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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Star Wars And Or? And Or what, Star Wars?!

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Castlevania 3 for its film aesthetic, scrolling text and perforated edges is really sells the effect. To then open on a giant cross with a crash of lightning gets me pumped to fight Dracula.
Rondo for its pure of heart 90s anime intro with a banger song, you bet I’m prepared to chain whip skeletons.

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Video game intros that live rent free in my head: Castlevania 3 and Rondo of Blood: youtu.be/4SJaF8no9t0?...

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Castlevania 3 Japanese Famicom Version

YouTube video by Robert Kreese

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the shotgun now with a set spread pattern with minor randomized offsets. Up next is to make the pattern better and to look into shuffling of patterns or just a single pattern.
#Godot #IndieGameDev #SoloDev #GameDev

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t mind a virtual cursor as long as there is other inputs that can get to a section quickly. Like LB/RB for navigating tabs or right-stick click for show more info, etc. Destiny did a clever bit where the UI will move towards the cursor’s direction to slightly reduce travel time.

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 2d

a video game screen that says i command you to rise

ALT: a video game screen that says i command you to rise

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Would you say… it’s a Keeper?

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 3d

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Gonna try this approach instead for pellet spread. You define a radius, number of rings, and pellets per ring. Add some randomized x and y to breakup the pattern. This way, it’ll feel consistent for the spread radius and avoid pellets clumping up together.

How Every Game Should Make Shotgun Spread

YouTube video by Philipp Harder

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 3d

I can see both being used. The first one as a larger splash and the second for viewing games as a list where space is limited.

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for your service in spreading the good word of Digital Paint: Paintball 2.

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 3d

Weapon spread in game? Hard to get right. Shotgun pellet spread? There could be an entire college course around this. The super shotgun in Doom, Reaper’s in Overwatch and the holy saint that is the shotgun in Doom 3.

Random vs pattern vs randomized pattern. It can be overwhelming.

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a nice feeling knowing that I’m not the only dummy in game.

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 4d

As great as Neovim is as an IDE, if something goes wrong it can go very wrong. It’s one of those days of, the convenience of something like VSCode at the cost of a bloated app and telemetry or Neovim that’s lean but you’re putting your trust in open-source projects to duct tape this IDE together.

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 5d

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Bebop Cola Showdown

YouTube video by Specimen Je

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, they could be saying Halloween but the Aussie slang is too strong for Americans.

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 5d

It’s like Windows 10, but worse. I had to download StartAllBack to get my top taskbar back because it no longer exists in 11. If it wasn’t for gaming and dev I would be using Linux because 11 ain’t it.

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StartAllBack to fix all Windows 11 deal-breaking UI issues

StartAllBack restores taskbar, start menu, context menus, explorer, sanity, style and order!

www.startallback.com

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 7d

two men sit at a table with coffee and donuts in front of them

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 10d

BrainBoot.exe

Cool stuff!

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 11d

two men are standing in a kitchen in front of a refrigerator that has a sticker on it that says ' s. '

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 13d

* Grubb wakes up from the noise of thunder and looks to window. A crash lightning briefly illuminates a shadowy figure outside. The ladder has come for its revenge. *

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 16d

No, Gurbb. If he was cool he would be Ice Man, smh.

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 17d

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and says `` aliens '' .

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 18d

In the bag on the kitchen counter.

addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 18d

It reminds me of JJBA, in that, it’s clear what things the creator likes and puts them on display in their own vision. When these elements are known to the viewer, I find it creates a stronger connection to the material. Because, I too think it’s rad that you can shoot hatchets out of the air.

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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 18d

Picked up Cultic to see how they approach combat and levels but when I kicked a shield into my hands that unleashed all the dopamine.

Cultic is an odd game, it has clear roots in boomer shooters, but there’s so many other influences that sneak through like RE that really makes it its own identity.

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