#develop

[dk-thrive]

People are rivers, always ready to move from one state of being into another. It is not fair, to treat people as if they are finished beings. Everyone is always becoming and unbecoming. 

— Kathleen Winter, Annabel.  (House of Anansi Press, 2010) (via Alive on All Channels)

[laughingliliums]

SFMWeek 2024 Day 3 - Develop

My sweet dummy made so much progress, he made one whole friend!! Feel like Nat would say friend is a strong word haha. Either way I'm so proud of him.

[momentsbeforemass]

“I could never…”

One semester I filled in as an academic advisor at a junior college. To help cover a friend’s maternity leave.

I really enjoyed helping students figure out where their strengths lay, what they wanted to do. Helping them sort out what programs and courses would best build on their talents and position them for the future they wanted.

One of the questions I had been told to ask students was about their heroes/role-models. To find out who inspired them. And how.

There was an odd dynamic that I saw in a lot of students when they answered that question.

They would tell me about someone famous they looked up to, who inspired them. With a genuine enthusiasm for doing something with their talents. Inspired by that person.

Then almost immediately follow it with “but I could never…”

Like they were embarrassed. Embarrassed to be excited. Embarrassed because they wanted to do something with their talents.

They were looking at the achievements that had inspired them. People at the peak of their performance. Then talking themselves out of doing anything at all. For fear that they might not measure up to that inspiring ideal.

There’s nothing wrong with being inspired by someone’s use of the talent that God has given them.

But there’s a lot wrong with comparing yourself and your use of the talent that God has given you to someone else’s use of the talent that God has given them. The consequences of that sort of unhealthy comparison is one of the main points of today’s Gospel.

God gave you your talents so that you could be you. Not so that you could be someone else.

If God had meant for you to be them, God would have given you their talents.

Instead, God has given you everything you need to be who He called you to be.

Which means if there’s a talent you don’t have, then you don’t need it to be who God has called you to be.

It also means that you have an obligation to use the talents that God has given to you (which is the other point of today’s Gospel).

In the words of John Paul II, “talent is a gift from God, whoever discovers it in himself has an obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”

Today’s Readings

[mhamed-elejla1991]

It wasn't an ordinary birth, but a miracle born from the darkness, a cry of life in a city embracing death every hour.

The raids were relentless, the minarets cried instead of the call to prayer, and bread became a wish. Last night, my wife gave birth to triplets. Three new breaths in a world choked by smoke: two boys and one girl. We didn't even have blankets to wrap them in.

I didn't know how I would feed them. No milk, no clean water, no hope. But when I looked at their little faces, I realized that God doesn't give life in vain.

I named them:

Samid – because he came in the midst of collapse and remained.

Ruqayya – because she was more delicate than all this destruction.

Aziz – because his presence was precious despite the hunger and fear.

I am asking for an urgent donation from those with compassionate hearts, from everyone who can help, to provide:

Baby formula

Diapers

Blankets and baby supplies

Baby medical treatment and basic food

Any contribution, no matter how small, means their survival.

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[ennaku-sirri-da]

Credo in te

Day 3 of @smileformeweek 2024 :Develop

[ ID: Traditionally done fanart subsequently colored digitally. It is of the game Smile For Me and involves Randy Hapukurk. It is of my AU Roseverse.

Randy here has black eyeshadow and longer bangs.

Randy stands in the center, one foot in front of the other, almost like a dancers pose- raising his hands above and spreading his fingers. A red quill floats above, spilling down dark ink in rivulets upoun his hands. On his hand is his mark of magic, a pointed rose pink star. He looks determined, mouth set in a firm line and brows furrowed. His black Persian Cat, Lady Macbeth, curls around his leg, curiously looking up at him.

Red text above him in a medieval European style reads "Archivum", with the first A being set in a golden box adorned with flowers. Below the text, flowers curl out all around Randys figure, like those on medieval manuscripts. On the left side, among miscellaneous flowers and berries, the known flowers are Liverwort, golden Saxifrage, purple Deadnettle. On the right side, among miscellaneous flowers and berries, the known flowers are Violets, sunset shades Cowslip, Iris, Wild Rose, Hyacinth and leaves of Lupin.

