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This was great and I didn't stop laughing. Well, until the part where the guy who made the video decided to be a dick. Does he have no heart? No soul?!

Yeah there's no way I could bring myself to skip two seasons. U: I ended up really enjoying the first episode, despite my best efforts and expectations, so I think I'll just continue.

I dunno that sounds more interesting to me than letting me cheese my way through it like I did NG+->NG+4. Game... isn't really as hard as you'd think it would be, once you get used to it. I'm just annoyed at how you unlock said new bosses.

But who's TychoA?

I think your ur butt is beautiful.

The future of Google robots is exploiting and enforcing the Steam trading economy.

(I would've also suggested starting with a simpler, less content-driven game, but if that's what's inspiring you to actually Do Something, then by all means, Do Something.) Art-wise, if you weren't going for an adventure game, I would've suggested more abstract art, so you can get away with something easy. Maybe you can sitll pull it off, though. I mean, look at Thomas Was Alone. That game looks super simple and still manages to OOZE charm. Maybe consider that, too!

Considering they're playing Starbound, and right now Starbound is just Terraria in space (albeit with less content), I don't think it's unfair at all. That said, Terraria is more interesting as a, well, uh, I don't want to be that guy, but as a GAME, precisely for all the reasons you mention. There ain't no grapplin' hook in Minecraft! (Without mods, anyway.) The way I've always put it is almost exactly how Sean put it: Minecraft is better for creativity and building cool shit. Terraria is great for exploring and finding new toys to play with. But hey that's just how I feel and YMMV.

Phil Friend is now my favorite name. I had a dream that I was playing a custom Dota 2 map that I made with the tools they're releasing in the future. It was a very specific mod that combined Payday 2 goals and mechanics with Dota 2 gameplay. It's especially weird because almost every time I dream about video games, I'm IN the video game. But in this dream, I was living in a college dorm hall again, and me and everyone else on the floor were playing my sweet rad custom Dota 2 map.

I've never seen any episodes of The X-Files before. Well, I'm watching episode one, right NOW. It's kind of awful but also kind of endearing. Is it worth watching ALL NINE GODDAMN SEASONS JESUS CHRIST THAT'S A LOT OF TV. I've done it before, of course, with other TV series. But should I do it again? I know it's pretty well loved.

Plus if nothing else you can take advantage of 3D features, like particles 'n' shit, even if you end up going for a 2D game.

That's a good enough reason to me! I hate anything that restricts resolution. Also I really like Unity. But I wouldn't go for 3D, unless you can actually do 3D art! They just added 2D support, too. Though it's still early and missing a few/some/many/a billion features

If you're making a point and click adventure game, is there any reason you're choosing GameMaker over Adventure Game Studio? Not that there's anything wrong with GM, I'm just curious. I've also never used AGS, but I've heard pleasant things. My advice would be get something up and running as soon as possible, and start playtesting right away - especially if you're serious about finishing it - no matter how early you think it is. Even if you already know everything they're going to say, you MIGHT NOT, and also it's good to get into the habit of letting people see what you're working on. Plus having other people play and criticize it is an excellent motivator. Beyond that I only messed with GameMaker once and did not like it, so I got nothin'. Also I'm going to maybe hijack this thread to share whatever I'm working on, too (which right now is nothing because my last idea turned out feeling boring, but I've got other stuff brewing that I'm going to start on soon).

IT IS ALMOST THE YEAR OF THE HORSE

Hahah. Guys I had a dream last night that I played a custom Dota 2 map that doesn't exist. Guys I need this custom map support to come out soon or I'm going to die.

I have an empty pile of gifts. (But I hate when people buy me Christmas gifts so that basically makes this the best pile of gifts ever.)

Um oops I did it again. I've been doing a good job of not falling into the black hole of negativity, yelling at myself every time I feel it happening. Not as a matter of holding it all in until it explodes, as they say, but more to just force myself to be optimistic. But I guess I'm tired or something, so I pooped a doop all up ins. TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY. Dallas still hasn't said no, and my current recruiter (easily the best and most helpful one I've had the pleasure of using so far!) had a meeting today with a company situated in China, looking to start a branch here. He mentioned the possibility of me having to live in China for a few months, to which of course I said "YES PLEASE". Nothing guaranteed - not even giving them my resume is guaranteed at this point - but still. That'd be rad.

If I have to move back in with my parents, in a city that I hate, in a state that I hate, over half a continent away from all of my friends, I will lose everything. I will be an empty shell of a human being. I don't want a nice warm place to concentrate on getting my dream job. My dream job won't happen for years to come, unless I get really, really, really fucking lucky. Besides, I'm not even trying for a dream job. I'm trying for a job in the vague direction of my dream job, expecting to get experience and eventually make it there. And I mean like really super fucking vague direction, because mobile game development is literally the last thing I'd ever thought I'd be doing when I started my masters three years ago. And it's clear people who make non-mobile games don't give a fuck about "experience" with mobile development. But whatever, ignoring that, I've applied to dozens of places, only gotten responses from places I'd never choose to work at, sans the one in Dallas, and gotten almost a dozen rejections after making it to the on-site interview phase, and more than that prior. Every place I apply to that I'd CHOOSE to work at either doesn't respond or says no weeks or months later without ever even talking to me. I mean I'm just repeating stuff I'm sure I've said in here before. It doesn't matter. I know I'm good enough for these things, but for some reason I can't prove it. So I'm clearly broken. Fuck it.

I suppose I could give up on doing what I want to do and instead devote my life to doing something that's way easier but I hate because it gets me money. Or I could move back in with my parents because I'm going to reach that point soon where I have no money to survive on my own anymore.

As expected, despite feeling good about the interview, I got rejected again. It's good to be alive.

Thanks, I wasn't about to watch twenty minutes of a video with that guy talking - I am worst. I couldn't stand even one minute with his smug ass tone. U: Also, I should've clarified that I meant as an official employee of Comcept. Not that that makes any difference to the average one-of-those-people person, of course. Anyway, at least now I understand where their "motivation" is coming from. Perfect.

I was gonna say, Social Justice Warrior sounds like a good thing to me.

I actually understand that to a degree. I don't give a fuck, but I can understand why someone would. It might not be Mega Man, but it's as close as Inafune could get to Mega Man without staying at Capcom. For him, I'm sure, it is everything he ever wanted Mega Man to be, and hopefully more. All that aside, the funniest part of that for ME is... did she ever even say or imply or do ANYTHING to make people think that could ever happen, let alone that she was going to try to make it happen? I can't for the life of me find a single goddamn fucking thing that she's even said about the game other than that she's excited about it. Maybe it happened on Twitter? Someone explain to me where this fear of gender-swapping is coming from, because what the fuck. Is this seriously all about the fucking fan art?

That's definitely true. I don't want anyone new going mid. I've long been of the opinion that losing mid is worse than losing any other lane. (Unless they're just straight up feeding nonstop, but, well, extreme cases.) But even when I was new, I knew that mid wasn't necessarily the carry. Mid's main responsibilities are 1) beating the other mid and 2) ganking - and those often go hand in hand. With some exceptions, like Outworld Devourer, who is a farming mid. Among others. It's true that a dominating mid will often end up carrying regardless of their actual role, but that's just a result of dominating.

I don't know the origin, but I definitely feel like it's been a "thing" for a long time. At least as long as I can remember feminists being a thing. (AKA the first time I heard of feminists. Probably in some movie I saw when I was young where they, you know, portrayed feminists as the stereotypical militant feminists. (I'm rambling.)) Anyway, yeah, that's cool, too. Everything's cool. brb vomiting