Does anyone know if the books in this list cover "gameplay systems"? I am 9 months into my game dev job after 7 years of experience at SaaS, and I looked a lot for examples of how to design something like a buff/debuff system or passives and came up short. Would appreciate some literature in this space because I feel like so many games have them that I don't want to re-invent the wheel each time.
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vishaalk commented on How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time apoorvagovind.substack.co... · Posted by u/EvgeniyZh
I think the most predictable thing about the Internet is that articles like this have two kinds of comments:
- from people who feel that inside drive that leads them to be unhappy when they're not moving forward and upward (maximizers) who use it as validation
- from people who have a target life and see this as threatening (satisficers) or offensive
Every single comment always comes off like it has some sort of insecurity that it's trying to protect.
Here are some other types of articles that cause this:
- work really hard to be the best that you can be v work hard enough at your career so that you can focus on other things
- startups vs big companies
Almost all the 'advice' in the comments here is just a bunch of thinly veiled attempts on the commenters part to feel better.
Just read them from a neutral eye. They attribute so many non-existent traits to the opposite position: "overly driven by money", "stagnant", implications of not being "well-rounded" or in the opposite: "mediocre".
This is mommy forum level stuff.
You nailed my emotional response completely as a satisficer. Any advice on reading with a neutral eye? As a satisficer I dread the convos with my maximizer friends who seem to imply I am worth less since I don’t want to grind all the time. Perhaps that’s a problem with the friends, but I’m not sure how to differentiate.
vishaalk commented on One way to fight a coronavirus recession: $1k for every American axios.com/coronavirus-rec... · Posted by u/spking
I think this is silly. The idea behind this is to induce demand, but there isn't a lack of demand due to lack of purchasing power. People aren't spending because they aren't leaving the house. (which, in the case of a pandemic, is a thing to be encouraged)
I sincerely doubt that giving everyone a thousand bucks will save the restaurants and bars and movie theaters and retailers and cruise ships and hotels and airlines etc...
People lost their jobs and therefore their income, so there was a material loss in demand.
vishaalk commented on Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees courdecassation.fr/IMG/20... · Posted by u/Aissen
> You just can’t take two different people to two different destinations in one car.
Yes you can - that's literally how carpooling (or UberPool, Lyft-line etc) work.
I think he means you can't (or it's not feasible) to do both an Uber ride AND a Lyft ride at the same time. Unless they magically align, you will be punished for going off itinerary for both.
I guess I just don’t really understand the “zine” movement of the last decade, especially with regards to technical information. Is this a left-brain/right-brain thing?
https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/design-trends-introduction...
Common in art communities and smaller circulations. Just an easy way to bundle things together and circulate them. Making zines are "democratized" now so they're seeing a comeback
Great article Sada :). Hope OneNote is treating you well!