It’s just tribalism. This is ingrained in us. Our group good. Other group bad. It’s survival.

Doesn’t make it right. Or logical. Best we can do is check ourselves when we have these thoughts or perform these actions. And to call out others who do it.

Again, it’s not a 2D game. The gameplay moves in 2D, but it’s rendered in 3D. Technically we call this 2.5D.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D

So the whole premise you’re basing this on is false. And don’t compare a 30y old PS1 game to modern gaming lol. I get you’re nostalgic but the industry has changed.

10xx is still not a lower-end PC

1060 is certainly low end, which is the card you mentioned. 1080 (ti) might still be considered higher end, but the 1060 has been called low end years ago.

No, it isn’t. The gameplay is tied to two dimensions and it lets devs leave out everything but a thin line of scenery that serves the 2d perspective.

What? That doesn’t make the models of the character and scenery any less 3D. Are we looking at the same game?

And Sunset Overdrive is 11 yo, yep, and it’s a full 3d game with similar gfxs where you can actually navigate these three dimensions hopping through it’s map.

I don’t get what you’re trying to say. Yes, an 11 year old game performs fine on 10 year old hardware. What does this have to do with an unreleased, unoptimised, modern game?

2D in gameplay, but it’s a 3D game. Also, the 1060 is almost 10 years old. But most importantly, it’s still a WIP. Optimisation for lower end PCs will probably happen last.

I feel really bad for the devs. Just trying to make a game and they get bombarded with harassment, racist bait, trolling, etc.

Is there anything to be done about this?

Edit: I reported a few threads for being obvious harassment

If you could pump out 100 features in 1 year, how little were they doing before??

It’s just a picture? Or is there more to the post?

The correct business model is to be cheaper and more convenient than piracy.

Convenient? Yes. Cheaper? How? Piracy is almost always free or requires a one-time purchase.

Link to thread?

Lol yeah I was like “why the fuck is the first data point profit?!”

Same, but instead of Aryll I just head the Squid Hunt game guy. SPLOOOSH! KABOOM!

I can hear this picture.

OIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Nevermind, I got it when I disabled my PiHole. 🤷

Quite ironic, given the subject

One of our key functionalities was disrupted because the link was behind an icon 🙃

Good moment to evaluate whether that’s the best solution going forwards!

A jury saw secret revenue sharing deals between Google, smartphone makers, and game developers. The jury saw internal emails between Google execs that suggested Google was scared of how Epic might convince its fellow game developers to join or create rival app stores, creating unwanted competition for Google.

Fuck Epic and all that, but a silver lining that this has bubbled up because of it

Here are the objectives that they want to assess with some examples:

"(…) explore options on how to improve consumer protection in the online environment and increase their trust, including by assessing the need for targeted prohibitions, for example with respect to:

• preventing traders from using dark patterns and other unfair techniques that pressure, deceive and manipulate consumers online;

So we’re talking hidden / obscured cancellation mechanics, hidden costs, misleading language. Fortnite 1 / Fortnite 2

• giving consumers greater control of their online experience by addressing addictive design features that lead consumers, particularly minors, to spend excessive time and money on online goods and services;

This addressee (literal) gambling and FOMO-style design, very present in mobile gaming. Don’t have links for this one, but pretty much all the big names are mentioned in lawsuits over the past years

• addressing problematic features of digital products such as in video games, in particular as concerns their impact on minors;

This is a broad one, presumably to identify key mechanics like loot boxes in any variety and gacha style mechanics and how they impact minors. Example study

• addressing problematic personalisation practices, including situations where consumer vulnerabilities are targeted for the purposes of personalised advertising and pricing;

Targeting your weaknesses to extract more money from you is not fair. Especially if these weaknesses are any addictions or unhealthy habits. Star Citizen

• preventing harmful practices by influencers (e.g. the lack of disclosure of commercial communications, the promotion of harmful products to their followers and clarifying the responsibilities of the companies that collaborate with them);

Content Creators / Influencers are the new way to market products to consumers, especially children. Transparency with regards to sponsored content is necessary, as these creators can have a huge influence. Jenner / Celsius (pdf)

• addressing unfair practices related to the price (e.g. “drip” pricing, “starting from” prices if the trader applies dynamic pricing, percentage/value discounts that mislead the consumer as to the nature of the promotion);

Pretty straight forward I think. You can’t display a €99 pack and list it as “starting from 4,99” where that price belongs to the cheaper pack.

• addressing problems with digital contracts (e.g. difficult cancellations of subscriptions, auto-renewals or free trials converted into paid subscriptions, use of chatbots for customer service).

See the first point about dark patterns, this is just in a wider scope to emphasise it’s not just online but specifically about subscriptions and cancelling them. Cancelling should be as easy as signing up. US Gov vs Adobe

Now I don’t have time to find more links, but there’s plenty of more material out there. I only shared some examples and some of them might have been resolved or rejected by court by now.

Feedback

Giving feedback is as easy as logging in to the website and filling in the form. I was able to use my eID that uses my national government ID app that I use for everything else in my country.

You get space for 4000 characters, and are required to share some details. You can decide whether you want to keep your feedback anonymous or share it publicly. You can browse public feedback on the main page linked in the post for inspiration.

And The Netherlands

This. Can’t believe we’re seeing “lol Reddit sucks” when this is a country-wide implementation and has nothing to do with Reddit in particular.

What? No! You should be happy to even get any green to begin with.

- Capitalism

On Lemmy I feel like we do the same except for instances. Some person signs up with an instance oblivious to its politics but will get judged based on it.