Tygrak's recent activity
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023 in ~talk
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Comment on Welcome new reddit refugees in ~tildes
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Comment on Tildes invite session call to arms in ~tildes
Tygrak LinkSent out my 10 :) had no idea this is happeningSent out my 10 :) had no idea this is happening
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Comment on Genshin Impact players unite! in ~anime
Tygrak LinkI am a husbando collector, been playing almost since lunch. I am mostly waiting for 4.0 when new guy(s) are supposed to drop, because I already have every other man in the game. I don't really...I am a husbando collector, been playing almost since lunch. I am mostly waiting for 4.0 when new guy(s) are supposed to drop, because I already have every other man in the game. I don't really roll on weapon banners but if there would be a really good value one I might try it -- the one time I rolled for a weapon though I had to go to pity 3 times so I am not too much of a fan :D. How about you?
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Comment on How do you decide if a piece of music is good? in ~music
Tygrak LinkSuper interesting question! I thought it quite a bit in the past. I really wonder what makes differwnt people like different genres. Is it about what they listened to when they were young? For me,...Super interesting question! I thought it quite a bit in the past. I really wonder what makes differwnt people like different genres. Is it about what they listened to when they were young?
For me, I like mostly alt rock I guess and stuff adjacent to it. The artists I like the most are quite experimental -- I really like when the music is somewhat unique, so I can listen to the same album many times over a long timeframe without getting bored of it. I don't like catchy songs too much, for example 100 gecs (which I really like) are too catchy and the songs get stuck in my mind which I hate, so I dont listen to them too much. I think a quality I really like in a song or album is length. There are things like drone which I really enjoy even if it contradicts the "uniqueness" i mentioned before, cause it repeats so much. I think long music really allows me to immerse myself in the music, which can make it much more potent. For example Natural Snow Buildings or the album Microphones in 2020. I also think that music that is emotionally powerful is often more enjoyable for me -- I can really like screamo-y vocals if they feel genuine. Actually strange vocals might be another thing that I like -- Jordaan Mason, The Brave Little Abacus or Joanny Newsom are some examples of vocals I think are a bit unorthodox but I like. In the end I just dont exactly know. Its interesting.
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Comment on Introductions | April 2023 in ~talk
Tygrak Link ParentDrawing is probably the one thing that I have been neglecting the most -- I started trying to learn about 10 years ago, and I had a few months where I was actually trying to improve, but that was...Drawing is probably the one thing that I have been neglecting the most -- I started trying to learn about 10 years ago, and I had a few months where I was actually trying to improve, but that was quite long ago now. Nowadays I just rarely draw some small things for some of my games, but other than that I am not drawing much. I'd really like to try traditional art media more too, I made a few bad paintings before, definitely would like to do more when I will have more time.
I think I already shared some of my games on Tildes before, I made a few games for Timasomo which I definitely shared. Most of the Ludum Dare games are playable on my LD page (https://ldjam.com/users/tygrak/games), the few that aren't were on the old LD site that that is no longer active so they can be a bit hard to dig up, but they also weren't good at all so it isn't too much of a shame :D.
There actually was a Ludum Dare this weekend, which I of course participated in, if anyone would like to play a weird trippy fractaly game you can do so here https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/the-dark-forest-and-a-delivery-through-distant-lands-and-geometric-oddities :D
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Comment on Introductions | April 2023 in ~talk
Tygrak LinkHello, I am also not new, I am actually here since 2019 apparently. I originally came here from a post I found on hacker news while I was super bored at my previous job. I am a gay guy from the...Hello, I am also not new, I am actually here since 2019 apparently. I originally came here from a post I found on hacker news while I was super bored at my previous job.
I am a gay guy from the Czech Republic.
I am a programmer, currently working in game dev. I have been making games for quite some time, and game dev is how I got to many of my hobbies. I learned to draw (I am very much not goid at this), make music (I play guitar and also have a lyre I use to make noises sometimes, also I know my way around a DAW), 3D model and probably more random stuff you need when you are making games by yourself. Currently from programming I am most interested in graphics programming which is also what I kind of do for my job.I am a huge fan of game jams, I participated in Ludum Dare 16 times!
I am also learning Finnish for around 2 years now, but I am also not great at it. Overall I just like learning new things, and I am ok with being bad at stuff.
I am also mostly a lurker on Tildes, I check it quite often, just dont post too much :). I love this small cozy community!
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Comment on Who are your favourite content creators, and what do they do? in ~tech
Tygrak Link ParentNorthernlion is the best. I have been watching him for like 10 years now. Which is a bit insane :D.Northernlion is the best. I have been watching him for like 10 years now. Which is a bit insane :D.
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Comment on Introductions | April 2023 in ~talk
Tygrak Link ParentOoooh, very cool! I think I do basically the same thing with loving to learn to do a lot of stuff badly. When compared to a random person who never done the thing I am still very good at the...Ooooh, very cool! I think I do basically the same thing with loving to learn to do a lot of stuff badly. When compared to a random person who never done the thing I am still very good at the things tho :). And I am also European, there's a few of us here!
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Comment on What is your most essential pessimistic belief? Conversely, what is your most essential optimistic belief? in ~talk
Tygrak LinkI believe that Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The flipside is that things being alright isn't the same as things being good. I have quite a lot of pessimistic tendencies. But all the times...I believe that Everything Will Be Alright in the End.
