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DC Gamer Club / Ludum Dare 46: April 17th-20th, 2020

« Last post by Deozaan on April 02, 2020, 04:18 AM »

Ludum Dare 46 is coming up in just two weeks.

It has been two years since I last participated in a Ludum Dare event (LD41 in April 2018), and I'm gearing up to do it once again as a team effort.

Right now you can submit theme suggestions, after which the Theme Slaughter will begin. I'll try to remember to post more details to this thread as we get closer to the start (and end) of the event, but it's likely you won't hear much from me during the 72-hour jam.

Feel free to discuss any aspect of LD46 in this thread, including any games you might try out once the event has completed.


EDIT: My team made Defendeer for LD46.





See previous DC posts about Ludum Dare:

Ludum Dare 45 Reviews - A thread about LD45 games
Ludum Dare 41 - (My team made It's Not Lupus! for LD41)
Ludum Dare 2017 Thread - A thread about games from LD37 and LD38
Ludum Dare 33 - A thread about LD33 games
Ludum Dare 32 - (I made Time Bomb during LD32)
Ludum Dare 31 - (I made Worm Wars during LD31)
Ludum Dare 30 - (I made Planetary Devourers during LD30)
Ludum Dare 29 - (I made It Came From... Beneath!! during LD29)
Ludum Dare [29] topic for other games - A thread about LD29 games
Ludum Dare 23 - (I made Be Tiny, World! during LD23, and continued to work on it and improve it for years afterward!)
Ludum Dare - Game Programming Challenges

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Deozaan on March 29, 2020, 09:42 PM »

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by Deozaan on March 28, 2020, 09:00 PM »

https://darkreader.org/

-Deozaan (January 02, 2020, 08:01 PM)

Nice!  Had been using "Dark mode / night reader", but this one looks worth trying 

-ewemoa (March 28, 2020, 08:11 PM)

I like it. On some sites it isn't able to fully convert all the colors, so some sites or sections of sites are hard to read because it's either dark on dark or light on light. But most of the time it has been very helpful in reducing eye strain.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini-Review: GIFExplainer

« Last post by Deozaan on March 26, 2020, 03:01 PM »

I'm surprised the review wasn't in GIF format.

Thanks for taking the time to review this program.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by Deozaan on March 24, 2020, 07:07 PM »

More free goodies (wallpapers, artbooks, and even a soundtrack) being given away until March 25 at 2 PM UTC:

https://www.gog.com/...goodies_collection_1

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Living Room / Re: Share your tips and comforts for dealing with the stress and fear of a pandemic

« Last post by Deozaan on March 24, 2020, 01:32 AM »

My Wife in Quarantine - Dude Dad

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Living Room / Re: Share your tips and comforts for dealing with the stress and fear of a pandemic

« Last post by Deozaan on March 23, 2020, 12:50 AM »

Where's Waldo - Social Distancing Edition

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General Software Discussion / Re: Brave: A new browser with built-in adblock and payment solutions

« Last post by Deozaan on March 22, 2020, 11:58 PM »

I've noticed in the past month or maybe two that I'm getting almost no Brave Rewards ads, even though I have it set to the highest setting. The only thing I'm getting is the occasional sponsored image on my new tab page.

It used to be that I wouldn't get many ads throughout the day and then for some reason in the evenings I'd start getting a ton of them. But now I can't remember when was the last time I saw one of the ad notifications. I wonder what changed.

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Living Room / Re: COVID-19 might have just killed ISP data caps

« Last post by Deozaan on March 22, 2020, 06:47 PM »

My mobile service provider (Mint Mobile) is offering unlimited data for free for 3 months. Kind of. You buy it and then it is reimbursed the next day or something like that.

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Living Room / Re: Free learning resources for you and your kids during the pandemic.

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2020, 12:40 PM »

If you wanted to learn how to use the Unity game engine, they've made their Unity Learn Premium free for all for the next ~3 months:

https://learn.unity.com/

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest Steam Giveaway

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2020, 12:34 AM »

Tomb Raider (2013) is free on Steam if you claim it within the next few days.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by Deozaan on March 21, 2020, 12:34 AM »

You can also get the game 'Tomb Raider' for free on Steam. The website 'Rock, Paper, Shotgun' alerted me today about it, tried it and it is free till the 24th of this month.

-Shades (March 20, 2020, 11:23 PM)

Oh cool. That's what the Latest Steam Giveaway thread is for.

I keep thinking it's probably a good idea to merge the two threads...

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by Deozaan on March 20, 2020, 08:15 PM »

Mable and the Wood is free on GOG for the next couple days:

https://www.gog.com/game/mable_the_wood

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Living Room / Re: Share your tips and comforts for dealing with the stress and fear of a pandemic

« Last post by Deozaan on March 19, 2020, 02:51 PM »

Here's my non-exhaustive list of some of the things I'm doing to pass the time:

• Washing my hands
• Coding.
• Games.
• Sharing memes related to coronavirus (as well as some unrelated).
• Washing my hands
• Listening to good music.
• Looking out my windows suspiciously at my neighbors.
• Napping.
• Catching up on some YouTube playlists.
• Washing my hands

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by Deozaan on March 17, 2020, 10:44 AM »

Due to much of the world being in a state of lockdown right now, GOG has compiled all their free games in one place, without the annoying LDC/demos. Or at least without most of the demos.

