just the ones they’ve interact with up to the time of the ban

I got banned from 10 communities on your instance (with no stated reason/expiration) and I’m pretty sure I haven’t interacted with most of those (EDIT: I’m remembering some now, though those were from months ago). So I’m not sure if I got marked by some bot or just said something some mod disagreed with.

This is not an appeal though as I don’t care beyond a casual mention.

EDIT: Actually it is an instance ban, with everything (no matter what instance/comm) purged.

Your “meat flesh prison” comments are especially pathetic

and you come across as someone incapable of forming real human connections

I’m a shut-in already and it seems odd to me both from a modern perspective and a “wish I was part metal” escapism perspective.

Modern, sure rain/snow/heat suck… but most of the scary stuff in nature is nowhere near the well-trodden areas I will ever exist in, and a mushroom has never bothered* me. Shade trees are nice, a smooth surface for bicycles is nice too but I don’t want to exist within heat islands and our car-centric system is not conducive to my life.

Escapism, what does future technology fear in nature? I expect new forms to be more resilient and thus more comfortable (also probably not appetizing to predators, easy dissuasion tools). Do I want to rely on mechanics/scientists to fix me up and control my brain fluid daily? No way, I want self-regulating systems and robust microbiomes! I probably would just live in a broom closet much of the time, but if I could live outside trading resources with trees or be a bogwalker living off/with algae or as a beekeeper golem roving to different farms or other pollination sources why wouldn’t I at least try it for a while? Or in the ocean/space, even if it just means easier/longer traversal? Especially with worthy purposes (ecology, infrastructure, science), not just money.

* though I could understand hate for those that cause suffering and maiming rather than straight up food, death, or getting over the concept of death. Even more so if it’s a look-alike.

I think so, but that’s also has massive tradeoffs on its own. If I did that, it was probably mostly Robot w/Ser Junkan runs.

I probably would prefer a mod that makes active items only show up in shops (or perhaps chosen selection/loot-table at the start or per-character). Also: have the RR leave junk when taking some items (not ammo).

I do see one mod (Justice) to alter spawning which would probably help a bit (depending on the character, still not perfect early on). Plus I have other games to be bad at, some of them free (and slightly less frustrating).

It’s not guaranteed to get anything of value before you hit the boss. There aren’t many chests, active items are often highly situational and you may be forced to abandon it. This may be expected/intended and I may even be able to beat the boss anyway, but it’s more tedious.

Very likely that keys and blanks (both multi-functional), more chests, or money don’t drop enough. This already means waiting on making some choices until after the floor is mostly cleared (despite this not being the best/easiest option for survival) especially when it comes to the alternate path.

Also @smeg@feddit.uk

I stopped playing it particularly because of the 1st-floor experience with items/loot (and active items in general).

Then again, these sort of problems for me seem to run through games (especially roguelikes) often.

Vector/polygonal, truly implemented for the technical benefits* and likely untextured**. Which will make it more niche than the early 3D stuff that did use vertex colors ( EDIT: such as Spyro (specifically skyboxes, LoD) and Crash Bandicoot (Crash’s animations are cool too)).

3D polygonal+vertex color actually isn’t that difficult to do. I’ve done some, the real issue (aside from making it good) is actually the animation/game around it. I haven’t done much and continue not doing much because personal stuff.

* less data while also rendering at native res without needing extra work (8K or even on a 50ft Billboard? Sure). MIDI (you can use higher-quality soundfonts) or other procedural stuff (sounds/sfxr, textures) are nice too.

** I’m not against not-too-many general-use textures, but I tried this (including a watercolor splatter texture I made) without mapping and wasn’t really happy with the results… plus normal maps won’t work with per-vertex¯ materials. So this probably takes a lot of effort/skill to work as-intended.

¯ not strictly necessary, but I don’t mind the idea aesthetically and a free optimization sounds nice even though low poly+vertex-color is already a low bar (unless per-vertex could help with webGL, mobile, VR, or really old devices etc?)

29 days ago:

What are the steps to reproduce an art style using computer programs and without artificial intelligence?

Emphasis mine.

Someone also commented

Still trying to figure out Hades?

which might be further context. So they might just be looking for inspiration.

Generally, I feel like it depends on how viable it seems to fix. Is this the same issue that people marched about 50+ years ago?

Specific elephant in the room, what possible fix within 2-4 decades is there when the right has most of the keys including a stacked supreme court?

Personally, I can’t really fight or leave. I am nowhere close to anything politically relevant… I have no transportation, income, or ID/passport etc. I am a shut-in with untreated health issues. I’m just letting the days go by.

I looked it up and they seem to still have them in train stations plus in areas where trash/recyclables is expected to be generated (convenience stores, vending machines, parks) so it seems like a bit of a stretch (also the reason for less trash cans being a 1995 sarin gas attack).

Even just the train station bit seems like an unfair comparison for places without any sort of public transportation (where people walked/biked from home). Yeah, I can see people being more likely to hold their trash if passing receptacles is part of their planned route.

or people still don’t want to walk 20 feet to them?

This is the sort of case where I’ll make an effort to pick it up and throw it away. Even better if visibly clean (not in the bushes, not wet) and something somebody may have just forgot.

If there’s no trash can anywhere, I likely won’t unless certain conditions align.