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ullerrm posted:Didn't TOG take over the failed Yogventures kickstarter as well? No, but I can understand why you might think that. The Yogventures thing was "taken over" by Nerd Kingdom's game, by the name of TUG.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1886737712/yargo-the-ultimate-pirate-battle-boardgame These guys from Portland were too cool to use a D6 in their game.
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Jul 7, 2015 06:47
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Bubble-T posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1886737712/yargo-the-ultimate-pirate-battle-boardgame 1 hip poo poo
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Jul 7, 2015 06:54
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Bubble-T posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1886737712/yargo-the-ultimate-pirate-battle-boardgame quote:The best deal? $5 USD gets you one of our awesome Yargo pirate coins and the print and play version of Yargo! Why coins? Because in Yargo, outcomes are determined by coin flips. You’ll love the feel of our big 1.25" (3.2cm) brass, custom-minted, flipping coins- bigger than a US Dollar Coin and perfect for any coin toss! When I'm bored and I have a coin, I flip that coin, and that's how I know that regularly flipping anything bigger than a US Dollar Coin is really annoying. A quarter is pretty much the perfect size. Better yet, don't use three flips of a coin to resolve a flow chart that only has four outcomes. It's a little insane.
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Jul 7, 2015 06:56
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Four outcomes, but one only happens by choice, and one of them is pretty heavily weighted towards happening. They can't really use a die here because they hosed themselves out of it and need to start over to make something good.
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Jul 7, 2015 08:06
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Cheez posted:Four outcomes, but one only happens by choice, and one of them is pretty heavily weighted towards happening. They can't really use a die here because they hosed themselves out of it and need to start over to make something good. They totally could use a die, it just would require two rolls and a d10. First roll, 1-6 hits the ship, 7-8 misses, and 9-10 let's you either hit the crew, or roll again to see if you damage equipment or the ship. It's still clunky, but less so than 2-3 coin flips and a flow chart.
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Jul 7, 2015 08:13
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Cheez posted:Four outcomes, but one only happens by choice, and one of them is pretty heavily weighted towards happening. They can't really use a die here because they hosed themselves out of it and need to start over to make something good. Yeah you definitely can't replicate it exactly with a D6 but I don't think what they have is good enough to be worth all the coin flips.
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senrath posted:They totally could use a die, it just would require two rolls and a d10. First roll, 1-6 hits the ship, 7-8 misses, and 9-10 let's you either hit the crew, or roll again to see if you damage equipment or the ship. It's still clunky, but less so than 2-3 coin flips and a flow chart. Wouldn't a d8 be exactly the same as the dumb coin thing? 1 misses, 2-6 hits, and 7-8 either stop or roll for damage. The most important thing is that flipping coins is really really not fun.
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Jul 7, 2015 08:59
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I think they wanted to be thematic with a game that comes in a treasure chest with a bunch of coins, but sometimes I don't think that you should build a game around pieces (choose your pieces to match a good game instead)
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Jul 7, 2015 09:55
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more games should come with those dice filled domes that you click down to make it roll the dice.
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Jul 7, 2015 09:57
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Fauxtool posted:more games should come with those dice filled domes that you click down to make it roll the dice. I wanted to do that with my 'Nids. Might still do it with my kill-team.
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Jul 7, 2015 10:14
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Fauxtool posted:more games should come with those dice filled domes that you click down to make it roll the dice. the US must close the popamatic bubble gap
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Jul 7, 2015 14:38
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Dr. Stab posted:Wouldn't a d8 be exactly the same as the dumb coin thing? 1 misses, 2-6 hits, and 7-8 either stop or roll for damage. No. That results in missing 1/8th of the time, rather than 1/5th of the time.
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senrath posted:No. That results in missing 1/8th of the time, rather than 1/5th of the time. Excuse my ignorance, but why is it 1/5? tails-tails-tails is the only way to miss, which is 1/(2^3) = 1/8. The D8 solution seems like it would be correct.
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No, you're right. I was just counting total number of outcomes, but forgetting to take into account that some happen after 2 flips and some 3.
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Jul 7, 2015 16:09
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stillvisions posted:Speaking of Kickstarters, this post (now taken down) by an associate of Andrew Hussie's is going around now. I have a friend who was hired for the in-house and without saying too much, this write-up was founded. but the in-house work has been excellent.
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Jul 8, 2015 16:46
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[Every videogame ks ever] Names zelda, mario, and metroid? check. Mentions the guy's been a gamer all his life? check and check
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Jul 9, 2015 16:55
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Noyemi K posted:[Every videogame ks ever] I could literally make this right now, today.
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Cheez posted:I could literally make this right now, today. Isn't that pretty much a built-in preset in some game maker apps these days? Maybe he got inspired by the latest Humble Bundle? 
