Notices by BrakeOut Gaming (brakeoutgaming@mstdn.games)

> Friend shows me new game
> "Game engine or case statements?"
> Friend laughs
> "It's a good game, man"
> Check code
> It's case statements

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@NaClKnight I love the use of "be" to represent a long-term state. "She be trippin'" tells me that, not only is she trippin' right now, but this is just her normal state of existence - she does this all the time.

Feels like "y'all" - one of those words that English just should have naturally, but had to be reverse engineered into the language purely for usefulness.

@NaClKnight generally, best practice is to also situate the scene and provide some visual context to important elements of body, clothing, and/or pose. You want the reader to get 1) what stands out and 2) what it's trying to convey.

So, for example:
"Photograph of chubby curvy white woman wearing a low-cut purple sweater and black leather skirt smiles at the camera alluringly while kneeling in her luxurious modern living room. Her breasts are bigger than her head"

@NaClKnight Submitting proof seems like it would disprove that one has ADHD

@NaClKnight literally lol'd

@NaClKnight nah, better too lol

@NaClKnight congrats, man! What are the biggest changes from the previous version?

@NaClKnight it's looking good, man!

@NaClKnight I personally want to hear more about the Drake-Kendrick beef. Feels like someone's about to put a hit out.

@NaClKnight That's one of the things that's surprised me, getting involved in a gaming community - there seems to a large minority connecting with a game a certain way, then everyone else in their own gaming world, completely independent of that.

It reminds me of Pitchfork, when they were a big thing - my taste and their reviews were like 120 degrees out of alignment.

To each their own, I guess?

@richygarcia84 "impressed by your willpower and ability to collaborate" lolololol

@NaClKnight damn - so you likely have some design cycles on that, too?

@NaClKnight brutal - been there. Plastic is great for what it does, but pretty unforgiving if the dimensions are off.

@NaClKnight forgive a dumb question- what tweaking are you needing to do on it?

@NaClKnight

@NaClKnight normally, I'd take you up on your offer, but TBF I'm a flaky gaming partner - balancing gaming and other demands is always a struggle for me, and I've unintentionally ended up ghosting some folks

HOWEVER

We have a great crew over at The Gamers Tavern, and there's always at least a few folks down to play if your interested. Think about it, come join us if you're interested

I'm actually supportive of this

Science tells us that the best ways to memorize things are 1) in context, while using it, and 2) associating it with evocative images (violent, sexual, personal, etc) in a 3d space

Shocked no one has tried this sooner

Dev 1: Bro we need a new game idea

Dev 2: We should do a crossover game, mix some genres

Dev 1: Yeah, but what hasn't been done before?

Dev 2: [takes a heroic bong hit] what about

#gaming

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1945590/Linguist_FPS__The_Language_Learning_FPS/

I know I'm late to the party, but

Helldivers II. Goddamn. What a game.

It's like taking all of the best parts* of Starship Troopers (the movie), turning it up to 11, then putting it into Battlefront.

Wow. Still buzzing from it.

*No Dizzy or Carmen. Tragic oversight - but I get it

@NaClKnight Aside from the brackets, what else ate you planning to do differently this time?