We've had a lot of discussion on this topic, but its largely spread amongst other threads.
Grace first proposed the idea here, but to date, all discussion has been centered around whether or not certain questions should be allowed.
I'm not asking for your opinion on which question are good or b...
Hi all. I'm Jin and I'll be working on the designs for the Stack Exchange sites as they graduate from the beta phase. Each site will have its own unique theme that will reflects its topic. However, all sites will share quite a bit of common elements so they feel like they're part of the Stack Exc...
i think there are two types of gaming sites. 1) promotional ones tend to have flashy graphics, but poor usability. the idea is to WOW you. 2) forum sites, they need to be cleaner and more functional for the long run.
"Here I'm just gonna press Alt-Shift-7 and that's gonna make my character start scrolling through the Term of Use Agreement and End User License Agreement..."
> "the worst thing that can happen to your character is that your characters internet connection goes down... then you have to get your character on the phone and call the internet service provider"
I have found that I have no problem setting my buildings as control groups, but I rarely set my army as control groups. Some people have suggested that you set your whole army as one group, and then individual unit types as others, but I never get around to this because it's so labor-intensive an...
here we must ask ourselves: is someone going to be looking for an "objective-less sandbox/open-world game with a vast procedurally-generated world which are not physics sandbox games such as Crayon Physics or Phun, but rather for those where player controls some alter-ego character; it's not important whether it will be 1st/3rd person or top-down view, 2D or 3D"
I'm looking for games that include procedurally generated content as a major feature; like all levels are generated, enemies, weapons, etc.
One per answer please, and pics if you got em!
Games that have been mentioned already:
Diablo
Dwarf Fortress
Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, the
Eufloria...
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. Now can we stop nitpicking?
@tzenes: in NFS:MW, once you defeat the final opponent and escape the final pursuit you can still roam the city, take on races you skipped and what not, but the game is essentially over. It only matters if you are going for a "100%" completion, after which there is truly nothing left to do.
A very important inquiry that I have oft thought about.
For one start, I would generally prefer that anything which is complex would be limited to a single game. And if it must expand past a game, staying within one unit of the series is also important.
It needs to be able to be found by some...
:122654 To clarify what I meant with that one, she literally suggested otherwise (unless I'm reading this wrong)
I'll take the controversial stance with two criteria that I find to be of utmost importance.
1. The question has the potential to be concluded
On our FAQ, we clearly state "This is a place for questions that can be answered". The meaning of this is that there exists a possible conclusion to the...
"The ultimate goal of the site is a resource for people to find in later points - so a question that gets answers which no one wants or finds will not be a good question."
"he goal of a site like Stack Overflow is to somehow share the correct knowledge wherever it may be as it is scattered throughout the universe, and to cause that to be voted up and to be spread amongst us."
@arda "a thousand other dumb developers will benefit from my one little piece of good information." ← It's the answer, not the question the writer's talking about
For example, back when I bought a video card for my PC in '03, the motherboard wouldn't recognize the card. It took a couple hours of a few people helping me google, and we found a case where someone had the exact same mobo and videocard setup as I did and described their problem and how to fix it.
if voting trend were an indication of the value of the question then the site would be nothing but game-recs and discussions on the pros and cons of races of starcraft
I know that whenever I have voted too localized, it's been on the grounds of time, such as questions/speculation will be moot once a game is released and all the information is fully available