The flipside is that things being alright isn't the same as things being good. I have quite a lot of pessimistic tendencies. But all the times in my life I have catastrophized and worried too much about things, the things just kind of worked out. It might have not been exactly in the way I wanted, things aren't perfect (at all), but life goes on.
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Comment on Why I decided not to do Emrakul, and how we shipped it anyway in ~comp
Tygrak Link ParentOh yeah reading it now my reply doesn't make too much sense. What I wanted to say is that I'd bet that it doesn't use any machine learning like (ChatGPT/Copilot). I also think it doesn't exactly...Oh yeah reading it now my reply doesn't make too much sense. What I wanted to say is that I'd bet that it doesn't use any machine learning like (ChatGPT/Copilot). I also think it doesn't exactly create code (as in programming language code) for the cards, instead some representation that is then better executable ("ProposeEffectCostResource" to me sounds exactly like an object that would be created for this, maybe the object contains what costs it has to activate and what is the result). I might be wrong though of course!
I actually created something a much simpler but a bit similar before -- I was making a roguelike card game (think slay the spire), where I made a system which would basically work in reverse, I would describe the effect of the card in nested objects like this and I would have automatic rules text generation from those objects. I'd bet that is quite common for card games.
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Comment on Why I decided not to do Emrakul, and how we shipped it anyway in ~comp
Tygrak Link ParentMTG rules text is very regular, and most cards are quite simple. I bet they dont need any special NLP.MTG rules text is very regular, and most cards are quite simple. I bet they dont need any special NLP.
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Comment on The future is a dead mall - Decentraland and the metaverse in ~tech
Tygrak Link ParentI actually saw a video about ActiveWorlds before, which people might like -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md1fFTymGYI I was also instantly reminded of it when seeing decentraland in this videoI actually saw a video about ActiveWorlds before, which people might like -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md1fFTymGYI I was also instantly reminded of it when seeing decentraland in this video
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Comment on The future is a dead mall - Decentraland and the metaverse in ~tech
Tygrak Link ParentIt was very fun, but not very "smart", I'd say. Great way to waste 2 hours. Mostly just laughing at a trainwreck, while also somehow enabling it...It was very fun, but not very "smart", I'd say. Great way to waste 2 hours. Mostly just laughing at a trainwreck, while also somehow enabling it...
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Comment on How hard is it really to create your own video game? in ~games.game_design
Tygrak Link ParentAgree fully. Creating game is really hard, mostly because you often need to make use of many different skills, and for a newcomer multiple new software. I'd actually recommend to go even simpler...Agree fully. Creating game is really hard, mostly because you often need to make use of many different skills, and for a newcomer multiple new software. I'd actually recommend to go even simpler for your first game and use something that doesn't even need you to code if you arent already a programmer. Use Twine for interactive fiction or Bitsy if you want to walk around in 2D. These tools are actually simple enough that there you wont get overwhelmed and you can make games that are still very charning and can let you focus on the worldbuilding/story.
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Comment on core-js: So, what's next? in ~tech
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Comment on Retired NATO general Petr Pavel has been elected as the new president of the Czech Republic, seeing off his populist challenger Andrej Babis in ~news
Tygrak Link ParentIt was nearly guaranteed coming close to the end that PP (haha) will win, the betting companies even gave Babiš 10x odds near the end. Even after the end of the first round it felt quite probable,...It was nearly guaranteed coming close to the end that PP (haha) will win, the betting companies even gave Babiš 10x odds near the end. Even after the end of the first round it felt quite probable, since Pavel got more votes even in it (35.4% compared to Babiš with 34.99%), which not many people expected. After the first round almost every knocked out from the first round rallied behind Pavel, including Danuše Nerudová who had the third most votes (13,92%) and Pavel Fischer (6.75%). Most people consider Babiš to be basically the countries biggest boogieman for years now.
I am really happy that we won't have a liar and a thief as president, and instead will have a person who looks very respectable. It has been a long time since our president wasn't a clown too. All Zeman did was embarrass our country in his second term. And having Zeman as president who is fat, old, plus an alcoholic and smoker wasn't too flattering for our country too.
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Comment on Which web browser do you use? in ~tech
Tygrak LinkI use Firefox since like always, both at work and home. I never made the switch to Chrome when basically everyone seemed to. Never really saw any reason to switch to Chrome, both browsers are so...I use Firefox since like always, both at work and home. I never made the switch to Chrome when basically everyone seemed to. Never really saw any reason to switch to Chrome, both browsers are so similar in their features and some marginal speed up that used to be promised with Chrome doesn't interest me that much, everything loads so fast anyways.
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Comment on Berlin's giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes in ~news
Tygrak Link ParentI am pretty sure that is -6C overnight outside.I am pretty sure that is -6C overnight outside.
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Comment on Timasomo 2022: Showcase Thread in ~creative.timasomo
Tygrak Link ParentYep yep, I made the art and everything else in the game during the 48 hours :).Yep yep, I made the art and everything else in the game during the 48 hours :).
AAA game programmer -- very cool! I currently work as a game developer too, not at what I'd call an AAA studio but at a studio too. Still quite new to it (at least professionally) -- started about a year ago after making games as a hobbyist for years.
What kind of game programmer are you? I wonder how specialized people get on even larger teams, since at the company there aren't that many programmers most of us do more stuff, though I mostly do graphics programming.