David Amador

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@djlink

Indie game developer (like that movie). Maker of Quest of Dungeons, Vizati and other weird games.  📍 Interwebs in Portugal

📰 Blog: https://www.david-amador.com
💾 Indie Studio: https://www.upfallstudios.com
🎮 Itch.io: https://dj_link.itch.io

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2024-08-09 06:31:18

DOOM for SNES is getting a new reprint and with improved performance. I wonder if this is "just" code improvements and/or also an improved cartridge chip like the Super FX 2 etc.
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2024-08-07 13:01:41

because it's the best looking version :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/snes/comments/1elqtqx/why_does_the_european_snes_use_the_japanese_model/
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2024-08-05 12:26:23

The tech trend these last few years are to find tech nobody wants, burn a ton of cash, hype it up, profit from stock, fire a bunch of people, rinse and repeat.
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2024-08-04 09:19:38

Rushing things rarely goes well. This is a problem in software as well, let alone hardware. IMO yearly cycles leads to more bugs, tech debt, and overall focusing on the wrong things. We don't need new versions every year, we need reliable tech.
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2024-07-31 04:26:26

Truly one of the worst greedy tech headlines I’ve read recently, only an exec would think about adding a subscription to a mouse. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/logitech-has-an-idea-for-a-forever-mouse-thatrequires-a-subscription/
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2024-07-25 09:17:56

for no particular special occasion but I'm selling my roguelike game for 50 cents if you buy it directly from my website. DRM-Free, Win, Mac, Linux and Android, and you also get a Steam key. Sale ends in 2 days!
https://www.questofdungeons.com
#indiegame #roguelike
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2024-07-24 07:43:27

uff, this sucks https://insider-gaming.com/humble-games-lays-off-entire-team/

2024-07-17 14:15:12

No Man's Sky keeps on delivering impressive updates, a full universe refresh and it looks great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7-9Bf47yfs

2024-06-21 11:29:59

it appers Zelda Echoes of Wisdom map looks a similar to Link to the Past map, wonder how they're connected. The initial fight trailer also looked close to LTTP fight in light world. https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/1dit7c1/eow_echoes_of_wisdom_a_link_to_the_past_maps/

2024-06-21 08:42:24

Likely to increase price fast, also you probably can't share it with friends.
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2024-06-20 22:06:47

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há também “um certo” Quest of Dungeons que agora a única forma é “de borla” :)

2024-06-20 18:55:31

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this is a neat feature

2024-06-20 17:34:51

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yeah even c++ has this. I guess you could also reserve the required amount before the loop, if large might make the difference in allocating all mem required right away

2024-06-20 17:22:39

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yes, recently announced, we finally play as Zelda

2024-06-20 15:51:24

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Link Between Worlds, Fire Emblem Awakening, Samus Returns, Resident Evil Revelations, Super Mario 3D Land

2024-06-20 11:00:55

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I think we got glimpses in the trailer of side sections? I could be wrong

2024-06-20 10:51:40

Link's Awakening remake is my fav recent Zelda games, so if Zelda Echoes of Wisdom ends up even half as fun this is gonna be a great combo.
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2024-06-20 06:47:03

honestly I wouldn't mind watching entire stop motion movies where you can see the hands changing every keyframe. This is art! https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1djzrh9/stop_motion_in_action/
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2024-06-20 05:09:56

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was just on Reddit and …
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2024-06-19 22:05:08

In 2002 Cisco topped Microsoft right before they lost ~80% a few months later during dot com bubble. I wonder what will be of Nvidia
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2024-06-19 19:11:20

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I guess it depends on which ones, but generally speaking they'll do a better job than a discord for searching info imo. but yeah that last one is an issue on older software indeed, but I think there are modern versions that don't have that anymore.

2024-06-19 14:47:47

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that's a different problem that can happen with anything, but for example, Discord for searching stuff and posting etc, like forums is terrible, that's more of what I wanted to say. At least for stuff like reddit and forums there's Archive org, which can't happen with discord.

2024-06-19 14:20:00

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2024-06-19 14:05:55

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I like it, see more and more forums using it, looks nice on all sorts of devices too, older forums somtimes don't scale well.

2024-06-19 13:44:23

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true, and I get your point, but a good thing is that you usually check the forums without a login, you just need one to interact. so half-way there. I guess reddit has that as well.

