Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open

Solo game developer, pngtuber, visual artist (c0mms open, note me on deviantArt.)

Under 18 dni.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Hope of the Red City, HTML version, now available on my itch io.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Finally unlocked the iconic outfit for my God Eater.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

@P_AllensProfile with one and it shatters in their gut >:)" and it's like, they just replaced something fun with something that's more unrealistic, but also exceptionally lame.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

@P_AllensProfile 1/ This one's kinda abstract so bare with me; I don't really have a way to coherently phrase this thought.

Saw someone one time saying "ugh I hate the way people show katanas in things, blocking bullets with them is so unrealistic. In my fic I have someone try to block a bullet

[Paul Allen's Profile @P_AllensProfile]

Which game benefited from critical perspective after being remade?

This is wishful thinking, MGS3 & RE4 went from most beloved games to outdated simply because gamers found something that suits their modern expectation more.

Their legacy is erased rather than innovated upon.

[Space Romancer @Space_Romancer]

@LocalBtnMasher They keep telling me it's bad to wish for studios to close down, and yet do nothing to stop me from wishing.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

@LocalBtnMasher Sure, but I do think a direct line can drawn through VS to where we are now, starting at Gungeon calling itself a Bullet Hell.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

@LocalBtnMasher I unfortunately couldn't find an image with the "and its concequences have been a disaster for the human race" wording.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

@LocalBtnMasher me rn

[Blader @LocalBtnMasher]

Its like seeing your dead granny's corpse refurbished into a chair...

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Karner Commits A Microaggression / Video Essays Behind the Scenes.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Alright, I think I know what's going on with my channel and what I can do to fix it. At least in broad conceptual terms. I'll take a break from video production to tackle it soon.

I've set the underperforming shorts and videos to private. But I want 'em to be seen so...

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Otto Konoko's First Vlog.

[Spiders @Spiders_STG]

@Niflheimm155983 I mean... that's an insanely meaningful distinction. It's the difference between an actor still reading from the script and a full-blown in-character improvisation... and having the scaffolding to continue to do that on new projects.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

It's only for stuff where the text needs to be displayed right over it (I introduced a visible ticking clock element over powerups in Hope of the Red City and liked the results.)

Most things that need to will just draw the text directly to the GUI.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Got text to draw in 3D. Can't do my usual outline method since that causes crazy zfighting with all the different text instances being drawn.

What I've got here might not be the most forward thinking solution, but I do think that with a text colour variable it won't be too bad.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

Black will do most of the time since I'll pretty rarely have stages where there's enough dark space to obscure it. But I do play around with colour sometimes so who knows.

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

@JakeGDallas Lordy. The rule is never ever take a foxus group’s “solution”. Though it’s okay to hear complaints.

[Jake Garett Dallas || c0mms Open @JakeGDallas]

@SandyofCthulhu Is it fair to blame all societal ills on people not being able to say "zombie" in movies? Probably not. But we have that to thank on the shortbus of focus testers bought in who went "durr it ruins my immersion when they say zombie having them saying "walkers" is better."

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

4) if you accept a deal with EA, do so ONLY with full knowledge that they will screw you over as vigorously and harshly as possible. With no lube.

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

Pro Tips after 45 years of doing games.

1) If they say, "We don't need a contract." You need a contract.

2) If they ask, "Don't you trust us." Don't trust them.

3) Never take advice from a focus group. They're only there for the free sandwiches.

Note: I am aware that these tips may work in other industries as well, but since I've only done games in my whole career, I'm not sure how much this is true.

Tell me! Or give me cautionary tales.