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  • insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafetoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.worldI want to learn how to code
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    8 days ago

    I have a similar issue… I have done slightly more than nothing, I really struggle trying to think of small projects that actually work for me.

    The few things I’ve done I stop at a certain point because I have no motivation for the actual content* or there are platform* issues. One thing I made was maybe usable but was likely too much** of a time sink for me.

    Though I keep trying other things hoping enough pieces fit that I can think of something.

    EDIT: I don’t know if it is any help but what I’ve mentioned were text formats+loaders.

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    *=An adventure book (…if you go right, turn to page 100) reader (via declarative GTK framework). Using text files per page, allows linking to other pages (4 option IIRC, custom button name+description). Text was too small on buttons (no dynamic scaling), especially as I wanted to maybe use unicode 🔍

    **= Polygon reader for Raylib (via bindings). Using text files, some data lines at top then an ASCII grid with manually-ordered points (1-9, A-F etc, mostly blank space for simple shapes) to create a seq[Vector2]. Unsure on usage (what users would use+understand more) of polygons that need different vertex order, trianglestrips vs trianglefan. For usability, I was thinking of making an editor for it.

    I’m using Godot now and leaning more toward 3D (because vertex colors) and all I can really think of is maybe something like archery. Maybe a wizard boomer shooter, if that wasn’t such a high goal.



  • Nintendo.

    Not just crushing fan games, but also issues with the Smash bros community, pricing and availability, eshops shutting down (+needing to buy those games again on new consoles or it’s not even available at start), stick drift, fan content policy, also Youtube strikes/claims (both newer for specific reasons and an entire era for let’s plays in general). 20 years of content removed from Gmod.

    And no this isn’t about Japanese law, they choose to be this way.

    For actual specifics (and more issues) 2 videos: UKD_wnB9AMU and xgKY9hmbfgo





  • Yeah, I am at the point a med-sci student could convince me to let them attempt to preserve my brain.

    My life now is such that life in a VR* network ran by non-profit scientists in the future would be an improvement. Though I would like to have options for existence, so long as homeostasis is not an issue (ideally organic and symbiotic systems rather than fully tech). Toasters should get to enjoy nature once-in-a-while, too.

    *= Which maybe you could say is Virtual Retirement


  • you’re going to have to take a few tiny steps towards society, because society won’t make the first move

    I feel like this works both ways. See Bowling Alone. Loneliness is a rising statistic, though unlike others I see isolation/escapism(/internet usage) as a symptom not a cause. I think money is a big reason.

    Not sure about OP, but some of my perspective is from living in a tiny village in car-centric USA so there is not much social here for me, if anything at all. The “my people” are probably out there, perhaps even nearer than I think but that doesn’t mean we’ll ever have reason to know each other.