Speaking of giving money to the store - nobody has said much about the recent changes to Steam - I'm guessing due to the ka-jilllion dollar threshold required for the new revenue split. Still, it's nice to see people can talk about their sales figures without fear of NDA violations.

Also, is it just me, or does it seem like theirs fewer hats thus far this year?

So remember everyone, make sure to star @Josh's posts around that time

Hmmm, that would make that harder

Unless it counts on when you receive the star and not when you post the message

Already got mine :D

I'm on the outside of it all, but from here, it looks like Valve decided to give some incentive to AAAs to stick around, but it also seems like the implicit message is that everyone who's not executing at AAA level can like it or leave it.

Not being privy to Valve's financials, it's tough to say how risky that message might be. Maybe 90% of their income comes from the top 10% of their AAA stable.

Still, given that the scene has opened up some in terms of alternative venues with better %s for devs, it seems like a questionable move.

@DukeZhou I've found somethings via Steam, but it's certainly not the majority.

BTW I meant send you some feedback on the social graphs thing.

First off, unless I've misunderstood things, it seem like a good approach.

Secondly, as food for thought, have you considered allowing some actors to use different functions for evaluating others? Depending on how it's implemented, I could totally see something like that breaking a ton of stuff.

ah, thanks. (i'm never sure how well i'm conveying something, especially when I have to put it into a formula)

But it would allow you to have situations where some people just don't socialize the way other do.

I had to eat my way through a lot of white papers back in the day, so it was fine :)

re: different evaluation functions, my thought was that the basic net is so simple, it should facilitate the types of extensions you bring up

human brains seems to be wired differently, so incorporating differentiation function (?) for NPC psychology would seem to be a logical next step.

from a narrative standpoint, if you have a sociopathic agent that "breaks the system", the result is new storylines

@StephaneHockenhull Hey there! Long time no see :D

@Josh don't leave answers, just enough comments to not get an hat :P

@Almo had someone asking me what framework might be optimal for iOS specific app development. App is a single screen, no graphics--some kind of educational tool for primary education.

His prototype is JS, but he started to use React recently, and needs to integrate a database (looking at Firebase.)

(My advice was to stay web-based for the first incarnation, but he seems deadset on a proper mobile app.)

@DukeZhou I have no idea. If it were me, I'd use Interface Builder in Xcode. It's frickin' weird, but once you learn it, it's great. No clue which DB to use

no worries. i'll pass it along. (I told him to get on stack, but thought it couldn't hurt to ping you as well:)

yeah :)