You can find the list of free games, and maybe something to bide your time if you can't go out here:

https://www.gog.com/partner/stay_at_home

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by Deozaan on March 16, 2020, 03:02 PM »

The Witcher Goodies Collection, which is all the "extras" for the Witcher games, such as wallpapers, soundtracks, etc., are being given away as part of the GOG Spring sale.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for audio merger Y-cable

« Last post by Deozaan on March 13, 2020, 05:03 PM »

Maybe you should just buy the stereo splitter and try using it in reverse, and see what happens!

-mouser (March 13, 2020, 03:36 PM)

I'd still need to buy a bunch of adapters and/or other cables to reverse the direction of the prongs. The splitter has 2 female ends where I need male, and 1 male where I need female.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for audio merger Y-cable

« Last post by Deozaan on March 13, 2020, 02:10 PM »

Yeah, that first one wouldn't.  You're trying to combine Stereo into mono, so just reversing the cables won't work. That second one is what I've used in the past.

-wraith808 (March 13, 2020, 01:41 PM)

Are you saying that the one I linked wouldn't work, but the one mouser linked will work?

And I guess if doing it mouser's way would result in audio from one source playing in one ear and audio from another source playing in the other ear, then I could just get another one of those stereo->mono converters to have both audio sources playing (in mono) in both ears.

This is starting to sound like it's going to require even more dongles and adapters than just getting a mixer.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for audio merger Y-cable

« Last post by Deozaan on March 13, 2020, 02:24 AM »

I saw a listing for a Y-cable that was labelled as being for two microphones and specifically showing that it was not intended (or possible?) to be used for a microphone and headphones. That makes me think that the way the internals are wired makes a difference.

I found this one, which has the prongs in the configuration that I'd prefer. But the fact that the prongs are labeled as one being for headphones and the other being for microphone makes me wary. I don't know enough about the inner wiring to be sure it will do what I want.



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I3A47KM/

I want to plug one end into my computer, another end into something else, such as a tablet, and then merge both those audio sources into a single place I can plug my headphones into.

Will this one work the way I want it to? Or do I need to buy a regular splitter and then some adapters to convert the male and female ends to each other? Or is it a bad idea to even attempt anything like this?

The DIY stuff didn't really make sense to me. I'm not an electrician. I don't know much about electronics. I don't want to fry anything by wiring something up the wrong way. I'd really prefer something simple and easy like a Y-cable if possible, and avoid the extra bulk and complexity of a mixer and all the adapters that would require. But I'd also much rather spend an extra $20-30 on a proper solution than cheap out with the Y-cable and fry some of my $300-1,000+ hardware.

I found this Reddit thread which has every answer, from "it works, no damage" to "it works, but will probably sound terrible" and including "it might work, but will probably sound terrible and could do damage"

https://old.reddit.c..._be_used_in_reverse/

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Living Room / Looking for audio merger Y-cable

« Last post by Deozaan on March 12, 2020, 10:58 PM »

I'd like an audio Y-cable that can take two audio inputs and merge them into a single audio output. My searches so far find only audio splitters rather than audio mergers, which tells me that either such a thing does not exist or I don't know what they're called and thus am not using the correct search terms to find what I'm looking for.

Does anyone here know whether or not such a thing exists, and if so, what they're called or where I can find them?

I suppose it doesn't need to be a Y-cable. But I would like something that can take two audio inputs and merge them into a single audio output which I can connect my headphones to and hear both at the same time without disturbing others near me. Preferably something small, uncomplicated (no additional power source or software, etc. required), and inexpensive.

Thanks in advance for your helpful input on the topic.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Amazon Pay has decided to block donationcoder payments

« Last post by Deozaan on March 06, 2020, 12:09 AM »

I think it enables both. It allows you to post to various social media from a single location (write once, deploy everywhere). But it also allows you to receive and respond to messages on specific social media services.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Amazon Pay has decided to block donationcoder payments

« Last post by Deozaan on March 05, 2020, 03:21 PM »

The tweet is posted by Sprinklr (https://www.sprinklr.com/), i.e. a Bot.

-wraith808 (March 05, 2020, 03:06 PM)

I don't see that posting with Sprinklr necessarily means a bot wrote the tweet. But rather it was tweeted with an app that provides a unified social media presence, and has been granted permission to post to the Twitter account. Or in other words, it's a Twitter client.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Amazon Pay has decided to block donationcoder payments

« Last post by Deozaan on March 05, 2020, 02:52 PM »

Does Amazon have a "support" Twitter account or other public-facing social outreach?

EDIT: Found one. @AmazonHelp

-Deozaan (March 04, 2020, 11:50 AM)

Looks like even the Twitter account is run by useless bots.

I contacted them with a complaint about the generic answer with no information given, and linked to this thread for full details and context. They responded with a generic apology and asked for details and context.

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: dehexify: Converts %FF-like hexadecimal characters to ASCII

« Last post by Deozaan on March 05, 2020, 03:43 AM »

This looks useful. Thanks!

Google + YouTube add tracking information to links automatically. They usually do this by "hexifying" the URL as part of a link to their tracker. e.g., https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscord.gog%2FSk4M3Y3.

I can use this tool to easily extract the original clean URL from the dirty tracker URL and not get tracked!

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Amazon Pay has decided to block donationcoder payments

« Last post by Deozaan on March 04, 2020, 11:50 AM »

Does Amazon have a "support" Twitter account or other public-facing social outreach? Maybe if we all collectively nagged someone we can be relatively sure is an actual human being, we can get someone to look at and provide an informative response to this.


The squeaky wheel gets the grease.


EDIT: Found one. @AmazonHelp