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HornedLion posted...

Its giving me Shadow Of The Beast vibes:

https://youtu.be/jTTGxkf8oAM?si=MEgcF_8yV-BWqDOv

That game looks like a 10/10 atmosphere and a 1/10 gameplay.

If only they had been better at making it fun, it would've matched their artist's skill.

Some more screenshots;

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/aaccbe97.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/38acdf92.png
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bb4f9d09.jpg

Right now the sword and shield kind of function like Skyward Sword controls, and I want to take the running mechanics from Kid Icarus. There will be no dodge, but you'll block all attacks. You're going to go on a story driven campaign similar to D&D, and other players will join on your team.

Game progress is going well.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6b6845c9.jpg

And here's a horrendously broken GIF.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/103432201035816559
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It took 20 minutes to compile shaders and then crashed, 10/10.

fettster777 posted...

Never played minecraft because ngl it looks boring af

It is man's natural instinct to dig a hole. Man's other natural instinct is to build things. It covers all bases.

Maybe you're confused because quartz times all circuitry in general and not physical watches. It times every single computer, and if your watch uses it it's basically a small computer with electric motors attached, not a classical physical watch.

It vibrates a lot, and when it's in one position, electricity can go through, and when it's not then electricity can't go through.

adjl posted...

TL;DW: When you apply voltage to a bit of quartz, it deforms slightly. When it un-deforms, it produces voltage. If you use a battery (or other voltage source) to amplify the voltage coming off of it as it deforms, that voltage can be used to cause it to deform again, creating a perpetual (at least as long as the voltage source lasts) oscillation. By cutting the quartz in very specific ways, you can control the frequency of that oscillation, then translate that into mechanical motion or drive a digital display.

So it's like pushing someone on a swing.

It's a crystal. It vibrates like a tiny tuning fork, and then it reads the vibrations the get the Hz.

There was a lot more but it was too complicated. I still don't get how it gets it to vibrate or reads it.

You know they bolted for the excuse

bruplex posted...

In terms of writing and understanding music - try asking questions in ChatGPT. I don't record electronic music, but I appreciate elements of how it is composed. For example, I asked "how to create tension in songs using chord progressions" and I got:

I was about to say, I read the following and it looked very AI generated. Sorry to be blunt, but I don't trust any of that, and even if I did, I don't like using AI.

bruplex posted...

There are two things with music recording - using the software (which can be easy at first, but high quality takes real time) and music composition. For the software, channels like Creative Sauce are helpful https://www.youtube.com/c/CreativeSauce - this guy mostly does Cakewalk, but the ideas can be transported to Abletonstuff like Eq-ing, panning, etc. and more technical stuff like sidechaining, automation. All good to know.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check that out.

bruplex posted...

Was that first link sample your song? That sounded pretty cool! It reminded me of one of the garden areas in Metroid.

I definitely think I'm decent, but I'm trying to be better. It sounds really cool, and don't get me wrong I really like it, but you wouldn't add it to your music playlist, and that's the tier of quality that I want. But also to be fair to myself, I feel like I have something a lot of people don't have, even after they master the "professional knowledge", in that I can't finish a song unless it feels and sounds special and makes me feel a certain way. I hear a lot of music where it just "happens" and "sounds professional". But I feel nothing when I listen to it. I want both sides of the coin.

Not to plug my favorite music or anything, here's an obscure Japanese artist I've been obsessed with, this is an example of someone who has both sides of the coin, he's extremely focused on conveying an emotion, but has all the professional knowledge to back it up. I could make something like this if I only knew how.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gt7ZkxpGlU

Blue_Thunder posted...

Oh yeah that comes from having strong music theory knowledge and experience.