2024-06-19 13:43:17

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yes, but I see more and more forums using Discourse, probably built around more modern tech/scalable

2024-06-19 13:11:16

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or the reason why most of us are here, Twitter got messed up

2024-06-19 13:05:05

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yeah we are moving towards a more closed internet and what remains freely accessible is mixed in with fake/useless data

2024-06-19 12:32:45

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I hope so

2024-06-19 12:32:27

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I’m hopeful

2024-06-19 12:32:08

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time for a nap!

2024-06-19 12:30:16

been saying this for a while, it's not that Reddit and Discord don't have their place, but they are tools for other things. There is no good replacement for good old forums, indexable that you can search for a solution for a problem someone solved 10y ago
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2024-06-19 11:46:43

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2024-06-19 09:30:51

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that is what I think as well. Probably in higher resolution, on Switch it's probably 720p 60fps.

2024-06-19 09:28:19

Nice to see Nintendo not slowing down even in Switch last years
Luigi Mansion 2 HD - June 27
Zelda Echoes of Wisdom - Sep 26
Super Mario Party Jamboree - Oct 17
Mario & Luigi: Brothership - Nov 7
Donkey Kong Country HD - 2025 Jan 16
Metroid Prime 4 - 2025
Pokémon Z-A - 2025

2024-06-19 06:00:08

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I feel like Metroid Prime 4 will be launched on both Switch and whatever console comes next at launch, like Breath of the Wild.

2024-06-18 17:05:32

wow the new Math calculator in iOS18 is incredible https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8He--ohES0/
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2024-06-18 16:14:21

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is that on a new win update??

2024-06-18 14:43:20

Metroid Prime 4 next year!
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2024-06-18 14:35:09

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just announced during Nintendo Direct

2024-06-18 14:33:03

ohhh yess finally a Zelda game where we can play as Zelda!!!
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2024-06-18 13:34:59

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never watch much of ST to be able to answer that. Only watched the recent movies and one of the new tv shows

2024-06-18 12:32:15

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interesting, your first point is exactly what got me to keep watching this, I like when they grab something grounded and take some liberties, as more time passes the more they become very separate. but yeah it's probably for a particular audience maybe

2024-06-18 12:23:12

For All Mankind took an unexpected but very interesting turn in Season 4. It kinda reminds me it could be part of The Expanse world-building if there was ever a prequel. It's a great show if you haven't given it a try please do. I feel like not a lot of people are watching it?

2024-06-18 06:16:26

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that is my guess too, to push the buy option I guess.

2024-06-17 18:45:56

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one of the best!

2024-06-17 18:33:10

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it's the same shortcut to toggle between both, I was just testing it to be sure.

2024-06-17 18:30:02

testing my code
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2024-06-17 17:27:58

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I can’t list more than you have, actually you know more than I so thanks :)

2024-06-17 17:00:03

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I do that often in a variety of languages, always useful for reading even if useless for any "running purposes

2024-06-17 16:52:23

US gov is suing Adobe for deceiving users with their subscription plans. About time! https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/17/24180196/adobe-us-ftc-doj-sues-subscriptions-cancel
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2024-06-17 11:40:23

ah damn, it feels like he had just started, so much stuff to talk about. Maybe more devs in AAA start to do stuff like this.
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2024-06-16 14:07:03

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where's this?

2024-06-15 09:14:52

well this is new
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2024-06-15 06:42:30

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ah damn :(

2024-06-15 06:04:46

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the v2 controllers are from the pro version? I still have the day one console

2024-06-15 05:55:20

PlayStation 4 is over 10 years and still alive and kicking, tons of new games. I could prob nitpick about controller battery only. If it was retro compatible with PS1-2 or 3 it would be the best console they made. That title still goes for PS2 imo.

2024-06-14 19:11:11

Really sad to see Google making Fitbit worse with each chance. I started using one in 2014 and it really helped motivating to move more and improving my health. Now they don’t even sell them in Portugal (and other countries) since Google took over. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/googles-abuse-of-fitbit-continues-with-web-app-shutdown/

2024-06-14 17:15:09

me: spends a couple hours trying to fix bugs with UI alignment stuff
youtube suggestions: look, a programmer writes a USB driver in 3 hours
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2024-06-14 15:55:17

Excited for new Life is Strange Double Exposure, because I loved the OG one, but CE is 70€ and doesn't even come with the game :(
I've see this a few times, I don't like this trend https://eu.store.square-enix-games.com/life-is-strange_-double-exposure-collector_s-box
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2024-06-14 09:43:01

One thing that always messes up my brain a bit on GameMaker is the step into function button is an arrow from right to left (top), which feels like "go back" first glance. I feel like a simple flip would be much better (bottom). Who do I have to convince at YoYo for this?
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2024-06-14 07:46:53

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by not paying 56Billions to a single person??

