JackbyDev

@JackbyDev@programming.dev

Any pronouns. 33.

Professional developer and amateur gardener located near Atlanta, GA in the USA.

I’m using a new phone keyboard, please forgive typos.

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JackbyDev,

People got wise to it lol. People were posting flowcharts about not buying games until they were on flash deals if you want them. Also some years I think they did something that led people to believe only having specific games on your wishlist was advantageous which led to people removing everything from their wishlist except for stuff that was more expensive. That disproportionately hurt indie devs.

All in all I think I’m glad it’s gone. Plus the games (like that racing thing) never made sense to me.

JackbyDev,

Do you have evidence to support that the flash deal prices aren’t the prices that are there for the entire length of the sale now?

JackbyDev,

Just because something is legally correct doesn’t mean it is ethical. Just because something is illegal doesn’t mean it is immoral.

JackbyDev, (edited )

He used to work at Blizzard.

He caught flak for something that happened while streaming hardcore WoW. People accused him of not using frost magic to help others escape a botched raid. A lot of people made jokes “what you fail to understand is that Thor didn’t need to cast Blizzard because he worked there for 8 years.”

JackbyDev,

Surely making a local only implementation for tracking Steam achievements is about as hard as cracking some DRM?

JackbyDev,

When will Gawr Gura address these allegations?

JackbyDev,

The sarcasm was clear, btw, to me at least. You meant indie as in small. “Small games like, oh, I don’t know, Team Fortress 2!”

JackbyDev,

I don’t know about this game (nor do I really care to), but if it’s a single player game you could already do that with cheat enginess even if progression isn’t tied to achievements.

JackbyDev,

To add, the first time I heard about it was through the video game stuff. So if anything, I think we should view them going after game devs as a form of spreading awareness. When it hits headlines it makes it clear just how important it is to not use it in other contexts.

JackbyDev,

I have been losing interest in Blue Prince. (This is spoiler free.) Many of the late game puzzles are beginning to feel grindy. I need to get specific rooms but it’s random chance if I do, and then when I get them it’s not guaranteed I’ll even know how to solve what’s going on. It’s been very enjoyable up until now but it’s lost some appeal in the end.

I have been playing a little Animal Crossing because my spouse got back into it. I have been playing a little Luigi’s Mansion 3 and Mario + Rabbids because I’ve been using my switch more.

JackbyDev,

There was one puzzle I looked up the answer to and I was furious.

Office safe spoilerYou’re supposed to count the counts but there are four fucking statues?? Not three?? So why the fuck is the code 0303 and not 0304??

JackbyDev,

ResponseAhhhhhhh, okay. I retract my comment then, but that’s still stupid to me. I was missing a few letters and thought it said something like “GAINS”. I guess I got a few wrong on that row.

JackbyDev,

If they make it $1 a month and it doesn’t charge you for .months you don’t download anything I’d be fine.

JackbyDev,

They have bills to pay even if I’m not a customer.

JackbyDev,

I wonder if a fan mod of DK64 where the bananas aren’t colored would fix many of the problems. I feel like that one small change might fix a lot of complaints. I haven’t played it though.

JackbyDev,

If I ever do a DK64 playthrough I’ll check this out.

JackbyDev,

Refusing to acknowledge that queer people exist is “political” and queer people engaging in escapism deserve to feel seem and included.

JackbyDev,

BotW and TotK were both really good. Don’t mistake this as me saying “Nintendo is good actually”, more like a broken clock is right twice a day sort of statement.

JackbyDev,

Competition is good. If the Switch didn’t exist then I don’t think we would’ve gotten the Steam Deck.

JackbyDev,

You’re contradicting yourself. If you believe the Steam Deck exists purely independently from the Switch and that we would’ve had the Steam Deck before the Switch if the Switch never existed, but we didn’t, it came after.

And no, I don’t think it invented some sort of magic technology, obviously I don’t think that. I’m saying the Steam Deck was good competition for the Switch in the portable/docked market (whatever we wanna call those).

JackbyDev,

TotK didn’t have real dungeons? Huh? I disagree with that criticism for BotW, but I can at least understand why people say it.

But I’m not gonna get into this. I like them. They’re very popular. A certain vocal subset of the Zelda fandom hate them. A certain vocal subset of the Zelda fandom has hated a lot of more opinionated Zelda games on release only to view them more favorably later. People loathed Wind Waker on release, but now tons of people love it. I think these games will be viewed more favorably by fans long term. Yes, they’re different from the others, but not all of them need to follow the same formula. Variety is the spice of life.

For example, I really enjoyed Link’s Awakening HD.

JackbyDev,

There’s not a reason to fight most enemies in most video games to be honest. TotK mostly fixed the weapon breaking mechanic in my eyes. They’re much more durable now and last longer when fused (there is generally no reason to not do fusion). The only thing that’s more fun in BotW than TotK is riding a horse through Hyrule field while dodging tons of guardian lasers.

JackbyDev,

You only think a game is fun if you’re willing to 100% it?

JackbyDev,

I don’t get this line of thinking… If you’re using arguments like “you can run past them but it’s safer to kill them so they stop attacking” how does that not apply to BotW/TotK? Obviously some eneny camps you ignore because they’re irrelevant, it is an open world game after all, all open world games are like that (many learned the hard way why you should ignore giants in Skyrim lol). But in areas where you’re trying to accomplish something, you “need” to kill them because they’re attacking. That’s still true.