I'm no expert but videos like these have helped me in achieving a basic understanding:

Learn music theory in half an hour. - ANDREW HUANG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaTLrZGlk0

Functional Tonal Harmony 1 - greg dalessio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzzLj1tbVnA
(He has several videos like this one on his channel)

How to Make Chords from One Note [Advanced Music Theory] - Busy Works Beats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86NF-XMPeE

That's a good list there, thanks. I knew the answer was "youtube videos", but I couldn't sift through to find what I needed.

coyot posted...

Check out Clark. Listen to all of his old stuff.

Who's that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tLZaqsnP1Y

Revelation34 posted...

I was bullied by rich people so yes.

Rich kids are objectively evil.

Blue_Thunder posted...

Yeah, you don't wanna sit there trying to reinvent the wheel when there's a ton of helpful content out there that you can lean on.

I think a good place to start is to look for tutorials and music based on the genre you are looking to make music in. The tutorials will help you learn techniques commonly used within the genre. Actively listen to music in that genre and take note of the kinds of sounds, rhythm and other techniques used. These will give you ideas for your own tracks.

Hmmm.... ok, I'll keep looking. But yeah there's something basic I'm missing that I have to find.

Yeah, see, this is what I'm talking about. At this timestamp ( 7:37 ), this guy just jots out something that sounds amazing without thinking about it. I absolutely cannot do that and struggle to get something coherent.

I won't get what I want out of this video.

https://youtu.be/c3y79pc90lg?si=dvTBqSSkPKeqCeWZ&t=457

VScode (my text editor) can have multiple cursors to type the same thing on multiple lines and it's very convenient.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Practice.

15 years would have done it by now, I'm like a level 99 character that just put the wrong stat points in and need to redo it according to the meta.

I think I'm pretty good by your average person's standards, anyway. Just not good enough.

Their families, it would spread more misery if they died after being born already.

SrRd_RacinG posted...

Never the processed singles wrapped in plastic ...omg I pray nobody votes for those.

That processed cheese is generally the same thing as the "premium" cheese aside from things like using powdered milk.

On that note, American cheese is a freak cheese unlike any other, it's a mix of several cheeses diluted by milk, not to say it's bad or anything. If you only use American, try colby jack, mozzerella, or gouda on your next sandwich for a comparable taste.

I work in a deli but am in no way seriously educated on the subject, so I may have the "off my fucking rocker overconfident" nurse effect.

SilentSeph posted...

Between swiss and cheddar

Cheddar is alright, swiss is kind of filler cheese that has no real flavor, 6/10 stringy when melted, and maybe you don't want any additional taste.

Salrite posted...

Pepper Jack and Provolone are the only cheeses I ever get on my sandwiches.

Pepperjack is alright if you buy the high quality brand. If you can't taste the jalepeno peppers then throw it out.

Provolone is stinky ass crack satan cheese.

pedro45 posted...

As a cheese lover, this poll hurts. I wish you to try many more cheeses TC.
WTF is Hispanic cheese? Do you mean like a Mexican blend?
Anyways, had to vote other. Broadly, i love goat cheese. It's hard to go wrong with goat, it's so smooth and really makes a great cheese. Like, goat cheddar melts like a smooth, fine chocolate in your mouth, it's crazy.
More specific favorite cheese, I'd have to say (smoky) fontina or possibly gouda. Then there's goat gouda...
Gosh i love cheese.

You know more than I do tbh. The rabbit hole goes deep. Cheese is like a science.

KingInBlack posted...

There's ways to reduce the effects, and it's called GET VACCINATED.

Hmmm... sounds like you're telling me what to do...

I've reached the hard cap in terms of winging it. My stuff doesn't sound professional enough. For an upcoming project, I want to take it more seriously.

https://soundcloud.com/jamie-yello/little-guys-3

I now accept that I am simply not that spectacular. If I was, I'd be more popular, or at least get more of a reaction when I show people.

In terms of education, I've tried... nothing. I just opened ableton live and figured out how it worked. I think that's my main problem.

I know some very very basic music theory. I looked up one tutorial years ago and it taught me how to "drop the bass" after the shittiest most awful horrendous generic techno music I've ever heard and it turned me off from them.

