Jeff Gates

Race, Roll, Shards, Dominion.

"In the beginning you always want results. In the end all you want is control."
- E. Steenberg

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@1220watermelon Thanks for the report(s) - we'll fix it!

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@GreyAlien This feels like one of those comics:
"Why do game companies only make sequels?"
"I know, I'll start an indie studio and make original games."
"That's interesting, when I release a new game, I get a boost in sales for my old games."
"Oh no..."

[Shalin Shodhan @ShalinShodhan]

📣 After 2+ years of development, I'm so happy to announce a launch date for Detective Dotson. Coming to Steam on April 3, 2025. Here's an all new trailer to celebrate! 📣

[Temple Gates @Temple_Gates]

New Dominion expansion, Rising Sun, just dropped in the app!

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@ImpossibleScott @lorenschmidt Is there a CRDT scheme that doesn't just stomp work? Or is the assumption you just disallow offline work and everything is live always? Or I'd guess another option is explicit checkouts. My thinking on this always starts in some direction and ends up back w/ version control...

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@eric_lang This article opened my eyes to how much I was using 'just' everywhere. It also calls out simple, merely, of course, naturally, and obviously.

https://t.co/hZlfNiulIg

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

I've already been feeling this with Amazon Fresh.

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

Do I really have to write an app that lets me place limit orders on my groceries?

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Walmart is replacing the price stickers with electronic shelf labels across 2,300 stores — which could be a precursor to surge pricing.

One industry analyst says: “If it’s hot outside, we can raise the price of water and ice cream."

https://t.co/VNliGj6D65

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@twnick Interesting. I'm not super attached, but 4 of the 5 random codebases I just sampled use int * (quake, clang, blender, linux) vs 1 that uses int* (chromium), not to mention windows uses int * (at least the 3 headers I sampled). Odd the default seems to not be the default.

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

When I started programming, I went crazy on customizing my editor.

Around 5 years in or so, I stopped and just used defaults. This has worked well for 20 years.

Until VS 2022. The default auto-corrects int *x; to int* x;

Do I go back to customizing, or change my coding style?

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@GreyAlien 'Slightly profitable' might be a bit varied too, could mean:

exceeds fixed expenses
ramen profitable
equiv to gamedev salary(s)
equiv to non-gamedev salary(s)

I'll admit I've used all these definitions to justify (or delude) my decisions over the years.

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

@gengelstein I think neither, it was defined.

You could be generous and expand 'invented' to include 'defined', but someone saying "I invented a teleporter" would most likely imply more than definition in most contexts, so it seems an important distinction.

[Temple Gates @Temple_Gates]

Guilds and Cornucopia Second Editions just launched in the Dominion app today!

#boardgame #ios #Android #Steam #digital

[Temple Gates @Temple_Gates]

Dominion named Best New Game on @Apple!

[Dean Takahashi @deantak]

A big launch for Theresa Duringer​'s Temple Gates Games team. Temple Gates Games launches Dominion digital board game on mobile and PC #Dominion #boardgames https://t.co/cTQ1XmFpsT via @GamesBeat

[Temple Gates @Temple_Gates]

The free official Dominion boardgame app launches today! #iOS #Android #Steam #Dominion #boardgame

https://t.co/TZSsB6aPjL

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

"Very smooth, and there's a lot of it."
@Zee_Garcia plays Dominion on What's Appening.
#dicetower #thedicetower

https://t.co/ESlP2sOSxs

[PixelatedCardboard @pixelcardboard]

I take a look at Dominion from @Temple_Gates . It's amazing, the digital Dominion we've all been waiting years for.

https://t.co/gUyB5Q9onJ

[Temple Gates @Temple_Gates]

HUGE NEWS!!!

[Jeff Gates @greysphere]

I know no higher praise. #dominion #bg3