You can’t say “I dislike the game because it doesn’t give me a reason to kill enemies” while saying “in Doom you don’t need to kill enemies but it’s easier if you do” when BotW/TotK are both easier if you kill enemies. And I know you’re not the one who said it, but you’re changing the context of the conversation.

JackbyDev,

You’re saying if we didn’t have the Switch we would’ve had the Steam Deck earlier but you’re also saying the Steam Deck is something totally independent of the Switch. But if it was totally independent, why do you think it would’ve come earlier if the Switch didn’t exist? That’s why I’m saying you’re contradicting yourself.

JackbyDev,

You did not say might you said it would.

JackbyDev,

What are you arguing with? I don’t see your comment as contradictory to theirs at all.

JackbyDev,

Remind me and I’ll look into it. I have BL2 but never ever played it back in the day.

JackbyDev,

You would’ve been 16 years old on launch if you’re 39 now though.

JackbyDev,

BLUE PRINCE! IT IS SO GOOD!

It’s a puzzle game like Myst, and a puzzle game like a board game sort of. So it has short term and long term puzzles. It’s so good! I’m obsessed.

JackbyDev,

I did play Obra Dinn! I loved it.

JackbyDev, (edited )

Feels odd to include Pyre over Hades.

JackbyDev,

The CTR reboot on Switch is possibly the worst game I have played in Switch. The loading screens are, no joke, like 40 seconds long. Every race you have to wait 40 seconds to play. The faces themselves are (depending on the track) 2.5 minutes or so.

One small positive is that it has the option to use the original music instead of remastered music. The Crash trilogy reboot is great, but that’s one thing I really really wish it had. The new music isn’t bad but it just doesn’t hit the same way.

JackbyDev,

The Misadventures of Tron Bonne!

JackbyDev,

Crash 1 can fuck off. It’s hard and boring. It’s just these segments of very long very precise jumping. It’s hard to really put into words that make sense if you haven’t played it, but I’ll try for other readers. It’s like you don’t jump very high, which isn’t really a problem, but it just feels like it should be higher. Plus, it feels like the hitboxes for obstacles are really huge.

JackbyDev,

Mario + Rabbids is fun though.

New Game Concept: JuryNow – Get a Verdict from 12 Real People in 3 Minutes (www.jurynow.app) angielski

**JuryNow **is a new browser-based game where you ask a yes/no (or Option 1/2) question and get a verdict from 12 strangers around the world in 3 minutes. While you wait, you do 3 minutes of JuryDuty answering other people’s questions. There are comments or discussions, just clean, human decisions....

JackbyDev,

This was what I understood stamets to mean as well. I thought it was pretty obvious. I had the same thought opening it. Still cool though.

JackbyDev,

Getting that good is going to take longer than two hours for a total beginner.

JackbyDev,

Not to sound like a Steam simp, but they put a lot of faith in Steam Guard. Gabe Newell shared his password. This is old information and he may have changed it, also I don’t know if there were problems. escapistmagazine.com/gabe-newell-gives-away-perso…

It’s not a good comparison, but it is funny to talk about. The founder of LifeLock trusted his product so much that he put his SSN on billboards and television ads. His identity was stolen 13 times. www.wired.com/2010/05/lifelock-identity-theft/

JackbyDev,

How’d you mod it after you bricked it?

JackbyDev,

Ah okay, thanks. I’m too scared to mess with most hardware so not always up to date on the terminology. My tinkering is exclusively desktop/laptop stuff.

Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit (www.videogameschronicle.com) angielski

With the implementation of Patch v0.5.5 this week, we must make yet another compromise. From this patch onward, gliding will be performed using a glider rather than with Pals. Pals in the player’s team will still provide passive buffs to gliding, but players will now need to have a glider in their inventory in order to glide....

JackbyDev,

Look, if the problem is the similar designs then sue for that!

JackbyDev,

Their video content is pretty good.

JackbyDev,

How the fuck do you recommend DDLC when OP says non-violent?

OP, DDLC is a fun game, but there’s a reason it’s tagged psychological horror. It’s not just a meme. I won’t elaborate in case folks wanna try it out. I do suppose it is a “girly” horror though.

JackbyDev,

It’s so crazy to me that ads pay less and subscriptions cost more.

Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version (www.gamesradar.com) angielski

Full title: Ubisoft says you “cannot complain” it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren’t “deceived” by the lack of an offline version “to access a decade-old, discontinued video game”...

JackbyDev,

without controversy

Anno 1800 was an Epic exclusive (and Ubisoft’s Uplay) for a year on release. It was available for pre order on Steam. I believe people that bought it on Steam prior to the one year exclusivity deal still got it. It was a whole thing though. Definitely would call it a controversy.

JackbyDev,

They didn’t get rid of it, they’re allowing you to upgrade to 11 and calling it unsupported. Just like 10 is unsupported.

JackbyDev,

Yes, the “not supported” thing is just their terminology. They could decide to stop pushing them at any time. Though technically they could pull the plug on anything whenever, but they’re explicitly saying “we might stop supporting these unsupported Windows 11 installations at any time.”

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