the lego starwars game I played was just fun, well presented

can't comment beyond that

is it like a normal game but with LEGO chars?

I'm trying to see the point of it being LEGO

And a bit of added comedy via LEGO

Making things that otherwise wouldn't be more directly accessible to children

it's just a well-polished 3rd person action game

And the children's parents wallets through high-priced merchandising deals

many game devs I know like these games

I liked Lego Harry Potter

I might try harry potter

it's just 5 eur on steam right now

And I heard Lego batman was pretty good

There is a simpsons licensed set supposed to be coming. Hopefully they make a Lego simpsons game like the old arcade game.

for that I'd rather play the Arkham * games

I really liked Arkham Asylum

but I just can't see Batman told for kids

Harry Potter is another thing

Less Darker and Edgier more "I AM THE BATMAN"

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I think Harry Potter was the nicest story I've read as a kid

mainly because it manages to build this world that is separate from ours

but linked through a single access point that seems entirely legit

as a kid it's not like "man hogwarts is so awesome wish real world was like that"

it's more like "man hogwarts is so awesome I wonder if I do like in the book will I ever get there"

:D

@JohnMcDonald meta.gamedev.stackexchange.com/a/1575/14

run to a stone wall and try it out, it's fun!

So disappointed that it didn't turn into an awesome MMO.

Seemed like it was ripe for it

I've got both lego hp years 1-4 and years 5-7

@Noctrine Thanks, but want to delete the "Play Now" and "Source" links below the screenshot? Now that the links are at the top, I think I prefer it, :)

hopefully it'll be fun

:) Great, thanks @Noctrine

np

10 eur for both games wasn't bad

it would've been 40 w/o the discount

with the new puter I should be able to play Cities In Motion 2 now.

but time...

too much LoL and hearthstone and EVE to play

That game is so hard.

CIM2?

Yeah :\

yeah my first attempt was pretty abysmal

even in the tutorial

bus had to go all the way across the river and back to get the guy just across the street.

Need better placement controls, was hoping for a modern transport tycoon but man.

Also, the amount of options for real optimization are overwhelming with how the interface is managed.

yeah

I wonder if I will ever play it. :/

man

man the latest naruto chapter is even more awesome than the last

this shit is becoming really awesome

I also have DF but can't make any sense of it

DF is awesome

Get a good icon pack for it, such as the ironhand pack

how do you go about learning it?

I'd recommend lazy newb pack, it has several good utillities

there are some pretty good starter tutorials out there

my impression was the best way to learn to play DF is to get Prison Architect.

the first time or two just requires patience

i just managed to tell my dwarves where to put the garbage and gave up

If you are patient enough, you figure out the weirdness and it ends up being a great game

Hmm not really, prisoners are much better behaved and less violent than dwarfs

@AlexM. Starting to feel like it's really dragging. Like one attack per chapter, this fight is gonna take forever.

dwarves are ass faces, they fall into water and die, and go crazy and kill each other when they cant make their favorite chair

one atak per chapter?

really?

doesn't matter, as long as it's about naruto being awesome

I think sasuke's new thing is a bit gross

I mean it's ugly like hell

madara's things look better

what I meant was, play PA instead of DF, since it's similar but more accessible :)

not trying to spoil

@Almo There all big attacks but everything gets just brushed off :\

@AlexM. Yeah. The way that they did that wasn't at all good. I'm actually surprised he didn't get a character design overhaul instead of just doing that. With all of the love Kishimoto shows his character

yup

I think Gai's stand was a bit lame in the end

it amounted to nothing

Luckily, in true naruto fashion, it had no real consequences anyway :D

wow, putin sex toys

these things EXIST

I think humanity's downfall will be brought by the internet

will?

it has been

Google Camera App now supports Lens Blur : googleresearch.blogspot.com/2014/04/…

hah, neat

Dark Souls 2 is a gorgeous game. Except when it's an ugly game. It's a little weird that way—some environments are absolutely breathtaking, while others stand out with dated, blocky geometry. This gallery mostly reflects the former, capturing some of Dark Souls II's most breathtaking vistas and immaculate art direction. pcgamer.com/2014/04/16/dark-souls-2-4k-screenshots

