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Pressure relief valve. People can't run at a 100% duty cycle for very long or they burn out. ASK ME HOW I KNOW
How do you know?
Portal 64 – A demake of Portal for the Nintendo 64
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#22It's worth mentioning that the author has a YouTube channel[1] where he periodically posts videos showcasing updates he's made to the game over time. I'm surprised there isn't a link or even any kind of screenshots of the game on the Github repo, even if it is still very early in development. [1] https://www.youtube.com/@happycoder1989/videos
Looks much better than I expected. Hard to believe people are complaining about things this cool.
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A lot of times a demake is a challenge. Video game technology has evolved significantly, and being able to take a (relatively) modern video game and remake it on much older hardware while still having most of the game's original features is an impressive feat.
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and here you are commenting on HN. Nobody asked for your input on how others spend their time
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#24How long before versions are distributed ready to play?
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A lot of times a demake is a challenge. Video game technology has evolved significantly, and being able to take a (relatively) modern video game and remake it on much older hardware while still having most of the game's original features is an impressive feat.
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Woof, glad we have you around to tell us what to do with our lives. We'd be lost otherwise!
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A lot of times a demake is a challenge. Video game technology has evolved significantly, and being able to take a (relatively) modern video game and remake it on much older hardware while still having most of the game's original features is an impressive feat.
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Sounds like you want to hire them?
Or not pay them, and tell them what they can work on?
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CTRL+T, "demake", Enter
That was a quicker solution to your question than posting on here.
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A lot of times a demake is a challenge. Video game technology has evolved significantly, and being able to take a (relatively) modern video game and remake it on much older hardware while still having most of the game's original features is an impressive feat.
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Is the purpose of life to only work on "useful" things? I ask that genuinely.
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The developer wouldn't be as talented if he didn't take on such challenging projects
Exactly.
I’ve spent many thousands of hours since my early teens messing around with retro games and gaming systems. I haven’t accomplished anything as “big” as this person, but I’ve gotten to work on some cool things, and through that process I learn so much more about computer architecture and low-level programming than I ever could through school or work. The time I’ve invested into that has paid off in job and educational opportunities that would not have been available to me otherwise.
A hobby project that is both fun and hard is in my experience the best way to gain experience and develop my skills, regardless of whether it’s “useful”.