Quoting: Pengling

Quoting: Linux_RocksHmm: http://www.gamesradar.com/game-developers-arent-really-buying-the-similarities-between-palworld-and-pokemon-to-accidentally-create-a-complex-model-mesh-with-so-near-exact-proportions-is-practically-impossible/ lol

The person making those claims has since been found out to have been tweaking the Pokemon and Palworld models to try to pretend they fit, though.

There appears to be some misinformation doing the rounds about this. "Tweaking" in the sense of…scaling models uniformly up and down, according to their own statement on the matter. But uniform scaling means nothing, since the proportions of the models are scale-invariant, and those are the basis for comparison.

Frankly, I'm surprised no one else has tried to replicate this yet to either confirm or deny the findings; with seven million Palworld players there has to be at least one more out there with access to Pokémon models for comparison.

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I think I ran the beta some years ago (maybe for the big redesign?). I forget why I switched back to stable. Just not as fussed about updates now, I guess.

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Let's see, at the current exchange rate £400 = €468, so €203,000/€468 ≈ 433.8 Sovereigns. Sounds like a good bag or two to me!

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I played the demo maybe a year or two ago. Definitely quite impressive, in the style of Dwarf Fortress or RimWorld (which is unfortunately taking up all my time right now). Worth checking out if you like that type of game, and this sounds like a nice update.

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I don't generally end up playing them, but I just love games like this that take some familiar classic and put a twist on it, and I'm glad they exist.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusOut of curiosity, would they actually show up? And not just appear as part of "Windows 11"?

Yes. They all have APUs. "AMD Custom GPU 0405," the APU used in the Deck (although, according to a Discord comment, potentially not the Deck OLED) is used by 0.78% of hardware survey respondents; I've not seen any of the chips used by any of the other handhelds in the list. 0.15% is the share that gets you out of the Other bucket.

Interesting, thanks! I hadn't thought of that.

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"Claw"? Is that what your hands will feel like after using one for an extended period of time? Who comes up with these names?

Quoting: CatKillerNone of these other devices have enough users to show up in the Steam Hardware Survey, but the Deck does.

Out of curiosity, would they actually show up? And not just appear as part of "Windows 11"?

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QuoteI used to think it was an issue, because there's an increasing number of (for lack of a better word) — junk. However, the low barrier to entry, and lack of direct curation by Valve, allows some truly unique stuff to appear and at times do really well.

I don't remember the name of the book right now, but I read one a few years ago that touched on something like this. Basically, if you want to make great things, make lots of things. They will come out on a spectrum of bad-to-goodness depending on your skill and a bit of luck, but the important point is not to get caught up in either the failures or the major successes, just keep producing more of whatever it is you're making. That doesn't mean "churn out shovelware" – this is advice for people sincerely trying their best to make things of quality (whatever they may be) – just don't let yourself become perfectionist and take too long on any one thing. The more you make, the more experience you accrue, and the more natural 20s you'll roll (statistically speaking).

Now, I'm aware the analogy is not perfect, as the book was discussing individual creators, rather than an aggregate of game development studios, but I think there's a nugget of wisdom to be found. Yes, the ratio of junk-to-gems is quite high. But it's hard to say how many of today's hits, or even just modestly successful games that each of us has enjoyed, would have been published on Steam (or at all) under a more restrictive model. I think it comes down to a discoverability question: are people finding the games they'd like and enjoy? I have no strong opinions on how well Steam does this – it could probably be better – but isn't the perpetual cry of the PC gamer that our backlogs are too big, and ever-growing? As long as I've got more games than time to play them, who cares if there are a hundred shoddy asset-flips in the store for each game in my library I genuinely enjoy?

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At first glance I thought that second picture was of a row of eight Ethernet ports, and thought "Well, that's a new direction to go for a handheld." 🤣

Valve did say with the Deck that they were trying to spark a new wave of handheld PCs, and they sure seem to have succeeded!

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I was interested to see that Marvel's Midnight Suns showed up in the Silver section for "most played games this past year on Deck" in the article last week. Apparently it was something of a commercial flop for Firaxis and quickly disappeared from the general gaming conversation, but just this morning I saw an article about how it seems to be having a renaissance on the Deck.

(I downloaded it some months ago when it had a free-to-play weekend since I enjoyed XCOM 1 & 2, but couldn't get it to start, so I haven't bothered since.)

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