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weak-password-haver · 2 months

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I've been making a game in Godot

It's part of a bigger project that involves a lot of cryptography so if anyone's interested, here:

click the link, you know you wanna

there might be secrets

#game development #web development #cryptography #godot engine

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weak-password-haver · 2 months

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SAG AFTRA news update:

"SAG-AFTRA Members Who Work on Video Games Go on Strike July 25th A.I. Protections Remain the Sticking Point SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, acting under the authority delegated by the SAG-AFTRA National Board, and with the unanimous advice and counsel of the Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee, called a strike of the Interactive Media Agreement, effective July 26 at 12:01 a.m. Today’s vote to strike comes after more than a year and a half of negotiations without a deal. The convenience bargaining group with whom SAG-AFTRA is negotiating includes Activision Productions Inc., Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc., Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc., VoiceWorks Productions Inc., and WB Games Inc. Any game looking to employ SAG-AFTRA talent to perform covered work must sign on to the new Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement, the Interim Interactive Media Agreement or the Interim Interactive Localization Agreement. These agreements offer critical A.I. protections for members. Negotiations began in October 2022 and on Sept. 24, 2023, SAG-AFTRA members approved a video game strike authorization with a 98.32% yes vote. Although agreements have been reached on many issues important to SAG-AFTRA members, the employers refuse to plainly affirm, in clear and enforceable language, that they will protect all performers covered by this contract in their A.I. language. “We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse A.I. to the detriment of our members. Enough is enough. When these companies get serious about offering an agreement our members can live — and work — with, we will be here, ready to negotiate,” stated SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher. “The video game industry generates billions of dollars in profit annually. The driving force behind that success is the creative people who design and create those games. That includes the SAG-AFTRA members who bring memorable and beloved game characters to life, and they deserve and demand the same fundamental protections as performers in film, television, streaming, and music: fair compensation and the right of informed consent for the A.I. use of their faces, voices, and bodies. Frankly, it’s stunning that these video game studios haven’t learned anything from the lessons of last year - that our members can and will stand up and demand fair and equitable treatment with respect to A.I., and the public supports us in that,” said Crabtree-Ireland. “Eighteen months of negotiations have shown us that our employers are not interested in fair, reasonable A.I. protections, but rather flagrant exploitation. We refuse this paradigm – we will not leave any of our members behind, nor will we wait for sufficient protection any longer. We look forward to collaborating with teams on our Interim and Independent contracts, which provide A.I. transparency, consent and compensation to all performers, and to continuing to negotiate in good faith with this bargaining group when they are ready to join us in the world we all deserve." said Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee Chair Sarah Elmaleh. For more information and to search whether a video game is struck, please visit sagaftra.org/videogamestrike."

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weak-password-haver · 2 months

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I have just finished outer wilds... (not echos of the eye yet so no spoilers please)

Very nice ending! Felt smart for figuring things out

spoilers ahead

When I removed the warp core drive from the ash twin project I was curious as to how they would deal with the player's death

cause normally they use the time loop to preserve... whatever the opposite of ludo-narrative dissonance is

but since I unpowered the machine, I wouldn't be able to restart the loop

long story short, I ended up getting the YOU DIED™ and reloaded my save

I thought it was a bit immersion breaking, but I don't think there is any better way to do this...

Interesting dilemma though...

#outer wilds #outer wilds spoilers #ludonarrative dissonance #game design

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weak-password-haver · 2 months

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I just wanna talk about the dark bramble from outer wilds

minor spoiler warning regarding the angler fish

The angler fish are blind and so respond to sound/heat(?) meaning that if you are near one, you cannot use the thrusters on your ship. Your only course of action is letting inertia do the job for you

This was quite simply terrifying!

It kinda reminds me of what a guy said in a video about FNAF ("why FNAF isn't scary anymore" I believe):

It was something about not being in control of the distance between yourself and the danger. In FNAF, you are static and have to check on the animatronics to keep safe. In our case, the ship is careening towards danger and if you do anything to course correct you assure your doom.

ALSO: I haven't finished the game so don't spoil anything please