Post A0XpwOm2L1LSaSnmKm by allison@blob.cat
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(DIR) Post #A0Xp7dscPjiYfYg6BE by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:01:02.995843Z
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just read the moldbug piece about housing millions of people in giant concrete prison gamer pods where their lives are virtually managed by game programmers to keep them away from civilisation
(DIR) Post #A0XpAoxjfLrfuTaT0S by shpuld@shpposter.club
2020-10-26T06:01:36.975525Z
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@augustus where do I sign up
(DIR) Post #A0XpFBm4nGYtonDTxQ by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:02:23.294300Z
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>Hate your life? A new life awaits you on the off-world colonies. You will live in the pod and eat the bugs. You will love it—because this pod is the ultimate gamer pod.>A rail and/or sea network can transport boxes to wherever support costs are lowest or more computing power is needed. A light will flash when your box is about to move. You remain legally a resident of wherever you came from, of course. You can go back there anytime you like; but the box is sealed, and so is the hive. You actually have no idea where you are geographically—and you have no reason to care. A light will flash when your box is about to move.
(DIR) Post #A0XpI57XzL5y3Ddem8 by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:02:56.605697Z
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>The pitch is simple and not new. A new life awaits you on the off-world colonies. Are you living a shitty life in a shitty place? Why not join the crew of a galactic starship?>We will match you into a crew. Or you can bring your own real-world village. You will enter the ship, blast off, and roam the galaxy—having a new, exciting, and different experience on every system you visit. You are James T. Kirk, or at least Lieutenant Chekov. Or even just some kind of cool-ass Viking rapper space-pirate MC.
(DIR) Post #A0XpNR2juOWBURwVNI by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:03:55.594941Z
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@shpuld reading it i have to say that i too was tempted by the life of the gamer pod
(DIR) Post #A0XpUbdcunqENQcEVs by shpuld@shpposter.club
2020-10-26T06:05:11.346180Z
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@augustus I mean as a game programmer
(DIR) Post #A0XpZBOBw4F6PnZusq by nerthos@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:06:02.938607Z
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@augustus @shpuld "pod" isn't marketable, change the name from pods to poggers and we have a deal
(DIR) Post #A0Xpc4KUdidvOADzTE by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:06:33.798612Z
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@shpuld i've been thinking about making a shitty cave story clone lately, what do i need to accomplish this, just SDL and lots of time to make sprites?
(DIR) Post #A0XpgO8ivaT9zGmNKi by fluffy@social.handholding.io
2020-10-26T06:07:20.801704Z
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@augustus is moldbug still writing?
(DIR) Post #A0XpkYQMdFsZ2h16eG by shpuld@shpposter.club
2020-10-26T06:08:04.831579Z
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@augustus SDL is one way to make 2d games, but you'd probably have an easier time with something like love2d where you get to write everything in a more high level languagein general yeah for 2d games the maths and logic are definitely something you can self teach, drawing graphics takes time but it's manageable if you're smart with the stylistic choices
(DIR) Post #A0XplD2LdS1v0560PI by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:08:12.913494Z
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@fluffy yeah, lots. he's an e-grifter now because he can't ever get employed. he's writing a new book chapter by chapter https://graymirror.substack.com/
(DIR) Post #A0XpwOm2L1LSaSnmKm by allison@blob.cat
2020-10-26T06:10:14.255499Z
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@shpuld @augustus Yeah I would recommend love for 2d stuff just starting out, you can do quite a bit with it (look up "blue revolver" on youtube to see what I mean)
(DIR) Post #A0Xq5nfT9TV4OvDGXQ by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:11:56.293940Z
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@allison @shpuld i installed something called libGDX to mess around with so i could use eclipse but it seems most people avoid java with games because muh garbage collector
(DIR) Post #A0XqBTStB8abTq2Bnc by shpuld@shpposter.club
2020-10-26T06:12:58.086667Z
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@augustus @allison I know a guy who's made a handful of games with it, I don't know how exactly they avoid the problems with GC, probably with just enough object poolingpersonally I'd consider it a negative if I had to use eclipse w
(DIR) Post #A0XqIsSOenvR1EKmG0 by allison@blob.cat
2020-10-26T06:14:18.077270Z
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@augustus @shpuld You know Java? LibGDX isn't bad afaik, but I'm not super experienced with Java (GC pauses are kind of a spook in most game programming honestly, but Java isn't really popular because of how heavyweight the JVM feels for consumers compared to programs like LuaJIT)
(DIR) Post #A0XqJLxwwZOcXUJsxs by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:14:24.080732Z
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@shpuld @allison i know but i'm not a leet hacker like you guys. also blue revolver looks gorgeous
(DIR) Post #A0XqMFxTjhyKm9U3Dk by fluffy@social.handholding.io
2020-10-26T06:14:53.978396Z
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@augustus I’d like to read the article you mentioned. Do you recall the title?
