Notices by Ron Gilbert #KamalaHarris (grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place), page 4

"Novice programmers both read and write programs significantly worse when intoxicated"

Really? Shocking!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0164121223002820

Real or The Onion headlin... who am I kidding, it's real.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/22/nuclear_lab_hacked/

Don't let scurvy ruin your holiday fun!

#monkeyisland

The great twitter migration. Lots of math in here. I tend to believe things with equations in them.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48200-7

"Inflation has cooled a lot. So why do things still feel so expensive?"

Ah, because rich people are greedy little fucks?

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/16/1219574403/economy-inflation-prices-wages-disinflation-deflation-interest-rates

I'm very happy with the maps my Wave Function Collapse generates, but... they just aren't that interesting to explore, they all feel the same despite being very different. But random dungeons are fun and interesting! My guess is the world maps are organic and the dungeons are meant to be artificial so they make more sense to our brains. Uncanny valley for maps. I need to do some rethinking.

@vampiress Post apocalypse you can use those cards as currency.

My question about your favorite quests in a RPG-ish game wasn't rhetorical or meant sarcastically. I am genuinely interested in what you think makes an interesting quest with examples.

#rpg

It might not be as much fun as fighting for a 47 inch flat screen TV at Target, but it's still fun.

#ReturnToMonkeyIsland

It’s Itch.io Creators Day, where they aren’t taking a cut from sales. Support your favorite indie dev. I just bought some pixel art asset packs.

https://itch.io/

With all that is happening in the world, it's important that all the press focuses on Black Friday sales, because there isn't a world crisis we can't shop our way out of.

More current status:

@ja2ke @glassbottommeg I had this explained to me by a real lawyer. You can use real brands in your game, book, movie, you just can't disparage them. You can't redraw their logos and that is a problem for non-text based stuff. Movies can film a McDonalds sign that is on the street. Animated films can't redraw it.

@glassbottommeg @ja2ke As explained to me, that would not fly because you're not using it in a way the IP holder would, like a street sign. I'm not a lawyer, it was just what was explained to me.

My insomnia kicked in last night. I've been awake for over 24 hours. I feel OK, but I know in a few hours I will crash, fall asleep and screw up my schedule for tonight. I'll keep you posted.

Real or The Onion headline: "'Couldn't See Anymore:' Bored Ape Conference Attendees Wake Up With Searing Eye Pain, Vision Loss"

There will be no treats while I, Murray, am here! Only tricks! Oh, wait, Return to Monkey Island is quite a treat, isn't it? Well I forbid you to order it! Bwahahahaha!

If you break a barrel around someone's house or in their shop they get mad at you and won't give you quests or do business with you for a bit. That always bothered me in Zelda.

Posted without comment.

Flambe is going to be upset if we don't patch Return to Monkey Island.

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206450553/worlds-hottest-pepper-guinness-record-pepper-x