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The turn handling sounds a bit like One Way Heroics, which was a pretty decent game. Do you support diagonal movement?

Good that the enemies sound a bit more than just stat dumps but hopefully there's more on offer than what you said so far; a couple more easy ones would be teleporting enemies, or 'fast' enemies that move multiple squares per turn.

Fairies seem to be becoming a bit more vogue in gaming lately so hopefully you can ride that wave for some extra support  

Hey, some of the best anime out there is about nothing, or something too nebulous to define; Humanity Has Declined, Serial Experiments Lain, Paranoia Agent.

Eventful plots (as in character x goes to y to perform z) are kind of tedious to me. I kind of just want more Dark Souls in the world; weird landscapes and people with secret motives. Ofc, you can have too much of a good thing but... I guess I'd rather that than too much of a bad thing :3

I haven't had time to watch this yet because of work and a new bit of software I've been dabbling with (called ClickFusion; worth a looksee if you're still devving) but I'm pretty sure from the screens of the landscape and the characters that I'm going to like the vibe of the show.

Looks quite promising. Anime has taken a pretty sharp nosedive over the last half-decade so here's hoping this is one of the handful that redeems the medium.

Here's the thing lone; as far as I'm aware PS wasn't asked not to roleplay. But since a few comments recently have been in other languages kaz put a reminder in the status updates.

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But that's enough from me. As long as the facts are straight I'd rather try to prevent this further spiralling by adding my own negative inflection.

You know all the staff can erase/edit anything you say at any time right. Yet we don't. We leave you to your tantrums.

Telling you when you're objectively wrong isn't censorship. Particularly when you're calling out the site and its staff.

So I'll leave you with the sentiment I left when I wrote on that status update you erased (how's that for censorship). If you want to speak another language go to a site that supports it. As you're stating yourself, its a big world out there, plenty of that there internet too.

As for this idea of contextless inclusivity; would you go to a yoga class and complain that they didn't let you skateboard there? Actually, maybe you would. You're so enlightened that way.

If only you spent half the time considering why a rule exists rather than spending that time ranting.

There are so many, incredibly obvious, reasons why members are asked to speak English here that it boggles the mind. And amusing considering how you insist that you 'put yourself in someone else's shoes'.

Honestly, people like you are why people consider the political left a joke nowadays. I'm half convinced you're a Kremlin agent

I was thinking about how to run some sort of internet-based bakery before since you'd only have to worry about stock when an order came through. It would be great except, y'know, no-one would be willing to wait a week for a delivery-crumpled muffin.

They took forever lone D:

And then everyone would come over and just break off a quadrant!!!

No more Tetris cookies. Sorry world, you had your chance.

Yeah, welsh cakes are always popular and their very easy so its good to knock out a batch on a Thursday evening to make the end of the week in the office a little less bleak. The jam versions are a little tougher to get right though since they need to be a bit thicker.

I should maybe do a followup to this entry though. Made some pretty interesting stuff after getting a few weeks practice on the above under my belt.

~'What happens when the story's over?'

I kinda viewed it as similar to Toy Story, where all the toys are animate when alone but go still when Andy enters the room. So I stayed out of the room and let them play without me :3

And no, you wont find any unwritten stories in Undertale; its not like it features emergent gameplay, never mind some sort of emergent narrative. So the finite possibilities are all there and the pacifist ending is, by the standard of 'the needs of the many...', the 'happy' ending (which does not necessarily equate to the 'most enjoyable' ending).

Events are a better, more efficient way to do simple things like this.

Well, idk about better. I think that comes down to personal taste (I often do still script the simplest of things but I'm one of those guys who prefers to use the keyboard over the mouse for just about everything).But you can use both and when you do anything you're basically doing both anyways; to follow on from the previous example, when you use the 'Control Variables' button anything you do is literally translated as '$game_variables[x] = ......' (or multiplying or whatever). You're still scripting even when you're eventing, dig?

And this is why its super weird for me to see people say they can't script or that something will magically be better if done via scripting. The greater flexibility is undeniably available with 'real' scripting, however, RM's choice of events (co-ordinates, variables, conditionals) provides the breathing room to accomplish a great deal. And even with all the fancy syntax at a 'real' scripters disposal I'll eat my own hat if you show me a script without a humble if statement (conditional branch).

Yeah, macros is a good way to describe them. Its a little embarrassing I hadn't made the connection given the amount of time I spend in Excel at work.

I don't think asking for help is a bad thing (particularly for the external reason that the forum benefits from the activity). The problem is that too often people can fail to event something and exclaim 'oh, must need scripting!' (sure, I'm strawmanning but I'm not aiming to hurt anyone's feelings here). And part of the reason that such a person could jump to this conclusion is from making an erroneous distinction between the two (or an erroneous understanding of the distinction at least).