(DIR) Post #A0XqOp8zt4f2Tv5zkW by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:15:19.881097Z
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@fluffy it's the most recent one, chapter 4. the gamer pod stuff is the final half
(DIR) Post #A0XqQRFVhPHyx4ubmi by tija@pl.smuglo.li
2020-10-26T06:15:39.911276Z
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@augustusAFA UNITED Sally Amaki Q&A Vide…
(DIR) Post #A0XqVkHKNNEFPzICnI by shpuld@shpposter.club
2020-10-26T06:16:36.954634Z
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@allison @augustus it's not a spook if you do things the naive way in something like unity, most game programmers just know the basic tricks to avoid the biggest problems with it. just pool your objects
(DIR) Post #A0XqWmt89tUlnlTIbQ by allison@blob.cat
2020-10-26T06:16:49.116203Z
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@augustus @shpuld Blue Revolver is legit one of my favorite games last decade, aesthetic af, gameplay is on point, native Linux support and you can run it on a literal toaster (I ran it on a 2008 ThinkPad with Intel GMA before)
(DIR) Post #A0Xqd2Cg86532SasIi by allison@blob.cat
2020-10-26T06:17:57.055948Z
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@shpuld @augustus Fair enough, also lol Unity
(DIR) Post #A0Xqmn6D8rO55bDkiO by shpuld@shpposter.club
2020-10-26T06:19:40.305447Z
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@allison @augustus it's just a popular example of GC in a game engine, and often used for weaker platforms like mobile
(DIR) Post #A0Xqywrkefpor6FqrI by allison@blob.cat
2020-10-26T06:21:54.215336Z
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@shpuld @augustus Yeah, lots of novice programmers use it because of popularity and reach, which sort of gives it a bad rep in some circles
(DIR) Post #A0XsEd3IBqeJzWh4TY by fluffy@social.handholding.io
2020-10-26T06:35:56.114932Z
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@augustus
(DIR) Post #A0XsOK6bUJOy7prhZo by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T06:37:38.225997Z
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@fluffy never forget that moldbug was once a gamer himself, and even bragged about being able to complete the first Doom using only a pistol
(DIR) Post #A0XwbTKEv3iaIlliCm by vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch
2020-10-26T07:23:56.925787Z
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@shpuld @allison @augustus unity is fine if you pool your stufft. unity dev
(DIR) Post #A0XwfmpKM6ERwVMoEK by fluffy@social.handholding.io
2020-10-26T07:25:36.867247Z
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@augustus If you have the sort of power to send people to pods like this, I don’t get why you wouldn’t send them to work camps instead
(DIR) Post #A0XwoHfdYycBv3t0nA by augustus@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T07:27:13.197020Z
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@fluffy yeah i had the same thought too, except with, y'know, just killing people
(DIR) Post #A0XxceBq6vPaF0xoQa by cereal@shitposter.club
2020-10-26T07:36:12.982418Z
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@augustus > It's not the best choice, it's Spacer's Choice™
(DIR) Post #A0Y2vRf2oWkHigMGXI by fluffy@social.handholding.io
2020-10-26T08:35:43.459107Z
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@augustus how inhumane
(DIR) Post #A0bgxqP2sEUglym2nw by grips@cawfee.club
2020-10-28T02:48:30.689211Z
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@shpuld @augustus sorry, it's a birthright
(DIR) Post #A0bhL6NpcoKmznIR72 by grips@cawfee.club
2020-10-28T02:52:42.692976Z
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@allison @augustus @shpuld fuck
(DIR) Post #A0bhSGMQvZ25y23aZk by allison@blob.cat
2020-10-28T02:53:59.448676Z
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@grips @augustus @shpuld thank you duckduckgo, very cool