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Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by razodactyl »

loufe wrote: post #27

I really like Godot so far but the debugging tools are massively inferior to any other IDE and language I've ever used. I waste so much time trying to track down bugs. Proper variable inspection would be a life saver, for instance.

And this is the magic of open source and the current situation. There will be many like you and a few with the dedication and skills to make that happen for the benefit of us all.

The Unity move was VERY silly considering the state of Godot and Unreal.

Literally treating your entire user base like that.

I spent $400 for the Pro license when I was a poor Uni student back in '09 and it didn't translate to the newer versions - I just cut my losses and never looked back.

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by nologic01 »

Side remark, but it is always intriguing to see what can be achieved with wasm technologies. There seems to be still significant potential in this direction and Godot's html5 export gives a good example of how to tap it.

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by CrociDB »

I feel the same. I've worked with Unity for quite some time (though gladly don't anymore), but always had trouble trying to learn Unreal. Recently I tried godot and I found it quite easy to get started!

I love the game. Had a lot of fun playing for some time. but just one question, shouldn't pair of A be considered "higher than jacks"? Because it looks like it's not: https://imgur.com/a/ov2UP1D

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by g232089 »

It's nice but the CRT filter in a big monitor burns my retinas. CRTs didn't look like that unless you got too close to the screen. I guess I'm supposed to move away from the screen but then I can't reach the mouse, :)

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by carstenhag »

toxik wrote: post #14

Just me or is it super unintuitive that you HOLD rather than dismiss cards? Happened like a dozen times now that I throw the cards I want to keep.

Usually you only have 1-2 cards you want to hold. So it's 1-2 clicks.

If you had to throw them, it would be 3-5 clicks.

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by toxik »

carstenhag wrote: post #35
toxik wrote: post #14

Just me or is it super unintuitive that you HOLD rather than dismiss cards? Happened like a dozen times now that I throw the cards I want to keep.

Usually you only have 1-2 cards you want to hold. So it's 1-2 clicks. If you had to throw them, it would be 3-5 clicks.

I flushed a flush for this reason :(

Re: Show HN: Classic Video Poker

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Post by toxik »

cdelsolar wrote: post #30
toxik wrote: post #23

I guess you could tractably compute the optimal policy for every hand. What is it?

There’s pages on the internet for this, with nice mental shortcuts. I remember trying to study one such page before going out in Vegas. It’s pretty silly because even playing optimally your EV is still negative

That’s what I figured, you always lose in the end.
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