inlandempire @ inlandempire @jlai.lu

*Hunches and gut feelings. Dreams in waking life.*

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Piefed looks interesting!

It's not you, I'm probably on the opposite spectrum, being overly pessimistic. I'm not criticising this acquisition in particular and you're right, we can't know how this will go ; it's more of a jab at the industry as a whole : a lot of new releases are advertised as being made by ex devs of whatever studio was once praised, and turn out to be ersatz of the original material (Back 4 Blood, Stormgate, Kerbal Space Program...). This kind of marketing is super disingenuous!

Can you believe this headline? I have this weird feeling where the video game industry now only presents itself as former of former of... Everyone is referred to as their past roles, there's no present or future anymore, just looking back at what we had and pretending to offer something similar

I'd say french je m'en bat les couilles is technically "I slap my balls with it"

There's a linux version which you can download here https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/downloads

Then it's just a matter of manually adding it as a non steam game in desktop mode, I think

"Download it and you'll see ;)"

Yep, I just responded to BCsven who had the same concern, usually this works for someone starting out, but I definitely upped my prices as I got more experience

One issue with my industry is that it's very easy to get into, so the job market tends to be saturated, but at the same time it's also easy to stand out once you've got the skills

Oh definitely, my advice is usually directed at people starting out, the average freelancer in my country charges around 300 euros per day, nowadays I switched on a per project pricing, which is easier to explain to clients

Xen when you have to jump on those space manta rays to get to the floating island is mega annoying

I'm a graphic designer so technically not an artist, but sometimes people ask how much they should charge for their design services, it's a great question because there are many ways to go about it.

What i usually recommend, though, is local minimum wage per hour worked on the project times 2 ; it's straightforward and usually fair to both the designer and the client, the former just needs to adjust the final price to take into account the cost of operating their business.

I'm saying this because it puts into perspective the cost of (design) art. For example, when I was a student, I drew a really nice shark, it took me about 40 hours. With my maths, it would cost around 500€.

I'm certain my drawing isnt worth half a thousand, no matter how proud I am of it, and how beautiful it could be for a potential buyer. But thinking about art prices in terms of remuneration per time spent sometimes help understanding why a certain piece is expensive.

The problem with this, is that it does not take into account the effort spent on that piece, among other things. In the end, an art piece value remains deeply personal and it reflects on the price a person is willing to pay.

I once charged 2k for a week worth of work on a boring corporate 60 page report/document, that's way overpriced, but that company was in a rush because it was in summer and all their designers were in vacations, so they were willing to pay that much for my urgent help.

Return of the Obra Dinn is similar in that you may even want to have a notebook with you, but the experience is so worth it

I finally decided to go further than the elevator in MGS, so probably that, and hopefully follow up with the whole franchise (i only played mgs5 for about 5 hours).

I also started playing Black Book, interesting deck building game !

There is an impoopster among us

Oh yes, I played it last year, it moved me so much, it felt like what video games have best to offer as an art medium

No worries, I'll keep it in mind, thanks !!

I usually wrap up the presents inside a box, which I wrap up, which I wrap up, which I wrap up...

Basically recursive present wrapping

FOR ROCK AND STONE !

I just started playing Potionomics (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/Potionomics/), and I'm loving it, chill and easy to pick up but with some depth, the animation and art is great

It's a great game, and very healthy when it comes to fomo (it's non existent you can pick previous battle passes and make progress on them, there's many systems for unlocking new stuff...). The only downside of starting "late" is that you have everything to unlock, which may feel overwhelming, while I only had to unlock new cosmetics and gear upgrades as they were introduced over time (been playing since early access).

Also the whole game is designed around coop, anything you do will help your teammates, people are very chill so didn't be afraid to join random lobbies, but if you'd rather play alone you'll have a dedicated flying robot to help you out!

This is me, Destiny 2 has about 1000 more from when it was on Battle.Net. I'm planning to completely stop playing DRG once i hit 100 hours as I've pretty much finished the game (almost max level on all classes and unlocked every cosmetics).