I think Dark Souls 2 is ugly, universally

Crysis 3 is the only beautiful game for me

look at it

Looks like a world full of pictures of things

Picture of a Rock, Picture of a Leaf

I do like the last one though

my pick for beautiful game is Rez.

but i dig the whole minimalist aesthetic.

u guis dont kno shit

crysis 3 master race

it does look pretty cool :)

is it fun?

or just beautiful?

both

it's beautiful AND has violence

the more violence you put in a game, the more violent it is

and it's FUN to shoot aliens

First they came for the aliens, and I said nothing

hahaha

this is actually a nice video

I already watched it.

Beat you to it!

;D

you're worse than Ali S. who was constantly telling me 9gag posted it earlier

:D

but that's fine

I have this big pack of orange tic tacs

and I'm eating it all at once

fyeah

I could use a tic tac after vomiting profusely.

yo C#: ideone.com/tCv706

fun.

Fun*

:D

My brain no understand.

But okeh.

great video

:D

Hmm

My Mobo came with a gift certficate to smoething called... XSplit

Never heard of it, but I guess it's live broadcasting software

I wonder if I could sell it.

I only use XSplit when OBS doesn't support certain things.

Well, I don't want to solicit, but if you're interested let me know.

Don't even know when my membership is up on mine.

Gift card is $25

I'd probably sell it for $20 or $21

Have fun with that. TriHard

Hmm...

Trying to manage budget here.

Me too. ;o

Wait

Why did that just get removed? What did I even say?

#ER!

@Noctrine Hey, that message up there says it got removed

It was

CAn you tell me what it said?

You said something that was not game development and not "other polite conversation"

What did it say?

You were complaining about your laptop.

...

There's another chat room for that stuff.

What gave a Code Review moderator the right to change the room's discussion etiquette?

Doesn't that at least void a Meta discussion?

I find it annoying that he just changed it without asking anybody.

Rolfl wasn't the cause of that :\

Also, since when did the room start being uptight about this.

Since Incident X

But the meme!

Incident X is referring to when Alex, Gnome, and I were suspended without warning or reason?

It's been a problem for a long time. Lots of warnings. Now it's time for more action.

Where's the new room?

You were suspended for a reason, there was no real warning though.

I was never told why, Noc.

But, I don't think a warning is needed every time if you continue to do the same stuff.

Even after I asked Rolf why, he couldn't give me a good reason.

New room is here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/13872/pubgamedev

@Byte56 I would apologize and pledge to do better if I had received multiple warnings before, but since I've only been disciplined once (for something I did indeed deserve), getting banned out of the bloom was shocking.

You were more likely guilty by association in this case.

It was either for being a primary instigator or contributing factor to the ongoing problem. The time was pretty intense (8 hours) given the circumstances

But yeah, suspensions don't always have to be with direct warning. They are just another tool for controlling issues at a time. Like when I lock the room to cool everything down.

heyo!

Shog and Grace are well within their power / permission to change the discussion etiquette of the room. Because they are Community Managers employed by SE Inc.

@hasherr on for 7:00?

have some music btw, if I may @Noctrine

@Byte56 I should have been told that. I trust most of the moderators in the room that if they suspend me, they've made the right call. You guys aren't idiots, you're very capable and experienced people who know how to handle only nay-doers.

But when a random Code Review mod comes into the room, starts scolding us, and promptly bans me and my friends for what is a rather extensive period of time without giving us a reason why we were suspended (but acknowledging it in chat in front of everybody), I am going to question his judgement.

And that's OK. But, really, in the grand scheme of things, it's not a big deal.

You're not suspended anymore :D

It's really not, but the principle bothers me

Well

I basically look at that as mod abuse

On Principle, that mod, and the other mods in the system, are tasked with preventing problems from escalating.

He contained it. Then his decision was backed up by the powers that be

We all got to talk about it, and discuss how things should be handled going forward.

hey @Jon

sup?

