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Re: Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released

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Post by goldenkey »

UberFly wrote: post #169

Why does everyone now have to drop F-bombs in everything, even if beeped. The main promo video: "Those f*king pirates!". Makes me not want to support the game. I know it's petty or prude but it's just not edgy anymore, just kinda dumb.

We've advanced past the point of caring about expletives. Thinking curses are gonna somehow screw people up, especially kids, is akin to thinking shooting games create school shooters. Victorian thinking is a bygone. Censorship and fragility go hand in hand. If we don't want the newer generations to be fragile, then we need to let them get with the fucking program! ;-)

I for one, love a good fuck bomb. Come to think of it, bomb is a worse word than fuck - for anyone who has been injured by one or been in combat. If we avoid all triggers, we'd be left with no words in our vocabulary. Trigger itself is a trigger word for those who've been in traumatic shooting scenarios. Sigh.

Re: Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released

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Post by Brajeshwar »

I'm not really a gamer. You are here and I saw the video. I have been yearning to start some strategy game. Bought it, and will try to play. I hope you have a little happy dance for my tiny purchase too. I know the feeling. Best of luck.

Edit: Well, it says it is not available on my Platform!

Re: Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released

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Post by BbzzbB »

fnordpiglet wrote: post #54
iliketrains wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks and sorry for no Mac support. The hard truth is that Mac users represents less than 1% of our potential user base and it is hard to justify the time to support Mac. We are planning to revisit this decision soon and see how much effort would it be.

Yes, but we are the cool 1%.

Without P2W and micro-transaction mechanics, I don't think Mac users are more valuable than other ones for OP (I assume that, in the context, you are referring the fact Apple users spend more [1, 2], tho it could just be a cheeky joke).

1: https://www.phonearena.com/news/app-store-users-spend-more-t...

2: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/iphone-user...

Re: Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released

#176

Post by SicSemperUranus »

iliketrains wrote: post #151
loxias wrote: post #130

Hey, This looks super cool from the videos, and exactly the sort of thing I'd love to play. Would love a Linux build so I can play it though, haven't needed a Windows VM in ages. Added to wish list for whenever you release that! (I thought modern game development was cross platform these days?)

Thanks! I have heard that it works on Proton just fine, but your mileage may vary. We just didn't have time to test things. We need to get Linux and Mac machines and test things thoroughly before claiming official support.

+1 Linux here. Game looks great! Exactly my kind of game, hope I get to play it some day.

Re: Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released

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Post by digitalmouse »

iliketrains wrote: post #102
hoten wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what exactly is the utility of Unity in this setup then?

It is basically a big rendering library, providing C# APIs for rendering and sound. It also packages all assets, and can be used as editor.

Reminds of flashpunk and flixel

Re: Show HN: A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released

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Post by pfarrell »

goldenkey wrote: post #171
UberFly wrote: post #169

Why does everyone now have to drop F-bombs in everything, even if beeped. The main promo video: "Those f*king pirates!". Makes me not want to support the game. I know it's petty or prude but it's just not edgy anymore, just kinda dumb.

We've advanced past the point of caring about expletives. Thinking curses are gonna somehow screw people up, especially kids, is akin to thinking shooting games create school shooters. Victorian thinking is a bygone. Censorship and fragility go hand in hand. If we don't want the newer generations to be fragile, then we need to let them get with the fucking program! ;-) I for one, love a good fuck bomb. Come to think…

Maybe it's a demographic thing, and I don't think I'm a fuddy-duddy (though, just this morning, I was horrified by the lyrics of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" while dropping the kids off at school), but the bleeped-expletive made think "They're trying to be edgy. Why not spend an extra few minutes finding the mot juste rather than the lazy f-bomb? Everything else seems really thought out and put together."
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