Background is the white paper. End ID]

//

OK this is one I've gotta explain...Basically in my AU verse magic has been gone/hidden from the world for a long time now. But it has recently resurged so someone needs to do the work of documenting it. Enter Randus!!! Down-on-his-luck and money writer...

He starts documenting magic, the old and new writings, becoming an archivist. His work remains underfunded for a long time, but things slowly develop as he gathers a team...

Even his own magic, so amateur that he called it "bad luck magic" begins to flourish. He still keeps the "bad luck" cat he'd found as a stray though, he named her Lady Macbeth.

/

Also him looking emo makes me LAUGH SO MUCH

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next.

Carl Jung

[dreowen]

[capybara-is-watching]

ソース管理を用いるか、少なくとも定期的にバックアップをとる

自分のゲームは退屈すぎるし、浅すぎる（と思われるリスクを常に考慮する）

企画提案の際には予算も含めておくべき

その予算は、極端な事例ではない現実的な比較対象を用いて正当化できるようにしておく

友人に笑われそうなくだらないアイデアこそ、往々にして素晴らしいコンセプトとなる

嫌いなゲームへの批判は、「改善版」を作ってみせることでおこなうこと

コアとなるゲームメカニクスを変える際には、たいていの場合新たにゲームデザインから作り直しが必要になる

悪い設計書ができるのは、たいていの場合は書き方が悪いからだ

各開発サイクル（iteration）のなかで、まずは必要最小限のプロトタイプを作る

たとえゲーム中に寄り道したいプレイヤーであっても、目的そのものは必要としている

枯渇あるいは飽和したジャンルなどない

競争の激しいジャンルのゲームは、本当に飛び抜けた特徴が求められる

ゲームの歴史を学べ

ゲームの歴史なんて忘れろ！毎年常識を覆すような新作が���まれているんだから

偉大なゲームは、素晴らしいコード開発者とひどいコード開発者の両方によって作られてきた

ゲームデザインを固めてしまいたいと思うかもしれないが、混沌も受け入れよう

その混沌とした状態から、可読性、パフォーマンス、拡張性、モジュール化、移植性などについて考えていこう

自動生成とはコスト削減の方法ではなく、ゲームのスタイルに関する選択だ

たいていの場合、UX（ユーザー体験）よりもゲームの奥深さが重要となる

たとえやめるつもりがなくとも、いつでもやめられる準備をしておく

あなたのDLCについての考えは、データの裏付けに欠けてはいないだろうか

IPを使わず、ライセンスもせず、会社を売却もしないのなら、IPを保有する意味はない

PRは常に重要だが、多くの開発者はPRの本質を理解していない

開発中の些細な話でも、ファンは聞きたがっている

賞をとったときは感謝を、とれなかったときは謙虚に振る舞う（あるいは黙っておこう）

ゲームを発表するなら、Steamストアページも同時に公開しよう

Steamのタグは正確につけよう

発表用トレイラーは、狙ったユーザーの心を撃ち抜く出来にすべし

可能性にワクワクし、惹きつけられ、インスパイアされる気持ちを大切に��よう

ゲームに関する発表は、ユーザーをその作品のコミュニティへ誘う招待状でもある

「互いにリスペクトすること」をコミュニティのルールとし、厳格に守らせる

素晴らしいコミュニティメンバーは称えてあげる

月に最低1回は新しい情報を発信する

「言ったことをちゃんと実現する」ことで、コミュニティの信頼は築かれる

ゲーム業界に詳しい会計士を見つけよう

給与、配当、年金の仕組みをきちんと理解しよう

何でも任せられる信頼できる弁護士を見つけよう

契約書は、たとえ相手を知っていても「知らない相手である」と思ってチェックすること

明確な強みのないパブリッシャーとの連携は、単なる浪費となる

ひどいパブリッシャーに遭遇した経験があっても、すべてのパブリッシャーが悪いとは限らない

「パブリッシャーから資金を得る」ことに望みをかけるのではなく、「利益の出るゲームを作る」ことを目標にするべき

挑戦し続けよう。具体的に、前向きに、そして気楽に

あるベテランゲーム業界人が「ゲーム開発における42の鉄則」を提唱するも、内容に賛否渦巻く。ただし“疑ってもらうこと”に狙いあり - AUTOMATON

Paul氏は鉄則において、同氏が信じてやまない格言や持論などを集めたと説明。ただ読者に対しては、鵜呑みにするのではなく自分にとって何が本当に正しいのかを模索することを後押しする狙いがあると述べている。そして、それぞれの鉄則について、読者が望むように取捨選択あるいは非難してほしいとも伝えていた。

[dk-thrive]

I plant my hands in the garden soil- I will sprout, I know, I know, I know. And in the hollow of my ink-stained palms swallows will make their nest.

— Forugh Farrokhzad, tr. by Sholeh Wolpé, from "Reborn", Sin. (University of Arkansas Press, June 1, 2010)

[author-orchids]

You know when you're imagining scenarios of your characters in your head and the development of one of your characters hits you like a Ford F-150 going 200 mph in a school zone

[lizzi3]

I’m actually so heartbroken that my local mall is closing after it being open for so long I have so many memories here and they’re just going to build an apartment complex for no reason :( I hate developers

[cheetos-lolbruh]

-VERY IMPORTANT-