2024-06-14 07:35:11

of course it was about this. not even a month had passed.
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2024-06-13 20:27:55

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ohhh this sounds cool, is it in the alfred gallery?

2024-06-13 16:42:40

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audio only most often.

2024-06-13 10:33:14

Only one can exist!

2024-06-12 14:20:10

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don't know how to check that, but it's Until Dawn https://store.steampowered.com/app/2172010/Until_Dawn/

2024-06-12 11:46:50

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2024-06-12 11:11:13

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yes you can donate them directly on that page, steam will take a 30% cut

2024-06-12 09:54:49

right at the beginning of the page this time, guess they don't want to risk that again.
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2024-06-12 08:12:08

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official build or third party builds?

2024-06-12 08:00:49

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yes but the payed version on Steam and WinStore gets you auto updates.

2024-06-12 07:59:56

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you can donate directly https://krita.org/en/donations/

2024-06-12 06:10:58

Krita is 50% off on Steam. You can get it for free directly but this way we can contribute to the open source project and also auto-updates which is nice. https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/

2024-06-11 18:47:32

still thinking about Gears of War e-day trailer, it was so good.

2024-06-10 18:00:34

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if the chains have circular parts like cogs no

2024-06-10 17:10:08

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sleeping bag yes, no futon

2024-06-10 17:02:41

Only one can exist!

2024-06-09 19:49:36

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I feel there's a lot of people who liked 2016 but not as much Eternal, maybe this will be closer to 2016

2024-06-09 19:24:15

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luckily I got into it right at start, one of the best cover shooters there is

2024-06-09 19:06:08

wow wow a new Gears of War, a prequel set in the emergence day events!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC20gLfUHeA

2024-06-09 17:24:29

New DOOM game trailer just dropped! Seems like a medievel settings, I like it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tk8lkmYGWQ

2024-06-09 09:46:52

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I think Black Halo is the last one, gotta say didn't enjoyed it as much as the rest, but still good.

2024-06-09 08:50:19

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shame, for a lot of people they parked an account and just abandoned. Hard to get traction on any account by just creating and abandoning them

2024-06-09 08:19:42

Just found out one of my all time fav albums is on Bandcamp. It’s great for coding imo. Also “Wide Angle” and “I choose noise” from same artist is pretty good. https://hybridbanduk.bandcamp.com/album/morning-sci-fi
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2024-06-08 20:51:16

Interesting, so apparently on PS2 X*1.0 would result in X, but 1.0 * X might not be X. #gamedev https://fobes.dev/ps2/detecting-emu-vu-floats
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2024-06-08 14:28:21

the more lights are blinking, the more powerful the computer is.
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2024-06-08 13:00:35

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which makes it even worse imo, the whole ui system is a mess

2024-06-08 10:33:13

bumped into this new SNES game on itch, there's a demo too. It's awesome to see developer making new games for retro systems. https://pscdgames.itch.io/black-jewel-reborn-snes-demo
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2024-06-08 09:54:31

on Unity you can put pixels per unity value on the texture itself, the Image component and the Canvas scaler, my brain can't wrap around the result of all these 3 combined and it's a mess right now.
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2024-06-08 09:46:30

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yeah they are now just covering themselves against lawsuits "you said yes"

2024-06-08 09:26:38

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I’m assuming they already have that access, the whole program probably needs internet access to validate license

2024-06-08 05:02:12

Finally! Alan Wake 2 physical edition, been waiting to play this. https://kotaku.com/alan-wake-2-physical-copy-deluxe-collectors-edition-1851527333

2024-06-07 20:08:10

Damn :(
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2024-06-07 16:44:27

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most soft licenses are a mess. kinda like Unity, if you do freelance contract work for a company that goes above some money threshold I think you are forced to get a more expensive license, even though you don't work there.

2024-06-07 12:43:35

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2024-06-07 12:36:24

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I feel you hey might trying to prevent some new EU laws issues, or it’s also possible that data isn’t worth much money to them anymore, location only I mean.

2024-06-07 10:11:33

Looks like Google is going to stop storing users Maps locations on their servers, storing it only locally on mobile apps only, which means the web version will also have the Timeline feature removed. If this is true, it's a good change. https://support.google.com/maps/answer/14169818?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&oco=1
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2024-06-06 17:09:42

Only one can exist!

2024-06-06 17:06:06

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!!!