You should get your feet wet with Github, first; then you can browse the relevant good first issues for the backend.

The hero we deserve, and the one we need!

Hi, game developer here.

If you’re just starting out, Unity is a bit more mature and established - and it works fine on Linux. There are also quite a few resources for getting started that apply to the current version out there (E.g. It isn’t rapidly changing too much at the moment for someone just starting out). It also has the best mobile support of any engine out there, so if you want to test your game on a phone that’s your best bet.

Godot is popular among hobbyists, and could be a fun start, but I don’t know of any serious games being made in it yet (having said that, I know quite a few folk who are currently evaluating it, so maybe in a few years).

But, really, my recommendation is to focus on learning a programming language first. Figure out the ins and outs of basic C#, then start learning about an engine that utilizes it.

I’m only saying this because it sounds like you’re looking into how to build games, not just one specific role of the process: if that’s the case, starting with some basic C# tutorials/classes would help a lot.

Once you know the be basics it will be much simpler to work with an established Engine, and jumping from one to another will also have less friction.

Finally, remember that scratch is a good tool to learn about how to program. If you’re feeling like you’ve mastered it, now is a great time to move on to a proper programming language.

Can you post a source for this?

I think it’s because of the colors used, visual theme, mecha nature of the enemies, and character design of the protagonists - too many direct similarities to argue it’s just inspiration.

Please note that I wasn’t passing judgement with my comment, I’m just stating that it will happen with pretty much all Linux distributions.

For example, when upgrading major Debian versions, the same will happen - but you’ll usually get thrown into a full screen TUI with interactive buttons asking you how to proceed. So it isn’t really possible to leave the system in a non-functional state.

Definitely check out a different, stability first distro. However, note that you will then have the problem of software being old when you want a new feature!

New optional dependencies also happen in other distributions, just happens a lot less as they aren’t rolling release distributions.

Learning to parse terminal output for what’s relevant is a good and sometimes necessary skill.

I’ve been using arch for almost a decade, and haven’t had the system break.

I also don’t use aur helpers as I don’t like or trust them - I do tend to read PKGBUILDs before using them.

Still shocked that OP thought a new opt-depends was “lost in pages and pages of changelogs”.

The trending page is separate from subscriptions.

I mean, honestly that translation is correct - it just lands differently in English as the idioms don’t really carry the same level of weight. Grok did just threaten to wipe out his family tree starting at the roots - devastating, to say the least.

I guess profanity filters only apply to English?

First paragraph of the post states:

Administration is currently done by the same team responsible for Lemmy.World, and the same rules that apply to Lemmy.World also apply to PieFed.World.

Sounds like it’ll be worth playing the first, then. I’ll do that! Thanks for the info.

Shouldn’t one play Undertale first? Is it a sequel or a spiritual successor?

Yep.

That’s because most of them are playing F2P video games on their mobile devices.

Not trolling at all. I’m a game developer, so I was curious to hear about instances of game devs using kernel level anticheat to harvest people’s personal (and identifiable) data to sell to data brokers.

Glad to know there aren’t any examples of it outside of people screaming about capitalism - which is, let’s be honest, quite indicative of the Lemmy experience these days.

So by that logic we shouldn’t be downloading any precompiled binaries from the net - they could all be spying on us!

Can you name an instance of a game company doing that?

Good. The fault is absolutely on Epic for not putting in proper confirmation dialogues for spending resources tied to real world currency.

And, as a former f2p/mobile game dev, I don’t buy the argument of “we didn’t know that would happen!”. They absolutely knew, and were trying their luck.

Thing is, they most likely made a lot more in erroneous purchases than what they have to pay in reimbursements (think people accidentally pressing a button, making an erroneous purchase, then choosing to “live with it because the amount was small anyway”)… So, in the long run the deceptive practice probably paid off for them.

Though, I hope this lawsuit dissuades them from trying it again.

Disclaimer: I know nothing about Epic’s finances, so any assumption made above is just that: a baseless assumption, backed only by the fact I’ve had many similar experiences.

I’m with you. I’m curious how it’ll go.