-If you see this cat-man in my art and memes. This is Shed who is a character without a fandom He is a piece of the Stranger's plot. As said, the Stranger was an ordinary NPC until something happened. Shed decided to play with someone else's project and then threw it away like an annoying toy.

facts: shed is still watching the underwater metro, he has his own company and minions there (they look like his old design) and his deputy. shed as a character will not be in the game, he is not an NPC, he should not be herebut there will only be his mention, since, I repeat, shed should not be in the gamewhat did he do with the stranger? quite a lot of bad things, he used him as a toy and then threw him away. it is logical that the stranger hates shed, and shed does not give a damn.

[happinessisaconstruct]

Feeling weird towards the topic of positive affirmations is self evident that you should probably be doing them 🤭

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Michael Malone - Psychetypes - Pocket Library - 1978

[momentsbeforemass]

“I could never…”

One semester I filled in as an academic advisor at a junior college. To help cover a friend’s maternity leave.

I really enjoyed helping students figure out where their strengths lay, what they wanted to do. Helping them sort out what programs and courses would best build on their talents and position them for the future they wanted.

One of the questions I had been told to ask students was about their heroes/role-models. To find out who inspired them. And how.

There was an odd dynamic that I saw in a lot of students when they answered that question.

They would tell me about someone famous they looked up to, who inspired them. With a genuine enthusiasm for doing something with their talents. Inspired by that person.

Then almost immediately follow it with “but I could never…”

Like they were embarrassed. Embarrassed to be excited. Embarrassed because they wanted to do something with their talents.

They were looking the achievements that had inspired them. People at the peak of their performance. Then talking themselves out of doing anything at all. For fear that they might not measure up to that inspiring ideal.

There’s nothing wrong with being inspired by someone’s use of the talent that God has given them.

But there’s a lot wrong with comparing yourself and your use of the talent that God has given you to someone else’s use of the talent that God has given them. The consequences of that sort of unhealthy comparison is one of the main points of today’s Gospel.

God gave you your talents so that you could be you. Not so that you could be someone else.

If God had meant for you to be them, God would have given you their talents.

Instead, God has given you everything you need to be who He called you to be.

Which means if there’s a talent you don’t have, then you don’t need it to be who God has called you to be.

It also means that you have an obligation to use the talents that God has given to you (which is the other point of today’s Gospel).

In the words of John Paul II, “talent is a gift from God, whoever discovers it in himself has an obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”

Today’s Readings