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Noyemi K posted:[Every videogame ks ever]  e: Aw poo poo, I thought that meant 0 of his previous kickstarters were backed. Nevermind. Out of his 6 kickstarters, only one is funded, which is still pretty sad. Macichne Leainig has a new favorite as of 17:09 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 17:05
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Protocol7 posted:
60 dollars canadian.
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Jul 9, 2015 17:37
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He just jumped from $10 to $12. Which one of you was it?
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Jul 9, 2015 17:40
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Some of those were actually the same game (Platformer 37/Square Square Chaos)
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Jul 9, 2015 17:41
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Noyemi K posted:[Every videogame ks ever] He mentions Zelda, Mario, and Metroid but the game is clearly based on Castlevania?
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Jul 9, 2015 18:02
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Gotta get on that Bloodstained bandwagon.
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Jul 9, 2015 20:20
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*me clicking every videogame kickstarter link* "Wow, look at all these stolen sprites." I say in a booming, muscular voice. *I click the link* *I look at all the stolen sprites.* "I'll stop saying it when it stops being true." I say in a booming, muscular voice.
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I'm pretty sure I made that game when I followed a Unity tutorial.
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Collateral Damage posted:I'm pretty sure I made that game when I followed a Unity tutorial. But how on Earth did you afford to do that? Who funded you?
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EvilGenius posted:But how on Earth did you afford to do that? Who funded you? You didn't see his KS? It was all over the news. The game turned into Final Fantasy Tactics Advance A2 eventually.
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This thing got funded recently: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1314339634/holus-the-interactive-tabletop-holographic-display Notice the money they got and the amount of backers. Average $CAD 600 per backer. Personally, I think this is a really cool thing, if it's real. The video never really has a long, slow shot that pans around the device in order to demonstrate an actual holographic effect. For all I know it's just a bunch of weird triangular screens that look good only when viewed from the right angle. Some similar systems are demonstrated here, and it seems that is exactly what it is, only good from specific angles: https://medium.com/@sableraph/how-to-sell-a-19th-century-parlor-trick-as-a-3d-holographic-display-c12a861cb8bf Someone thinks it's a scam: http://joanielemercier.com/is_kickstarter_covering_up_a_scam/ and they ragequit kickstarter over it. Most curious thing from that article though:  Did some googling, but I've not been able to confirm this. The author did put it in a handy image for easy sharing on other websites 
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Completely not looking at the "scam or not" part of it, I'm amused by how much of that guy's vitriol stems from the fact that they might be using the term "hologram" incorrectly, which as far as I know pretty much everyone who doesn't work with them for a living does. As for the badge thing, yeah, I'm pretty sure that's technically correct, in that Kickstarter doesn't have a badge they give out, and anyone can trivially lie about it. But you can also go back and look to see all of the projects that Kickstarter has actually made a staff pick, so...
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senrath posted:Completely not looking at the "scam or not" part of it, I'm amused by how much of that guy's vitriol stems from the fact that they might be using the term "hologram" incorrectly, which as far as I know pretty much everyone who doesn't work with them for a living does. I do think that people, when they read the term hologram, expect some sort of laser rendering, and this is just a mirror trick. It's like calling something a jet pack when in reality it's just a trampoline. ... Brb, starting jet pack Kickstarter.
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Non Serviam posted:I do think that people, when they read the term hologram, expect some sort of laser rendering, and this is just a mirror trick. It's like calling something a jet pack when in reality it's just a trampoline. Just call it a "bio-mechanical jetpack" and you're set. There's no legal definition for one, right?
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The height and distance limitations on the biomechanical personal flight device are simply due to its prototype status.
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I think we're onto something here.
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I checked the last few pages and didn't see this posted: Progressive Feminist Music for Children quote:Ms. Cacie's fun, progressive music for children: songs about consent, ableism, anxiety, non-binary gender, dinosaurs, robots, and more!
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Skutter posted:I checked the last few pages and didn't see this posted: Oh boy, there's nothing very young children love more than songs about sexual consent!
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That doesn't seem so terrible. The example song in the video is the kind of thing I'd like for my kids because they learn super quickly at childcare that there's "boy stuff" and "girl stuff" and I think that sucks. It sounds like the writing will be pretty age appropriate.
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Bubble-T posted:That doesn't seem so terrible. The example song in the video is the kind of thing I'd like for my kids because they learn super quickly at childcare that there's "boy stuff" and "girl stuff" and I think that sucks. It sounds like the writing will be pretty age appropriate. And also about rape. It's something that any sane parent would talk to their infant child about. Jesus Christ...
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Bubble-T posted:That doesn't seem so terrible. The example song in the video is the kind of thing I'd like for my kids because they learn super quickly at childcare that there's "boy stuff" and "girl stuff" and I think that sucks. It sounds like the writing will be pretty age appropriate. The songs are also not structured well, and again, we can wait for the consent talk. It can happen, but 5 year olds singing about consent are actually sorta creepy
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