And hopefully we can all be a happy family here :D

:)

oh hey

so @hasherr, on for 7:00?

@Noctrine I want to be a happy family too, but I don't like that 3rd cousin.

Consider it more like, a county policeman. Vs you're neighborhood officer

I don't doubt that the same action would have been taken if one of us was here though.

At least you would've told me why.

Or told me to stop.

Different situations. He was technically summoned here to handle a problem. Alex self-flagged.

Oh.

yeah :/

at least Alex had good judgement

btw, this should be in the offtopic room

So all of the mods came and saw it, and like I said, it was handled properly.

This is Meta:Chat :p

We would have told you guys to stop sooner, probably. But you guys were already pretty far gone at the time.

Anyway, time for me to get dinner. When I come back, I want a full report on Malware Tycoon :D

Alright :)

wait what? so off topic stuff really isn't allowed here now? I thought I got that cleared.

Off topic stuff is allowed here

The basic, most important thing to remember is

When people come to chat because they have a problem, or need help, or something like that

yep

They come to this room first. As such, this room needs to be an accepting, welcoming fun place to not turn those users off

:)

@Noctrine go eat, while I make a report for you :P

well I guess I don't know what hasherr said, but I don't know how complaining about a laptop or even some mild profanity will turn anyone off. I didn't think hasherr was the type to do any more than that. I can't disagree with your point, though.

I said something along the lines of "I can't wait to not have to use this piece of PROFANITY"

But yeah, just come join us in Pub

@BlueBug yeah, currently only building shadows, entity shadows may be added later though

yeah I honestly think banning all profanity is some fundie christian level of over-strictness. if it's sexist or racist, then yeah, that's probably not okay, but everything else is just a form of emphasis. most of them are only profane because they came from german instead of latin.

I agree

@IcyDefiance I've yet to see any of the chat rooms here ban profanity. Trust me, I use it all the time when I feel it's important to make a point. Or when I quote a particularly notable example thereof, like "ATIA AMAT OMNES".

Reading through @GnomeSlice's "Woe of isometry" link ... I have the feeling all of this would be trivial if the author would just study how the 1994 game "UFO" did it. :) Ah well, re-inventing the wheel can be valuable experience as well.

lol

@IcyDefiance @MickLH for you

and @AlexM.

anyone have an idea what this is a reference to?

I first thought it's some sort of final fantasy reference but then she said it's a novel series with 100 volumes or something

@AlexM. Could it be a manga?

what manga?

I don't know any manga

doesn't look like a reference to me. just a joke about series that don't end, like detective conan or one piece.

detective conan anime is on episode 740-something, I think

one piece is mid 600's

Hmm. I just got a fairly targeted interview offer from Amazon for WebDev through Linkedin

@IcyDefiance yeah but the game does a lot of direct references

like Medal of Duty

thought this one is no exception

hmm, well I can't think of anything

another direct reference

at least I know this one

Anyone here play Minecraft survival mode on peaceful?

I sometimes did that @AidanMueller

@Leathe "did"?

Well, I haven't played Minecraft in quite a while now

@Leathe Too bad. I was hoping that I had someone that I could give my mod too. Then again, I made it for 1.6.4, so I'd have to port it.

What kind of mod is it?

@Leathe It adds recipes for things that can't be crafted in peaceful, makes it so that you have hunger in peaceful, and makes it so that you are affected by scaled damage (in other words, it makes it so that explosions can hurt you).

there's a girl from Sweden in the game

Ah

and the devs took care to make her look hyperactive and silly

her sister seems more british than swedish but there you go

Has anyone experienced odd rendering issues on certain phones when using PhoneGap?

A friend of mine sees this, and I am able to reproduce it in an emulator, but I have no idea why it's doing that

Hunh, I have a thought. Gimme a bit

:D Fixed it!

The problem was that I was specifying both the width and the height of the image. In most browsers, it calculated those correctly, but in this case, it didn't

this is the only song that's good in the game imo

but it's really good

and would also fit the sims