Demo in this context isn’t a consumer-playable ‘demo’ in the sense that most people understand; it means a playable internal build with specific targets for what must be included. Internal demo milestones are often linked to project funding and approval to move forwards, so there is a tangible risk if they fail to deliver.
Presumably the current state of the game is behind where it needed to be to deliver that demo, so they’re now crunching to finish it on time.
Whenever they add new symbols to Unicode, for a start.
Probably other reasons too, on occasion. For non-Latin languages with thousands of characters, I’d imagine certain unusual combinations occasionally get discovered that need rendering tweaks? Things like that.
Except there won’t be much of a consumer market to come back to, due to the aforementioned economic devastation.
Yep, and the option to filter them is already in settings and has been for some time.
I wouldn’t say it’s suitable for kids - there’s a lot of innuendo and crude visual gags. Mid/late teens probably fine, but it’ll depend on your tolerance.
Bad news: I got cream cheese everywhere
Good news: this smoked salmon has never been cleaner
Are you eating bagels in the shower?
ShaderGlass should allow you to run with a CRT shader without interfering with anticheat. (It doesn’t inject anything, just acts as a screen overlay.)
Have always had artificial. My parents still use the same tree they used when I was a kid. When my wife and I bought our own place we invested in a good quality artificial and I expect it to last just as long.
Real trees are a nice idea but I’ve seen far too many horror stories about them causing fires, and even if they don’t go up in flames they still drop needles and insects everywhere. Why take the risk?
JP Allard says his company uses AI to create adverts with authenticity, heart and emotion
hahahahahaha
In that case, I believe your options are as follows:
Are you seriously suggesting they deliberately got their game banned from Steam?
No developer is out there voluntarily withdrawing from the biggest games market just for the sake of ‘clout’.
It’s not a conspiracy, Valve just made a decision and other storefronts reacted.
Took me a second but I see it now - very cartoony. I like it!
Off topic, but I’ve not seen that emoticon before (unusually left-facing too!) and it’s adorable.
Financial success is a poor measure for the worth of artists of any stripe. If anything, it has an inverse relationship.
Too young. RG won’t be the same without him.
people want a keyboard on a phone not more folds
I don’t give a shit what most people want
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Sales figures and market trends suggest most people do not, in fact, want a keyboard.
You might want a keyboard on your phone. Lots of people here might want a keyboard on their phone. People on Lemmy are not most people.
Wow, haven’t seen anyone use ‘phablet’ for years!
I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad take, but it’s worth pointing out that lots of games miss internal deadlines and waste time ‘spinning their wheels’ but still turn out good or even great. The difference is that you don’t usually hear about it, whereas here some of the team are obviously pissed enough about the crunch that they went to the press.
Crunch is always bad and is an indication of poor project management and/or unrealistic expectations, but issues with scope or major reworks aren’t always a death knell either. I’ve seen plenty of games go through that and come out the other side better than before.