Google says no, not really. Just coping with it.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/viral-gastroenteritis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20378852

Yeah I'm obviously fucking dead.

Good things are good and bad things are bad.

MICHALECOLE posted...

I dont like this topic. Shes just a normal girl trying to find love and youre making fun of her for no reason. I regret saying crazy eyes.

Too late I've already taken her.

...But it is not a very good picture.

I'm learning how to do orchestra composition as well. I've made decent 6/10 music without any training, but I won't settle for anything less than perfect this time, so I'll rewrite until it's perfect.

I spend every waking hour I have programming in Godot. I want to write shaders that can replicate what I just drew, but with animated 3d assets. I know I'm crazy obsessive, so I might as well lose my mind and obsess over it.

coyot posted...

Did you ever try old school non-screen usb tablets?

That's what I'm using, I can't afford anything else. It works.

It's a story about curses and deals with the devil, with multiplayer and medieval combat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcNY76-pzok

It's actually fucking incredible how fast he's destroying the country.

This is a test drawing for a tablet I bought to help me make my game.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0fc15651.jpg

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Cute

ProfessorTurtzo posted...

I like red, blue, green, purple, pink and turquoise.

Hm... Ok.

Yes, up until age 4/5 I was definitely a psychopath without any understanding of morality. I still don't care because I was just a dumb kid, but I teased, stole from, laughed at, and in general tormented the other kids (and sometimes animals) for fun. To this day I still think it's kind of funny that a little shit like me could be so evil, so I guess I don't feel bad about it.

In elementary I always hung out with the nerdy kids and the cool kids. I didn't care. One day all the cool kids exiled me, and I vocally blamed my nerdy friends, leaving me with no friends. I felt guilt but didn't fix anything. The nerdy kids were more of an obligation at that point and I shared no interests.

First main thing I really regretted was being mean to kids I thought were picking on me, with me mostly being paranoid. I even punched a kid for making dumb jokes. That's something I think back on very traumatically, that I just made up a whole paranoid scenario all in my head and punched some poor kid in the head.

All in all I'm kind of one big red flag.

No, I haven't gone psycho on anyone yet, but I definitely wouldn't act all high and noble all the sudden with arms wide open.

Right, you were a jerk, so feel bad about it, I'm not Jesus.

teddy241 posted...

My favorite gym person is the middle aged man fresh off a divorce and is immediately trying to get a revenge body. They're usually overweight and have no idea how to work their muscles (cos they have none) so they're just going 100mph trying to push as much weight as possible trying to get a heart attack in the process.

Best gym advice I ever got was from Chris BeastMode Jones. "NO swinging, NO jerkin', just let the muscles do all the workin" that and he explains how you have to make love with the weights.

I have definitely seen those guys. Around this time of the year, new years, (I picked a really good time for a hiatus) there are so many people with no idea what to do.

Usually around the year the bench machines are packed with a line, but rn the new guys don't know what they're doing, so they just choose whatever machine is free. So the place is more packed than I've ever seen it and I can just walk up to the bench machine. Same with the dumbbells, dumbbells are scary and new guys don't want to use them.

I want to tell them "slower and heavier", but I just mind my own business. If you're throwing them around at 100 mph you need to get some heavier weights.

Salrite posted...

I never work out. Ever. So when I do any sort of physical activity, I end up feeling it the next day.

Whenever I see my sister's kids, I play with them the entire time, and it takes about a day for me to feel how much I've actually exerted myself. I'm like, "Why the hell are my legs so sore and feel like jelly, I didn't even do anything?"

Think of the pain as your body building itself back stronger

BADoglick posted...

Leg day is actually my favorite day. I feel like there's the most variety of stuff you can do, and I feel the most satisfied after. It's my next work out. I plan on doing some dumbbell stuff this time, Bulgarian split squats, one leg dead lifts, multiple lunge variations, one leg calf raises, that sorta thing.

