the end game. There's really no benefit that I've seen to build out your settlements, and it uses up a ton of resources, but once you've finished the story and maxed your gear out, you can spend 1000+ more hours building out all your settlements and you'll have a reason to go searching for more junk. edit: This also kinda might explain why it isn't tutorialized well; if the people who are expected to engage with it are the dedicated fans who've finished the game and want more, it's safe to assume they'll be cool with googling or spending a few hours figuring out how those systems work. Anyway, this is probably my fav of the new songs. Kinda disappointed with how much of the old stuff they reused, but there are some gems. I think the DJ even makes some comment about not liking 'Personality' which makes sense 'cause that song is lame. (edit! on the radio, the DJ says, verbatim, "I don't think this song is all that great")

I feel like it's really weird hearing someone SAY the name 'Dogmeat' out loud repeatedly. In text, when it wasn't directly being used to address the dog I didn't notice it so much, but I feel like a real jerk calling him that to his face. It also feels like he regularly alerts enemies to my presence when I'm sneaking, but the detection feels really imprecise in this game so I donno if it's just me.