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    What are some fun "fidget" mechanics?

    a sub-type of these might be the "flourish" mechanic. LOZ Twilight Princess would play a flourish animation if you put away your sword after...
    Post by: LMan, Jul 11, 2020 in forum: Game Design
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    Space Game Throttle Control (PID Controller)

    So you've got a loop that is going to produce the answer to the question "Where should my throttle be?" Here's something from a project I was...
    Post by: LMan, Jun 23, 2019 in forum: Scripting
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    Is Unity helping or hurting programmers?

    I first learned C# through Unity, and found it wasn't hard to pick up python in addition. At my interview for my current job, my resume literally...
    Post by: LMan, May 25, 2019 in forum: General Discussion
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    EMS reward system

    For a real-world educational class setting? I'm imagining a gamified system where the teacher defines the parameters of the game, and each student...
    Post by: LMan, May 19, 2019 in forum: Game Design
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    error CS1056

    Uptdate() should be Update() Verify you are actually running this script. Clean and rebuild the solution. If in doubt, copy the text somewhere,...
    Post by: LMan, May 12, 2019 in forum: Scripting
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    Community building IS a game?

    This is a good point- my engineering brain says that I shouldn't listen to individuals, I should aggregate all the feedback and do some analysis....
    Post by: LMan, May 12, 2019 in forum: General Discussion
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    Community building IS a game?

    I get that, and when I think about it, the ultimate destination is to get to the point where I can justify that hire. Either I'm in early access...
    Post by: LMan, May 12, 2019 in forum: General Discussion
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    Community building IS a game?

    Okay, you've put your finger on the really practical point of how much labor does this actually take? If it's (community building) an engine that...
    Post by: LMan, May 11, 2019 in forum: General Discussion
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    Community building IS a game?

    I watched the following gdc talks- The first link is the whole talk, the other two are cued to just the relevant points of the talks. Game...
    Thread by: LMan, May 11, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: General Discussion
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    Turning off lights that you can't see

    I think red blob can help.
    Post by: LMan, May 4, 2019 in forum: Scripting
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    Can a programmer run out of work in a development team?

    Figure out how to support the rest of the team- you say it's going to take them 10-12 mo to crank out the assets. What can you do to smooth that...
    Post by: LMan, Apr 22, 2019 in forum: General Discussion
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    need some tips

    Design Touch controls shouldn't be confusing for the player. Be careful of designing controls that can be activated by mistake. Consider adding a...
    Post by: LMan, Apr 6, 2019 in forum: Scripting
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    Using If Statements too much?

    So right now you're thinking procedurally- where the logic flows from the top of the script to the bottom, and that's a great place to start- In...
    Post by: LMan, Mar 28, 2019 in forum: Scripting
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    Unity going public?

    Imagining myself as an investor, I would buy in because Unity is doing well and expanding into multiple industries- it looks like they are about...
    Post by: LMan, Mar 10, 2019 in forum: General Discussion
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    your opinions on 2D platformer levels

    level "settings" or themes are usually more or less window dressing. Think about it in terms of what mechanics fit together well in a particular...
    Post by: LMan, Feb 16, 2019 in forum: Game Design
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    How to translate previous skills?

    So Unity has a lot more going on with it than just code- You feel lost because it's a forest. You're gonna have to spend a little time with the...
    Post by: LMan, Jan 27, 2019 in forum: Scripting
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    Activators/Reactors - Tool for Triggering Animations without Code

    I've put this project on hold- it couples really closely with the Animator component- which it seems is undergoing some exciting changes that i'd...
    Post by: LMan, Dec 8, 2018 in forum: Works In Progress - Archive
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    Charm and Mechanics

    Sim City vs Cities: Skylines Skylines has the clearly superior mechanics set, Sim City has charm pouring out its ears. One approaches...
    Thread by: LMan, Nov 15, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Game Design
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    how would you guys handle enemies knowing about player.

    The usual solution for when something you need often is expensive to get is to cache it in memory so that it is always available. A common...
    Post by: LMan, Nov 12, 2018 in forum: Game Design
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    Reliability or unpredictability?

    Something something, no accounting for taste, sure. I always feel like that's an escape hatch- the designer shrugging and saying, "I dunno, you...
    Post by: LMan, Nov 3, 2018 in forum: Game Design
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