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We just had one here saying IT hiring was going up this year. As well last year and the year before. I don’t know what tf they are basing that on. One of my former employers (consultants) are firing for the first time ever. And they have hardly any work for the remaining.

I don't know anyone who would do something like that. Or pretty anything else, for that matter. Anyways, it's time I stop rambling.

I am married, without children. But nothing has come close to "the good old days". I do have a few friends but we don't talk a lot and almost never do anything together. And when we do it is nothing like it used to be. The other day I was thinking about nigh fishing with a friend. Watching the...

This may sound spoiled but public transportation drains me. It stresses me out with all those people.So when both work and commute sounds stressful…. but in any case an hour is a long time for me.

2 hours total :) maybe I didn’t make that clear.

I thought about it... but I am not sure I could stand even that, it might be for a very long time. And I would burn some bridges if I leave after a short time. Decisions...

Just as I wrote this a former colleague posted a job add. I skipped the line and went straight to an interview with his boss. High pay, 7 weeks of vacation (yes, 7). But I get easily stressed and it was a demanding job (banking, moving billions of dollars every year). And 2 hours of commute...

I’m actually going to remove the oldest entries to mask it a bit. But still… 100-200 applicants for even the shittiest sounding jobs.

I haven't applied for a job since my first job 30 years ago (I am a programmer). Things just happened and there was always plenty to do. Now I find myself without a job and the ones that are relevant to me have 100-200 applicants. I also read an article about how 50+ years will often exclude you...

From a teenager to mid twenties I had so many, many awesome and unforgettable experiences with friends (albeit different friends over time). Like fishing, computer games, movies, just hanging out, all kinds of stuff. But in late twenties it just fizzled out. I'm not sure why, maybe people grew...

This is the worfest I have seen in a long time.

Amazing video if you are interested in the history of AI.

Soothing.

I can’t help but laugh every time I see it on Steam 😁

Can farm. Oh yes! Locked behind cutscenes. Oh no.

Replaying Dying Light (first one). Crazy how an 11 year old game looks and feels better than most new AAA(A) titles. Also playing Elden Ring with randomizer mod. Fighting heavy archers while wading through a swamp is... interesting. Had to re-randomize.

Good to hear, thanks. I just get this, both in Edge and Chrome:

Sorry, I just want to rant. I uploaded Idle Earl to Y8 and lots of players are viewing it. But for some reason Y8 forces fullscreen. Leaving fullscreen will exit the game. Pretty stupid for an idle game. And it's not the case for other games I checked, just this. I am pissed. Rant over, happy...

I loved the first one, but I was still surprised to see that it ranked #35 of best selling pc games of all time (5.3 million). Then again, that list doesn't include Elden Ring. And it has Everquest at 3 million. Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_PC_games

True, I did make a lot of them very easy. I've started to shuffle levels around, make new ones, balance things, etc, but number of players is so low it doesn't really matter. Thanks for giving it a shot :)

https://zimpzon.itch.io/earl-in-space Earl is back! Another self-made game, this time a platformer.

Making levels is much harder than I thought, but I made a demo version. I might have to give up on this whole platformer thing lol Earl In Space - beta

Glad you enjoyed it! A platformer, so an entirely different demographic ;)

iirc you can select any char for any game, so you can do the quests locally and then later join their server with that char.

I find this hilarious lol. One day I will grow up, but that day is not today. Generated by AI. As long as it is real names AI is certainly a lot more lenient. https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/fef65f52-ab55-4bc9-9e01-d08697e13916

I almost refunded this because I got destroyed so badly. But then I decided to git gud and after 8 more hours I really wish I had refunded.

Apart from a few absolutely insufferable characters 3 was great. Especially the girl, wtf were they thinking??

It's great fun but for the most part not memorable. Except the two bosses we did so far (two player co-op). They are cool but the last one took like 15 min, wtf.

I want to try it but I don't like this:

Done!

I need a small Earl break now so I just added a simple new tier and buffed some numbers.

Yeah I need something relatively simple, I'm am a bit busy these days. And I can't even come up with a single one atm :cool: I could just add Final Earl now. Or wait and see if any simple ideas pop up.

I'm thinking... increased income from high end upgrades, add 5 more upgrades with the last one being Final Earl (something crazy). Fits exactly on the screen, as it should :) Then there is an end goal to work towards, both for players and for me. Version 1.0, final Earl.

Good questions... If diamond value outpaced credit cost a little it would get faster and faster, instead of slowing down. If that one can be figured out without breaking early game balance. Some auto incrementing buff might be easier and probably more fun. It could still let things speed up...

Yeah I've seen it. I have sort of an idea what is causing it. Will fix when I can.

How about rebirth cards that cut credit time in half? I just don't know what they should cost. If there are any suggestions I'll just go ahead and add them. And then the buffing of % for bestiary, that is a quick fix I will add later. It all helps. Btw, I have to add a credit page with you beta...

Now that you've played so much, is some buffing needed to speed up income? Any ideas? % per beast is very easy to increase. I'm all for YOLO buffing if things are dragging. I test at certain levels but I have nowhere near you guys' expertise (ironic, I guess).

33% faster time means 33% faster income. And faster Arena. It is mostly just a fun effect that gives some extra income. 1) Interesting, but would have to be limited else too OP if it touches the highest HP monster. The other ones also sounds interesting and not too OP (but priorities). 2)...

When arena HP is increased the intention is that you don't have to YOLO through 40K arenas to get to the last enemies. It should make it faster for lower level players to reach high level enemies. High level enemies pop up when arena HP is higher than their own HP. So my expected result is...