A lot of things do need scripts, or can be beneficially augmented with scripts, and I'm not saying people should only use events; I'd be a hypocrite to say that. A lot of functionality that doesn't exist in the eventing editor does exist in the script editor and some areas are substantially easier to access and adjust through the script editor (then ofc, the user has the freedom to create things like methods and classes in the script editor).

What I'm trying, and failing, to communicate is that systems are created with nothing except logic, and which version of the editor that is used to execute that logic can (often!) be a secondary consideration for systems that are not overtly complex or use existing classes; to give a very basic example, functionally there's almost no difference between me using a global variable that I've defined in the script editor or clicking through the events tabs for 'Control Variables'.

I wish I could share your optimism Killo. In the long-term you'd probably be right; in the way many people think the world wars (and a cyclical resurgence of a similar scale) were necessary for peace. But I just don't think we're going to get another chance at this point; with our last hand we're building a house of cards in tornado season.

And I guess that's okay. I mean, the likely impending fall is going to be super unpleasant but we'll adapt. Or we wont. Either way, the universe will keep on trucking. I just don't particularly want to put up with the surrounding needless and unwarranted aggression in the meantime. 

(By the by, dark energy is not really the issue. The universes accelerated expansion (despite the standard model's determination that it should be slowing) and the rate of that acceleration is the concern. Dark energy is just the commonly suggested answer as to this as, currently, we cannot otherwise account for the necessary mass; whether or not dark energy is the culprit is irrelevant really. Either way, all I was trying to get at with that paragraph was, when put in perspective, the current social and political climates are comical. Our, apparently collective, unwillingness to recognise that by simply being human every race is more alike to each other than we are to anything else in existence is comical. And that we are literally made of the same building blocks, building blocks that have been recycled into countless forms since the dawn of the recognisable universe, well, to suggest any sort of innate nationial hegemony is comical; for all I know the white girl across the room has a bit of Jupiter in her.)

I shouldn't be applauded for losing my cool and I don't think racists/nationalists should be admonished; racists are people too

The best example I could give of persecution is against a racist. As 'the computer guy,' a couple of years back I was brought into a union case about some things said on an employee's personal facebook. That person was eventually reprimanded by effectively being fired (they were given a lower paying job in the organisation). Here's the problem; at work, that person left their prejudice at the door and everyone testified that the person showed the utmost care and attention to everybody. No matter how you look at it this person was penalised because of their beliefs, and that's something that's always stuck with me.

I don't view racists/nationalists as the boogie monster; they aren't some avatar of evil. A lot of them strike me as ill-informed or unable to effectively analyse the data they have and this leaves a lot of them living in fear.  And I don't want to censor or belittle people who think things that I disagree with; the regressive left is a serious threat. I just get worn out sometimes from listening to the same erroneous soundbites from people who are too eager to talk and not listen themselves.

But yes, the future is very bleak.

Don't ask questions publicly if you don't want them answered... geez

What a year, indeed. That's quite a portfolio you've built up there and I look forward to watching it grow.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112208-a-new-world-order-is-defying-the-science-of-polling-what-now/

Something that might be of interest to you two

I was reviewing this recently for a vid I was making (which broke and left me severely salty -.-). Great minds, eh?

I think there's a few things you could do differently though to make the content more 'indepth'. You put most of your effort into writing an extensive plot summary that you recommend people who haven't played skip for spoilers and isn't of interest to people who have played it because they have played it. There was a lot more meat from a gameplay standpoint; this game has some of the best integration of lore into mechanics I've ever seen and is well-designed for the console it was originally made for, and there are so many examples supporting both of those points. 

While I feel similar about what should be construed 'the main game' I think you should definitely check out the post-game; its a whole arc with a lot more content (aragami, weapons, outfits). But really, I think if you're going to review a game then its important to have an understanding of the full game, not just the 'main game', and to also do some research around the franchise itself.

Criticisms aside, its nice to see you back doing what you love

rikifive won and received runestone keepers. Thanks to anyone and everyone who played

No. Everything was valueless. Then we defined value. And now nearly everything has varying scales of value in varying contexts; the principle context being the global economy. You can choose not to value stuff, sure, but you won't get far without food, water, a roof, etc. Money exists as a means universality; Pre-currency, If you grew cabbages and wanted to trade with someone who didn't like cabbage, too bad... Boo money, which can be used to facilitate both sides of a trade.