Ohhh lunges. So painful. Everything on leg day is painful. It feels great afterwards. I never fail to get a good workout in on leg day, I see the biggest jumps in growth there, so I guess in a way it's the easiest.

Bench pressing is where I got stuck for a while because I didn't realize that I could push harder. But legs, I feel like I could just go as heavy as possible until I hurt myself.

Some 25 year old was complaining about her knees at work, and I responded by hopping around on 1 foot. She should never call me old again.

joemodda posted...

^Yikes, you'll run into assholes at the gym every now and then but the majority of people there will be minding their own business

I guess I was hovering and spacing out or something, but I was just waiting for a machine to free up. Don't worry, I thought of a great comeback on my way home in my car.

It's for the best that I can't argue on the spot with strangers because then you're just "that guy" in public. Being angry lowers your IQ by 50 points and makes you look dumb in front of everyone.

Today I got yelled at by some roided up guy at the gym because apparently I was staring at him too long. Idk, I could only hear every other word he said because my headphones were in.

I've never been physically intimidated by someone before, but that guy would have destroyed me. What a jerk.

If I see him again I'll just tell him that he freaked me out and he shouldn't yell at strangers like that. It's not right, he's so much bigger than everyone.

It's on its way I think.

captpackrat posted...

I'm in my 50s and still have plenty of hair. Way more than my grandfather had when he was my age.

I thought you got your balding genes from your father? Unless that's your mother's father.

There's seriously not a single hair in the shower drain after 3 days. I was kind of turned off to these products because of ads that lie all the time.

I wonder if I can make my beard thicker...

*Spirals into a hole of body dismorphia*

ReturnOfFa posted...

just go bald lol. my cousin went bald at 15, boo hoo 30

No thanks. And I bet your cousin would rather have hair.

Anyway I thought it'd be good to let people know that you have options to not go bald and I recommend you take them before it happens tbh. I used to think "real men go bald", but fuck that.

Dikitain posted...

I never looked at losing my hair as something to freak out about. It is just how men age. If anything, be glad that your haircuts can basically be done with a set of trimmers or razor rather then spending a ton of money at the barber or stylist. Anyone I have ever seen in their 50's with a full head of hair just looks weird.

Well I'm only 30. I'll accept my baldness when I'm crusty anyway.

Most of my friends are disembodied discord voices.

You can always break the ice by asking "how are you". Some people are looking for an excuse to trauma dump and quiet people are the best listeners. When you get to be very extraverted it loops back around to being annoying because you only want to talk about things that concern you.

Also walgreens "hair nail and skin vitamin gummies". 2 days later, my hair line is literally growing forward with tiny baby hairs. I was not expecting that. I was just expecting my hair to grow in a little thicker and last a little longer before falling out.

The downside is that I feel like my hair is covered in slimy crap during the day. I wish I could just use the shampoo and nothing else.

I just got the "progressed thinning" version because idk why would I get the weaker one?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078YGKR6S

Come to think of it, my head also stopped itching... I thought it was dandruff, it was my hair dying probably.

Also, if any of you guys are missing out on it, doing hip adductions/hip abductions will vastly improve your mobility. Seriously, you will feel 15 years younger. I felt like my knees were giving out and now I can hop around on one leg. If there's ever a workout I'd recommend literally just to improve your daily life, that would be it.

Please don't neglect your "girl" workouts.

I started working out because I watched Berserk and thought Guts was cool as hell. Also I got rejected.

I quit smoking and drinking one month in.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6421cc81.jpg

Here's a timeline of my progress. It's been 7 months of almost daily training (last 3 weeks skipped)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/QcLubhqqJSXpdM7S6

It's almost disappointingly slow, but you can at the very least see a pretty big gap between the first and the last image. Also the amount of weight I can lift has tripled/quadrupled since the start, if it's not apparent I'm definitely moving those numbers up every week.