And your argument for Bitcoin works fine within Bitcoin; not within the wider economy. Better known as 99.99% of the economy. In the wider economy Bitcoin adds to inflation because more money just appeared from nowhere. There is now more buying power but actual resources have remained the same.

So your solution to banks fabricating currency with little accountability is for random people to fabricate currency with zero accountability?

Thing is, Bitcoins are still tied to, and entirely dependent upon, the existing economy; like you say, bitcoins are worth x. They function much like a specific country's currency. Sure, you could theoretically trade independently with bitcoins but bitcoins are valueless independently so why would you? It would be a barter system where one side gets a determined something and the other gets something that is valueless to very many because it has no standard and consequently will be difficult to reuse later. Even some sort of dark ages bartering system is better than that because at least the first party gets some carrots for giving the second party their cabbage.

People doing this willy-nilly is, frankly, super dangerous. So much so that at one point the Nazis literally dropped counterfeit money instead of bombs to screw with the British economy. The whole point of money is that there is a defined standard so that everything is worth something. Banks devaluing that standard through printing more money is the issue, your solution exacerbates that.

I'm not super into American politics, what with being not-American and all. But yeah, I also thought it was weird to not see the 'third parties' stepping up when the half the world is literally saying things like ~'these are the worst two human beings alive'; If you can't turncoat a staunch republican/democrat now then when are you hoping to?

Hillary is pretty bad. She did well during the first debate as she displayed her maturity as a politician, if a little condescending (which played well into Trump's us vs. them rhetoric) but the second? She was a joke; Calling Trump out on dodging questions when she was doing it herself (from the very first question even), frequently interrupting him with snide remarks (again, after saying she wouldn't and chastising Trump for it), and that little two-minute masturbatory session she engaged in after being asked to say something good about Trump; I've never seen someone fail to take the high ground so spectacularly (which is only made worse by her, more or less, claiming to do so - that's your high road Mrs. Clinton?). She was so terrible that she actually made Trump look good.

Obviously Trump's a fool (clean coal? lol) and selecting pretty much anyone at random would lead to a less dangerous president; this includes Hillary Clinton. From what I've seen though, I can understand people considering her as a bad candidate as more than ~'a fad'. I haven't seen the third debate yet so hopefully she can at least keep the mask on this time; I expect at least that much from a politician.

I'd like to be able to say something a little more about policy but they don't seem super invested in selling that; Hillary is doing so a little at least, but mostly empty stuff. Two minutes is a short time to expect fine detail, but they frequently go over and she could spend that time colouring in her middle class utopian doodle rather than defaming a man who seems intent on doing so himself.

Yeah, score is a confusing thing to balance because its also hp in a sense. Meanwhile, your actual hp could more or less be ignored for the sake of trying to get the candy. Like said, a confusing thing to figure out the best method (without just starting from scratch )

Also, y'know, random generation of candies means sometimes you'll get a hundred in a run and other times means none.

The candies are worth less in harder modes,and thats probly where someones more likely to score lowly from being more likely to miss them as well. That's why I'm applying a score modifier externally to make a sort of 'universal score'. So spending hours in easy mode probably wont be the best way to win this.

Anyways, thanks for giving it a play Riki. I hope it was sufficiently silly for you! :3 Be sure to take a screeny at the end next time you play!

I know about the bug and I'm just trusting people to not abuse it and ruin the fun for everyone else for the sake of an insignificant prize.

When do they cuss on DBZ? The most I can remember is a whole lot of  "Darn!"'s. Like, a lot. Like, terminal sock-repair levels of darning.

Anyways, those sound like some good additions to the game. I look forward to its release!

Croc is right (although I'm not sure why he makes such a big deal about age - people with that kind of mindset aren't well-equipped to just 'grow out of it').

I mean, yeah, you're trying to help and that's a positive way to go about your day. But not everybody wants your help, or prioritises everything the same.

Lana did kind of ask for help when she had you look over it initially, but what she really wanted from the exchange was probably just to gauge general consent (perhaps farming approval even), not actual focussed critique. Perhaps she intended to do a second draft after hearing some thoughts on it, I couldn't say (If that were so she probably should have just shared the polished versions but whatever; people work differently). Either way, when she got irritated at you for your 'help' you should have just given in. It sounds odd, but she's welcome to be incorrect; the only person it harms is herself. You certainly shouldn't have persisted in bringing it up, particularly as ammunition when you're wrong about something else; that whole conversation in my head runs as "Oh yeah, I'm wrong about something trivial. Hey, remember that time you were wrong about something more so?".

So, yeah. Keep helping people, that's great! But save the help for people who sincerely want it. It'll save both parties some grievances.